Michael Birklein 🇨🇦
@birklein.bsky.social
I’ll let you know when I get there. super random but hockey
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The ABSOLUTE GALL of Danielle Smith trying to paint the Alberta NDP as poor money managers. The UCP brass are the worst money managers this province has ever seen. They're rolling in money, but year after year, they piss it all away, while Albertans struggle.
#ableg #cdnpoli
#ableg #cdnpoli
September 14, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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Something very Canadian about this quote from Angine de Poitrine’s Klek:
“It’s only music. I’m not saving people’s lives. I’m just playing drums. One comment on KEXP said: ‘Now there’s a reason to live.’ I was like: calm down, man. Go kiss your mother or something – that’s a reason to live.”
“It’s only music. I’m not saving people’s lives. I’m just playing drums. One comment on KEXP said: ‘Now there’s a reason to live.’ I was like: calm down, man. Go kiss your mother or something – that’s a reason to live.”
‘We’re not Lady Gaga and Elton John’: unmasking Angine de Poitrine, the year’s buzziest, dottiest band
Their microtonal rock has been a huge viral hit – but are they really 333-year-old aliens inspired by Borneo monkeys? The Quebecois duo tell all
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Something very Canadian about this quote from Angine de Poitrine’s Klek:
“It’s only music. I’m not saving people’s lives. I’m just playing drums. One comment on KEXP said: ‘Now there’s a reason to live.’ I was like: calm down, man. Go kiss your mother or something – that’s a reason to live.”
“It’s only music. I’m not saving people’s lives. I’m just playing drums. One comment on KEXP said: ‘Now there’s a reason to live.’ I was like: calm down, man. Go kiss your mother or something – that’s a reason to live.”
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Fuck Todd Loewen.
He's a bloodthirsty evil murderer of wildlife.
Sickening.
He's a bloodthirsty evil murderer of wildlife.
Sickening.
September 14, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Fuck Todd Loewen.
He's a bloodthirsty evil murderer of wildlife.
Sickening.
He's a bloodthirsty evil murderer of wildlife.
Sickening.
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Remember how that video of a sea turtle with a straw up its nose horrified people to get on board with banning straws? Every social media post I've seen that exposes data centre noise and *what it does to animals* has been re-posted by the most moderate, "Is-AI-really-that-bad?" person in my life.
A truck blaring data centre noise is driving around the RNC convention in Dallas
This is how you do it!
Credit to defiancedispatch
This is how you do it!
Credit to defiancedispatch
September 11, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Remember how that video of a sea turtle with a straw up its nose horrified people to get on board with banning straws? Every social media post I've seen that exposes data centre noise and *what it does to animals* has been re-posted by the most moderate, "Is-AI-really-that-bad?" person in my life.
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Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne leaves the room at the G20 when the American Treasury Secretary Bessent gives his opening remarks.
We aren’t interested in anything you have to say, buddy. 👋
😂
We aren’t interested in anything you have to say, buddy. 👋
😂
September 2, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne leaves the room at the G20 when the American Treasury Secretary Bessent gives his opening remarks.
We aren’t interested in anything you have to say, buddy. 👋
😂
We aren’t interested in anything you have to say, buddy. 👋
😂
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Going to consult with the experts on immigrant deportation, violating human rights, gerrymandering, public bullshitting, flooding the zone, money laundering and making rational people's heads explode.
#abpoli #Alberta #canada
globalnews.ca/news/1204039...
#abpoli #Alberta #canada
globalnews.ca/news/1204039...
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to meet with U.S. officials amid trade war | Globalnews.ca
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was originally heading to the U.S. on a pre-planned trip, but her office says she's now going to meet with officials amid the trade war.
globalnews.ca
August 30, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Going to consult with the experts on immigrant deportation, violating human rights, gerrymandering, public bullshitting, flooding the zone, money laundering and making rational people's heads explode.
#abpoli #Alberta #canada
globalnews.ca/news/1204039...
#abpoli #Alberta #canada
globalnews.ca/news/1204039...
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A Parliamentary committee should convene next week and issue a legal summons to the executives of Google Canada to explain why they are actively undermining our sovereignty.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...
Google Maps Changes Lake Ontario to Lake America Following Trump’s Executive Order
Users in the United States will see the new label, following President Trump’s executive order last week.
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2026 at 3:39 PM
A Parliamentary committee should convene next week and issue a legal summons to the executives of Google Canada to explain why they are actively undermining our sovereignty.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...
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Live at MapQuest Headquarters:
August 29, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Live at MapQuest Headquarters:
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Fuck you Google. We will all remember your capitulation to a mad king
August 30, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Fuck you Google. We will all remember your capitulation to a mad king
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Firing a commissioner over numbers you don't like is bad. But it's the visible part, easy to call out.
That points to the loss of a shared source of truth. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/why-the-bls-guardrails-held-and-the
That points to the loss of a shared source of truth. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/why-the-bls-guardrails-held-and-the
August 28, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Firing a commissioner over numbers you don't like is bad. But it's the visible part, easy to call out.
That points to the loss of a shared source of truth. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/why-the-bls-guardrails-held-and-the
That points to the loss of a shared source of truth. https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/why-the-bls-guardrails-held-and-the
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And Danielle Smith acts like it every day too.
August 28, 2026 at 1:16 AM
And Danielle Smith acts like it every day too.
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We aren’t just in a trade war. We are in an info war, too. This isn’t something we are normally good at due to our reflexive secrecy. But we need to win. That means going on the attack. Right now.
Tell the world EXACTLY what happened.
My latest in the @thestar.com.
