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This is the kind of deal the Democrats need to investigate immediately if they take Congress. An oil deal in Alaska which actually might be a gift to the Russians with Trump involvement. www.ft.com/content/e9cf...
Bruce Winter
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This is the kind of deal the Democrats need to investigate immediately if they take Congress. An oil deal in Alaska which actually might be a gift to the Russians with Trump involvement. www.ft.com/content/e9cf...
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“Martin Short and maple syrup” is pretty much a find-and-replace phrase for “peace, order and good government”
Obama: "That well-known evil empire Canada. That historical adversary of ours. Canada! *laughs* It's your neighbor. It's a few minutes' drive over the bridge! These are the people who gave us Martin Short and maple syrup. They are the nicest people! And someone we've gotten them so mad."
The responsible Evan, not the Evan who coughed up the puck three times, in the last 10 minutes against Carolina. One of them, a cross the D-Zone, High Danger Zone, outlet pass. Devon Levi made a spectacular save and might be the play where he was injured.
What will it take for Oilers star Evan Bouchard to win the Norris Trophy? www.nytimes.com/athletic/771...
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There’s a concept in economics referred to as Total Factor Productivity or TFP. It quantifies the “extra” productivity above the standard factors of capex. It’s structural and driven by a society’s investments in education, infrastructure and regulations. China has it. insideevs.com/news/812811/...
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Co-Existence by Ethan Mollick is an excellent practical guide to effectively collaborating with AI without relinquishing our most valuable human cognitive capabilities, says Daniel Cossins
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My unfiltered response to reading the story about this is - science is just fucking awesome sometimes. scitechdaily.com/scientists-e...
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Canadian scientists at the University of Waterloo Dr. Brian Ingalls, Dr. Sara Sadr, and Dr. Marc Aucoin have engineered “tumor-eating” bacteria that can invade and consume cancerous tumors from within. A potential breakthrough in cancer treatment research.
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This week #TEDMED informed me that they were resurfacing my TEDMED Talk & bringing it back into the conversation at a moment when its message feels especially relevant. If you haven't seen it yet, discover how ideas shared in 2008 continue to resonate today. www.ted.com/talks/paul_s... #FungiSky
Hey, @michaeljanz.bsky.social some reading for you!
Shawn Horcoff, the acting GM of the Detroit Red Wings, says he doesn't want to trade Simon Edvinsson . That makes a trade difficult. Why would Ike Howard move the needle on this trade? That's wish thinking! Howard hasn't proved anything in the NHL. Jake Walman an injured to often.
HOCKEYFEED Oilers losing bidding war for key trade target! By Chris Gosselin https://www.hockeyfeed.com/nhl-news/oilers-losing-bidding-war-for-key-trade-target
Hey, #ApplieInsider @appleinsider.com , Maybe #Apple could change this You cannot directly use a group from your Contacts to send a text in iMessage. Instead, you need to create a new message in the Messages app and manually add each contact from your group to the "To" field. What the ... ???
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"The amount of fuel Russia could export is too small, the impact on pricing too slight, the narrative too late to shape electoral outcomes: This looks, instead, like something very different: an abrupt, Hail Mary attempt to force Ukraine to surrender" www.theatlantic.com/idea/2026/10...
Meanwhile, the AESO has banned solar wind and batteries from #Alberta 's data centre build out. This policy is good for gas producers Bad for all electricity users, it will drive up prices for electricity and gas.
43–0. GAS PEAKERS JUST LOST THE ECONOMIC ARGUMENT. Wood Mackenzie's latest research finds four-hour batteries now beat new gas peakers on levelised costs in all 43 markets modelled. AI's electricity boom is driving up gas turbine prices, while battery manufacturing scales and costs keep falling.
The Meta AI data centre centre will be on line two years before Edmonton Power builds the proposed gas plant. Likely longer, as there is a three to five back log on gas turbines
High risk, as in the last three years severe cold weather took gas plants off line. The AESO hasn't articulated its cold weather policy for data centres. Who gets the power, when the grid is stressed? High probability it won't be Alberta households!
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Replying to @skipischris.bsky.social
Questions 1–5 and 10 are expressly non-binding. A majority on any of Questions 6–9 requires Alberta’s government to take steps it considers necessary or advisable, within provincial competence and subject to the Constitution. One day is not one legal effect. 30/53
There’s a solution, blockade Kaliningrad.
My latest post looks at how the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, stuck between Poland and Lithuania, has become a flashpoint in relations between Russian and Europe, a reminder of Russia’s vulnerabilities at a time when it seeks to project strength. (£/free trial) samf.substack.com/p/watch-the-...?
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Replying to @sarobertson.bsky.social
People need to remember that Jason Kenney created the UCP to defeat the governing NDP, whom Kenney hates with a passion. He comprised all values and gained power, and became premier. He created the vehicle for the separatists to gain hold of the party and the mess we are in.
