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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 8h

this is not a problem you can fix with calm, reasoned debate. you can't even fix it by improving people's lives with policy. there is no clear, proven, non-violent solution to this issue. finding one is the most significant problem of our age.

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 8h

Me after about 10 minutes of panicking: Maybe the 400 word story is 100 not words too long and the 300 word story is not 100 words too short; maybe it's that they are in the wrong blocks.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Here, and elsewhere, people talk about “efficiency” when what they really mean is “efficacy”. People want government that works, that can deliver desired results, and that’s absolutely possible with the right people in charge.

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 20h

You would never know this from the headlong but this guy was actually not struck by a car, he was struck by a driver failing to yield.

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Cities everywhere are discussing the dangers of ebikes in cities and passing swift legislation to tightly control them. Meanwhile:

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Cycling and walking to work were associated with better physical health, mental health, and life in general than driving." doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The total property tax revenue out of Bayers Lake is ~$24.6m/year on roughly 860 acres of developed land. If it had the same revenue per acre profile as Downtown ($38.5m/year on ~110 acres), it would generate approximately $300m in taxes per year, or roughly a quarter of all current revenue.

A bar chart showing revenue per developed acre in major employment areas in Halifax. Downtown pulls away from the major suburban commercial areas.

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If this area of land had the density of Barrington or Spring Garden that'd be like an whole extra annual city budget's worth of revenue which would result in a HUGE drop in the tax rate. But, we'd rather pay for parking as long as it's disguised as property taxes

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

All I see looking at this picture is about a billion dollars of absolutely wasted tax revenue potential.

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Safe Kjipuktuk @safehrm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

this is what "Haligonians like to park out front" actually looks like

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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 03/10/2026

Another oil boom This is unhinged. There’s not going to be another oil boom, and we shouldn’t want one either This is like praying for a world war because your constituents are gunsmiths Unhinged #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Canada's ready if new West Coast pipeline prompts another oil boom, say PM, Alberta premier | CBC News

It's been a relatively quiet decade in Alberta's oilsands, but the federal and provincial governments believe a new West Coast pipeline coupled with policy shifts might help turn up the volume. Prime ...

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I am caught in the cycle of deliciousness (salsa and chips are not running out at the same time)

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Elections have a way of clarifying who matters to political parties (car owners) and whose priorities can wait for another day (transit advocates). My dispatch from Day 1 on David Eby’s four day mid-election road trip. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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ANALYSIS | Eby puts needs of car owners ahead of transit advocates in ruling out Metro Vancouver vehicle levy | CBC News

For the last 18 months, a vehicle levy has been talked about by TransLink as a potential way to create a more sustainable funding model, as revenue from fuel taxes continues to decline. But all that w...

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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm not a soccer guy but this was all so dumb I've been negatively polarized into supporting privately built stadium on the Commons.

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads:

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Going from zero hockeys in a week to two 1.5 hour hockeys in a week might be too much hockeys in a week right out of the gate.

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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

East Hants as an alternate site. That's 40 minutes away in another town. I've heard enough. Build the stadium across the street from this guy. To hell with the costs.

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Adam Roy @adnroy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I should not have to dress like a construction worker just to avoid being killed by a driver.

norman rockwell painting of man standing up at town meeting

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Act 2 is spooky, I can see why many people stop.

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Hannah Main @hannahmain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

William Morris lecturing to art students, 1882 www.marxists.org/archive/morr...

I don't want to find fault anywhere if I can help it, but you must pardon me for saying that if our law-makers and law-administrators, our practical common sense men of business, who can be trusted worked half as hard, and single-heartedly as our real artists do - why England would be quite a decent place to live in.

Two courses lie open to us; the first to sit down deedless, and pretend that we believe all is well and better, to let our material prosperity drag us into deeds of injustice at home and abroad: to destroy the prosperity both material and spiritual of far-off countries in the name of civilization, while at home we weakly try to palliate with our left hand the miseries we have recklessly raised with our right: to sit still and feign content, though we know that for all men day by day is less and less leisure, more and more wearisome work unworthy of men; to gather if we be rich some share of material prosperity to us, making an island in the sea of squalor, and hoping at least that we shall be eaten last or one of the last.
That is the one course open to us when we know that we have become the slaves of the tyrant we have made for ourselves: and the other what is that? Daily and hourly resistance to our tyrant. Ceaseless plotting of rebellion against him, till one day it breaks out openly and reduces him to his old condition of servant again: a heavy task you may say, even those of you who have your eyes open, and know the monster which we have misnamed commerce for what he is.

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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"The FYE-FA soccer World Cup was wildly popular in our household."

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 01/10/2026

A bad day for this person

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This cafe is being absolutely fucked by UberEats and they're on the phone trying to turn off orders to get caught up and it sounds like if UberEats is paused they won't let the cafe turn it back on.

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The friends of the Halifax commons went on the Atlantic News pod and pronounced FIFA wrong.

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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The CAP needs to be wound down and, arguably, taxes start representing estimated costs to provide services locally.

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I need to write but I want to play City of Heroes with my kid.

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Emily @allweeksend.com · 29/09/2026

Based on driver behavior, I can only deduce the average driver LOVES waiting at red lights for as long as possible. They often use extra gas to get to red lights faster!

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

*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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Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Something you often notice when you learn a lot about things like housing and public transportation is that an inordinate amount of time get spent on things that are either not going to help in a meaningful way or might actually be counterproductive

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Get out of here optimism, council will still fuck this up.

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Purdy: well I don't want to fix the cap because my district disproportionately benefits

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Haligonians: keep my water rate low! Halifax Water: okay we will only do things that are absolutely mandatory Haligonians: why don't I get premium cosmetic only brush clearing services for my water rate?

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just a heads up if you've been holding on to your NS Power payments due the lack of late fees because of that security breach, late fees are back on October 1.

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Neocitrin has not knocked me out and council is going in-camera so I can start the download for Transport Fever 3.

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Kent says removing the CAP should be a referendum (this would likely result in keeping the CAP)

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Some councillors don't even want to send the letter.

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hartling: Let's not try to fix this because it's so misunderstood.

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Damn, even the generally solid policy people are like 'fuck fixing this with area rates or LUBs we can help with a public opinion campaign with our newsletters instead.'

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA I FUCKING CALLED IT! WE'RE WRITING A LETTER INSTEAD OF USING OUR POWER TO ACHIEVE OUR DESIRED OUTCOMES. GG.

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Council just absolutely refuses to use their power to fix this issue.

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The province: *punching the HRM repeatedly in the kidneys* City: *Stands dumbly* Me: So, you wanna block or dodge or punch back or... anything? City: You know it's a provincial responsibility to stop punching us in the kidney. Me: ... City: ... Me: ... City: So we're gonna ask them to stop.

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Kent: We have no control over the cap Me: *sweating in bed, screaming incoherently*

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