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After 2017, I swore I'd never vote Liberal again. But I voted red in the last election because of the importance ... but that's it. If in the next election my vote "doesn't count" and causes a conservative swing, then that is on the Liberals, they've had their chance and chose to squander it.

@timtierney.ca I've seen you eat and work out of Cuppa Chico ... but have you ever walked to it? There are so many active desire paths of people walking through snowbanks to get there but the only way to get from the MUP is to walk along the road that brand new drivers use for their test #autowa

Look, I'm thirsting for #HeatedRivalry as much as the next hetero cis dude, but I just cannot stand this anachronism. Dominion City did not introduce the City Seltzer line of products until early 2020, but this scene purports to be from 2014! Anyway ... still thirsty.

At the arena in -22°, two families pull up at the same time. A minivan and a pickup truck. Minivan kid gets his warm equipment out of the climate controlled cabin, truck kid pulls frigid equipment out of open truck bed. So sad to see a parent's identity crisis impact the children. Cold skates suck!

This is the most I have ever committed to anything in my life and I'm so proud... and I'm not doing any more. The amount of AI garbage happening in #Duolingo now makes it absolutely unbearable to continue. I will definitely continue to learn, but Duolingo won't be in my arsenal any longer!

It's budget time so at the end of our interview w/ Mayor Bachynski, we gave him a printed poster of the image below. It's the density vs services vs taxes venn diagram that @brenttoderian.bsky.social often shares around. It includes Regina-related explanatory notes. #yqrcc youtu.be/FMwOpoT4IAw?...

I am sure this is blasphemous ... but after getting into VGM #Vinyl while the primary enjoyment comes from putting on a record and just enjoying it. Currently I have the Bugsnax LP spinning, sent through an Icecast Server to Music Assistant to Kenku.fm to my Discord group chat and I'm loving it too!

In the wake of multiple deaths and injuries on our roads, Strong Towns Ottawa supports an urgent pilot on banning right turns on reds in the downtown core. We believe the lives of our community members should come before the convenience of drivers. Read the letter we have sent out today below.

I came here to kick ass AND chew bubble gum And I’m all out of gum Therefore it is impossible to kick ass AND chew bubble gum I should have come to kick ass XOR chew bubble gum

We sent a letter to city council today about our growing infrastructure crisis, as well as what we can do to hopefully right the wrongs of our past. We've got over $50 Billion dollars worth of costs laying right under our feet and we hope that some changes in our development pattern can fix this!

100%. The “balanced” approach is simply the adherence to a status quo that will only get worse as the population grows and transit remains under-supported. And the TMP we’re set to approve next week perpetuates more of this.

Thanks to everyone who helped craft up our letter to the city, we have been invited to participate in the stakeholder meeting next week regarding the Bank Street Active Transportation and Transit Priority Feasibility Study!

Strong Towns Ottawa has sent a letter to the project manager for the Bank Street Active Transportation and Transit Priority Feasibility Study (yea it's a mouthful 😭) to request to be part of the stakeholder consultation group later this month!

This story is subscriber only, but lays out the numbers making a compelling case for bus-only lanes. 🚶🏼‍♂️20k ppl already using transit/day vs 143 parking spots (only 7% of area parking) Imagine how much ridership could increase. www.ottawalookout.com/p/bank-stree... ft @derricksimpson.bsky.social

Shoutout to @seandevine9.bsky.social for including @strongtownsottawa.bsky.social’s push for bus lanes on Bank Street in his councillor newsletter.

Want our public transportation system to work better for all of us? Have your say in the Transportation Master Plan! Cuts will lead to aa transit death spiral. Visit the QR codes to join us at Strong Towns Ottawa, learn more about the TMP changes, or to attend a public consultation session!

Another observation for the urbanists: it appears every riding with a proposed high-speed rail station voted Liberal - Toronto, Peterborough, Ottawa, Montreal, Laval, Trois-Rivieres and Quebec City

Steampunk band 😂

Elder Dragons I find it hilarious how pretty much almost every elder dragon is a "bender" of some sort, but Nergi in particular is just an elder dragon because he's angry enough to throw hands with literally anyone lol

The City’s Auditor General released a report today about Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) and Red Light Cameras. The report found that the revenues are not being spent entirely on road safety, but going into City general revenues and to the police. pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...

