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Brent Wittmeier

@wittmeier.bsky.social

Former reporter, politico, university instructor, brewery drone and seminarian. Always digging for cheap records.

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Brent Wittmeier@wittmeier.bsky.social · 5d ago

Rightwing astroturf organization whose former employee was the previous PREMIER OF ALBERTA. Their righteous indignation is a PR sham to devalue public service. When CTF jokers run for office, they become the most venal, transactional, overtly anti-public-interest politicians imaginable.

Courtney Theriault@ctheriault.bsky.social · 5d ago

Alberta MLAs are Canada's third highest paid provincial politicians and seventh highest if you include the United States... and that doesn't account for the benefit of a lower income tax rate and no GST. www.taxpayer.com/media/Subnat...

Brent Wittmeier@wittmeier.bsky.social · 5d ago

“Don’t be evil” is exactly what supervillains would use as a corporate motto, before unveiling their plans in the second act.

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d ago

New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...

T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦@tryangregory.bsky.social · 6d ago

Anything, and I mean anything, Carney says or does will be rationalized. He can use right-wing rhetoric and institute policy indistinguishable from Poilievre's and someone will show up to defend it. Every single time. I've never seen anything like this in my lifetime.

Dean Brown@deanfb.bsky.social · last wk.

You don’t have to be anti-immigrant to recognize basic economics. Adding people faster than we can build homes, expand infrastructure, and provide services drives up costs and strains supply. Sustainable immigration requires sustainable growth.

Brent Wittmeier@wittmeier.bsky.social · last wk.

Torrential rain and wildfire smoke at the same time! Flooded basements and impassable roads. I’m really glad UN climate envoy Mark Carney is committing tax dollars to locking us into decades of expanded oil production as these conditions worsen.

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · last wk.

Tons of peoples' Claude chats are exposed on Google. Cryptocurrency keys, API keys, login credentials, legal discussions, more. This happened with ChatGPT last year. And Claude too. There's clearly an ongoing issue with search engines indexing peoples' AI chats www.404media.co/tons-of-peop...

Tons of Peoples’ Claude Chats and Creations are Exposed on Google

Claude users are creating public share links, but probably don't realize that means their chats are now ending up in Google searches where anyone can dig through them.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦@tryangregory.bsky.social · 3w ago

Reminder that Carney has cut funding for Natural Resources Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Indigenous and Northern Affairs, and Indigenous Services. And he has rolled back climate protections, abandoned emissions targets, and is building more pipelines.

Carney: "The wildfire situation has escalated significantly over the last three weeks across the country, and particularly in Northwestern Ontario. Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their communities, not knowing if their homes will survive. On behalf of Canadians, I want to thank the brave firefighters, first responders, Indigenous and local leaders who are working tirelessly to keep people safe. Our government is in close contact with provincial, municipal, and Indigenous partners and stands ready to provide any additional support as needed."
Brent Wittmeier@wittmeier.bsky.social · 3w ago

Our Canadian PM was a UN climate envoy and wrote a book on the subject prior to taking office, then called climate action divisive and unrealistic. Centrists have no real convictions other than power and appeasement, so even when they talk about climate, nobody’s going to believe them.

Leah Stokes@leahstokes.bsky.social · 3w ago

Democrats have stopped talking about climate. Strategists say that's smart—but they're wrong. Making climate a top priority wins votes, and barely 1 in 10 voters will vote against climate action. Read all about it in my newsletter, "Notes from the Electric Era." electricnotes.news/p/yes-democr...

Brent Wittmeier@wittmeier.bsky.social · last mo.

It’s a money printing machine, just not for the people of Canada. Most Canadians will have to pay for the pleasure of choking on wildfire smoke, after which we eventually wind up in privatized hospitals.

Shannon Proudfoot@sproudfoot.bsky.social · last mo.

New from me. Mark Carney’s Oprah giveaway day, and a vexing question: if a new pipeline is a money-printing machine, why does no private company want to build it so that taxpayers have to? #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...

Samuel@samuel.fm · last mo.

today is a celebration of the US narrowly escaping British tyranny. unfortunately there’s no counterfactual of what would’ve happened if the British maintained territory in north america but we can only assume it would’ve been terrible

Brent Wittmeier@wittmeier.bsky.social · last mo.

It’s not just emissions in a rapidly heating world. It’s not just hypocrisy from the ‘climate finance guy.’ It’s not just sinking tens of billions of public $. It’s not just a missed opportunity for electrification. It’s richly rewarding a separatist who will sell out Canada in a heartbeat.

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · last mo.

Canada has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become a global energy superpower.    We’re seizing it. In partnership with Alberta, Indigenous Peoples, and industry, we’re building a stronger Canada for all.

Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · last mo.

Here's my full interview with CNBC, covering my bear case against generative AI, OpenAI's questionable finances, AI's lack of ROI, and how all of this is a symptom of the tech industry running out of hypergrowth ideas. It's great to see the mainstream media discussing this. youtu.be/TtmPccUTDP8?...

Ed Zitron on CNBC: Generative AI Doesn't Work, And Big Tech Is Out Of Hypergrowth Ideas

YouTube video by Ed Zitron

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Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · last mo.

Had a great time on CNBC talking OpenAI’s sovereign wealth fund play, AI ROI, the capex bubble, and how the tech industry has run out of hypergrowth ideas. www.cnbc.com/video/2026/0...

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · last mo.

NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

a chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforeGoogle's total energy consumption more than new zealand
jim storrie@jimstr.bsky.social · last mo.

when Carney gives Smith this pipeline, he will be completely justifying the Free Alberta strategy and all the separatist-threat nonsense. he will be saving her entire career

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last mo.

This is what the entire video is intended to couch. It’s the only part that matters. “We can’t afford to restrain the growth of an important part of our energy mix, oil and gas, to meet a short term goal,” Carney said. “Our emissions will be higher in the next few years”

Brent Wittmeier@wittmeier.bsky.social · last mo.

Two days before Danielle Smith announces a pipeline funded or backed by Alberta taxpayers? Will it be federally backed as well?

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last mo.

This is what the entire video is intended to couch. It’s the only part that matters. “We can’t afford to restrain the growth of an important part of our energy mix, oil and gas, to meet a short term goal,” Carney said. “Our emissions will be higher in the next few years”

Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦@sphillipsab.bsky.social · last mo.

A decade ago, our government made sure Springbank reservoir would get built. I’m relieved we made that decision, and it was far enough along it couldn’t be politically messed-with, even though Jason Kenney and his Banff MLA certainly tried. It is protecting City of Calgary today, as a result.

Jeromy Farkas@jeromyyyc.bsky.social · last mo.

UPDATE: With this morning's activation of the Springbank Reservoir, we are now in a Flood Watch on the Elbow River. We are not anticipating overbank flooding in the City of Calgary at this time. A new update will be provided soon. Visit Calgary.ca/flood for latest.

max dithered 🌌@sneptech.bsky.social · last mo.

holy shit bsky has a water sealant expert that predicted the reflecting pool failure mode perfectly

The Monarch Diaries@monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 3mo ago

They're using Rhino Pipeliner 5000, which freezes as sprayed-on curds almost exactly as it hits the surface. Won't flow out, flatten, and self-level like standard epoxy or paint would. Under standing water, the orange peel texture is a perfect scaffolding for algae, bacteria, and general bio scum