Jeremy Klaszus
@klaszus.bsky.social
Founder and editor of @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social. Publishing slow news for curious Calgarians. I also roll a pop-up printing press around town. sprawlcalgary.com
Spent World Radio Day making radio. New Sprawlcast episode drops tomorrow (Saturday)! 📻
February 14, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Spent World Radio Day making radio. New Sprawlcast episode drops tomorrow (Saturday)! 📻
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Someone needs to level with Calgarians about how we can't sprawl endlessly, AND keep taxes low, AND maintain infrastructure and services.
February 11, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Someone needs to level with Calgarians about how we can't sprawl endlessly, AND keep taxes low, AND maintain infrastructure and services.
There's a suuuuuper interesting #yyccc infrastructure committee meeting happening right now, on inf and growth, while I scramble to write a Sprawlcast on a completely separate subject. Torn!!!!
February 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM
There's a suuuuuper interesting #yyccc infrastructure committee meeting happening right now, on inf and growth, while I scramble to write a Sprawlcast on a completely separate subject. Torn!!!!
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Thanks for this @klaszus.bsky.social. Seeing Calgarians lamenting these Olympics is maddening because it was known in 2018 that we couldn't afford it. "The bulk of those savings was found in security and essential services". Paris spent $2.32B on security in 2024. The 2018 entire estimate was $4.6B.
"These Olympics could have been here in Calgary!" Yes, they could have been. But there are good reasons why they weren't. The Sprawl revisits how Calgary's 2026 bid effort collapsed. #yyccc
Why Calgary said no to the 2026 Olympics | The Sprawl
Late promises and little trust.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Thanks for this @klaszus.bsky.social. Seeing Calgarians lamenting these Olympics is maddening because it was known in 2018 that we couldn't afford it. "The bulk of those savings was found in security and essential services". Paris spent $2.32B on security in 2024. The 2018 entire estimate was $4.6B.
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Our man with a memory & the tapes, @klaszus.bsky.social reminds us why the 2026 Winter Olympics are in Milan and not in Calgary with the actual words from all the players, the details of the various promises, and many presumptions that wouldn't let Calgary own the podium.
"These Olympics could have been here in Calgary!" Yes, they could have been. But there are good reasons why they weren't. The Sprawl revisits how Calgary's 2026 bid effort collapsed. #yyccc
Why Calgary said no to the 2026 Olympics | The Sprawl
Late promises and little trust.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Our man with a memory & the tapes, @klaszus.bsky.social reminds us why the 2026 Winter Olympics are in Milan and not in Calgary with the actual words from all the players, the details of the various promises, and many presumptions that wouldn't let Calgary own the podium.
New comic in The Sprawl by @calgaryhester.bsky.social, about her long-forgotten artistic contribution to Calgary's 1988 Olympics!
Curious Calgary: The ’88 Olympics | The Sprawl
A place for you, a place for me.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:53 PM
New comic in The Sprawl by @calgaryhester.bsky.social, about her long-forgotten artistic contribution to Calgary's 1988 Olympics!
The beacons are lit! 🔥
February 7, 2026 at 3:54 AM
The beacons are lit! 🔥
Dammit, I wrote a good headline this aft and now I have to rise to meet it. That happens sometimes! Gotta deliver on what the headline promises.
February 7, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Dammit, I wrote a good headline this aft and now I have to rise to meet it. That happens sometimes! Gotta deliver on what the headline promises.
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Cartoon on Washington Post‘s mass layoffs
February 4, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Cartoon on Washington Post‘s mass layoffs
Plugging away at new Sprawlcast. And comics series—and more. Excited for The Sprawl's new edition, which kicks off this weekend!
February 5, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Plugging away at new Sprawlcast. And comics series—and more. Excited for The Sprawl's new edition, which kicks off this weekend!
A bleak day in the news biz. Support local journalism, folks. @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social and @livewirecalgary.bsky.social are out here working hard for Calgarians. It's easy to take local journalism for granted but I urge you: please don't.
February 4, 2026 at 6:00 PM
A bleak day in the news biz. Support local journalism, folks. @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social and @livewirecalgary.bsky.social are out here working hard for Calgarians. It's easy to take local journalism for granted but I urge you: please don't.
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We need to find a way to tell the youths about alt-weeklies so they restart them
February 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
We need to find a way to tell the youths about alt-weeklies so they restart them
These grey January days, man.
January 22, 2026 at 6:45 PM
These grey January days, man.
