Welcome! I am: Dad, Husband, Tech. Former #PortAlberni City Council. Dual 🇨🇦🇪🇸. Speak English, French and Spanish in descending order. Climate and Decolonization are THE issues. Follow my @chrisblog Opinions are only mine but you’re welcome to share them. 😆 Will post about cats, gardens, politics, sports, other random things. Socialist, anti-fascist, anti-racist, LGBTQ2S and Indigenous comrade. In BC? Join SocialBC.ca! #selfhosted server and searchable profile.
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Last Notes npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Just found out that #Debian tzdata package (https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/tzdata) is not currently supporting the Canada/Pacific (PCT) timezone yet (https://time.now/iana-time-zone/canada-pacific/). Instead it’s reporting us as on Mountain Standard. uncool Debian… this is inaccurate and the information has been available for months. #Time #TimeChange #Canada #USA #Trixie #tzdata npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 I downloaded the Anthropic IPO Prospectus PDF. They forced me to register for their newsletter to do it… blech. If you would like to see the prospectus without handing over (more) information to them here is a link to download it directly from my blog. Be gentle please lol (https://chrisalemany.ca/docs/Prospectus.pdf) It’s 421 pages. I searched for the word “humanity”. It appears 23 times. I’ve listed the different phrasings below, all are in a positive context/narrative except for one “risks to humanity” which is mentioned on Page 83 as a potential investment risk due to “Unfavourable media coverage”. 10 “Benefit(s) (of/to) humanity” 2 “Bring humanity safely” 2 “Solving humanity’s” 1 “Plagued humanity” 1 “Risks to humanity” (positive) 1 “Risks to humanity” (negative) 2 “Work for humanity” 1 “Outcomes for humanity” 1 “Serve all of humanity” 1 “Impact on humanity” 1 “problems facing humanity” The full sentence on the negative risk to their investors from “media coverage”: "This coverage and commentary have included, and we expect will continue to include, recurring narratives concerning the potential adverse societal impacts of AI, including that AI may displace or eliminate jobs, may be misused or otherwise cause harm, and may pose catastrophic or existential risks to humanity. " I would say “imagine writing that!” but of course… we all know a human did not write this document. #AI #Anthropic #publicGood #prospectus https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/117/548/534/049/351/615/original/017ea6c7805b2256.png npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 50% of all heavy (12tonne+) trucks sold in China are now fully electric. CHINA — likely one of the largest heavy truck markets in the world — at 226,000 units in the first 9 months of 2026.! But this is the real kicker for my #bcpoli #abPoli and #canPoli friends who are concerned about LNG. Quote: https://electrek.co/2026/11/02/electric-trucks-50-percent-china-heavy-truck-sales-diesel-demand/ "LNG trucks took nearly 30% of the market in 2024, when gas was much cheaper than diesel. Now they’re losing to batteries. According to Kpler, LNG trucks had a 37% share of heavy-duty registrations in March, against 23% for electric. By July, electric was at 47% and LNG had collapsed to 11%. Monthly LNG truck registrations fell from more than 30,000 to about 6,200.” That’s right kids… the market for LNG as a ‘transition’ is already dying…. In large part probably because of Trump and Putin’s oil wars. You love to see it! We’re going to get a new government budget in Canada this week from #Carney. Probably full of oil and gas and AI promises. All of which are proving to be horrible investments. #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #AI #LNG #Oil #Diesel #Canada #USA #China #CdnPoli https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/117/547/736/232/901/661/original/d63aab66d8841109.png npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 🖖 🤚 ❤️ For both explorers, we lost this week. #RIP #StarTrek #Picard #Chekov #UnitedFederationOfPlanets https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/117/532/887/657/319/366/original/0116d67bf4f2b456.jpeg npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 I didn’t know until today that #PatrickStewart was an outspoken advocate against #ViolenceAgainstWomen (for his mom) and also for supports for veterans (for his dad). But it fits. The blog below has a couple nice videos of him speaking about it. It feels nice to have that common activism with him. I’ll make this my last post on him. Men, we have the power in our hands to stop violence against women and children. https://losingmyperspicacity.beehiiv.com/p/why-losing-patrick-stewart-hits-so-hard-for-women #RIP #StarTrek #Picard #BelieveWomen #MeToo npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Trump turns to Putin and Russia for diesel, before the midterms, during a war, where the USA is — apparently — on the Ukrainian side. Russian stocks spike. Sanctions? what Sanctions? Allies? What Allies? Oh, and also on the same day that the USA sanctions the International Criminal Court which lists Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu as war criminals with warrants for their arrest. btw. A famous South African anti-apartheid judge who helped declare the Gaza situation a #Genocide, won the Peace Prize today. How’s that No Kings protest doing? Gonna do anything or are we just “waiting for the midterms” while you quietly smile at the price of fuel in your neighbourhood oh and…. Something something something …. Public executions. where’s my everythings-fine meme? #USA #TheAmericanFascist #ICC #Isarel #Ukraine #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #NoKings #NoBalls #FORFUCKSAKEGETYOURTHUMBSOUTOFYOURCOLLECTIVEASSESANDDOSOMETHING__WHITE__CIS_AMERICANS https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/117/412/567/659/282/502/original/67ca25f607c0ef44.png npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 So Elon Musk just let it out of the bag that there are people in the USA including him… which implies, a not-zero number of others in positions of influence… who believe Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Quebec should all separate from Canada. I mean… we’re beyond just one now… he’s essentially saying we should not exist as a country. If every second province “separates” then you quickly become unable to function as a contiguous nation. This is not sovereignty or individiualism. This is a foreign power trying to break its neighbour into swallowable pieces. This shit needs to stop. Oh… and aren’t any Canadians still on Twitter traitors at this point? Or are we still talking about “where the people are”. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/sci-tech/2026/10/08/carney-says-canadas-future-up-to-canadians-after-musk-voices-support-for-separatism #Canada #Alberta #Quebec #Saskatchewan #CanPoli #CdnPoli #USA #TheAmericanFascist https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/sci-tech/2026/10/08/carney-says-canadas-future-up-to-canadians-after-musk-voices-support-for-separatism npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Newsflash: if you insult people for long enough, they’ll leave for good. The Florida governor is trying very very hard to make every Canadian want to leave. And don’t worry, they will! “John May of Ottawa offloaded his Key West, Fla., condo after getting sick of hearing people he thought were friends parrot Trump's harsh rhetoric about Canada. He said he felt like he was swimming in "a sea of stupidity" with falsehoods about his country commonplace. "Trump would say something stupid, Governor Trudeau, 51st state and all that, and they'd stand there and laugh and I'd say to myself, 'Well, I just lost all respect for you,'" May said in an interview. "And then you start avoiding people because you know what the conversation is going to be. If you try and have a logical discussion with somebody who's a Trumper, just forget about it," he said.” (This one is for @nprofile…5rsp to assure him that yes, Canadians are still leaving. :) Even the ones who aren’t tourists.) https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/florida-property-taxes-canadian-snowbirds-9.7366814 #theAmericanFascist #canada #usa #canpoli #florida npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 It is bonkers that in 2026, as huge swathes of the planet electrify and end the use of fossil fuels, Canada and North America and the G7, and the media that reports on them are still reporting on the oil crisis as if there is no alternative. They continue to do next to nothing to accelerate the transition which would actually insulate their economies from the oil wars! 