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Is anyone else getting unprompted codes sent to them from Microsoft?

Wondering if it's due to our Alberta voter data breach.

I see there is a couple zero day exploits about exchange servers, etc., but none of them are about email account hacking.

If you have a Microsoft account please make sure you have 2 factor authentication enabled.

Cheers.

I have been too hard on "Albertan culture." I discovered a novel and quite fascinating literary style that has been developed by our very own. The idea is to create a phrase that is meaningless when read with a high level of comprehension, but carries a specific meaning to a low comprehension reading. It's really quite an interesting style of prose. Let's look at an example

"Do you support the Government of Alberta taking increased control over immigration for the purposes of decreasing immigration to more sustainable levels, prioritizing economic migration and giving Albertans first priority on new employment opportunities?"

Do you support the Government of Alberta - Some people drop off here. Those people typically say yes to this question.

Do you support the Government of alberta taking increased control over immigration - again, the ones who lose the thread here also vote yes.

Do you support the Government of Alberta taking increasted control ... immigration ... economic migration ... Albertans first... - This represents a broken reading level, and again the people with this reading level vote yes.

Basically, the questions are designed not to be more readable to higher reading levels, but to be less coherent the more you can actually synthesize the entire question and its context. Of course, if you can parse this question in its entirety within the context of the Canadian constitution and laws it is utterly meaningless. The alberta government can't increase control of immigration in such a way as to prioritize Albertans and this referrendum question doesn't offer any mechanisms to do that.

So when voted on, it gets a "yes" but even if someone wanted to work in good faith to actually implement them, they cannot be implemented by anyone, much less the Federal government.

It's like a slam-poetry ring oscellator. Amazing work.

Saw posts online saying they will tell us if we are staying on AISH or going to ADAP in may. Now it's may 19th none of the people I know got a letter I havn't got one yet.

Maybe just unlucky with who I know? Anyway to get confirmation on these things since its so impactful...

Wish this was handled differently but oh well I guess..

**comes into effect Sept 1, 2026**

Highlights of Bill 25:
- teachers must present topics neutrally.
- schools are no longer “welcoming, caring, respectful and safe” and “respecting diversity”, they are “safe and caring” and “maintain respectful and responsible behaviours”.
- Canadian and albertan flags are mandated, all others must be approved by the minister.
- the national anthem must be played weekly.
- the minister is now in charge of hiring superintendents and naming school buildings
- school boards cannot issue public statements on anything other than their “educational mandate”
- requires schools to provide intervention supports for kids with learning gaps
- provincial tests are required to be online

I’m a little confused because some of this already happens. Teachers present with neutrality - issues are presented from both sides, “some people believe” is amply applied to non-neutral statements. They ask questions and support critical thinking. There are for sure some loonies out there (thinking of the guy who was a Holocaust denier in class, who got fired and de-certified). There are also some people “toeing the line” like that one school on video who got their kids to chant before the election “who are we voting for? The NDP!”. That was Bad, no Holocaust-denier BAD, but Bad. Perhaps this just makes it so the province can arrest people instead of relying on the existing disciplinary process?

The flags are being flown. The anthem is already being played. The schools are already providing intervention. Maybe that’s another “now we have a law to arrest people with” law, rather than using an existing disciplinary process to slap hands and write warnings.

The flag thing is pandering to their base, the People Who Hate Rainbows. But it will also affect people teaching social studies. Learning about Peru? No flag can be “flown”. Does sticking it to a wall count as flying it? A mini flag in a cupholder? A sticker on a book? How about a hat with an American flag? Can students wear/fly it? Use other flags in projects to be put on the wall? Can they decorate notebooks and lockers? Is there a tip line to report people to? This seems to be the most discussed part of the Act since most claims have some form of rainbow flag (or just plain rainbow stuff, without being lgbtq related).

I’m sure more specifics will come out before September 1. This government may pass an Act, but the details are in the Regulations. The Acts say what must be done, the Regulations dictate how it’s done. There aren’t Regulations YET but they’re likely being drafted now.

**edit And sorry about the headline. I mean conservative voters. Not the people in government. I’m asking because maybe they have more power than non conservative voters. I’m asking if they will advocate for the water like the republicans are doing in Utah. Hope this helps my post make more sense

I am not going to lie I am not conservative but most of my family is and we finally see eye to eye on an issue. So I was thinking really the conservatives are in power and it looks like they will be for a while. Are conservatives going to help the farmers and save the water from billionaires like Kevin O’Leary and that Australian woman? I feel like I’m out numbered everywhere I go so I’m not going to try to convince you of anything but I’m curious on peoples real thoughts about the water issue. We all know that the internet is broken and it’s hard to find the truth about things but when we talk to the real albertans we know especially the farmers. Are they worried? I know in Utah they are sure making a big stink and it seems like it’s mostly republicans. So I was curious if the conservatives up here in Alberta are feeling the same way about the AI project.

Burned 2 hours last week trying to reach a human at my insurance company. 47-minute hold, got disconnected. Called back, 38-minute hold, finally got transferred

to a department that couldn't help me. It felt like a part-time job.

I'm in Canada and starting to build something for myself and a few friends: you tell an AI what you want ("call BC MSP and ask about claim X"), it

dials, navigates the IVR, sits on hold for however long, and only rings your phone when an actual human is on the line. You handle the conversation + any

verification yourself — the AI is just there to eat the hold time.

Before I keep going, want a reality check from people outside my bubble:

1. Is this a real pain for you, or am I projecting?

2. What's the worst recent hold time you've had, and for what kind of call?

3. Would you actually use this, or is your phone-avoidance more about not wanting to talk at all (in which case an AI eating the hold doesn't help you)?

4. What would you NOT trust an AI to do on your behalf, even just for the hold portion?

No app to link, no waitlist, no pitch. Genuinely trying to figure out whether to keep building or pivot.