Michael Druker
@mdruker.app
Cities, justice, bad jokes. Dad. Immigrant 🇨🇦⬅️🇺🇸⬅️Ru. Staff eng on break, advocate at @tritag.ca, bsky tinkerer at @feeds.mdruker.app. he/him. Support 🇺🇦
📍 Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
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The Highline ⬇️ feed lets you catch up on the highlights from oldest (up to 24 hours back) to newest (to 30 minutes ago), and it remembers your position based on how far you've scrolled. Adjustable filtering settings at feeds.mdruker.app.
Use it in tandem with the Following feed. 5/7
Use it in tandem with the Following feed. 5/7
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Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
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This ambulance *zoomed*, unimpeded, down the “red carpet” on Bathurst today. Good to see.
There can be benefits of transit priority that extend beyond transit.
There can be benefits of transit priority that extend beyond transit.
November 30, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This ambulance *zoomed*, unimpeded, down the “red carpet” on Bathurst today. Good to see.
There can be benefits of transit priority that extend beyond transit.
There can be benefits of transit priority that extend beyond transit.
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US public transit advocates: Don't just envy Europe. Start by envying Canada.
Great piece on Montreal's remarkably cheap new rapid transit system.
macleans.ca/society/mont...
Great piece on Montreal's remarkably cheap new rapid transit system.
macleans.ca/society/mont...
Montreal's New Rail Line Is the Future - Macleans.ca
Canada has forgotten how to build fast, cheap transit. A new megaproject has the fix.
macleans.ca
November 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
US public transit advocates: Don't just envy Europe. Start by envying Canada.
Great piece on Montreal's remarkably cheap new rapid transit system.
macleans.ca/society/mont...
Great piece on Montreal's remarkably cheap new rapid transit system.
macleans.ca/society/mont...
Check this one out for some cute transit + sound stories
Sound Off (Gold): Transit Tunes & Childhood Chimes — Twenty Thousand Hertz - The stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds.
We’re proud to present the winning entries from our Sound Off competition: five listener-made short stories that rose to the very top. From clever tinnitus tonics to melodic subway signals, from misch...
www.20k.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Check this one out for some cute transit + sound stories
How can a city be family-friendly if it doesn’t have a train network you can ride with your kids
November 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
How can a city be family-friendly if it doesn’t have a train network you can ride with your kids
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It’s crazy that instead of this we have a patchwork of ppl paid privately to drive around the city clearing snow from random homes, ppl doing it themselves and having heart attacks, and uncleared sidewalks.
I know that many other cities don’t plow their sidewalks, leaving it up to property owners. This is completely crazy to me.
Our sidewalk plows look like this and they do a pretty good job.
Our sidewalk plows look like this and they do a pretty good job.
November 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It’s crazy that instead of this we have a patchwork of ppl paid privately to drive around the city clearing snow from random homes, ppl doing it themselves and having heart attacks, and uncleared sidewalks.
It’s neat when fantasy stories talk about their world’s exchange of goods and services. I want to know how the ecognomy works
November 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It’s neat when fantasy stories talk about their world’s exchange of goods and services. I want to know how the ecognomy works
What’s everyone cooking today?
November 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
What’s everyone cooking today?
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The Mid-rise Pattern Designs endorsed by the Government Architect of New South Wales (Australia) provides a catalogue of small lot and corner lot apartment building designs of 4 to 7 storeys in height. Take a look at the floor plans and renderings.
www.planning.nsw.gov.au/government-a...
www.planning.nsw.gov.au/government-a...
November 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The Mid-rise Pattern Designs endorsed by the Government Architect of New South Wales (Australia) provides a catalogue of small lot and corner lot apartment building designs of 4 to 7 storeys in height. Take a look at the floor plans and renderings.
www.planning.nsw.gov.au/government-a...
www.planning.nsw.gov.au/government-a...
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yeah AI Ben Garrison is incredible
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
yeah AI Ben Garrison is incredible
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this headline, and much of the reporting, is the result of believing that the key to good journalism is never taking a position
NEW: The F.D.A. announced in an internal memo that 10 children died "because of" the Covid shot. Other experts want to see proof.
