Rose R
@rinrat86.bsky.social
Every day cyclist - its how I get around, not a statement but I don't have a death wish so fight for safer spaces for anybody not in a car.
Volunteer in Fish Creek and other conservation orgs because I love nature.
Maker of Dinoramas.
Fiercely Canadian
Volunteer in Fish Creek and other conservation orgs because I love nature.
Maker of Dinoramas.
Fiercely Canadian
Take a rock, add a lake, wind and freezing temps. Get nature's art ...
December 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Take a rock, add a lake, wind and freezing temps. Get nature's art ...
I did not know about them being called an ouzel, but apparently I am the minority in our house. We do love finding g dippers in the streams of the Canadian Rockies
#Bird of the Day: American Dipper (AMDI)
How it pains me to type the name of this bird! Although I'm generally in support of proposed ornithological name changes, I can't make my peace with this one. It used to be called Water Ouzel, an appellation both charming & historical. Ouzel was, until the
How it pains me to type the name of this bird! Although I'm generally in support of proposed ornithological name changes, I can't make my peace with this one. It used to be called Water Ouzel, an appellation both charming & historical. Ouzel was, until the
December 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I did not know about them being called an ouzel, but apparently I am the minority in our house. We do love finding g dippers in the streams of the Canadian Rockies
@americanfietser.bsky.social it isn't everyday cycling, but a special trip. I had to go to a shop near downtown, ended up wandering a retail street and filled my panniers. 29km round trip. Stopped to pick up beer on the way home... glad I had my straps or I would have not been able to.
I too ventured out of my normal and headed to 17th via reservoir and Elbow paths and was also surprised. It seems all the Parks pathway crews have decided to leave 3-4 cm base of snow? Which means they were soft but not quite terrible. Residential blue sign routes were horrible.
December 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
@americanfietser.bsky.social it isn't everyday cycling, but a special trip. I had to go to a shop near downtown, ended up wandering a retail street and filled my panniers. 29km round trip. Stopped to pick up beer on the way home... glad I had my straps or I would have not been able to.
How beautiful
The words and image
The words and image
Little forest portal, please deliver me to a place where life is slower & less fraught with yearning.Where people are kind with little effort & every human being matters.Please refuse evil to enter this peaceful place, we will manage exceedingly well without it.
#words #art #photography #onelove
#words #art #photography #onelove
December 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
How beautiful
The words and image
The words and image
Reposted by Rose R
No one should be under any illusions about who the base of the UCP are.
Separatists and far-right radicals have been given care and feeding by UCP Premiers since 2019. One got thrown overboard because it wasn’t enough. Catering hasn’t mollified them either.
Separatists and far-right radicals have been given care and feeding by UCP Premiers since 2019. One got thrown overboard because it wasn’t enough. Catering hasn’t mollified them either.
Danielle Smith gets booed at UCP convention after mentioning working with Canada
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
No one should be under any illusions about who the base of the UCP are.
Separatists and far-right radicals have been given care and feeding by UCP Premiers since 2019. One got thrown overboard because it wasn’t enough. Catering hasn’t mollified them either.
Separatists and far-right radicals have been given care and feeding by UCP Premiers since 2019. One got thrown overboard because it wasn’t enough. Catering hasn’t mollified them either.
I do love winter scenery. Cycling to pick up my car from the mechanic today and view this halo almost the entire way. It briefly created a sundog so I had to stop and capture it
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I do love winter scenery. Cycling to pick up my car from the mechanic today and view this halo almost the entire way. It briefly created a sundog so I had to stop and capture it
Blue sky, bright sun and mountain ash berries. My bits of beauty today
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Blue sky, bright sun and mountain ash berries. My bits of beauty today
Found a phone in the snow on my bike to yoga.
This is my PSA to tell you that you should put some kind of contact info on your lock screen and setup an emergency contact so that it is possible to contact you or somebody you trust to get your phone back.
This is my PSA to tell you that you should put some kind of contact info on your lock screen and setup an emergency contact so that it is possible to contact you or somebody you trust to get your phone back.
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Found a phone in the snow on my bike to yoga.
This is my PSA to tell you that you should put some kind of contact info on your lock screen and setup an emergency contact so that it is possible to contact you or somebody you trust to get your phone back.
This is my PSA to tell you that you should put some kind of contact info on your lock screen and setup an emergency contact so that it is possible to contact you or somebody you trust to get your phone back.
