Kathryn Davies
@kaphryn.bsky.social
Cargo bikes, theremin, housing, law student at UCalgary. Co-founder at @moreneighboursyyc.bsky.social
Me, every single day
The entitlement from parents using residential streets to "short-cut" to my kids school is nuts. They pass us so recklessly, putting other kids in danger & then it doesn't even save them any time. #yycbike
February 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Me, every single day
Update: Heated Rivalry is all that is keeping us alive right now
It is a miracle that I am still alive
how do women not die of rage aneurysms every single day
February 2, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Update: Heated Rivalry is all that is keeping us alive right now
I'm so happy for you! Welcome to the club!
February 2, 2026 at 2:00 AM
I'm so happy for you! Welcome to the club!
You see, if I swap out the studded tires, that will guarantee a massive snowfall, which I want for the sake of my kid's x-country ski lessons at confed park, so...
February 1, 2026 at 8:05 PM
You see, if I swap out the studded tires, that will guarantee a massive snowfall, which I want for the sake of my kid's x-country ski lessons at confed park, so...
I'm looking at the weather forecast, is it time to swap out the studded tires? @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 7:37 PM
I'm looking at the weather forecast, is it time to swap out the studded tires? @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social
This is true political leadership
Tonight I watched Prime Minister Mark Carney take the actual Heated Rivalry Canada fleece from Hudson Williams, slip it on and say: “This is true soft power.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:06 AM
This is true political leadership
Ooooooooooh good idea. I have read the book, but I'll check that out ASAP.
January 23, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Ooooooooooh good idea. I have read the book, but I'll check that out ASAP.
Whoops, sorry I missed this, I was busy watching (and re-watching) Heated Rivalry.
@cailynn.bsky.social I feel your angst, I'll message you.
@cailynn.bsky.social I feel your angst, I'll message you.
January 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Whoops, sorry I missed this, I was busy watching (and re-watching) Heated Rivalry.
@cailynn.bsky.social I feel your angst, I'll message you.
@cailynn.bsky.social I feel your angst, I'll message you.
So we're just doing this every day now?
The 12th pedestrian incident in 2026 happened on Jan 14 at 10:31.
It took place at Northbound 3 Street at 12 Avenue SE in Beltline.
This was the 2nd incident in ward 8 this year.
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@natefor8.bsky.social
It took place at Northbound 3 Street at 12 Avenue SE in Beltline.
This was the 2nd incident in ward 8 this year.
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@natefor8.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 4:49 AM
So we're just doing this every day now?
Reposted by Kathryn Davies
📢 Calling all Calgarians 📢
If you don’t want to see Calgary’s housing strategy get rolled back, join us on January 24th!
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/save-the-h...
#yyc #yyccc #housing
If you don’t want to see Calgary’s housing strategy get rolled back, join us on January 24th!
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/save-the-h...
#yyc #yyccc #housing
January 9, 2026 at 2:49 AM
📢 Calling all Calgarians 📢
If you don’t want to see Calgary’s housing strategy get rolled back, join us on January 24th!
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/save-the-h...
#yyc #yyccc #housing
If you don’t want to see Calgary’s housing strategy get rolled back, join us on January 24th!
RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/save-the-h...
#yyc #yyccc #housing
Really captures the essence of 2025
January 1, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Really captures the essence of 2025
Finally, what I have been living for all year
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Finally, what I have been living for all year
I appreciate @1alexhemingway.bsky.social’s consistent advocacy for non-market housing without downplaying market housing or the broader supply shortage.
By covering not just zoning but also suppressed household formation, this is pretty much the gold standard for left-YIMBYism.
By covering not just zoning but also suppressed household formation, this is pretty much the gold standard for left-YIMBYism.
British Columbia’s #housing crisis is severe, but its root causes are familiar: exclusionary zoning, under-building, and chronic neglect of nonmarket housing. Economist Alex Hemingway’s proposals show how governments could reverse course, in BC and elsewhere. jacobin.com/2025/12/cana... #Canada
December 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I'm tickled to have played the tiniest part in these delightful events. Massive kudos to @whoalansi.bsky.social for your amazing organizing chops and boundless enthusiasm for urban cycling. I SWEAR I will help out with the next one...
One day, another parent (@kaphryn.bsky.social) is going to reach out to you about starting a Kidical Mass ride in your city.
It's very important that you run with this idea & start that ride. #kidicalmass #yycbike
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It's very important that you run with this idea & start that ride. #kidicalmass #yycbike
linktr.ee/kidicalmassyyc
December 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I'm tickled to have played the tiniest part in these delightful events. Massive kudos to @whoalansi.bsky.social for your amazing organizing chops and boundless enthusiasm for urban cycling. I SWEAR I will help out with the next one...
