Scott Rollans
@papa-r.bsky.social
Writer, singer, and a rare example of a self-described “avid cyclist” who genuinely is one (year-round)—in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Fodder for anyone counteracting the myth of “expensive” cycling infrastructure.
Investment in cycling pays substantial societal dividends.
Investment in cycling pays substantial societal dividends.
Copenhagen 🇩🇰 cyclists saved society $1.61 per mile traveled in 2022. Cars cost society $0.29 per mile traveled.
December 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Fodder for anyone counteracting the myth of “expensive” cycling infrastructure.
Investment in cycling pays substantial societal dividends.
Investment in cycling pays substantial societal dividends.
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WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Blue Jays tying the series is all well and good, but my proudest moment as a Canadian was watching Josh Naylor check on Ernie Clement after Clement had tagged him out.
Naylor knew he had just made a huge blunder but his first thought was for a fellow player.
❤️🇨🇦 #BlueJays #Mariners
Naylor knew he had just made a huge blunder but his first thought was for a fellow player.
❤️🇨🇦 #BlueJays #Mariners
October 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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CARELESS SIGN STRUCK AND KILLED BY MOTORIST
Encountered the aftermath of this tragedy on my morning walk. Eyewitnesses confirm the playground zone sign was not wearing a helmet at the time of the collision. #yegbike
Encountered the aftermath of this tragedy on my morning walk. Eyewitnesses confirm the playground zone sign was not wearing a helmet at the time of the collision. #yegbike
September 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
CARELESS SIGN STRUCK AND KILLED BY MOTORIST
Encountered the aftermath of this tragedy on my morning walk. Eyewitnesses confirm the playground zone sign was not wearing a helmet at the time of the collision. #yegbike
Encountered the aftermath of this tragedy on my morning walk. Eyewitnesses confirm the playground zone sign was not wearing a helmet at the time of the collision. #yegbike
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Your #yegvote mayoral debate recap:
- @andrewknack.bsky.social is the clear choice for mayor
- Omar Mohammed and Rahim Jaffer don't live in reality, and don't understand cost of services
- Walters and Cartmell think if only we would be nicer to Danielle Smith, our problems would be solved
- @andrewknack.bsky.social is the clear choice for mayor
- Omar Mohammed and Rahim Jaffer don't live in reality, and don't understand cost of services
- Walters and Cartmell think if only we would be nicer to Danielle Smith, our problems would be solved
September 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Your #yegvote mayoral debate recap:
- @andrewknack.bsky.social is the clear choice for mayor
- Omar Mohammed and Rahim Jaffer don't live in reality, and don't understand cost of services
- Walters and Cartmell think if only we would be nicer to Danielle Smith, our problems would be solved
- @andrewknack.bsky.social is the clear choice for mayor
- Omar Mohammed and Rahim Jaffer don't live in reality, and don't understand cost of services
- Walters and Cartmell think if only we would be nicer to Danielle Smith, our problems would be solved
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😱 Moral panic! UCP book ban explodes as government on brink of major labour dispute with Alberta's teachers.
Read all about it: daveberta.substack.com/p/moral-pani...
Read all about it: daveberta.substack.com/p/moral-pani...
Moral panic! UCP book ban explodes as government on brink of major labour dispute with Alberta's teachers
It’s been 23 years since the last province-wide teachers strike in Alberta
daveberta.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
😱 Moral panic! UCP book ban explodes as government on brink of major labour dispute with Alberta's teachers.
Read all about it: daveberta.substack.com/p/moral-pani...
Read all about it: daveberta.substack.com/p/moral-pani...
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Danielle Smith’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing begins. albertapolitics.ca/2025/08/dani...
Danielle Smith’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing begins - Alberta Politics
Alberta’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing began yesterday with the appearance of a website where Albertans can register to be considered for COVID-19 immunization sometime in the...
albertapolitics.ca
August 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Danielle Smith’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing begins. albertapolitics.ca/2025/08/dani...
