Alan B
@baikie93.bsky.social
Certainly smells like another 5 part regime change plan coming down the pipes from the conservative establishment.
January 5, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Certainly smells like another 5 part regime change plan coming down the pipes from the conservative establishment.
Iirc 6 stories is roughly as high as you can build before price per floor starts to grow exponentially.
December 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Iirc 6 stories is roughly as high as you can build before price per floor starts to grow exponentially.
This is also assuming it wouldn’t have happened regardless.
America has been wrapping itself tighter and tighter in security theatre for 25 years.
America has been wrapping itself tighter and tighter in security theatre for 25 years.
December 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is also assuming it wouldn’t have happened regardless.
America has been wrapping itself tighter and tighter in security theatre for 25 years.
America has been wrapping itself tighter and tighter in security theatre for 25 years.
Cory Doctorow highlights the issue in discussing “enshittification”.
Breaking out of these platforms individually is difficult due to the artificial communities that have been built on them.
Migrating whole followers/communities into new platforms if you’re a business/influencer, 100x harder.
Breaking out of these platforms individually is difficult due to the artificial communities that have been built on them.
Migrating whole followers/communities into new platforms if you’re a business/influencer, 100x harder.
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Cory Doctorow highlights the issue in discussing “enshittification”.
Breaking out of these platforms individually is difficult due to the artificial communities that have been built on them.
Migrating whole followers/communities into new platforms if you’re a business/influencer, 100x harder.
Breaking out of these platforms individually is difficult due to the artificial communities that have been built on them.
Migrating whole followers/communities into new platforms if you’re a business/influencer, 100x harder.
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It seems pretty silly now, but the protests against metric conversion were quite wild.
It seems pretty silly now, but the protests against metric conversion were quite wild.
December 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
It seems pretty silly now, but the protests against metric conversion were quite wild.
It seems pretty silly now, but the protests against metric conversion were quite wild.
If true that would be quite the about face in a short time. Any chance someone used an AI dub?
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December 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
If true that would be quite the about face in a short time. Any chance someone used an AI dub?
www.unicef.ie/pr-news/unic...
www.unicef.ie/pr-news/unic...
The shadows and traffic does kinda suck, and will maintain high rises are the worst way out of things.
But when we can’t build for gentler density, the built demand will slam skywards backed by international investors and private equity.
But when we can’t build for gentler density, the built demand will slam skywards backed by international investors and private equity.
December 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The shadows and traffic does kinda suck, and will maintain high rises are the worst way out of things.
But when we can’t build for gentler density, the built demand will slam skywards backed by international investors and private equity.
But when we can’t build for gentler density, the built demand will slam skywards backed by international investors and private equity.
It certainly feels like we’ve stepped on the gas towards the resource curse of late.
December 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
It certainly feels like we’ve stepped on the gas towards the resource curse of late.
- In Ottawa, something like it could replace Line 2 of the O-Train
How about we don’t do that.
How about we don’t do that.
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
- In Ottawa, something like it could replace Line 2 of the O-Train
How about we don’t do that.
How about we don’t do that.
To what aim?
CIA involvement is pretty pulp conspiracy at this point, unless she’s cashing in on the movie rights I’m not sure where this is going.
CIA involvement is pretty pulp conspiracy at this point, unless she’s cashing in on the movie rights I’m not sure where this is going.
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
To what aim?
CIA involvement is pretty pulp conspiracy at this point, unless she’s cashing in on the movie rights I’m not sure where this is going.
CIA involvement is pretty pulp conspiracy at this point, unless she’s cashing in on the movie rights I’m not sure where this is going.
Scraping Reddit for free training content working exactly as expected.
November 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Scraping Reddit for free training content working exactly as expected.
It contains neither Edmonton or Calgary actually.
It might be a different ranking. Ottawa will swing pretty wild depending on the criteria.
It might be a different ranking. Ottawa will swing pretty wild depending on the criteria.
November 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
It contains neither Edmonton or Calgary actually.
It might be a different ranking. Ottawa will swing pretty wild depending on the criteria.
It might be a different ranking. Ottawa will swing pretty wild depending on the criteria.
They were not included or even considered for some reason.
November 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
They were not included or even considered for some reason.
Rapid densification along the Carling and Baseline corridors with a half-hearted commitment to rapid transit doesn’t really seem fair for anyone.
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Rapid densification along the Carling and Baseline corridors with a half-hearted commitment to rapid transit doesn’t really seem fair for anyone.
Would have been too small for consideration. Looks like they focused on populations of 250k+.
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Would have been too small for consideration. Looks like they focused on populations of 250k+.
For anyone curious about cities that could have, but didn’t make the list.
November 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
For anyone curious about cities that could have, but didn’t make the list.
I think Ontario is doing fairly well on this list considering Harris’s Frankensteining of Toronto and Ottawa definitely dragging us down on scoring.
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I think Ontario is doing fairly well on this list considering Harris’s Frankensteining of Toronto and Ottawa definitely dragging us down on scoring.
Neither of those are even in the top 100 according to the report.
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Neither of those are even in the top 100 according to the report.
OC is also ironically speed limited because of this, due to the hard turns that were built to avoid serving neighbourhoods.
So we have boring route segments through parking lots, and a slower train because of it.
So we have boring route segments through parking lots, and a slower train because of it.
November 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
OC is also ironically speed limited because of this, due to the hard turns that were built to avoid serving neighbourhoods.
So we have boring route segments through parking lots, and a slower train because of it.
So we have boring route segments through parking lots, and a slower train because of it.
We barely even have 4 months of snow anymore, like c’mon.
November 15, 2025 at 2:08 AM
We barely even have 4 months of snow anymore, like c’mon.
I think he’s been told to expect 2 or more Tories to cross the floor over the next week so compromise won’t be necessary.
Reform has fully taken the reigns across the aisle and it will shove out any remaining PC ideas.
Reform has fully taken the reigns across the aisle and it will shove out any remaining PC ideas.
November 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I think he’s been told to expect 2 or more Tories to cross the floor over the next week so compromise won’t be necessary.
Reform has fully taken the reigns across the aisle and it will shove out any remaining PC ideas.
Reform has fully taken the reigns across the aisle and it will shove out any remaining PC ideas.
Based on what we know of Subways food content standards, should that weapon even be classified as a sandwich?
November 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Based on what we know of Subways food content standards, should that weapon even be classified as a sandwich?
Action Gatineau as well. While I can’t comment broadly on their platform from this side of the river, moving forward with a tramway was one thing that stood out.
November 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Action Gatineau as well. While I can’t comment broadly on their platform from this side of the river, moving forward with a tramway was one thing that stood out.
More than anything I wish the lack of vision from
our premiers could be highlighted.
When asked for their ideas regarding “nation-building” projects, the overwhelming response was;
“Here are the patches of rocks we’d like to sell off.”
our premiers could be highlighted.
When asked for their ideas regarding “nation-building” projects, the overwhelming response was;
“Here are the patches of rocks we’d like to sell off.”
November 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
More than anything I wish the lack of vision from
our premiers could be highlighted.
When asked for their ideas regarding “nation-building” projects, the overwhelming response was;
“Here are the patches of rocks we’d like to sell off.”
our premiers could be highlighted.
When asked for their ideas regarding “nation-building” projects, the overwhelming response was;
“Here are the patches of rocks we’d like to sell off.”