Love the Santa ride but damn I still haven't made a Santa hat for over the helmet!
This year's SANTA SCRAMBLE is scheduled!
December 13th! (Full info in alt text)
Festively featuring family friendly as well as brewery based rides - come dressed as Santa or anything seasonal, and bring your friends to join the fun!
#yycbike @3bybikeyyc.bsky.social
December 13th! (Full info in alt text)
Festively featuring family friendly as well as brewery based rides - come dressed as Santa or anything seasonal, and bring your friends to join the fun!
#yycbike @3bybikeyyc.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Love the Santa ride but damn I still haven't made a Santa hat for over the helmet!
Reposted by Rose R
NEXT SUNDAY!
Pedal up to Greenview for some festive fun 11am-6pm.
FESTIVE ARTISAN MARKET!
FESTIVE BEVERAGES!
FESTIVE BIKE RIDE! (departs 12pm sharp)
...Santa Claus AND The Grinch will also be in attendance!
#yycbike
Pedal up to Greenview for some festive fun 11am-6pm.
FESTIVE ARTISAN MARKET!
FESTIVE BEVERAGES!
FESTIVE BIKE RIDE! (departs 12pm sharp)
...Santa Claus AND The Grinch will also be in attendance!
#yycbike
November 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
NEXT SUNDAY!
Pedal up to Greenview for some festive fun 11am-6pm.
FESTIVE ARTISAN MARKET!
FESTIVE BEVERAGES!
FESTIVE BIKE RIDE! (departs 12pm sharp)
...Santa Claus AND The Grinch will also be in attendance!
#yycbike
Pedal up to Greenview for some festive fun 11am-6pm.
FESTIVE ARTISAN MARKET!
FESTIVE BEVERAGES!
FESTIVE BIKE RIDE! (departs 12pm sharp)
...Santa Claus AND The Grinch will also be in attendance!
#yycbike
They want free speech but only for them
In support of @lukelebrun.ca and @pressprogress.ca, an op-ed from the @nationalobserver.com
Hit the "share" button. Indy press is the only reliable press we have left in 🇨🇦
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/19/o...
Hit the "share" button. Indy press is the only reliable press we have left in 🇨🇦
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/19/o...
Alberta lawsuit is trying to silence the messenger
Former UCP candidate Caylan Ford's scattergun defamation lawsuit against the media and others sends a free press chill through Alberta
www.nationalobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
They want free speech but only for them
I am curious by the drop in the # of non-injury collisions. When did the threshold for reporting non injury accidents to police change to $5000? Is that what's happening?
livewirecalgary.com/2025/11/17/c...
livewirecalgary.com/2025/11/17/c...
Calgary marks 10-year high for deaths from collisions - LiveWire Calgary
This past Sunday, Nov. 16, was the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, an occasion that took on a solemn meaning for Calgarians as the number of deaths from collisions reached a 10-year...
livewirecalgary.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I am curious by the drop in the # of non-injury collisions. When did the threshold for reporting non injury accidents to police change to $5000? Is that what's happening?
livewirecalgary.com/2025/11/17/c...
livewirecalgary.com/2025/11/17/c...
The last leaf on the tree. What do you see? Is it strength to hold on so long? Persistence? Stubbornness? Confidence to not follow the masses? Or is it just afraid to let go?
November 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The last leaf on the tree. What do you see? Is it strength to hold on so long? Persistence? Stubbornness? Confidence to not follow the masses? Or is it just afraid to let go?
I know this is over a month old, but I just found out about this and it is cool
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
November 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I know this is over a month old, but I just found out about this and it is cool
Tomorrow morning. Come join a peaceful ride for remembrance
Hey #yycbike - join the ride.
Sunday Nov 9 10am at Field of Crosses
Sunday Nov 9 10am at Field of Crosses
November 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Tomorrow morning. Come join a peaceful ride for remembrance
Another great example of those who spout the importance of Free Speech working to stifle other people's speech and the rights and responsibilities that journalists have
Done
November 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Another great example of those who spout the importance of Free Speech working to stifle other people's speech and the rights and responsibilities that journalists have
Hey #yycbike, anybody else noticed the new pathway on the north side of 90 Ave SW from 24 St to Glenmore Landing?
It'll be a great way to avoid pathway congestion in that area during busy weekends, and is flatter / more direct compared to the path thru the park.