🤦♂️ #endfossilfuels https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/g7-trump-diesel-reserve-release-9.7366871 npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 If there is a way that I can express support and solidarity for women who have suffered sexual abuse and violence in this moment as women on social media participate in #IamJaneDoe I am here to do that. Also, I can’t believe #MeToo was back in 2017! Time flies… Anyway, #BelieveWomen #Cornell https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jane-doe-cornell-rape-identity-9.7366668 npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Whether it’s sex assault victims or war where children are intentionally murdered every day, the #NHL is morally bankrupt over and over again. Ovechkin is a disgusting coward at best or a criminal complicit in Russia’s war crimes at worst. This CBC news video doesn’t pull any punches. 👍 And neither does Dominik Hasek. Truly one of the best. 🥅 I hope there are Ukrainian flags flying at every away Washington Capitals game this season and that he is booed out of the league. https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7348532 #nhl #RussiaUkraineWar #war #russia #putin #ovechkin npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Remember that time… like 10 minutes ago… when we all had to vote Liberal because “otherwise we get the Conservatives.” Well… after a day of selling off our airports and slashing corporate taxes on new investment to levels never seen in a modern economy (a $48 Billion gift with no budget line item yet), we end the day, and Carney’s Trillion Dollar Summit with a keynote from…. Stephen ___ing Harper. “I am very encouraged by the detailed comments the prime minister made today on doing just some of these things, and I welcome them” Pierre must me so deeply confused today. Poor dear… 😂 🤮 There is only one alternative to the Liberal-Conservative duopoly in Canada, and that’s the NDP. #canpoli #cdnpoli #canada #CarneyCons #LiberalParty #CPC #ndp #progressive #climateAction #publicGood https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harper-canada-investment-summit-us-trade-carney-9.7345557 npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 I Love This. As @nprofile…g9ft just said, Courage is Contagious!! "Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour is coming apart at the seams as Finneas [brother of Billie Eilish], opener Aaron Rowe, and Sheeran's own house band Beoga have all dropped out in solidarity with Macklemore's dismissal.” #FreePalestine #Israel #Expression #Music #EdSheeran #Gaza #Genocide #Palestinians https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/ed-sheeran-tour-openers-finneas-aaron-rowe-drop-out-in-solidarity-with-macklemore-artists-must-not-be-silenced/ar-AA2chIBj npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 the REAL story under this really good news story about solar and batteries keeping the lights on in California even through extreme heat is that the oil companies... Yes the Oil Companies... were lying to you when they said solar and wind and renewables and batteries would never be reliable and too intermittent to provide cheap and available power. Time and after time, it is proven they can and they do. whether it's Germany, China, Australia or Ontario; Build renewables, build freedom! original LA Times link: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-09-11/how-california-survived-hottest-august-ever-without-flex-alerts free archive: https://archive.is/7UgkI #solar #electricity #endfossilfuels https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/117/256/042/297/603/555/original/10da9e8c812b99e8.jpeg npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 The most depressing news of the week, and this decade so far, is the UN's report that leaves no doubt that we will fail to hold global warming below 1.5ºC. But there is also hope, read on. The world agreed in 2015 on 1.5ºC, championed, I might add, by a certain Canadian Prime Minister. Now, the best we could hold it to would be 1.8ºC and that would be at breakneck speed. That Prime Minister is now hanging out with his kids, his girlfriend, and is generally getting on just fine...while his party oversees what they intend to be the greatest expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure and emissions (LNG and TMX2) in Canadian history. Meanwhile the rest of us are left breathing in the smoke and fleeing the fires. As a young adult 25 years ago, I thought we had time. I was optimistic. I thought surely we'd make the correction once the every-day consequences started to hit. Well here we are, fully in the *beginning* of those consequences, and our governments have never been more committed to being the last one to sell the last drop of oil, coal, or gas. No one disputes anymore that we have and are changing the climate. The deniers lost. But the oil companies are still winning. The only way to save ourselves at this time and to have any hope of 1.8ºC or 2ºC or whatever the lowest possible temperature is that we can achieve, is to take the fight to the oil companies directly. Physically. Economically. Until they cannot operate, pollute or continue as going concerns. We are all of us feeling the impacts of climate change and what oil companies have done. That means today we have many many more people ready to fight than we ever have before. We have to fight because they are already killing us, and because the rest of us must survive. We will fight because if we don't, both they, and we, will die on a planet rendered unliveable by our own stupidity and greed. So we fight. In every way you can. You fight. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2280140/climate-change-past-the-point-of-no-return-un-says-as-worst-impacts-are-now-unavoidable #CanPoli #CdnPoli #ClimateEmergency #EndFossilFuels #TransitionNow npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 The Trade Rep for Canada, Minister LeBlanc just said he's not going to be concerned about what an official says... “on a US Social network”. Interesting choice of words. Is there a mind shift happening? Now might be the time to strike and remind your local, provincial and federal politicians that there are *CANADIAN* social networks *today*. There are spaces they can join, and even that they can create. It's time to ramp up the Canadian #Fediverse and #OpenSocialWeb! #DigitalSovereignty cc: @nprofile…ym6r @nprofile…g6rg @nprofile…ypw6 #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #USA #TradeWar #TheAmericanFascist https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/117/152/549/615/224/432/original/d44e8a51508d3769.png npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 It’s official. The attack on our cultural reach, including in French, and trying to limit our international trading partnerships, was a direct attack on Canada 🇨🇦 as a sovereign country. We will not be the 51st state. Never. Not even Alberta. The USA is a hostile