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Idealistic Pragmatist

@justip.bsky.social

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Canadian by choice.📍Halifax. International in outlook. Leftie. Foodie. Queer. Multilingual. Bike person, but pedestrian at heart. Social scientist by trade. Household = me, Partner, two cats. Embracer of reality in an anti-reality world since early 2022.

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · Sep 1

As of today, I am officially retired! I expect my life to change, well, not at all, at least for now (I was already not teaching because it was summer, I still have my research group, and my last grad student will still be at it for a while), but it’s the beginning of the end, anyway.

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 2m

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Halifax ReTales @halifaxretales.bsky.social · 7m

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 8m

Same, and same. I’m so depressed about the Edmonton election, because even if they do pick the best candidates across the board, the resulting council will a) be worse than the current one, and b) have no power to do anything good.

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 15m

I was merely a downtown Edmonton resident at the time, but I LITERALLY had this fantasy for months. (And even darker: helicopters, hovering over their homes. To scare them.)

www.thebeaverton.com/2025/10/otta...

Ottawa residents plan 12 month 'fireworks and honking' festival outside Freedom Convoy Leaders' homes

“The fact that our festival runs the exact same length of time as their house arrest sentence is mere coincidence, we assure you.” Luke and the Panel (Ian MacIntyre, Megan MacKay and Nile Seguin) brea...

www.thebeaverton.com

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 24m

If they all have the same flaw, though, surely the root of it isn’t with the software?

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 1h

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 31m

Even the Transit app is the same.

I just tried trips in google maps with downtown Halifax as one end point and Alderney Landing as the other and in both directions the ferry is fifth. Who the heck would rather take 2 buses than take the ferry?

Public transport directions in Google maps for downtown Halifax to Alderney Landing. It recommends 4 different bus routes, ranging from 29 to 39 minutes, some where you have to transfer to a second bus (!!) before it recommends taking the ferry

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 30m

Wow, that’s nuts! I wonder who we talk to in order to get that fixed.

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 42m

I got that, I was just adding a different set of information in favour of its anti-ferry bias!

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 48m

If I tell Google Maps I’m cycling, it sends me across the bridge as the only option. Only if I tell it I’m walking does it acknowledge the existence of the ferry.

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 3h

More protected intersections please! This video really made me miss my brief time commuting in the Netherlands, aka hopping on a bike and just not thinking about cars. Not having to wonder what that driver is doing. Not having to ride defensively or to avoid certain streets. Just ride.

Why This “Anti-Car Labyrinth” Is Actually Brilliant

YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 52m

In all of the other places I’ve lived in where ferries have been part of transit, Google Maps DOES include ferries as an option! I’m astonished that it’s not.

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 54m

Our local cupcake shop’s take-and-bake cookies may contain “traces” of something unspecified 🤔

A handwritten tag reading: “BAKE @ 375°F for 12-15 mins or until golden brown.
May contain traces”

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 4h

Maybe because they don't.

Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 4h

Gross.

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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 8h

At the District 8 town hall last week, Mayor Andy Fillmore said there is a phase two to the AAA bike lane network that will cost $65 million. He said that money was on top of the $100 million for the network.

I did some fact checking. Here's the story:

www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...

Fact Checking Fillmore: Mayor told town hall Halifax's bike lane network will cost $165 million - Halifax Examiner

At a recent town hall, Andy Fillmore said there's a phase two to the AAA bike lane network that will cost an extra $65 million. But that's not correct.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 10h

I’m way too young too, but if my workplace insurance was willing to pay… 🤷‍♀️ Partner got them too (through my insurance) and she’s even younger.

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 10h

I will always get every vaccine available to me. I even got the RSV and pneumococcal pneumonia vaccines despite being several decades too young to get it for free because my work insurance was willing to cover them.

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 16h

Tomorrow’s will be my 11th COVID shot! It’s such a privilege to be able to get it when it’s no longer widely available in most places.

Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 16h

From a recently retired U of Alberta faculty member: this is a definite Nous thing. www.ualberta.ca/en/uofa-tomo...

Frequently Asked Questions

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Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 16h

You became a historian of something that requires facility with numbers, so presumably you used that ability somewhere in there!

Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 16h

Oh noooooo

Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 16h

I’m also getting them both at the same time for the first time, and I’m not looking forward to that! I’ll plan for a day of quiet downtime.

Idealistic Pragmatist @justip.bsky.social · 16h

I’m so sorry, Jillian! What a good long life.