mackieblu
@mackieblu.bsky.social
Progressive Canadian. Albertan. (But not that kind) Twitter refugee. Trying to keep facts in circulation.
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@mackieblu.bsky.social
· Apr 1
Choose 20 paintings that have stayed with you or influenced you — one painting per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just paintings.
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“A politician who crosses the aisle, has shown tremendous courage in putting their principles first” – Conservative leader Andrew Scheer when Liberal MP Leona Alleslev crossed the floor to join the Conservatives in 2018.
December 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“A politician who crosses the aisle, has shown tremendous courage in putting their principles first” – Conservative leader Andrew Scheer when Liberal MP Leona Alleslev crossed the floor to join the Conservatives in 2018.
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For those who can't access the link.
What happened is this...
Putin said he was bragging that Ukraine was completely occupied by Russia.
Of course , it's completely untrue.
President Zelenskyy showed up!!
500 m ,or to our American friends 5 football fields,
from the front lines!!!!
What happened is this...
Putin said he was bragging that Ukraine was completely occupied by Russia.
Of course , it's completely untrue.
President Zelenskyy showed up!!
500 m ,or to our American friends 5 football fields,
from the front lines!!!!
December 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
For those who can't access the link.
What happened is this...
Putin said he was bragging that Ukraine was completely occupied by Russia.
Of course , it's completely untrue.
President Zelenskyy showed up!!
500 m ,or to our American friends 5 football fields,
from the front lines!!!!
What happened is this...
Putin said he was bragging that Ukraine was completely occupied by Russia.
Of course , it's completely untrue.
President Zelenskyy showed up!!
500 m ,or to our American friends 5 football fields,
from the front lines!!!!
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Why? Just why?
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Jordan Peterson: ‘And it’s not a vagina. It’s a hole for another man to f*ck.’
@thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
@thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Jordan Peterson’s School Isn’t Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta’s Help | The Tyee
The premier met with the controversial psychologist and tried to help his business, finds a Tyee investigation.
thetyee.ca
December 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Why? Just why?
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I'm so tired of all this BS
The UCP are exhausting
I'm tired of the anti-science sh*t
I'm tired of the anti-vax sh*t
Every day there's a new thing for Albertans to be embarrassed about
& don't get me started on all the grifting they do for their donors
I'm just so f*cking tired of it
#ableg
The UCP are exhausting
I'm tired of the anti-science sh*t
I'm tired of the anti-vax sh*t
Every day there's a new thing for Albertans to be embarrassed about
& don't get me started on all the grifting they do for their donors
I'm just so f*cking tired of it
#ableg
“The documents show the ministry produced an evaluation of how to grant accreditation, and, as recently as June 2025, there was even an assessment of changing the law to allow the accreditation” of Jordan Peterson’s school. #WTAF #abpoli #ableg #misleading #discrediting
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Nenshi Grills Smith in Legislature over Jordan Peterson’s School | The Tyee
Alberta’s premier defended her quiet efforts to accredit the psychologist’s for-profit online ‘academy.’
thetyee.ca
December 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I'm so tired of all this BS
The UCP are exhausting
I'm tired of the anti-science sh*t
I'm tired of the anti-vax sh*t
Every day there's a new thing for Albertans to be embarrassed about
& don't get me started on all the grifting they do for their donors
I'm just so f*cking tired of it
#ableg
The UCP are exhausting
I'm tired of the anti-science sh*t
I'm tired of the anti-vax sh*t
Every day there's a new thing for Albertans to be embarrassed about
& don't get me started on all the grifting they do for their donors
I'm just so f*cking tired of it
#ableg
So in other words, they have been listening to climate scientists who have been warning about this for decades.
Yesterday, at a threats hearing, an FBI official testified that “antifa” is a major national security threat, but couldn’t explain its structure, location, or membership. Meanwhile, the White House quietly released a new National Security Strategy that elevates mass migration as the defining threat.
I’ve Sat in the Rooms Where These Are Written. This One Stunned Me.
The quiet rewrite of America’s national security priorities.
www.livingitwitholiviatroye.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
So in other words, they have been listening to climate scientists who have been warning about this for decades.
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Once roaming the Prairies in the millions, plains bison are now threatened in Canada. 🦬
Your symbolic adoption helps protect prairie grasslands and the wildlife that depend on them.
Adopt today: giving.natureconservancy.ca?utm_campaign...
