Derick
@infidelatheist.bsky.social
Winnipeg. Environment, economics, art, Jets/Bombers/golf.
President of non-profit org. awasisakmeskanowgreenway.ca
Support Ukraine 🇺🇦 #GoJetsGo
My website: https://aroundthistown.ca/
President of non-profit org. awasisakmeskanowgreenway.ca
Support Ukraine 🇺🇦 #GoJetsGo
My website: https://aroundthistown.ca/
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Derick
@infidelatheist.bsky.social
· Apr 3
A Carbon Tax Eulogy: 6 things you need to know
Why economists love carbon pricing, and other fun facts about the carbon tax
aroundthistown.ca
NEW BLOG POST: 6 things you need to know about the Carbon Tax
It may be gone, but it's still an election issue. We need to clear a few things up.
aroundthistown.ca/2025/04/02/a...
It may be gone, but it's still an election issue. We need to clear a few things up.
aroundthistown.ca/2025/04/02/a...
A reminder that Spotify isn't very good and it's easy to switch to other streaming services and transfer playlists.
Also .. apparently Massive Attack has left Spotify !?
Also .. apparently Massive Attack has left Spotify !?
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
A reminder that Spotify isn't very good and it's easy to switch to other streaming services and transfer playlists.
Also .. apparently Massive Attack has left Spotify !?
Also .. apparently Massive Attack has left Spotify !?
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The CPKC Holiday Train 🎄 🚂 rolls through #Winnipeg tonight. Catch the lights and free entertainment (Jade Eagleson + Teigen Gayse) at Panet Rd. & Molson St. from 9:15 - 9:45 p.m. CT. Attendees are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item to support local food banks.
December 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The CPKC Holiday Train 🎄 🚂 rolls through #Winnipeg tonight. Catch the lights and free entertainment (Jade Eagleson + Teigen Gayse) at Panet Rd. & Molson St. from 9:15 - 9:45 p.m. CT. Attendees are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item to support local food banks.
Me: I just listened to random stuff
Tidal: "Your 2025 playlist was a captivating journey through raw indie grit and expansive electronic textures, punctuated by the intimate whispers of alt-pop introspection. You embraced a sonic landscape that was both fiercely energetic and deeply immersive."
Tidal: "Your 2025 playlist was a captivating journey through raw indie grit and expansive electronic textures, punctuated by the intimate whispers of alt-pop introspection. You embraced a sonic landscape that was both fiercely energetic and deeply immersive."
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Me: I just listened to random stuff
Tidal: "Your 2025 playlist was a captivating journey through raw indie grit and expansive electronic textures, punctuated by the intimate whispers of alt-pop introspection. You embraced a sonic landscape that was both fiercely energetic and deeply immersive."
Tidal: "Your 2025 playlist was a captivating journey through raw indie grit and expansive electronic textures, punctuated by the intimate whispers of alt-pop introspection. You embraced a sonic landscape that was both fiercely energetic and deeply immersive."
"Reversing Into The Bollard Of Irrelevance"
I could have spent a year and would never have come up with a worse slogan than “Strong Floor, No Ceiling.”
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
"Reversing Into The Bollard Of Irrelevance"
The good news is that was a better period
The bad news is it still wasn't very good
The bad news is it still wasn't very good
That hurts. Just starting to get a little momentum and Buff gets a goal like that right after ...
#GoJetsGo
#GoJetsGo
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The good news is that was a better period
The bad news is it still wasn't very good
The bad news is it still wasn't very good
Five mammals I've seen going for a walk in my neighbourhood:
Deer
Fox
Martin
Skunk
Muskrat
Deer
Fox
Martin
Skunk
Muskrat
Five animals i've seen within five kilometers of my house
Cat
Dog
Bird
Cat
Cat
Cat
Dog
Bird
Cat
Cat
Five animals i've seen within five kilometers of my house
Black bear
Coyote
Deer
Magpie
Northern flicker
Marmot
Black bear
Coyote
Deer
Magpie
Northern flicker
Marmot
November 29, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Five mammals I've seen going for a walk in my neighbourhood:
Deer
Fox
Martin
Skunk
Muskrat
Deer
Fox
Martin
Skunk
Muskrat
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Five animals i've seen within five kilometers of my house
Cat
Dog
Bird
Cat
Cat
Cat
Dog
Bird
Cat
Cat
Five animals i've seen within five kilometers of my house
Black bear
Coyote
Deer
Magpie
Northern flicker
Marmot
Black bear
Coyote
Deer
Magpie
Northern flicker
Marmot
i feel like this could be improved with ' five animals i've seen within five kilometers of my house' or something
November 29, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Five animals i've seen within five kilometers of my house
Cat
Dog
Bird
Cat
Cat
Cat
Dog
Bird
Cat
Cat
I was uncertain about what the end game was, but this is a plausible piece of it..
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I was uncertain about what the end game was, but this is a plausible piece of it..
I wrote a blog post about how my (and probably your) income taxes went up this month:
aroundthistown.ca/2025/11/27/a...
aroundthistown.ca/2025/11/27/a...
A Back-Door Tax Increase
The 2025 Manitoba budget includes an income tax increase you probably didn’t know about
aroundthistown.ca
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I wrote a blog post about how my (and probably your) income taxes went up this month:
aroundthistown.ca/2025/11/27/a...
aroundthistown.ca/2025/11/27/a...
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Some things in life are just amazing!!! 💕💕
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Some things in life are just amazing!!! 💕💕
I was looking at this at work today for unrelated reasons. WTI crude peaked around 2006 and has been dropping steadily for 2-3 years. This will continue.
It matters because it impacts the feasibility of building a new pipeline. As certain people are advocating.
It matters because it impacts the feasibility of building a new pipeline. As certain people are advocating.
