Martin Grasdal 🍁
@mgrasdal.bsky.social
Old IT guy, nearing retirement. Living proof that a degree in Engl. Lit & Philosophy is far from useless. Lover of fiction (including sci-fi & fantasy), history, classics, etc,. Classical music lover.
I drove to and from Calgary this past weekend. Most cars were driving over the limit on a congested road. Many cars passed me going > 140 kms/ hour. I really hate that drive.
Imagine how much faster and unsafe the traffic will be if the limit is raised to 120, as it is on the Coquihalla.
Imagine how much faster and unsafe the traffic will be if the limit is raised to 120, as it is on the Coquihalla.
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I drove to and from Calgary this past weekend. Most cars were driving over the limit on a congested road. Many cars passed me going > 140 kms/ hour. I really hate that drive.
Imagine how much faster and unsafe the traffic will be if the limit is raised to 120, as it is on the Coquihalla.
Imagine how much faster and unsafe the traffic will be if the limit is raised to 120, as it is on the Coquihalla.
The UCP created an open-ended recall law that has almost no guardrails as a weapon to use against the opposition. The legislation is being used exactly as it was intended, even if the target has become UCP, rather than NDP, MLAs.
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The UCP created an open-ended recall law that has almost no guardrails as a weapon to use against the opposition. The legislation is being used exactly as it was intended, even if the target has become UCP, rather than NDP, MLAs.
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(Tacking on here that this article is from 2019, resurfaced in my feed thanks i think to @sarahjeong.bsky.social, and this follow up podcast series seems worth a listen. First episode is from 2022, most recent is August 2025: features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/)
Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on...
features.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
(Tacking on here that this article is from 2019, resurfaced in my feed thanks i think to @sarahjeong.bsky.social, and this follow up podcast series seems worth a listen. First episode is from 2022, most recent is August 2025: features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/)
The UCP had every opportunity and likely received advice to narrow the scope of the recall law to what Nicolaides falsely claims is the spirit of the law. The law was created as a weapon to use against the opposition. That's the spirit of the law. Hoisted on their own petard is a fitting description
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
The UCP had every opportunity and likely received advice to narrow the scope of the recall law to what Nicolaides falsely claims is the spirit of the law. The law was created as a weapon to use against the opposition. That's the spirit of the law. Hoisted on their own petard is a fitting description
Cory Doctorow is right about the inevitable decline of sites like this. There is a reason he is not here.
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Cory Doctorow is right about the inevitable decline of sites like this. There is a reason he is not here.
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Thanos couldn’t snap me up fast enough if she said this about me
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Thanos couldn’t snap me up fast enough if she said this about me