Just saw someone on Reddit refer to a population pyramid graph as a "Population stack of spinning shawarma meat" and now I'm not sure I'm ever going to be able to present one of these the same...

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later. harpers.org/archive/1941...

Ignoring the fact that 2/3 of folks on Medicaid are already employed, there is just such a great historical track record of government ordered mass mobilizations of non-agrarian workforce into farm labour... 🤨

CanCon not only allows us to punch above our weight creatively, it also is low key one of the best policies for social identity and cohesion we've had in the past half century.

New indicator out from StatCan (and CMHC) today, quarterly estimates of asking rents in metro areas. Looks to me like there are no hedonic adjustments, critically for things like furnished/unfurnished units and location within CMA. But either way, good to see StatCan now working with listings data.

Perhaps one of the best visualizations of the positive impact of Canada legalizing contraceptives and birth control in the 1960s. You can mark the spot where C-48 passed (Oct 1964) by how most women were now widely able to choose when to have kids.

As someone who very much appreciated robust municipal data sets... Yeah, those should not be in the same orbit as attainable housing or so many other issues.

"When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away from our hands... we become vulnerable to whatever monster screams the loudest."

With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation.

I don't think it can be understated that it feels like the entire globe is watching Canada tonight. Reuters, Aljazeera, and BBC all have live feeds happening and its their top story on the home page. This does not feel normal and given the current global landscape, it's both ominous and humbling.

Not our beloved Fraser Street... My heart is broken. I feel so sick reading the horrific details of what people experienced at this evening's attack. This is a violent violation of a special safe place shared by so many, on a day to celebrate Lapu Lapu. Take care of each other.

What I wouldn't give for Elections Canada to revise the rules so that parties are not allowed to participate in the debates until they've released fully costed platforms...

Canadian household formation peaked in 1981. While Quebec City and (until recently) Montreal managed to translate income growth into increased household formation, household formation declined in many other parts of Canada. It's mathematically impossible to reverse that without building more homes.

As someone that wrote their own masters research project on land value capture tools, this is an interesting article that should be discussed more - particularly amongst BC planners and policy makers.

"It's not just defining what we're against. We, the next generation... have to say that we're going to redeem the dream." Strong moment of reflection and direction from Booker's filibuster.

When did Elon lose your respect? It depends on when he first showed up in YOUR field and claimed to know all about it. For social media people, that was 2022. For cave rescuers, 2018. And for transport professionals, around 2017. Fine @shigashide.bsky.social piece. blog.ucs.org/steven-higas...

First rule of hockey, protect yourself, protect your teammates. If the other team isn't going to respect that, elbows up. Sorry neighbour.

No, this is the most ashamed you've felt as an American *so far*.

me: it’s just a hockey game also me:

That was cathartic.

Anyone who's served on a strata council for a building with an elevator will be able to tell you the elevator mafia is very much a thing. Effectively zero competition in this space.

fondly remembering when the most embarrassing new york times coverage of canada was “they’re calling it c-day” instead of “after we conquered those cute perky people which of our leaders would they vote for?”

Truly saddened to hear of Shoup's passing. He was a catalyst for so much in our field and his work is so incredibly important to this day. Rest in piece Don.

Pertinent vibe check in the face on everything that is happening: "We don’t need any more irony-poisoned hot takes or cathartic, irreverent snark. We need to collectively decide what kind of world we actually do want, and what we’re willing to do to achieve it."

"My reluctant nationalism boils down to thinking there’s something good here that could be made much better. It’s driven by a desire to preserve our sovereignty so we can work out for ourselves how to do better and, in the process, to fight for those within our borders to live how they wish to live"

It can't be overstated how important public access to the census is for almost every aspect of our daily lives. This is moronic and malicious to a draconian scale.

Can we as a profession please start pushing back on these articles that are either woefully misinformed (or intentionally ignorant) of basic land economic principles (i.e. distinction between urban and rural geographies, housing unit delivery and housing investment versus housing capacity, etc.)

Welcome to Vichy America, by John Ganz www.unpopularfront.news/p/welcome-to...

The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this

Perhaps it's time we take a more critical lens to the adage that fiscally conservative / laissez faire governments spur economic growth and prosperity.

America with that "Speed run the backslide from cultural hegemon into the dark ages" challenge was not on my bingo card for 2025, but here we are.

When I drive I try to do it the way I want motorists to do when I am riding. I don't speed, I don't fiddle with my phone or park in bike lanes or use my vehicle as a weapon. These things being illegal doesn't change the fact that it's pointlessly dangerous and childishly narcissistic to do so.

Fortiche just flexing on all visual media at this point with #Arcane.

Guess I should make the switch over from the garbage fire app official. Seems like a breath of fresh air over here already.