Carly
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She/her. Likes gardening, filtered air, and safe active transportation.
Carney vows to fast-track West Coast Pipeline before entire West Coast burns to the ground
Carney vows to fast-track West Coast Pipeline before entire West Coast burns to the ground
OTTAWA - Mark Carney has officially given notice that his government will be designating Danielle Smith’s West Coast pipeline a project of national interest, allowing the massive oil and gas project t...
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Canada is doubling down on fossil fuels as climate-fulled wildfires rage. Read Mitch Anderson's latest below:
As Climate-Fuelled Wildfires Rage, Mark Carney Cuts Emergency Response and Funds Fossil Fuels
The prime minister should consider the potential outcomes of siding with his Bay Street buddies and oil industry bigwigs over climate-beleaguered Canadians.
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Hey, Washingtonians, Oregonians, Canadians et al—your resident “never stopped masking because my lungs and immune system suck” pal here. Just like when selecting a mask for virus protection, you want the mask that provides the best seal. Check for gaps around your chin, corners of your mouth, nose.
As I received this news today here in British Columbia, the wildfire smoke blankets the sky, our eyes are burning and our kid is complaining of a sore throat from it. And we’re the lucky ones. 🧵 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Carney government moves toward listing West Coast pipeline as national interest project | CBC News
Canada’s federal government is advancing the process to designate the Alberta government’s proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast as a project of national interest. A notice published in the Canada G...
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I’m gonna say virtually all authors need to get serious about textiles. Who is weaving them? Out of what? Who’s turning them into clothes and how much does it cost and do you have any idea how HARD all of that was before modern mills
David J Prokopetz@prokopetz.bsky.social · last wk.To write in the classic high fantasy mould, you need not be hung up on food specifically, but there must be SOME very mundane thing you're sincerely interested in and prepared to describe in excruciating detail every time it comes up. Clothing. Furniture. Architecture. It doesn't work without it.
The bike parking was overflowing at Heritage Festival today - so many people chose cycling as their mode of transportation since it was convenient and had dedicated parking! 🚴♀️🚴♂️🚴 Edmonton is a cycling city 🙌
Canadians overwhelmingly demand wealth tax after Kevin O’Leary says it will make him move away
Canadians overwhelmingly demand wealth tax after Kevin O’Leary says it will make him move away
OTTAWA - Pollsters report a split among Canadians over the idea of higher tax on the assets of wealthy individuals, though support skyrockets after noting that Kevin O'Leary has vowed that he will res...
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A group advocating against data centres has launched trackers for several municipalities on councillors’ support for data centres. Here’s the one for Calgary City Council #yyc #yyccc calgary.stopthedatacentre.ca/election-tra...
Election tracker · Stop the Datacentre
Think there should be rules for AI datacentres? Us too.
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The federal government using scabs. The Carney government seems to be committed to undermining labour rights www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Bank of Canada governor defends use of replacement workers during strike | CBC News
The head of the Bank of Canada is defending the central bank's use of replacement workers during a strike involving security officers.
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Don't usually think of late July as strawberry-picking season, but this summer I'll take whatever I can get. At least the dragonflies have been ramping up quite a bit recently.
With the cancellation of 95 ave I’m left thinking about all we got out of the “100m” active transportation expansion. 🧵
The US State Department recently presented an AI-created map of Africa with every country wrong. Mark Carney is racing to embed AI tech, which cannot even reliably tell which country is which, deep into every aspect of what the Canadian federal government does with no effective guardrails.
Eric Geller@ericjgeller.com · 6d ago"A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a global conference in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attenders who took screenshots and posted them online."
Parking is likely the number one barrier to positive change in our city - from affordable housing to bike lanes, parking is always the complaint. 🚗 Edmonton City Council will be discussing commercial and residential parking in January 2027 - let’s speak up for change!