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If I'm being honest, the collapse of the post-Cold War international order and the violent occupation of an American city are making it difficult for me to concentrate on housing policy.
January 20, 2026 at 6:15 PM
If I'm being honest, the collapse of the post-Cold War international order and the violent occupation of an American city are making it difficult for me to concentrate on housing policy.
Had a dream last night that I took out The Sprawl's Pop-Up Press. Twas a nightmare. Part of the front wheel fell off. I took it into a downtown building (why? dunno) and got stuck in there—couldn't get out. Then woke up.
The Pop-Up Press is in hibernation for the winter but will return in spring!
The Pop-Up Press is in hibernation for the winter but will return in spring!
January 20, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Had a dream last night that I took out The Sprawl's Pop-Up Press. Twas a nightmare. Part of the front wheel fell off. I took it into a downtown building (why? dunno) and got stuck in there—couldn't get out. Then woke up.
The Pop-Up Press is in hibernation for the winter but will return in spring!
The Pop-Up Press is in hibernation for the winter but will return in spring!
Glad I'm not the only one wondering...
"Can I still critique municipal waste collection in a time of geopolitical upheaval?"
January 20, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Glad I'm not the only one wondering...
Jon Fosse is good for the soul.
January 19, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Jon Fosse is good for the soul.
If it's yellow FLUSH IT DOWN!!!!!!!! (what I would have written if I was doing comms for the City of Calgary today, upon the lifting of water restrictions after 2+ weeks)
January 16, 2026 at 10:32 PM
If it's yellow FLUSH IT DOWN!!!!!!!! (what I would have written if I was doing comms for the City of Calgary today, upon the lifting of water restrictions after 2+ weeks)
Let my machine talk to me
January 16, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Let my machine talk to me
When it comes to the future of journalism, I have a sense of bewilderment going into 2026. The push is all towards video and yammering on. Kill me now.
January 12, 2026 at 1:48 AM
When it comes to the future of journalism, I have a sense of bewilderment going into 2026. The push is all towards video and yammering on. Kill me now.
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As this proceeds it will be interesting to see which councilors start fighting against implementing any recommendations that would limit sprawl (i.e., could impact their developer donors and supporters).
Calgary's pipe problems are a prime example of "strategic amnesia" inside city hall. Knowledge was fragmented. Responsibility was murky. And the pressures of growth eclipsed all else. #yyccc
How ‘strategic amnesia’ led to Calgary’s water pipe disasters | The Sprawl
A costly example of a common pattern.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
As this proceeds it will be interesting to see which councilors start fighting against implementing any recommendations that would limit sprawl (i.e., could impact their developer donors and supporters).
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Excellent analysis of Calgary's water pipe mess from @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social (www.sprawlcalgary.com/bearspaw-wat...)
How ‘strategic amnesia’ led to Calgary’s water pipe disasters | The Sprawl
A costly example of a common pattern.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Excellent analysis of Calgary's water pipe mess from @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social (www.sprawlcalgary.com/bearspaw-wat...)
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Excellent, as always. This crisis has many parents. Councils and Admin are under tremendous pressure to cut costs while adding new growth. Any councillor who cut the maintenance budgets & utility rates was treated like a hero. Also, Provincial funding for Alberta cities has been cut in half.
January 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Excellent, as always. This crisis has many parents. Councils and Admin are under tremendous pressure to cut costs while adding new growth. Any councillor who cut the maintenance budgets & utility rates was treated like a hero. Also, Provincial funding for Alberta cities has been cut in half.
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Let us not forget the immense pressure from Calgary residents to always lower property taxes and eliminate spending on anything that isn't an apparent necessity. Twinning the Bearspaw feeder without a rupture would certainly get an entire council turfed by an enraged electorate.
January 11, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Let us not forget the immense pressure from Calgary residents to always lower property taxes and eliminate spending on anything that isn't an apparent necessity. Twinning the Bearspaw feeder without a rupture would certainly get an entire council turfed by an enraged electorate.
Calgary's pipe problems are a prime example of "strategic amnesia" inside city hall. Knowledge was fragmented. Responsibility was murky. And the pressures of growth eclipsed all else. #yyccc
How ‘strategic amnesia’ led to Calgary’s water pipe disasters | The Sprawl
A costly example of a common pattern.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Calgary's pipe problems are a prime example of "strategic amnesia" inside city hall. Knowledge was fragmented. Responsibility was murky. And the pressures of growth eclipsed all else. #yyccc