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Chris Axford

@chris.axford.ca
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Calgarian. Progressive Liberalism or bust. Trying to make heritage and YIMBY work.

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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 30/09/2026
Disney finally caught on to the fact that my American friend was sharing his Disney+ account with me so there goes that
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 29/09/2026
When is the last time a federal party enjoyed 50%+ in vote intention?
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 28/09/2026
Being on my building's condo board has been eye-opening because people's fash tendencies really come out
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 28/09/2026
Every once in a while this picture goes around and every time someone is in the comments pointing out that this isn't true at all. But it's too late, the lie has already gone viral. But at least it shows how fast false information can spread and that fact checking after the fact is a waste of time
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 28/09/2026
Don't know if it's happening to anyone else but my Instagram has been inundated with conservative action groups demanding every tax under the sun be cancelled
Canadians for Affordable Energy ad on Instagram demanding that the industrial carbon tax be ended
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 26/09/2026
Me with my CPAP
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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
POV, you are polling below 30%
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 23/09/2026
Calling this election is giving Rishi Sunak giving up and calling an election in the rain
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Tim Querengesser @timquerengesser.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
*crying* If I don’t get my way I’ll try to launch a constitutional crisis for leverage *continues crying*
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Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.thestar.com/politics/fed... Too many CPC MPs in Alberta are silent on the separation question.
thestar.com
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 18/09/2026
Happy New Carly Rae Jepsen Album Day to all those that celebrate
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 18/09/2026
American liberals fretting more over semantic usage of the term mandate (Max is using it right, especially in the Canadian context) than they are the actual substance of Max's argument is so very telling. American liberals really don't get why Canadians are so mad. Dems aren't coming to the rescue.
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 17/09/2026
So maybe party leaders should be chosen by their electeds and not members www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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Embattled B.C. Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay asked to step down, says she is ‘not going anywhere’
As turmoil continues for the B.C. Conservative Party, Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay says she is “not going anywhere.”
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 17/09/2026
Suburban sprawl developer thinks suburban sprawl is the only way to develop, more at 11. His argument also falls short if you think about it for more than a minute
Shane Wenzel via LinkedIn:

Edmonton wants half of its new homes built inside existing neighbourhoods.

We have seen this in Calgary. Imagine Calgary, Plan It Calgary, the Calgary Plan, each one drew a line where growth was supposed to go.

Twelve years after Edmonton's first infill roadmap, the answer is 22 more actions. 

