Jeff Samsonow

@jeffsamsonow.bsky.social

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Your friendly neighbourhood mediocre-man and pandemic buzzkill.😷 he/him in #yeg on Treaty 6. same @ on🦣

Hunger Games: May the odds be ever in your favor
A sticker designed with AI to look like a medal with a man grilling beside Canada and Alberta flags for "the great Albertan steak sauce" with words across the bottom that read "Chef Bryan Goulet, let the good times roll"
A large dalmation-mix dog sits in an armchair, leg over the arm and looking accusingly toward camera. Text reads "Sharon, you and I both know there is a pill wrapped in that slice of ham".
A white poster with green text and the menacing goblin face of the truck from Maximum Overdrive, offering a $50 gas card giveaway at the Metro Cinema event sponsored by Dandy Brewing in their d-movie series.
The sun sinks below the skyline, with fading sunlight of oranges and pinks highlighting ripples of clouds above the city.
Weather Network screenshot showing a thunderstorm watch, tornado warning and stories about flooding Edmonton streets.
Bojack and Sarah Lynn holding hands while laying on a bed as she dies from a heroin overdose.
Screenshot of a photo from Gibby Davis on Instagram of Mill Creek overflowing, flooding out the main north-south connection between downtown and the southside.
Moira from Schitt's Creek looking disheveled and leaning forward to plead "make it stop"
Weather radar showing a large band of severe thunderstorms hitting Edmonton and area.
Predator handshake meme with Carl Weather's and Arnold's beefy arms locking hands, text on either side of the hands reads "graphic designers" and "me using Canva" with the shared strength being "hating ai slop"
I'm wearing a black N95 mask and black shirt as I walk around an old red brick library building.
Mama peregrine swaps with dad to sit on four newly-hatched chicks.
Screenshot of Alberta's weekly reporting of measles cases since March 2025 with zero cases since the week of May 24.
Alberta's new call to arms "Fuck your fascist pancakes" written in black sharpie on plywood.
A falcon is perched on a nest box looking east as a lightning bolt streaks toward the north side of downtown.
Yellowhead Trail under water after Edmonton storms.
Environment and Climate Change Canada map of lightning strikes, shown as reddish brown dots covering the entire city of Edmonton.
A lightning bolt streaks over the Western sky as dark clouds blow into the city.
Use the code "newrider2026" like it says on this pop-up from the Neuron app.
It's me! I'm holding 3M masks in my apartment hallway to start the video, then outside in a white N95, before showing wildfire smoke and airborne particulate maps of North America. Finally, I hold up a small Air Fanta purifier when reminding folks to keep indoor air clean during smoke season.
Drake "Hotline Bling" meme where he turns away disapprovingly in frame one - Covid pandemic - and turns happily toward the camera in frame two - explosive diarrhea
Email from Trisha Estabrooks about a special NDP-related announcement July 17 at Frank's Pub in the Edmonton Strathcona riding.
Communauto map of Edmonton showing available cars across many of the core neighbourhoods.
Smoke rising into the sky behind the downtown skyline.
Weather radar showing a small but intense storm about to hit Edmonton. The day after a thunderstorm rocked the city.
Epcor power outage map with seven sections of the city without electricity at 9:10pm.
Weather radar with an intense storm over the city.
Bug activity forecast from the Weather Network app with Black Flies and Mosquitos forecast as low today and tomorrow. After June's record-setting rains unleashed mosquito hell.
Screenshot from The Onion's Infowars live broadcast with images of old and new Alex Jones, with green text identifying the differences in his face.
I'm holding up some N95 masks while talking in my apartment entrance. Then I am outside with and without a mask that pops onto my face in an edit. Screen recordings of wildfire smoke and particulate matter maps, a shot of a smoky Edmonton skyline, and at the end of the video I lift up an Air Fanta purifier.
A pile of orange Neuron e-bikes and scooters.
Screenshot of Edmonton Chamber of Commerce event details, from a recap with the Alberta finance minister.
Screenshot of the Infowars Elf, a hand drawn mascot that was removed by DIY forces before it could actually be the show's new mascot.
An orange lightning bolt in the distance during a thunderstorm appears to hit an apartment building roof.
Screenshot of a Noah Kahan tweet where the singer asks his fans to use bathrooms rather than pooping in the crowd. He also refers to pooping his own pants the same as any other 29-year-old.
Wildfire smoke map showing huge plumes covering most of Alberta, northern Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories
Under umbrellas and huddled under awnings, a line of shoppers stretches around the block before doors open at Wildrose Vintage.
Toronto Star photo showing many people in purple t-shirts protesting Ontario premier Doug Ford and his conservative government.
screenshot of an Alberta Emergency Alert Advisory for Overland Flow Flood - Edmonton, on Jun 21, 2026. With heavy rainfall over the past 24 hours, the region's stormwater system is being pushed to capacity, with localized flooding and backups being reported in neighbouring communities, and possible in the city with continued rain. People are advised to avoid unnecessary indoor water use, limit showers and baths, delay laundry and dishwasher use, ensure sump pumps and downspouts are functioning properly to direct water away from homes.
A white accessible shuttle bus with the words "Party Bus" on its front display sits at a red light.
A small plastic cup of tiny cookies, a smaller cup of cream cheese icing, both next to a takeout coffee cup.
Graffiti and tags on the side of a building and in the centre are the words "Dad" a heart with a slash through it, and "Mom"
Carolina Hurricanes captain Jordan Staal falling to the ice as his improbable backhand shot floats the puck toward the Vegas net and over the glove of alleged sexual assaulter Carter Hart for what will be the winning goal in game four of the Stanley Cup Final.
It's me - a middle-aged white guy in salmon short-sleeve and glasses - talking to the camera inbetween shots of the public engagement signs on Whyte Ave and buses and traffic on the street.
Street art of a big bear on a large metal container, the bear is painted Golden brown, sprawled out in front a golden mountain.
Alberta Day of Protest poster for the Edmonton event on May 29 at the Legislature
Podcast image for Danielle Smith's Fraser Forum: a podcast from the far right politician prior to her rejoining politics and becoming the Premier of Alberta with the support of anti-vaxxers, Queerphobic hate-mongers and U.S.-influenced separatists.
Close up on small little flowering petals on a tree blossom
Copper pipes connected to the AI plumber's belt and body.
A&W sign advertising simply "spicy chipotle teen"
An alert from The Weather Network app that "Wind ended"