I wasn't expecting to get hit in the face with ice/snow this morning nor was I expecting to see a person with a religious-like clothing holding a cross in front of them while walking in the rain. Things you see when you are biking 😅

“Not everything that I’ve been taught is right”. radiolab.org/podcast/what...

Fixing a cryptic fetch error when installing a Ruby gem from a git repository 👀 hexdevs.com/posts/instal...

This is so good! Celebrate bike joy. www.youtube.com/shorts/iAsjQ... #unsprawling #yycbike

So happy to share the 1st video of "How do you move, Calgary". This video project was born from a wish to highlight real stories from people living in Calgary commuting with alternative transportation modes 🚲🚶‍♀️🛴🚌🚋 More videos to come, enjoy! #yycbike www.youtube.com/shorts/iAsjQ...

New transit stickers in stock, sign up as a Sprawl member and we'll pop some in the mail for you! And if you're a current member who wants some, lemme know and we'll send some to you too. Support independent Calgary journalism! 💌 sprawlcalgary.fundjournalism.org/donate/

"it is recommended that the CTrain free fare zone be eliminated “to reduce disorderly behaviour and improve perceptions of safety.” Wow, Calgary knows how to end disorder and make a city's downtown safe with a single decision! Someone please indicate us for a Nobel prize, it's an astonishing feat.

the CTrain free fare zone is one of the nicest things we have in Calgary. The numbers from the recent survey are pretty clear: people use it, they like it, and they want it to be expanded. City Hall should just listen to what people want.📣

Our first ride of 2026 is coming up soon: Join us on May 2 in Crescent Heights/Tuxedo Park! We’ll meet at Sought & Found Coffee Roasters & ride 2.3 km north along 1st Street NE, ending at Tuxedo Corner Playground. We can’t wait to see you there! #kidicalmassyyc #kidicalmass #yycbike

What keeps me up at night is the geese honking at my balcony 🪿

Our next vegan meetup is a park cleanup on May 23rd at the new Pumphouse Park (if you haven't been there, do it! There are big swing chairs for adults, and lots of fire pits <3). We're working to get some coffee and pastries for after the cleanup ☕🥐 #yycvegan kindfork.ca/meetups/may-...

Cal's Newport point about being cognitive fit as much as physically fit is a great point for present days www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/o... I wonder if we will see the rise of cognitive fitness academies soon just as we have gyms for the body?

Useful thing to use here

faker's latest release is live! We are introducing lazy load, which will make loading faker 2x faster 🚀 Please try it out and let us know if you run into any issues. github.com/faker-ruby/f...

I was crossing two marked crosswalks and two people driving cars completely ignored me. One of them ignored a STOP sign. If I am distracted, I don't kill someone by walking. On other hand, they could have killed me in a second. How is that a fair comparison?

This was inspired by reading Kat Vello's newsletter about " Street design that fosters friendship". "Narrow streets make walking more cozy. And they make it easier to recognize the faces of other walkers and cyclists, which facilitates familiarity and conversation." (continue...)

I am waiting on seeing the effects of increased burnout, and other psychological effects of being told that your skills don't matter and that you can't say a single thing about a tool that is being forced onto people without proof that it's actually a good thing.

Hey #yycbike is it just me or does someone else feel like waving to other people biking in Calgary? Maybe it's just me, but I always smile a bit when I see people cycling and would like to know your opinion :)

Thanks @bikecalgary.bsky.social for sharing this timely Active Transportation Fund issue. I have used the template to contact my MP. #yycbike docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Nice!

‪ I have a 5-year journal and I looked back on last years and found a note that it was my first @criticalmassyyc.bsky.social A friend of mine went for the first time yesterday and she took pictures of me. She also let @thd.codes and I try their tandem bike for the first time 🧡 #yycbike

This Friday we will have a fire pit going at Pearce Estates Park at the end of our ride! This will be the last time we meet at containR. Starting in April, we will be meeting in Riley Park (not far from containR). More deets to come! Bring a friend! Our winter rides have been so fun ❄️🚲✨ #yycbike

Calgary right now regarding repealing the blanket rezoning

Calgary city council is being asked to approve 4 new communities on the city's outskirts, with 5 more applications on the way in the coming months. I dug into it for the new Sprawlcast. A good listen/read for a snowy Saturday. #yyccc www.sprawlcalgary.com/calgary-subu...

