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Jesse Prince @maskedpineapple.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

It's wild to me that seemingly the same folks who went insane thinking the COVID vaccines had GPS trackers and dumb shit are just sitting around as Flock cameras are popping up out of the ground everywhere in the US thinking "yeah seems legit"

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Jon Lorenc @jonathanlorenc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Day 1. Got some chips and the resistors done. Feels pretty good for a first soldering practice project

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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The city's own report makes it clear this wasn't a problem with the business plan but a consequence of cost overruns. City council should be familiar with this since they've heard about it multiple times on their own capital projects

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Jon Lorenc @jonathanlorenc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Soldered my first ever chip. Not too bad I'd say.

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Kero @keroan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Watching the Hadestown proshot was incredible - one of the best proshot edits I've ever seen. But kissing the feet of theater for deigning to allow me to give them money for art makes me mad mad. I want to pay money to see it again and after next week, I'm not allowed to.

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Kero @keroan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I went to school for economics. In a world in which we are segmenting the demand curve and making people pay their maximum for basic services, I am not allowed to pay for live theater because...?????????? My only choice is theft. Insane.

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Jon Lorenc @jonathanlorenc.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

No amount of forcing workers downtown only for them to return home as soon as 5 o'clock rolls around will "revitalize downtown". Especially when we continue to treat it like this. When we treat downtown like somewhere we actually want people to spend their time, then we will see results #yqrcc

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Jon Lorenc @jonathanlorenc.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Ah the perfect comfort meal. Kielbasa, pierogi, bigos and a nice cold Żywiec. Man Mosiac is great.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I need you to understand how FUCKING INSANE this story Jeremy broke is. The separatists legally obtained Alberta electoral data....and then proceeded to PUBLISH IT AS A SEARCHABLE DATABASE WITH THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF OVER HALF OF THE POPULATION OF THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA!!!!!

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Jon Lorenc @jonathanlorenc.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Plus, Semple doesn't live here, doesn't contribute to property tax here, most of his business locations aren't in city limits, so he's pretty much an outsider too.

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Jon Lorenc @jonathanlorenc.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I'm confused. Doesn't not charging property tax on the parcel artificially tilt where investment will go? If I was Semple (or any developer), looking to build a new hockey or baseball stadium, I would choose to build it on land where I don't have to pay property tax instead of The Yards or downtown.

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KatMarie @katmarie.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

That’s not bringing the city revenue. Those events are gonna be great for people to buy tickets and go to and it will be great for small businesses and hotels and for the Brandt center, but it’s not gonna help the city bring in revenue.

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Jon Lorenc @jonathanlorenc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

This analogy is more apt than he realizes. The city's primary revenue is collecting property tax. If they sell this land and accept that they won't be collecting property tax, the city will effectively being trying to build a farm on rocks. They will never harvest property tax on this land again.

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Jon Lorenc @jonathanlorenc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

uh, wasn't it the lack of investment in public infrastructure from these two mayors(among others) that got to this point in the first place?

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PD City Hall (Paul Dechene) @pdcityhall.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Book: Clr Bezo loves KPIs. He once suggested imposing performance standards on the grades of high school teens in exchange for free bus service. But we won't do that for one of the most successful businesses in the province's history. #yqrcc

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Is making public transport free “effective?” “…the relatively small difference between Victoria and NSW suggests price is not the main constraint on mode shift. Access, travel time, service reliability and the ability to make specific trips appear to matter more.” Via @theconversation.com

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Victoria has made public transport free – NSW hasn’t. Has there been any difference in uptake?

Public transport access, travel time and familiarity with the network all play a role in how many people switch away from driving.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

1. Here’s a thread on #NIMBY (“not in my backyard”) and the challenges of change in cities: First off, although it might feel that way, NIMBY isn’t unique to your city, and it’s (probably) not worse in your city than anywhere else. It’s also not surprising, since it’s largely about human nature.

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Simon Munk @psimonk.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

This is a bang on thread from @brenttoderian.bsky.social about how politicians need to get smart on how to listen to residents but also lead and deliver at pace. All too often 'consult more/better' is code for delay, weaken, cancel action & favour the status quo while our cities stay broken...

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PD City Hall (Paul Dechene) @pdcityhall.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Froh: I think we have more drive thrus & fast food restaurants & strip malls to last 10 lifetimes but that doesn't mean I'm right. #yqrcc

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

washingtonpost.com

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.

Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

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Jesse Prince @maskedpineapple.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I read these 2 headlines one after another btw

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Which leads to a situation where the minority of council represents districts who generate massive revenue surpluses, and the majority of council represents districts who are subsidized by downtown's revenues. This sets council up to (usually) vote to loot downtown to keep taxes low /4

grandparade.news

HRM’s Fiscal Power Rankings

West Bedford's rank may surprise you

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Kero @keroan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

What a mystery. Both the Harbor Landing and Skywood developers say that people only want to live in new houses. And... they want to build greenfield! What a funny coincidence. No bias at all!

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PD City Hall (Paul Dechene) @pdcityhall.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Induced Council Discourse is the phenomenon where even if you have a very short council agenda, councillors will expand discussion until they use up all available time. Here it is in action at Regina City Council today… #yqrcc

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

This budget season is just a lot of Council: can we get a report on this? Staff: it's in your hands? Council: oh, I meant like the same report but with better numbers S: nope. Those are the numbers. We need a decision. C: hmm a new report may have better numbers S:... C:... Report it is!

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

“OUR city isn’t [insert name of a much more livable & successful city here].” Trust me, we know that. It’s abundantly obvious that you’re not that city. That city made, and continues to make, much better choices with fewer excuses. The real question is, do you want YOUR city to be better or not?

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Kero @keroan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Every single community group would get $100K with no questions. I would build benches for bus stops and fund block parties for every single street in Cathedral. Like, wouldn't that be more fun than a single baseball stadium?? I would want to make Regina the coolest, weirdest place I could imagine

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Kero @keroan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I don't know what it says about me, but if I was suddenly a million/billionaire, I would spend my money on building tool libraries, co-op kitchens, weird housing, and libraries. Who needs a yacht when you could create a spray art park, or a test kitchen in the community centre?

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The 4th Squirrel @darrenjones.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Hey SaskTel I don't think the roaming rates are what I'm worried about.

A promotional text message from SaskTel starting with the line "Travel worry-free in the U.S.!".

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Gawrsh! US emissions rising? China's falling? What are Sask's good ol'boys going to do when they can't say "But what about China??!?!" any more?

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The 4th Squirrel @darrenjones.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Rain in November rain in December rain in January aaaaaaaaaaaaa

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

i love furniture restoration videos because they show how quality is important and you can get some really beautiful, overlooked furniture if you learn certain skills IG savedbydesign.tn

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Janice Cotcher @jannymarie.com · 20/12/2025

I miss Tramps

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Nickknack (He/Him) @nickknack17.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Every single one of the councillors that ran on municipale inefficiencies are not talking through their amendments with city admin beforehand, creating huge time/money wastes. THEY are the inefficiencies! "efficiency vampire" councillors. #yqrcc #thecstandsforcircus

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Jon Lorenc @jonathanlorenc.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Since we are talking about transportation plans from the 80s, I'm pretty sure the road network plans for Cathedral included cutting off 13th from Lewvan and possibly removing north-south access from Sask Drive. Is that going to happen too? 🤪

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Jon Lorenc @jonathanlorenc.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Attendance isn't rising on a deteriorating pool that's hanging on by the skin of it's teeth. You don't say.

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PD City Hall (Paul Dechene) @pdcityhall.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

here… an hour of the watermain outside my house after the first break it was fixed and then a few days later it blew somewhere else nearby #yqrcc youtu.be/KFwsPIvdzkQ?...

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The QCIB presents... Soothing Sounds #1: Your low mill rates in action

YouTube video by PD City Hall — Paul Dechene

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Jon Lorenc @jonathanlorenc.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

My analogy is that budget deliberations just follow induced demand. Council will use all available time, regardless of if the conversation is efficient or productive.

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PD City Hall (Paul Dechene) @pdcityhall.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

It's not just a hypocrisy. It's a ridiculous, foolish hypocrisy. But also very revealing. Shows how Certain Types Of Councillors are easily suckered by Certain Types of empty business sophistry. #yqrcc

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Jon Lorenc @jonathanlorenc.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

You know what would make it easier to redirect what EDR is doing? Absorbing them into the city. This idea that council needs to micromanage an outside org because they have no clue what they are doing but they should remain autonomous is frankly ludicrous.

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PD City Hall (Paul Dechene) @pdcityhall.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

CFO: Neglecting asset maintenance & draining reserves is not prudent. Finding more efficiencies to offset these capital cost is not possible. #yqrcc

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