Chris Wiebe

See you in 40 days social media. #AshWednesday

Trump threatens midterm elections There is no doubt that the US midterm elections in November and the prospect of the Republicans losing control of the House, Senate, or both, have the increasingly unpopular Donald Trump and his inner...

“Now, I won’t say, ‘Cancel the election. They should cancel the election,’ because the fake news will say, ‘He wants the elections canceled. He’s a dictator.’ …Republicans have been so successful that when you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election.”

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New tech could boost Manitoba groundwater monitoring | The Narwhal Researchers at the University of Manitoba have a new partnership with Sio Silica to improve groundwater monitoring at the proposed sand mine

There are so many problems with this approach.

Will the technique work?
Will it be able to monitor chemical changes?
Does Sio pull the funding if reports say the wrong thing?
Will the prov step in if something goes wrong and shut it down?
Where is the oversight?

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Grey's Law: Weaponised Incompetence YouTube video by Jonny Thomson

Worth a watch.

Incompetence, if practiced enough, is indistinguishable from malice.

Now ask yourself why healthcare remains broken, why homelessness and poverty persist, and why leaders neglect our environment.

Weaponized incompetence is malice.

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Wow.

Sun dog.

Winnipeg city councillor to shelve controversial ‘nuisance’ bylaw proposal A proposed bylaw to limit “nuisance” protests is expected to be shelved Tuesday after the city councillor who pushed it forward said he changed his mind in the face of public feedback, including some....

Considering what is going on in the US right now, with crackdowns on public protest, the introduction of this bylaw had really bad timing. Glad to see it shelved (or hopefully shelved).

Councillor to shelve controversial ‘nuisance’ protests bylaw proposal
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Charge-neutral electrons are odd — except when they’re even Electrons can seem electrically neutral in some devices. Neutral states can be distinguished in real time by a measure of their electron pairing called odd or even parity.

In superconducting materials, pairs of electrons form a shared quantum-mechanical state

go.nature.com/4afVRT1

Niche market for an MDiv with carpentry.

Canada should be trying to do the same.

Very good news.

This morning at the Cathedral of St John’s

Roses are red
Violets are blue
MITT is toast
Next could be you.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
MITT is toast
Next could be you.

How (Not) to Become Evil The nature of evil according to Shakespeare

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Folks are going to study the absurdity of the Trump administration for years. I mean, if we can still study things after they are done blowing up the world.

2026

Trump team’s new rule could make firing government scientists easier Although the government says the move will depoliticize US science, some researchers say it will do the opposite.

Researchers fear this will lead to further political interference in US science

go.nature.com/4kxFjJK

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

“Stop asking candidates if they “believe in” climate change and start asking if they understand it. It’s science, not Santa Claus.”

Can we please never forget this. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

Company behind proposed sand mining project partnering with U of Manitoba on groundwater monitoring research | CBC News An Alberta company that has proposed mining silica sand in Manitoba is partnering with the U of M on the experimental design of a groundwater monitoring network, using technology experts say is becomi...

Sio doing this is the same strategy as Wab opening a marine conservation area for a fossil fuel lane. It legitimizes the project.

The problem is that once the aquifer is destroyed, it is gone for generations. The monitoring will show it is gone but by then it’s too late.

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10 dead, including female suspect, in shootings at B.C. school and home TUMBLER RIDGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA – RCMP say eight people, including the female suspect, are dead after a shooting at a school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., while two more bodies were found at a home be...

Lord have mercy.

10 dead, including female suspect, in shootings at B.C. school and home
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Dozens of researchers will move to France from US following high-profile bid to lure talent Large proportion worked at Columbia University, which had its grants cut and frozen by the administration of US President Donald Trump.

Almost all of the scientists were previously at US institutions

go.nature.com/4qMlrUR

This bridge being built between Windsor ON and Detroit MI, fully paid for by Canada, is called the Gordie Howe International Bridge.
It is literally the Elbows Up bridge. Yes, this is real life.

You might not like bowling, but that’s just like your opinion, man.

Chicken wings was happy that he almost had 6-7 as a score.

Green

FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.

If the Future Is AI, What Happens to the Humanities? | The Tyee A college instructor responds to a push to integrate the new tech in his workplace.

“Pulling the plug on technology in a humanities class can be one of the best things to happen.”

LOL.

Is … is Trump trying to heal Epstein here? What is going on?

This has gone beyond blasphemy to the theatre of the absurd.