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@fiverdrive.bsky.social
perpetually tired
It’s bittersweet witnessing creative governance here in Ontario. I’m happy for Torontonians who stand to benefit from having a mayor that actually gives a shit about people, but as an Ottawan it’s infuriating knowing what we could have but don’t have because we perpetually deny ourselves.
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow and city council have done an end-run around Premier Doug Ford's anti-bike lane law. A new bylaw passed today allows the city to build a suite of new bike lanes that won't run afoul of the provincial rules.
Toronto finds path forward for bike lanes without breaking Ford government rules
City council has approved 20 kilometres of new bike lanes, which will be built without the removal of vehicle lanes, making them legal under the Ford government's Bill 60.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
It’s bittersweet witnessing creative governance here in Ontario. I’m happy for Torontonians who stand to benefit from having a mayor that actually gives a shit about people, but as an Ottawan it’s infuriating knowing what we could have but don’t have because we perpetually deny ourselves.
If (inner) urban Ottawa and rural Ottawa have one thing in common, is a sense of being disenfranchised by amalgamation.
It would be fun to see a campaign to de-amalgamate Ottawa led by two groups that want absolutely nothing to do with each other.
It would be fun to see a campaign to de-amalgamate Ottawa led by two groups that want absolutely nothing to do with each other.
Funny … I distinctly recall “rural” councillors having zero issues when it came time to ram through unwanted projects in urban parts of the city
Don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya
Don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya
December 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
If (inner) urban Ottawa and rural Ottawa have one thing in common, is a sense of being disenfranchised by amalgamation.
It would be fun to see a campaign to de-amalgamate Ottawa led by two groups that want absolutely nothing to do with each other.
It would be fun to see a campaign to de-amalgamate Ottawa led by two groups that want absolutely nothing to do with each other.
Budget passes. Troster, Leiper, Devine and Luloff are the only No votes, though Luloff's No was "for different reasons than Jeff".
December 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Budget passes. Troster, Leiper, Devine and Luloff are the only No votes, though Luloff's No was "for different reasons than Jeff".
@seandevine9.bsky.social is throwing down at Tierney and his op-ed in his comments before the budget vote today.
December 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
@seandevine9.bsky.social is throwing down at Tierney and his op-ed in his comments before the budget vote today.
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Everything else aside, a veteran politician wrote a whole op-ed about how the failures of city policies he identifies are the fault of the people who, unlike him, vote against those policies.
And here’s the kicker: Tierney’s vote, the mayor’s vote, and all the like-minded councillors always have the numbers. They win. Every time.
So if their approach is always the one implemented… how are things not improving, Tim? 17/
So if their approach is always the one implemented… how are things not improving, Tim? 17/
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Everything else aside, a veteran politician wrote a whole op-ed about how the failures of city policies he identifies are the fault of the people who, unlike him, vote against those policies.
This thread is worth a read.
Highlight?
“but the saga showed that the voices of external experts carried less weight than the perceived wants and desires of suburban homeowners.”
This is the quintessential“Ottawa experience”.
Highlight?
“but the saga showed that the voices of external experts carried less weight than the perceived wants and desires of suburban homeowners.”
This is the quintessential“Ottawa experience”.
The City of Ottawa is nearing the finish line on its new zoning bylaw. Did you know Ottawa's zoning is only two degrees from Kevin Bacon? 🧵...
December 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This thread is worth a read.
Highlight?
“but the saga showed that the voices of external experts carried less weight than the perceived wants and desires of suburban homeowners.”
This is the quintessential“Ottawa experience”.
Highlight?
“but the saga showed that the voices of external experts carried less weight than the perceived wants and desires of suburban homeowners.”
This is the quintessential“Ottawa experience”.
How are things supposed to get better when the people largely responsible for the City’s static response to crisis after crisis continue to get voted in election after election?
What’s that quote about insanity and doing the same thing over and over again?
What’s that quote about insanity and doing the same thing over and over again?
And here’s the kicker: Tierney’s vote, the mayor’s vote, and all the like-minded councillors always have the numbers. They win. Every time.
So if their approach is always the one implemented… how are things not improving, Tim? 17/
So if their approach is always the one implemented… how are things not improving, Tim? 17/
December 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
How are things supposed to get better when the people largely responsible for the City’s static response to crisis after crisis continue to get voted in election after election?
What’s that quote about insanity and doing the same thing over and over again?
What’s that quote about insanity and doing the same thing over and over again?
Looks like the train's getting faster (5:20 pace!) and mayyyyybe the CBC is spying on some of us.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
December 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Looks like the train's getting faster (5:20 pace!) and mayyyyybe the CBC is spying on some of us.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
(Imagine calling this "hard mode". LOL)
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (war or trek) LOTR or Marvel.
