Peter Hoven
@phoven.bsky.social
He/Him. Check the source. Pursue knowledge. Trust science. Fight disinformation.
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Maybe more than a whiff of treason. Alberta separatists are flat-out traitors to the nation. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
October 3, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Maybe more than a whiff of treason. Alberta separatists are flat-out traitors to the nation. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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“Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province.”
Modry and Rath, again.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Modry and Rath, again.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
“Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province.”
Modry and Rath, again.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Modry and Rath, again.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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As someone who disagrees with the sentiment, this was a difficult piece to write. But as a social scientist, the evidence is clear.
Rather than debate which grievances are legitimate, we need to meet Albertans where they are emotionally.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Rather than debate which grievances are legitimate, we need to meet Albertans where they are emotionally.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
How to Engage Alberta, the Jilted Lover of Confederation | The Tyee
A couples therapy approach could help heal the divide.
thetyee.ca
October 2, 2026 at 10:10 AM
As someone who disagrees with the sentiment, this was a difficult piece to write. But as a social scientist, the evidence is clear.
Rather than debate which grievances are legitimate, we need to meet Albertans where they are emotionally.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Rather than debate which grievances are legitimate, we need to meet Albertans where they are emotionally.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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This is the story you gotta read to understand what is going on in Alberta.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Eric Andrew-Gee
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Eric Andrew-Gee
A country with its elbows up faces separation threats on two fronts
In Alberta and Quebec, Canada’s national unity paradox hits home
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
This is the story you gotta read to understand what is going on in Alberta.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Eric Andrew-Gee
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Eric Andrew-Gee
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I'm also tired of the grievance politics of the UCP
Since when did Albertans become such whiners
What happened to getting 'er done?
What happened to building and not just giving Alberta away to billionaires at bargain basement pricing?
Some days it just gets to me
Since when did Albertans become such whiners
What happened to getting 'er done?
What happened to building and not just giving Alberta away to billionaires at bargain basement pricing?
Some days it just gets to me
October 2, 2026 at 10:39 PM
I'm also tired of the grievance politics of the UCP
Since when did Albertans become such whiners
What happened to getting 'er done?
What happened to building and not just giving Alberta away to billionaires at bargain basement pricing?
Some days it just gets to me
Since when did Albertans become such whiners
What happened to getting 'er done?
What happened to building and not just giving Alberta away to billionaires at bargain basement pricing?
Some days it just gets to me
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it’s absolutely fucked that people are elevating these effective altruist freaks and falling for their rhetoric on AI.
media is letting these people set the narrative, while those of us following EA/longtermist circles for years know how insane they are. they consistently downplay climate risk.
media is letting these people set the narrative, while those of us following EA/longtermist circles for years know how insane they are. they consistently downplay climate risk.
Uhhh, why is anyone listening to this Nate Soares guy on AI??
“I think global warming is going to be fine. I think either we’re going to kill ourselves with the AI or we’re going to be able to invent the tech to just pull the carbon right out of the atmosphere. It’s going to be fine.”
Boneheaded!!
“I think global warming is going to be fine. I think either we’re going to kill ourselves with the AI or we’re going to be able to invent the tech to just pull the carbon right out of the atmosphere. It’s going to be fine.”
Boneheaded!!
September 24, 2026 at 7:15 PM
it’s absolutely fucked that people are elevating these effective altruist freaks and falling for their rhetoric on AI.
media is letting these people set the narrative, while those of us following EA/longtermist circles for years know how insane they are. they consistently downplay climate risk.
media is letting these people set the narrative, while those of us following EA/longtermist circles for years know how insane they are. they consistently downplay climate risk.
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Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC.
OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.
OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.
ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
www.motherjones.com
September 24, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC.
OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.
OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.
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Reminder: Despite the crocodile tears, she absolutely endorses all of this.
#waternotcoal #coalpetition #alberta #grassymountain #ableg #abpoli
#waternotcoal #coalpetition #alberta #grassymountain #ableg #abpoli
September 23, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Reminder: Despite the crocodile tears, she absolutely endorses all of this.
#waternotcoal #coalpetition #alberta #grassymountain #ableg #abpoli
#waternotcoal #coalpetition #alberta #grassymountain #ableg #abpoli
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September 24, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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I'm in Alberta.
Our guy's on meth and season 8.
Our guy's on meth and season 8.
Everything I read about BC politics right now is like being cornered at a party while a guy on coke badly explains season 4 of a show you’ve never heard of.
September 23, 2026 at 4:03 AM
I'm in Alberta.
Our guy's on meth and season 8.
Our guy's on meth and season 8.
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Just admit it, Premier: the UCP is a separatist party.
September 21, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Just admit it, Premier: the UCP is a separatist party.
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Even with no realistic scenario, ‘independent advisory panel’ couldn’t make Alberta separation look good. albertapolitics.ca/2026/09/even...
