@virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca
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Apr 22, 2026
Bruce Elrick
@virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca
There are always alternatives, not "there is no alternative". Married to a wonderful wife with with two adult sons, living in Calgary. I like getting out on my bike. I care about social justice. Unemployed or semi-retired? I would actually love to work (part time? consultation?) with purpose. Ph.D. in physics and nearly 28 year career in IT. "Debts that cannot be paid will not be paid." "The purpose of a system is what it does."
cosocial.ca
Let's hope Smith's UCP takes this as a message and drops this new gerrymandering legislation...
https://globalnews.ca/news/11812868/supreme-court-rejects-quebec-election-map/
#ableg #yyc #yeg #elections #Alberta
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@likelyjanlukas@mstdn.ca
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Mar 29, 2026
Likely Jan Lukas
@likelyjanlukas@mstdn.ca
Just a guy (he/him). Interested in stuff. MEd research in #BirthCertificates; PhD (in progress) looking at #DigitalPersonhood. Prior research: Everything you've wanted to know about #Alberta #BirthCertificates (without having to do your own research!), The Question Concerning Identification: A Tetradic Analysis of the Alberta Birth Certificate: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/830081ab-cfd9-42e7-ab86-8defdeead847/view/de054e6f-b8e3-43b0-82a0-52bedb6de3cf/Buterman_Jan_L_201703_MEd.pdf #ID #VitalStats #CivilRegistration #HumanRights Also: #trans #ActuallyDisabled #typewriters #brailler
mstdn.ca
Since those days, and the present ability to obtain #allergy-safe (for me) #silicone #ElastomericRespirators, the tool has sat unused among many items from those early desperate days.
As locals will recall, 2020 was when #Edmonton experienced the beginning of the #pandemic.
2021 was our first-ever #HeatDome.
2022 and thereafter to the present has seen long stretches of #ExtremeHeat and the switch from #SummerSeason to #WildfireSeason, adding frequently horrendous #AirQuality to the sustained heat.
#yeg
#ClimateChange
#wildfires
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@likelyjanlukas@mstdn.ca
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Mar 29, 2026
Likely Jan Lukas
@likelyjanlukas@mstdn.ca
Just a guy (he/him). Interested in stuff. MEd research in #BirthCertificates; PhD (in progress) looking at #DigitalPersonhood. Prior research: Everything you've wanted to know about #Alberta #BirthCertificates (without having to do your own research!), The Question Concerning Identification: A Tetradic Analysis of the Alberta Birth Certificate: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/830081ab-cfd9-42e7-ab86-8defdeead847/view/de054e6f-b8e3-43b0-82a0-52bedb6de3cf/Buterman_Jan_L_201703_MEd.pdf #ID #VitalStats #CivilRegistration #HumanRights Also: #trans #ActuallyDisabled #typewriters #brailler
mstdn.ca
Now, the Hoarding Foundation of Alberta is, imnsho, great. 🙂
Prior to the beginning of the #covid19 #pandemic I had gone to their in-person support group and found some very useful strategies for dealing with what I recognised could become a significant problem. Back then, they weren't even a formal organisation yet and I'm pleased that they've come so far to provide much-needed expertise on this disorder.
Check them out here! 🙂
https://www.hdfa.ca
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#hoarding
#materials
#objects
#accessibility
#Alberta
#yeg
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@yegwxnerdery@mstdn.ca
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Apr 17, 2026
April 16th was cold. #yegwx #yeg
Its High of -0.5°C was our 5th coldest on record, and Low of -8.2°C was 6th coldest.
That made it our coldest April 16th since 1989, although 2002 was close.
The average High for mid-April is 10°C, and Low is -1°C.
https://public.tableau.com/shared/TGTR5TTBG?:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link
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@NMBA@mstdn.ca
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Apr 13, 2026
Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇲🇽
@NMBA@mstdn.ca
A Canadian, and then an Albertan, on Treaty 6 lands. I will defend Canada from both foreign and domestic enemies. I urge fellow Gen X to also stand up now so that fewer of our youth are needed in our civilian defense force. I toot too much about the apparent collapse of democracy because we are collectively failing to stop fascism in its tracks. Fair Warning: Sharp commentary! If you're conservative or religious you should probably block me, my patience is now a matter of history. Anon.
mstdn.ca
RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/edmonton-5aq1688az/-/a-fs_rwp1xTguUrdROl8LX_A%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0
Edmonton's police chief watched the israelis murder tens of thousands of people including thousands of children, and then warched the UN call it genocide and issue an arrest warrant for israeli leader netanyahu.
