Matthew the Matticus
@matticusssss.bsky.social
YYC Photography by Cargo Bike - he/they cat shepard, musician (cello+voice), train nerd, general geek, and still hoping for a brighter future
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I just picked up this HEAVY bookcase from someone on a Craigslist ad. The seller was so blown away by the cargo bike that they jumped on their bike and rode with me for a few blocks to see how it was possible to move such a load without a pickup truck. #OneLessTruck #CargoBikes #BikesAreBetter
December 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I just picked up this HEAVY bookcase from someone on a Craigslist ad. The seller was so blown away by the cargo bike that they jumped on their bike and rode with me for a few blocks to see how it was possible to move such a load without a pickup truck. #OneLessTruck #CargoBikes #BikesAreBetter
ONE MORE WEEK!!!!!
This year's SANTA SCRAMBLE is scheduled!
December 13th! (Full info in alt text)
Festively featuring family friendly as well as brewery based rides - come dressed as Santa or anything seasonal, and bring your friends to join the fun!
#yycbike @3bybikeyyc.bsky.social
December 13th! (Full info in alt text)
Festively featuring family friendly as well as brewery based rides - come dressed as Santa or anything seasonal, and bring your friends to join the fun!
#yycbike @3bybikeyyc.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
ONE MORE WEEK!!!!!
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NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports
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Dec 6, 1989 I was starting exams for my 1st term of engineering school at @uwaterloo.ca
We heard about the murders on radio/TV, exams were postponed.
There was debate about what really happened & we didn't know he targeted only women, or why.
There is no debate now.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We heard about the murders on radio/TV, exams were postponed.
There was debate about what really happened & we didn't know he targeted only women, or why.
There is no debate now.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
December 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Dec 6, 1989 I was starting exams for my 1st term of engineering school at @uwaterloo.ca
We heard about the murders on radio/TV, exams were postponed.
There was debate about what really happened & we didn't know he targeted only women, or why.
There is no debate now.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We heard about the murders on radio/TV, exams were postponed.
There was debate about what really happened & we didn't know he targeted only women, or why.
There is no debate now.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ask #AI why there's no money for the #ClimateCrisis?
December 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Ask #AI why there's no money for the #ClimateCrisis?
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Influenza A was bad in Australia a few months ago and it looks like it's shaping up the same here. We haven't even had many parties and family get-togethers yet. And the vaccine match this year isn't great, though it gives some protection, so get it. RSV is kicking off also and covid never left.
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Influenza A was bad in Australia a few months ago and it looks like it's shaping up the same here. We haven't even had many parties and family get-togethers yet. And the vaccine match this year isn't great, though it gives some protection, so get it. RSV is kicking off also and covid never left.
The fog cometh
December 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The fog cometh
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Tonight was our annual #yycbike #treebybike outing with @peislandergirl.bsky.social Opted to try the sideways on the front rack method, which worked pretty well except for a close pass incident with a bollard! 💥
December 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Tonight was our annual #yycbike #treebybike outing with @peislandergirl.bsky.social Opted to try the sideways on the front rack method, which worked pretty well except for a close pass incident with a bollard! 💥
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Quite sure this was called (by me and others) - the Chief Electoral Officer and courts to be stripped of powers used against the separatist referendum effort AND the bar against having a unity and separation question both go to vote, even at the same time perhaps - dropped apple.news/A9GuoEZJORka...
Alberta proposing sweeping changes to election and referendum laws — The Globe and Mail
New rules could limit what names can be used for political parties and remove guardrails for citizen-initiated referendums
apple.news
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Quite sure this was called (by me and others) - the Chief Electoral Officer and courts to be stripped of powers used against the separatist referendum effort AND the bar against having a unity and separation question both go to vote, even at the same time perhaps - dropped apple.news/A9GuoEZJORka...
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Basically under the UCP a legislative majority is the only power and has no limits subject only to those Constitutional principles that can’t be overridden by the NWC. That’s the only limit.
December 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Basically under the UCP a legislative majority is the only power and has no limits subject only to those Constitutional principles that can’t be overridden by the NWC. That’s the only limit.
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Anything “the Party” doesn’t like - the rules are changed to disallow or disfavour, as with all the municipal/election meddling. Now intruding into party naming rules.
December 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Anything “the Party” doesn’t like - the rules are changed to disallow or disfavour, as with all the municipal/election meddling. Now intruding into party naming rules.
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Don’t like the fact that doctors can’t wine dine and hockey box you without rules and disclosure? Change the ethics rules and conflict of interest act
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Don’t like the fact that doctors can’t wine dine and hockey box you without rules and disclosure? Change the ethics rules and conflict of interest act
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New forms of energy production out competing donor interests? Change the siting and reclamation rules for voluntary projects to be an order of magnitude stricter than favoured projects that don’t even require landowner voluntary agreement and have no enforceable tax/rent payments
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
New forms of energy production out competing donor interests? Change the siting and reclamation rules for voluntary projects to be an order of magnitude stricter than favoured projects that don’t even require landowner voluntary agreement and have no enforceable tax/rent payments
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This year's SANTA SCRAMBLE is scheduled!
December 13th! (Full info in alt text)
Festively featuring family friendly as well as brewery based rides - come dressed as Santa or anything seasonal, and bring your friends to join the fun!
#yycbike @3bybikeyyc.bsky.social
December 13th! (Full info in alt text)
Festively featuring family friendly as well as brewery based rides - come dressed as Santa or anything seasonal, and bring your friends to join the fun!
