Ryan Batty

@ryanbatty.bsky.social

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I ain't often right but I've never been wrong. Typically posting about active transportation and bike lanes, the Oilers, the Grateful Dead, bbq, or whatever random thing pops into my head.

Quinn with a giant pickle.
Looking back, Dreeshen figures no civil engineer worth their salt would base their recommendation to build something “based on theory and ideology.” Article content “We listen to civil engineers, not social engineers.”
“We heard loud and clear from people in both major cities that bike lanes are put into their neighbourhoods without proper consultation, without a good understanding of traffic impacts and what it means to parking. Municipalities are putting in bike lanes with no regard for the people living in these communities,” says Dreeshen
Screenshot of Cathal Kelly’s post from July 13 titled Forever trailing in Europe’s soccer wake, Canada should just stick to hockey.
RE/MAX Field on a lovely Saturday evening.
Screenshot of my phone lock screen with notifications from my insurance through the app, text, and email.
Distracted boyfriend meme. Premier Smith distracted by environmental damage from data centres while environmental damage from oil and gas looks on.
Maëlle (right) on her way to her first day of kindergarten. Quinn on her left.
Screenshot of the forecast for this afternoon. 15° and 5mm of rain. Lovely conditions for football.
From left to right: me, Maëlle, and Quinn.
“What happens sometime is we sit, and we go, ‘Well, let’s just wait and see what transpires over the next little while.’ But we’re not going to do that today. I’m not going to BS you. I’m going to tell you exactly the way it is, okay? 100% Mike Babcock is the Edmonton Oilers’ guy. There were several different parties involved with this. At various times, Mike Babcock has not only spoken to Edmonton Oilers’ owner, Daryl Katz, but he has met with the Oilers’ key players. He has met with Harrison Katz. He’s obviously met with Oilers’ President, Jeff Jackson, and Oilers’ General Manager, Stan Bowman.”
Chicken wings about to come off the grill.
Two levels of chicken wings filling almost every square inch of grill space on a Big Green Egg.
Two packs of chicken wings.
Maëlle and Quinn on a bridge over the Bow River. Mountains in the background.
Pork tenderloin and asparagus cooking on a charcoal grill.
Strava map of my walk. 7.01 km in 59 minutes 52 seconds.
David Staples not knowing the difference between a sink and a urinal.
From Spotify, my most listened to artist is the Grateful Dead. 150,555 minutes.
Enough with the woke terms. What is an all way stop? This isn’t in the highway traffic terminology? The City needs to stop inventing issues then providing solutions? The so called safe woksters aka unelected body that follows the wishes of the citizens. Their monopoly on these road dictatorships need to end! These aren’t safe they cause more issues especially with ETS bus drivers that continue to fail to yield to oncoming traffic? But yet the safe woksters haven’t addressed these bad drivers?
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A screen shot: "From a roster perspective, Edmonton needs to solve a problem as old as McDavid’s NHL career: Who is starting in goal?"
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Expected goals Oilers 3.06 - Ducks 3.35
Expected goals Oilers 1.62 - Ducks 2.15
Expected Goals -All Situations Oilers 1.01 - Ducks 1.13
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Expected goals from moneypuck.com. Ugly stuff.
Pint glass with “Rad Dad” on it.
You may have read Chris Pronger’s recent piece in ‘The Athletic’, and I can’t overstate how disappointed I was after reading it in full. To his credit, he takes responsibility for making a personal decision in the middle of the night that impacted his family. That part is fair. We’ve all made mistakes, and owning them matters. But where I take issue is how casually Edmonton is folded into that story as though it were merely an inconvenience tied to what he now describes as a “drunken decision.” That’s more than disappointing it feels like a convenient rewrite. As general manager at the time, I handled that situation the way I always tried to: professionally, responsibly, and in good faith. Looking back, hearing how he frames it today, I find myself wishing I had handled it differently. Quite frankly, I wish I had said no and let him sit out rather than accommodate a decision he now seems so quick to diminish.
Hard choice meme: Maple Leafs get better or the Panthers get worse
Pregame big screen showing PWHL Takeover Tour at Rogers Place.
Maëlle enjoying a glass of hibiscus lemonade.
Rocky Mountain sundae Minty Nanaimo bar chunks, buttery graham cracker crumbs and shredded coconut are piled over vanilla soft serve. (Parents, you'll want to steer clear of section 103, because that's where you'll find this sugar bomb.)
From The Athletic 2026 MLB season predictions: Forecasting the division races and postseason results NL West projections Dodgers 100-62 Giants 85-77 Diamondbacks 83-79 Padres 82-80 Rockies 54-108
Google Maps image of the route from Edmonton, AB to Buffalo, WY. 1,394 km.
From the OEG press release: "The World Cup of Hockey is projected to generate an estimated $375 million in economic impact for Alberta, including supporting over 43,000 jobs and filling nearly 172,000 hotel rooms. The event will attract visitors from all over the world and generate significant international media attention — showcasing Alberta to a global audience."
A tweet from Tyler Shandro: “Well thank goodness separation will give us access to a coast… Anyone who believes Alberta will have more pipelines or more economic certainty if we separate, is deluded.”
A particularly successful release took place in 1991 when then-President George H.W. Bush prepared for Operation Desert Storm by ordering what was then the first ever drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve on the same night a U.S.-led coalition attacked Iraq. IEA members joined in releasing more oil from stockpiles in a plan they had put in place ahead of the invasion. Prices fell more than 20% on the first day of the U.S.-led assault. By the time coalition forces entered Iraq and Kuwait in February, oil from the SPR was on the market.
From an Abacus Data survey, 53% of respondents think Premier Smith would vote to separate from Canada. 29% think she would vote to stay.18% are unsure.
Tip off at the Nuggets/Bucks game.
Took the long route from the hotel to the bar. 6.77km total.
Quinn in her new toque.
Quinn and I at the Oilers game.
Us with the bobble heads.
Trip plan information from Edmonton Transit.
Maëlle with a sign cheering for the Frost and Quinn trading her sister for a puck and also cheering for Vancouver.
The pregame scoreboard at Rogers Place.
The Batty family in front of our Christmas tree. From left to right, Ryan, Maëlle, Quinn, and Emily.
A slice of pizza. Mexican street corn. Absolutely delicious.
Team Batty
Only 11,229 people ahead of me in the queue to buy tickets.
A selfie from my walk this evening.