Then the police chief decided to go to israel to get some training from the bloodlust israeli regime.
Now he has ai and body cams on the residents and visitors of the Indigenous and NDP strong city.
Oh yeah, the chief is also aligned with the traitor UCP.
#Yeg #AbPoli
Quoting
Edmonton police emails, documents provide new information on Canada-first AI facial recognition bodycam pilot
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-police-emails-documents-provide-new-information-on-canada-first-ai-facial-recognition-bodycam-pilot-9.7157991?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Edmonton @edmonton-cbcnews
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@VintageEdmonton@mstdn.ca
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Apr 09, 2026
Vintage Edmonton
@VintageEdmonton@mstdn.ca
A collection of Edmonton, Alberta's history. By @revRecluse Edmonton, Alberta
mstdn.ca
April 9, 1966 and it's a Shocking Accident at Vintage Edmonton:
http://www.vintageedmonton.com/2026/04/april-9-1966.html
#yeg #alberta #edmonton #1960s
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@virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca
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Mar 17, 2026
Bruce Elrick
@virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca
There are always alternatives, not "there is no alternative". Married to a wonderful wife with with two adult sons, living in Calgary. I like getting out on my bike. I care about social justice. Unemployed or semi-retired? I would actually love to work (part time? consultation?) with purpose. Ph.D. in physics and nearly 28 year career in IT. "Debts that cannot be paid will not be paid." "The purpose of a system is what it does."
cosocial.ca
The Alberta oil & gas industry is full of scofflaws, it would seem, and they are being protected by the very government structures that are supposed to protect us from then.
The fact that they are letting rural landowners, who live in the heart of the UCP support base, get this angry tells how incompetent they are.
#ableg #yyc #yeg #oil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMo1a9huZCo
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Whenever I walk under the low level bridge I wonder how much life it has left in it.
I'm sure the city has inspectors who are monitoring corrosion rates, but it still looks pretty bad when the coatings are completely disbonded in large sections.
#yeg
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@Daveography@yeg.bike
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Feb 20, 2026
Daveography 🇨🇦
@Daveography@yeg.bike
Fourty-something. Year-round #yegBike-er. #SoftwareDev. Occasionally does some #Photography. Loves #birds. Has #ADHD. #MastoAdmin of yeg.bike. Posts about #chinchillas and cats sometimes. Profile photo: Me in a canoe on the Yukon River, holding up a paddle and looking happy. Header photo: A pair of canoes resting upside-down on a rocky bank of the Yukon River. The sun is low, there is a slight haze in the air, and mountains on the opposite bank are reflected on the water.
yeg.bike
If you're cold, they're cold.
Wrap your buildings in an extra layer before letting them out in extreme cold conditions.
#yeg
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@VintageEdmonton@mstdn.ca
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Feb 21, 2026
Vintage Edmonton
@VintageEdmonton@mstdn.ca
A collection of Edmonton, Alberta's history. By @revRecluse Edmonton, Alberta
mstdn.ca
February 21,1958 and it's Golf For Non-Golfers at Vintage Edmonton:
http://www.vintageedmonton.com/2026/02/february-21-1958.html
#yeg #alberta #edmonton #Golf
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@virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca
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Feb 20, 2026
Bruce Elrick
@virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca
There are always alternatives, not "there is no alternative". Married to a wonderful wife with with two adult sons, living in Calgary. I like getting out on my bike. I care about social justice. Unemployed or semi-retired? I would actually love to work (part time? consultation?) with purpose. Ph.D. in physics and nearly 28 year career in IT. "Debts that cannot be paid will not be paid." "The purpose of a system is what it does."
cosocial.ca
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This is cool - I'd never thought about snow like this!
