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Meanwhile…

In the Republic of Gilealberta…

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

11.03.2026 18:16 👍 17 🔁 6 💬 12 📌 1
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Spain could be the only EU country to beat energy price hikes Spain spent the last six years investing heavily in wind and solar energy, leading to some of the cheapest power prices in Europe.

“I'd prefer to be dependent on China for the import of solar panels & batteries, than I would, for oil & gas coming from the Gulf, and I'll tell you why… if I buy that solar panel, that battery, that wind turbine, that transformer, I buy it once every 25 years. I don't have to buy it every day”

11.03.2026 17:10 👍 100 🔁 38 💬 1 📌 1
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Better health? Address poverty.
Safer communities? Address poverty.
Less addiction, less crime, less suffering? Address poverty.
Poverty isn’t a side issue.
It’s the engine driving most of the problems we claim to care about!

POVERTY KILLS.

11.03.2026 17:15 👍 18 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 1

Or, hear me out, instead of continuing the car dominance we invest more into trains and buses instead of charging infrastructure.

11.03.2026 17:22 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

OUR CITY IS BEING DESTROYED BY...4PLEXES!

11.03.2026 17:17 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
A cartoon by Ron Cobb (1975), showing a shadow of US B-52 bomber above cratered landscape. Two people who look like Vietnamese peasants look up; one says “they’re having problems with their economy again.”

A cartoon by Ron Cobb (1975), showing a shadow of US B-52 bomber above cratered landscape. Two people who look like Vietnamese peasants look up; one says “they’re having problems with their economy again.”

This is from 1975.

11.03.2026 07:02 👍 5061 🔁 1889 💬 52 📌 48

I do t think they laid. It was reported he was guessing and they wouldn’t correct him.

We all know what he thinks about the size of his hands.

11.03.2026 13:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I think Trump knows exactly what he's doing with the shoes, it's another humiliation thing.

If it wasn't, they'd just rebuy the exact same Florsheim shoe in the right size and wear that. But they know he'd notice those aren't the clown shoes he gave them, so they can't do it.

11.03.2026 12:43 👍 1020 🔁 209 💬 54 📌 24

Pretend to be better.

11.03.2026 01:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ah, of course. This "heritage stretch" def. needs protecting. There are some SFHs to the south of the site, but the rest is low rise industrial and commercial.

11.03.2026 01:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

May I point out that they "created" the nuclear arsenal. So even back then he knew he was lying.

11.03.2026 01:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Car Free Day: SAVED. Elect progressives, get results.

I moved this urgent motion today with Cllr Orr and was thrilled that it was approved unanimously by Council.

11.03.2026 00:50 👍 135 🔁 25 💬 4 📌 4
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You know a really cursed echochamber?

Traffic engineer LinkedIn.

"90% of the time, speeding is just a perception"
"It's just a handful of people with a 'slow is always safer' mentality"
"Speed humps have a detrimental effect on slowing policy and fire"

10.03.2026 23:32 👍 139 🔁 12 💬 16 📌 13
How high will the U.S.-Israel war with Iran push gas prices? | About That
How high will the U.S.-Israel war with Iran push gas prices? | About That YouTube video by CBC News

How high will the U.S.-Israel war with Iran push gas prices? | About That youtu.be/rI8ZmDG5Msw

10.03.2026 23:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Lawsuits are expensive. Unlike Ken, Sean wasn't elected as a wealthy man with friends in high places. But he does have you.

If you don't have much to give, give $16 (the number of times Ken apologized in one interview). If you have more, please give more.

SueKenSim.ca

Please share.

10.03.2026 21:59 👍 67 🔁 32 💬 0 📌 1
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it’s my birthday and unfortunately it’s incredibly easy for people in my life to troll me

10.03.2026 20:58 👍 347 🔁 4 💬 25 📌 0
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Chillhop Essentials Spring 2026 Chillhop Essentials Spring 2026 by Chillhop Music

It may not feel like it today in Vancouver, but Chillhop has declared spring! michael.kalus.ca/chillhop-ess...

10.03.2026 21:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wish you success @seanorr.bsky.social

10.03.2026 19:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sean Orr has filed legal action against Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim for saying to media without evidence that Orr was dealing drugs on Christmas Day

10.03.2026 19:20 👍 504 🔁 93 💬 25 📌 43
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Michael Kalus.ca thoughts, musings & media

A new domain for my blog.

I have been moving away from the michaelkalus.ca domain to the much more fashionable michael.kalus.ca domain for the blog.

I intend to post more on there than once a month and start also writing again regularly. Add it to your RSS reader. No paywall ;)

10.03.2026 18:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

You wake up in the morning. Morning light is a big part of it.

It's much easier to "stay awake" then to "become awake".

But yes, we'll find out in due time. I already know that this is messing with my clubs morning ride schedule in the winter, lots of people can't squeeze the morning ride in now.

10.03.2026 16:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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IN Iran?

10.03.2026 04:23 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I am not surprised. When I took the test I only chose AI for the poetry.

The problem with the AIs writing is that it "over explains" and generally uses more simple structures. If you don't read a lot, this will read better to you.

So, I guess I should read more poetry.

10.03.2026 03:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Burrard Bridge

Burrard Bridge

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10.03.2026 02:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This was a vote buying decision. They really don't care about all the negative consequences, because the loudest people are the night owls who don't crawl out of bed until 8 or 9 and then get pissed when they have no more daylight after work.

10.03.2026 02:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Simple, the only people allowed to vote were the ones that attended the CPC love fest in Calgary.

See Pierre soar!

10.03.2026 02:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The only way this story could be better if they were all Cybertrucks.

10.03.2026 00:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The bottom line is Trump sacrificed 8 American lives (& counting) and more than 1,000 Iranian lives (& counting) for nothing. He hurt the US & global economies, destabilized the Middle East, & will pull out with the same Iranian regime in power. There's no silver lining.

A senseless, criminal waste

10.03.2026 00:26 👍 12070 🔁 3328 💬 588 📌 172