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Denis Agar (he/him) @denisagar.bsky.social · 3h

EVs significantly reduce the marginal cost of driving, which is going to be a disaster for our cities. It now costs me $15 round-trip to drive from Vancouver to Seattle with up to 5 people. Why would I park my car and take transit once I get there? Road pricing will eventually prove essential.

West Seattle Bike Blog @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 3h

I was thinking of taking the fam on the train to Leavenworth to see the Christmas lights this winter, but it would be $544 dollar for the four of us...

It would cost about $5.50 to drive our EV that distance.

Amtrak ticket showing $136 per person for a round trip to Leavenworth from Seattle

Map showing 45 kWh to drive from Seattle to Leavenworth. At $.13 a kilowatt that's about $5-6.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 2h

Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime.

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 36m

I don't know that I've ever deliberately had poutine. As someone who doesn't like gravy, it lacks appeal.

Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 1h

I want a sensible city that either doesn't do traffic count on closed roads or explains why it is doing so.

Percy as an open but closed road has been an issue for some time.

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Bicycle Seen @frpaul1.bsky.social · 3h

A spin on the phrase "work to live, not live to work".

Two frame cartoon.
Frame 1: Driver in traffic saying to passenger, "I hate driving... but I need a car to get to work"
Frame 2: Same person at work telling co-worker, "I hate my job, but I gotta make car payments"
Credit: Andy Singer

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 3h

Great alt text. You are those things too.

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 3h

Above an Immigrant focussed kiosk is a bad placement for a plastic skeleton.

Many immigrants don't come from Halloween celebrating places. Others come from war torn countries with unburied dead. The ByWard Market needs to move that one, IMHO.

Night of the Living Ted Raymond @tedraymond.bsky.social · 4h

Good morning, Ottawa!
Bonjour, Ottawa!

A sekelton sits on top of the immigrant entrepreneur Canada pop up shop in the ByWard Market.

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 5h

Hey @en.ottawa.ca can you have the road master update the status of Percy or have the count delayed, please?

It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 5h

The city's doing a traffic count on a Percy Street while the road is still closed on Google Maps. I'm sure that's going to give accurate numbers /s

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 7h

The Black Creek project was in Toronto's development charge study. It had a cost of $689 million, of which 38%, or $262 million, would be paid for from general revenue, and $427 million from development charges.

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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 6h

Creating people-first policy for the design of public places means we rethink priorities, refocus design langage and process (including procurement) and refocus our efforts to create #PlacesForPeople; I’m grateful to voices like @arieltroster.com @tkavanaghbayward.bsky.social and others who believe

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 14h

Quote from a totally different news story earlier in the day: "Hundreds die at work every year despite law created to improve safety"

Gas explosion at Toronto const...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Gas explosion at Toronto construction site sends 7 to hospital | CBC News

Seven people were sent to hospital after an explosion at a highrise construction site in Toronto Tuesday morning, police say.

www.cbc.ca

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Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen @wikisteff.bsky.social · 16h

It's because the JPL is a huge source of American science excellent for decades, so time to slash that bad boy apart.

The War on Science isn't going to fight itself!

Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

The job cuts are part of an effort to “restructure” the Jet Propulsion Lab, the lab’s director said in a statement.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Cutting 550 Jobs—But Not Due To Government Shutdown, Director Says

The job cuts are part of an effort to “restructure” the Jet Propulsion Lab, the lab’s director said in a statement.

www.forbes.com

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Caroleeena @caroleeena.bsky.social · 19h

This is honestly so sweet I have a lump in my throat.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 18h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 18h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Miranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 16h

Duolingo has managed to get me muddled on conditional, subjunctive and future tenses in my first language.

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KGE hockey fan 🇨🇦🍁 @kbyrd.bsky.social · 17h

charlatan.ca/ottawa-stude...

