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🚨New paper about the second largest tsunami ever recorded, just published in @science.org A short 🧪⚒️🌊 thread #EGU26 @ucalgary.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social doi.org/10.1126/scie...

"Alberta’s democracy was stolen. It was sold for profit. And loaded up onto a far-right mobilization app by a pro-sovereignty group called the Centurion Project." thewalrus.ca/how-did-an-a...

Learned from my 101-year-old grandfather that one problem of being a centenarian is that airlines apparently only have a 2-digit age variable, meaning that every time he shows up at the airport, the data in the system at the check-in counter thinks he's a 1-year-old unaccompanied child.

The Calgary Urban Affairs Book Club meets tomorrow night! Come out for a timely conversation, plus author Jessica Barrett will join in the second half. No RSVP necessary. #yyc #yyccc

“Drive until you qualify.” That’s the advice Canadians long followed to find an affordable home. But no one talks about how much that “drive” can cost you: about $140,000 over nine years. Read @cailynn.bsky.social's story:

Stop scrolling! Get off your phone! Come have a conversation with real people! @cailynn.bsky.social and I are bringing back the Urban Affairs Book Club after. Read the book & discuss w other cool Calgarians interested in urban issues on April 28. We'll even hear from the author in the 2nd half. 🎉

How do we improve the rules and regulations around e-bikes? Here's Tom's thoughts, after wading through thousands of responses from people around the world. With a little help from me!

This is very cool. Find the right bike for you AND see clearly how much $ you could save by choosing a bike instead of a car.

A friend who just bought a cargo bike said this post helped her family make their decision. Sharing again for all you cargo bike curious folks. gooutside.substack.com/p/two-years-...

"We are a better and more interesting place than the separatists want us to be."

Killer deal on a lightly used Urban Arrow here in Calgary #yycbike www.facebook.com/marketplace/...

After a five (!) year hiatus, the Calgary Urban Affairs Book Club is back. Please share with anyone you think may be interested. #yyccc #Calgary #yyc

A must-watch opinion video: Buckle Up, Women. Cars Still Aren't Built for You. A deeper look at auto safety and why women are 73 percent more likely to be severely injured in vehicle crashes than men, and 17 percent more likely to die. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/o...

Excited to read @jessicabarrett.bsky.social's new book! Should we bring back the Urban Affairs Book Club, after a 5-year hiatus, to discuss it?! (Cc @cailynn.bsky.social) #yyccc

The prompt month WTI futures is hovering near $100. The 1-year strip is around $84. Alberta’s budget forecast for the same 1-year strip is $60.50. Every $1 increase adds $680MM to Alberta’s budget. At this point we are looking at a « mark-to-market » budget change of +$16 billion 😳 [1/2]

Wow! This is pretty disturbing!😳 Several drivers go by without stopping to help. 😔 #Calgary globalnews.ca/news/1172813...

I see the "e-bikers are lazy and ruining cycling" discourse has arrived with the warm weather, and so let me just share this thing I wrote about how getting an e-bike after I got #LongCOVID gave me back one of the most joyful parts of my life that I thought was lost to me forever. bit.ly/48ohIH5

Oh gosh, these news articles detail three people hospitalized in Calgary over four days, all hit in marked crosswalks. Includes a child and a woman in her 70s. And the driver who hit the child fled the scene. globalnews.ca/news/1172394... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"I don’t know the moment it happened; it must’ve been a slow realization. ‘My bike is my mobility aid’." Great article from @bikehfxlobby.bsky.social published In Active Travel Studies activetravelstudies.org/article/id/1...

Congrats to Rep. @katiejonesmpls.bsky.social and family, who biked to the hospital last week and came back with baby Hans. Here's what she told me about the ride:

For a personal finance story, I'm looking to speak with Canadians about transportation costs + housing. Did you buy a more affordable house farther out, then find vehicle costs + travel time added up? Or are you considering transportation in a house hunt? DM or email [email protected] Thx!

Still skiing at 95! This is my dream! globalnews.ca/news/1170688...

pub-calgary.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a... Well this is exciting! The Calgary-Airdrie pathway is going to be revisited, as well as others including Calgary-Cochrane, as #yyccc and the new Regional Table develop a "Regional Active Mobility Corridor Plan". Sweet #yycbike news!

City of Calgary - it's your fault your child died because you were thinking too much about food/work/home/whatever is quite the take.