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We also need to move in this direction in Canada. "The Nordic Formula for Prospering in a Dangerous, Fragmented World. Sweden and Denmark are pouring money into defense, tightening ties with each other and Europe—and moving beyond the U.S. It’s paying off." www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Thanks to Trump, Canada has woken up to the fact that it is always just one U.S. election away from facing another challenge to its sovereignty. Even if a Democrat returns to the White House, Canada will 💯% continue diversifying our economy for the shake of our children’s children sovereignty. So 🙏.
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🚨 NEW | The bottleneck to scaling clean energy in Southeast Asia has shifted from raising capital to creating bankable projects ⚡ Utility-scale solar attracts commercial finance at competitive tariffs – but distributed solar, storage and grids face major financing gaps. ember-energy.org/lat...
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Albertans can now book their respiratory illness (influenza, COVID-19, RSV) immunizations. As Alberta heads into peak respiratory virus season, immunization is the best way to protect yourself and others. Book your appointment today: myhealth.alberta.ca/topic/immuni...
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This is an urban sprawl story. What did they think when all of those kilometers of new acres were approved was going to happen? More compact city, more efficient city. calgary.citynews.ca/2026/10/05/c...
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I'm giving away 25 copies of #VIBE. To enter, repost and comment by October 13. www.adamgrant.net/vibe
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Here’s a gift link to the Globe and Mail investigation about American interference in the Alberta referendum, and the separatist operatives (one of whom is a UCP President) who went to the United States to offer them our water and oil. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/64d9ad7...
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Dissecting the analytics numbers offers an insight that #Oilers fans may miss when observing the defence. Informative observation on the Oilers acquisition of a more skilled robust fourth line player. The Oilers Analytics Department has role in these acquisitions. Ike Howard, read on!
Fun with numbers, short term oil demand is promising. Korea is buying more CDN crude three times more from 4.3M barrels to 16m or 44kb/d. TMX can is adding 90k/b/d via a chemical injection this year.
It is applying to CER to add pumping stations by 2028 which add 200,000 barrels a day. Total capacity 1.2Mb/d In 2028! This meets the new Korean demand, a direct result of the Iranian war, 'Hormuz Bump'. Asian countries securing supplies of both oil and natural gas, away from the Middle East.
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This is exactly how I see LLMs. They work in programming because the harness can debug the code they write. But they are too unreliable and stochastic to be used for anything where accuracy matters and you can't easily test their output for accuracy. Like analysis workflows in research.
It is bad for real research, but useful for programming and data manipulation. No real researcher should be using LLMS for search, summaries, or writing. They are antithetical to serious research, in part because they just make stuff up.
Hey, @maxfawcett.bsky.social #Canada is in the 'red zone' on emissions. The wind and hydro projects in Que, NFLD, and NS need to giddy up to offset AB. Mr Carney needs to articulate his plan to reduce emissions. Explain who is buying the new phase two LNG and the oil from the Mb/d pipeline.
FYI, @calgbob.bsky.social ... imagine what happens to diesel demand when other Asian countries follow China's transition.
"The electrification of road freight is emerging as a structural force that could undermine long-term oil demand across the world." Yeah it is. gift link
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New episode: Steven Guilbeault resigned from cabinet over the Alberta pipeline deal, then left Parliament for good. Ed sat down with Guilbeault for a fireside exit interview at @powcanada.bsky.social's leadership summit. www.energyvsclimate.com/exit-intervi... #ClimatePolicy #CanadianPolitics
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On October 19, 2026, Albertans will go to the polls to vote on 10 referendum questions. The referendum issue is now live on our website. @duanebratt.bsky.social albertaviews.ca/current-issue/
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Blown away by the interest and positive feedback! The Cleaning Up episode on the Primary Energy Fallacy with me and Michael Liebreich is now in the top 10 of all 276 episodes of the show available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xDH...
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It's astounding #Canada isn't on the naughty list! The rest of NATO should cancel the meeting. Also, time to create sub alliances inside NATO.
Per Politico citing 6 diplomats familiar with the matter, Trump admin is excluding the UK, France and Baltic countries from a NATO meeting on alliance’s future next month in Poland — after threatening to deploy a “naughty and nice list” against governments that have run afoul of Trump’s priorities.
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446. Chainsaw Retrofit to Net Zero and the Secret Powers of the Energy Advisor CHASING NET ZERO SERIES AUDIO BLOG By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca For Stephen Magneron, a “chainsaw retrofit” offered the precise remedy to convert a 1970s bungalow into a high-performance net-zero residence.…
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My favourite chart from the @IEA special report on electrification. Electricity is only 23% of Final Energy (No big deal), but it's 37% of Useful Energy (What?) and delivers 46% of GDP (Wow!) And it's going clean, fast. Still think there's no transition? iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/1c696...