Ottawa students raced to beat the bus — and won - The Charlatan, Carleton's independent newspaper

Carleton University and University of Ottawa students raced to beat the bus to highlight OC Transpo issues.

charlatan.ca

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KGE hockey fan 🇨🇦🍁 @kbyrd.bsky.social · 17h

capitalcurrent.ca/new-25m-hous...

New $25M housing bond campaign in Ottawa turns neighbours into investors - Capital Current

A new bond will allow residents to invest in two local non-profits to preserve affordable housing.

capitalcurrent.ca

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DianeD 🇨🇦 ⚾️ @dianed0118.bsky.social · 21h

Hey Mark, please stop referring to residents as taxpayers. Thanks.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 1d

A lot of mobility innovation focuses on making existing options even more comfortable for the most privileged, at the expense of children, the elderly, people with low incomes or disabilities. If we’re not designing for them, we're designing ourselves out of the system: fair-mobility.eu/the-library/

An elderly woman rides a bike along a separated cycle path in front of two small children in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

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Ottawa Police Service / Service de police d'Ottawa @ottawapolice.bsky.social · 1d

The Ottawa Police Service is requesting assistance in locating 37-year-old Mykhailo Markin.

Mykhailo was last seen in the Walkley Road area on September 28.

At the time, he was wearing a grey t-shirt and dark pants. He is described as a White man, 5'7", medium build with a brown beard.

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dachte @dachte.bsky.social · 1d

Cities should be doing their best to:
1) Convince people to move in rather than live in suburbs
2) Provide very solid alternatives to cars
3) Eventually remove most parking
4) Make good places for people to be social with each other

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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.com · 1d

City staff work with the resources they are given by council. There are several of us councillors who constantly advocate for more resources and are often outvoted. We work with staff within the limitations they are given. They are incredibly dedicated to finding solutions + serving the community.

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Wraithe @wraithe.bsky.social · 1d

This will always remain my “go to” Trump cartoon:

Late era “Bloom County” comic strip with “Bill The Cat” who is a strung out looking orange cat created as an “anti-Garfield”, he has had Donald Trumps brain transplanted after Trump met with an accident (we should be so lucky)
He’s talking to Ronald-Ann a dark skinned young girl with cornrows and a headless doll (Raynelda)

Trump The Cat: “MY GOD. THIS IS SUCH A QUALITY COUNTRY.”

Ronald-Ann: WHADDYA MEAN. MR. TRUMP ?

😾: “MY PALM BEACH COTTAGE HAS 118 ROOMS. HOW MANY ROOMS DOES YOUR
COTTAGE HAVE?”

Ronald-Ann: “ONE. BUT WE HAVE NINE BEDS!
REYNELDA HERE SLEEPS IN A SOUP BOX”

😾: “I HAVE A $100 MILLION
BOAT. DO YOU HAVE A BOAT ?”

Ronald-Ann: “WHEN THE PLUMBING BREAKS OUK SOFA FLOATS!”

😾: “I HAVE A DREAM.
A DREAM THAT ONE DAY I MIGHT GET S/X POINTS ON MARGIN FOR THE EIFFEL TOWER DEAL...”

😾 “WHAT DO YOU DREAM ABOUT?”

Ronald-Ann: “DINNER”

😾: (walking away) “AND IMAGINE…
IN THIS GREAT, QUALITY
NATION, FOLKS LIKE *YOU* HAVEN'T STRUNG FOLKS LIKE *ME* UP BY THEIR INTESTINES!”

Raynelda: “…YET”

Ronald-Ann: “HUSH”

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

ACTUALLY, I have a theory that most books enter a cultural "uncanny valley" 20-25 years after release, where the culture has shifted just enough they're not contemporary anymore, so new readers can't directly relate, and they stay in the valley for about 50 years until they're clearly historical

madoccassia @madoccassia.bsky.social · 1d

Is there, like, an interregnum during which a book should be gracefully retired, until such time as it becomes "a classic, an artifact of its times"?

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Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 1d

Here is a baby turtle on its birthday trying to make it to the ocean on instinct. He made it and you can make it through this week too.

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