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I sure do adore Justice.
DVNO, from their album †, has a new music video. Like their other videos, it is very impressive and very unlike videos from their musical peers.
The video is a visual-pastiche of reworked 1980s/90s television bumpers and is fascinating to watch. There certainly was a distinctive design aesthetic for [...]

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Yesterday, I discussed the City of Calgary’s proposal to introduce wireless surveillance cameras in select public spaces for police and bylaw officers. Turns out, City Council was talking about it at the same time:
The city will move forward with the installation of up to 24 surveillance cameras downtown, after council approved their use Monday.
The $500,000-pilot [...]

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Calgary’s just released Economic Development Strategy - Rather progressive report outlining recommendations for the future of Calgary. Like most sensible reports they receive, the City government will likely ignore it.
The origins of the Federation of North American City States - Speculative social fiction from All About Cities
Original SimCity goes open source! - Blast [...]

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Larry Lohmann, the editor of “Carbon Trading: A Critical Conversation on Climate Change, Privatisation and Power”, an exhaustively-documented new book critiquing “carbon trading” is speaking in Calgary on January 14th.
He argues that carbon trading is an ineffective method for reducing carbon emissions.
I believe that carbon trading IS an effective, available, and actionable approach to reducing [...]

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