Beautiful piece. So many different elements but beyond the healthcare system the one that strikes me most is the way she shows how we rely on a broad community of people www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/05567f5...

The most common microplastic in your body probably didn’t come from a plastic bottle. It came from your tires. Every vehicle is a microplastic factory. We don’t just drive through the pollution. We inhale it. New essay: open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...

Most Canadian politicians being total simps for techbros and Wab Kinew is out here being like "Fuck that." I recommend watching the video of the press conference because it's full of incredible mic drops. What a legend.

Happy #InternationalBikeDay! You can help us celebrate tomorrow by joining our fun FREE #HubAndSpokes bike tour through the Calgary downtown, starting at 1pm at #CityHall as part of #CalgaryClimateWeek! RSVP today as spaces are limited! RSVP: calgaryclimateweek.ca/schedule/ #yyc #yyccc #yycbike

🔔Save the date🔔 Foldie Fondo 🚲 Our signature bicycle social ride. Sunday, July 19, 2026 Meet at the south side of the George C. King (Skipping Stone) Bridge in East Village at 8:45 am. Wheels roll at 9 am. We’ll ride the Fish Creek Loop—60 kms. All types of bikes and their riders are welcome.

#KevinVanTighem on protecting our land/water from foreign coal companies, a complicit provincial government, captured regulators & the alliance of Albertans across the political divide refusing to let our #EasternSlopes be sacrificed for a dying industry. PODCAST www.podcastics.com/episode/4188...

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

That was… a pretty massive @criticalmassyyc.bsky.social for May #yycbike

Off to the Rise Up rally and @criticalmassyyc.bsky.social with Sam.

“If its story can tell us anything […] I hope it might simply make us think: about what it means to flee, what war does and where hatred leads […] because the risk is to become so embedded in habits and routines […] we fail to notice when catastrophe is near.” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

“The countries where children have the most independence [are] the ones with traffic calming, lower speed limits, separated cycling infrastructure, and a driver culture that expects children to be present in the road environment.” livewirecalgary.com/2026/05/28/p...

Politicians of all stripes and at all levels of government would do well to reflect on the principled stand being taken by MP Guilbeault here. Climate action remains the biggest issue of our generation, despite the push to bury it in favour of the economy. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Steven Guilbeault: "I think I was a very convenient scapegoat for some people and I think unfortunately the issue of climate change is now caught in this culture wars that we're seeing in the US with the MAGA movement, and we're certainly seeing it in Canada as well."

I wrote about how Danielle Smith took a good, hard look at the existential damage that could be done to Alberta and to Canada by a separatism campaign and she decided that one thing mattered above all: Danielle Smith. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...

Thank you to all who turned out for tonight’s social ride. Special thank you to @klaszus.bsky.social and @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social for joining the ride, sharing some history of the Bowness Streetcar, and providing opportunities for everyone to print a special memento to keep.

“As plank after plank of 🇨🇦’s climate strategy is dismantled […] climate-anxious voters are feeling a major case of buyer’s remorse, disoriented by the dissonance between who they thought they were supporting and a climate plan that is now a complete shambles.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

US lifts sanctions on Francesca Albanese, UN expert on Palestinian rights https://aje.news/wraszi

When people say transport/city cycling helps build community, this is what they are talking about.

Slow-cooker is on ‘cause it’s that kind of long weekend. 🌧️ 🥱🐈🐈‍⬛

Next social ride: Thurs May 21, 2026. Meet at 6:15 pm; wheels roll 6:30 pm. Meet at the south end of the George C. King Bridge in East Village. Ride bikes. Be social. Make a special print and unique memory. While folding bikes are our passion, all types of bikes and their riders are welcome.

This is my dad. Without revealing his age, he's proof that 8-80 infrastructure is life-changing. He lives in a car-dependent Memphis suburb. Last fall, the city extended the Greenline within 0.5 miles of his house. Now he rides 5 miles every day and could get all the way into midtown without a car.

