Nicholas Dykstra

[David Zipper @DavidZipper]

Pretty rich to see a DMV call kei trucks "unsafe vehicles" while happily registering F-250s.

https://t.co/TLOjHHhll5

[Andrew Leach 🇨🇦 @andrew_leach]

Shortly after the UCP took office in 2019, @theAESO put out their semi-annual long-term outlook. This would have given the UCP gov't a look forward at what those who, to use their own words, were "uniquely positioned" to forecast what was to come in Alberta were expecting. 1/

[Rachel Notley @RachelNotley]

Let’s talk about the facts.

Not conspiracies, not false myths spread on social media – facts.

Danielle Smith’s policy targeting trans and gender-diverse youth is an attack on a vulnerable group of youth and on thousands of Albertans. It is a massive overstep into private health care decisions. And it is an attack on the fundamental education rights of kids in our province.

But don’t take it from me: listen to the experts and allies in our video. Listen to the people with real, lived experiences.

Share this video and information with your friends and help combat the misinformation being spread by the Alberta government.

Sign our petition and tell Danielle Smith to stop pursuing these proposed changes.

Tell her that Albertans believe all human rights must be protected.

https://t.co/HTxen0jihT

#ableg #alberta #transrightsarehumanrights

[Nicholas Dykstra @NicholasDykstra]

@miketgould If you adjust your desires just a little to include pho, ramen, udon, tom yum, hot pot, or Taiwanese beef noodle soup, Calgary will seem very much like a soup city, full of generous portions and affordable prices.

[Asbestos Insulation Enthusiast @rustbeltenjoyer]

Carbon capture is really funny because the best and largest carbon capture facility in the world can offset the emissions from about 850 cars, PER YEAR.

You could do that, or you could paint some quality bike lanes and run 2 or 3 extra trains per hour for a greater impact.

[Nicholas Dykstra @NicholasDykstra]

@decayinwtheboys If you'd prefer more cinematic: https://t.co/XhTvMaqTJZ

Or just to hit harder and not let up:
https://t.co/Ef6suUMPzq

[Nicholas Dykstra @NicholasDykstra]

@decayinwtheboys This is what I've been falling deep into lately. Athletic Progression, Ebi Soda, Resavoir, Total Refreshment Centre, Leon Vynehall, Alpha Mist, Yusseff Kamaal, Kinkajous.

[Strong Towns @StrongTowns]

Towns: why does no one spend time here anymore?

Also towns:

[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

If you grew up in the Edmonton area, as I did, then chances are you knew who Bill Matheson was.

Let's learn a bit about this meteorological legend!

Bill Matheson was born on April 26, 1926. He enlisted in the Second World War at 17 and served as a paratrooper.
After he left the army, he joined the meteorological branch of the Transport Department in 1948.

In 1954, a friend told him about a new TV station in Lethbridge and bill started a call-in show called "Phone Bill" on CJOC.
He then became the weathercaster at the station, remaining there until the 1970s when he went to ABC in New York.

He left after two years and came to Edmonton's CJCA radio station where he and Bill Jackson had a show called the "Bill-and-Bill" show.
He also joined CITV-TV (now Global Edmonton) around this time as the weathercaster. It was that role that made him a local legend.

As a weathercaster he was known for using Shakespearean language on the air like "gather ye rosebuds, while ye may" and "darkling shadows on the weather map."

He was famous for his phrases such as "That most dreaded of all meteorological phenomena, the Siberian High" and "Keep your eye on the Idaho High".

As technology advanced, Matheson stayed true to his roots by always using a stick with a felt marker, a weather board and a long pointer that he bounced off the ground after every forecast.

In 1995, he was voted the Best Weathercaster in the World.

In November 1999, he retired from television and his final broadcast on ITV (now Global Edmonton) featured a sendoff by the Edmonton Police Pipe and Drum, two fans who snuck into the last show and the raising of his final weatherboard to the rafters.
That weatherboard is still on display at the Global Edmonton studios.

Matheson helped inspire many others to become weathercasters, including the person who replaced him, Claire Martin. In 2000, 2001 and 2003, Claire Martin was named the Best Weather Presenter in the World.

Matheson died on Sept. 19, 2006.

If you enjoy my Canadian history content, you can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at https://t.co/u12Dmz8vKv

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture.

The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.

But no.

Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die.

You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. You are meat for prowling beasts. No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal.

A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery.

Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, Mead said."
We are at our best when we serve others.

Be civilized.

Credit: Ira Byock.

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

To avoid raising taxes, municipalities and regions across the country have been adding fees to the development of new housing for decades. In doing so, they side step the difficult conversations about who pays for infrastructure, putting the burden on new homeowners, instead of existing ones.

This is a model that worked (sort of) in a low-interest rate environment.

But it doesn't work today, and we need a new model for funding new infrastructure. Should homeowners in Canada - nearly 40% of whom have their mortgages paid - bear a little more of the burden of infrastructure delivery? It is an important question to ask. Also important to ask is whether higher orders of government - provinces and the Feds - might play a greater role in funding infrastructure delivery.

You know that when newly rezoned developments have been put on the shelf, the math doesn't work.

Upping development charges in this moment is the wrong way to go.

https://t.co/ibMChTHtkh

[Dan Mangan @danmanganmusic]

Want to reduce suicides? Reduce poverty.

Want to reduce crime? Reduce poverty.

Want to reduce addiction? Reduce poverty.

Want to reduce domestic abuse? Reduce poverty.

Want to reduce just about any unsolvable issue in society? Reduce poverty.

[Sam Dumitriu @Sam_Dumitriu]

Is Britain getting a bad deal? @Ben_A_Hopkinson and I looked at 242 infrastructure projects across 14 different countries.

Our conclusion? It costs more to build new tram systems, railways, and roads in Britain than almost anywhere else in the world. 🧵

https://t.co/Di7JfWGQjC

[Blake Shaffer 📊🇨🇦🇺🇦 @bcshaffer]

Many have asked why Alberta’s power prices are so high right now.

You can pick your favourite vice, but the main reason continues to be higher offer behaviour from firms in pivotal (ie needed) positions.

From yesterday’s Market Surveillance report:

[Jennifer 麻衣子 Bradshaw she/her/彼女🔰 @amoralorealis]

Every single time I visit a city in Asia I get jealous of the plentiful, adequate housing.

Housing doesn’t have to be “creative”
Housing doesn’t have to pay for community amenities, housing is good
Housing doesn’t have to be architectural marvels or fit in

[Alberta NDP @albertaNDP]

This is the UCP's disastrous record.

It's time to turn the page. Polls open at 9 a.m.

[Kathleen Ganley @KathleenGanley]

Alberta’s NDP has a strong team, a solid costed plan, and a focus on building a better future for all.

The UCP have racists, homophobes, anti-Semites, “your cancer is your fault,” and a plan to give $20 billion away to profitable corporations to clean up their own messes. #AbLeg

[Nicholas Dykstra @NicholasDykstra]

@emayeg2 @DonBraid YEG received Prov. money for the arena via the CRL's school tax exemptions. All new or increased tax payments within the ICE District direct their Prov. school tax amounts toward the CRL. An investment that is paid for with CRL funds does so, in part, with Prov. money.

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

As Florida spends $7B on 119 new highway lane miles, Disney World has a larger bus fleet than Orlando, Jacksonville & Gainesville combined. This leaves 3.5 million Floridians with less transit capacity than an amusement park shuttle system.