There are two flock Cameras being tested in both Nanaimo British Columbia and Calgary Alberta right now.
sexism is stupid ⚜️@lalegault.bsky.social · 2d ago😇
Phillip Meintzer
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Settler on Treaty 7 Land Trying to build a future that's worth living. 🌿 https://phillipmeintzer.medium.com/
sexism is stupid ⚜️@lalegault.bsky.social · 2d ago
Star Investigation: In the first half of 2025, donors gave nearly $190,000 — a jump for a party that reported zero contributions the year before. What’s more, the money came from fewer than 50 people, with more than half of them handing over $5,000, the maximum amount allowed under Alberta rules.
A mysterious cash surge for Alberta’s separatist party is tied to out-of-province donors
A Toronto Star investigation reveals some of the biggest donations to the Republican Party of Alberta appear to come from B.C. political insiders.
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Docs obtained via access to information reveal that oil & gas industry associations significantly influenced the Alberta government's Mature Asset Strategy — a plan to dump billions in industry cleanup costs onto ordinary Alberta taxpayers instead of holding companies accountable. #ABLeg #ABPoli
Phillip Meintzer@phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · yesterday"But the provincial government’s latest scheme to reduce the 77,869 inactive wells across Alberta... has Popowich convinced that the deck is stacked against rural landowners and in favour of oil and gas interests." www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/10/n... #ABLeg #CDNPoli @cuym-alberta.bsky.social
"But the provincial government’s latest scheme to reduce the 77,869 inactive wells across Alberta... has Popowich convinced that the deck is stacked against rural landowners and in favour of oil and gas interests." www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/10/n... #ABLeg #CDNPoli @cuym-alberta.bsky.social
Alberta has almost 78,000 inactive wells. Landowners say the cleanup plan is rigged
The Alberta government’s latest scheme to reduce the 77,869 inactive wells, which haven’t produced fossil fuels for at least six months, has some people convinced that the deck is stacked against rura...
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The polycrisis is not a collection of isolated events. The common denominator of today's polycrisis is the structural crisis of late-stage (or monopoly) capitalism, where "the accumulation of capital is invariably accompanied by the accumulation of catastrophe." monthlyreview.org/articles/the...
The Global Structural Crisis of Capital - Monthly Review
John Bellamy Foster introduces our special summer issue on the “Structural Crisis of Capital,” illuminating its four main characteristics as first outlined by István Mészáros in Marx’s Theory of Alien...
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1/📣New analysis reveals that fossil fuel lobbying has skyrocketed under PM Carney’s government In the first year of PM Carney’s government, oil lobbyists had over 1300 meetings – that’s 5 times per working day. environmentaldefence.ca/2026/08/06/f...
Six months after the Trump regime invaded Venezuela and seized control of the country’s oil exports, $13 billion in revenue is nowhere to be found, at a time when the people of Venezuela badly need financial relief to recover after the devastating earthquakes in June. 🧵 #GreenSky
The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela’s oil money. Where is it?
Washington has given diverging accounts of where the earthquake-shattered country’s funds are going
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"The problem is neither fixed nor under control... All signs point to an orphan well problem that will become too big to solve so that a large share of the costs will be socialized, with taxpayers left to pay the bill for closure work" #ABLeg #ABPoli
Phillip Meintzer@phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · last wk.New analysis from @drewyewchuk.bsky.social for @ablawg.bsky.social on the Orphan Well Association's 2025/26 annual report: "If the AER wanted to correct their long-term mistake of setting the levy improperly low... the levy should be in the range of $1.7 billion." ablawg.ca/2026/07/30/t... #ABLeg
New analysis from @drewyewchuk.bsky.social for @ablawg.bsky.social on the Orphan Well Association's 2025/26 annual report: "If the AER wanted to correct their long-term mistake of setting the levy improperly low... the levy should be in the range of $1.7 billion." ablawg.ca/2026/07/30/t... #ABLeg
The Orphan Well Association Annual Report 2025/2026: The Problem with the AER’s Long Run Plan for Orphan Oil and Gas Sites
By: Drew Yewchuk Matter Commented On: Orphan Well Association Annual Report 2025/2026 PDF Version: The Orphan Well Association Annual Report 2025/2026: The Problem with the AER’s Long Run Plan for …
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Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
Did a thing with my buddy David. Took us sixteen months and there’s no way we coulda done it on our own, so feeling glad we found each other along the way! breachmedia.ca/canadian-uni...