Breaking: The Carney government is expected to significantly weaken the future industrial carbon price in Alberta as part of its climate and energy accord with the oil-rich province, the Star has confirmed. More from the Star's Alex Ballingall:

Look at this cool-ass printing press on a tricycle, everybody. There are some upcoming appearances listed in the link where *you* can print an analogue thing. #YYC

Happy to share that @klaszus.bsky.social will be joining our social ride, and he’s bringing his Pop-Up Printing Press cargotrike with a special plate most suited to our destination: Bowness. Join us on May 21. Deets below:

Had a wonderful weekend bike-packing with many Calgary bike friends. I’m new to it, with lots learned over the weekend, but wow, it’s at rhythm in which I thrive and an immensely gratifying experience already. Last photo by E. Mann.

Great to join Bike to Work Day and see so many Calgarians out riding. People should have the freedom to choose how they get around, whether that’s driving, transit, walking, or biking. Safe streets for our kids and families make every option work better.

Good morning! 😊🚲❤️ Early dawn at the reservoir.

Next Brompton League ride: Thursday, May 21, 2026. Meet at 6:15 pm at the south end of the George C. King Bridge in East Village. Wheels roll at 6:30 pm. While folding bikes are our passion, all types of bikes and their riders are welcome.

“Downtown [Calgary] is a great place to bicycle, not just for leisure or exercise but as a practical, enjoyable way to get where you’re going.” exploredowntownyyc.com/in-the-news/...

Ride on the closed to cars, open for people Sheep River Road! Get it before May 15th! #yycbike

Swapped out Sam’s winter tire for summery ones with only minimal injury. Winning.

Dawn of a new season with my riding pal, Agnès.

Yesterday’s celebrations for my and @brettbergie.bsky.social’s 20th wedding anniversary: a trip to Deville for some fancy beverages followed by a wonderful dinner at Sky 360 in Calgary Tower. My little family is so amazing every day in every way, and it was a perfect day with them. 🥰

RCMP just confirmed it is investigating.

The pond is back for a brief time. Southwest corner of the lower Weaselhead Natural Area.

I don't know how to call the point in the transition where ecargo bike is featured on the Price is Right but we are there.

My coffee companion today -- my beloved. @beatriceaucoin.bsky.social and I are celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary (May 2) this week. ❤️

More on Alberta’s boundary mess… CBC News election unit analysed the maps: the main report would have produced a 7-seat margin of victory for UCP. The minority report by UCP appointees? A 23-seat win, with many seats narrowly flipped in Calgary. W/analysis by me: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“Inclusion is not a reward or privilege [...] Inclusion is a baseline condition of a just society [...] When [Premier] Smith frames inclusion as something one can 'earn,' she reinforces ableist logic that ties human worth to productivity and normative behaviour.” calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

“Thank you, wintry resolve. That will suffice.”

The Narwhal is launching a cross-newsroom series today on the costs of climate change, and who is and isn’t covering their fair share. It’s called Who Pays?, and the first story is about the toll on human health: thenarwhal.ca/climate-chan...

As I look back on a teaching career that began (somewhat haltingly) in the 1990s, I am more and more convinced of the wisdom in this piece by @author-calnewport.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/o...

Hate me today Hate me tomorrow Hate me for all the things I didn’t do to you deadfortaxreasons.wordpress.com/2026/04/21/i...

The first 17-km stretch of the Bow Valley Parkway from Banff will be closed to motor traffic and open to bikes and people only from May 1 to June 25, 2026. Prioritize this on your family/social calendar. www.banfflakelouise.com/experiences/...

#YYCBike Report: Reservoir loop is clear to surface except for two twenty-metre segments in the southeast corner of the lower Weaslehead. Should be resolved by early- to mid-week.

Descending the escarpment that enters Fish Creek Park from the south.

Not at all what I was expecting when I started in, this series of interviews of independent bookshop owners moves from idiosyncratic bookshop vocational pathways to opening broad discussions on what gives value to our communities and challenges undermining them. www.sprawlcalgary.com/used-books-c...

“I learned my original vision of my child’s life is very different from reality—yet this version is just as beautiful, if not more so. “That is why I find it hard to understand why government would try to interfere in such personal and medically complex matters.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Friends: we’re rescheduling the Bowness ride so that we can all join @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social’s Spring Shake Out Ride, which leaves at the same time and from the same space: This Friday. South side George C. King Bridge, East Village, 6:30 pm. www.bikebike.ca/events-and-w...