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I remember seeing on Reddit a guy saying he thought every pop culture portrayal of an engaged pacifist as a chilled out dude who just doesn't get upset was the opposite of real life. Real engaged folks are, as you say so evocatively, vibrating with rage all the time and barely containing it.

Boy in a Red Vest, 1890 https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12803

@jm-mcgrath.bsky.social any insight on the Toronto election where the Sugar Maple dominated and the Paper Birch was a fringe candidate? Conservative tendency for the maple leaf? I really thought Red Oak had a chance.

25% of the city of Pickering are absolute dolts.

Jesus Christ this guy is good. Even the unpredictable silliness is gold.

Pay for it. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

A beauty of a thread.

Don't like seeing bikes on the road OR the sidewalk? Try this One Weird Trick: ✨Separated Cycling Infrastructure✨ Source: www.toronto.ca/wp-content/u...

The election of our discontent, final column. Hardest one to wrote. Had to rewrite it from scratch to get the argument clear. City elections are a catch-all for angst that isn’t directed to the place where change can actually happen. It’s a kind of dysfunction. I hope you’ll read & share it.

I just want to feel safe, ya know?

"Treebeard is out there with his radical demands of restrictions on logging, unpolluted streams, and an effective end to ironworks. That is pure fantasy, and we cannot waste time on fantasy." buff.ly/9WluK1y

It would be grand, then, if the Government of Canada would terminate any use of X/Twitter. And don't say, "Oh, we need it to get our messages out," because then you are "caught in a situation where we are reliant on one provider."

SILVER FOR CANADA 🇨🇦 The Canadian wheelchair curling team captured silver at the Stirling Wheelchair Curling International. This was a different lineup from the Paralympic gold winning team. Still a very high level of curling from this foursome.

Anyway girls 💅🏼 viva Cuba, viva la Revolución

Blue Flowerpot, 1885 https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12480

As a non-american, can someone please explain what it means to "voluntarily" recognise a union? Isn't it like if they are formed properly that they are binding? I'm confused.

The Oak, 1885 https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12564

And it really does seem to me that beyond any magic beans, the key to success is fundamental, simple, and obvious: 1. Understand your product and its audience 2. Nurture and empower your team 3. Profit

Holy shit this is a great quote. I keep losing hope because of all the stupidity around me. ("Getting rid of bike lanes speeds traffic up!") I have to become more of a hero, and strive for better!

Instead, policymakers enacted temporary tax cuts under Bush, made them permanent under Obama, enacted temporary tax cuts under Trump 1, and then made them permanent/enacted new temporary tax cuts under Trump 2. If we hadn’t cut taxes, debt would be lower and stable.

In the Oise Valley, 1874 https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/11756

Brads commute to/from city hall is mostly on protected cycling infrastructure. As for having a plan, that's the responsibility of the transportation divisions cycling unit and the professionals who work there, not the mayor. Ravine MUTs cost at least 10x more per 100m than building on-road infra.

Still Life with Ginger Jar and Onions - September 1885 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/3109299

Me after that Montreal player got a second yellow for diving:

Woman with a Double Bass (1908) by Suzanne Valadon #WomensArt

Golf https://www.wikiart.org/en/norman-rockwell/golf

Ramaswamy has produced an attack ad weaponizing the rape of his opponent, Amy Acton, when she was 12 years old. It features Acton’s mother, who abandoned Acton after she was raped by her step-father, fleeing the state with her husband. Here is the corporate money helping fund that ad.

In my university days studying physics, a couple of guys from a younger cohort had a confrontation in the open study (read: loud basement) room in the engineering library. "Obviously you don't know a thing about differential calculus" Shoves were had, it almost came to blows. Hilarious.

This one's maybe a little on the ling side, but trust me, it's worth it. I've cried reading it multiple times. (1/3)

Hamilton, fucking eh. youtube.com/watch?v=-b9T...

Bruce Trail, near Albion Waterfall/Buttermilk Falls! Hiked around there a bit while I was in town for CanMNT 2-0 USMNT WCQ in January 2022 Beautiful. And chilly.

Ticats fans: please let this be the year Hamilton wins at football *monkeys paw curls*

FORGE FC WHO ARE WE

Adam Jenkins is the best play by play for soccer in the English speaking world. No contest.

Forge in penalties. Boy this is intense.

Hey, it’s the official release day for Seeing Like a Supply Chain! And of course I’m swamped with grading and lesson-planning, but maybe I can say a little about the book and the process of researching it. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

A Carpenter with Apron - 1882 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/11978

Road with Telegraph Pole and Crane - 1888 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14392

🧵 Exactly 3 weeks ago through no fault of my own, my body tried to kill me. Excruciating pain. Hospital. #Emergency. Became intimately acquainted with words like #Appendicitis, #PerforatedAppendix & #Appendectomy. Not fun. Do not recommend. 0 stars But the #HealthCare? TOP NOTCH. I'm *SO* grateful

I have been writing and researching about Active Clubs in Canada for quite some time. The escalation is something we need to be concerned about. We have council candidates openly supporting the Dominion Society of Canada and now NS13 threatening a candidate. www.chch.com/chch-news/ra...

More villainy from big tech? Just the worst industry there is.

Mr Bird takes flight with this incandescent rant. /chef's kiss/

The reliability data on 2026 models? These cars have been on the road for at most a year. Plus, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a dad in need of transportation should choose the Chrysler Pacifica PHEV. roadethos.com/car-buying/2...

Cousin Reginald Spells Peloponnesus https://www.wikiart.org/en/norman-rockwell/cousin-reginald-spells-peloponnesus