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Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · 1d

Outrageous even at that price.

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Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · 6d

Hey - they’re saving staff time coming up with new agendas 😜

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Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · 21d

Or as the cool kids are calling it “performance pay”

Reposted by Martin Kuplēns-Ewart

David Brace @davidbrace2.bsky.social · Sep 28

TV ad: scene- quiet city street, daytime. (voice-over)"Hi, I'm Keith Wilson, mayor of Portland, Oregon & this is what downtown looks like today." -22 seconds of street sounds, a bird chirps a few times, a distant car horn honks- "Pretty fucking boring, eh?"

A photo of downtown Portland Oregon at SW Park Ave, there's a few midrise building, a woman with a baby stroller, a few cars in the distance, a tree changing colour to yellow.

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Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Sep 26

🤦‍♂️

Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Sep 23

Second! Wild.

Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Sep 16

What need have we of fallow fields when this field is full of grass for our sheep to graze?

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Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Sep 15

Dear Audible, running ads in Canada that promote a book as being set “in Toronto’s cottage country” is probably not going to win you a strong readership here.

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Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Sep 10

“[I]t's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment” -Charlie Kirk

Well, okay then.

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Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Sep 10

It’s a tragedy that no technology exists to detect when an object moves or where it moves to.

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Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Aug 30

I don’t think the solution you’re proposing is viable (or just).

Far better to put that energy into more not-for-profit & co-operative housing that have a diverse blend of income levels - making for stronger communities and stable availability of affordable/subsidised units.

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Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Aug 30

Someone who bought a house in Hamilton 10 years ago has a lower mortgage payment than a 1 bedroom apartment today.

Should they sell at/close to the price they paid to ‘make room’ and eat the increased cost, just because they might able to afford it?

Cont’d…

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Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Aug 29

Non-profit != subsidised.

In fact, with most non-profit housing, people paying full rent (‘market’) are actually contributing to the subsidies needed by their neighbours.

Even then, rents will be lower because they’re not funding profit margin.

It’s a model we’ve tragically underinvested in.

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Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Aug 28

There’s something deeply satisfying about finishing a project.

12” x 14”, hand sewn of a lovely soft rough-out leather with natural veg tan handles and a magnetic closure.

Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Jul 28

“But wait!”, they cry, “how can a story be part of multiple sprints and still be done on time?”

🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

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Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Jul 25

No argument where the camera is capturing your property. But his is just a shot of the junction, which seems a stretch 😆

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Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Jul 25

Curious. Did the city ever repeal the relevant portion of the fortification bylaw that prohibits camera setups like his?

Looks like 2(10)c here www.hamilton.ca/sites/defaul...

www.hamilton.ca

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Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Jul 20

Down to the Staples across the street 🤣

Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Jul 20

Maybe Centerpoint? Off by the edge of the city, big box across the street, grocery store anchor…

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Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Jul 19

What’s the retail rent situation these days?

Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Jul 8

Holy moly that’s a lot of string players. 1000-strong orchestra in Latvia’s Youth Song & Dance Festival orchestral concert.

edgarsrinkevics.bsky.social @edgarsrinkevics.bsky.social · Jul 8

Pārpasaulīgs skaistums.

Pirmo reizi Jauniešu Dziesmu svētku vēsturē 1000 jauno mūziķu Simfoniskās mūzikas lielkoncertā “Daudzskanīgais debesjums”. Paldies dalībniekiem un virsdiriģentiem, šis bija ļoti, ļoti skaisti!

Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Jun 26

Just like the skydome.

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Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Jun 26

Listening to www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/o... and wondering what screws Thiel has actually still clinging in place, because the rattle is getting rather worrying.

Opinion | Peter Thiel and the Antichrist

www.nytimes.com

Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Jun 26

One step: parking fines that exceed (by a good multiple) the cost of parking, to address the folks who treat getting ticketed once every few weeks as preferable paying daily.

Martin Kuplēns-Ewart @mkuplens.bsky.social · Jun 25

I feel like @davidbrace2.bsky.social might be your man for interpreting a concept like that in a compelling way.