country. Americans: this is on you. All of you. Fix it. Canada will make your life exactly as difficult as ours is, because of your President. Our leaders are now seriously talking about taxing or limiting energy exports to your country as we pivot to the welcoming embrace of the rest of the world. Only you can fix this. #canpoli #cdnpoli #usa #canada #abpoli #tradewar #theAmericanFascist https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/117/145/925/845/046/283/original/b53cda9a10b96a94.jpeg npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 In case you need to be reminded, Canada. It seems to have finally started to sink in to at least some American pundits: David Frum: “As Trump has declared over and over again, his ultimate goal in this trade war is to add Canada as a 51st state.” Original link: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/08/why-us-canada-trade-talks-fell-apart/688386/ Free archive link: https://archive.is/p5u0K #canpoli #tradewar #cdnpoli #usa #canada npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Credit where credit is due. Carney didn’t cave! GO CANADA SCREW YOU TRUMP YOU FASCIST GREEDY ASSHOLE https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/livestory/midnight-deadline-trump-tariffs-trade-deal-leblanc-greer-9.7310605 #Canpoli #cdnpoli #usa #trade #theAmericanFascist npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 My Prediction: Carney will give away supply-management. Quebec and BC and the Atlantic provinces will keep the liquor bans because Canada Carney doesn't care about Dairy, Forests, or Fish. Ontario will cave on liquor to scrape out a few percent less tariffs on cars but Ford will cry about it and threaten electricty cut offs. #TheAmericanFascist will claim victory, call us mean, and his Ambassador will say we need to be a state. "The Americans want U.S. liquor back on the shelves of provincially run stores, ending a boycott that has been devastatingly effective. The Trump administration is also pushing for Canada's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. autos removed, and tweaks to how the supply-managed dairy sector allocates quotas.” In other words, I expect us to lose because Carney is a spineless fraud. #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Canada #Trade #USA #NAFTA #CUSMA https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/new-trump-tariffs-deadline-9.7311125 npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…zeh9 these are great user facing improvements. From an admin perspective I really like the emphasis on the server branding. I really hope that this is an indication that in the very near future we will see admin ability to change character, poll, and other options currently only configurable by custom code modification. These have been asked for for many many years. I am optimistic the new energy going into development means we will see this finally happen. It is a huge hurdle. npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…gfcd concentration camps were a “harsh” way to imprison the Nazis enemies, the AP in 1945 probably…. npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 I think the most frustrating thing about the Carney government is the absolute fools who tow his line on social media… with pretentious 🇨🇦 arrogantly displayed in their profile. Seriously. You are part of the problem. Wake up and vote for someone else. There I said it. #canpoli #cdnpoli https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/117/083/078/151/623/548/original/48a6d635e39b738f.mp4 npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Carbon tax gone. Fuel excise tax, suspended. Oh and hey look, the corporate lobby wants it all gone for good. And yet gas is still bloody expensive at $2/L or more. It’s almost like we voted in a federal government hellbent on increasing the profit margins of the companies responsible for our burning communities. carry on… https://financialpost.com/news/mark-carney-gas-tax-holiday-ends-soon #bcwildfire #climateEmergency #endfossilfuels #climatechange #canpoli #cdnpoli npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 it makes me sad that i grew up all my life with the core knowledge that Nazis are bad.... and that seemed to be a universally held - and upheld - truth. But then everyone got addicted to social media platforms and now it's fine if those companies pay Nazis to post rage bait. People will just keep scrolling anyway. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/ragebait-how-facebook-is-paying-controversial-creators/106940696 #socialmedia #facebook #meta #morality #laziness #memory #nazi #neonazi #corporateMedia #Fascism npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 In Canada it would be inconceivable that a Premier or Prime Minister’s personal lawyer would become the Attorney General, both at a public acceptance level, and simply because our government system doesn’t work that way. (All Minister level people are elected first as MPs with few exceptions) In the USA, it’s just a Friday. https://aje.news/1hc2bw #corruption #usa #democracy npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Um. Dear UK folks… what in the ever loving heck is this? I thought BBC was a public broadcaster? #payforaccess #bbc https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/117/045/318/290/403/945/original/4b88a1d1936e3724.jpeg npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Bummed that I can’t attend #fediCon2026 this year but wishing all attendees a great time and much interesting conversation and presentations! It’s really wonderful to see the community growing and reaching. #fediverse #mastodon #fedicon https://fedicon.ca npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…6jyx it’s so cool!! npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 There are just way too many snake facts and types of snakes in this one article. How do people live in Australia?? 🐍 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/16/snake-bike-chain-northern-rivers-rail-trail-tweed-nsw-australia?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 The northern hemisphere is literally on fire from North America, to Europe, to Russia from the the Mediterranean and California Coasts to the Arctic. But it’s fine, let’s keep pipelining, gassing, oiling, and coaling our way to oblivion. Screenshot from FIRMS NASA data today July 29, 2026 at 19:50 Pacific Time shows massive groupings of red dots representing hot areas, most of which are fires of some sort and most of those being wildfires in forests around the globe. #EndFossilFuels #climateEmergency #climateChange #carneyCons #canPoli #CdnPOLI #earth #wildfires https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/117/006/672/110/664/625/original/11dbd99b5db406b4.jpeg npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Is Mark Carney going to do nothing to protect Canadian Healthcare? Or will he keep doing the bidding of Danielle Smith while she Americanizes Alberta? #canpoli #cdnpoli #abpoli #healthcare https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/pay-preventative-diagnostic-tests-alberta-9.7286559?cmp=rss npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…5lr4 @nprofile…0knt do you really think Russia would be escorting lettuce? npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…5lr4 @nprofile…0knt Ukraine has proven it in the past. npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…5lr4 then you know that this is an active shipping lane protected by the Russian navy. Pretty clearly a valid military target. Just as it would be if the Iranian ship was docked at a Russian port. If Iran doesn’t want its ships and seamen in harm’s way, then they can stop going to Russia. npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…5lr4 Iran supplying Russia with military hardware through the Caspian Sea (and vice versa) is