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (war or trek) LOTR or Marvel.
December 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
(Imagine calling this "hard mode". LOL)
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (war or trek) LOTR or Marvel.
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (war or trek) LOTR or Marvel.
Right after I posted this I witnessed some dunce in an SUV plow right over this bulb-out. I gave him a grin amd a big thumbs up as I walked past.
Way to go, #autowa! 🏆
Way to go, #autowa! 🏆
December 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Right after I posted this I witnessed some dunce in an SUV plow right over this bulb-out. I gave him a grin amd a big thumbs up as I walked past.
Way to go, #autowa! 🏆
Way to go, #autowa! 🏆
Runners: if you can do a 5:42/km pace you are officially faster than Toronto's new Line 6.
It took 4 minutes to go this 700 meters. That’s a speed of about 10.5 kph
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Runners: if you can do a 5:42/km pace you are officially faster than Toronto's new Line 6.
Reposted by Warm Up The Guillotine
This was a scurrilous ad hominem attack on the integrity of City Council colleagues by @timtierney.ca. During a Term of Council when we've all sought to avoid the petty divisiveness of the last term, Councillor Tierney sadly brought us all lower yesterday. 1/ ottawacitizen.com/opinion/budg...
Is your councillor a chronic no-voter on city budgets? | Opinion
Tim Tierney: Ottawa has traded safety and security for policing alternatives – experiments that have repeatedly failed. | Opinion
ottawacitizen.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This was a scurrilous ad hominem attack on the integrity of City Council colleagues by @timtierney.ca. During a Term of Council when we've all sought to avoid the petty divisiveness of the last term, Councillor Tierney sadly brought us all lower yesterday. 1/ ottawacitizen.com/opinion/budg...
A cynic might wonder if the City is doing a babysteps rollout because some people might fear a successful citywide rollout would score political points for a cadre of councillors that are currently on the outside looking in, one of whom is running against the current mayor in the ‘26 election.
Here in Ottawa, several councillors, including me, are frustrated at the City's tentative expansion of the ANCHOR program. Where cities like Toronto have modernized through their Community Crisis Service, Ottawa takes baby steps. 8/ toronto.citynews.ca/2023/11/09/c...
City council approves city-wide expansion of Community Crisis Service
The program will see mental health experts respond to calls involving people in crisis instead of the police service.
toronto.citynews.ca
December 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A cynic might wonder if the City is doing a babysteps rollout because some people might fear a successful citywide rollout would score political points for a cadre of councillors that are currently on the outside looking in, one of whom is running against the current mayor in the ‘26 election.
I'm looking for the one-year report on ANCHOR, but I'm not finding it anywhere.
The only link I keep seeing is broken for some reason:
pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...
Does anybody have it saved, by chance?
The only link I keep seeing is broken for some reason:
pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...
Does anybody have it saved, by chance?
pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I'm looking for the one-year report on ANCHOR, but I'm not finding it anywhere.
The only link I keep seeing is broken for some reason:
pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...
Does anybody have it saved, by chance?
The only link I keep seeing is broken for some reason:
pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...
Does anybody have it saved, by chance?
How many crashed cruisers does $26M buy?
Crash on Bank Street in the Glebe involving an OPS cruiser. Bank is currently closed, buses being redirected.
December 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
How many crashed cruisers does $26M buy?
It's my civic duty to remind people that Tierney was caught on speakerphone trying to bribe another candidate to drop out of an election race and an election official was in the room and heard the bribe being offered.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It's my civic duty to remind people that Tierney was caught on speakerphone trying to bribe another candidate to drop out of an election race and an election official was in the room and heard the bribe being offered.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The Journal: Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Journal: Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Devine has been bringing it lately.
Props to the voters of Knoxdale–Merivale. You chose well.
Props to the voters of Knoxdale–Merivale. You chose well.
There's enough inaccurate or concerning information in the way in which @en.ottawa.ca is communicating about the 2026 Budget that I felt it should be addressed. And it's the concept of $252M in "savings" that I want to talk about, because this information is being used falsely. 1/
#OttBudget 2026 invests in the services we rely on every day. Through service reviews and continuous improvement, we have realized more than $252 million in savings during this Term of Council.
One example of a service improvement is the redesigned Open Ottawa platform.
1/5
One example of a service improvement is the redesigned Open Ottawa platform.
1/5
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Devine has been bringing it lately.
Props to the voters of Knoxdale–Merivale. You chose well.
Props to the voters of Knoxdale–Merivale. You chose well.
Watching a councillor try to gaslight Redditors on the opportunity costs that come with financing Lansdowne 2.0’s debt is making me (even) angrier about this current term of Council and is sharpening my eagerness for next year’s election.
