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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 1h

Simple way to avoid car companies bricking your vehicle by installing a forced software update: make sure your vehicle is a bicycle.

Danny Palmer @dannypalmer.bsky.social · 2h

The future is great, huh?

"A software update to Jeep 4xE models caused major malfunctions over the weekend – leaving many owners stranded and some in danger after their power failed."

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Jeep software update bricks vehicles

“Please exercise extreme caution”

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Disney Prime Video + @disneyprimevideo.bsky.social · 2h

🐸 - KH

AI Slop That Supports Your Cause Is Sill Slop

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 2h

There was no thanksgiving miracle, but there is a podcast!

Grand Parade Newspaper @grandparade.bsky.social · 2h

This week's paper will be online later today and in Atlantic News tomorrow morning.

While you wait, please enjoy the latest episode of the Grand Parade podcast. (You may need to wait a bit for it to sync with your podcast player of choice.)

Ticking boxes until the world ends, an Oct 6-10 council recap - The Grand Parade

Another week at city hall and another week of the Grand Parade podcast. This week is a far less... let's say excited episode that runs back over the relatively mild municipal news since last Monday H...

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 7d

White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 19h

Who needs to hit emissions goals 127 years early anyways

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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 21h

Grimly funny that Halifax had a brand of Be Bold for awhile.

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 21h

Wanna know what is crazy effective at reducing congestion? Tolls.

The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 22h

Congestion on Halifax bridges needs more work, while crashes drop with no tolls

Preliminary data shows that the removal of toll plazas on Halifax's bridges has been positive, but there is still work to be done to improve congestion, said Fred Tilley, the province's Minister of Public Works.

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 21h

Unless I pull off a thanksgiving miracle everything Grand Parade will be published on Tuesday instead of Monday

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 1d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 23h

Tbh I think for people the summer has been incredibly disjointed. From a media perspective in 2023 it was always the same folks in the press box week in week out. This year we're a lot more inconsistent in our attendance and I get the sense that's pretty common with everyone compared to 2023

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sadvil 😎 @sadvil.bsky.social · 1d

A great weekend to share Jeff Bridges making a perfect joke

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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 1d

Revenue per developed acre in some suburban communities... and then add in some urban neighbourhoods for context.

Bar graph of revenue per acre in Halifax communities.

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 1d

A safe system doesn't allow for unsafe driving.

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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 1d

*taps the "If there are more than two lanes, overhead amber lights are insufficient" sign*

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 1d

Cc: @hfxgov.bsky.social lights aren't safety infrastructure

Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 1d

From reddit, dashcam footage of our road safety strategy almost killing two kids an adult and a dog.

From the halifax community on Reddit: Please watch for people in crosswalks

Explore this post and more from the halifax community

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 1d

From reddit, dashcam footage of our road safety strategy almost killing two kids an adult and a dog.

From the halifax community on Reddit: Please watch for people in crosswalks

Explore this post and more from the halifax community

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you 1970s oil crisis for this deadly cost saving initiative!

Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 1d

Can you believe that most cities in the US and Canada, with only a few exceptions, allow cars to turn right despite having a red light?

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daryl "shut down, ass up'" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 1d

one of the most not the onion but the onion headlines I've ever seen

Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 1d

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Lay's drastically rebrands after disturbing finding: 42% of consumers didn't know their chips were made out of potatoes | Fortune

New bags—matte-ified and designed to look like wood planks (like a potato crate)—will hold the chips with revamped ingredient lists.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 2d

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?

It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

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Allister Aalders @allisteraalders.bsky.social · 1d

Not surprising to now see exceptional drought observed in parts of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in the latest AAFC drought update. Almost all of Atlantic Canada remains in some form of drought, worst in the Maritimes and Avalon Peninsula. The full report: agriculture.canada.ca/en/agricultu...

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Matt Stickland @landofsticks.bsky.social · 2d

It's the first day of my kids first real season in minor hockey

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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 2d

Deny Sullivan: Halifax bridge toll blunder: Houston’s election gimmick worsens gridlock

The promise to save drivers time is backfiring. The reason? Simple economics.

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Danny @mardigroan.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, you mean fall as in autumn, not as in "of civilization."

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Martin Bauman @martinbauman.com · 2d

NEW: Will @hfxwanderersfc.bsky.social clinch a home playoff game in 2025? How healthy is Tiago Coimbra? Plus, how should Wanderers fans look back on Sam Salter's time in Halifax?

@joshrjhealey.bsky.social joins The Wanderer Grounds podcast to discuss.

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Will the Wanderers Clinch a Home Playoff Game? Plus, Revisiting Sam Salter's Legacy - The Wanderer Grounds | A Halifax Soccer Podcast

Can the Halifax Wanderers lift their fortunes in time to earn a home playoff match? How healthy is Tiago Coimbra? And how should Sam Salter's time in Halifax be remembered? HFX Football Post's Josh H...

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