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Paths for People @pathsforpeople.bsky.social · 13h

“The city has done a great job maximizing the space by building the bike lanes. In Westmount where I live, we also have numerous bike lanes and once they were built, most of the residents got used to them and the bike traffic increased considerably.” 👏👏 YES!
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Tuesday's letters: Bike lane on 132 Avenue an asset

Edmonton Journal readers have their say on west coast tanker ban, Evan Li, bike lanes and more.

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Conrad Nobert @conradnobert.bsky.social · 13h

Don’t know what that is you might be in the wrong place.

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Conrad Nobert @conradnobert.bsky.social · 14h

Hahaha the best ones

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Conrad Nobert @conradnobert.bsky.social · 14h

Good plan. I’m glad it’s working for you. 🙌

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Conrad Nobert @conradnobert.bsky.social · 14h

Very happy to hear that.

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arnoldwaxwing.bsky.social @arnoldwaxwing.bsky.social · 16h

fully agree. But as a result of the electric bike revolution here in edmonton I see older folks riding around like never before and I can't help but wonder how much of the bike lane outrage is ginned up and inauthentic. Door knocking this campaign cycle is reinforcing this perception.

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🇨🇦Peislandergirl (she/her) @peislandergirl.bsky.social · 14h

This so much! We ride almost everywhere for everything and are in our 50’s and 60’s. I’m really hoping the seniors who have taken up riding vote for politicians who will approve more protected infrastructure! #ridebikeslovelife

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Conrad Nobert @conradnobert.bsky.social · 16h

If you're 40+ and you don't ride your bike around town what even is your plan for healthy aging?

I just don't understand older people who hate bike lanes.

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Conrad Nobert @conradnobert.bsky.social · 19h

Where can I sign?

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 19h

WOW!

Alberta just got another approved referendum petition!

And this one calls for the practice of funding private schools with public money to be put to an end!

During the teachers strike!

Strap in Alberta, we’re going on a ride!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 2d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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JP @perrinjan.bsky.social · 2d

Today I doorknocked for Ashley Salvador’s campaign.

I came across an election official who thanked me for being so involved in municipal politics. I sincerely thanked him for his work.

You know how we go around the table at Thanksgiving and says what they’re thankful for?

I always say democracy.

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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 2d

Big pro-teacher protest at #ableg in #yeg the day before a province-wide strike shuts down schooling.

Protest crowd in front of the Alberta legislature.

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Troy Pavlek @troypavlek.ca · 3d

PACE is a social conservative Trojan Horse.

PACE is backed by the people who make up the most extreme wing of conservatives in Alberta. They're using messaging about infill an taxation as bait to trick voters into electing their alt-right slate.

Don't be tricked.

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Conrad Nobert @conradnobert.bsky.social · 2d

If you hate Edmonton and all people outside of cars, and if you think building anything but single family mansions should be illegal, vote Justin Thomas in Ward Metis! 😍

#splitthatvotemofos

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 3d

#ableg
Danielzebub Smith will spend taxpayer dollars to advertise against teachers & pay for childcare while they're on strike

But she refuses to actually listen to teachers & help fix the problems in our public schools
With the UCP it's always about the ideology
It's never about helping Albertans

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Conrad Nobert @conradnobert.bsky.social · 3d

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chris - sᴉɹɥɔ @newfangl3d.bsky.social · 3d

Walters choosing to associate with an incumbent who not only got trounced, and who was also pretty notably brainwormed really says a lot about Walters.

Jon d missed smiles four months into covid

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 3d

Israel is piling crime on top of crime on top of crime.

No wonder it is determined to bring down the entire edifice of international humanitarian law - it's the only hope of protecting itself from consequences.

Btw: the allegations are significantly worse than bedbugs.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’

Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian. According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...

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JavaBen.bsky.social @javaben.bsky.social · 3d

The 14M dollars Smith has committed to a pipeline going nowhere would cover the entire cost of COVID vaccines.
Smith likes to day "saving taxpayer dollars" to justify her decision yet she never hesitate to spend huge amounts on pet projects: multiple panels, Dynalife fiasco, bloated govt, etc.

🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 3d

“It’s economically perverse that the provincial government will spend public money on a project the private sector has balked at, while simultaneously sabotaging private investment in renewable energy projects the market is demanding.”
www.theenergymix.com/albertas-new...

Alberta’s New Pipeline Pitch: Bad for Business, Disastrous for Climate, Analysts Say

Climate advocates and at least one policy analyst are taking Alberta Premier Danielle Smith back to business school after she promised to pitch a new westbound oil pipeline to the federal Major Projec...

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 4d

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 4d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 3d

“It’s economically perverse that the provincial government will spend public money on a project the private sector has balked at, while simultaneously sabotaging private investment in renewable energy projects the market is demanding.”
www.theenergymix.com/albertas-new...

Alberta’s New Pipeline Pitch: Bad for Business, Disastrous for Climate, Analysts Say

Climate advocates and at least one policy analyst are taking Alberta Premier Danielle Smith back to business school after she promised to pitch a new westbound oil pipeline to the federal Major Projec...

www.theenergymix.com

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Conrad Nobert @conradnobert.bsky.social · 4d

Micheal Walters getting the big push from recent council stalwart John Dziadyk 😂

John Dziadyk interviewing Micheal Walters

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Troy Pavlek @troypavlek.ca · 4d

It's a two-way race for mayor.

Polls from today either put Knack and Cartmell in a dead heat, or Cartmell slightly ahead.

The UCP has changed donor rules, created unpopular parties, all to stack the deck for Tim, their preferred candidate.

And it might work, unless we show up

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Michael Janz @michaeljanz.bsky.social · 4d

Follow the money…

pressprogress.ca/how-developm...

How the Development Industry Helped One Edmonton Mayoral Candidate Get a Head Start

Before nominations even opened, Tim Cartmell raised nearly half a million dollars, with roughly half coming from sources with apparent connections to real estate, construction and development

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