Some of you got swallowed whole by OSEG and it shows.
Some of you got swallowed whole by OSEG and it shows.
December 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Watching a councillor try to gaslight Redditors on the opportunity costs that come with financing Lansdowne 2.0’s debt is making me (even) angrier about this current term of Council and is sharpening my eagerness for next year’s election.
Some of you got swallowed whole by OSEG and it shows.
Some of you got swallowed whole by OSEG and it shows.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
George Michael
The Prodigy
R.E.M.
PJ Harvey
Soundgarden
George Michael
The Prodigy
R.E.M.
PJ Harvey
Soundgarden
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Bjork
The Tragically Hip
Wintersleep
Neil Young
Buck 65 with Symphony Nova Scotia
Bjork
The Tragically Hip
Wintersleep
Neil Young
Buck 65 with Symphony Nova Scotia
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Korpiklaani
Ariane Moffat
Great Big Sea
Morbid Angel
Opeth
Korpiklaani
Ariane Moffat
Great Big Sea
Morbid Angel
Opeth
November 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
George Michael
The Prodigy
R.E.M.
PJ Harvey
Soundgarden
George Michael
The Prodigy
R.E.M.
PJ Harvey
Soundgarden
For those not paying attention: OPS gets the biggest budget increases every year for some reason.
This bus was parked on the wrong side of the road, on the sidewalk, blocking the sidewalk and bike lane. I asked one of the half dozen cops standing 20 feet away to write them a ticket and he said "I prefer not writing tickets". And then just did nothing.
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
For those not paying attention: OPS gets the biggest budget increases every year for some reason.
Ottawa, take note (especially if you live in the Red Zone).
They'll likely be winding their way downtown around 11.30 am or so.
If you live in any of the neighbourhoods that were adversely affected by the original convoy, be aware and spread the word that these dopes will be around.
They'll likely be winding their way downtown around 11.30 am or so.
If you live in any of the neighbourhoods that were adversely affected by the original convoy, be aware and spread the word that these dopes will be around.
In case you’re wondering:
The key people behind tomorrow’s planned nationwide Ostrich Convoy include an aging Burning Man attendee who drives a psychedelic school bus called the “Church of Bubbles” and a Dutch-born Gen Z social media marketer who imports maple syrup to Utrecht, Netherlands
The key people behind tomorrow’s planned nationwide Ostrich Convoy include an aging Burning Man attendee who drives a psychedelic school bus called the “Church of Bubbles” and a Dutch-born Gen Z social media marketer who imports maple syrup to Utrecht, Netherlands
Leaders of Canada’s Newest Convoy Worry Police Are Trying to Sabotage a Nationwide Protest Avenging a Flock of Dead Ostriches
Convoy organizers say they are at ‘war’ with the federal government, but insist they will remain ‘peaceful’
pressprogress.ca
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Ottawa, take note (especially if you live in the Red Zone).
They'll likely be winding their way downtown around 11.30 am or so.
If you live in any of the neighbourhoods that were adversely affected by the original convoy, be aware and spread the word that these dopes will be around.
They'll likely be winding their way downtown around 11.30 am or so.
If you live in any of the neighbourhoods that were adversely affected by the original convoy, be aware and spread the word that these dopes will be around.
Amalgamation is a great way to kill a city.
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Amalgamation is a great way to kill a city.
Lansdowne 2.0 passes.
For:
Brown, Carr, Curry, Desroches, Dudas, Gower, Hill, Hubley, Kelly, Kitts, Luloff, Plante, Skalski, Sutcliffe, Tierney
Against:
Bradley, Brockington, Devine, Johnson, Kavanagh, King, Leiper, Lo, Menard, Troster
For:
Brown, Carr, Curry, Desroches, Dudas, Gower, Hill, Hubley, Kelly, Kitts, Luloff, Plante, Skalski, Sutcliffe, Tierney
Against:
Bradley, Brockington, Devine, Johnson, Kavanagh, King, Leiper, Lo, Menard, Troster
November 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Lansdowne 2.0 passes.
For:
Brown, Carr, Curry, Desroches, Dudas, Gower, Hill, Hubley, Kelly, Kitts, Luloff, Plante, Skalski, Sutcliffe, Tierney
Against:
Bradley, Brockington, Devine, Johnson, Kavanagh, King, Leiper, Lo, Menard, Troster
For:
Brown, Carr, Curry, Desroches, Dudas, Gower, Hill, Hubley, Kelly, Kitts, Luloff, Plante, Skalski, Sutcliffe, Tierney
Against:
Bradley, Brockington, Devine, Johnson, Kavanagh, King, Leiper, Lo, Menard, Troster