When people are being killed in marked crosswalks, and especially when one of them was a toddler being pushed in a stroller by their parents, the continued implication that the solution is a shared responsibility of “awareness” is pretty ridiculous.

Whoa @calgary.ca. Eight days ago, a driver struck and killed a toddler in a stroller in a marked crosswalk. The next day, the driver of a tractor trailer hit and killed a senior in a marked crosswalk. Those deaths come after a record 15 pedestrians were killed in 2025. And this is your message?! 😡😢

Alberta immigration trends and Danielle Smith's rhetoric: a visual timeline.

Hard to see how things will improve while @calgarypolice.bsky.social continues to suggest pedestrians in marked crosswalks share the blame for their own deaths. "I think it's a good reminder that as we're driving and as pedestrians we need to be aware of our surroundings." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Road violence is a political choice. How much carnage will our leaders tolerate before they take drastic action? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Cargo bikes and garage murals! This is the perfect combo of my niche interests. (cc @cpageyyc.bsky.social)

Amidst a frenzied resale market, Calgary’s east remains the last bastion of affordability for moderate income buyers—why? I delve into this in my latest story for the Globe and Mail 👇

For a magazine piece, I'm looking to talk with #yyc families who live in newer communities about the amenities (or lack thereof) in their neighbourhoods. (Playgrounds, grocery stores, childcare, etc.) If this is you or someone you know, please send a DM or email [email protected]. Thanks!!

I've entered the wild parenting stage that is trying to manage Kindergarten in Alberta. This means... just under three hours a day at school! Limited childcare options! Transportation gaps between the school and childcare! Send advice please, ideally involving no one needing to quit their job.🤦‍♀️

Teaching the babies about the important things in life! 🚲 (And now whenever I read this book, I think of this @urbancyclinginstitute.org post on how mobility is represented in children’s books and why that matters urbancyclinginstitute.substack.com/p/rethinking... 🤓)

Update for those following my snow clearing grievances! @mykeatkinson.bsky.social's office was super helpful and has confirmed it is indeed North Hill Mall's responsibility. #yyccc #yycwalk

For those of you outside Alberta, we have this wild thing with non-profit orgs where, rather than just getting grant funding from the govt, orgs have to staff casinos with volunteers for a few nights every 2 or so years, including chip runners and count room staff, so I’ve seen like $250000

Ah! So good to be back on downhill skis after a big injury last season. Is Norquay always this quiet? We skied on Sunday and waited in next to no lines.

Hey #yycbike and #yegbike! Know anyone looking for a crazy good deal on an insanely awesome electric cargo trike? www.bikebike.ca/go-shopping/...

Yes! We all need more joy! I biked @annaliseak.bsky.social around this summer and our expressions were similar.

Oh Calgary. I naively thought the old Sunnyside Greenhouses sign would stay up with the new development -- a nice nod to what once stood there. You know, local history. But when I drove by today, I noticed the sign is gone. Anyone have a better photo of it? This is from Google Maps #yyc

The most miserable I've been was when I had to drive 45-60 minutes to work. Since then, I've been a bike commuter, and it's great.

This sidewalk is still ridiculous. North Hill Centre told me in December it's not part of the mall and suggested 311. I submitted a request then. Will do so again. But surely there's a better strategy than 311 submissions every time it snows.😡 #yyccc #yycwalk

Yet another pedestrian death on Calgary's streets. This time a woman in her 40s who was crossing with a walk signal. This article doesn't include the context that #yyc has surpassed last year’s 10-year high for fatal traffic collisions. We need to talk about this more. #yyccc

Story trails in Kimberley, hiking clothes we actually love, Switzerland's epic playgrounds and après ski raclette... these are a few of the outdoor things we loved in 2025. Our full Go Outside post is here gooutside.substack.com/p/outdoor-th... I'm curious, what's on your list?

The day after a massive chinook day is exactly the use case for why we should take snow clearing more seriously in this town… pretty much all residential roads are an ice rink. Gonna be a lot of fender benders. Roll slowly #yycbike

A website/newsletter called the "Bow Valley Insider" that covers the Banff-Canmore area has posted a job for an "AI-First Reporter (remote)". 10 hours a week, $1,000 a month to plug info & raw interviews into ChatGPT and let it write articles for you. Journalism degree "nice to have, not required"

We're now three weeks since #yyc's first big snowfall and trying to push a stroller around this city is still a pain. This is a well-used route next to a shopping centre (North Hill Centre). #yycwalk #yyccc

This made me smile. #yyc

Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built. Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...