Very normal and democratic regime

This week l've been thinking a lot about how Danielle Smith said it's fine, everything's totally fine, Alberta can easily sell the excess not-Tylenol to the US

Such thrilling weather we had this evening. Unless, of course, you are a cyclist with sensitive ear drums. 🙃

Not this being PACE’s real campaign platform 🫠 #yegvote

Just remembered that one of the candidates running in ward tastawiyiniwak posted a video endorsement apparently from Shaun King… #yegvote www.instagram.com/reel/DGxTDQq...

Ya know, we haven’t heard anything from Shaun King lately that’s been nice I wonder what he’s been up to I….oh….

Not this being PACE’s real campaign platform 🫠 #yegvote

Where are people getting this idea that emergency vehicles will get stuck on 132 Ave??? Have they ever been to 132 Ave?

Huge scoop from the CP: Canadian Press is reporting that Premier Danielle Smith has directed the justice ministry to use the notwithstanding clause to push through three anti-trans laws that would otherwise be blocked by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Alberta Bill of Rights

All evening I’ve been thinking about how funny it is that I watched this film not even 24 h ago. I already thought it was topical (*gestures at news coverage from the last several days… months… years…*) but baby, today??

Oh no, it looks like UCPism is contagious. The cost to QC residents will be 50-80% higher than AB’s price. Yikes. 😟

A story about last week's rally to support the search for Samuel Bird, at Alberta Native News. www.albertanativenews.com/rally-held-i... -- #yeg #yegwriter #photojournalism #journalism #SamuelBird #Indigenous #MMIEP #yegphotographer #bringsamuelbirdhome

Wait for it. The chart below is actually a video. It will start to scroll, depicting how smoky each day in Calgary has been amid wildfire season, dating back to 1953. (More context & data here: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...)

“Debate Me” culture is not organic, endemic, or apolitical. This mode of high jacking discourse is and has been central to a 30-year conservative training program that has produced untold numbers of people to do this for every reason but “civil discourse”

Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally says marking Canadian citizenship status on Alberta licenses won't lead to discrimination against non-citizens, because this is Canada. Legal and immigration experts are skeptical. #AbLeg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#bikerackrating at Northtown London Drugs: 1/10. It was impossible to lock my bike frame without orienting it parallel to the length of the rack. I spent quite a bit of time trying. 🥲 (sorry, there were no fingerless versions of pic 2)

I went on a 4 hour bike trip and forgot to turn on Strava. I hate everything. #bikesky

I rode my bike on 132 Ave during rush hour and saw only a handful of people driving. The overwhelming aura of the bike infrastructure has driven them away, probably. Thoughts and prayers. #yegbike

My neighbours went to the Morgan Wallen concert but naturally they stood around on the driveway for a while drinking and yelling slurs at one another first

Herb Alpert got his start playing trumpet in L.A.'s public schools. He wants to help make that "magic" possible for students.

Please enjoy this video of a hungry and fastidious honey bee in a sunflower. It was windy, so things get a little shaky at times.

I finally saw the crappy re-located rack near Castle Downs library being used as intended and I got annoyed all over again. #yegbike

I need a time machine. I didn’t appreciate the smoke-free summers of my childhood properly 🥲

Still haunted by the amount of bug carcass debris I saw in the thrift store yarn section some days ago. Dear god. Seems like someone’s stash had a pest infestation and they decided to solve it by donating everything. And now the wares are on the shelves, desiccated larvae and all. Help.

I’m calling for a total and complete shutdown of enlightened centrism until we can figure out what the hell is going on

Saw the northeast river valley park, the footbridge, and the biggest cat-faced spider I’ve ever seen in my life today

Ayn Rand and Maya Angelou being on the same banned books list is actually bananas 😵‍💫

I used to think grocery store apples were coated in a light layer of wax to keep them fresh for transportation (and this is true) but now that I have an apple tree of my own I’ve learned that apples are already covered in wax to begin with.

A 1973 volume of National Geographic that I picked up last week has an article about the bike boom (and another on bikepacking) which is delightful but it’s a bit depressing to see just how much more optimistic people were about bicycling 50 years ago.

Maybe I’ll start rating racks again… “Lakeside Landing” near the Castle Downs EPL branch: 4/10. I don’t enjoy triangle racks or having to drag my bike (carrying books or groceries) over the curb, but hey, at least a whole entire bicycle can fit on the provided island. #bikerackrating

First time travelling on this SUP since a median was added to this street. I assumed it was there to prevent speeding in the playground zone and protect ppl in the crosswalk. Now I see that there are also signs directing crosswalk users to yield? Seems confusing. Am I reading this wrong? #yegbike

Did EPL branches always close at 6 on Fridays? Have I simply never noticed this? 😳

Remember when the UCP’s response to low vaccine uptake was to PAY people $100 to get immunized? 🙃

Reminder that 1) this is the "bike lane users are able-bodied, military age males so what’s the point?" guy who works for the provincial government, and 2) his goal is to kill this project by persuading the municipal affairs minister to launch an investigation and override city council’s decisions.

God I love the Reuse Centre

Just learned that EPL does automatic renewals now. Yesterday I tried to renew a loan at the literal last minute but was foiled by someone else’s hold on the item. The next morning I woke up to an auto renewal email for it.

I’ll check properly tomorrow but both of these paths now appear to be usable from the brief glances I got this evening 🤠

I have no idea how well this mend at the neckline of my father’s favourite turtleneck will hold up (because I have never done this type of mending project; idk what I’m doing) but I’m really pleased by how discreet it turned out to be. No photos of the before, but trust that it was not good.

Decisions like this are good, of course, but it also means the Alberta Government recognizes the vaccines work and keep people safe. Which means they are purposely refusing to pay for the rest of us, who need it as well.

Ok, I take it back; one candidate has posted a video endorsement from self-described “civil rights leader” Shaun King 😭 what is this, 2017?????????

Just did my periodic check-in with a number of north side city council candidate campaigns. Verdict: underwhelming.

Today I heard a motorcyle ad on the radio that started with, "Your bike, your road, your freedom!" I actually think this phrase suits cyclists more. Let’s steal it.

Live shot of me finding out that used tire prices have doubled ☹️

Currently fighting for my life against the tightest tire I have ever installed and it’s not even tubeless.

It's interesting how often issues that are making headlines in the United States start popping up in Alberta. Here, a minister proposes redrawing electoral boundaries in a way that would create an "agri-innovation" corridor--and likely eliminate the only reliably NDP seat in southern Alberta.

SUP update: the pavement for SUPs on 153 Ave (82 St to Griesbach Rd) and 66 St (153 Ave to 137 Ave) is pretty much all there, but the concrete segments at some intersections along these two streets are still being constructed. #yegbike

Phoned my sister with the intent of speaking for 10 mins at most; was still on the phone an hour and a half later

Canada’s conservatives also cry non-stop about how they should have the right to be vile AND widely beloved at the same time

Problematic used to mean something