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River Valley Rats

Street-level receipts from Edmonton. Fully sourced, independently researched, built to be shared. Every claim links back to primary documents — budgets, minutes, disclosures, and the words of the people involved.

The Left Is Dead

Two faces, one dead end — an investigative package on Edmonton council's progressive bloc.

Lander · Carousel · Research

EPS Black Box Budget

Where the police budget actually goes, assembled from the documents they publish and the ones they'd rather you not read together.

Lander · Carousel · Research

Pressure Valve

Sheepdogs, pressure valves, and why the release of steam is the point — an essay on managed dissent and what dual power looks like instead.

Lander · Carousel

Data-Centre Speed-Run

Alberta's AI data-centre gold rush, its water and power bill, and the surveillance build-out riding shotgun. Warning-framed and fully cited.

Lander · Carousel

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The Forum

Talk, argue, organize. Read without an account; post with a magic link.

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The Whiteboard

A shared canvas for making memes and mapping things out. Live collaboration, self-hosted, no account.

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The decks as they went out, receipts included — browse the Carousel Archive.