iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 19h

Hey! We're working with White Pony Lodge on an episode of the Queen City Improvement Bureau. And they mentioned that they have a new volunteer night on Fri Oct 23, 6 to 9pm at the North Central Family Ctr. Show up if you want to help them with the work they do or just learn more about it.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The Americans who tell you not to call Trump a "fascist", meanwhile he has control of their streets, their military, their house & senate, their courts, their money and THEIR LANGUAGE. But yeah, calling it fascism is alarmist.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is a feature on the fucking Western Standard website.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

re: thread from @timquerengesser.bsky.social I can't count the number of times I've seen supposed progressives fight tooth-&-nail to stop multi-family housing at Regina city council. In addition to what's below, they'll argue multifamily = more cars & so more emissions & less safe streets. #yqrcc

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And some guys will boil the ocean and torch the economy just to get a machine so they don't have to spend time with their kid.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"On-Trend"… fuck me. They're building fucking snout houses in Lakeview and they want a fucking cookie? They're the house equivalent of a fucking asymmetric bob haircut.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is what we're fucking dealing with in Regina… fucking homebuilder posted this before & after on FB & I'm like holy shit, they took something maybe yeah a little dated but still cozy & functional & just turned it into bland bullshit. I want to stab out my eyes. Fuck.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Gosh, I feel like there's some kind of common denominator in this crowd of Alberta separatists. I wonder what it could be?

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

by Zak Weinersmith… www.smbc-comics.com/comic/sad-2

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Tram in Trondheim Norway, population 218k. Though Trondheim is 13° further north than Regina SK (pop 226k), it is much warmer. However, it gets considerably more precipitation & much less sunlight. But they'll tell you that Regina is has too few people & too much winter to have trams. #yqrcc

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Why am I not surprised that these are the only four councillors who're concerned about the AI data centre in Sherwood. #yqrcc

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Motherfucker are you fucking kidding me?!?!? #yqrcc

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is where you're expected to cross Victoria. And those crosswalk lines are not that clear in real life. The next crossing spot — that doesn't become a game of Frogger — isn't until Park St which is half a kilometre away. This city sometimes… #yqrcc

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Pyramid of the Capitalist System.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Plus… even if this preliminary budget forecast was the actual mill rate proposal, THE NUMBER ISN'T 7.01%!!!! See the FULL TABLE from administration's operating budget forecast report below. #yqrcc

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Was brought to my attention last night that Just Bins is trying once again to gin up city budget outrage by spreading misinformation on social media. Below is a screen cap of an Instagram story that is so bereft of context that it's effectively a lie. #yqrcc

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I’m running the board for Just Drawn That Way with Kaitlyn on 91.3fm CJTR @accessnowradio.ca. She’s talking about Batgirl right now.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm thinking about this b/c I was just going over council's list of demands for the city budget report. It's a list of info requests that sound like easy tasks for AI to answer. Take the very first one for instance… it asks for per capita comparisons to our 5 comparator cities…

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The writer, Jay Goldberg, is with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, a right-wing think tank. Their office here in Regina is a decaying dump. Looks like a haunted house, actually. Haunted by the corpse of Reaganomics.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

First item is the transit funding from the feds. City staff are introducing it. #yqrcc

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Like, I think we'd be fools to turn this money down. But it comes with other strings attached — like only buying zero-emission buses after 2029 — so I'll be curious to see if those Certain Councillors balk at the money. #yqrcc

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

At Regina executive committee tomorrow: The feds are giving us MORE transit money. But as with all these federal grants, we only get it if we're willing to kick in cash too. In this case, we have to kick in 60% vs the fed's 40%. I wonder how this will go over w/ Certain Councillors? #yqrcc

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

First of all, one of the items Rashovich singles out for the chop?A "sweat lodge" (which he says, if there's a vote on it, he'll vote no). It's isn't a fucking sweat lodge, Dan. It's an Indigenous Ceremony Site. There's a whole fucking report about it in the last budget — which you read… right?

