Mastodawn

Remember, car dependency can’t be freedom. True mobility freedom comes from mobility choices. #UrbanTruth

Credit where credit's due. I don't agree with Danielle Smith on much. But if she manages to kill clock changes in #Alberta that will be a good thing. I'd prefer year-round MST, but MDT is good enough.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/daylight-saving-time-clock-change-time-zone-alberta-9.7171054

Alberta government moving to adopt daylight time year-round | CBC News

The Alberta government wants to eliminate seasonal clock changes by adopting daylight time all year.

CBC

kyled Apr 21

The War on Cars Apr 21

It's been exactly 6 months since LIFE AFTER CARS was published.

Our book tour has taken us to 27 cities around North America and seen us do more than 100 press interviews with many more to come.

Thanks to everyone who's bought the book and spread the word!

https://www.lifeaftercars.com/

kyled Apr 20

Urban Truth Collective Apr 20

This is so good, we wish WE had made it! The history & lunacy of the disinformation campaign around 15-Minute Cities, by 2 “non experts” @[email protected] & @[email protected] who show how experts SHOULD be communicating. Thanks to the @[email protected] podcast. #UrbanTruth

15-Minute Cities – How Urban D...

15-Minute Cities – How Urban Design Entered the Culture War | Origin Story

YouTube

kyled Apr 19

Natasha

🇪🇺🇮🇪Apr 19

Seen in Hardcore Bikes (HCB), a bicycle shop in Edmonton Alberta 🚴‍♀️

kyled Apr 10

LiveWire Calgary Apr 10

Data and feelings don't always tell the same story, and it often didn't in the Calgary rezoning hearing, writes Serene Yew in the latest LWC Perspectives piece. And yes, there's data. Lots of it. #yyc #yyccc #calgary

https://buff.ly/6hU6x9Z

Perspectives: When feelings outweigh facts in the Calgary rezoning debate - LiveWire Calgary

Calgary council voted to repeal the blanket rezoning bylaw. The decision is made. I’m not here to argue with it. What I want to talk about is the process that led to it, because I spent the last several weeks analyzing every word that was said, and I think the data raises some questions worth […]

LiveWire Calgary

kyled Apr 7

Dr. Lucky Tran Apr 7

Today is a good day to remember that Carl Sagan was as outspoken about the dangers of war and nuclear weapons as he was an advocate of space exploration.

kyled Apr 6

Urban Truth Collective Apr 6

Remember, if our solution to homelessness doesn’t start with more housing, we don’t really want to solve homelessness. #UrbanTruth

kyled Apr 4

Vincent St. Pierre 🇨🇦Apr 3

Attention Calgary: if we make it harder to build housing and go back on our signed agreements with the feds, 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸. #yyc #yyccc #Housing #cdnpoli

See Charlottetown, Markham, and Miramichi, from today: https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/media-newsroom/news-releases/2026/update-housing-accelerator-fund-agreements-charlottetown-markham-miramichi

Update on the Housing Accelerator Fund Agreements for Charlottetown, Markham and Miramichi

Decisions were made for three cities following the annual review of the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF).

kyled Apr 3

izzy | Technically Good ✨Apr 2

> "What worries me isn’t smart computers—it’s stupid humans, using the crudest energy-sucking generative AI tools to make themselves dumber, debase creativity and undermine the very concept of truth itself.

[...]

When I see governments and businesses pushing people to use AI to answer every email, goose every online search or even draft official documents, I can only hope this fever dream will pass, that it will become fashionable again to write and create and think for ourselves."

A fantastic short piece, "AI Fever Dream," by Senator Paula Simons. Thank you @Paulatics for your thoughtful writing & advocacy on this runaway hype train that is gen AI.

https://albertaviews.ca/ai-fever-dream/