Sign in

Chris Raven

@chrisraven2018.bsky.social
157 followers 331 following 124 posts
PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Chris Raven
Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don’t trust the mainstream media, but I feel like the primary alternate model, getting the news from the posts of a 14 year-old Romanian schizophrenic shitposter named “G00n3R the Swamp Pervert,” is not necessarily a superior alternative.
311534209 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So roughly about 3% of what that pipeline will eventually cost us?
010 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The oil patch will never return to its glory days and Carney knows this, it just feels like he's doing everything possible to make sure its demise doesn't blow back on Ottawa/the LPC.
120 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I believe you. A pretty large number of Albertans don't, and the further along this project gets, the larger a betrayal it will feel like if it never gets built. I don't have faith that Carney wouldn't just build this as a makework "nation-building" project even knowing it won't return on investment
100 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Albertans think Ottawa is the only thing standing between them and a return to early 2000s boom days. Carney will never convince them this project isn't financially viable.
000 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It will be very easy when every barrier has been removed and taxpayers are covering the cost. If Carney had stuck to requiring it be privately financed he would have had an excuse when it didn't get built. Now, any action that prevents it from being built will be seen as a direct attack on Alberta
212 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I love the optimism but it doesn't change the fact he and Smith have promised a $50B+ taxpayer owned pipeline. This leaves 2 possible outcomes: 1. It gets built, never delivers its full promise and hoses taxpayers 2. It doesn't get built, unleashing a fresh wave of anti-Ottawa resentment
110 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The fact that Alberta, a province actively trying to stifle any renewable growth, had the biggest drop in fossil fuel generation, is astonishing.
120 0
Reposted by Chris Raven
bikebike @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"The reason young people are riding their electric devices on the sidewalk is because it is not safe to ride them on the streets. The reason the streets are not safe is because of all the cars and trucks." (and increasingly, really bad driving habits) www.nsnews.com/opinion/opin...
nsnews.com
Opinion: Cars are the biggest threat on the road, not kids on e-scooters
All the outrage we feel about teens weaving on e-bikes and scooters would be better spent figuring out how to keep massive motorized vehicles away from all other road users
1341344294 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The stories are all over outdoors forums, reddit, alpine journals. It's great to see one break through into a mainstream outlet but it's unfortunate that it's characterized as this sacrifice that no one makes when the reality is it's actually pretty common.
000 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Seriously though, calling it an "impossible decision" and "unthinkable" is pure garbage. Most climbers/alpinists I know are well aware of their limitations, set turnaround times, and literally all of them have stories about turning around before the summit.
240 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Wtf I've turned back before the summit countless times People never wrote about me.
110 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I've given a driver the same "wtf?" hand wave after they ran a red light and they decided they weren't in such a hurry after all and stopped to yell homophobic slurs at me 🤷‍♂️
000 0
Reposted by Chris Raven
T.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The tech bros gave us crypto currency that isn’t currency, artificial intelligence that isn’t intelligence, and prediction markets that are inside-trader scams. On the other hand, they have given us gigantic data centers that employ no one and destroy communities. So there’s that.
323108744036 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Let's try anyway. How about triple? Quadruple?
000 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Never ceases to amaze me that the voices who are loudest about immigrants needing to "integrate", whatever that means, are also the ones trying to take away the best tools to help them integrate. Councillor suggests only Canad... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Councillor suggests only Canadian citizens should get access to discount program for low-income Calgarians | CBC News
Coun. Landon Johnston is suggesting a program that subsidizes some services for low-income earners should only be available to Canadian citizens.
000 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I'm perhaps not so optimistic about most of the announcement, but the idea that there could be shovels in the ground in Fall 2027 when there's no proponent and no route is absolutely laughable.
030 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Where will anyone park!!! <clutches pearls>
050 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Except for that big surface lot that is right in front of her business 😡. Honestly I ride by here every day and the street parking rarely has more than a handful of cars in it over the entire stretch.
140 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Slightly increase a band. Worse Religion Gigadeth Sum 42
010 0
Reposted by Chris Raven
Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Congrats on “opening” a strait that was open six weeks ago, and all it cost was at least 13 dead service members, thousands of dead Iranian civilians, tens of billions in taxpayer dollars, our loss in global standing, and the Iranian regime’s increase in power. Phenomenal work.
