Floated down the Elbow for a change of scenery. Noticed several empty yards of mansions were empty, while the public park was packed. I say expropriations are in order, teehee.
Ximena González
@ximenaka.bsky.social
Calgary journalist. Recovering architect. Reluctant urbanist. http://ximena-gonzalez.com
Based on the comments, one could be led to believe that reading the Bible will turn anyone into a religious fanatic—not unlike the people who believe reading LGBTQ2S+ will lead children to a life of depravity.
The Tyee@thetyee.ca · 5d agoAs society itself became more secular, and fewer children were exposed to the Bible at home, education suffered a major loss, @crof.bsky.social argues. 🎒⛪ #bced #canpoli thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
Can’t wait for this wealth to trickle down to us! 🙃 “Pipeline operators are benefiting from increasing demand for natural gas, utility infrastructure and power supply for data centres, which has helped Enbridge generate steady growth even amid geopolitical tensions and commodity price volatility.”
Enbridge beats estimates for second-quarter profit, benefits from higher Mainline volumes
Pipeline operators are benefiting from increasing demand for natural gas, utility infrastructure and power supply for data centres
theglobeandmail.com
“The breaches signal that AI's expanding capabilities are already fueling the security threat experts long feared and even top developers can be caught off-guard by flaws their models can exploit.”
Reuters@reuters.com · 6d agoAnthropic says Claude AI hacked three companies during cyber tests reut.rs/4yP1TnF
"Groceries too expensive? Have you tried eating like a medieval peasant?"
This program reminds me of efforts to reduce food insecurity by teaching people cooking skills, as if the cause of precarity were a lack of education.
The Home Program
calgary.ca
Did i tell you i’m done all my deadlines for the summer? My September self will surely regret the lack of income, but who cares?
I think we need to implement speed limits on bike lanes. Too many escooters going too fast for my comfort.
What’s keeping Canada from doing the same?
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · last wk.At our municipal grocery stores, New Yorkers will get a 30% discount on eggs, milk, chicken, produce and other everyday essentials. In the wealthiest city in the richest country in the world, no one should have to wonder how they’ll afford the food they need to feed themselves or their families.
Hope for Alberta! A Banned Book Club Blooms in Alberta via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
A Banned Book Club Blooms in Alberta | The Tyee
The club sends members titles that have been pulled from public library shelves. It joins a widespread fight against censorship across North America.
thetyee.ca
Starting July 31, Albertans will be able to pay to skip the line for diagnostic testing. In other words, the poorer you are, the lower the chances you’ll get timely treatment—and survive.
This is where being able to identify class within immigrant communities comes in handy. Upper-class workers with university degrees are more likely to be able to choose where to go, and in what conditions. It’s poor migrants from the Global South whose lives here would be made more precarious.
Holly Hoye 🇨🇦@hollyhoye.bsky.social · last wk.“If Albertans vote in favour of these questions, the province’s temporary foreign workers and non-permanent residents could lose access to health care, education and other funded services.” Anti-immigrant intent aside, this is shooting the province in the foot. Why would TFWs want to come here?
I was at the Folk Fest for TWO entire hours without my phone. I almost died!
“If we ever intended to change anything, however, we had to begin by perceiving ourselves as citizens, rather than as consumers. It is consumption, after all, that’s kept us from taking meaningful action…if our current situation indicates anything, it’s that we can’t shop our way out of extinction”🔥
Ximena González@ximenaka.bsky.social · last wk.Canada’s hot, smoky summers seem to have become the norm. We know how we got here. We’ve spent the last few decades voting with our wallets, making more sustainable choices, but we can’t shop our way out of extinction. New from me 👇
"If we ever intended to change anything, however, we had to begin by perceiving ourselves as citizens, rather than as consumers. It is consumption, after all, that’s kept us from taking meaningful action."
Ximena González@ximenaka.bsky.social · last wk.Canada’s hot, smoky summers seem to have become the norm. We know how we got here. We’ve spent the last few decades voting with our wallets, making more sustainable choices, but we can’t shop our way out of extinction. New from me 👇
Canada’s hot, smoky summers seem to have become the norm. We know how we got here. We’ve spent the last few decades voting with our wallets, making more sustainable choices, but we can’t shop our way out of extinction. New from me 👇
Sleepwalking into dystopia
A brief reflection from the end of time
iwouldprefernotto.substack.com
We used to gather around the fire and watch it burn. Now the fires gather around us and watch us burn.
"Because censorship undermines literacy, disinformation becomes an effective tool to erase diverse perspectives from the discourse… supplanting them with a version of history that serves those in power…" thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
A Banned Book Club Blooms in Alberta | The Tyee
The club sends members titles that have been pulled from public library shelves. It joins a widespread fight against censorship across North America.
thetyee.ca
The Alberta government’s recent book ban suggests that a moral panic is well underway in Canada, as bigoted groups prey on the natural concerns of parents to erase minority voices from the cultural discourse. Read more about this in my latest piece for @thetyee.ca
A Banned Book Club Blooms in Alberta | The Tyee
The club sends members titles that have been pulled from public library shelves. It joins a widespread fight against censorship across North America.
thetyee.ca
When a book gets banned I like to buy several copies and share them into the local book exchanges. A Banned Book Club Blooms in Alberta by Ximena Gonzalez via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2026... #Canada #books #Booksky
A Banned Book Club Blooms in Alberta | The Tyee
The club sends members titles that have been pulled from public library shelves. It joins a widespread fight against censorship across North America.
thetyee.ca
"When I first had the idea for LitResistance, I was feeling the weight of everything that’s going on in provincial politics,” Edmonton social worker and banned book subscription founder Robyn Wilson told The Tyee. 📚 @ximenaka.bsky.social reports. #ABPoli thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
A Banned Book Club Blooms in Alberta | The Tyee
The club sends members titles that have been pulled from public library shelves. It joins a widespread fight against censorship across North America.
thetyee.ca
Has google maps (or a similar navigation app) ever told you to do something unsafe, like pull a U-ie where you definitely shouldn’t?
Who would have thought that doing nothing to curb carbon emissions would lead to unbearably smoky summers? If only we’d been warned!
TL;DR What’s keeping you from adopting ai in your day-to-day work? We’re here to make sure you use it, and use it a lot! Environmental or social concerns? Don’t be silly. The future is now.
Sonja Boon@storiedselves.bsky.social · 2w agoCanadian arts and culture folks: the federal government has launched a (methodologically flawed) survey on "the Cultural Sector's readiness for Artificial Intelligence". If you're ready to resist or refuse genAI, here's your chance to let them know. pch.research-recherche.ca/f/s.aspx?lan...
Pleased to inform you that the morality police has found the depiction of wrestlers on a Calgary Transit bus to be too sexualized for children to view. I say we mandate wrestlers perform fully clothed, in loose fitting garments to prevent the impure thoughts pervading society. /s