#yycbike @3bybikeyyc.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This year's SANTA SCRAMBLE is scheduled!
December 13th! (Full info in alt text)
Festively featuring family friendly as well as brewery based rides - come dressed as Santa or anything seasonal, and bring your friends to join the fun!
#yycbike @3bybikeyyc.bsky.social
December 13th! (Full info in alt text)
Festively featuring family friendly as well as brewery based rides - come dressed as Santa or anything seasonal, and bring your friends to join the fun!
#yycbike @3bybikeyyc.bsky.social
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As I've been saying since January, Carney's framing of the Trump administration as a bad trading partner instead of a fascist regime would lead to greater entanglement with fascism as we work to restore relations.
Elbows up: A leaked Liberal caucus briefing note shows the Mark Carney government fears that regulating arms exports to the USA might upset the Americans.
www.readthemaple.com/liberals-fea...
www.readthemaple.com/liberals-fea...
Liberals Fear Closing Arms Export Loophole Would Anger U.S.
A leaked briefing document gives the full picture behind the government’s talking points.
www.readthemaple.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
As I've been saying since January, Carney's framing of the Trump administration as a bad trading partner instead of a fascist regime would lead to greater entanglement with fascism as we work to restore relations.
I think 1st street NE is the most unserious bike thing the city does. Adjacent routes are aggressive car sewers, and yet this is entirely unploughed, with stop signs every 100m on an uphill. Who in their right mind would bike this route, especially obeying the signs? #yycbike
December 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I think 1st street NE is the most unserious bike thing the city does. Adjacent routes are aggressive car sewers, and yet this is entirely unploughed, with stop signs every 100m on an uphill. Who in their right mind would bike this route, especially obeying the signs? #yycbike
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UPDATE: CPS has released two bodyworn camera files.
The files cover before & after my assault by baton, shield & fist, alleged choking & arrest.
They are heavily redacted by blurring + audio cut, but one shows a shield strike.
CPS retained $125 for them. ⬇️
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
The files cover before & after my assault by baton, shield & fist, alleged choking & arrest.
They are heavily redacted by blurring + audio cut, but one shows a shield strike.
CPS retained $125 for them. ⬇️
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
Calgary police withhold evidence of brutality as final UofC protest charges fall
New documents reveal Calgary Police Service suppressed evidence of brutality by officers at the University of Calgary on May 9, 2024. Among this was camera footage from senior officers that should hav...
drugdatadecoded.ca
December 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
UPDATE: CPS has released two bodyworn camera files.
The files cover before & after my assault by baton, shield & fist, alleged choking & arrest.
They are heavily redacted by blurring + audio cut, but one shows a shield strike.
CPS retained $125 for them. ⬇️
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
The files cover before & after my assault by baton, shield & fist, alleged choking & arrest.
They are heavily redacted by blurring + audio cut, but one shows a shield strike.
CPS retained $125 for them. ⬇️
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
How to tell that your city cares about people on bikes:
Oh wait
1st st NE bikeway bad. Park not cleared, ever. Snirt abounds. And don't forget about the 5th street lake.
#yycbike
Oh wait
1st st NE bikeway bad. Park not cleared, ever. Snirt abounds. And don't forget about the 5th street lake.
#yycbike
December 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
How to tell that your city cares about people on bikes:
Oh wait
1st st NE bikeway bad. Park not cleared, ever. Snirt abounds. And don't forget about the 5th street lake.
#yycbike
Oh wait
1st st NE bikeway bad. Park not cleared, ever. Snirt abounds. And don't forget about the 5th street lake.
#yycbike
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
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The nice thing about being the sole bike commuter in the winter, where I work, is the ample space to hang out my gear to dry during the day! #yycbike
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The nice thing about being the sole bike commuter in the winter, where I work, is the ample space to hang out my gear to dry during the day! #yycbike
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Brilliant.
Hoping #yyccc active mobility planners see this. #yycbike
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/01/i...
Hoping #yyccc active mobility planners see this. #yycbike
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/01/i...
'It's a win-win': How Toronto is planning 20km of new bike lanes without defying Ford
The City of Toronto is also planning $30-million worth of infrastructure upgrades, including bike lanes, cycle tracks, and trails.
toronto.citynews.ca
December 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Brilliant.
Hoping #yyccc active mobility planners see this. #yycbike
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/01/i...
Hoping #yyccc active mobility planners see this. #yycbike
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/01/i...
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High school sociology teacher would say that the remote garage door opener was the death of American society because it eliminated the last remaining opportunity for chance interaction with your neighbor when you no longer had to get out of the car and open the garage.
To piggyback off of John's point (reposted), it's struck me lately how the baseline level of friendliness in cities has always seemed remarkably higher than the suburbs or rural areas to me, and I think it's because everyone is used to interacting with strangers as a routine part of their day
December 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
High school sociology teacher would say that the remote garage door opener was the death of American society because it eliminated the last remaining opportunity for chance interaction with your neighbor when you no longer had to get out of the car and open the garage.
Real exchange with my mother today
December 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Real exchange with my mother today
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Went to get groceries for 15% off day at Safeway. $600 later & a full bakfiets box of groceries, it started to snow little pellets on my ride home. But we made it, no thanks to a city that doesn't clear roads or sidewalks. #yycbike
December 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Went to get groceries for 15% off day at Safeway. $600 later & a full bakfiets box of groceries, it started to snow little pellets on my ride home. But we made it, no thanks to a city that doesn't clear roads or sidewalks. #yycbike