well documented over many years since Russia’s occupation of Crimea and eventual full invasion. Here’s one report from 2024 at the ISW. The Caspian is the most direct and safe link between Iran and Russia. At least it was until Ukraine developed the capability to reach these distances. https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-september-9-2024/ AlJazeera reports that this was a convoy escorted by Russian naval ships. So while we should double check the military cargo, not even Iran is disputing that it was military cargo. As far as international law, this would be fully justified. https://aje.news/be7vlb npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 it's rainy on Vancouver Island which is great... but now our firefighters need to go help try to extinguish giant fires in the rest of the province. again. it is almost every year now. my kids have never known anything different. but I have. And it fills me with guilt that I got to experience a better world that was ruined and continues to be ruined by people who knew better and CHIOSE this. Including every PM Carney Trudeau Jr Harper Martin Chretien Mulroney Trudeau Sr ..... all of them had choices they could have made. But it is the most recent ones that are the most culpable... because every day, every year, that passes, the losses mount, the path gets harder, the damage grows. "Evidence" at this point is irrelevant because every damn person knows it in their soul regardless what words come out of their mouth. Every politician that continues this is complicit and should have done nore. And that includes at every level include my brief moment. So we fight on. So our kids might know something other than it always getting worse. #canpoli #cdnpoli #climateEmergency #endfossilfuels https://cheknews.ca/island-firefighters-deployed-to-help-battle-b-c-s-more-than-120-wildfires-1338610/ npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Oh now this is the best tech news I have heard for awhile…. Is a Mega-Enron situation about to happen to a bunch of the Magnificient Seven? “Like Enron, they’re using special purpose vehicles, or off-balance sheet arrangements such as legally distinct subsidiaries, as a way to make their financial reporting look healthier than it actually is — often a glaring sign that something is deeply amiss behind the scenes.” Also… is this why Apple effectively outsourced its AI, rather than build its own. If so, it could be the smartest tech hedge of the century. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-hide-debt-off-balance-sheet #apple #microsoft #meta #google #alphabet #amazon #oracle #AI #hedge #enron #debt npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…49jh any thinking person at the most superficial level would look at the Iran/Iraq war and realize that Iran has a historically very high pain tolerance. But that ain’t Trump and his administration and the US Generals and commanders who know this (amongst many many other points) are likely already resigned and left, or resigned to their fate. Perilous times. npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…5lr4 that gives me hope. thank you 🙏 npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…5lr4 we stoped Northern Gateway. But not the TMX. I am frankly completely defeated on TMX and I think the new one will go through as well because the B.C. Gov wants it too. npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…5lr4 just listened to the TM CEO on CTV News. He’s very confident it will be expanded fully. npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…5lr4 no. They may be white supremacists, but they are also fully blinded by greed. Fort Mac and Lytton should make that clear. They’ll just have more crocodile tears for the white people than if it’s a hurricane in the Philippines, or a flood in Mexico. npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…5lr4 the differences I see in their work experience really makes me realize what I didn’t know/see before. And she’s the elder!. 4 years of uni… he’s 1yr out of HS npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…5lr4 if the experience of my own daughter and son is any indication, it is far harder for a young woman 18-25, to get even minimum wage job or entry level position than a young man npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 All I can say is, what the heck is wrong with India?? #trump #theAmericanFascist #poll https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/965/444/345/862/904/original/3b096cd031edefc3.jpeg npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Imagine if Americans had the kind of power and influence as Ukrainians have. Even while they fight invasion and constant bombardment, Ukrainians, young and old, take to the streets to demand their government reverse a decision critical to the war effort and fighting corruption. And their government listens. Imagine if Americans had this kind of poise and resilience to fight their supposedly democratic government. It is hard not to come to the conclusion that Americans are just too wrapped up in themselves, and too lazy, to do anything about Trump. #Ukraine #USA #Democracy https://aje.news/1zc5su npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Every Mayor of every city in the world should put out a statement like this. Perhaps then, senior governments would understand that people are craving accountability for so many things, but especially the horrendous genocide happening in Gaza perpetrated by Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu. #mamdani #Israel #Palestine #USA #Israel #Genocide #ICC #nevent1q…w9aa npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…5lr4 @nprofile…e2ld par for the Canadian social media course 😂 npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…5lr4 @nprofile…e2ld right on both counts I think. Thiugh the NDP is at a major fundraising-disadvantage they should be at a major message-advantage. npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Carney standing between President Sheinbaum and King Felipe VI #fifaworldCup2026 #esparg #canpoli https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/949/009/522/075/518/original/0bdba2e10c968fef.jpeg npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 yyyeeeeeeessss finally #fifaworldCup2026 https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/948/828/727/196/348/original/0193ea923a4d52b0.jpeg npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 This is for readers on Bluesky. The weather is not ok, and Environment Canada is being cut. Please sign and share my House of Commons petition to restore Environment Canada funding. https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7465 Text below: Petition to the Government of Canada Whereas: Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) plays a critical role in protecting Canadians through weather forecasting, severe weather warnings, climate monitoring and scientific research; Canada is experiencing increasingly frequent and severe weather and climate related events, including wildfires, floods, atmospheric rivers, hurricanes, heat waves, winter storms and derechos; Weather radar research, observation stations, Weatheradio services and frontline meteorological staff are essential public safety tools, particularly for rural, remote and Indigenous communities; Recent and proposed reductions to ECCC staffing, research capacity, and public weather services risk weakening Canada’s ability to predict, monitor, and respond to dangerous weather events; Reliable weather forecasting and climate science are vital to emergency preparedness, transportation safety, agriculture, marine operations and public confidence; and Canadians deserve a strong, modern and fully supported public weather service. We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to 1. Reverse cuts to