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Dafydd Hughes

@dafydd61.bsky.social

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Piano player, cyclist, runner, computer programmer, teacher, T1D. He/him 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #BikeTo #VisionZero #TOPoli #ONPoli PFP- selfie - I’m a white man with pink glasses, a black fake paper moustache and beard, and a blue hood over my head.

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 15h

Yep. I own… almost… 5 bikes, but Bike Share gets love several times a week.

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 23h

(In any case, the villain of the story is the delivery apps who are forcing people, often marginalized immigrants just trying to hustle in the sleet & snow for 12 bucks an hour, to deliver your burrito as quickly as possible or they won't get paid. but that's a thornier discussion than "e-bike bad")

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, it doesn’t look like it’s *not* working.

The precipitation graph from my weather app, showing only a small chance of rain tomorrow morning, with much higher chance tomorrow afternoon, after the marathon finishes.

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 2d

My dad, a cartographer, made it his personal mission to educate every one of my geography teachers from grades 1 through 12 on the relative sizes of Greenland and South America. It’s shocking how often he wasn’t successful.

Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly this map is my favorite because of how little is bigger than Alaska.

A map of the world where the countries in red are smaller than Alaska while the countries in yellow are larger than Alaska.

The only countries in yellow are Russia, China, India, Kazakhstan, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Algeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Mexico, United States, Denmark (including Greenland), Libya, Indonesia and Sudan.

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 3d

This is true. Which is why provincial governments need to stay out of the way and let municipalities make their own decisions.

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 3d

Gonna wave this around the office for a bit.

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 3d

Luge youtu.be/X4m4VNVd2zc

I Love It Here, I Live Here by Luge (Live in Toronto)

YouTube video by The Vinyl Vagabond's Liner Notes

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 3d

Deerhoof youtu.be/SADzvvdRi2A

Deerhoof - We Do Parties (Live in Tokyo)

YouTube video by Deerhoof

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 3d

This is amazing. Thanks for sharing.

In return, the two bands I mentioned:

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 4d

I keep my notes from her talk 2 years ago close at hand.

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 4d

Michelle Williams is a badass.

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 4d

For context, you can read @maggiehelwig.bsky.social’s wonderful (award-winning) book, Encampment.

Libby link: share.libbyapp.com/title/11857645

Encampment

We think, maybe, that homelessness is some kind of stable state, like being housed except without housing. Without really considering it, most people do imagine that people who are homeless live in, i...

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 4d

Three levels of govt were able to coordinate a $380M budget for FIFA in Toronto. That’s enough to house/feed/&c. >7k people for a year at $54k each, which is the AVERAGE cost of living in Toronto. That’s a choice.

#HousingIsAHumanRight

Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 5d

Evictions happening now at St Stephens- calm currently

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 5d

Hey Knowbility! Great to see you here!

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 6d

Oh this is sad news, but boy does she ever deserve it!

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 6d

Me too 😬

Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 6d

Hope you get the job!

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