@stevehadden.bsky.social
Teacher in small town Sask, originally from Toronto. VP - Biggar & District Arts Council. Chair of Castwell & Co. Performing Arts. Old guy starting an Improv Group. Playing Dewey Finn in School of Rock in May at the Biggar Majestic Theatre
Image of busy urban Street with shops and people walking. Text says “Wait, we’re afraid of walkable distances now?“ via Urban Truth Collective.
“Wait, we’re afraid of walkable distances now?”*
*best response ever to the manufactured conspiracy theories about “15-Minute Cities” and the simple idea of having more things we need nearby. #UrbanTruth
Picture of a social/supportive housing project in the Yaletown community in downtown Vancouver. Text says “if we don’t build housing to solve homelessness, we don’t really want to solve homelessness.” Logo of the urban truth collective in the corner.
If we don’t build housing to solve homelessness, we don’t really want to solve homelessness. #UrbanTruth
27.02.2026 17:21 — 👍 390 🔁 127 💬 6 📌 15
#LunarEclipse FAQ:
Q: Is it safe to look at?
A: Absolutely! Unlike a solar eclipse, there's no UNsafe time to look at a lunar eclipse.
Q: Do I need a telescope?
A: Nope! Best view is with naked eye. Just look up!
Q: Does the eclipse portend terror & doom?
A: Not at all! The news has that covered.
March
Tom Thomson
1916
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer in A Mighty Wind (2003)
Tonight’s movie selection is “A Mighty Wind” (2003). A reminder that this, too, is Spinal Tap
26.02.2026 02:11 — 👍 227 🔁 11 💬 8 📌 0
I'm not entirely sure how they did it, but they've completely cleared the streets around my office in Midtown #NYC.
They paid a lot of people good wages to do the job effectively, thank you for coming to my socialism talk
24.02.2026 12:38 — 👍 15629 🔁 2746 💬 0 📌 1
Image of a walkable, local coffee shop in a walkable neighbourhood, with the caption “Walkable Neighbourhoods aren’t scary, they’re convenient.” With the logo Urban Truth Collective” at the bottom. @urbantruth.bsky.social
Walkable neighbourhoods aren’t scary, they’re convenient.
#UrbanTruth
The Canoodling Bears Revel In The Alpenglow
Jason Carter ~ Cree
2024
Support For Allowing More Chinese Electric Vehicles Into The Canadian Market:
18-34 Year Olds:
🟢 Support: 58%
⚫️ Oppose: 23%
35-54 Year Olds:
🟢 Support: 56%
⚫️ Oppose: 26%
55+ Year Olds:
🟢 Support: 67%
⚫️ Oppose: 20%
Leger / Feb 2, 2026
Curling in the Back Lane
Terry Annany
n.d.
New Brunswick, NJ just canceled plans for a colossal AI data center after massive pushback from the community.
That's a huge win for people power.
AI data centers are sucking up communities’ utilities AND draining state resources — while enriching Big Tech CEOs.
OMG, it’s the cat bus!
21.02.2026 01:29 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Follow up to the article from this morning. In which I argue how Cory Doctorow was right in his article: https://tante.cc/2026/02/20/on-alliances/
20.02.2026 21:40 — 👍 32 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 1
Map of Canada with the province of Ontario highlighted. Text that reads "Recent data shows 59% of Ontario students and their families have difficulty paying tuition fees. Canadian average: 48%"
Ontario is lowering OSAP so students only receive 25% of funding through grants.
48% of Canadian students report struggling with the cost of tuition. In Ontario, that number jumps to 59%.
Federal grants are also on the chopping block.
Student support should be increasing, not decreasing.
“Make bad game? Fired. Make good game? Fired. Make incredibly successful game? Believe it or not, also fired.” Original source of meme is from Parks and Recreation.
the video game industry is a mess
20.02.2026 01:02 — 👍 10501 🔁 2572 💬 53 📌 51
You probably know that I'm involved w/ the Cathedral Village Arts Festival. Well… we found out just now that someone on facebook is using this piece of junk AI-generated poster to scam potential vendors out of money.
That eyesore is not us. You can only register for a booth through cvaf.ca
"Part of the reason I made a hard leftwing turn was because I was burned by my own techno-optimism. I am part of a generation that believed it could change the world, and then was taught a harsh lesson about money and power."
The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited
“Be impressed!!!” It’s weird how much you care. What’s impressive is solar panels!! Harness the sun’s power??? What am I? A wizard?????
18.02.2026 13:01 — 👍 257 🔁 14 💬 7 📌 0Like carbon capture, SMRs, the GTH & Spudco, a data centre is a giant, overpriced failure-in-waiting. Of course we're going to get in on the ground floor.
11.02.2026 02:32 — 👍 18 🔁 5 💬 4 📌 1Olympic highlight in this house.
18.02.2026 17:36 — 👍 7505 🔁 1440 💬 37 📌 51
photo of a hard taco from taco bell with a shell made from doritos. the shell-shaped wrapper says "Taco Bell: TACO on the inside. Doritos on the outside."
of COURSE there's a technology the left is excited about
18.02.2026 15:47 — 👍 3877 🔁 633 💬 52 📌 73
Keith Henry, the CEO of Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada, speaks on the International Indigenous Tourism Conference being held in Edmonton this week and how they want to discuss ways to further promote Indigenous tourism on a global scale.
18.02.2026 20:00 — 👍 10 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal
18.02.2026 17:48 — 👍 23723 🔁 5068 💬 486 📌 641In a fitting piece of news: Regina's Globe Theatre has announced it is extending its run of Frozen through to March 15.
18.02.2026 15:32 — 👍 16 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
Yeah man, it’s called anything that can be useful and make my bills go down instead of a thing that can’t do anything without my help and doubles my electricity bill
“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
china bad because of state surveillance
america good because of corporate surveillance that also gets wielded by the state