Environment and Climate Change Canada that impact weather forecasting, meteorological research and climate science; 2. Restore and maintain Weatheradio and other accessible public alert systems; 3. Protect and expand weather observation and climate monitoring stations across Canada; 4. Ensure adequate staffing and long-term funding for ECCC programs, scientists, meteorologists and technical experts; and 5. Recognize weather forecasting and climate monitoring as essential public safety infrastructure. #canpoli #cdnpoli #canada #environmentCanada #ECCC #ePetition #houseOfCommons #carney npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 oopsie doodles! Came outside to do some dirt moving only to find the #poolpond intake bay very nearly empty! I have not been topping up the water since I filled it about 9 days ago? It has been cooler but windy and the last little bit of rain we got was a few days ago. It must have just got below the level of the intake bay in the past hour or two as it was on its way to emptying. Luckily i caught it in time. Water is being added now. I am also going to use the twirly sprinkler to water the flower and blueberry garden and it will also add to the pond at the same time in a nice aerated way. Adding from the hose is not ideal as all that chlorine goes in at the same time Anyways, crisis averted and information gained. It is already coming back up nicely. hopefully it is full in time to have a dip after dirt moving! #gardening #pondlife #diy #backyardProject https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/902/555/294/918/621/original/0974401ce9693c6b.jpeg https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/902/555/996/744/952/original/3e1528ac5e71ac70.jpeg https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/902/556/488/854/210/original/802574bff6a7f46c.jpeg npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 🇪🇸 #fifaworldcup2026 npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 They had a moment of silence before the beginning of the Spain v Belgium match for the victims of terrible fires currently raging in Almeria, Spain #españa #almeria #climatechange #cambioclimatico #spain #fifaworldcup2026 #mundial https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/897/235/263/847/672/original/3a0ff1ca1d827375.jpeg npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…y789 hey Jon! My son is headed to France in October. Given your recent app-post and general guru-level knowledge, I would love your advice if you’re willing. What would be your top apps and/or websites be for him to find rail-deals based out of Toulouse beyond SNCF as a EU (Spanish) citizen. (He is dual 🇨🇦 🇪🇸 citizen) npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Russia chose this. #nevent1q…a9yv npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Thinned the 🍏 apples from the blushing delight today. It is doing really well. The tree is healthy and growing. The northern spy has had a much rougher spring. It was infested with caterpillars until we safer-soaped it three times and so it just never got a good start. It is also in a more challenging location more exposed to the wind and rain. Only had a few blossoms and now no fruit. But it is still alive. I will try to nurse it through the summer and get it to winter. Hopefully next year it has a better go! But the Blushing Delight is looking great. We should get over a dozen apples again! #fruit #apple #home #gardening https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/885/770/796/609/108/original/41f58a0745afe7a8.jpeg npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 so I mean, everyone wishes that a host nation of a World Cup wins the World Cup, right? But barring that I think the situation we have now is perfect. Canada fought hard, left some blood on the field like a good hockey player, and did better than they've ever done before by a wide margin. Mexico played one of the best games possibly in the history of football, in without question the best stadium in all of football and can go home proud even as much as it hurt. And the USA was an absolute disgrace not really because of their players, but because of their President and FIFA. Really I'd say it worked out extremely well. Now GO SPAIN. 😆 #fifaWorldCup2026 #canada #usa #mexico 🇨🇦 https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/876/919/648/447/012/original/46b1e8219c460871.mp4 npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…uufm as a Canadian what makes me sad and at times angry, is the fact that throughout my nearly 50 years, large forces in my country have gradually eroded what was a near Scandinavian model of economic and social organization to emulate more and more the USA. The forces saying the USA system is The Way continue to be so strong that in some ways we have surpassed the USA. Now it has gone so far as there are people who would break our country up to BE American! Canadians used to be happy and optimistic like the Scandinavian countries. Not anymore, and completely because we, but our politicians especially, have tried so damn hard to be more American, less “Socialist” more “free market” which actually means doing everything corporations want. npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 That was the best football match I have ever watched. Totally riveting. Totally insane action and drama. Really wanted #Mexico to pull it out of the fire for their fans. But what a game. #fifaworldcup2026 npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Both Canada and the USA cancelled events in their national capitals on their national holidays due to extreme weather. But pipelines! But Secure, stable, fossil fuel deliveries! But divisiveness! But Jobs! But The Economeeehhhhh!! #endfossilfuels #climateChange #climateEmergency #canpoli #cdnpoli #canadaDay #fourthOfJuly https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/862/233/979/815/839/original/e63f709c432e21ba.jpeg https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/862/234/254/372/807/original/89c456177cd60656.jpeg npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Hey Canadians. If you’re experiencing troublesome weather this Canada Day, you should sign this petition, and if you have already signed, thank you, please share it! Petition to the Government of Canada Whereas: Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) plays a critical role in protecting Canadians through weather forecasting, severe weather warnings, climate monitoring and scientific research; Canada is experiencing increasingly frequent and severe weather and climate related events, including wildfires, floods, atmospheric rivers, hurricanes, heat waves, winter storms and derechos; Weather radar research, observation stations, Weatheradio services and frontline meteorological staff are essential public safety tools, particularly for rural, remote and Indigenous communities; Recent and proposed reductions to ECCC staffing, research capacity, and public weather services risk weakening Canada’s ability to predict, monitor, and respond to dangerous weather events; Reliable weather forecasting and climate science are vital to emergency preparedness, transportation safety, agriculture, marine operations and public confidence; and Canadians deserve a strong, modern and fully supported public weather service. We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to 1. Reverse cuts to Environment and Climate Change Canada that impact weather forecasting, meteorological research and climate science; 2. Restore and maintain Weatheradio and other accessible public alert systems; 3. Protect and expand weather observation and climate monitoring stations across Canada; 4. Ensure adequate staffing and long-term funding for ECCC programs, scientists, meteorologists and technical experts; and 5. Recognize weather forecasting and climate monitoring as essential