Democracy Watch did an analysis of the Alberta referendum and here are 12 ways co-founder Duff Conacher said Monday's vote is undemocratic and unfair.

🚨 too many questions
🚨 questions drafted by partisans
🚨 misleading claims the vote is binding
🚨 courts should've reviewed legality first
🚨 public money spent to sway voters
🚨 political parties not covered by 3rd party rules
🚨 fundraising rules favour wealthy interests
🚨 one person, one vote rule violated by donation rules
🚨 disclosure loophole allows collusion
🚨 incorrect interpretation of advertising rules
🚨 no effective measures for foreign interference, mis/disinformation
🚨 no legitimate mandate with low turnout, not voting = no

See my newsletter post for more, including links to the detailed analysis.

https://jodymacpherson.substack.com/p/analysis-a-dozen-more-reasons-to?r=b0efu&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

#ableg #abpoli #abpoli #abreferendum

Heard a report that there will be hologram tour with an AI Ozzy Osbourne that will be able to converse with the audience. Given Ozzy was barely intelligible I’m not sure if this easy for AI and an extreme challenge.

Finding the hair in the scrambled eggs before you serve it to your partner.

Israeli settlers attack Palestinians during West Bank olive harvest and beat U.S. photojournalist
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israeli-settlers-attack-palestinians-during-west-bank-olive-harvest-and-beat-u-s-photojournalist?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into World @world-PBSNewsHour

OK, well past my bedtime I may finally be able to sleep but before that I will note the happy news today that my step-father was able to have some real food for the first time in six months or so. The price was his cancerous larynx but we’ll take the wins where we can.

‘You’re being reasonable again!’ snapped Angua. ‘You’re deliberately seeing everyone’s point of view! Can’t you try to be unfair even once?’ (Feet of Clay)

#TerryPratchett #quotes #quote #bot

My new soporific* game may be Over the Hill and a wee dram.

*Something to play to while away some time when I can’t sleep.

#Games #OverTheHill

Tired all day and now can’t sleep. Stupid brain.

While I’ve pretty much signed out of the MCU I’ll make an exception for VisionQuest.

Coworker in St. Albert said his advance poll had an hour and half wait to even get inside today.

#Alberta #StupidFuckingReferendum #ABpoli

The humans hadn’t gotten a lot of sleep last night, from the crowding and the strong possibility of dying.

Seasonal illness in our house is tied university exam season and has arrived. I think this will be a quiet weekend of holing up.

Listened to a bit The Current on CBC this morning as they interviewed rural people in Alberta on separation. Realized I wasn’t going to hear anything new and that Matt Galloway wasn’t going to challenge any of the inaccuracies in the separatist mantras.

I’m also disappointed the story going across Canada is going to focus on the petty grievances of a small minority while giving far less attention to the vast majority of the people here who aren’t separatists.

#ABPoli #Alberta #Canada

So the news this morning is that KFC is switching from Pepsi to Coke but no word when they’ll start serving good chicken.

Work from home need: A heated office chair.

Einstein was right: Darkness can travel faster than light without breaking relativity - The Brighter Side of News

Once again, Discworld physics leaks into roundworld.

"Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it."
Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man
#GNUTerryPratchett
https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/einstein-was-right-darkness-can-travel-faster-than-light-without-breaking-relativity/

Anyway, funny story but remember when the discussion was about The Cathedral and The Bazaar?

There's a second axis to that graph, and it's ends are labelled "A Community" and "A Cult".

My partner is borrowing dogs from a local animal rescue to film digital content for her textbook. This is Scrappy and our very suspicious cat, Janet.

#DogsOfMastodon #CatsOfMastodon #dog #cat

I sent this to my father (a hardcore birder) and his response was suitably concise.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@albertawildernessassociation/117445470602163133

So the UCP is removing protections for an animal with a population of less than 100 individuals.