Your symbolic adoption helps protect prairie grasslands and the wildlife that depend on them.
Adopt today: giving.natureconservancy.ca?utm_campaign...
December 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Once roaming the Prairies in the millions, plains bison are now threatened in Canada. 🦬
Your symbolic adoption helps protect prairie grasslands and the wildlife that depend on them.
Adopt today: giving.natureconservancy.ca?utm_campaign...
Your symbolic adoption helps protect prairie grasslands and the wildlife that depend on them.
Adopt today: giving.natureconservancy.ca?utm_campaign...
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The AI concerns include its “potential to kill jobs and increase the cost of living, with many voters objecting to the spread of data centers that require huge amounts of electricity.”
@bloomberg.com
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December 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The AI concerns include its “potential to kill jobs and increase the cost of living, with many voters objecting to the spread of data centers that require huge amounts of electricity.”
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com
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Finally, a forceful response to the UCP’s policy hot mess by the NDP’s Naheed Nenshi. albertapolitics.ca/2025/12/fina...
Finally, a forceful response to the UCP’s policy hot mess by the NDP’s Naheed Nenshi - Alberta Politics
Better late than never, Opposition Leader Naheed Nenshi finally effectively hammered the governing United Conservative Party’s policy hot mess at a news conference yesterday morning marking the end of...
albertapolitics.ca
December 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Finally, a forceful response to the UCP’s policy hot mess by the NDP’s Naheed Nenshi. albertapolitics.ca/2025/12/fina...
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The Federal govt sends transfers to the Provinces for Public Healthcare and Public Education, but the Premiers are dispersing it to Private facilities lately and this is a huge problem. The Premiers do not spend the taxpayers money wisely. #Alberta
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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Many Albertans want private school funding scrapped, survey finds
A recent survey found a majority of Albertans would want the government to remove public funding of independent/private schools.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Federal govt sends transfers to the Provinces for Public Healthcare and Public Education, but the Premiers are dispersing it to Private facilities lately and this is a huge problem. The Premiers do not spend the taxpayers money wisely. #Alberta
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
What?? Under reporting? Narrative spins? That doesn't sound like this government. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Braid: Claims about shorter wait times sometimes overblown and wrong, report suggests
The auditor general report shows many claims about reduced wait times didn't match internal numbers and were simply wrong.
calgaryherald.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
What?? Under reporting? Narrative spins? That doesn't sound like this government. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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Such smart birds.
December 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Such smart birds.
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Gross
Alberta has passed Bill 11, allowing doctors to charge unlimited fees at for-profit clinics while working in the public system. This is American-style health care, and if Alberta succeeds, other provinces will follow. share.nwmd.social/s/bhNoLjY9
Urge Minister Michel: stop Alberta's two-tier health care law
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December 12, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Gross
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For the late/west coast crowd, my @xtramagazine.com column on the democratic backsliding Canadians are ignoring while they focus on the tire fire south of the border, and that Danielle Smith is the Canadian Viktor Orbán #canqueer #cdnpoli
2025 brought the democratic backslide to Canada | Xtra Magazine
Mark Carney’s government needs to stand up for our rights or we’re headed in the direction of the U.S.
xtramagazine.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
For the late/west coast crowd, my @xtramagazine.com column on the democratic backsliding Canadians are ignoring while they focus on the tire fire south of the border, and that Danielle Smith is the Canadian Viktor Orbán #canqueer #cdnpoli
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Teresa is a mom near Vermillion. She's been struggling for years with unexplained health issues in her children, her animals and herself. Watch her story and send Premier Smith a postcard about leaking gas wells (link in comments) youtube.com/watch?v=jRdTOexdBog&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
TEASER: Teresa’s Story: Albertan Farmer Speaks Out About Multi-Billion Dollar Well Cleanup Crisis
YouTube video by Ecojustice Canada
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December 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Teresa is a mom near Vermillion. She's been struggling for years with unexplained health issues in her children, her animals and herself. Watch her story and send Premier Smith a postcard about leaking gas wells (link in comments) youtube.com/watch?v=jRdTOexdBog&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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I know one thing , this journey with my wife Alzheimer's has truly laser focused who her real ,true friends are. I'm truly disappointed and frankly pissed off at many who have vanished. My family has been amazing, and 1 former client (my wife was a hair stylist for 36 years) and 1 long time friend.