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I was looking at this at work today for unrelated reasons. WTI crude peaked around 2006 and has been dropping steadily for 2-3 years. This will continue.
It matters because it impacts the feasibility of building a new pipeline. As certain people are advocating.
It matters because it impacts the feasibility of building a new pipeline. As certain people are advocating.
.. or maybe the NWT Polar Bears will be the next CFL team?
November 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
.. or maybe the NWT Polar Bears will be the next CFL team?
November 15, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Let's take a trip down memory lane and recall how Shawn Lamb became a murderer ... 🧵
‘I am outraged’: Convicted killer’s statutory release prompts protests in Winnipeg
‘I am outraged’: Convicted killer’s statutory release prompts protests in Winnipeg
Family members of Shawn Lamb’s victims and their supporters protested in Winnipeg Thursday after the convicted killer was released from prison due to statutory release laws.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Let's take a trip down memory lane and recall how Shawn Lamb became a murderer ... 🧵
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New single by @dropkickmurphys.com just dropped. Helluva Veterans Day tribute, filmed IN UKRAINE. Watch and share. And BZ to all who wore the uniform—and who still stand for freedom.
"Who'll Stand With Us?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3rt...
"Who'll Stand With Us?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3rt...
“Who’ll Stand With Us” featuring O’Hamsters [Recorded in KYIV 🇺🇦]
YouTube video by VALOR Media Network
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
New single by @dropkickmurphys.com just dropped. Helluva Veterans Day tribute, filmed IN UKRAINE. Watch and share. And BZ to all who wore the uniform—and who still stand for freedom.
"Who'll Stand With Us?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3rt...
"Who'll Stand With Us?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3rt...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:08 AM
We need to have a conversation about how to regulate eBikes and other alternative electric vehicles. The industry has evolved quickly and regs need to catch up.
Retweeting this as food for thought. Let's talk about this issue and find reasonable solutions.
h/t @juno2.bsky.social
Retweeting this as food for thought. Let's talk about this issue and find reasonable solutions.
h/t @juno2.bsky.social
@peopleforbikes.bsky.social looks at the problem of "e-motos" that are confused with e-bikes. There is confusion everywhere in the e-bike world; it's time to clarify and simplify the rules and get the too-big too-fast two-wheeled things out of the bike lanes.
When it comes to e-bikes, we need "clear, simple, straightforward rules that a nine-year-old can explain."
People for Bikes has recommendations for dealing with the confusion between "e-motos" and e-bikes. I have some too.
lloydalter.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
We need to have a conversation about how to regulate eBikes and other alternative electric vehicles. The industry has evolved quickly and regs need to catch up.
Retweeting this as food for thought. Let's talk about this issue and find reasonable solutions.
h/t @juno2.bsky.social
Retweeting this as food for thought. Let's talk about this issue and find reasonable solutions.
h/t @juno2.bsky.social
Just for fun: some of the new federal strategies and agencies announced in the budget yesterday:
Trade Diversification Strategy
Defence Industrial Strategy
Climate Competitiveness Strategy
Build Canada Homes (Agency)
National Anti-Fraud Strategy
Financial Crimes Agency
Defence Investment Agency
Trade Diversification Strategy
Defence Industrial Strategy
Climate Competitiveness Strategy
Build Canada Homes (Agency)
National Anti-Fraud Strategy
Financial Crimes Agency
Defence Investment Agency
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Just for fun: some of the new federal strategies and agencies announced in the budget yesterday:
Trade Diversification Strategy
Defence Industrial Strategy
Climate Competitiveness Strategy
Build Canada Homes (Agency)
National Anti-Fraud Strategy
Financial Crimes Agency
Defence Investment Agency
Trade Diversification Strategy
Defence Industrial Strategy
Climate Competitiveness Strategy
Build Canada Homes (Agency)
National Anti-Fraud Strategy
Financial Crimes Agency
Defence Investment Agency
It might be too early to call this a turning point for the Dems, but maybe they will draw lessons from tonight that will help them Federally.
Not in terms of actual policies (gov't run grocery stores are a terrible idea) but in terms of engaging the base and exciting voters 1/2
Not in terms of actual policies (gov't run grocery stores are a terrible idea) but in terms of engaging the base and exciting voters 1/2
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
It might be too early to call this a turning point for the Dems, but maybe they will draw lessons from tonight that will help them Federally.
Not in terms of actual policies (gov't run grocery stores are a terrible idea) but in terms of engaging the base and exciting voters 1/2
Not in terms of actual policies (gov't run grocery stores are a terrible idea) but in terms of engaging the base and exciting voters 1/2
Look at this beauty
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Look at this beauty
The #WorldSeries outcome feels like a grave injustice.
Toronto came so close so many times. I feel they wanted it more and they deserved it more.
LA winning is proof that money can buy championships. Toronto winning would have shown that character and heart wins the day. #BlueJays
Toronto came so close so many times. I feel they wanted it more and they deserved it more.
LA winning is proof that money can buy championships. Toronto winning would have shown that character and heart wins the day. #BlueJays
Thank you, Toronto Blue Jays.
You united #Toronto and the whole country with your passion and plays. Even without a World Series title, we #GotItAll.
#WantItAll
You united #Toronto and the whole country with your passion and plays. Even without a World Series title, we #GotItAll.
#WantItAll
November 2, 2025 at 5:41 AM
The #WorldSeries outcome feels like a grave injustice.
Toronto came so close so many times. I feel they wanted it more and they deserved it more.
LA winning is proof that money can buy championships. Toronto winning would have shown that character and heart wins the day. #BlueJays
Toronto came so close so many times. I feel they wanted it more and they deserved it more.
LA winning is proof that money can buy championships. Toronto winning would have shown that character and heart wins the day. #BlueJays