None of it puts a roof over anyone. An issued permit does. Buyers decided where they want to live, and every plan that argues with them adds to the price.
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 15/09/2026
Dude hell yeah
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 04/09/2026
Culture war conservatives will look at this and go "this is bad"
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Asad Chaudhary 🇨🇦 @asadc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
And it will set the tone for Calgary and Edmonton - no doubt the province will seek to undo their downtown grids in their entirety too.
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 02/09/2026
Going to be a bloodbath for Calgary's bike lanes, seeing this
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 30/08/2026
Google is not acting cowardly. They are not capitulating. Sundar Pichai was sitting in the front row at Donald Trump's inauguration. Google knows that digital imperialism is a joint project of the US government and Silicon Valley. Google benefits enormously, so you give a bit to get a bit.
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 27/08/2026
Neat! financialpost.com/technology/c...
financialpost.com
Canada poaches international researchers, drawing most from the U.S.
Canada has awarded 64 global scholars with $504 million in funding to relocate their work to Canadian universities. Find out more here
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 26/08/2026
Wow, I am just so shocked that the "Vancouver is full, fuck off" guy is also against SkyTrain expansion
screen grab from Instagram user uncouver's Reel in which he opposes SkyTrain expansion towards UBC
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 26/08/2026
Every time a pedestrianization pilot comes up, the BIA is the first to protest it. Every time a pedestrianization pilot happens and ends, the BIA is amongst the voices most adamant that they do it again. Maybe something to consider for 1th Ave in Calgary.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 22/08/2026
One of the most radicalizing aspects of this whole situation is the Americans in my mentions who are offended that I'm not making an effort to acknowledge that they're one of the good ones, and blameless for all of the things that their democratically elected president is doing.
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 22/08/2026
Every Republican left in office after the midterms is an affront to God for this. Eat shit, burgers
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 19/08/2026
"If Prime Minister Carney is trading away our ability to govern the digital realm, in the name of 'alignment' with American standards, then we are locking in a permanent state of subordination." From @vassb.bsky.social. canadianshieldinstitute.ca/updates/what...
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What "Digital Trade Alignment" Would Cost | Canadian Shield Institute
So, we’ve got a last-minute reprieve on the 50 per cent tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump was threatening. And Trump is boasting about some...
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 18/08/2026
95% of separatist concerns disappear if a Conservative Party government forms in Ottawa. So, separatism is an indictment of the CPC's ability to win another election, while simultaneously making that win more difficult by radicalizing the brand. The CPC should treat this with way more urgency.
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 16/08/2026
The irony of uncouver accusing YIMBYs of hiding "neoliberal supply side deregulation" behind progressive language is that he's a conservative who uses progressive language to hide his nativism. His solution to Vancouver's housing crisis is to say fuck off we're full and then cite Patrick Condon slop
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 16/08/2026
Had a hiring manager reach out to me on LinkedIn and wanted me to apply for a position that wasn't public yet. I did, and did two rounds of interviews. I was told that I'd hear back in at most two weeks. They then posted the job publicly and the hiring manager hasn't talked to me since...
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 16/08/2026
Trucks this size have no place in a city
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 12/08/2026
Can't believe I'm jealous of Edmonton. What the hell
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 11/08/2026
Thinking about how Tobi Lutke and the other wannabe SV North types cited Abundance for why Billy Bishop should be expanded. No actual economic argument, just vibes
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 06/08/2026
Truly hope that this will be more successful than past pilots
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 06/08/2026
A few weeks ago, a hiring manager DM'd me on LinkedIn about a position they hadn't posted publicly yet. I applied and even interviewed. I was told that they were making their decision in the next couple of weeks. Today that same hiring manager posted the position publicly. I'm cooked, aren't I?
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 06/08/2026
Car culture is insane because what do you mean someone screamed at my Uber driver for... slowing down because there was traffic
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 04/08/2026
Last time I went to visit my parents in Victoria, my wife and I went to an Evensong service at Christ Church and I was pretty happy to see that the church was trying to redevelop the land surrounding it. My excitement faded when I saw how long the Diocese had been in the process of development hell
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Gabrielle Drolet @gabrielledrolet.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Cartoon with caption by my buddy @jackhauen.bsky.social
Two people riding bikes in Amsterdam. One says “if anyone proposed this in my town I’d kill them”
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 28/07/2026
Seems less than ideal that Vancouver can't even get modest zoning reform passed
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 24/07/2026
Was just at the opening ceremony for Historic Calgary Week and a keynote speaker was bragging about how in the 1960s the government and CMHC were giving away money so that people would buy foreclosed houses. Same guy has written several times in the Herald in opposition to rezoning & density.
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 24/07/2026
I desparately need the @albertandp.ca to also not do this with their text and email campaigns
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 21/07/2026
I wish Adam Schiff a very big eat shit
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Thank you @jamellebouie.net - it’s been driving Canadians bananas to see the light response from democrat & anti-Trump Americans to this particular vibe (and why the broken trust goes far deeper than just Trump now. Generational wounds to the relationship.)
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 21/07/2026
"You interviewed well but we've decided to go with another candidate" has been a repeat message for two and a half years and it stings every time
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 20/07/2026
They should've designed a Mid Century Modern townhouse. I'd go ape for that.
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 20/07/2026
I noticed that the broadcast turned up the music and turned down the audience when the two showed up
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Tiny Beaches @tinybeaches.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Hi @albertandp.ca I’d like to order up a video rant by @pancholirakhi.bsky.social about how bad this bicycle lane snitch line is. Also, can you please come up with a strong stance supporting safe infrastructure for kids and people in general to bicycle in their city? Thx! #yycbike #yegbike
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 16/07/2026
Alberta government:
Meme depicting a violently outraged motorist saying "I FUCKING HATE YOU AND HOPE YOU DIE" to a child riding a bike saying "I like riding my bike"
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 15/07/2026
They don't even have an 'other'
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 09/07/2026
boy it sure would be nice if Alberta could get in on this and ditch its anti-renewables stance
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 09/07/2026
Delightful
FedEx truck parked in a bike laneLicense plate of the FedEx truck parked in the bike lane
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Chris Axford @chris.axford.ca · 08/07/2026
Love almost getting creamed by someone driving a Porsche making an illegal double turn. @tinybeaches.bsky.social do you just use your phone to record your cycling commute? I should start doing that
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