December 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I know one thing , this journey with my wife Alzheimer's has truly laser focused who her real ,true friends are. I'm truly disappointed and frankly pissed off at many who have vanished. My family has been amazing, and 1 former client (my wife was a hair stylist for 36 years) and 1 long time friend.
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CANADA UPDATE: 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Another conservative MP Michael Ma has crossed the floor
Liberals now only one seat away from a majority
liberal.ca/statement-mp...
Another conservative MP Michael Ma has crossed the floor
Liberals now only one seat away from a majority
liberal.ca/statement-mp...
Statement from MP Michael Ma | Liberal Party of Canada
Today, the Liberal Party issued the following statement from Michael Ma, Member of Parliament for Markham–Unionville: “After listening carefully to the people of Markham–Unionville in recent weeks and...
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December 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
CANADA UPDATE: 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Another conservative MP Michael Ma has crossed the floor
Liberals now only one seat away from a majority
liberal.ca/statement-mp...
Another conservative MP Michael Ma has crossed the floor
Liberals now only one seat away from a majority
liberal.ca/statement-mp...
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This monstrous racist runs a racist propaganda site called Twitter.
If you're still on Twitter, you should either delete your account immediately, OR you should be posting five times a day telling people on Twitter to delete their accounts and move to Bluesky or Mastodon.
If you're still on Twitter, you should either delete your account immediately, OR you should be posting five times a day telling people on Twitter to delete their accounts and move to Bluesky or Mastodon.
WATCH: Elon Musk is upset that Somalian Americans in Minnesota get to vote.
December 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This monstrous racist runs a racist propaganda site called Twitter.
If you're still on Twitter, you should either delete your account immediately, OR you should be posting five times a day telling people on Twitter to delete their accounts and move to Bluesky or Mastodon.
If you're still on Twitter, you should either delete your account immediately, OR you should be posting five times a day telling people on Twitter to delete their accounts and move to Bluesky or Mastodon.
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After Braid's column yesterday it has become clear that the UCP are blaming the NDP for the recalls
IMO, the UCP are relying on anti-NDP sentiment to get Albertans to refuse to sign them
Will it work?
I don't know
There is still a lot of anti-NDP feeling in rural Alberta
#ableg #abpoli
IMO, the UCP are relying on anti-NDP sentiment to get Albertans to refuse to sign them
Will it work?
I don't know
There is still a lot of anti-NDP feeling in rural Alberta
#ableg #abpoli
December 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Conservatives are really owning the Liberals, by forcing them to support their own pipeline deal. Wow, what strategic brilliance, reminding everyone who made the deal with Alberta. This is peak Ottawa, a nation yawns at the obviousness of it all. Just go home Parliament, zzzzzz. #cdnpoli
December 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Conservatives are really owning the Liberals, by forcing them to support their own pipeline deal. Wow, what strategic brilliance, reminding everyone who made the deal with Alberta. This is peak Ottawa, a nation yawns at the obviousness of it all. Just go home Parliament, zzzzzz. #cdnpoli
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2021:
Donald Trump was cultivated as a Russian asset over 40 years and proved so willing to parrot anti-western propaganda that there were celebrations in Moscow, a former KGB spy has told the Guardian.
Donald Trump was cultivated as a Russian asset over 40 years and proved so willing to parrot anti-western propaganda that there were celebrations in Moscow, a former KGB spy has told the Guardian.
Trump committed treason.
Congress won’t act.
“The perfect target” — Russia cultivated Trump as an asset for over 40 years.
Now they are cashing in on their investment.
Congress won’t act.
“The perfect target” — Russia cultivated Trump as an asset for over 40 years.
Now they are cashing in on their investment.
December 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
2021:
Donald Trump was cultivated as a Russian asset over 40 years and proved so willing to parrot anti-western propaganda that there were celebrations in Moscow, a former KGB spy has told the Guardian.
Donald Trump was cultivated as a Russian asset over 40 years and proved so willing to parrot anti-western propaganda that there were celebrations in Moscow, a former KGB spy has told the Guardian.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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"The government’s approach is to dictate change from the top without effective consultation. That’s why our health-care system is in a constant state of chaos.” medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n... #AbHealth #AbLeg #MedHat
December 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"The government’s approach is to dictate change from the top without effective consultation. That’s why our health-care system is in a constant state of chaos.” medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n... #AbHealth #AbLeg #MedHat
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Carney has a “massive” lead over PP as preferred PM.
December 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Carney has a “massive” lead over PP as preferred PM.