Now we can confirm what we’ve always known: this is a separatist government. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

It appears that 4chan was used as a massive psyop by Jeffrey Epstein and his associates to help install pro-pedophilia rightwing figures into the American government: "The potential for manipulation is huge" www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

thought this was a shitpost and oh jesus

Not kidding about those salty icebergs on the west end of the track, but pretty manageable. Thankfully, the +10 chinook weather should finish the job over the next couple of days. Really well designed this new Sunnyside cycletrack… will become a good alternative for the N Bow MUP #yycbike

This is who the separatists are. Huge thanks to my colleague @arnokopecky.bsky.social for getting that on the record. #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/29/n...

Reminder: "the rhetoric" in this case, was Renee Good saying, "I'm not mad at you bro."

Change is coming to #yyc whether we like it or not. The old way of doing things led to large increases in home prices & rents. As #yyccc moves to repeal blanket rezoning they should be mindful that good politics for today is often bad policy for tomorrow. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Edworthy update (old pic) Wheeling pathway closure was signed but not in place as of the 26th. Probably closed now. Walking path is detour from 37 St to the cross path west of the pump station. Ward 7 team is pushing for better. Sandbags along Parkdale Blvd will be in place until 2nd main is online

It’s always interesting reading how events are reported after the fact. Take the separation event at the Big4: hundreds sounds like a lot, but from my vantage point over Stampede park there was barely more traffic than an average night where events aren’t happening.

You’ve got to love how actress Kelly Marie Tran, one of the most harassed people ever to be on the internet, still leapt up to defend trans people in a recent interview. No one would blame her for keeping her head down and shutting up forever but she will NOT and I admire her for it ⭐

Libraries are some of the most important civic institutions we have to improve our communities. They are also a huge supporter of local journalism and provide free access for the public to that essential work. This is one of the big reasons I’m personally a big supporter of the libraries in Calgary.

This will be the next front in Trump’s push to break Canada. Made possible by those who have stoked, coddled and enabled the fringe separatists in Alberta.

The “don’t take down history” crowd is awfully silent.

The TACO cycle: Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank. So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.

I was about to post a similar thing The problem is not just Trump and his deranged speech, the problem is also that none of the checks and balances work It's not a personal breakdown, it's an institutional breakdown Electing a new president in 2028 will not be enough to restore trust within NATO

Whenever I read discourse on AI energy/water use that focuses on the "median query," I can't help but feel misled. Coding agents like Claude Code send hundreds of longer-than-median queries every session, and I run dozens of sessions a day. On my blog: www.simonpcouch.com/blog/2026-01...

"When your movement’s willingness to defend your country is lower than the willingness from supporters of a literal separatist party, you don’t get to claim the mantle of patriotism and national pride."

While the eye of Sauron may have recently averted its gaze, a good reminder it is always only one post away. There can be no more normal. No more “but my kids like Disney” vacations. No more “but it’s such a good conference”. No more appeasement.

Jeez. “At least six preventable deaths and more than 30 “near-misses” occurred in Alberta emergency departments since the beginning of the year because of overcrowding” Call an election. We need government that is willing to act to save lives.

My daughter's school. Horrible news and hopefully the young man pulls through. As sad as this is, I'm thankful we live in a country where angry young people generally don't have access to assault rifles. #yyc globalnews.ca/news/1161749...

Systems thinking is a way of thinking about how change works. Change happens because of relationships and connections. Seeds sprout because they encounter water. Rocks turn into soil because fungi digest them. Species evolve because of their environment. Everything changes, constantly.

This thread owes a lot to the most recent piece from @kissane.myatproto.social i am realizing on reread www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-...

It’s not a distraction. If it seems like far-right govts are very busy dismantling the world around you, it’s because all of those things are the Main Event. They want to do it all. It’s all their priority, not a massive circular distraction. There’s no conspiracy or marionette strings.

Heads up #yycbike - extremely dangerous 12 ave lane closure at 14th St. No signage eastbound - just a plastic barrier. Westbound says to use sidewalk and has the immediate sidewalk closed. Unacceptably bad detour. @calgary.ca @natefor8.bsky.social #yyccc

Quite frankly, it’s outrageous that Mark Carney is cutting Statistics Canada. If he was Stephen Harper or Pierre Poilievre, I feel like this would be getting a lot more backlash. Carney of all people should know the importance of high-quality data and information about the country.

