Reddit pulse / page 9
Every post from Reddit, newest first.
People are asking in the subreddit — Edmonton's had way more rain than normal this year, and now the wind and heat swings are getting wild. Summer's being weird.
U of A researchers found something wild studying how snails hibernate — it could lead to breakthrough treatments for heart patients. Paper's getting real attention on Reddit.
Fire trucks and ambulances responded to an LRT train stopped on the tracks this morning. No other details yet on what happened.
Edmonton Folk Fest wrapped the weekend with 100,000 people across four days. The river valley was packed.
A 23-year-old with a clean seven-year driving record is paying $300/month for a 2023 Toyota Corolla and says that's already on the cheaper side for his age group.
folk fest saturday had everyone out sketching, dancing, and soaking it in. sketchers captured main stage performances plus Mbira Renaissance Band and Daby Touré on side stages. magic's still happening if you're heading out this weekend.
large crowd ran out of Churchill Square after 9 p.m. Sunday during Cariwest. police cars and two helicopters showed up in the area, moving toward Rogers Place. no word yet on what happened.
folk fest lineup's delivering — Thee Sacred Souls and Tia Wood standing out as particularly great watches. crowd's hyped, weather cooperated, and there's still time to catch new artists if you're heading out.
someone's got 10–20 mosquitoes wandering their home at any given time right now. the summer invasion is real and it's happening indoors.
Animethon at Convention Centre, AC/DC pre-party at the Starlite with a huge lineup, and the Oilers Community Foundation's 'Every Kid Deserves a Shot' event at Ice District Fan Park — downtown's got everything going right now.
A redditor's hunting for lithops (living stones), alocasias, and caladiums at local plant shops — looking for realistic pricing, not the $50-for-4-inch markup some places charge.
Both vehicles ran a red light and smashed into each other at 109 Street and 85 Avenue. No word yet on injuries or what caused the collision.
Larry, Edmonton Police's retired dog, died at 15 — 15 years after a career that started in Medicine Hat. The service dog who worked the streets gets remembered.
Serco, a multinational contractor, just landed a $51M Alberta contract for disability employment services — despite paying a £19.2M fraud penalty over government contracts in the U.K. The paper trail's raising questions.
Folks at Folk Fest couldn't get signal in parts of the park. Check Telus's outage map: some lines down since April with no known cause. A major telecom getting away with it — for real?
Two unnaturally bright suns appeared above Mill Woods early this morning, no sound, kept getting brighter. Reddit's got photos — and speculation ranging from fireworks to hallucinations. (This is Edmonton; we've seen stranger sky shows.)
Artists are noticing more AI-generated art used in Edmonton marketing — on everything from tumbler designs at craft markets to restaurant ads. The AI images are obvious and showing up at nearly every local art market. One local artist says it's spreading to businesses across the city and she's unfollowing another local business every week for using AI.
Two women got caught in a dangerous current near Accidental Beach yesterday around 4 p.m. A couple crossing the new pedestrian bridge called 911 when they looked distressed, even though people around them said they were just fooling around in what looked like 3 feet of water. The situation got bad fast — the women were swept downriver and one went under multiple times. Fire department had responders on the bank and a boat in the water within 6 minutes.
Online gambling ads are everywhere across the province. Yes, there are standards they're supposed to follow — but people keep seeing them anyway.
Someone spotted a woman piggyback-carrying a 4 or 5-year-old at least halfway up the Folk Fest hill. Absolute beast mode.