Canadian universities set up a secret network to crack down on student Palestine demonstrators ⋆ The Breach
Universities in Canada coordinated to spy on and violently clear student encampments. Then, they deleted the evidence
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When WestJet ruins your vacation tomorrow I need you to remember that workers going on strike is why you have a vacation in the first place
We love to see a municipality standing up for themselves 👏 Way to go Red Deer, and we want to see more of this! #reddeer #alberta #abnews #abpoli #daniellesmith
I think you might be failing to grasp the reality of the current moment. @charlieangus104.bsky.social
Charlie Angus@charlieangus104.bsky.social · 2w agoCanada is in a deadly serious moment unlike anything we have seen in a century. We need political leaders to offer a vision of how respond to the threat while offering ways that our nation can move forward. Claiming that the PM's priority is supporting Trump's war machine is a total falsehood.
"But I also know that it’s not enough to just believe these things, because just believing in something doesn’t make it happen. That’s just wishing for a miracle. Change starts with action — and I want to be part of that action."
Phillip Meintzer@phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 2w ago"But I do NOT believe that the world has to stay this way forever. I have hope. That’s because I believe in ordinary working people. And I believe in the power of ordinary people to change the world, because we always have." medium.com/@phillipmein...
"But I do NOT believe that the world has to stay this way forever. I have hope. That’s because I believe in ordinary working people. And I believe in the power of ordinary people to change the world, because we always have." medium.com/@phillipmein...
On Faith
What do I believe in?
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“It’s easy to see the Canadian government engaging in deference to U.S. terrorism strategies as normal, but it’s only a matter of time before there’s a crack down on left-wing political speech, thought, and organizing” Free to read today! www.hilltimes.com/2026/07/22/c...
Canada cozying up to fascism under false pretence of co-operation - The Hill Times
It’s easy to see the Canadian government engaging in deference to U.S. terrorism strategies as normal, but it’s only a matter of time before there’s a crack down on left-wing political speech, thought...
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Calling all volunteers 📣 Stop the Mature Asset Strategy and the mega AI data centers, one conversation at a time! Sign up here: albertatalks.ca/calendar/
Calling all volunteers 📣 Stop the Mature Asset Strategy and the mega AI data centers, one conversation at a time! Sign up here: albertatalks.ca/calendar/
You can keep turning away but the sacrifice zone isn’t just Indigenous and rural communities anymore. There’s a frontline disaster coming to all of our doorsteps, and the lack of mitigation, resourcing and support we accept for them just might be what comes your way too.
The Notre-Dame burning got more attention than Indigenous communities burning to the ground. LA burning got more attention than Indigenous communities burning to the ground. Toronto air quality is getting more attention than Indigenous communities burning to the ground.
AND WE'RE SPENDING IT ON A U.S. DEFENCE CONTRACTOR DGKJHSLZRKGUHERALOGUNLARDFNGLZDRGNK www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 4w agoGenuinely losing my mind watching Carney's announcement today. Canada is burning, our prime minister says we can't afford climate action, and today he ANNOUNCES MORE DEFENCE SPENDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2/ Canada’s participation in this spectacle puts progressive Canadians at real risk. It’s outrageous, and the Prime Minister owes Canadians an explanation as to why he’s involving our country in this ugly episode.
1/ Trump is fuelling a new McCarthyism that is both delusional and dangerous. It’s clearly intended to crack down on Americans who are resisting his anti-democratic agenda. It’s also a serious escalation of violent authoritarianism from our next door neighbour.
Toronto Star@thestar.com · 4w agoThe Trump administration is hosting a high-level global meeting on combating “political terrorism” in Washington — a move experts have described as a politically-motivated crackdown on left-wing movements. Canada is one of more than 60 countries attending. Just in from @markramzy.bsky.social:
Speak out. Get sued? Powerful people are using expensive lawsuits to intimidate and silence dissenting voices in Alberta, the only province without anti-SLAPP legislation. Journalist @lukelebrun.ca says change is needed. Do you agree? 👀 FULL: rtrj.info/0716216SLAPP 🎧: rtrj.info/071626 #abpoli
Time to point out that these wells aren't "orphans"! Their daddies (the oil companies) and Mom (Danielle Smith) are alive and capable of paying to take care of them.
Phillip Meintzer@phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 4w agoAlberta's Orphan Well Association (OWA) just released it's 2025/26 annual report, and total cleanup costs for Alberta's orphan wells are now estimated at $1.66 BILLION. cdn.prod.website-files.com/66a3c445f4f5... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli
