Matt Stickland
@landofsticks.bsky.social
Founding editor of GrandParade.news a Halifax newspaper, host of Grand Parade and co-host of Wanderer Grounds. Previously: Writer for The Coast, Founding editor of Committee Trawler, an NDP Candidate, Submariner, and Theater tech. DMs open, he/him.
This reminds me of the time I wrote a tweet telling Tim Houston fuck off with his 'more healthcare, faster' campaign and his press secretary called me up and told me I should delete the tweet.
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This reminds me of the time I wrote a tweet telling Tim Houston fuck off with his 'more healthcare, faster' campaign and his press secretary called me up and told me I should delete the tweet.
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biggest difference between usual (esp. older) democratic party and why they were so afraid of mamdani is because he sees the people as his boss, not the other way around, believes they know better than he can as one person, sees his job as helping people govern themselves, not for him to govern them
December 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
biggest difference between usual (esp. older) democratic party and why they were so afraid of mamdani is because he sees the people as his boss, not the other way around, believes they know better than he can as one person, sees his job as helping people govern themselves, not for him to govern them
I'm not in bed anymore, but at least Monday's paper is. I hope y'all like deep dives on property taxes.
December 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I'm not in bed anymore, but at least Monday's paper is. I hope y'all like deep dives on property taxes.
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I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
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Don’t forget, for many years #Uber insisted loudly that it would reduce traffic in cities. Instead, Uber drivers cruise without passengers 40% of the time. Uber and Lyft no longer claim they reduce traffic. They now admit they increase congestion.
So much for “making cities better…”
Via @wsj.com
So much for “making cities better…”
Via @wsj.com
The Ride-Hail Utopia That Got Stuck in Traffic
Uber and Lyft said they would ease congestion. Instead they made it worse.
www.wsj.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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I just find the gap between how simple a lot of municipal problems are to solve and our inability to solve them fascinating.
This could be about basically any city!
This could be about basically any city!
December 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I just find the gap between how simple a lot of municipal problems are to solve and our inability to solve them fascinating.
This could be about basically any city!
This could be about basically any city!
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Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
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One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
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Sometimes the case for protected infrastructure to support active mobility is so easily made! Tonight's shenanigans in #BikeHFX on part of our laughably inadequate AAA bike network... #ZeroVisionHFX urbanists.video/w/8GRx7zzdHX...
The people we share the road with - shouldn't be driving sometimes!
There's never a dull moment of the All Ages and Abilities network in Halifax (Kjipuktuk). Today, a driver on the wrong side of the road forces two other drivers to take evaisve action in ways that ...
urbanists.video
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Sometimes the case for protected infrastructure to support active mobility is so easily made! Tonight's shenanigans in #BikeHFX on part of our laughably inadequate AAA bike network... #ZeroVisionHFX urbanists.video/w/8GRx7zzdHX...
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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If the year-on-year increases in cyclist & micro-mobility crashes continue at the same rate they could catch up with pedestrian levels, which would be unprecedented in Canada, especially considering relatively low numbers compared to pedestrians
December 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
If the year-on-year increases in cyclist & micro-mobility crashes continue at the same rate they could catch up with pedestrian levels, which would be unprecedented in Canada, especially considering relatively low numbers compared to pedestrians
Road safety is our passion.
with open data crash reporting (for closed investigation cases) completed to the end of October, cyclist/micro-mobility crashes are already almost at levels for all of 2024. Huge % year-on-year crash increases for these users.
Pedestrian crashes also remain high..
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Pedestrian crashes also remain high..
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
2025 vulnerable road user crash data
docs.google.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Road safety is our passion.
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with open data crash reporting (for closed investigation cases) completed to the end of October, cyclist/micro-mobility crashes are already almost at levels for all of 2024. Huge % year-on-year crash increases for these users.
Pedestrian crashes also remain high..
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Pedestrian crashes also remain high..
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
2025 vulnerable road user crash data
docs.google.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
with open data crash reporting (for closed investigation cases) completed to the end of October, cyclist/micro-mobility crashes are already almost at levels for all of 2024. Huge % year-on-year crash increases for these users.
Pedestrian crashes also remain high..
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Pedestrian crashes also remain high..
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Trump being given the FIFA peace prize like when my cousin got Sonic 2 and would give me the second Mega Drive controller in 1992 so I could "play" as Tails.
December 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Trump being given the FIFA peace prize like when my cousin got Sonic 2 and would give me the second Mega Drive controller in 1992 so I could "play" as Tails.
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Bike lanes should be championed by every driver; the more people confident that they can safely ride or use electric scooters to work, the less traffic on the roads and the faster your commute.
It's not brain surgery, but somehow this basic bit of reasoning is too much for most councils.
It's not brain surgery, but somehow this basic bit of reasoning is too much for most councils.
December 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Bike lanes should be championed by every driver; the more people confident that they can safely ride or use electric scooters to work, the less traffic on the roads and the faster your commute.
It's not brain surgery, but somehow this basic bit of reasoning is too much for most councils.
It's not brain surgery, but somehow this basic bit of reasoning is too much for most councils.
It's my kids first ever hockey game today and I'm crazy nervous for him.
December 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
It's my kids first ever hockey game today and I'm crazy nervous for him.
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We had a big fight with a dryad and when we finally landed a few hits our rogue screams "more like a cryad, amirite???"
December 6, 2025 at 2:48 AM
We had a big fight with a dryad and when we finally landed a few hits our rogue screams "more like a cryad, amirite???"
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oh yeah no room for a bike lane here, all these cars and such a narrow piece of pavement already. ffs
December 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
oh yeah no room for a bike lane here, all these cars and such a narrow piece of pavement already. ffs
Reality TV king jumps the shark in corruption.
December 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Reality TV king jumps the shark in corruption.
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this nonsense coming from the "you kids are all soft because you got participation trophies" generation is absolutely wild
December 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
this nonsense coming from the "you kids are all soft because you got participation trophies" generation is absolutely wild
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Oh hey no actually really stay for the explanation around 55m about why your Halifax Water bill is like 2/3rds wastewater discharge despite our pressing need to regulate the amount of water we're pulling from our lakes.
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Oh hey no actually really stay for the explanation around 55m about why your Halifax Water bill is like 2/3rds wastewater discharge despite our pressing need to regulate the amount of water we're pulling from our lakes.
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When I criticize the Liberal government in any way at all, no matter how reasonable, my free and paid subscribers on Substack go down. This dynamic creates a perverse incentive, which I refuse to give in to.
But this is a major problem.
But this is a major problem.
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
When I criticize the Liberal government in any way at all, no matter how reasonable, my free and paid subscribers on Substack go down. This dynamic creates a perverse incentive, which I refuse to give in to.
But this is a major problem.
But this is a major problem.
Yet another report (Halifax Transit 25/26 Q1) which explains in a roundabout way that if council wanted less congestion, safer streets and more revenue, they'd jack up parking fees.
December 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Yet another report (Halifax Transit 25/26 Q1) which explains in a roundabout way that if council wanted less congestion, safer streets and more revenue, they'd jack up parking fees.
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This is the most depraved shit I've ever seen.
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is the most depraved shit I've ever seen.