Matthew Lewis -- living in the era of cults and consequences@mateosfo.bsky.social · last wk.Probably the most difficult thing YIMBYs face -- really, anyone who lives in a city -- is that government-subsidized street parking is one of the single largest barriers to affordability, safe streets, and climate action. That's because drivers view it as an entitlement, like social security. 🧵
"Because Trump" or the more euphemistic "because the world has changed" is the favourite thought-terminating cliché of Carney supporters. Offer any evidence-based criticism of any Carney policy & you will hear that these unusually dangerous times require it. But he's making us *more* vulnerable. 🧵1/
Heads up #yegbike folks, if you're using the 119 Ave. bike lanes, there's a huge downed branch by 94 St. in the lane! That pic was as of 3am last night (July 28th). Lots of small broken branches all over the place too, careful riding out there!
All goals have necessary and sufficient conditions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necessi... It is necessary to have safe, reliable, connected options. But, without making driving less prirotized, subsidized, & incentivized (literally in every decision), we will not make real progress on City Plan.
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · last wk.The next front in The War on Cars: car reduction strategies. It's not enough to just add bike lanes and pedestrian space. Cities have to actively reduce the amount of cars that flood their streets. A lot of that can be done by going after parking.
I think we’ve fully crossed the threshold from “this weather is annoying” to “this weather is genuinely alarming”
Morgan Laidler@morganlaidler.bsky.social · last wk.Severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for the Edmonton area down to Calgary and from the foothills to the Saskatchewan border. #yegwx #abstorm
New article on wildfire smoke in the Canadian Medical Association Journal 🍁 "Relying on people to protect themselves is not enough & top-down strategies such as building measures to ensure quality of indoor air & legislation to protect outdoor workers are needed" www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
Wildfire smoke air pollution: new approaches needed to protect people affected
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Blue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12
Getting to share everything I love about bike lanes AND a bonus chance to yell at Dreeshen at the end? Done!
Edmonton Bike Coalition@yegbike.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Province asked Albertans to complain about bike lanes. We’re asking a better question: How does freedom of mobility improve your life? Tell us what safe, affordable ways to walk, roll, bike and take transit make possible for you. Share your story: tally.so/r/Y5vvN0 #yegbike
You can kill a French vampire with a baguette. It's a painstaking process but it works.
Stolen Trailer Alert! Please keep an eye out for this 8 foot long Bikes at Work trailer that was stolen yesterday afternoon from in front of Earth's Refillery Co-op. It has "property of EBC" written and engraved on it. #yegbike
Edmonton is a pretty good place to live but for the love of whiskey soaked fuck muffins, I need people to stop whining about parking and bike lanes.
Even after writing about Alberta politics for more than 20 years it’s still sometimes hard to fully understand and explain what is happening in our province. 🙃😬
Weird fever dream? Sleepwalking? What is even happening in Alberta right now?
Albertans need to get out and vote on October 19, 2026
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Torrential rain, choking smoke. Edmonton is currently suffering the negative outcomes of climate change. Instead of tackling this head on, the UCP is blocking renewables, doubling down on oil & gas and meddling in the curriculum indoctrinating kids to worship the cult of Oil.
he’s gutting the public sector, he’s holding back on pharmacare deals, he tried to pull money out of daycare, he’s letting two-tier healthcare gain a foothold in alberta, and now he’s coming for public healthcare funding too
Canada Healthwatch 🍁@canadahealthwatch.ca · 2w agoPlanned changes to Ottawa’s Canada Health Transfer could slash more than $50B from public health care over a decade, David J. Climenhaga reports. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
Like all Canadian government surveys on AI, this is hilariously pro-AI. But it only takes like 5 minutes to fill out, and at the end you can make it clear that the only focus of the government when it comes to AI and culture is that Canadian artists need copyright protections from AI scraping.
Sonja Boon@storiedselves.bsky.social · 2w agoCanadian arts and culture folks: the federal government has launched a (methodologically flawed) survey on "the Cultural Sector's readiness for Artificial Intelligence". If you're ready to resist or refuse genAI, here's your chance to let them know. pch.research-recherche.ca/f/s.aspx?lan...