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Motherfucker. Of all the idiotic nonsense I've seen today, this ranks high on the utter-crap-o-metre. The only fucking environmental action the Sask Party believes in is recycling 20 year old talking points. It's the cycle of bullshit.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Queen City Improvement Bureau about to go live at 7pm on 91.3FM CJTR @accessnowradio.ca. Tonight, the city has new merch same as the old merch, Tsiklis motion fails, Brandt alters the REAL, pray they don't alter it further. #yqrcc

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

In case you were worried, Snively is quite happy in his new enclosure.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Once it was clear his Project Service Prioritization Motion was dead, Clr Tsiklis wondered if the media was paying attention. Ohhhh-ho-ho-ho, the media was paying attention, councillor. And we'll be dedicating half of tonight's QCIB to your dead motion. 7pm on 91.3FM CJTR @accessnowradio.ca

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Council just voted 7 to 4 to change the terms of the Brandt/REAL Deal. Under new term sheet, Brandt will now operate & maintain the Cooperators Ctr, AffinityPlex, Mosaic Stadium & Confederation Park for up to 20 years. #yqrcc

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Alberta & Saskatchewan, 2 of the provinces least impacted by Trump's 50% tariffs, are the 2 provinces most eager to roll over a capitulate.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

There was another protest of Friday's call to prayer downtown. A *lame* protest. Three whole people. You can just make them out in this pic. The sign reads "Canada will never be conquered by an EVIL CULT". Dude on the right is shouting Christian prayers and ends off with an "I rebuke you!" #yqrcc

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Oh, fuck you, Carney, you coward.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Interviewing RCAAN’s founder was choice. Especially letting him get away with a reasonable sounding quote.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Saskatchewan: the Land of Assholes. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Hey! Remember just a few years ago, there was that anti-trans march on the legislature? Remember how the parents'-rights anti-trans bigots were making common cause w/ conservative muslims & other new immigrants? Yeah… SAME FUCKING PEOPLE who're now saying the call to prayer is an invasion.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

What Regina needs are more calls broadcast in our downtown, not fewer. An excerpt from this week's Queen City Improvement Bureau. Listen to the full episode here: youtu.be/BcJYjIW5fOE?... #yqrcc

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Magic night in Vic Park. Exchange Folk Fest. Amazing to have music back in downtown.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Today is the day… Exchange brings back the Folk Fest. Music starts at noon. #yqr #regina

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Have you seen this line up?!?!?! For a free festival? It’s incredible.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Exchange Folk Fest stage going up in Vic Park. Music starts tomorrow. Free all day!!!!

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The Regina City Jamia Masjid will have to apply every week for a noise abatement permit to broadcast their call-to-prayer: www.ctvnews.ca/regina/artic... Meanwhile… church bells enjoy a complete exemption from the noise abatement bylaw. #yqrcc

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Way too few people showed up for that Wax Mannequin show, Regina. The guy's a Canadian music treasure. In other news, finally got my Red Brain shirt.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This is a representative sample of the discourse under Just Bins' post about Regina police approving the noise abatement permit so our downtown mosque can broadcast a call-to-prayer for 3min once a week. Racism. Ignorance. Calls for violence. #yqrcc

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Saskatchewan headquarters of the right-wing think tank, the Frontier Centre For Public Policy, seems rather shabby and run down these days. Kinda like their ideas.

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I just saw the announcement: Regina Police approved the noise abatement permit for the Regina City Jamia Masjid. The call-to-prayer will be going ahead downtown. I personally think this is great news. #yqrcc

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Unanimous vote. Globe theatre request for $1.38mil in emergency funding is APPROVED! #yqrcc

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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Another Clr Tsiklis joint coming to today's council meeting: More park benches. But only for Harbour Landing again. Which, if you missed it is, is Tsiklis' ward. #yqrcc

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