public safety infrastructure. https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7465 #canada #canadaDay #climateChange #e7465 #RestoreECCC #climateEmergency #weather #wxtooter #eccc npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 This is how far behind and how much of a disadvantage Canadians are at right now domestically. Walk into Canadian Tire and you can by a 500W "kit” of 4 125W solar panels from $1199. That works out to $2.40 per Watt. Or, you can go on Alibaba as I just did... search for 400W solar, chat with a (AI Bot probably?) and be offered 36 620 watt "JinkoSolar" panels for $US 2500 plus $3000 shipping which works out to $8,510.88 CAD or $0.38 per Watt. Our governments and business communities are completely failing us. We are getting fleeced. Granted I don't know if there would be import duties, but FGS the price difference is totally ridiculous. #Solar #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #SolarPV #Affordability https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/831/460/507/346/670/original/62b93b50031aa9fb.png https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/831/460/802/223/680/original/1b7c095b09a6a0f0.png npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 The summer is heating up! #Edmonton and #Montreal are flooded by historic rains, Lytton BC is under threat again by wildfire, and Vancouver Island is in a historic drought. Does Environment Canada have the ability to warn us and track the changes in our climate? The government is cutting ECCC services and capabilities at a time that we need it more than ever. Here's our petition to tell them to restore Environment Canada! https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7465 Please post it on all of your socials, send it in an email, send it to your MP and MLA/MPP. We're only 73 signatures away from the magic 500 needed for #e7465! We're hoping for many more before the summer ends so Government can't ignore this issue. Here’s what we, citizens and residents of Canada, are asking from the #Carney Government: 1. Reverse cuts to Environment and Climate Change Canada that impact weather forecasting, meteorological research and climate science; 2. Restore and maintain Weatheradio and other accessible public alert systems; 3. Protect and expand weather observation and climate monitoring stations across Canada; 4. Ensure adequate staffing and long-term funding for ECCC programs, scientists, meteorologists and technical experts; and 5. Recognize weather forecasting and climate monitoring as essential public safety infrastructure. The petition ends August 26th in time for the new session in the fall. We have the summer to get it done! Sources: Edmonton “Deluge or rain” June 22 2026: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/weather/topstories/deluge-of-rain-leads-to-flooding-water-restrictions-in-edmonton-and-surrounding-communities/ar-AA26guyy Montreal “100mm of rain” June 21 2025: https://globalnews.ca/news/11915170/montreal-weather-flooding/ Lytton “Out-of-control wildfire” June 19 2026: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lytton-wildfire-evacuation-alert-9.7242975 Vancouver Island “region of key concern” June 16 2026: https://cheknews.ca/vancouver-island-a-region-of-key-concern-with-drought-at-third-highest-level-1330925/ #canPoli #CdnPoli #ECCC #RestoreCarneyCuts #RestoreECCC #Weather #ClimateChange #ClimateScience npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 If #spain keeps the pressure on like this they could definitely be up 6-0 by the end of the match. 🤣 🇪🇸 🇨🇦 #fifaworldcup2026 #canada #españa #saudiarabia https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/789/008/208/150/866/original/252e8184704941ce.jpeg npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 We are at exactly 400 signatures on petition #e7465 to restore Environment Canada funding for weather forecasting, radar, and all the other weather and climate work they do! If you're watching the #CanadaQatar #FIFAWorldCup2026 today talk to your Canadian friends about signing this petition! We need 500 minimum, but we should get at least a 1000 to make a statement! Sign, Share, Speak! https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7465 #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Weather #Climate #ClimateChange #Forecasts #Science #Canada #ECCC https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/771/877/468/962/086/original/0c10fd5d5f2f0d29.png npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…ywth I mean, she did say Decades. So it covers… npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Carney said it was “worth it” so really what does Susan Rice know (a Republican no less) #canpoli #cdnpoli #usIranIsraelWar https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/769/351/498/906/544/original/116520a9a22771c7.jpeg npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 "It’s unclear why so many tickets haven’t sold, but some soccer fans who spoke to CTV News earlier this month said the prices for the event were prohibitively expensive.” Hey CTV! The answer is in the question FFS! 🤦 #FIFA #WorldCup https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/hundreds-of-tickets-still-available-for-team-canadas-first-fifa-world-cup-game-in-toronto/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 A logical outcome of massive consolidation of fishing licenses into just a few companies, owners and boats is... derelict boats. Welcome to the West Coast of British Columbia. Where fishing used to be a livelihood (including for my own father for 30 years), but now it's the domain of corporations and wealthy multi-license owners. https://albernivalleynews.com/2026/06/10/abandoned-boats-left-high-and-dry-on-west-coast-as-funding-cuts-deepen/ #Fishing #Work #Sustainability #BC #BCPoli #Canada #Boats #environment #CanPoli #CdnPoli npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 OK folks, I need some #docker advice for those gurus out there. A boost would be appreciated to get it in front of knowledgeable eyes. I have a container running postgresql for mastodon. I would like to tweak the conf file for postgresql now that I have things going. What is the safest way to do this on a running container? Can I stop the instance with docker stop and then restart it and it will simply see the new postgresql.conf specified in the original docker run command? I'm getting more comfortable with docker.. but not *that* comfortable, so I'm still worried that if I restart it'll break somehow lol. I want to make sure I do this right so I don't wreck what appears to be a running and reasonably happy container :) I'm running docker in a colima virtual machine on macOS. #mastoAdmin #docker #colima #postgresql https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/723/830/074/623/592/original/41a9264b04e354e9.mp4 npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Anyone know how I can help: #mastoadmin "stoplight:data_store:fail_safe:Stoplight::DataStore::Redis from red to yellow” npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…6jyx :) he is blessed with a gift. He only picked up a guitar in the fall when he was in Ottawa and didn't have a piano or his trombone to play. He's always liked to play to calm and slow down. npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Apologies for the meta-link... but a proud dad can't be helped. #blackbird #cover #beatles https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZOtR3Yp6ru/ npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 If you are concerned about weather and climate in Canada please sign this e-petition! https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7465 The Carney Government has decimated many ECCC services at a time when extreme weather and climate change are hitting Canadians harder than ever. Boost, Like and write a post of your own and share the petition! If you are on FB or other platforms please share there too! thank you! 