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
this headline, and much of the reporting, is the result of believing that the key to good journalism is never taking a position
I don’t know what Global South means but I assume it includes Australia and New Zealand
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I don’t know what Global South means but I assume it includes Australia and New Zealand
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Despite the shit weather, I'm here at the Stanley Park Community Centre till 2! Books make great gifts! #KitchenerWaterloo #ExploreWR #SupportLocal
November 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Despite the shit weather, I'm here at the Stanley Park Community Centre till 2! Books make great gifts! #KitchenerWaterloo #ExploreWR #SupportLocal
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Ex-official explained this in a way that will stick with me forever: Within fire departments, the EMTs are overworked and underpaid and don’t have time to advocate for policy. The fire chiefs, on the other hand, have a lot more time on their hands. So fire response, not medical, dictates policy.
November 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Ex-official explained this in a way that will stick with me forever: Within fire departments, the EMTs are overworked and underpaid and don’t have time to advocate for policy. The fire chiefs, on the other hand, have a lot more time on their hands. So fire response, not medical, dictates policy.
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New Podcast Episode: @matt.godbolt.org is back after 5 years!
And he's sharing stories about breaking through layers.
Sometimes your “disk write” is a network hop in a trench coat, and your “fast path” hides a page fault.
Godbolt's rule will help.
corecursive.com/godbolt-rule...
And he's sharing stories about breaking through layers.
Sometimes your “disk write” is a network hop in a trench coat, and your “fast path” hides a page fault.
Godbolt's rule will help.
corecursive.com/godbolt-rule...
Godbolt's Rule - CoRecursive Podcast
What do you do when your code breaks and the only fix is to dig into the runtime below?Matt Godbolt lives for that. Tile-based renderers, color-coded scanlines, zero-copy NICs—each story is a clue tha...
corecursive.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
New Podcast Episode: @matt.godbolt.org is back after 5 years!
And he's sharing stories about breaking through layers.
Sometimes your “disk write” is a network hop in a trench coat, and your “fast path” hides a page fault.
Godbolt's rule will help.
corecursive.com/godbolt-rule...
And he's sharing stories about breaking through layers.
Sometimes your “disk write” is a network hop in a trench coat, and your “fast path” hides a page fault.
Godbolt's rule will help.
corecursive.com/godbolt-rule...
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i am not a christian but i have no idea why there isn't some big panic about a guy called "mr. beast" amassing tremendous amounts of fame and influence by literally getting people to do dangerous and degrading things
November 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
i am not a christian but i have no idea why there isn't some big panic about a guy called "mr. beast" amassing tremendous amounts of fame and influence by literally getting people to do dangerous and degrading things
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The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
For the KW transit & history nerds — @swanboatsteve.bsky.social took some great photos in 1973 of the last of the Kitchener Public Utility Commission trolleybuses. Surprisingly many places are still recognizable
Kitchener Trolleybus Gallery
Many readers of this site have been posting photos of the ION LRT construction in Kitchener-Waterloo over the past years. Normally, I stick to Toronto news, but as a gift back to readers in K-W, he…
stevemunro.ca
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
For the KW transit & history nerds — @swanboatsteve.bsky.social took some great photos in 1973 of the last of the Kitchener Public Utility Commission trolleybuses. Surprisingly many places are still recognizable
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toronto is so beautiful
November 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
toronto is so beautiful
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Yesterday, an updated version of the GTHA in-delivery transit projects map was posted on LinkedIn.
For the first time: all Regional Rail, Light Rail, and Subway Lines in the GTHA region are represented on one map, as well as all provincially funded or supported expansions.
For the first time: all Regional Rail, Light Rail, and Subway Lines in the GTHA region are represented on one map, as well as all provincially funded or supported expansions.
November 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Yesterday, an updated version of the GTHA in-delivery transit projects map was posted on LinkedIn.
For the first time: all Regional Rail, Light Rail, and Subway Lines in the GTHA region are represented on one map, as well as all provincially funded or supported expansions.
For the first time: all Regional Rail, Light Rail, and Subway Lines in the GTHA region are represented on one map, as well as all provincially funded or supported expansions.
Can we return to the AI slop from two years ago
Exactly what I wanted to know on a page about the difference between crepes and blintzes
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Can we return to the AI slop from two years ago
If you believe in regulation, you gotta care about making regulation useful and effective
The people in my replies explaining that actually some regulations are over broad and small businesses need help to navigate them and so this is a left-wing position. Yes! Good!
November 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
If you believe in regulation, you gotta care about making regulation useful and effective