Shout out to these three lovely members of our local Filipino community who stopped by to spread some seasonal cheer. ❤️ 🌲

Sometimes financial stability is about finding ways to save money (on beer). Bob and Doug with their classic tip on how to get a free 24. #SCTVSaturday Money

If you want to make a real difference, donate directly to your local Food Bank. When you buy food at a grocery store to place in a donation bin, you’re paying full retail prices. Food Banks don't.

Happy solstice, pocket friends. May you encounter helpful points of light wherever you are.

It’s time to slip into winter nesting mode. Giant crosswords, puzzles, movies and cooking. What are your favourite holiday activities? 🎄

Lovely to see. If only more people with money cared about their community like this, we’d be in a much better place.

lol, can you guess what I talk about the most by the people I talk to on Bluesky?

I’ve never seen a place so out of context with its setting. And now I need to know everything about the people who felt compelled to create this homage to statuary and excess. 👀

Sometimes there’s too much going on in the world and you need to look at a large ridiculous bird for a minute. shoebill (Balaeniceps rex)

6.8% of Albertans have had a covid booster this year. Six. Point. Eight. Percent. Embarrassingly low, by design.

Alberta: populism, but only for the crazy part.

Still harping on a provincial pension plan and police force even though no one wants them. SIGH

Astonishing growth in solar-generated electricity in the last decade. Long may it grow.

Want to help collect signatures for Corb’s Water not Coal petition? Sign up here: www.coalpetition.ca

Leaving Quebec's health-care network battered and broken. Below is my analysis of Health Minister Christian Dubé's record following his surprise resignation today which caused shock waves in the province's political world: 👇 montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...

Good gate for keeping trees and mud out. 👀

We need more beds, but a hospital bed is not just a physical space with a bed in it - it’s people - nurses, doctors, and other professionals. The UCP claim they are going to “fix the system,” but they can’t or won’t understand this basic fact, so they fail. 1/2 #ableg

#artadventcalendar Day 18 "Skoki Aprés" watercolour, 27 x 21" (Sold, private collection) #stilllife #canadianart🇨🇦 #art

The history of zoning as a tool of racial segregation is well documented, can confirm that these sentiments are alive and well in Calgary. Whenever I try to frame housing issues through this lens though, people get defensive rather than taking a minute to reflect on their instincts.

“For rural students, the initiative offers a chance to gain cutting‑edge skills but also a way to learn how to protect their communities against growing environmental risks.” Interesting.

I know people don’t get all excited by “good governance,” but it’s not a sign of good governance to be constantly changing your laws and regulations to prevent entirely foreseeable uses of it. Peace, order, and something something.

Welp, time for some GoFundMe initiatives?

I both stubbed my toe and cracked my knee against something today and I’d like to complain to the operator. <it’s me, I’m the operator>

Every single anti blanket rezoning conversation I have comes down to racism in the end. Every. Single. Time. & every time, I'm still so shocked to hear people say it.

In the 8 years since the supervised consumption site opened at the Chumir, 2 blocks from my office, the amount of investment in a 2 block radius of the Chumir has been astonishing. 1/

Residents of Calgary-Cross are organizing to recall Mickey Amery, the MLA and Minister of Justice who voted to take away rights from Alberta's teachers. Join us! Spread the word! recallmickey.ca #YYC #Alberta #abpoli #ableg #OperationTotalRecall #RecallMickey

Almost half of UCP MLAs have recall petitions. HALF.

After a few days in Calgary, London ON, & Toronto, I'm so grateful to be back in Victoria. From an urbanism/place/transport/city perspective we're doing so much right here, and other places are just ...not... despite ample evidence that these changes make cities stronger. Keep it up, everyone.

It’s very blizzardy out there.

OK, Bluesky friends, I'm putting together our all request Christmas music show for Dec 24 and I need your help! I need requests! The song, the version & little bit about what it means to you and/or dedicate it to someone you love (or like.) Please include your first name and location. Thank you!

Of course Huberman is slipping further and further into full wellness woo – Goop for manosphere bros – territory. Does he have a deal with a company selling jade "lymphatic drainage" massage rollers? I've studied wellness industry for decades. Pattern SO familiar.

I sure hope the police further investigate who sent those spoofed emails, because based on the relationships here it sure seems that Jonathan Denis had a motive. **allegedly**

Few musical performances can compete with the virtuosity, expressiveness and energy of the clarinet in this Klezmer recording. music.apple.com/ca/album/dan...

Ok, we’re ready now. Kid’s home, tree is up, goose is in the freezer. Let the festivities begin.

My take: Smith is at the most dangerous part of her tenure as premier right now. She is surrounded by sycophants and her base, who both insulate her from from real world feedback along with her growing hubris. The only thing that can stop her is an election. We have work to do.

I have never seen pathway conditions this bad. Not recommended for running, walking, or cycling. Lugeing? Maybe.

Maybe, just maybe, you should run your province in a way that doesn’t trample human rights and elicit boycotts from major sporting organizations. 🤷🏼

3/3 Good things come in threes, so here is a third flyover of our DTM from our 100,000th observation of Mars. https://uahirise.org/ESP_089986_1980

BREAKING: Skate Canada is boycotting Alberta over the province's ban on Trans women competing in women's sports. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Our street is a gong show. Ice from end to end. Dicey to walk on, even with spikes.

We have a 15-year-old dog & 4-year-old kid who loves him, but also loves cats. This was his conversation with my wife yesterday. KID: "When our dog dies, can we get a cat?" MOM: "He's still very much alive. But no, we can't. Your dad is allergic to cats." KID: "When dad dies, can we get a cat?"

America, you have an absolute shit stain for a president.

Calgary city council on repealing rezoning is a big win for populism, self-interest and the boogeyman. #yyccc

To Hell with leading Calgary’s citizens to build this city for the future. Farkas is a populist leader. Change my mind. And directing admin to make a replacement plan? What was YOUR plan, Jeromy?

Calgary: not a real city.

Chevron fingerless mitts. One down, one to go. #knitting

Even by his appalling standards, what the US president just posted was unspeakably revolting

Imagine reading a horrible thing the president posted about a horrific thing that happened and then cheering for it. Imagine.

checks news, logs off ☹️