🙏 ❤️ 🇨🇦 Full text below the hashtags. #carneyrestoreeccc #e7465 #canpoli #cdnpoli #weather #bcstorm #climateChange #ClimateEmergency #science #pleaseBoost #austerity #Canada Petition to the Government of Canada Whereas: Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) plays a critical role in protecting Canadians through weather forecasting, severe weather warnings, climate monitoring and scientific research; Canada is experiencing increasingly frequent and severe weather and climate related events, including wildfires, floods, atmospheric rivers, hurricanes, heat waves, winter storms and derechos; Weather radar research, observation stations, Weatheradio services and frontline meteorological staff are essential public safety tools, particularly for rural, remote and Indigenous communities; Recent and proposed reductions to ECCC staffing, research capacity, and public weather services risk weakening Canada’s ability to predict, monitor, and respond to dangerous weather events; Reliable weather forecasting and climate science are vital to emergency preparedness, transportation safety, agriculture, marine operations and public confidence; and Canadians deserve a strong, modern and fully supported public weather service. We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to 1. Reverse cuts to Environment and Climate Change Canada that impact weather forecasting, meteorological research and climate science; 2. Restore and maintain Weatheradio and other accessible public alert systems; 3. Protect and expand weather observation and climate monitoring stations across Canada; 4. Ensure adequate staffing and long-term funding for ECCC programs, scientists, meteorologists and technical experts; and 5. Recognize weather forecasting and climate monitoring as essential public safety infrastructure. https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/654/606/864/482/349/original/cc6bb98d6de32641.png npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Courtenay-Alberni MP Gord Johns - NDP Critic on the Environment and Climate Change file had a passionate and grateful send off for Steven Guilbeault today. They worked together alot and their mutual respect showed here. https://youtu.be/tpZnZFuqn9E?si=i0sk9bY5S69lh0Kd #cdnpoli #canpoli #climatechange #climateemergency #stevenguilbeaul #LPC npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 “Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here, this is the war room!” It might be time for another viewing of that wonderful pic… #DrStrangelove #Canada #USA #CanPoli #CdnPoli #NATO #NORAD #CAF https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/u-s-pulls-out-defence-board-canada-9.7206489 npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 *Right underneath* the massive headline from the Auditor General of Ontario warning of AI ‘hallucinations' in medical AI transcripts used by Ontario doctors, there is another article with the headline “Artificial Intelligence shows promise in emergency room diagnosis” NO! There is not promise there are CLEAR DANGERS being pointed out by responsible adults. "“Inaccuracies in medical notes generated by AI scribe systems could potentially result in inadequate or harmful treatment plans that may potentially impact patient health outcomes,” the auditor’s report said.” Auditor General story: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ai-scribe-system-hallucinations-9.7197049 #AI #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Medical #HealthCare #Doctors #AIHallucinations https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/567/985/470/699/310/original/75ce2bed7b4f4c90.png npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 a tourist complex that is a kind of Kremlin replica in a subburb of Moscow is on fire? Cause TBD. 🤔 #russiaUkraineWar https://kyivindependent.com/major-fire-reportedly-breaks-out-at-tourist-complex-in-moscow/ npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 This is an interesting tidbit of information from Henry. "“The global hypothesis is that the infection, the exposure to the rat feces, or whatever in the dry area that they were in, happened before they arrived on the cruise ship,” she said. “It was a couple from the Netherlands. So then they both became ill, whether they both had the initial exposure, or whether the wife was exposed to her husband once he became ill.”” Specifically: ”the dry area” Reports are that it was a bird watching expedition to a landfill that is the primary suspect for the source of the exposure. Which, in my mind, means the hantavirus can spread through contact with dirt either on the bottom of a shoe, or on particles in the wind in a dry dusty environment. That doesn't quite give me confidence that it is not “airborne”... but… ok. Dr. Henry: https://cheknews.ca/b-c-s-provincial-health-officer-to-provide-update-on-canadians-returning-from-mv-hondius-1323854/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=May%2011%2C%202026&utm_source=b117938a22 BBC in Ushuaia, Argentina: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21ej471g2o #Hantavirus #COVIDisAirborne #Argentina #disease #cruise npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 “Elbows Up Carney” now deploying a kneel-and-kiss strategy. “CTV News 48m ago Carney says Canada open to deeper integration with U.S. ahead of CUSMA review” #canpoli #cdnpoli #carney https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/546/858/763/029/066/original/4136b188a2fb6fea.jpeg npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Canadian DND deploying anti-drone defenses in and around naval bases, airbases and overseas deployments. The new-era of warfare and defense has come. #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Drone https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/drones-attack-military-bases-legislation-9.7188515 npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Electrification must be accelerated! Including at the municipal level with things like electric garbage trucks (like in Cowichan), zambonis (like in Port Alberni), and Vancouver’s fire trucks! @nprofile…70ua asked the question recently at a council meeting! "Cator… estimated that the savings in fuel from the electric garbage truck would be in the tens of thousands of dollars per year at the current prices of diesel. “It’s just one of our four garbage trucks, but it’s definitely a substantial savings,” Cowichan Garbage Truck: https://albernivalleynews.com/2026/04/29/north-cowichans-electric-garbage-truck-proves-economical/ Electric Zambonis: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/electric-vehicle-ice-resurfacers-pollution-arenas-1.6743833 Electric FireTrucks: https://globalnews.ca/news/10147304/vancouver-electric-fire-truck/ In all cases, not only do they save money on diesel fuel, they are also healthier, safer, cleaner, quieter, work environment for city workers and the community! #MuniPoli #Electrification #EndFossilFuels #ClimateEmergency #CanPoli #CdnPoli npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 France is planning to: exit coal by 2030 oil by 2045 natural gas by 2050. Done. End. Finished. C'est fini. The fossil fuel industry is a dead end!! #EndFossilFuels #Canada #CanPoli #France #CdnPoli #ClimateEmergency https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-29/france-unveils-fossil-fuel-exit-plan-at-colombia-climate-summit?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3NzQ3Nzc2NCwiZXhwIjoxNzc4MDgyNTY0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJURTlHNEtLSVAzTFUwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIwQzg4NkY0NTI0NzY0RUE0OEY2QTk4RTk1NDc5RTI2NSJ9.YyRRvfA43ONKCIANNWIpdeGW7PHIn6WfgK7HGnk2NsU npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…6mny @nprofile…l2f6 this is truly the most human way that we correct ourselves.... absolute stupidity, war, leaving even the most reluctant no choice. if it means we don't fry the planet then... 