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
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
@virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca
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4d ago
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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JEmphatically
@JEmphatically@mstdn.ca
She/her grandma, journalist, photographer, worrier, playlist-maker, environmentalist, introvert. Former tar sands PR, public servant and political organizer. Stop the genocide. Signal JodyMacPherson.64 Profile pic of me, black-framed glasses, light brown hair, graying rapidly! Header photo is of a robotic dragon belching out fire with a Hudsons Bay store sign reflected in the background. Born: 319.65 ppm About me: https://bluedotliving.com/the-shift-from-public-relations-for-fossil-fuels-to-environmental-reporter/
mstdn.ca
JEmphatically
@JEmphatically@mstdn.ca
She/her grandma, journalist, photographer, worrier, playlist-maker, environmentalist, introvert. Former tar sands PR, public servant and political organizer. Stop the genocide. Signal JodyMacPherson.64 Profile pic of me, black-framed glasses, light brown hair, graying rapidly! Header photo is of a robotic dragon belching out fire with a Hudsons Bay store sign reflected in the background. Born: 319.65 ppm About me: https://bluedotliving.com/the-shift-from-public-relations-for-fossil-fuels-to-environmental-reporter/
mstdn.ca
@JEmphatically@mstdn.ca
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Apr 11, 2026
He claimed it wasn’t a project, even though the province has a page for it on their website calling it a “major project.”
He criticized the news release as premature, even though he posted proudly about it on his LinkedIn, calling it a “validation” of the government’s data centre strategy.
And he said there were no financial incentives being offered, even though the government promised 0% data centre tax levied on projects that bring their own power (which is the majority) compared to the small number of data centres connecting to the grid who have to pay the government levy.
The minister gave a performance like no other at a recent town hall in Olds.
I obtained a recording of the meeting and reported on it in my recent article for The Mix!
https://www.theenergymix.com/common-sense-to-keep-10b-data-centre-1-4-gw-gas-plant-far-from-town-alberta-minister-says/
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #canpoli #AIdatacentres #environment #climate
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David Climenhaga
@djclimenhaga@bird.makeup
Old newspaper guy; author of the AlbertaPolitics.ca blog; unapologetic social democrat; Canadian patriot. He/him This account is a replica from Twitter. Its author can't see your replies. If you find this service useful, please consider supporting us via our Patreon.
bird.makeup
David Climenhaga
@djclimenhaga@bird.makeup
Old newspaper guy; author of the AlbertaPolitics.ca blog; unapologetic social democrat; Canadian patriot. He/him This account is a replica from Twitter. Its author can't see your replies. If you find this service useful, please consider supporting us via our Patreon.
bird.makeup
@djclimenhaga@bird.makeup
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Apr 06, 2026
Your Easter read: Danielle Smith is set to head to Red Deer-a-Lago for ‘Premier’s Annual Christian Summit’ https://albertapolitics.ca/2026/04/your-easter-read-danielle-smith-is-set-to-head-to-red-deer-a-lago-for-premiers-annual-christian-summit/ #ableg #abpoli
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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
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
@virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca
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Mar 17, 2026
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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@RobfromCalgary@mstdn.ca
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Feb 09, 2026
Among voters who aren’t paying attention they want to pretend to be patriotic Canadians who believe only, as Ms. Smith puts it, in a “sovereign Alberta within a united Canada.” #abpoli #ableg #canpoli
https://albertapolitics.ca/2026/02/ucp-reported-planning-to-vote-on-publicly-acknowledging-separatist-program-but-not-until-after-separation-referendum/
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Chad 
@chad__dup_35297@mstdn.ca
NAIT alumnus, #yeg musician. 356 ppm. Settler on Treaty 6 land. Instance administrator of mstdn.ca. My toots are my own and engagement may not indicate endorsement. Yeah, toots. I said it. Tooooots.
mstdn.ca
Bravo @TechConnectify@mas.to for a video that possibly is better than his dishwasher series.
Thank you for speaking truth to power. As my own province faces US interference in a psy op of separatism, this Canadian born in Alberta stands with you.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #ClimateChange #renewables #uspol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM
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Chad
@chad__dup_35297@mstdn.ca
NAIT alumnus, #yeg musician. 356 ppm. Settler on Treaty 6 land. Instance administrator of mstdn.ca. My toots are my own and engagement may not indicate endorsement. Yeah, toots. I said it. Tooooots.
mstdn.ca
BC Premier David Eby says Alberta separatists meeting with the Trump administration amounts to “treason” | Mackenzie Gray, Globe and Mail
#canpoli #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli
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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
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
@virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca
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Jan 11, 2026
Should Alberta Canada adopt EN81, the worldwide standard for elevators?
#elevators #urbanism #ableg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or1_qVdekYM
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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
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
@virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca
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Dec 17, 2025
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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
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
@virtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca
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Nov 30, 2025
This is a funny & good video with a good Alberta burn. I say this with love from Calgary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0V1SxbNA
#ABleg #yyc #linux #linus
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