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Barry Lavallée @barrylavallee.bsky.social · 10h

A TROPICAL storm ... in ALASKA ... probably nothing to be concernd about, right?

After a tropical storm tore through several communities in western Alaska last week, state officials say they’re now focused on cleanup and repairs.

Barry Lavallée @barrylavallee.bsky.social · 2d

I see your plane on a tracker ... touchdown.

Barry Lavallée @barrylavallee.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah that's a mystery

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Barry Lavallée @barrylavallee.bsky.social · 2d

Pilot speak 😁

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Barry Lavallée @barrylavallee.bsky.social · 3d

Here's one from a few days ago if you can make use of it. Getty won't take it because it's slightly blurry from the drone bouncing around in the wind.

It's 12 MB as I'm uploading it here, Bluesky might butcher it though. Resolution is 5280 x 2970.

Lakeshore Blvd West, Humber Bay, Etobicoke

Low level drone aerial photograph of high density housing on Lakeshore Boulevard. The setting is autumn, as seen in the colours of the foreground trees along an active transportation corridor that separates the Lake Ontario shore from the high rise buildings in the background.

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Barry Lavallée @barrylavallee.bsky.social · 4d

Absolutely positively NO

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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 5d

The end is very close now but I've known him so long I knew he wouldn't want to just sit on a drip in the hospital.

Life is for living even at the very end ♥️

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 7d

Aha! I think this is called a “delayed disconnect” scam. Yikes. Careful out there!

www.lethbridgepolice.ca/news/posts/p...

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 7d

This morning my stepmom was almost the victim of #fraud. The weak link was that they called her, told her to hang up and call the number on her bank card, and when she did, that’s when they started trying to get access to all her stuff. Did they intercept the call? Are we doing that now?

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Barry Lavallée @barrylavallee.bsky.social · 7d

Here's a still frame extracted from a video clip of the same location in south Etobicoke (Toronto) along the shore of Lake Ontario. This view is facing west.

A low resolution, low level aerial view, of highrise buildings on Lake Shore Blvd in Etobicoke (Toronto), in Humber Bay of Lake Ontario. It is a sunny autumn day and the variety of trees in the foreground of the buildings are displaying their seasonal splendor. A public active transportation zone for pedestrians and cyclists weaves between the buildings and the lake.

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Barry Lavallée @barrylavallee.bsky.social · 7d

I had to shoot a construction jobsite promo in Etobicoke. Here's a 20 second clip as I wrapped up. The Humber Bay Arch Bridge is in the background. It's a lovely active transportation corridor with a visible #BikeTO multi use path, part of the Waterfront Trail.

This is a low resolution version.

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Lisa Stokes @lisastokes.bsky.social · 8d

A latte and breakfast burrito fueled our 66 km ride to Magog-the hilliest day yet with over 600m of climbing. We enjoyed Quebec’s stellar cycling infrastructure, autumn colours, & public art. A wrong turn added adventure, and we finished the day with friends on a patio

lisastokes.ca/2025/10/mont...

Montreal and Véloroute Gourmande – Day 5

A latte and breakfast burrito fueled our 66 km ride to Magog—the hilliest day yet with over 600 m of climbing. We enjoyed Quebec’s stellar cycling infrastructure, autumn colours, and plenty of publ…

lisastokes.ca

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Barry Lavallée @barrylavallee.bsky.social · 8d

Do you need more convincing to stop supporting american businesses and to avoid it completely ...

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 9d

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Barry Lavallée @barrylavallee.bsky.social · 8d

As a result of earlier posting of "Farmers are working to biggie size your poo-tine potatoes." ... my Windows 11 Operating System served me a tray notification urging me to try a Farm Simulation game.

Windows 11, a paid OS on my private computer that is not supported by advertising, serving me ads🤬

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Barry Lavallée @barrylavallee.bsky.social · 8d

Yes it was

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Barry Lavallée @barrylavallee.bsky.social · 8d

Farmers are working to biggie size your poo-tine potatoes.

Unofficial CP24 Mirror @cp24-mirror.bsky.social · 8d

Old pastures, new tools: P.E.I. farmers test electric collars on cows

A pilot project on P.E.I. is testing electronic collars on cows with the goal of boosting potato yields and pastures.

www.cp24.com

Barry Lavallée @barrylavallee.bsky.social · 9d

The tunnel through the concrete block that's hosting the "except bicycles" sign isn't big enough, and it's facing the wrong way.

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Lisa Stokes @lisastokes.bsky.social · 10d

We began our 7-day self-supported ride on the Véloroute Gourmande, leaving Montreal’s hills for riverside paths and canal trails. We passed murals, bridges, and autumn colours before finishing 85 km later in Farnham—tired, happy, & grateful for Quebec’s cycling culture

lisastokes.ca/2025/10/mont...

Montreal and Véloroute Gourmande – Day 3

We began our seven-day self-supported ride on the Véloroute Gourmande, leaving Montreal’s hills for riverside paths and canal trails. Despite some confusing signage, the ride was scenic and mostly …

lisastokes.ca

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Town of Halton Hills @haltonhills.bsky.social · 10d

Hey #HaltonHills, be sure to mark your calendars and join us on Saturday, October 18 at 1:00 p.m. at the Gellert parking lot for the Costume Bike Parade!

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 12d

PLEASE SHARE WIDELY ACROSS ONTARIO!

Parents and communities are organizing to fight back for our kids' safety and keep our speed cameras ON!

Get connected: docs.google.com/forms/d/1t0p...

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Lisa Stokes @lisastokes.bsky.social · 12d

Our 12-day bike adventure begins! After driving to Montreal, we’ll spend a couple of days exploring before riding the Véloroute Gourmande to Sherbrooke and looping back along the St. Lawrence. First the Brockville Railway Tunnel, then St Joseph’s Oratory for the night.

lisastokes.ca/2025/10/mont...

Montreal and Véloroute Gourmande – Day 1

Our 12-day bike adventure begins! After driving to Montreal, we’ll spend a couple of days exploring before riding the Véloroute Gourmande to Sherbrooke and looping back along the St. Lawrence. My t…

lisastokes.ca

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Barry Lavallée @barrylavallee.bsky.social · 12d

It's so annoying.

I was in a Starbucks once when a guy was having a VERY loud foul mouthed conversation on his phone. Everyone was disgusted. He wasn't even aware. I got up, walked up behind him, tapped him on the shoulder and asked him to take his potty mouth outdoors.

Much to my surprise he did.

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Barry Lavallée @barrylavallee.bsky.social · 12d

Speed cameras cosplay, so drivers will remember where they got stung.

Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 12d

Councillor Holyday's motion to look at installing colour vinyl wraps on speed cameras, perhaps to make them look like wasps or other types of wildlife, CARRIES 20-5.

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 12d

Barrie #Ontario recently declared a "state of emergency" over homelessness.

But for its mayor, the risk to human lives is not the emergency. The visibility of poverty is.

New op-ed from Nir Hagigi:

ricochet.media/justice/hous...

#onpoli #Barrie #housingisahumanright

In Barrie, poverty is the crime and visibility the emergency

The Ontario city’s so-called ‘state of emergency’ is a manufactured crisis built on cruelty, not care

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