🤷♂️ 🤦♂️ npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 There is a summit happening in Barcelona, Spain this weekend hosted by PM Sanchez titled "IV In Defense of Democracy". He is hosting leaders of 15 counties including Mexico's Sheinbaum, Brazil's Lula, and South Africa. They are countering the "illiberal forces" building in the world with a force for democratic values. No, Carney is not there. https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/progressive-leaders-rally-in-barcelona-to-defend-the-traditional-liberal-order/ #ElbowsWhatever #canada #canpoli #cdnpoli #democracy #progressive npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 unexpected ferry trip!!! Gabriola, here I come! love these new small boats! #bcferry #boats #travel #nanaimo #gabriola https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/422/383/721/935/320/original/f11f5f5a493cedc3.jpeg https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/422/384/298/137/254/original/99a43f73c69fa920.jpeg https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/422/384/911/320/564/original/a230129fb3cd10e8.jpeg https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/422/385/509/766/237/original/f93d2e6edec44ec8.jpeg npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 There is something darkly poetic about the Straits of Hormuz opening on the same day Japan coins a new official word -- “kokushobi” -- to describe extreme hot weather days. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crr185nx0n9o #EndFossilFuels #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Japan #USA #Iran #IranUSAIsraelWar #Israel #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Oil #Gas npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Perhaps those "skeptics", like the "climate skeptics" we have also endured over 20 years, weren't actually "skeptical" at all. They were just fossil fuel industry talking heads and plants, paid or brain washed or both to ensure Fossil Fuels were never without a cheerleader. "A new large‑scale UK dataset suggests EV batteries are holding up far better than many skeptics expected." #enfossilfuels #climateEmergency #bcpoli #canpoli https://electrek.co/2026/02/18/most-ev-batteries-outlast-their-cars-real-world-data-shows/ npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 I’m out for 2 hours to do my last Spanish test of the semester! Adios! #español https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/386/916/274/909/156/original/07dcb54848f6c30b.mp4 npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 BC's strategy was doomed to fail because, like nearly every government program in BC and Canada, there is a deep reluctance to increase spending and taxation to create actual capacity and capability in government. The BC Government thought they could just decriminalize a few drugs and maybe put in some ‘targeted' funding here and there that would eventually shift to the private or charity sector. It was never going to work. This was not a failure of the Portugal method in BC, it was an unwillingness to actually implement everything Portugal did to have success. "Portugal’s drug strategy paired decriminalization with a massive, coordinated investment in treatment, housing, and social support, whereas B.C.’s decriminalization came without enough detox beds, long-term treatment, supportive housing, mental health services or follow-up care, leaving major gaps in its response. “Portugal had politicians and thought leaders who recognized the issue and that the response wasn’t just to decriminalize, but also to provide increased support,” said Pauly.” https://albernivalleynews.com/2026/04/10/uvic-researchers-discuss-why-b-c-couldnt-replicate-portugals-drug-strategy/ #BCPoli #Drugs #Decriminilization #Canada #Homelessness #CanPoli #CdnPoli npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…cyex 😂 npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @nprofile…cyex "Phone with the shallowest crease on the market”…? lol npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Good statement by @nprofile…yvcw. Before you say Avi Lewis is speaking in some sort of "extreme" way for the NDP, his position stated today is nearly identical to the one voiced by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez - of the much more centrist than it sounds "Socialist Party of Spain". Sanchez goes so far as to suggest the EU suspend Israel's Association Agreement with the EU. See Sanchez's statement here: https://www.democrata.es/en/politics/sanchez-demands-that-lebanon-be-included-in-the-ceasefire-and-asks-the-eu-to-suspend-the-association-agreement-with-israel/amp/ #Israel #canada #ndp #spain #españa #IranUSAIsraelWar #USA #canPoli #CdnPoli #nevent1q…qgdr npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 very glad we have Jeremy Hansen on the Artemis II mission. He is a wonderful representative for Canada. Just had some really great words of wisdom for a young First Nations boy which boiled down to listening to the wisdom of his elders and the benefit of their perspective in the world. It really does seem like a great batch of humans up there. #canada #artemisII #nasa #humanity npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 Dear Canadians. Send a message to our Prime Minister![email protected] This is what I just sent. Dear Prime Minister, I am shocked and deeply disturbed by your inaction and inability to call out the President of the United States who is using the rhetoric of a madman. Canada should call in the USA Ambassador, close our airspace to USA forces on Iran-related flights, and denounce in public this clearly criminal and suicidal rhetoric. Sincerely Chris You can also fill in this contact form: https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/connect/contact #IranUSAIsraelWar #Iran #USA #TheAmericanFascist #CanPoli #CdnPoli https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/365/024/532/940/309/original/64b21d5cf0360531.png npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 “Wang Chuanfu, BYD’s CEO, barely slept for weeks. Three passengers, all in their twenties. His chemistry. His cell. His company’s name on the casing. He had not built it to kill anyone, but it had. He pulled his engineers together with one question: What is the mechanism by which this cell fails, and how do we make that physically impossible” Someone needs to get this article in front of Mark Carney and Doug Ford and then the stupid limits on Chinese cars need to be eliminated so Canada can start building these things immediately. This is the future. China is leading that future and we need to come to terms with it and use our influence to make it, and them, better. https://www.fastcompany.com/91519302/byd-nail-test-why-this-54-billion-innovation-is-terrifying-western-auto-executives?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub #climateEmergency #climatechange #byd #china #canada #canpoli npub1s7nhluzurd2yt323smshmvfk4pnrd2dg6lsytk492f3g37yjh84qacs6hm Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 I hate this timeline. As a long time #climate campaigner... I almost feel like I should be hoping that the Iran/US war continues as long as possible so the price of oil and gasoline can go as high as possible and force economies to electrify and shift at emergency-speed to renewables. We could have started on this the easy way 30 years ago... but a few of the same people objected and obstructed. #IranUSIsraelWar #ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateWar #Oil #EndFossilFuels #ClimateCollapse #USA #CanPoli #CdnPoli https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/system/media_attachments/files/116/337/076/673/836/754/original/6ec8f43726273757.mp4