Parking minimums drive up the cost of housing and incentivize car ownership. Abolishing parking minimums is good planning policy, and I am seriously concerned about attempts to dilute or eliminate this proposed policy in our new zoning bylaw. youtu.be/3cw7mldYS4A?...

Some of our members have been working on a visualization of property tax income for the city, we'll be releasing more information in the future on this, but it really does do a great job of showing what changes we can make to get our city finances back on track! #ottawa

I guarantee that every driver that can't resist the allure of that sweet sweet empty dedicated bus lane when there's a bit of congestion is also one who complains that bikes roll through stop signs.

We managed to get some data from the survey of the Bank Street Transportation Study. It's very clear that most responders want less space for parking, and more space for better transit!

With all that's happening in the world these days some times you gotta spin a record that matches. So today is definitely a tar slime vinyl day and not a pink slime vinyl day! From the @slimerancher.com soundtrack for when you need those night time dread feelings! #vgmvinyl

I am 36 and spend 90% of my time at work helping others code ... but sometimes it still feels great to have no meetings on a day, reheat some leftover pizza, have a glass of Pepsi and just bust out a metric boatload of code! Sure my body can barely handle it anymore ... but let me relive my youth!

I'm a senior software developer. If I were to start a new job at a new place... I'd still be a senior software developer and I'd still be paid the same amount (or more) than I did at my last job. That's perfectly normal... this is just how career development works. The same applies to talent!

Konbakuwa! I'm so ready for my dreams to be devoured by a baku! Any takers? ... Anyone? ... @niminightmare.bsky.social?

Today is a sad day. It's hard to watch a creator you love leave the space and while you wish them the best, it's still hard. On an unrelated note... probably going to start getting into the indie scene. I hear an upcoming Nimi Nightmare might be worth checking out!

COME TO THE MEN'S AISLE! WE HAVE: NAVY BLUE, MAROON, GREY, AND WHITE! #comic #artist #artsky #myart #webcomic #art #comicstrip

Way to go Toronto! 🇨🇦

Ontario cities will now have even less power and local control over their own streets, so much for "small government." Even sadder is knowing that Mayor Sutcliffe will just go along with this gross overstepping by Ford and the Conservatives. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Drove to Toronto to visit some friends. The DVP was completely grid locked when merging from the 401 on a Saturday! I'm absolutely certain that this massive 4 lane highway interchange on the edge of the city was completely backed up because 4 km of bike lanes happen to exist inside the city!

REMINDER: Those choosing to live in subsidized suburbs for a bigger house and yard are NOT also entitled to free-flow car traffic capacity (aka an “easy car commute”) into the city at the expense of the taxes, health, safety (hint: bike-lanes) & quality of life of city-dwellers. HT Ian Lockwood.

Just saw Wicked the movie... It was really good but I'm kinda shocked Ariana Grande-Butera didn't sing anything until Popular... I mean her mouth moved a bunch but I didn't hear anything.

I don't pre-order anything anymore. I've learned my ADHD will usually have different plans for me whenever whatever it is eventually comes out and too many things go unused. That said my Beware of Chicken 4 pre-order went through today and I am hyped! Thanks CasualFarmer!

i didn't mean to draw Gideon as a sleeveless-hoodie dudebro but i think that's how i'll continue to picture her #tlt #thelockedtomb #gideontheninth #art

Ottawa's transit budget is truly the worst of both worlds. It'll cost residents more money while not delivering the help that our most vulnerable, particularly seniors and youth, really need. improvingottawa.substack.com/p/ottawas-tr...

A handful of billionaires now have unprecedented control over banking, the food we eat, the health care we can access and, now, the information we receive. This is what oligarchy looks like.

NANA as a one shot 👍

Jokes on the skeletons! You can just reload and try again! Saving those potions for when you actually need them which as always is the end credits of the game!