Will miss seeing Robson's charts and articles at CBC but look forward to what you have next @robsonfletcher.com. And for anyone looking for these services I 110% recommend connecting with him.

I'm just sitting here, trying to figure out how to threat model for armed, masked thugs who may kidnap you off the street, then steal, and possibly sell your phone.

Renee Good: “I’m not mad at you, dude.” We placate, we seek to please and de-escalate. Three shots to the head. “Fucking bitch.” Read it again. Think about it. Let it haunt you. It says so much about who we are. And what cops think they can do.

In order for Calgary's water supply to be sustainable until the Bearspaw feeder main comes back online, total daily Megalitre usage needs to be below 485 ML. Right now the Glenmore Reservoir volume is dropping daily because consumption outstrips the very small inflow.

Thanks @simonwillison.net, always enjoy your content. I also really like HTML tools. Thank you for all the resources! Was inspired to share them: www.briangershon.com/blog/make-to...

Have you ever been attacked by students? I have. Not physically. But they tried. I still think about it. A lot. I still a lot about my department head who made me sit in the room with the man who led these threats. Who thought that apology was the end. ottawacitizen.com/news/nationa...

Food for thought for @jeromyyyc.bsky.social & the rest of #yyccc as they move to repeal blanket rezoning & shift back to small town style governance where gentle density applications will once again start to eat up time that could be better spent running a city approaching 2 million people:

Colleague Jo Horwood and I tried to find out, how many books were pulled off Alberta school shelves as a result of the gov't order? And what books were they? Turns out, the names of the books are a secret #AbLeg #AbEd www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I’m at a loss of words over a loss today. So I’ll let the words of others from 2022 speak to how important remembering members of Calgarys transgender community is. livewirecalgary.com/2022/11/20/t...

... I guess I use Overcast a fair amount.... mathias.blog/tools/overcast H/T: bsky.app/profile/math...

"It's a public safety emergency." We're seeing a public safety emergency play out right now and what that looks like. Where are the emergency restrictions? The expedited infrastructure projects? The rapid, targeted, adapted solutions? The regular updates, info sharing, accountability?

... omfg, here is a fun #lawsky AI fail: if you ask Claude about anything to do with Australian regulations or bureaucracy it will start hallucinating something about "s.22(1A)" being a relevant clause that relates to whatever you asked it for. s.22(1A) is a reason to withhold/redact a document.

Holy shit.

A note for Canadians: export of Venezuelan heavy crude (similar to WCS from Cnd oilsands) was down to 100-200kbpd to Gulf Coast refineries. In absence of pipeline constraints, today will have little effect on differential between WCS and WTI. Longer-term, it may depress price of WCS.

"Mr. Trump’s use of a coup d’etat backed or forced by the U.S. military cannot be ruled out in Venezuela. Canada beware. The Keystone XL pipeline may never be needed. Mr. Trump has zero loyalty to Canada or its exports, including oil."

Trump is transactional. This isn’t about narcotics, it’s certainly not about “helping the Venezuelan people”. It’s about the $billions in oil money they now plan to extract. And likely, in no small part, to gain leverage in the upcoming NAFTA renegotiations with their largest trading partner.

Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.

Jan. 2, 1 p.m. Update Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W.: • On Jan 1, our water use dropped to 473 ML – which is at a sustainable level ️⚠️ It is imperative that we continue to conserve water, so demand does not outstrip supply.⚠️

What if investing in infrastructure, both in building it high quality and maintaining it through regular investments is actually important? (You could say I’m subtweeting a city but honestly it’s a continent wide phenomenon)

Daycare centers were also the primary target of the Satanic panic, because fundamentally American religious conservatism is opposed to women having jobs outside the home.

TLDR: Teachers wouldn’t accept our offer to do nothing so we ordered them back to work and through our UCP task force that omitted teacher input, found out they wanted us to do something, which is why we couldn’t get to an agreement. ~Danielle Smith #ableg #abpoli #abed

HUUUUUGE. Any retail investor can put money in a multitude of crypto-backed ETFs, and institutional investors are increasingly in the mix too. There’s billions upon billions of dollars in these ETFs. And crypto DERIVATIVES ETFs are popping up left and right, too.

If you're new to the Headline of the Year contest, it's surprisingly elaborate -- for the next few days, I'll be keeping track of reposts & likes on here and elsewhere (mostly here it seems at this point) and that will seed the top 16 headlines. Then-- a four-round knock-out battle for the title!

The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees 🧵