January 2012
2 posts
December 2011
5 posts
The Protest Project Timeline →
A visual timeline of protests in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Heard this from a friend: “Homophobia: The fear that gay men will treat you the way you treat women.”
November 2011
6 posts
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October 2011
12 posts
Democracy is a messy, messy, beautiful process. #OccupyCalgary yesterday was amazing. Thank-you to all participants! See you again today…
On behalf of those staying overnight at Olympic Plaza for #OccupyCalgary tonight, thank-you to those who have given kind words and support!
Dec.3: International #OpenData Hackathon 2011: Better Tools, More Data, Bigger Fun http://t.co/uDrQGZVU via @daeaves #yycdata
Important to note that the “Base Camp Alpha” site is a proposal not yet put to consensus by the #OccupyCalgary General Assembly.
10 Street hill is one of the best places to put a bike path. Least steep slope = easiest hill to climb (vs. centre, 14, 19). #yyccc #yycbike
Great read: Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in the World Now by @NaomiAKlein http://t.co/Orc6fDHL #OccupyCalgary #ows
Resend: A new #OccupyCalgary event has been created (admins to be determined at tomorrow’s general assembly meet). http://t.co/VMTHgClo
I’m thinking of trying a Diaspora install for the occupycalgary.ca website. Any local activist geeks want to help? #OccupyCalgary
I live downtown, Ward 8. I do not want increased police budgets. Money better spent on social services to affect roots of crime. #yyccc
“The Most Important Chart About the Patriot Act You’ll See” http://t.co/Vc6NMLVr #occupywallstreet
September 2011
13 posts
Should CAs act, or be treated, as community representatives? If so, let’s make the role explicit, and meaningfully engage the public. #yyccc
Reading: Shut down the native industry and spend the money on natives, by (@TEDxCalgary speaker) John Reilly http://t.co/xsTbHusf #cdnpoli
CartoDB →
âCartoDB allows you to map data & develop location aware applications quickly and easily.â
Publisher metadata tags - Google News (publishers)... →
Metadata tags to embed within html to indicate relative importance of articles or stories.
Just to remind people that you are many, many, many, orders of magnitude more likely to be killed by a car than falling #spacejunk.
A reminder to #yyccc readers that correlation is not proof of causation. “X happened when we did Y” does not prove “Y caused X”.
Heading to The Path to Food Sovereignty, Council of Canadians. 7:30pm at Unitarian 1703-1 Str NW. #yyc #yycfood #yyceco http://t.co/IpGT1ufa
“MESH Government to the Rescue” TEDx talk by @ahoppin http://t.co/lPkgbcRu — via @mgifford #yycdata #yyccc #ableg #cdnpoli
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August 2011
2 posts
A society that has enough to take care of everyone, but lets children go hungry and homeless, is barbaric. #yyc #yyccc
Reading: Criminalization of Poverty, by @owjn http://t.co/zruySZl (h/t: @prettygunwoman) #cdnpoli #ableg #yyccc
May 2011
16 posts
If the Conservatives were really “tough on crime™”, they would focus on crime _prevention_ instead of waiting until after the fact. #cdnpoli
Some challenging riding to avoid squishing worms in the rain today. Otherwise good rides :-) #yycbike
Declaring that someone is engaged in a “war on” something you support = you fail. e.g., McIver accusing Farrell of “war on our roots” #yyccc
How To Remain Connected If Your Internet Gets Shut... →
âBurma, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, and Tajikistan, and - most recently - Egypt and Libya, are all countries where governments have controlled access to communication technologies as a way to…
The Mia Birk event at the library theatre is just getting underway. #yycbike
Obi-Wan Kenobi is Dead, Vader Says. http://bit.ly/mwTQwm Unlike Earth media, the user comments are hilarious.
Vanishing Of The Bees →
âHoneybees have been mysteriously disappearing across the planet, literally vanishing from their hives.
Known as Colony Collapse Disorder, this phenomenon has brought beekeepers to crisis in an…
Call 211 to connect with social service info in Calgary. http://bit.ly/liLw4B attn: @lonnietaylor #yyc #yyccc
RT @Jay_Nath A Door to Canadian Open Government Slams Shut http://bit.ly/jaeY6A #cdnpoli #elxn41 #yycdata #opendata #foip
RT @Jay_Nath Participatory budgeting advocates make the case in San Francisco http://bit.ly/kTixwA #yyccc