When Snow Becomes a City Planner | @yegbike.bsky.social
#yeg #yegtraffic #yegdt #yegbike
https://yegbike.substack.com/p/when-snow-becomes-a-city-planner
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@vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net
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Feb 10, 2026
vga256
@vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net
indigenous canadian, recovering academic → writer, gamedev & interactive toolsmith with a penchant for modems, the 4o3 bbs scene, 1-bit art, classic macs, and 80s/90s gaming. curator of internet, canadian & gaming historical obscura. → mages & modems: growing up in the golden age of personal computers, games & internet piracy → kiki: a tiny homepage construction kit → exigy: a VB & Hypercard-like shareware game creation kit https://exigy.org (profile: a 6¢ canada red fox stamp)
mastodon.tomodori.net
@jsstaedtler@mastodon.art three years ago i decided that i wanted to be an interactive media artist, I began putting together a portfolio for applying to an art school (macewan university in #yeg). they had a one page doc that explained what a portfolio was, what to include, and what *not* to include
at the top of the don’t-include list was “manga and/or anime illustrations”. Not Real Art rang out loud and clear. i immediately understood what the culture was like in that fine art department. people with absolutely no understanding of contemporary art culture, and still stuck in the same boring ideas that they were trained on 30 years ago. i have absolutely no ability to draw/paint manga, but even with my limited understanding of the medium there is no doubt much of it is art.
right then and there i realized fine art school had nothing to teach me that i couldn’t learn on my own. i abandoned that career path and invested all that time (and 1/100th of the money) into developing my artistic craft, with my own sense for aesthetic quality and pride of craftsmanship
we all know when we’ve done shitty work, and when we’ve done good work. no one outside of your discipline gets to decide if it has artistic merit. only people you respect within your artistic medium get to have any say at all.
a lot of words to say: thanks MacEwan fine art dept - your absolute hatred of manga was exactly the kick in the ass i needed to become an artist!
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Albertans, observers spot fireball shooting through morning sky | CityNews
#alberta #yeg #yyc
https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/02/10/albertans-spot-fireball-shooting/
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@AmeliasBrain@mstdn.ca
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Feb 06, 2026
Amelia Bellamy-Royds 
@AmeliasBrain@mstdn.ca
Music (mostly blues & roots), gardening (weather-permitting), and everyday life with some science, politics, and public health, from a chronically exhausted, early 40s homebody nerd. Also at @AmeliaBR for web-dev nerdery, although I haven't actually been working for years. All currently rooted in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (#YEG), a settlement built at amiskwacîwâskahikan, a traditional gathering place of Cree and other indigenous peoples. 😷➕💉 > 🤧➕🤒 !
mstdn.ca
February in Edmonton! When the sun stays in the sky longer, but the snow & ice still stick around — and there's lots to do indoors & out.
And hey, we're less than a week in & I've got a calendar thread for you all! Which is important because there are lots of excellent concerts, plus theatre & festivals, all starting this weekend!
#YEG Festivals & Special Events:
Still on: Winter City Weekends at the City Hall rink. "Ice Grooves" has DJs planning Fri & Sat evenings, while "Swing & Skate" on Sunday afternoons has live bands playing inside City Hall (dancing encouraged), with the audio piped outside to the skaters.
Back on after melt-related closure (unless it's melted again...): Ice Castles at Fan Park downtown. $15-24 (+fees).
Feb 7&8: Togather Chinatown Arts Festival at Pacific Mall (105 Ave @ 97 St), with a vendor's market and live performances.
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@VintageEdmonton@mstdn.ca
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Jan 31, 2026
Vintage Edmonton
@VintageEdmonton@mstdn.ca
A collection of Edmonton, Alberta's history. By @revRecluse Edmonton, Alberta
mstdn.ca
January 31,1951 and it's Dining And Dancing at Vintage Edmonton:
http://www.vintageedmonton.com/2026/01/january-31-1951.html
#yeg #alberta #edmonton
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Be careful out there this morning, #yeg. It's a literal skating rink after the freezing rain.
#yegtraffic
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@virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca
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Dec 17, 2025
Bruce Elrick
@virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca
There are always alternatives, not "there is no alternative". Married to a wonderful wife with with two adult sons, living in Calgary. I like getting out on my bike. I care about social justice. Unemployed or semi-retired? I would actually love to work (part time? consultation?) with purpose. Ph.D. in physics and nearly 28 year career in IT. "Debts that cannot be paid will not be paid." "The purpose of a system is what it does."
cosocial.ca
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