Phil Tomlinson

Apparently someone has been signing people up without consent to cause blowback - volunteers are double checking with every household to ensure consent. We took an #lpc lawn sign because we value that sort of honesty and integrity.

@cmcalgary.bsky.social @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social

A nice pair of volunteers from the #lpc came to ask if we had ordered a lawn sign. We had not.

16kWh of excess #solar went into my #ev today. That's a quarter tank. I can't remember the last time my gas car refilled its tank on its own, for free.

Meanwhile, the 'horrible' consumer #carbontax is gone and I can't tell if gas prices even twitched... I'll miss those rebates...

As far as I can tell, the US has decided to opt out of the world economy. It'll suck a lot for a bit, but instead of the US being the 'centre' we'll have tons of increased bilateral trade and way more flexibility.

US can make their own cars. CAN, GER, and MEX will make'm for everyone else.

Basically forever?

The future is amazing.

My home energy management system is dynamically adjusting the charging rate for my #EV to match the excess power my #solar panels are producing.

I'm filling my 'gas tank' for free.

Image of the Gulf of Mexico/Gulf of America with the words "if we can call a body of water a new name, I feel like we can all call trans people by their names and pronouns too.

Bell: Danielle Smith was flying high — then the crap hit the fan Premier Smith under fire for allegations her government fired the province's health care boss for conducting a probe into medical contracts

Oh my... If Smith's mouthpiece at Post Media is calling this huge, this is going to get WILD

Alberta puts contracts on hold amid allegations of widespread corruption in private surgeries | Globalnews.ca A letter obtained by the Globe and Mail allegedly accuses the UCP of widespread corruption, conflicts of interest and firing the former CEO of AHS because she tried to investigate.

So uh, yea...

You know, if Trump was a good business leader, he would have sold the US government to the highest bidder instead of taking the first lowball offer. $250M seems awfully cheap.

Personally, I just booked flights to Puerto Rico. Yes it's the US technically - but they get treated even worse than us by this administration. I'm doing my best to avoid any national brands and focus on supporting small, local businesses.

Yep, totally fine, just outbreaks of preventable diseases. But hey it's the fault of cancer patients and countless others for being immunocompromised or something.

The feels.

Today on CBC Frontburner @karinagould.bsky.social (who I was unfamiliar with previously) said something PROFOUND.

Karina said 'we need to turn the social safety net into a trampoline - so that it not only catches you, but lifts you back up.'

That's a vision for the Liberals I get behind.

I'm just going to (re)post this whenever I need to remind myself. Maybe it'll help you too?

1. Focus on things in your control & take ONE action there.

2. Limit your inputs. You can't help if you're paralyzed.

I read this as 'I am such a coward that I obsessively invent reasons to be scared'

My grandmother survived the pogroms, the concentration camps, and the indifference of people who didn't stand up for others.

She told me not long ago that she hoped she didn't live much longer because the world is beginning to feel again like it did back then.

She wasn't wrong. #lovenothate

Dysautonomia - 'the most common medical condition you've never heard of'

Kraft Heinz hits back at what it called Trudeau's 'misleading' comment about its Canadian ketchup | CBC News The ketchup giant is seeing red after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brought up its past exit from Canada while discussing a potential Canada-U.S. trade war.

"Heinz pissy that Trudeau reminds Canadians that they previously laid off entire Leamington employee base and left Canadian farmers in the lurch"

Heinz screwed over their Canadian employees. They came slinking back six years later - that doesn't buy my good will.

#buyfrenchsketchup #forgetheinz

Member of Alberta coal mining committee feeling 'disgust and dismay' over new plan | CBC News A member of a five-person panel created by former energy minister Sonya Savage in 2021 to consult the public on the future of coal mining in Alberta says he's in a "state of shock" about recent moves ...

#ABLeg
#UCPCorruption

"[The committee] just can't believe that the government would ask us to do all this. And we did it …

"Then they say, 'Well, we're going to throw that in the dumpster and go ahead with what the coal industry thinks they want to do.'"

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

One a lap dog, always a lap dog. Even if that lap appears to be shrinking...

What's now clear to me is that Smith's talk of 'a strong Alberta within a united Canada' is BS.

Smith just needed to give the APPEARANCE of standing with the rest of Canada and debated response in private.

Instead she has amateurishly fallen for divide and conquer.

@steviesafespaces.com has new merch? Where'd that credit card go...

EXACTLY. The world changes. Adapt or go extinct.

The second one refuses to acknowledge the startups. They believe that the product they built their company on is the best. People have bought it for years, and why would that change?

Which of those two would YOU invest in?

The first one invests in product development and realizes the need to out innovate the startups. They realize the market share they spent years building can disappear fast.

#Alberta is busy making similar decisions motivated by ideology rather than sound strategy.

Imagine two companies. They are both well established leaders in their industry, but surrounded by scrappy startups.

Hmmmm. I can't remember the last time my car refueled itself while I was parked at work. Also can't remember the last time I paid $8 for 2/3 of a tank of fuel.