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kaphryn.bsky.social
Cargo bikes, theremin, housing, law student at UCalgary. Co-founder at @moreneighboursyyc.bsky.social
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Truly the worst intersection. A constant reminder that your life is worth nothing in the face of driver convenience.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

This has got to be one of the most dangerous intersections for pedestrian safety in the city. I used to cross here regularly, but have stopped in recent years because I don't want to be killed by a speeding Impala.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Boy, if I thought the euphemism "event centre" was an annoying thing to call an arena.... Nothing, no nothing, could prepare me for the rhetorical violence of "Event park"

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

Please come to this! We have some great speakers lined up, and there will be SNACKS and socializing too.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Zoning in theory: we need land use regulation to keep homes away from sources of pollution. Zoning in practice: the only places you can build new housing are right next to the highways and high-traffic streets that are your city’s largest sources of pollution.

submitted 24 days ago • 8 comments

"They paved paradise, put up a stampede tent" Peak Calgary. calgary.citynews.ca/2025/02/19/c...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Building on the nautical theme, deep dive doesn't begin to describe the work @klaszus.bsky.social gives us. Here's another Sprawlcast researched meticulously, connecting dots over decades to deepen our understanding of our city and ourselves. www.sprawlcalgary.com/glenmore-lan...

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

submitted 36 days ago • 444 comments

What a legend

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

When are we going to stop treating housing like it's pollution? This is an appalling outcome.

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

This is a shameful day for the province. We are spending billions on a line that no one will ride, and admitting that their elevated alignment is impossible and never will be built.

submitted 48 days ago • 9 comments

Reminder: cities use zoning to prevent supportive housing, social housing, and apartments. They make each of those discretionary. They never use it to prevent mansion districts; quite the contrary. They use it to make exclusively-mansion districts. Take away this power. It sucks.

submitted 50 days ago • 1 comment

Anyone know the data for #yyc ? Would be interesting to put in front of #YYCCC who say they represent ALL Calgarians.

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

What are we waiting for?

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Take note Calgary…

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

This one’s a banger

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

Have you, like me, been longing for more trumpet content on this platform? Well the wait is over…

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

The future is already here. It's just broadly illegal.

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

This comes a no surprise to me. There is and was nothing wrong with the process for relaxing restrictive zoning and it is perfectly intra vires.

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

If only we prioritized our sidewalks like we prioritize our roads. The alternative is keeping a significant population locked in their homes... Or blood.

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

This was probably my favorite volts episode of all time. Biking is good for your mental, social, and physical health

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Something that has become very clear to me from working on housing and urban policy more generally is that a lot of people — including a lot of professional advocates — think that there's a way to do policymaking without any tradeoffs, and the existence of tradeoffs means you did something wrong.

submitted 71 days ago • 28 comments

Driver: Can I get the 9,000 pound, 1000HP electric Hummer? You can drive it home today! Do I need a special license? Nope! Do I need any extra driver training? None whatsoever! So I can just drive off in this monster truck? Enjoy! Community: Can we get a speed bump? City: we’ll do some studies

submitted 71 days ago • 21 comments

I’ve been waiting for laundry sky for so long, so I can talk about the benefits of not having a clothes dryer

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

This might sound like a hot take but friends: Read books as a hobby this year. It is one of the best things you can do for your brain to grow your thinking and perspectives. If you want to be anti-consumption get a library card. Bonus: in places like UK/AoNZ/CA library copies pay authors

submitted 75 days ago • 76 comments

Local news editorial boards choosing opinions to print.

submitted 78 days ago • 3 comments

So glad I married an Italian

submitted 83 days ago • 2 comments

Follow @tonyjordan.bsky.social, the purveyor of my favourite stickers

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

I feel this so hard as a parent. My kids have so much less autonomy than I did at their age to roam the neighbourhood and go places on their own, and they miss out on cognitive and social benefits because we've designed our cities to effectively exclude them from the public realm.

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments