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Kevin Wilson

@kwilsonhfx.bsky.social
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Epidemiologist. Housing maximalist. Reviewer of local bike lanes and urbanism opiner at HFX By Bike: youtube.com/@hfxbybike

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Mike 🍁 @thewarrenisempty.bsky.social · 4h
Yay domestic drone manufacturing
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Volatus Aerospace Marks Official Opening of Mirabel Facility as Canadian Manufacturing Operations Scale
53,000-square-foot facility is supporting expanded production, system integration and scaling of Canadian uncrewed and autonomous systems for domestic and allied markets Volatus Aerospace Marks Offici...
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 4h
Today in "committee of adjustment notices spotted while walking my dog": replacing a bungalow with a 2-storey home, needs six variances from Toronto's zoning by-law (incl height, lot coverage, and FSI.)
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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 5h
there is admittedly lots of material to work with but i don't get the sense D dark money is pulling any punches this year
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Halifax ReTales @halifaxretales.bsky.social · 5h
the vet who has to operate on Gus in a couple weeks
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Key & Peele: Jordan Peele Sweating Anxiously
ALT: Key & Peele: Jordan Peele Sweating Anxiously
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13h
This is an incredibly important point. Every time I've warned of fascism or dictatorship, people have laughed and said that full-blown dictatorship has obviously not arrived. But that's often not how it arrives, fully garbed. It arrives thru steady erosion of norms that you barely notice are gone.
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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 5h
i really don't like the collective dread i feel about the future and how it really feels like we lack the leadership, the tools, and the will to face the challenges barreling down on us. Feels like things are more coming apart than they are coming together
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Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 6h
Of all places, you’d think Windsor would have bigger things in mind. But that municipal politics folks! Don’t let these people decide anything!
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 6h
Leaving aside Anthropic's incentives for publishing this research, there is no doubt that open weights models will soon create the same security threats that closed source models have been demonstrating, except without guardrails. We are close, so plan accordingly. www.anthropic.com/research/glm...
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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 5h
retatrutide is going to change so many lives for the better
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YIMBYonese Liberation Army @dingbattitude.bsky.social · 6h
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Dr Nick: Inflammable Means Flammable? Simpsons
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Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 6h
Alto might be the right call in a perfect world but I don't think it's the right call if we want to maximize the chance that we actually get a high speed railway done
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 6h
HFX By Bike is proud to announce its new Mega Intelligence AI agent. Its designed to help city councillors make fool-proof public policy decisions decisions to help their constituents. The prompt is a little unconventional: you email me you question and the AI will respond promptly Totally free!
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 6h
Crudely drawn note to police about giving all the clues from a murderer.
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Thorne 🌸 @ens0.me · 7h
TRUMP TALKED ABOUT THE TARIFFS CONSTANTLY ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 8h
*driver gets stuck in car traffic* *cyclist passes them* *slight break in traffic and driver hits the gas to get in front of cyclist* *driver gets stuck in car traffic* *cyclist passes them* *driver flies into a rage and blames the cyclist, obviously not the traffic or their own aggressive passing
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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 6h
A fascinating policy debate about the awkwardness of property tax aid in Halifax, NS. This is also the most obvious impact of holding back reassessments in Ontario; new builds get assessed at 2026 values as they come onto the roll, while older properties stay at pre-pandemic values.
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Angela Capobianco @ange-sometimes.bsky.social · 6h
An HRM staff report has revealed the Capped Assessment Program is putting the biggest tax burden on new homeowners. Coun. Steele put forward a motion asking for the report to be shared with the province and opposition parties to try to at least reform or scrap the cap. globalnews.ca/video/120778...
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New report to HRM council shows a larger share of property tax burden falling on new homeowners | Watch News Videos Online
Watch New report to HRM council shows a larger share of property tax burden falling on new homeowners Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 7h
McGrath brand maintenance: this is bad for Tory housing policy, Aitchison seemed to at least mostly get it
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Mark Shaw 🇨🇦✌️🇪🇺 @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 7h
If Alberta gets the big train but Ontario/Quebec can’t do it because mother Gaia or whatever wants you to fly I’m going to be so pissed
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 7h
*quietly* These streets generate that kind of revenue.
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 7h
Yes. A major gap for our big headliner commercial streets we've built downtown has been that they've been all capital and no operations. Just allowed to deteriorate.
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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 7h
Council is back and discussing making the Argyle Street pedestrian zone a year-round thing. 🎉
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 8h
substack.com/@theline/not...
substack.com
Mitch Heimpel: Mr. Prime Minister, tear down these walls
If greater integration with Europe means abandoning protectionist instincts, Canadian consumers would stand to benefit significantly.
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 8h
This is probably why the NSNDP's post this morning drew so much ire from housing advocates. Most of the things they list are... fine. Mostly irrelevant. But taking jabs at "luxury condos" is uhhh... a red flag.
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 8h
substack.com/@cathyreisen...
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In the national divorce, Democrats are getting the free-market
The American Dream does not, as it turns out, just happen.
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 8h
Empirical validation of my claim from my War on Traffic video that route 9 is ~never on time during rush hour.
Gridlocked traffic from inside a bus.
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 8h
Does the NDP know???
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 9h
29SEP2026
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 9h
substack.com/@kevinerdman...
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Filtering is affordability is filtering
In the previous post, I used a recent post from Charles Marohn at Strong Towns as a framework to discuss errors in the canon about 21st century housing markets.
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 9h
A place in the world that I love, Ethiopia, is plunging back into civil war. It's a continuation of a war that cost 600,000 lives in the early Covid years. It also introduces more geopolitical risk to a volatile East Africa. Ethiopian-Canadian journalist Zecharias Zelalem is covering the situation.
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Uytae Lee @uytaelee.bsky.social · 10h
NEW VIDEO: Why Cities Don't Build Basketball Courts We investigate the political and systemic forces that shape our recreational spaces - and why some sports struggle to find room in our cities more than others. youtu.be/hwvOICz-7EY
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Why Cities Don't Build Basketball Courts
YouTube video by About Here
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 11h
"In the states examined in this analysis, a drop of approximately 20% in inflation-adjusted rents—as happened in Austin, Texas, and Minneapolis after those cities made reforms—could reduce poverty by 18% to 26% and child poverty by 21% to 38%." www.pew.org/en/research-...
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The Housing Shortage Is a Major Driver of Poverty
Housing costs are usually the largest item in a household’s budget and can determine a family’s financial stability.
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Raccoon in the sky @seebo429.bsky.social · 10h
Purdy's Warf Parkade has sheltered parking and a repair station that looks to be in great condition. Also they have a bike lending program for tenants of Purdy's Warf #BikeHFX
Public bike repair station in Purdy's Warf parkade there are some bikes parked nearby. There's a sign in the background that advertises their bike lending program
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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 13h
Halifax’s Argyle Street could become pedestrian-only year-round. Here’s what to know www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Halifax’s Argyle Street could become pedestrian-only year-round. Here’s what to know
Opinions are mixed on turning busy Argyle Street in downtown Halifax into a year-round pedestrian-only thoroughfare both among business owners and Halifax residents
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Scott Baker @scottbaker.bsky.social · 12h
such a good video www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z76...
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Why Bike Lanes Trigger So Much Rage
YouTube video by Missing Middle Podcast
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John Muller @mrjohnmuller.bsky.social · 12h
I really love this show, and the second season has been excellent so far. Strongly reccomend checking it out if you haven't already.
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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 13h
Middleton Mayor Gail Smith is the latest mayor in my series. Smith was acclaimed as mayor in October 2024. This is her first time, but as she told me earlier in September, it's also her last. Here's our interview: www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/m...
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'I would consider myself just a regular citizen': Mayor Gail Smith of Middleton on her first term, which is also her last - Halifax Examiner
Smith is the first woman and first Black person to serve as mayor of Middleton.
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Johnny “Euro Hoser” Renton @johnnyrenton.bsky.social · 12h
…the actual party machine seems to think the most online, brain rotted, NIMBY(ish), leftish takes on housing are the way to fix the problem. Just a decade of incompetence and wasted opportunity. I don’t want to say “fuck the NDP” bc then I’m a social democrat w/o a home. But what else do you say…
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Johnny “Euro Hoser” Renton @johnnyrenton.bsky.social · 12h
Everytime I hear the NDP (be it federal or provincial) talk about housing policy all I can think is “do we need to dynamite this party and start again?” I know lots of non-online, irl social democrats and most have a really smart, common sense understanding of housing. And yet…
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 12h
The provincial CAP program is basically a really poorly targeted welfare program with enormous deadweight costs that's downstream of a lot of middle and upper middle class people not wanting to be on an official welfare program. Send skeet.
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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 12h
kevinerdmann.substack.com/p/filtering-... let’s consult the experts!
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Filtering is affordability is filtering
In the previous post, I used a recent post from Charles Marohn at Strong Towns as a framework to discuss errors in the canon about 21st century housing markets.
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Angela Capobianco @ange-sometimes.bsky.social · 13h
My story from yesterday! The Forum Association and the local councillor are concerned about the demolition pause for the Forum due to cost concerns. Adding that if the project is scrapped now over $6 million already put into the project will be lost. globalnews.ca/video/120770...
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HRM announces pause to Halifax Forum demolition request | Watch News Videos Online
Watch HRM announces pause to Halifax Forum demolition request Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 13h
The CAP is the reason for the slow downfall of Nova Scotia cities and also the most broadly popular tax policy in the province. I love democracy.
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Josh Healey @joshrjhealey.bsky.social · 13h
Confirmed this morning: HRM staff have been involved with Mayor Andy Fillmore's discussions with the Department of National Defence. But, as per a spokesperson, "no formal negotiations have taken place."
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sleepynaut @grovewalker.bsky.social · 14h
photo of werner herzog with a speech bubble added so that it looks like he is saying the quoted post
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 13h
"This system of taxes is rigged and corrupt. It punishes the young and the poor for the benefit of the wealthy and comfortably housed [laudatory)"
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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 14h
“We know it’s unfair and harmful to us, but the up front numbers look good so we want to keep it” - this is why property tax caps are a bad idea!
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 13h
We're getting close to my idea of telling people how much extra they pay because of the CAP. 😎
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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 15h
Using that rate and applying it to my own suburban street, my taxes would go up by about $1000 per year. The two ~30 year old couples who just bought on my street this year would each see their taxes go down by about $1400 per year.
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 13h
Our affordability tax program, folks.
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