It'll be a great way to avoid pathway congestion in that area during busy weekends, and is flatter / more direct compared to the path thru the park.
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Hey #yycbike, anybody else noticed the new pathway on the north side of 90 Ave SW from 24 St to Glenmore Landing?
It'll be a great way to avoid pathway congestion in that area during busy weekends, and is flatter / more direct compared to the path thru the park.
It'll be a great way to avoid pathway congestion in that area during busy weekends, and is flatter / more direct compared to the path thru the park.
Amazing recovery.
Grateful to spend two days on the Klamath watching chinook, liberated by dam removal, return to streams from which they’d been precluded since the Titanic sank. Fish are everywhere, in numbers that stagger the mind & locations that biologists figured would take years to repopulate. Too beautiful.
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Amazing recovery.
Reposted by Rose R
"The Invisible Pedestrian; or, why Vision Zero Vancouver doesn't promote reflectors" - the latest from us: visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/11/02/t...
The Invisible Pedestrian; or, why Vision Zero doesn’t promote reflectors
As the seasons change, and the days get shorter, we often get asked, “Why doesn’t Vision Zero promote reflectors and lights for pedestrians and cyclists? It seems like everyone wears dark rain coat…
visionzerovancouver.ca
November 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"The Invisible Pedestrian; or, why Vision Zero Vancouver doesn't promote reflectors" - the latest from us: visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/11/02/t...
When is the General Strike?
TODAY, UCP government denied the Chief Electoral Officer a supplemental budget required to prepare a referendum on Alberta’s separation from Canada.
Is #ForeverCanadian safe to presume that this is an indication that no such referendum will take place?
assemblyonline.assembly.ab.ca/Harmony/en/P...
Is #ForeverCanadian safe to presume that this is an indication that no such referendum will take place?
assemblyonline.assembly.ab.ca/Harmony/en/P...
Legislative Offices
Meeting in Rocky Mountain Room, video
assemblyonline.assembly.ab.ca
November 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
When is the General Strike?
Reminder that duck tape and stickers can turn those ugly #yyc election signs into a great fender.
#yycbike
#upcycling
#yycbike
#upcycling
November 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Reminder that duck tape and stickers can turn those ugly #yyc election signs into a great fender.
#yycbike
#upcycling
#yycbike
#upcycling
Reposted by Rose R
Side note, in case you’re curious… The Sam Vimes theory of socioeconomic unfairness (aka boots theory) is an economic theory that people in poverty are forced to buy cheap, subpar products that need to be replaced repeatedly.
August 24, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Side note, in case you’re curious… The Sam Vimes theory of socioeconomic unfairness (aka boots theory) is an economic theory that people in poverty are forced to buy cheap, subpar products that need to be replaced repeatedly.
Oh my look at the friend I found today - you should t be out in November.
I moved it from the aster to a cat mint that still has flowers. Hopefully it finds a safe winter home.
Ps so much easier to take photos when they are sluggish!
I moved it from the aster to a cat mint that still has flowers. Hopefully it finds a safe winter home.
Ps so much easier to take photos when they are sluggish!
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Oh my look at the friend I found today - you should t be out in November.
I moved it from the aster to a cat mint that still has flowers. Hopefully it finds a safe winter home.
Ps so much easier to take photos when they are sluggish!
I moved it from the aster to a cat mint that still has flowers. Hopefully it finds a safe winter home.
Ps so much easier to take photos when they are sluggish!
How cute - an assortment of witches and princesses just came by chanting "let's go Blue Jays" instead of trick or treat.
November 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
How cute - an assortment of witches and princesses just came by chanting "let's go Blue Jays" instead of trick or treat.
Does a body know info on muskrat migration / dispersal? I saw a muskrat in this storm pond and I cant figure how it got there considering the kms of houses and 4 lane roads to the nearest natural area.
maps.app.goo.gl/gAsEzUr7LaPr...
maps.app.goo.gl/gAsEzUr7LaPr...
maps.app.goo.gl
October 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Does a body know info on muskrat migration / dispersal? I saw a muskrat in this storm pond and I cant figure how it got there considering the kms of houses and 4 lane roads to the nearest natural area.
maps.app.goo.gl/gAsEzUr7LaPr...
maps.app.goo.gl/gAsEzUr7LaPr...