Can local journalism be... joyful? It's an odd question, but one I've been thinking about a lot since Calgary's election last month.
15.11.2025 17:58 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@klaszus.bsky.social
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Can local journalism be... joyful? It's an odd question, but one I've been thinking about a lot since Calgary's election last month.
15.11.2025 17:58 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Me: The Sprawl needs a word game.
My wife: [exasperated sigh]
Me: And tote bags too!
Can't sleep. Keep seeing it. Baseball, man.
02.11.2025 10:17 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Time to introduce the more casual Jays fans to the words of former MLB commissioner Bartlett Giamatti:
02.11.2025 05:02 โ ๐ 69 ๐ 13 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0That was the greatest baseball game Iโve ever seen.
02.11.2025 04:19 โ ๐ 2119 ๐ 148 ๐ฌ 100 ๐ 10Charlie Brown lying on the grass saying "I think I'll just lie here until the first snow comes and covers me up"
Baseball over
02.11.2025 04:26 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0My 16yo says: "This is his villain origin story"
02.11.2025 04:38 โ ๐ 34 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A letterpress print that says OK BLUE JAYS in blue ink
Let's! Play! Ball!
01.11.2025 23:35 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0Mayor Jeromy Farkas keeps saying Calgary will welcome its 2,000,000th resident in 2029. I used it as an excuse to dig into something that's been bugging me for awhile: why is it so difficult to pinpoint Calgary's exact population? #yyccc
01.11.2025 15:52 โ ๐ 13 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Well, on the plus side, I have some artful baseball metaphors in tomorrow's Sprawl newsletter that will perhaps land with extra resonance between Game 6 and 7 ๐
01.11.2025 03:41 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The government of Canada when they're asked to respond to a question by Friday
01.11.2025 03:32 โ ๐ 57 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0George Springer holding his hands up confused.
When my kids ask where all their Halloween candy went.
01.11.2025 02:43 โ ๐ 366 ๐ 70 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 5"Who does the slow work? Who gets to spend three months on a story that might not go viral?"
[waves hands, points to @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social]
Seriously though, interesting piece here by @anamariecox.bsky.social on the challenges of patron-supported journalism in 2025.
UPDATE: Sharp has conceded. Does not mention Farkas. #yyccc www.instagram.com/reel/DQZwmin...
29.10.2025 19:20 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 2She did indicate last week that she was looking into pursuing a judicial recount. Hard to see when the second count put Farkas ahead by more votes than first count... but who knows!
29.10.2025 15:23 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0It's been over a week since Calgary's municipal election. Mayoral votes have been counted twice now. Both counts have Jeromy Farkas defeating Sonya Sharp (by wider margin on 2nd count than 1st). But Sharp has yet to concede. Farkas and new council are sworn in tonight. #yyccc
29.10.2025 14:56 โ ๐ 19 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0I come home and thereโs my faithful dog, listening to CKUA again.
26.10.2025 19:29 โ ๐ 19 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Not for the recount itself (Elections Calgary covers that) but potentially for legal costs etc.
25.10.2025 23:30 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0The Calgary mayoral recount is a big deal. Email went out from Farkas campaign this aft aiming to raise $25K for "costs of the recount: legal support, scrutineer training, and logistics, in addition to final campaign costs." Sharp campaign also looking at applying for a judicial recount. #yyccc
25.10.2025 23:10 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1My analysis of Calgary's very weird election. #yyccc
25.10.2025 16:18 โ ๐ 26 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 2Writing my Calgary election analysis for tomorrow's Sprawl newsletter and it is a bit of a downer. Need to give it more pep. Alas I am out of pep. #yyccc
24.10.2025 18:24 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 0Maps view of Rogers Centre in Toronto
Maps view of Dodger stadium in LA
World Series - Stadium Edition.
*skydome forever.
Good grief, posted earlier that there was a recount happening in Ward 2 - by which I meant Ward 12. Dumb typo, need a break!
23.10.2025 23:09 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0In Sept I was chatting with a councillor candidate re: the arena deal. He was strongly opposed but said by now it was "water under the bridge"โa non-issue at the doors. But I wonder. It wasn't *the* ballot box issue by any means but I wonder to what extent it plagued both Gondek and Sharp. #yyccc
22.10.2025 16:49 โ ๐ 21 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 1Exactly. It was very odd all around!
22.10.2025 04:58 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Going live on CJSW at 8pm for funding drive Sprawlcast with my pal Lauz! Tune in at 90.9 FM or cjsw dot com, and make sure to donate: fundingdrive.ca
22.10.2025 01:46 โ ๐ 17 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Terry Wong holding a newspaper put out by election candidate Myke Atkinson
In retrospect, maybe waving around Myke Atkinson's campaign newspaper and talking about it on Instagram for 2+ hrs in a multipart two-day series was not the best campaign strategy for Terry Wong #yyccc
21.10.2025 23:38 โ ๐ 21 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0I donโt know if my math is 100% correct but I was guesstimating - will know when results are official
21.10.2025 21:16 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0๐คฃ Donโt know if mic caught my question, but I pointed out that prob fewer than 1 in 10 Calgarians voted for him, so what would he say to those who voted against him or were unmotivated to vote at all?
21.10.2025 21:06 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0