A fundamental truth that follows from the physics of generally "lighter than people" vehicles vs generally "several times heavier than people" vehicles.

I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world? Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)

"Why can't we just cheaply/easily build tunnels everywhere and solve urban congestion?", Musk, essentially: driveteslacanada.ca/news/the-bor...

WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. Safe bike-lanes mean business.

And AB voters who saw all that, a government whose heart was not in public health during the COVID pandemic, to re-elect with a strong margin explicit anti-vaxxer folks.

This government has challenged the Feds in court how many times over alleged Constitutional overreach - but can’t challenge its decisions the same way, of course.

I’m sure all the people who were outraged about Colin Kapernick will also be furious about this bringing of politics into sports.

This is *exactly* what AB needs right now. Solved everything when BC did it for inter-city transportation, right - and basically means the lifted trucks will now tailgate everyone at 160+ kph.

How’s fall going up there, Edmontonians? ;)

1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution. The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵

It’s that time of year - heat pump magic. Entire house (4 levels, 3000+ sq ft) being heated by 1.8 kW / 66% modulation (barely more than 1 space heater) at -6 C outside. Wish I had better insulation / bigger ducts and could use the heat pump down to its -23 C operational limit (-30 C on best models)

There is a good argument that Zohran Mamdani did not win the New York mayoral race, because constitutionally votes for him are only worth 3/5ths of votes for Cuomo. —Ilan Wurman, Yale Law Review, Spring 2026

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

Hits the feels a bit like Naheed Nenshi’s first win in 2010. Having lived through 9/11 in NYC - Mamdani’s election is along way from the profiling / shadow of Islamophobia that day cast.

You've got to wonder how many times per day @carrietait.bsky.social has to physically & audibly scream into the void while she writes about the current Alberta government, because there seems to be no action Premier Smith won't take at this point to dodge findings on the healthcare scandal.

The shenanigans against the Forever Canadian petition and government MLA recall petitions are starting.

The second egress stair in modern missing-middle housing is like your appendix; It's a remnant from long ago that no longer serves a purpose and sometimes creates real problems.

Do you have a humidifier in your house? The kind that blows cool mist? It is probably making your air dirty. Like, forest fire dirty! We have an air pollution monitor and we recently bought one of these "ultrasonic" humidifiers. Immediately, our monitor started showing dirty air! 🤔 1/

It’s really depressing when the anti bike candidate wins in Montreal. Seems like the decade of ripping out bike lanes nationwide is here.

New rule: if a Canadian team is in a Game 7 final, don’t bother watching

Notice how the UCP equates constitutionality with necessity & merit? Re: the notwithstanding clause... "Just because something is possible doesn’t mean we have to do it, and just because we do it doesn’t make it a good idea." 🔗https://drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/can-they-must-they-should-they

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

Good investigation here by @timquerengesser.bsky.social for @taprootedmonton.ca edmonton.taproot.news/news/2025/10...

It was the UCP that stopped collecting this information in the first place immediately after taking power in 2019.

When the USA sends their people, they’re not sending their best…

TFW my UofA credentials still work for eduroam WiFi access 16 years after graduating from @ualbertalaw.bsky.social :)

I have a very bad feeling about this...

Five years ago today, the UCP revealed it would evict 75 unhoused men from the McCullough Centre in Gunn, AB and lay off 63 unionized workers. Two years later, the government quietly signed a $20-30 million contract with a company owned by allies of Marshall Smith. 1/ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ford blames Jays playoff ticket gouging on asshole premier who scrapped Ticketmaster law in 2019

Coming soon to Calgary. I had cautious optimism of status quo at least but the mid-count shift in W1 and W12 has diminished it - 8 votes for stuff like this or removal of infrastructure very possible

Is your hedge ready for Halloween?

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social time to retire

That the article (and Nenshi’s comments) both fail to note this is exactly how treaties are implemented already (provincial agreement and implementing legislation is required where treaties involve provincial jurisdiction) is… not great: lop.parl.ca/sites/Public...

"I think that we should be very clear that a lot of the problems that were caused in this election were caused by changes the UCP government made to the Local Authorities Election Act — for no reason." globalnews.ca/news/11492129/...

Petition to keep Alberta in Canada is really close to collecting enough signatures, but we need to have a “comfort margin” in case some signatures get rejected. PLEASE, continue signing the #ForeverCanadian petition!!! globalnews.ca/news/1148977...

Or, the White House by 2028

The Premier herself asked the feds to increase immigration to Alberta in '24, '25 and '26: www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art... Letter: www.alberta.ca/system/files...

Now we wait for the province to announce supervisory boards with veto powers over the city councils. Coincidentally, Cartmell and Sharp will be on them

Good news in #yyc election - CBE trustee election didn't elect any "parents rights" loons, rather folks committed to public education.

Will there be 8 votes to (again) kill Green Line if Dreeshen/Smith ask? Yes. We know they don’t care about the work that’s already been done and not much broke ground this year

Councillor vote counts done - Tyers, Wyness, Yule, Kelly, Dhaliwal, Pantazopoulos, Atkinson, Schmidt, Clark, Chabot, Ward, Jamieson, McLean and Johnston it will be.

Mourra, organizer of anti-vaccine / anti-public health measure and transphobic protests - got nearly 3k votes in Ward 10. Sigh.

Ward 1 is going to Communities First with Kim Tyers ahead by 500 votes and nearly all votes counted; Ward 12 shows Mike Jamieson ahead 33 votes. Both are heartbreaking / close losses for more progressive candidates Joey Nowak and Sarah Ferguson. #yyccc

As counts come to a close (almost there), Kim Tyers (Communities First) leads by 100 in W1; and Mike Jamieson (A Better Calgary) back in front in W12 by 30.

Update: with 30-50% of councillor ballots counted, the super close race in W12 has shifted with the Calgary Party's Sarah Ferguson now ahead by 28 votes over Mike Jamieson (A Better Calgary Party). #yyccc

Re: #yyccc elections, councillor ballots are only 25% counted, so some results and close races especially could shift. But looks like Mayor @jeromyyyc.bsky.social it will be with a 500+ vote lead over @sonyasharpyyc.bsky.social with 100% mayoral ballots counted. 1/

The rules will keep changing until the Premier’s handpicked austerocrats are the only ones who qualify

The new election rules creating lineups and that will require days of hand counting ballots - yet another unfunded mandate downloaded onto municipalities by Alberta as they take a larger chunk of the Calgary property tax bill every year (37% and climbing)

As of 7:20 AM - Phase 2 bookings are open via ConnectCare portal.