Dr. Andy Holt

Every month the United States provides even more reason to boycott its products and companies — the strikes on Iran being just the latest.

In light of that, it’s a great time to ditch the products and services of US tech companies. I made a comprehensive guide to help you.

If you spend time in the bad place, you’re hearing this claim a lot:

Alberta sends $23B more to Ottawa than it gets back. If we separated, we’d erase the $9B deficit and have a $14B surplus.

It sounds simple. It’s wrong. Here's why. 🧵

A Great Grey Owl outstretches her wings wide to slow down. The background is snow covered. Her talons can be seen getting ready to grab the landing post.

The grace and ease with which a Great Grey Owl moves is a sight to behold. Here a Great Grey uses her wings to slow down as she approaches a post to land on. And check out those talons! #wildlife #birds #owls

I hope Carney's statement in response to the attacks on Iran have disspelled any illusions among Liberals and social democrats that he is a politician with progressive principles, or that there is anyone in the Liberal cabinet with the principle to stand up for a principled foreign policy. #cdnpoli

US-Israel war on Iran: Donald Trump says Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead – latest reports US president proclaims Khamenei’s death as ‘justice for the people of Iran’ after Israeli sources said Iran’s leader had been killed

"US president proclaims Khamenei’s death as ‘justice for the people of Iran’ after Israeli sources said Iran’s leader had been killed"

Okay. Now let's see similar justice for Renée Good, Alex Pretti and other 'people of the USA' who have died at Trump's hands.

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Well I only realised a couple of weeks ago that Chris Rock and Kid Rock were two different people.

But I didn't start a war as a result of confusing the two. So there's that.

So the people that started this think that Ayatollah Khamenei and Ayatollah Khomeini are the same person?

Christ on a bike.

Trump's illegal operation against Iran is apparently called "Operation Epic Fury".

W⚓

When he dies, it's going to be one hell of a party.

BREAKING — 51 Iranian children are dead after a strike hits Minab girls elementary school in Iran.

Trump’s unprovoked attack on Iran has no mandate – or legal basis US president violates UN charter just days into his Board of Peace era, and chooses to take the biggest gamble of his administration

"The first war of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace era has begun – an unprovoked attempt at regime change in collaboration with Israel, with no legal foundation, launched in the midst of diplomatic efforts to avert conflict."

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US-Israel war on Iran: Netanyahu says ‘all indications’ show Khamenei is ‘no longer with us’ – live Israeli prime minister addresses media after US and Israel launch major combat operation against Iran; 201 people killed in Iran, media reports say

Just need Netanyahu, Trump and Putin "no longer to be with us" and we can consider this a good day for humankind.

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

While there’s no doubt that regime change and removal of a brutal dictatorship that has no respect for human rights, and that targets and kills their own citizens, is a most desirable outcome, it’s unlikely to happen while they’re bombing Iran.

The United States of America and Israel has just bombed a school full of students in Iran.
~40 students killed and 48 injured.
This violates Article 52 of Additional Protocol (I) Geneva Conventions, but international law clearly doesn’t apply to the U.S. and Israel. #cdnpoli

President Pedo Bonespurs and his BFF Netanyahu launch an illegal attack on Iran to draw attention away from the Trump-Epstein files.
Tel Aviv flattened and Iranian property developers turning it into a luxury resort would be an acceptable outcome.

This seems excessive for a quick nibble to accompany a mug of coffee while working.

Is there anyone else who can hammer through an entire packet of McVities chocolate digestives in 15 minutes over a mug of coffee, or is it just me?

(I just did ...)

Horner says he has no mandate to change the tax system, but the UCP doesn't have a mandate to obliterate the health care system either. That didn't fucking stop them.
#AbLeg

According to the separatists, one good old-stock white Albertan is worth ten immigrants.
Agreed.
Ship out one white good ol' boy and extend the welcome mat to ten immigrants.
A fair swap.

Very nice bike ride completed last night on Rouvy through Sumoto and the surrounding coastline in Japan.
No litter. No derelict buildings. No trucknuts. No red ballcaps and sunglasses. No fascists.
Pretty sure 'Berta would be a better place with more immigrants and fewer poorly-educated whites.

Green win shows progressive voters are now voting against Labour as well as Reform Gorton and Denton byelection shatters Labour strategy of neglecting its core base while focusing on Reform defectors

Good news to wake up to.
In most places, decent people outnumber the right wing. The fascists are just louder.
And yes, Labour are now on the right, though still miles left of Reform.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“The Assembly of Treaty Chiefs has passed a unanimous vote of non-confidence in the UCP government.”

👏🏻

This is sickening.
These are the behaviours that Smith is encouraging.

If you watch 2 minutes of video today…

Make it this.

A masterclass on oratory and personal responsibility is on full display.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

He's a lawyer; he's not going to discuss contrary evidence that blows a hole through his antiquated right wing Good-Ol'-Boy views!

Peter MacKinnon: University of Alberta should be applauded for resisting affirmative action Affirmative action — by whatever name it is known — is discriminatory

Just because you're a lawyer & have been "President of 3 different universities" doesn't mean you won't ultimately become a senile old twat.
EDI helps stop incompetent white guys from taking jobs that should go to competent, qualified people from minority groups.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/pete...

One hundred accounts are behind the majority of conspiracy theory content in Canada Researchers analyzed more than 14 million social media posts from accounts in Canada and found that 87 per cent of conspiratorial claims come from influencers, with just 100 users responsible for near...

One hundred accounts are behind the majority of conspiracy theory content in Canada #Propaganda #Canada

According to the report, just 100 users are responsible for almost 70 per cent of all online conspiracy claims in Canada.

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www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/25/n...

A white woman who is not a doctor & doesn’t believe in science is currently undergoing Senate confirmation hearings to be the US Surgeon General.

Black people, don’t EVER let these people tell you that you are a “diversity hire” or don’t deserve the roles you have so richly prepared for & earned.

“I’m about to engage in an extreme act of protest but, compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it’s not extreme at all.”

- Aaron Bushnell, moments before self-immolating in protest of US-Israeli genocide in Gaza (Feb 2024)

German Jews' Passports Declared Invalid | Holocaust Encyclopedia October 5, 1938. On this date, the Reich Ministry of the Interior invalidated all German Jews' passports and required them to have a "J" stamped on them.

Relevant.

encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/t...

You could then move to Alberta and become a UCP MLA.