Even with no realistic scenario, ‘independent advisory panel’ couldn’t make Alberta separation look good - Alberta Politics
At the end of their exertions, even the reliable team of neoliberal apparatchiks assembled by Premier Danielle Smith’s favourite economist last June couldn’t come up with a “scenario” in which Alberta...
albertapolitics.ca
September 17, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Even with no realistic scenario, ‘independent advisory panel’ couldn’t make Alberta separation look good. albertapolitics.ca/2026/09/even...
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Independent report released on costs of separation
https://www.alberta.ca/announcements.cfm?xID=97779AA2D976F-97E5-90C3-46E1FBE20D2DA625
#Alberta
https://www.alberta.ca/announcements.cfm?xID=97779AA2D976F-97E5-90C3-46E1FBE20D2DA625
#Alberta
September 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Independent report released on costs of separation
https://www.alberta.ca/announcements.cfm?xID=97779AA2D976F-97E5-90C3-46E1FBE20D2DA625
#Alberta
https://www.alberta.ca/announcements.cfm?xID=97779AA2D976F-97E5-90C3-46E1FBE20D2DA625
#Alberta
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Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
www.nature.com
September 8, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Excellent article on the fate of Canadian healthcare. www.pressreader.com/canada/edmon...
Ottawa silent as Alberta breaks health-care law | Edmonton Journal
Imagine two Albertans need the same surgery. One can pay thousands out of pocket. The other cannot. Under the law Canada has operated by since 1984, both wait in the same line because medical n...
www.pressreader.com
September 7, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Excellent article on the fate of Canadian healthcare. www.pressreader.com/canada/edmon...
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"If the world, however, dramatically reduces greenhouse gases and achieves net-zero around 2075, Canada's climate is projected to stabilize and average warming would increase by 3.5 C."
Why are we still wandering lackadaisically toward a fifty year threshold -- and now aiming for 3.5?!?!?! 🤬
Why are we still wandering lackadaisically toward a fifty year threshold -- and now aiming for 3.5?!?!?! 🤬
Canadians should prepare for a 5 C hotter future, report warns | CBC News
The federal government's new report summarizing the latest science on climate change warns that under current climate policies, the impact on Canadians will likely be "far from benign."
www.cbc.ca
September 6, 2026 at 8:18 PM
"If the world, however, dramatically reduces greenhouse gases and achieves net-zero around 2075, Canada's climate is projected to stabilize and average warming would increase by 3.5 C."
Why are we still wandering lackadaisically toward a fifty year threshold -- and now aiming for 3.5?!?!?! 🤬
Why are we still wandering lackadaisically toward a fifty year threshold -- and now aiming for 3.5?!?!?! 🤬
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Great to celebrate Calgary Pride alongside so many friends, including a pair from the Calgary Flames! 🔥
Pride, hockey and Calgary. 🏳️🌈🏒
Zayne Parekh and Joel Farabee.
Pride, hockey and Calgary. 🏳️🌈🏒
Zayne Parekh and Joel Farabee.
September 6, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Great to celebrate Calgary Pride alongside so many friends, including a pair from the Calgary Flames! 🔥
Pride, hockey and Calgary. 🏳️🌈🏒
Zayne Parekh and Joel Farabee.
Pride, hockey and Calgary. 🏳️🌈🏒
Zayne Parekh and Joel Farabee.
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RED ALERT ALBERTANS!
While UCP govt focus = dismantling and privatizing HC, safe and timely care may not be there for you or your loved ones in their time of need.
NO matter how rich you might be, no amount of wealth will help you if you need to access emergency services!
1/9
While UCP govt focus = dismantling and privatizing HC, safe and timely care may not be there for you or your loved ones in their time of need.
NO matter how rich you might be, no amount of wealth will help you if you need to access emergency services!
1/9
September 6, 2026 at 12:20 AM
RED ALERT ALBERTANS!
While UCP govt focus = dismantling and privatizing HC, safe and timely care may not be there for you or your loved ones in their time of need.
NO matter how rich you might be, no amount of wealth will help you if you need to access emergency services!
1/9
While UCP govt focus = dismantling and privatizing HC, safe and timely care may not be there for you or your loved ones in their time of need.
NO matter how rich you might be, no amount of wealth will help you if you need to access emergency services!
1/9
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This kind of report should be accompanied by a press conference—not with some low-level bureaucrat, but with the prime minister. Flanked by all of his ministers. In prime time, with technical briefings.
This report says we're facing unimaginable disaster, yet we didn't even get a briefing.
This report says we're facing unimaginable disaster, yet we didn't even get a briefing.
Environmental groups say there’s a reason why the federal government quietly released its latest climate report, which finds that average temperatures in Canada are set to go up by at least 3.5 C by the end of the century.
Carney government accused of burying climate report warning of worsening impacts
The report, which analyzes the impacts of climate change in Canada, was posted to a government website with no fanfare on Thursday evening ahead of the Labour Day long weekend.
www.nationalobserver.com
September 4, 2026 at 7:48 PM
This kind of report should be accompanied by a press conference—not with some low-level bureaucrat, but with the prime minister. Flanked by all of his ministers. In prime time, with technical briefings.
This report says we're facing unimaginable disaster, yet we didn't even get a briefing.
This report says we're facing unimaginable disaster, yet we didn't even get a briefing.