Remember when MOOC was going to change everything 👀

Hey @klaszus.bsky.social I listened to this @99pi.org episode and I thought it would be nice to do a similar one for Calgary's 311? :D I'd love to know why some of my reports get closed without any comments, for example 😅 99percentinvisible.org/episode/serv...

When I see lots of `let` and `lets!` in a test suite

Jotting down some thoughts. www.stefannibrasil.me/posts/notes/...

Pre-Alberta Bike Show Group Ride. When: Friday, March 20. Meet at 6:15 p.m. Wheels roll at 6:30 p.m. Where: South side of George C. King Bridge in East Village Why: Bikes are great; come ride with us. All types of bikes and their riders welcome. Destination: Carburn Park. Bring a snack!

Hard to get new Sprawl members nowadays! So busy w/ stories that I don't have time to make proper appeals. Also I feel like I've said the same thing 1000x and am sick of hearing myself say it. Even so—if you value independent journalism, pls support our work! sprawlcalgary.fundjournalism.org/donate/

Really nice to see organizations creating events like these. Check out the Vegan Chef challenge in Canmore in April :) #yycvegan veganchefchallenge.org/Canmore/

Yes, "AI" reporting is so broken. And I wish that was the only thing that was broken 😮‍💨 I wish people valued companies whose leaders use their money and influence to help society instead of being so selfish. www.thedeeplife.com/podcasts/epi...

faker 3.6.1 is out! github.com/faker-ruby/f... It includes some performance, security improvements and docs fixes :)

The layoffs are definitely because of AI* *Assholes In charge

Just one spot left for Kind Fork's March meetup kindfork.ca/meetups/mar-... #yycvegan

I wasn't into podcast series but I've listened to two that are journalism masterpieces: - Fela Kuti: Fear no Man - The Other Latif They are hard to go through. Violence and oppression are at the center but we also meet people who fight against dictatorship and wrongness. Hope isn't lost.

SANTIGOLD. SO GOOD. How did I only found her work this month? 😍

Had an amazing Winter Bike Day with @bikecalgary.bsky.social and @calgaryclimatehub.ca Thank you so much for organizing it.

#BikesAndHearts, this SATURDAY, part of @bikecalgary.bsky.social's #WinterBikeDay. JOIN US!!! More details: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/bikes_and_he... #yyc #yycbike

"We know that most of the carbon emissions in the food system comes from meat production so it makes sense for Amsterdam to restrict the advertising of meat as part of its strategy to promote food system change." <333 change is possible. plantbasednews.org/news/environ...

Do something nice to someone today, expecting nothing in return other than the joy of being a human being who cares about others ⭐

If you are seeing this shoulda-matchers warning on your tests but don't know where it's coming from, fetch the library's main branch. It includes the model/attr so you can fix the warning :) github.com/thoughtbot/s...

This weekend many cycling groups in the US are organizing rides in honour of Alex Pretti, the man recently killed by ICE in Minneapolis. Pretti was a cyclist and he died a hero. 1/5

I was today's year old when I learned that you can create issues on GitHub from a comment/lines of code/discussion 😅 docs.github.com/en/issues/tr...

Friendly reminder to have a code scanning tool setup. OWASP has a list of them, including free options for Open Source projects: owasp.org/www-communit...

@stefannibrasil.me and I have been playing around with Vernier. It's an excellent profiling tool. 🌟 github.com/jhawthorn/ve...

The latest faker's version includes this improvement! Nothing like profiling your code to get some quick wins. Huge thanks to @jhawthorn.com for creating Vernier 🤓 hexdevs.com/posts/optimi...

Winter Bike Day is just three weeks away. This year we’re pleased to be bringing you a screening of the film “Bicicles”. Have a look at the profiles of the four winter bike commuters in the film, and then grab your free ticket now! #yycbike #yyc #winterbike #freemovie

Vegans of Calgary, reunite! February's meetup is 🎳 + 🍕 Bonus point if you got the movie reference lol #yycvegan tickets at kindfork.ca

how to remove AI summaries from google: add "-ai" to your search. Creatig a custom search engine with "-ai" as a parameter is a good option for this. (see screenshot). Or use duckduckgo: noai.duckduckgo.com