I am going to build a 10 story apartment in my neighborhood (zoned to 6 stories)

grad students need to be put in their place! it’s dr professor light phd the third pepsicola endowed chair of economic philosophy to you jimbo

Always kind of amazed at the hubris grad students show when they talk to me, look me in the eye, fail to add the proper honourifics before and after my name, etc. Do they think we are equals? Does the PhD mean nothing to them? We have hierarchy in academia for a reason you know.

Pioneers Pass is ready for take off! Thanks @cityofwinnipeg.bsky.social for the excellent snow clearing job on NorthEast Pioneers Greenway. It made my 13 km of errands today so much easier and more enjoyable. & One less car on the road creating traffic and collisions. #bike #trike #etrike

Great time at the Chalmers Neighbourhood Renewal Community feast yesterday. Thanks to all the staff & volunteers who made it a reality.

Thanks so much to the folks who came out to the last Urbanist Hangout of the year! It's always great to see, new and familiar faces. We are looking forward to more Hangouts in 2026!

Great time today at Keewatinohk Inniniw Minoayawin Inc.'s holiday open house. Got to say hi to KIM's Chief Strategic Officer Moriah Davis and KIM's CEO Dr. Barry Lavallee. Made sure to bring canned food for KIM's food drive to support families in need this winter.

*EXTREMELY* temporary bus stop ... they didn't even print out the route number originally and added it with a marker!

Today I discovered that Diet Pepsi expires. It was not a pleasant discovery.

Genuinely, is there a single upside to having a smart fridge? Everyone keeps talking about the downsides which are all the ads and shit but like Why do people buy these If I want to know what's in the fridge I can just open it

@aleach.ca Any idea where the $400/tonne industrial carbon price to recoup the emissions abatement lost from removing the Clean Energy Regulations comes from? www.thestar.com/politics/pol...

Thank you, Dan Leonard (a member of Granite Members for Affordable Housing). “The MB government is hoping for a generational investment to expand the Port of Churchill, but the City of Winnipeg is unable to even move forward with a funded, city-approved, 111-unit housing project on city land.”

Imagine if an unelected board gave the Foot Locker formal veto powers over what the owners of Polo Park do with their parking lot.

Canada Life has given Granite users access to their parking lot for years, but I can see why they wouldn’t want to formally enter into an agree that would restrict development on their own property.

Jelynn Dela Cruz is doing great work as Radisson's MLA & a member of the government helping fix our healthcare, launching the Senior's Advocate, & opening a new school. Let's ensure the Radisson NDP is funded for next elxn so Jelyn can continue her work. Buy tickets here: www.mbndp.ca/runrunrad

Fund Transit Fairly: Restore the 50/50 Agreement - Sign the Petition! c.org/jyLdSsGgSy

The province of Manitoba must reinstate the 50/50 funding agreement. Why? Ensure frequent and reliable #WinnipegTransit #WinnipegTransit at the heart of Manitoba’s climate strategy Sign the petition: tinyurl.com/mr3scs79 #FairTransitMB #TransitJustice #ClimateActionNow #MobilityMatters

On Remembrance Day, I think of my grandfather, Daniel Alberta McCoy, a WWII gunner, whose plane was shot down over Belgium. His story reminds me that remembrance is not just about war. We must honour those who served by committing ourselves to peace, justice, and humanity. #LestWeForget

Re: America, Dark Helmet said it best:

A real banner week for Chuck Schumer, given that only a few days ago he refused to back the Democratic nominee for mayor of his home city.

It really sucks that evolution has yet to give us a freshwater cephalopod.

@johnquiggin.bsky.social, I was once talking to someone who ran an independent council campaign in an Australia city that elects Councillors, usually partisan, by ward with STV. Their campaign didn't spend time courting hyperlocal community leaders. jaytownsend.com/preparing-a-...

LIVE: A ceremony is taking place in Winnipeg to honour Indigenous Veterans Day, commemorating the service and sacrifices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis soldiers.