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Tell the world EXACTLY what happened.
My latest in the @thestar.com.
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Matt Gurney: Mark Carney should tell us more about what went wrong with Trump
It’s time to take it up a notch. Tell the entire world exactly what we were prepared to agree to and precisely what the Americans dropped on us at the
www.thestar.com
August 23, 2026 at 2:48 PM
We aren’t just in a trade war. We are in an info war, too. This isn’t something we are normally good at due to our reflexive secrecy. But we need to win. That means going on the attack. Right now.
Tell the world EXACTLY what happened.
My latest in the @thestar.com.
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Tell the world EXACTLY what happened.
My latest in the @thestar.com.
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Always a good reminder from David Cochrane.
“America isn't the way it is because he's president. He's president because America is the way it is”
— David Cochrane
CBC Power and Politics
“America isn't the way it is because he's president. He's president because America is the way it is”
— David Cochrane
CBC Power and Politics
August 22, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Always a good reminder from David Cochrane.
“America isn't the way it is because he's president. He's president because America is the way it is”
— David Cochrane
CBC Power and Politics
“America isn't the way it is because he's president. He's president because America is the way it is”
— David Cochrane
CBC Power and Politics
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Putting American booze back on the shelves doesn't make us drink it anymore than an open border makes us travel to the US.
August 20, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Putting American booze back on the shelves doesn't make us drink it anymore than an open border makes us travel to the US.
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Great takedown of Smith and the UCP's lies on data centres.
"Again, not true. In fact, your government passed a raft of AI fast-tracking laws in 2025 to incentivize this industry after listening to lobbyists."
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
"Again, not true. In fact, your government passed a raft of AI fast-tracking laws in 2025 to incentivize this industry after listening to lobbyists."
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Lights! Camera! Action! Roll the Data Centre Sell Job! | The Tyee
Notes on Premier Smith’s video attempt to reassure Albertans that AI tycoons are everybody’s friends.
thetyee.ca
August 21, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Great takedown of Smith and the UCP's lies on data centres.
"Again, not true. In fact, your government passed a raft of AI fast-tracking laws in 2025 to incentivize this industry after listening to lobbyists."
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
"Again, not true. In fact, your government passed a raft of AI fast-tracking laws in 2025 to incentivize this industry after listening to lobbyists."
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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“Given the desperate tone of your nine-minute sales pitch, it’s pretty obvious you’re stuck with a thorny political problem that is squarely of your own making.” Andrew Nikiforuk has some notes for Premier Danielle Smith’s latest data centre video.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Lights! Camera! Action! Roll the Data Centre Sell Job! | The Tyee
Notes on Premier Smith’s video attempt to reassure Albertans that AI tycoons are everybody’s friends.
thetyee.ca
August 21, 2026 at 5:25 PM
“Given the desperate tone of your nine-minute sales pitch, it’s pretty obvious you’re stuck with a thorny political problem that is squarely of your own making.” Andrew Nikiforuk has some notes for Premier Danielle Smith’s latest data centre video.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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I’m fine with this. My buying behaviour, meanwhile, has been forever altered. Win win.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...
Carney asks provinces to return U.S. booze to shelves as trade deal being finalized, N.S. premier says | CBC
www.cbc.ca
August 19, 2026 at 11:00 PM
I’m fine with this. My buying behaviour, meanwhile, has been forever altered. Win win.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...
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Hiring temporary foreign workers and new immigrants to run Danielle Smith’s racist referendum would be peak Alberta UCP separatist at this point.
#Canada #Alberta #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg
#Canada #Alberta #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg
That moment when you're trying to separate as hard as you can and realize you can't even run your own referendum. A bad, dumb comedy #abpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Elections Alberta seeks help from other provinces to run fall referendum
Agency is recruiting staff ahead of Oct. 19 vote, which will include separation question, to ensure Herculean ballot count runs smoothly
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 18, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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Dear @ucalgary.bsky.social
As an alumni, I would like to know why the university scrubbed a report on AI data centre power and water usage from its website?
Links is dead here and barely visible on wayback machine.
cabinradio.ca/295061/news/...
As an alumni, I would like to know why the university scrubbed a report on AI data centre power and water usage from its website?
Links is dead here and barely visible on wayback machine.
cabinradio.ca/295061/news/...
August 18, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Dear @ucalgary.bsky.social
As an alumni, I would like to know why the university scrubbed a report on AI data centre power and water usage from its website?
Links is dead here and barely visible on wayback machine.
cabinradio.ca/295061/news/...
As an alumni, I would like to know why the university scrubbed a report on AI data centre power and water usage from its website?
Links is dead here and barely visible on wayback machine.
cabinradio.ca/295061/news/...
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Ha!
Province that wants to be an independent country lacks the means to run a referendum on sovereignty.
Province that wants to be an independent country lacks the means to run a referendum on sovereignty.
Elections Alberta seeks help from other provinces to run fall referendum
Agency is recruiting staff ahead of Oct. 19 vote, which will include separation question, to ensure Herculean ballot count runs smoothly
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 18, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Ha!
Province that wants to be an independent country lacks the means to run a referendum on sovereignty.
Province that wants to be an independent country lacks the means to run a referendum on sovereignty.
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Local woman rallies other locals to help oust really irritating non-local man.
Woman behind petition to oust U.S ambassador says response is 'beyond what I expected' | CBC News
Tens of thousands of Canadians have signed a petition calling for U.S. President Donald Trump's representative in Ottawa to be kicked out of the country. The woman behind the petition says it's grown ...
www.cbc.ca
August 12, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Local woman rallies other locals to help oust really irritating non-local man.
