Leo Spalteholz
@leospalteholz.bsky.social
Victoria YYJ.
I post mostly about
1. Housing advocacy with @homesforliving.ca
2. Housing market https://househuntvictoria.ca
3. Renewables, climate, EVs.
Real job in work integrated learning
I post mostly about
1. Housing advocacy with @homesforliving.ca
2. Housing market https://househuntvictoria.ca
3. Renewables, climate, EVs.
Real job in work integrated learning
Denmark is absolutely crushing us
November 22, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Denmark is absolutely crushing us
Victoria still has the lowest unemployment rate for cities outside Quebec
More than double in Nanaimo!
More than double in Nanaimo!
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Victoria still has the lowest unemployment rate for cities outside Quebec
More than double in Nanaimo!
More than double in Nanaimo!
Come to think of it I don’t recall our couch previously having a tail
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Come to think of it I don’t recall our couch previously having a tail
Fun build with the kids
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Fun build with the kids
Asking rents still trending downwards in Victoria
Combination of lots of new rentals built and slower population growth.
Combination of lots of new rentals built and slower population growth.
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Asking rents still trending downwards in Victoria
Combination of lots of new rentals built and slower population growth.
Combination of lots of new rentals built and slower population growth.
"Popular in your country"
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
"Popular in your country"
Trick or treater distribution
114 kids here
114 kids here
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Trick or treater distribution
114 kids here
114 kids here
Group of parents lingering on the street to follow the game
November 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Group of parents lingering on the street to follow the game
Whatever it takes to put scratch on the table
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Whatever it takes to put scratch on the table
One problem, I can’t really see
October 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
One problem, I can’t really see
This is gonna be our house tomorrow for the parents who drew the short straw on taking the kids out
October 31, 2025 at 2:42 AM
This is gonna be our house tomorrow for the parents who drew the short straw on taking the kids out
Amazing AI, no notes
October 30, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Amazing AI, no notes
Thinking of getting this tattoo
October 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Thinking of getting this tattoo
Uhh.. what is this AI slop doing in a supposedly peer reviewed journal?
October 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Uhh.. what is this AI slop doing in a supposedly peer reviewed journal?
The federal reserve doing some high quality forecasting
October 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The federal reserve doing some high quality forecasting
Google: Dear customer, we are crippling your perfectly functional hardware because it would have cost us 48 cents/year to keep supporting it.
As a gesture of goodwill we will let you pay us a couple hundred dollars to keep the ability to adjust temperature from your phone
Never buying Google again
As a gesture of goodwill we will let you pay us a couple hundred dollars to keep the ability to adjust temperature from your phone
Never buying Google again
October 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Google: Dear customer, we are crippling your perfectly functional hardware because it would have cost us 48 cents/year to keep supporting it.
As a gesture of goodwill we will let you pay us a couple hundred dollars to keep the ability to adjust temperature from your phone
Never buying Google again
As a gesture of goodwill we will let you pay us a couple hundred dollars to keep the ability to adjust temperature from your phone
Never buying Google again
They’re actually fighting but I told them to pose so it looks like they’re friends
October 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
They’re actually fighting but I told them to pose so it looks like they’re friends
Tale as old as time.
In Victoria we have residents of the first phase of an apartment project angrily protesting against the approval of the second stage.
Our planning system needs to be built to be resilient against this predictable opposition and still produce abundant housing
In Victoria we have residents of the first phase of an apartment project angrily protesting against the approval of the second stage.
Our planning system needs to be built to be resilient against this predictable opposition and still produce abundant housing
October 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Tale as old as time.
In Victoria we have residents of the first phase of an apartment project angrily protesting against the approval of the second stage.
Our planning system needs to be built to be resilient against this predictable opposition and still produce abundant housing
In Victoria we have residents of the first phase of an apartment project angrily protesting against the approval of the second stage.
Our planning system needs to be built to be resilient against this predictable opposition and still produce abundant housing
This is how cheap our solar could be if we didn’t tax it like cigarettes
This system would cost over $30k in Canada vs $8500 in Australia
This system would cost over $30k in Canada vs $8500 in Australia
October 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This is how cheap our solar could be if we didn’t tax it like cigarettes
This system would cost over $30k in Canada vs $8500 in Australia
This system would cost over $30k in Canada vs $8500 in Australia
Start of swimming season
October 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Start of swimming season
Translated from
October 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Translated from
Twin towers looming, Orwellian gag orders at town hall, and we’re all going to die in an earthquake if a development gets built
The Saanich NIMBYs are not ok
The Saanich NIMBYs are not ok
October 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Twin towers looming, Orwellian gag orders at town hall, and we’re all going to die in an earthquake if a development gets built
The Saanich NIMBYs are not ok
The Saanich NIMBYs are not ok
Disappointed to see the reactionary UBCM call for repeal of single stair building legalization in BC.
Nearly the entire world builds single stair buildings safely and has been for decades. There’s tons of data. The idea they are inherently dangerous has absolutely no merit to it.
Nearly the entire world builds single stair buildings safely and has been for decades. There’s tons of data. The idea they are inherently dangerous has absolutely no merit to it.
September 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Disappointed to see the reactionary UBCM call for repeal of single stair building legalization in BC.
Nearly the entire world builds single stair buildings safely and has been for decades. There’s tons of data. The idea they are inherently dangerous has absolutely no merit to it.
Nearly the entire world builds single stair buildings safely and has been for decades. There’s tons of data. The idea they are inherently dangerous has absolutely no merit to it.