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Noted H.A. Sylvester hater 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
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H.A. Sylvester was a Calgarian planner in the early 20th century who convinced Council to effectively outlaw multi-family residential and mixed use buildings for decades to come.

Progressive Liberalism or bust; trying to make heritage and YIMBY work.
I've been friends with three couples that have ended their engagements this year alone
December 24, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Classic Trek (TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT) is leaving Netflix in just over two weeks so I'm embarking on watching a playlist of every episode I like. I may have bitten off more than I can chew though because this playlist is 450 episodes long
December 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
Guards began beating him. Beat him until he bled. Knocked his face into the wall, broke all his teeth. No access to outdoors, no contact with relatives.

Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
December 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"In Calgary, the report found average fee charges per unit on new developments increased 536 per cent from $1,464 in 2010 to $9,306 in 2025."

Somehow still one of the cheaper development charges in Canada
Government fees on development rise steeply in Calgary calgaryherald.com/life/homes/g...
December 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Half of LinkedIn exists to post inter-office grievances about perceived slights
December 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Me, aspirationally: this Red Bull will help me lock tf in at work

Me, in reality: this Red Bull will help me scroll so much faster
December 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Surprise surprise, the wards least impacted by blanket rezoning were also the least impacted

Tyranny of the suburbs
Upon request from Ward 7 Coun. Myke Atkinson, city administration brings up this breakdown of where citywide rezoning enabled redevelopment is happening, and the types of developments going in.
December 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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It is profoundly obnoxious to say "PAYWALLED! 😡" at news articles because even back in the day, you had to pay a kid in a cute hat to get the newspaper.

But also, support the CBC! And community radio! And campus media!

Hell, if it's breaking news, it'll be on CTV, CP24 and Global, too!
December 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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One of my most conservative-coded opinions is that one of the reasons we're in this mess is because of the profound decadence, solipsism, moral rot, and general lack of personal virtue afflicting much of the upper PMC / bourgeoisie.
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I can't believe Doctor Who could've done such a thing
December 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Tyers wants the water budget cut but also represents the ward that was the focal point of the water main break last year. She of all people should recognize that infrastructure spending is needed
Tyers updating her amendment to remove water budgets and add transit.

So she's asking admin to find savings without cutting police, fire and transit budget.
December 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Baby's first tattoo (it's me I'm baby)
November 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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This is weird framing, given that said deal actually strengthens the most important part — by far — of said Trudeau-era climate measures.
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Appreciate Councillor Kelly and the Mayor's defense for office to residential conversions. It's been a great way to preserve a lot of heritage sites, and with the versatile floorplates of so many of these offices it's no wonder Calgary's been a national leader in conversions.
November 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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"Jen Gerson interviews Ross Douthat" is the worst sentence ever typed by human hands.
Oh please just fuck off
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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We're learning that $129 million in $ for #yyc has been paused due to #yyccc's intention to repeal blanket rezoning. Cllr Dan McLean says he was misled, but requirements are pretty clear. Some form of rezoning is needed. Mayor Farkas should try to replace, not repeal.

globalnews.ca/news/1154274...
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
You ever see a comment on Reddit so inane you want to shoot yourself in the mouth
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Woke up with an overwhelming urge to buy a downtrodden English country manor and go bankrupt trying to restore it
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Whenever someone tells you that their city is full, or that the infrastructure can't handle more people, point to these slides from the City of Calgary. 1960s-1990s suburbs reached peak population decades ago
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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⛰️🏔️ Episode 20 is now live! 🏔️⛰️

In this episode, we look at the amazing story of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.

Find out how the world's largest empire rose, flourished, and finally fell in ash and flame.

YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRYd...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6AeH...
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
America is such a godless place. American Pope is an aberration
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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tradcaths are like "why is the pope doing this" as if there aren't very famous examples of jesus christ meeting with people considered to be sinners or societal outcasts (e.g. matthew the tax collector) www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/14/p...
Pope Leo set to dine with trans activists during Sunday's Jubilee for the Poor
Pope Leo XIV will meet and dine with Alessia Nobile and other trans Catholic activists this Sunday, during a special Vatican lunch marking the Church’s
www.thepinknews.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
It's incredibly disheartening that your options for an EV are: little dork ass virginity-mobile that's trying too hard to look futuristic, or giant SUV/pickup truck deliberately designed to kill pedestrians.
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Snell is so cooked lmao
October 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM