Wes Fryer

@wesfryer.com

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Empowering you to bravely & creatively share your voice with kindness. I also love to cook. "Culture healer, not culture warrior." https://wesfryer.com https://podcasts.wesfryer.com https://news.wesfryer.com

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On this #CanadaDay I'm struck by how few Americans know their government and the Russians are involved in a psyop in Alberta to incite a separatist movement. The goal: force a populist referendum to leave #Canada and join the #USA. Albertans are being swayed by glitzy YouTube influencer videos, many of which are #AI generated abroad,, to suggest their lives would be better in the US. You know, Florida mansions, control over immigration, pristine health care, high valued US dollar, and other grass is greener lies. Very #Brexit-esque, Cambridge Analytica playbook. As the US under this administration seeks to capture and manipulate oil internationally, Hormuz and Venezsudentenland are not enough. They are coming for the Canadian oil fields not with arms, but with algorithmically amplified #disinformation and millions of corrupt dollars to influence an election in their favor. For Russia, cracking Canada means destabilizing yet another Western democracy in the international illiberal project, plus Canada recently signed an agreement to provide drones to the #Ukraine. How can you help? I wish I could say call your Congressional Rep, and that might still work in some districts. However, this is digital guerilla warfare, and we still don't have good innoculation against it. Any information you can get out there on social media --about what it is really like to live in the US (maybe more about how actually likely it is to own a mansion or paying for your health care!), about how disinformation campaigns work, about what happened to democracies that voted to shoot themselves in the face based on peddled lies and are now dealing with the consequences (hello #UK), would help. Please tag Alberta separatism to ensure the message gets out. And tell your friends. People need to know this is going on. #elbowsup Receipts: https://thewalrus.ca/alberta-separatism-fuelled-by-russian-networks-and-us-influencers/https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/co-ordinated-network-of-fake-youtube-channels-pushing-alberta-secession-and-us-annexation-narrative-report-finds/https://www.cdmrn.ca/slopaganda-the-inauthentic-youtube-network-selling-secession-to-albertanshttps://thetyee.ca/News/2026/04/21/Dishonest-Online-Campaign-Support-Alberta-Separatism/https://disifnowatch.org broke this story with international journalists' help: see: https://disinfowatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Alberta-and-Foreign-Interference-Report-Final-052026-web.pdf
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💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🫧🌙 Artist duo A.A. Murakami creates ephemeral #tech experienced through temporary materials like #bubbles and #fog rings rather than #screens. Their pool of #smoke-filled bubbles translates the #Japanese tradition of #moon viewing into an art of disappearing where popping and fading is part of the #design. 👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/a-a-murakami-moon-underwater-installation#art#history#museums#artists#clouds#culture#installation#japan#night#physics#soap#technology#tokyo#tradition#tksst#video
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The image shows a dark-themed digital interface for the podcast platform PodCommons by Wes Fryer. At the top, a header bar includes the platform logo alongside search, "About," headphones, and profile icons. The main section displays a podcast episode titled "Dignity, Difference, and Self-Giving Love, with Tim Shriver," listing a runtime of 53 minutes and a date of June 23, 2026. A square thumbnail and a larger cropped banner both feature a portrait of a smiling Tim Shriver in a suit and tie during his conversation with Mark Labberton.
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The "sorting-ceremony.jpg" image features a digital interface titled "The Sorting Ceremony" with a magical, starry background. A prompt invites the user to step forward and await their destiny, accompanied by an option to play "Hogwarts Classroom Ambience" music. Below, "Step 1: Choose Your Houses" displays the four house crests of Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. The interface indicates that all four houses are currently selected.
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The image features a split-screen video thumbnail for "EdTechSR Ep 376: 'Screen Time Isn't Binary'". On the left, Wes Fryer is shown wearing a blue shirt with his name and location, Charlotte, NC, displayed below. On the right, Jason Neiffer is shown wearing a plaid shirt with his name and location, Missoula, Montana, displayed below. Both individuals are shown from the chest up in this podcast-related graphic.
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This image displays the PodCommons website interface curated by Wes Fryer. It features a prominent podcast episode titled "Rehumanizing Our Common Life," featuring guests Shadi Hamid, Elizabeth Oldfield, Ray Pennings, and Anne Snyder. The layout includes a top navigation bar, a square thumbnail for the episode, and a detailed title area. The content is hosted by Mark Labberton and was published on June 9, 2026.
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