Michael Powell
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Wow this is crazy Trump just released an Executive Order eliminating Halalflation
November 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Wow this is crazy Trump just released an Executive Order eliminating Halalflation
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Here's the biggest PSE story you haven't heard yet: the Canada Student Grant for low-income students is being cut from $4200/year to $3000/year as of next August. It's implicit in the budget tables but the government is too chickenshit to actually say so directly.
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Here's the biggest PSE story you haven't heard yet: the Canada Student Grant for low-income students is being cut from $4200/year to $3000/year as of next August. It's implicit in the budget tables but the government is too chickenshit to actually say so directly.
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I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.
November 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.
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This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 AM
This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
The real story here is Ottawans’ inability to count to three.
Thousands of items left at the curb for exceeding Ottawa’s 3-item garbage limit
Thousands of items left at the curb for exceeding Ottawa’s 3-item garbage limit
The City of Ottawa’s new three-item garbage limit has resulted in a “notable reduction in waste” heading to the Trail Road Landfill, but thousands of items have been tagged and left sitting at the curb due to exceeding the limit, according to a new report.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The real story here is Ottawans’ inability to count to three.
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We spend so much time comparing it to the NFL that we sometimes fail to appreciate that it's one of the very few forms of homegrown mass cultural entertainment that brings Canadians together, which is something you might want to lean into right now.
September 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
We spend so much time comparing it to the NFL that we sometimes fail to appreciate that it's one of the very few forms of homegrown mass cultural entertainment that brings Canadians together, which is something you might want to lean into right now.
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It’s ok to put the phone down.
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It’s ok to put the phone down.
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No way these end up closed and boarded up and the subject of 25 years of desultory talks about how to get them back to what they were in 2025.
Watson’s Mill faces new challenges as city looks to transfer historic Manotick properties
Watson’s Mill faces new challenges as city looks to transfer historic Manotick properties
Earlier this year, the City of Ottawa declared Dickinson House and the Carriage Shed surplus in an effort to cut costs from its operating budget, a move that paves the way for their transfer to Watson’s Mill Manotick Inc.
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September 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
No way these end up closed and boarded up and the subject of 25 years of desultory talks about how to get them back to what they were in 2025.
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For any casuals heading to one of these shows, spend some time with Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory, and you’ll be ready for the bulk of the setlist. Plus you’ll be better acquainted with two of the great rock records of all time.
August 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
For any casuals heading to one of these shows, spend some time with Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory, and you’ll be ready for the bulk of the setlist. Plus you’ll be better acquainted with two of the great rock records of all time.
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AC is SO MUCH EASIER to decarbonize than heating...we're already like halfway to carbon free AC in the US, while heat is like 10% of the way there.
How do I feel about air conditioning? I’m very hot – but it’s destroying the planet | Emma Beddington
How do I feel about air conditioning? I’m very hot – but it’s destroying the planet | Emma Beddington
Yes, temperatures are rising. But more and more AC means more and more CO2 – and then more and more global heating. Let’s have some long-term thinking instead, writes Guardian columnist Emma Beddington
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
AC is SO MUCH EASIER to decarbonize than heating...we're already like halfway to carbon free AC in the US, while heat is like 10% of the way there.
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Well StatsCan pegged the cost of the additional regulations at about 1.7 points of GDP per year, so I think we can say there's an effect.
There is a cost to all things. You can't increase regulatory comexity and think it'll have zero effect.
There is a cost to all things. You can't increase regulatory comexity and think it'll have zero effect.
July 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Well StatsCan pegged the cost of the additional regulations at about 1.7 points of GDP per year, so I think we can say there's an effect.
There is a cost to all things. You can't increase regulatory comexity and think it'll have zero effect.
There is a cost to all things. You can't increase regulatory comexity and think it'll have zero effect.
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According to @SickosCommittee.org, the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest set for #IndependenceDay has been postponed. Defending champ Ed Krachie was at Fort Bliss in El Paso, so a new champion was expected to be crowned - that will have to wait.
July 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
According to @SickosCommittee.org, the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest set for #IndependenceDay has been postponed. Defending champ Ed Krachie was at Fort Bliss in El Paso, so a new champion was expected to be crowned - that will have to wait.
What’s everyone’s current Canada Day album and why is it Melville by The Rheostatics?
July 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
What’s everyone’s current Canada Day album and why is it Melville by The Rheostatics?
@hansonthebike.bsky.social is, I believe, the first two time recipient of the Timmermans’ award. Ottawa is a safer, better place because of his work to advance cycling for everyone.
Congratulations to Helping with Bikes and Hans Moor for receiving Bruce Timmermans Awards to recognize contributions to cycling in #OttCity.
Learn more: bit.ly/3L48SS5
Learn more: bit.ly/3L48SS5
June 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
@hansonthebike.bsky.social is, I believe, the first two time recipient of the Timmermans’ award. Ottawa is a safer, better place because of his work to advance cycling for everyone.
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I did those Harper tours of the North. We once did a Churchill to Resolute flight. In a Hercules. Longest flight of my life!