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the Star Tribune just called me and told me they would not be publishing the obituary I wrote for my father as it is “unfair to him” and “in poor taste” so here it is and fuck the strib ✌🏻
June 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
the Star Tribune just called me and told me they would not be publishing the obituary I wrote for my father as it is “unfair to him” and “in poor taste” so here it is and fuck the strib ✌🏻
Now THERE'S a feature missing from most carry-along bidets. 😲
June 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Now THERE'S a feature missing from most carry-along bidets. 😲
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NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi wins convincingly in Edmonton-Strathcona; NDP’s Gurtej Singh Brar posts victory in Edmonton-Ellerslie. albertapolitics.ca/2025/06/ndp-...
NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi wins convincingly in Edmonton-Strathcona; NDP’s Gurtej Singh Brar posts victory in Edmonton-Ellerslie - Alberta Politics
Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi mopped the floor with his opponents in the Edmonton-Strathcona by-election yesterday. Mr. Nenshi can now join his caucus in the Legislature with his head held high, a ...
albertapolitics.ca
June 24, 2025 at 6:27 AM
NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi wins convincingly in Edmonton-Strathcona; NDP’s Gurtej Singh Brar posts victory in Edmonton-Ellerslie. albertapolitics.ca/2025/06/ndp-...
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One reason I think it’s important to continue to highlight the disparity on our streets is that most people just don’t see it.
Despite it being obvious to some, so many people don't have clarity because we have done such an incredible job of normalizing this imbalance.
Despite it being obvious to some, so many people don't have clarity because we have done such an incredible job of normalizing this imbalance.
June 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
One reason I think it’s important to continue to highlight the disparity on our streets is that most people just don’t see it.
Despite it being obvious to some, so many people don't have clarity because we have done such an incredible job of normalizing this imbalance.
Despite it being obvious to some, so many people don't have clarity because we have done such an incredible job of normalizing this imbalance.
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Bike lanes don’t cause congestion, cars do
By @sflkirk.bsky.social
By @sflkirk.bsky.social
Bike lanes don’t cause congestion, cars do - Halifax Examiner
If our premier and HRM mayor truly want to demonstrate fiscal responsibility they’d build those bike lanes faster, because the cost of car-centric infrastructure is unsustainable.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
June 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Bike lanes don’t cause congestion, cars do
By @sflkirk.bsky.social
By @sflkirk.bsky.social
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Our foreign policy shouldn’t be dictated by who wins a few swing ridings.
Proportional representation ensures decisions reflect real public debate, not the narrow priorities of small electoral battlegrounds.
Proportional representation ensures decisions reflect real public debate, not the narrow priorities of small electoral battlegrounds.
June 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Our foreign policy shouldn’t be dictated by who wins a few swing ridings.
Proportional representation ensures decisions reflect real public debate, not the narrow priorities of small electoral battlegrounds.
Proportional representation ensures decisions reflect real public debate, not the narrow priorities of small electoral battlegrounds.
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Check out the short film by Erin Kirby called “Why we ride”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8oj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8oj...
We Why Ride
YouTube video by Erin Kirby
www.youtube.com
June 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Check out the short film by Erin Kirby called “Why we ride”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8oj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8oj...
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Got this question from an audience member at a speech a few months ago since I said their relationship would fracture spectacularly, as I have since the start. Let me answer now and make another prediction: Today it ends. All of it.
June 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Got this question from an audience member at a speech a few months ago since I said their relationship would fracture spectacularly, as I have since the start. Let me answer now and make another prediction: Today it ends. All of it.
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Bedevilled by scandal and measles, UCP tries to gin up a moral panic about racy picture books in school libraries. albertapolitics.ca/2025/05/bede...