Take a moment today to recognize and honour the military contributions and sacrifices of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. #IndigenousVeteransDay #CanadaRemembers #LestWeForget

institutional investors really need to start planning to divest from this company, if the consumer rubes want to pay him a trillion dollars to keep driving the company into the ground, let them drown

Major media still not reporting the $1B cut to student grants becuase they can't get beyong stenography when writing up these pieces.

The reason Peter Thiel thinks uni professors are teaching impressionable minds that the world is just getting better & better is because the only prof he spends any time with is Steven Pinker. @iwriteok.bsky.social www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

competing organizational units not well aligned with another u say?

My dad died three years ago. Here's a photo of him with Mr. Lahey & Randy when they visited Thompson circa 2008. 2nd photo he took at Festival du Voyageur in the very early aughts where he asked one of the historically costumed staff to pose for a morbidly-construable photo.

They need to reboot Peep Show except make Mark Corrigan a cynophobic, soft left social democratic teetotaller who drinks diet pop by the litre and has strong opinions on land use. This is my opinion for no particular reason.

I think there are people who decide to run because they think they should be leading, and want an elected office to prove that to everyone. But what got so many of us excited to show up for Emma was she was already leading, often in quiet ways, always in community-building ways. (3/)

Yes. @emmaewood.bsky.social did a wildly brave thing in sticking her neck out for all of us, putting herself forward in this climate of vitriol and reaction, and proved that the good person *can* win, and commandingly so. It is worth it to run. (1/)

Wow, Elmwood-East Kildonan... What an absolute honour. I'm still processing what just happened!!

While many of you are likely yelling “GO DINOSAURS!” or “GO PTEROSAURS!” I'm yelling “GO PREHISTORIC MAMMALS and Bergmann's rule!"

Congratulations to @emmaewood.bsky.social on winning the Elmwood-East Kildonan byelection. Emma brings to council not only her many years of community activism, her positive nature, but also her strong belief in community. This is not only a win for her constituents, but a win for all of Winnipeg.

Woke up with sore feet but all well worth it. We poured our hearts into this one and it feels so good to see the result. So proud of the work we did and optimistic about where we are going in our neighborhood and the work Emma will do. Plus turquoise really was the best of the colours out there.

A strong, positive campaign was well-received by Elmwood-East Kildonan voters. We now have a diligent, collaborative, and hyper-competent listener in @emmaewood.bsky.social representing Elm-EK at City Hall. Couldn't have wished for a better result. 🙂

Heart beat hate, work beat whining, relationships beat rants, shoe leather beat lawn signs. Elmwood-East Kildonan won big last night, and so did Winnipeg.

Really great profile of @emmaewood.bsky.social in My WPG. Emma will be a great councillor for #winnnipeg (by-election this Saturday!) weheartwinnipeg.ca/blogs/my-wpg...

Katy Perry's rapprochement with Taylor Swift has really ended up being a nothingburger in terms of long-term cultural impact, hasn't it?

Congratulations to @ariel-gordon.bsky.social!! So exciting!

Did some leafleting for @emmaewood.bsky.social in Elmwood. Every time I do leafleting, I am reminded of how hard postal workers work. And I just had the one leaflet to pass out - not stacks of sorted mail.

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This day honours and remembers the children who were forced into Canada's Residential School system. It was first observed as Orange Shirt Day in 2013 and was elevated to a statutory holidy for federal workers in 2021.

I love the Twofer Tuesday menu. 🙂

Tragically, Will Stancil is actually the closest thing this age has to a moral paragon because he was exposed to people being mean to him on the internet without becoming a Trumpist out of spite, a test which seemingly every other major Discourse Generator online has failed.

You can’t just change a system, you need to invest in it if you hope to see major improvements. Our city is trying to get the benefits without investing the $.

This is a system that can be scaled up easily. City council gave transit specific instructions that they had no new operation funding for the new system. So, this is a frame that can be dialed up if we choose. Hopefully they do!

Genuinely one of the most caring and hardest working humans I have known to grace the planet. Go Emma!