205160114431 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
GoogleAI news summary burying the lede that Trump is now "former" President Trump.
A Google news AI generated summary about an airline merger where Donald Trump is described as "former President Trump"
010 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
If it can happen in Hungary, it can happen in Alberta. #daretodream
031 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Carney trying hard to have a Churchill moment but will end up looking like Chamberlain.
081 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
So, same as always
000 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
"Can you pause it?" No. Well yes, but still no.
000 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Theres a ramp if you go around all the way to the Tisol!
000 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Lol. I've locked my bike there. I rode there on the sidewalk. It's very close to the CVG if you're willing to brave the McDonalds parking lot and handful of driveways.
100 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This is not the same as Brexit. Most Britons, and most other Europeans identify with their country or region first and foremost. They are English or Scottish or French or German. No one's identity is wrapped up in the EU, it's just a political entity. Albertans, by and large, identify as Canadian.
120 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Except the US stock market went up slower than most other global markets so 🤷
000 0
Reposted by Chris Raven
Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Really good speech from Carney at the World Economic Forum today. Genuinely gives the impression he understands the gravity of the moment, which is why I'm struggling to square it with his actual actions and policy re: the United States. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStu...
youtube.com
PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum in Davos – January 20, 2026
YouTube video by cpac
93915166 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Screenshot from the Simpsons episode "Brother can you spare two dimes". The episode opens with Mr. Burns having to buy Homer's cooperation with a phony made up award called the "First Annual Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence". The screenshot shows the chorus from the elaborate ceremony where Homer was awarded the prize.
020 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Nailed it: www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
ctvnews.ca
Almost 200 crashes in Calgary from November storm
A blanket of fresh snow has settled over Calgary, prompting a proactive response from city officials and transit operators.
100 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
000 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
media.tenor.com
a group of cartoon characters are playing guitars and drums in a dark room .
ALT: a group of cartoon characters are playing guitars and drums in a dark room .
000 0
Reposted by Chris Raven
Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 04/11/2025
Keeping up with the UCP government's democratic transgressions can be difficult. But not impossible. Here’s a running list since Danielle Smith became premier. 🧵👇
14365243 0
Reposted by Chris Raven
Kit Sauder @kitsauder.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
To play a New Zealand 🇳🇿 side in rugby is an honour for any rugby player. To beat them at all, let alone in a Rugby World Cup is historic. Congratulations to the Black Ferns on a tournament well fought. And CONGRATULATIONS to #RugbyCanada🇨🇦 on making history & heading to Twickenham!!! #RWC2025
041 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Awful. Hope the kid makes a full recovery. I see too many drivers treating those community streets like their own personal drag strip.
121 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Oh look:
020 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Good news, I did it for free. Can we get on with it already?
120 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Tough on crime (except the ones they regularly commit)
040 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
But someone driving might be 30 seconds late, shut it down 🙃
020 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Doing their best to do a literal reenactment of this meme
media.tenor.com
a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .
ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee in front of a fire with the words this is fine .
082 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Whoever wins the mayor's race will probably do so with 35% of the vote.
010 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
JFC. Imagine if we treated other crimes this way: "You were just going along, committing a normal rate of burglary"
2236 0
Reposted by Chris Raven
Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 09/08/2025
I see you… You’re out here raising hell and hauling snacks. Counter culture with cargo bike capacity.
Hey mom, with two kids riding on a cargo bike with Forest behind

The words on the screen “still punk as fuck” and “parenting against the machine”
519442 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
You can still vote even if you don't register in advance!
020 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Danielle Smith take note (spoiler: she won't) Ontario court strikes down For... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
000 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Pretty sure the only difference between Carney and Poilievre at this point is tone
010 0
Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
A train from YYC to downtown along Nose Creek/Deerfoot Trail
A map of Calgary's preferred option for a airport to downtown direct rail link which completely avoids anywhere that people live or work
020 0