Bedevilled by scandal and measles, UCP tries to gin up a moral panic about racy picture books in school libraries - Alberta Politics
There’s never a bad time for a scandal-ridden right-wing government like Alberta’s United Conservative Party to try to gin up a moral panic over books with dirty pictures in school libraries. But with...
albertapolitics.ca
May 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Bedevilled by scandal and measles, UCP tries to gin up a moral panic about racy picture books in school libraries. albertapolitics.ca/2025/05/bede...
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Danielle Smith explains why, as a strong believer in Canada, she’ll do whatever she can to help Alberta’s separatists. albertapolitics.ca/2025/05/dani... #ableg #cdnpoli #abpoli
Danielle Smith explains why, as a strong believer in Canada, she’ll do whatever she can to help Alberta’s separatists - Alberta Politics
RED DEER – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith called a news conference yesterday to tell the impertinent journalists who showed up why, as a strong believer in Canadian Confederation, she intends to do wh...
albertapolitics.ca
May 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Danielle Smith explains why, as a strong believer in Canada, she’ll do whatever she can to help Alberta’s separatists. albertapolitics.ca/2025/05/dani... #ableg #cdnpoli #abpoli
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
May 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
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Danielle Smith tries in ‘Alberta Next’ video address to bluff her way out of a bad hand she dealt herself. albertapolitics.ca/2025/05/dani...
Danielle Smith tries in ‘Alberta Next’ video address to bluff her way out of a bad hand she dealt herself - Alberta Politics
After dealing herself a weak hand by making assumptions that turned out to be disastrously wrong, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sat down for her weirdly timed mid-afternoon video address to the provi...
albertapolitics.ca
May 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Danielle Smith tries in ‘Alberta Next’ video address to bluff her way out of a bad hand she dealt herself. albertapolitics.ca/2025/05/dani...
Geez, why does this sound so familiar?
Australia’s centre-left prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has won a second term with a crushing victory over the opposition, whose rightwing leader, Peter Dutton, failed to brush off comparisons with Donald Trump and ended up losing his own seat.
Australia re-elects Anthony Albanese as Labor rides anti-Trump wave to seal crushing win
Opposition leader Peter Dutton fails to dissociate himself from Trump-like rhetoric and policies – and loses his seat
www.theguardian.com
May 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Geez, why does this sound so familiar?
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Danielle Smith tries to turn up the heat on Ottawa while MAGA Canada suffers mass psychotic breakdown on X. albertapolitics.ca/2025/05/dani...
Danielle Smith tries to turn up the heat on Ottawa while MAGA Canada suffers mass psychotic breakdown on X - Alberta Politics
Unsure whom to blame for Monday’s federal election loss by Pierre Poilievre and his Trumpified Conservative Party of Canada, the online Canadian MAGAsphere seemed headed for a full meltdown, klaxons b...
albertapolitics.ca
May 2, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Danielle Smith tries to turn up the heat on Ottawa while MAGA Canada suffers mass psychotic breakdown on X. albertapolitics.ca/2025/05/dani...
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Please help us correct misinformation!
Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".
We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.
Find out more @ translifeline.org
Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".
We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.
Find out more @ translifeline.org
Home - Trans Lifeline
Radicalcommunity care Trans Lifeline provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for
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April 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Please help us correct misinformation!
Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".
We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.
Find out more @ translifeline.org
Our hotline is being incorrectly shared as "Canada's national suicide hotline open toll free for Americans".
We are not a general crisis hotline, we exist exclusively to support the trans community.
Find out more @ translifeline.org
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Here’s why a lawyer hired by the government can’t represent public employees in an auditor general investigation … albertapolitics.ca/2025/04/here...
Here’s why a lawyer hired by the government can’t represent public employees in an auditor general investigation … - Alberta Politics
According to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, her government was just trying to be helpful when it instructed thousands of public employees to refer calls from the auditor general about his ongoing inv...
albertapolitics.ca
April 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Here’s why a lawyer hired by the government can’t represent public employees in an auditor general investigation … albertapolitics.ca/2025/04/here...