David Mitchell / is on Nostr

Edmonton musician, studio teacher, arranger, composer.
Husband and dad of 3. Interests include city council, transportation, art, government, society; former science nerd.

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2024-07-30 14:53:43

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Very interesting, but of course it doesn’t matter, because the controversy is being driven by a group beholden to and yearning for a return to an entirely invented ‘tradition’ and ‘history’.

2024-07-25 19:19:00

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Updated statement from Parks Canada… 48 hours from detection to arrival in town as environmental impact piled on environmental impact.
Tens of thousands of visitors and residents evacuated safely, …even the Premier’s veiled criticism through implication is disgusting.
https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/jasper/visit/feu-alert-fire/feudeforet-wildfire
https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/112/848/733/596/881/853/original/684daed9db2037b6.jpeg

2024-07-25 18:47:09

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I hope Albertans recognize this for the bullshit it is having lived under a steady pall of smoke through a heat wave, with a #GoA that cut wildfire fighting budgets by over 20% and is having to ask for support from the military for the second year running… all while acting as chief cheerleader for the miserable industry at the root of all this harm, and blocking meaningful action at every turn.
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2024-07-25 18:46:52

Caught just enough of Premier Smith’s relies to reporters at the #JasperFire press conference to be sickened by the stream of innuendo that Jasper was lost because Parks Canada didn’t ask for help. Smith says he wants an ‘integrated response team’ so that all the amazing Alberta resources that Alberta ‘could’ have offered would have been on hand.
‘We can make a wall of water to match the wall of flame’ and implied ABs aircraft would have made a difference but were kept out of Jasper airspace.
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2024-02-27 16:32:05

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@npub1uw8…88kr
People’s responses:
Selfie 1: omg how -30! Stay safe, bundle up!
Selfie 2: Come on now… we can’t live in fear!