David Niddrie

The MAGA Plot to Take Down Canada A growing movement of MAGA-pilled Albertan separatists would happily break up the country to be closer to Trump.

Sigh. This is all related & a shameful mark on my home province. Many AB conservatives are MAGA wannabes, with their victim mentality and xenophobia (at best). Most Albertans I know are sickened by the UCP and can’t wait to vote them out. I really hope they do.
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Alberta pipeline capacity, explained | The Narwhal Here’s what you need to know about pipelines — real and imagined — from Alberta to the West Coast

“Right now, there’s enough pipeline space for all the oil Alberta produces.”

With the taxpayer-funded $34B TMX expansion, the system has the potential to handle 1 million more barrels than it does today. Enough of the oil bluster from AB already, yr swimming in it.

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Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy Clean energy infrastructure is being deployed with unmatched scale and speed—and China is leading the way

A ‘good news’ article about the unstoppable growth of renewables. Particularly as we see the volatility of the oil industry, the faster we dump fossil fuels the better. www.science.org/content/arti...

I’ll be at her album release on Friday. From the songs I’ve heard & your write-ups this is going to be a real treat.

Really too bad the world economy can be turned upside down by of a handful of oil producers (and the wars to control them). Too much power. Can’t wait til we are free of these last-century fossil fuel shackles.

In the other US target of regime change, Cuba, I saw real hardship – and resilience | Sara Kozameh Trump is choking off oil imports to the communist nation, plunging it into a crisis not seen since the fall of USSR, says Sara Kozameh, assistant professor in history at UC San Diego

Eyes on Cuba. The resilience of people there is being tested harder then in years, my heart goes out to this country & these amazing people.
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That is a very good idea! I think there are a few of those pubs around still, it could still work. Sorry to hear about your health troubles tho.

“From the Troller to the Raven, with all stops in between”

Four years of war in Ukraine – in pictures On the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion, we look back on some of the powerful photojournalism documenting the conflict

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Incredible photojournalism from the front lines of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Costs from Trump's tariffs paid mainly by US firms and consumers, NY Fed says Last year, collective import tariff rates on various goods coming into the US more than tripled.

Ra ra ra, tax us some more. I guess that's what tariff supporters are really saying. Took a year to get a 'study' done but we all knew this, of course. www.bbc.com/news/article...

So far no notice on my place, thx. Feels like it could happen any day tho. Good luck to you, hmm I thought a co-op would be pretty solid too.

Watching this closely as my immediate 3-block radius features a dozen or so tower proposals. Most would be replacing existing apartments, many filled with long term tenants (hi!) that will be displaced at once. Always wondered how these protections would, in fact, 'work'.

The Women Holding Minneapolis Together In Minnesota, a community is coming together to push back against ICE and support their neighbors. It should surprise no one that much of this work is being led by women. ‘Glamour’ reports from the fr...

Inspiring look into some of the women of Minneapolis resistance. www.glamour.com/story/the-wo...

The Fukushima towns frozen in time: nature has thrived since the nuclear disaster but what happens if humans return? Fifteen years after a tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident, only bears, raccoons and boar are seen on the streets. But the authorities and some locals want people to move back

Fantastic #photography from Kazuma Obara in this piece on the Fukushima towns frozen in time. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

RIP to one of the greats, Sly Dunbar, who passed this week. I spun some of the albums he plays on, in tribute this week: Grace Jones, King Tubby, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Herbie Hancock, Peter Tosh, Lover's Rock, Max Romeo & The Upsetters... many of these are masterpieces. What a legend.

Canada separatists accused of ‘treason’ after secret talks with US state department Alberta activists’ covert meetings with US officials revealed, outlining group’s increasingly emboldened efforts

Here's the bit about shameful Albertans seeking US funds for the breakup of Canada. Premier Smith of Alberta has even said she would like to be the Prime Minister of this new country. I agree this amounts to treason, Alberta's prov gov't is an embarrassment. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Alberta premier says she’s ruled out Kitimat, B.C., for proposed pipeline route | CBC News Speaking at a news conference Thursday, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said the route to Kitimat would be “too complex," saying there are "too many channels to navigate."

Alberta is harming Canadian sovereignty by asking the US for funding to start their supposed new country. I think our fed gov't should cease all support for pipeline routes through what might then be a foreign country (Canada), if these treasonous Albertans have their way. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A photograph of water droplets pooling on a clear surface, beyond which is the outline of a tree and blue sky with white clouds.

Blue sky drop on a winter’s day.
#photography #bluesky #lookingup

Ban X. Anyone still posting there needs a morality check.

Like, they know the videos are publicly available and completely, absolutely refute their incredible lies. And yet, the shameless lying continues. What a sick administration.

It was significant enough for me to keep a clip from the newspaper, when George W Bush said: "I heard somebody say, 'Where is Mandela?Well, Mandela's dead. Because Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas."
Thought it was the dumbest thing I’d heard a US president say…

It's amazing what they allow a convicted felon to get away with these days -- more crimes!

RIP Betty Reid Soskin: Oldest Ranger in the National Park Service Dies at 104 “Thank you for your service, Ranger Betty.”

What a legend! Rest in peace, Ranger Betty. mymodernmet.com/betty-reid-s...

‘The sight of it is still shocking’: 46 photos that tell the story of the century so far Did the 21st century begin on 1 January 2000? Or was it that blue sky day in September 2001 when the planes hit the twin towers? These images from the last 25 years chronicle modern history in the mak...

A story in photos of the first quarter century #photography
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Micro Mushrooms Stamp River Valley, BC, 2024.

My Micro Mushrooms image has really blown up on #Flickr in the last couple days. Have a look & let me know what you think. #photography #mushroom #macro #pnw cc/ @flickrfdn.bsky.social flic.kr/p/2rJQsuV

Landmark British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73 Parr said his brightly coloured, closely observed pictures of British life were ‘disguised as entertainment’ but they became hugely popular Martin Parr, the British documentary photographer who captured the peculiarities of the nation with clarity and hilarity, has died aged 73. He had been diagnosed with cancer in May 2021. Known for his acute observations of the English class system, Parr’s images covered sunbathers and Conservative clubs, village fetes and coffee mornings, often in vivid colour and with more than a dash of humour. His iconic 1986 photobook The Last Resort: Photographs of New Brighton captured working-class holidaymakers in the Wirral, Liverpool and helped mark a sea change in British documentary photography, from the gritty, black and white style of the past towards a cheekier and more colourful style. Continue reading...

Landmark British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73

A few of my images from cycling in Taiwan in this new piece, lead temple pic included (pls credit!). I did a full trip report about cycling Sun Moon Lake over on Momentum Mag as well.

‘There’s no monitoring of earthquakes’: new British Columbia pipeline could spell catastrophe, experts warn Project on ‘very poorly understood’ terrain and likely to pass through Rocky Mountain trench, which researchers say poses immense geological hazard

Consent, climate and cost failures… here’s another reason why the north coast pipeline won’t be built, it’s reckless.
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Gallery 881 Fundraiser — Gallery 881

As Vancouver’s arts funding dries up thx to the skewed priorities of the Sim/ABC gov’t, it’s hitting hard and fast in our communities. Repair cafes, art galleries, studio spaces all suffering… here’s a take and plea for support from Gallery 881. www.gallery881.com/fundraiser-2...

Vote for the Canada Liberal Party and you’re gonna get some pipelines. They’re the only ones building the things - Trudeau’s oil sands expansion and now Carney’s capitulation, all to make Alberta happy. How’d that work out for Trudeau last time, tho?