May 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I did those Harper tours of the North. We once did a Churchill to Resolute flight. In a Hercules. Longest flight of my life!
I maintain that if we are going to have fun little ceremonies, we should maximize the fun and have the Usher, MPs, and all the rest walk up and down Wellington when we start parliament.
IT'S A LOVELY DAY. MAKE THE FOLKS AT THE CBC FILL AIR WHILE MPS STROLL BY TOURIST BUS TICKET VENDORS.
IT'S A LOVELY DAY. MAKE THE FOLKS AT THE CBC FILL AIR WHILE MPS STROLL BY TOURIST BUS TICKET VENDORS.
Here we go! Black Rod is being instructed to head to the House of Commons, and on the little white shuttle bus he goes.
May 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I maintain that if we are going to have fun little ceremonies, we should maximize the fun and have the Usher, MPs, and all the rest walk up and down Wellington when we start parliament.
IT'S A LOVELY DAY. MAKE THE FOLKS AT THE CBC FILL AIR WHILE MPS STROLL BY TOURIST BUS TICKET VENDORS.
IT'S A LOVELY DAY. MAKE THE FOLKS AT THE CBC FILL AIR WHILE MPS STROLL BY TOURIST BUS TICKET VENDORS.
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like in most peoples lives commodification is antagonistic to financialization, nobody expects to retire on the asset appreciation of their PS4 or their Honda Civic
May 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
like in most peoples lives commodification is antagonistic to financialization, nobody expects to retire on the asset appreciation of their PS4 or their Honda Civic
If I win the lottery I’d go back to school and do a PhD on how A&Ws transitioned from almost exclusively food court to real restaurant in Eastern Canada and what that tells us about the souls of suburban English Canada. It will be called “Root beer and fries with that?”
me normally: cities are full of dynamism and change and their vibrancy is a big part of what attracts people and makes them vital to our society
me in my childhood mall: the new york fries and a&w are the last outlets from my youth left on the food court, and therefore the last pillars of society
me in my childhood mall: the new york fries and a&w are the last outlets from my youth left on the food court, and therefore the last pillars of society
May 3, 2025 at 4:12 AM
If I win the lottery I’d go back to school and do a PhD on how A&Ws transitioned from almost exclusively food court to real restaurant in Eastern Canada and what that tells us about the souls of suburban English Canada. It will be called “Root beer and fries with that?”
My very lukewarm take is that running a guy named “John Turner” against “John Turner” is pretty funny. Finding 10 “Pierre Poilievres” (or “Mark Carneys”!) to do the same would be hilarious.
The long ballot really only advances a (bad) claim that it should be harder to be on one.
The long ballot really only advances a (bad) claim that it should be harder to be on one.
I get that the Rhinoceros Party is a satirical party and draws attention to real frustrations some have with our system. Other people probably think trolling Poilievre is funny
But these kinds of stunts are anti-democratic and present real accessibility issues for voters:
But these kinds of stunts are anti-democratic and present real accessibility issues for voters:
Ballot design released. This is quite the specimen! 👀
April 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
My very lukewarm take is that running a guy named “John Turner” against “John Turner” is pretty funny. Finding 10 “Pierre Poilievres” (or “Mark Carneys”!) to do the same would be hilarious.
The long ballot really only advances a (bad) claim that it should be harder to be on one.
The long ballot really only advances a (bad) claim that it should be harder to be on one.
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I get that the Rhinoceros Party is a satirical party and draws attention to real frustrations some have with our system. Other people probably think trolling Poilievre is funny
But these kinds of stunts are anti-democratic and present real accessibility issues for voters:
But these kinds of stunts are anti-democratic and present real accessibility issues for voters:
Ballot design released. This is quite the specimen! 👀
April 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I get that the Rhinoceros Party is a satirical party and draws attention to real frustrations some have with our system. Other people probably think trolling Poilievre is funny
But these kinds of stunts are anti-democratic and present real accessibility issues for voters:
But these kinds of stunts are anti-democratic and present real accessibility issues for voters:
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Mark Carney interviews during this campaign:
1) Cinq chefs, Radio-Canada
2) Nardwuar the Human Serviette
... is that all?
1) Cinq chefs, Radio-Canada
2) Nardwuar the Human Serviette
... is that all?
April 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Mark Carney interviews during this campaign:
1) Cinq chefs, Radio-Canada
2) Nardwuar the Human Serviette
... is that all?
1) Cinq chefs, Radio-Canada
2) Nardwuar the Human Serviette
... is that all?
Ottawa: We are a winter city!
Also Ottawa: inside water fountains in heated public places are turned off for the winter.
Also Ottawa: inside water fountains in heated public places are turned off for the winter.
April 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Ottawa: We are a winter city!
Also Ottawa: inside water fountains in heated public places are turned off for the winter.
Also Ottawa: inside water fountains in heated public places are turned off for the winter.
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Beastie Boys are known to let the writs…
Draw up
Draw up
March 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Beastie Boys are known to let the writs…
Draw up
Draw up