Oh wow, we can have beautiful walkable streets AND save money!
A new World Bank report calls on governments to create dedicated Livable Streets Investment Programs, steadily scaling funding to 10% of road budgets by 2035.
Why? Because livable streets deliver some of the highest returns in transport investment—up to €16 per €1 spent: investinlivablestreets.info
Why? Because livable streets deliver some of the highest returns in transport investment—up to €16 per €1 spent: investinlivablestreets.info
December 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Oh wow, we can have beautiful walkable streets AND save money!
Reposted by Kathryn Davies
“Alberta renters don’t need more ‘supply’ — they need non-market housing options”
I wish people arguing for additional non-market housing could do it without downplaying total/market housing supply like this.
I wish people arguing for additional non-market housing could do it without downplaying total/market housing supply like this.
December 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
“Alberta renters don’t need more ‘supply’ — they need non-market housing options”
I wish people arguing for additional non-market housing could do it without downplaying total/market housing supply like this.
I wish people arguing for additional non-market housing could do it without downplaying total/market housing supply like this.
This is fine, because we all know that when we take away vital services from vulnerable people, they just vanish into the ether with no consequences for anyone.
Alberta government to close Calgary’s sole supervised consumption site in 2026. Province first announced intention to shutter site at Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre in 2021, by Jennifer Keiller www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social
Alberta government to close Calgary’s sole supervised consumption site in 2026 | CBC News
The Alberta government has confirmed it will follow through with a longtime pledge to shutter Calgary’s only supervised drug consumption site at Sheldon Chumir Health Centre, despite criticism from ad...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is fine, because we all know that when we take away vital services from vulnerable people, they just vanish into the ether with no consequences for anyone.
The history of zoning as a tool of racial segregation is well documented, can confirm that these sentiments are alive and well in Calgary.
Whenever I try to frame housing issues through this lens though, people get defensive rather than taking a minute to reflect on their instincts.
Whenever I try to frame housing issues through this lens though, people get defensive rather than taking a minute to reflect on their instincts.
In Calgary, if you identify people and their responses to community issues as racist, you are the one put on trial. In Calgary people are more concerned about being called racist than recognizing that their engagement, approach, and thinking with respect to community is fundamentally racist.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The history of zoning as a tool of racial segregation is well documented, can confirm that these sentiments are alive and well in Calgary.
Whenever I try to frame housing issues through this lens though, people get defensive rather than taking a minute to reflect on their instincts.
Whenever I try to frame housing issues through this lens though, people get defensive rather than taking a minute to reflect on their instincts.
This is why driving is my LAST choice for transportation in the winter. I can’t imagine how awful it must be to be stranded on a highway with a smashed car on a cold snowy day.
December 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is why driving is my LAST choice for transportation in the winter. I can’t imagine how awful it must be to be stranded on a highway with a smashed car on a cold snowy day.
We live on the edge by taking our bike through the drive-thru window at our local Thai place
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We live on the edge by taking our bike through the drive-thru window at our local Thai place
We’re lucky to have a city bus that goes right to school as we haven’t had the fortitude to cycle this week. It is treacherous out.
December 17, 2025 at 6:09 AM
We’re lucky to have a city bus that goes right to school as we haven’t had the fortitude to cycle this week. It is treacherous out.
You know that feeling when you spend a year pushing a giant boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll down again?
Obviously no one from Toronto is in a position to criticize Calgary since we didn't even pass the citywide sixplex reform that our HAF agreement required. But I feel for Calgary advocates who worked on zoning reform, saw it succeed and people then said "Too much housing. Roll it back."
December 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
You know that feeling when you spend a year pushing a giant boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll down again?
If this is carceral punishment then what's cutting transit service?
If you need a car to get to your job or get your kids to school and your license gets suspended, it very quickly becomes a carceral punishment.
December 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Always nice to know I'm not alone in my general contempt for restrictive covenants.
One day I'm going to (a) have enough time and (b) be annoyed enough about restrictive covenants on land titles to try to figure out something to do about them.
Our house has a covenant from when it was built in 1948 decreeing that no alcohol other than that purchased from the brewery who built the estate should be consumed on the premises.
December 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Always nice to know I'm not alone in my general contempt for restrictive covenants.
We should chat, I got annoyed enough about them that I'm currently doing a law degree for no other purpose than doing something about restrictive covenants.
December 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
We should chat, I got annoyed enough about them that I'm currently doing a law degree for no other purpose than doing something about restrictive covenants.