Miranda Gray
@mirgray.bsky.social
Ottawa Canada tweets; inclusive, smart city, data driven, transit, aunt, @BB4Radio podcast fan, she / her
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Living on unceded Algonquin Land, (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Living on unceded Algonquin Land, (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
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what do you MEAN y’all only read one book at a time
Left the novel I'm in the middle of at a friend's house... Which is a problem because today is a "snuggle up in bed early with a hot water bottle and a good book" evening. So I'm doing an extremely risky thing and... Starting to read... Another book... Despite being halfway through one already.
November 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
what do you MEAN y’all only read one book at a time
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A City of Toronto report found that Bill 60 changes would “reduce renter’s rights to effectively protect their tenancies, appeal decisions, access legal resources, and obtain financial compensation to find new homes in an unaffordable rental market".
open.substack.com/pub/glengowe...
open.substack.com/pub/glengowe...
Speaking notes: Bill 60's impact on renters
I often prepare speaking notes for City Council that I never end up using.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A City of Toronto report found that Bill 60 changes would “reduce renter’s rights to effectively protect their tenancies, appeal decisions, access legal resources, and obtain financial compensation to find new homes in an unaffordable rental market".
open.substack.com/pub/glengowe...
open.substack.com/pub/glengowe...
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A Christmas Carol in 2025 but Scrooge is a tech CEO and the three ghosts are the AI chatbot he's talking to while he's high on K at 2:30 in the morning.
November 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A Christmas Carol in 2025 but Scrooge is a tech CEO and the three ghosts are the AI chatbot he's talking to while he's high on K at 2:30 in the morning.
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ghosts say “boo” because it’s present tense Latin for “alarm”
“I am alarm”
carry on
“I am alarm”
carry on
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
ghosts say “boo” because it’s present tense Latin for “alarm”
“I am alarm”
carry on
“I am alarm”
carry on
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They are playing Bluesfest. As with any Canadian tour in the summer, if you see Ottawa “skipped” on a date list it’s usually because the Bluesfest lineup hasn’t been announced yet.
That doesn’t change other points about Lansdowne, obviously.
That doesn’t change other points about Lansdowne, obviously.
November 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
They are playing Bluesfest. As with any Canadian tour in the summer, if you see Ottawa “skipped” on a date list it’s usually because the Bluesfest lineup hasn’t been announced yet.
That doesn’t change other points about Lansdowne, obviously.
That doesn’t change other points about Lansdowne, obviously.
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CHUO at the University of Ottawa is facing a serious budget crunch.
CHUO radio station faces massive fundraising challenge
The University of Ottawa’s radio station is under threat. As Kimberley Fowler reports, CHUO faces a nearly impossible fundraising challenge.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
CHUO at the University of Ottawa is facing a serious budget crunch.
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Release the MRI results
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Release the MRI results
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Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
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Random photo of the day. Night falls.
#photography #random #photooftheday #POTD #dailyphoto #OttawaPhotographer #waterfalls #autumn #nightphotography #HogsBackFalls #longexposures #lighttrails
#photography #random #photooftheday #POTD #dailyphoto #OttawaPhotographer #waterfalls #autumn #nightphotography #HogsBackFalls #longexposures #lighttrails
November 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Random photo of the day. Night falls.
#photography #random #photooftheday #POTD #dailyphoto #OttawaPhotographer #waterfalls #autumn #nightphotography #HogsBackFalls #longexposures #lighttrails
#photography #random #photooftheday #POTD #dailyphoto #OttawaPhotographer #waterfalls #autumn #nightphotography #HogsBackFalls #longexposures #lighttrails
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The little things add up: broken sidewalks, unkempt weeds, the slow pace of snow removal. Austerity has a cost and a real impact on our quality of life.
We ask city staff to put together budgets, but they are working with scraps.
We can do so much better.
We ask city staff to put together budgets, but they are working with scraps.
We can do so much better.
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The little things add up: broken sidewalks, unkempt weeds, the slow pace of snow removal. Austerity has a cost and a real impact on our quality of life.
We ask city staff to put together budgets, but they are working with scraps.
We can do so much better.
We ask city staff to put together budgets, but they are working with scraps.
We can do so much better.
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We are gathering input on the future of Grandeur Park and the Belltown Dome.
Share your ideas with us on Engage Ottawa: https://bit.ly/4ooCxqq
Find out more: https://bit.ly/4rolKGB
Share your ideas with us on Engage Ottawa: https://bit.ly/4ooCxqq
Find out more: https://bit.ly/4rolKGB
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We are gathering input on the future of Grandeur Park and the Belltown Dome.
Share your ideas with us on Engage Ottawa: https://bit.ly/4ooCxqq
Find out more: https://bit.ly/4rolKGB
Share your ideas with us on Engage Ottawa: https://bit.ly/4ooCxqq
Find out more: https://bit.ly/4rolKGB
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🌟 The magic of the season is coming to Orléans! Don’t miss the Orléans Parade of Lights on Saturday, November 29, starting at 6:00 p.m.
Gather your friends and family, find a good spot along the route, and get ready to see our Santa Bus shine bright.
Gather your friends and family, find a good spot along the route, and get ready to see our Santa Bus shine bright.
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🌟 The magic of the season is coming to Orléans! Don’t miss the Orléans Parade of Lights on Saturday, November 29, starting at 6:00 p.m.
Gather your friends and family, find a good spot along the route, and get ready to see our Santa Bus shine bright.
Gather your friends and family, find a good spot along the route, and get ready to see our Santa Bus shine bright.
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We live right on Carling Ave and my normal bus is 49 mins late and we’re still waiting. But hey, transit committee heard all the nice sounding %s this fucking city likes to spout cuz none of those people rely on transit to live #ottawa 15 mins frequency my ass
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We live right on Carling Ave and my normal bus is 49 mins late and we’re still waiting. But hey, transit committee heard all the nice sounding %s this fucking city likes to spout cuz none of those people rely on transit to live #ottawa 15 mins frequency my ass
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Happy Thanksgiving to the rest of the world, we had ours last month
a cartoon turkey holding a pie and a pumpkin with the words happy thanksgiving behind it
ALT: a cartoon turkey holding a pie and a pumpkin with the words happy thanksgiving behind it
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Happy Thanksgiving to the rest of the world, we had ours last month
I'm having a sleepless night. The cat is meowing mournfully because I won't let her out at 3 am.
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I'm having a sleepless night. The cat is meowing mournfully because I won't let her out at 3 am.
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Recently asked chatgpt what it thought about the experiments where AI kept opting to blackmail and/or kill users
And this thing got so weirdly defensive about "those are rumors, none of that is true". I had to send 3 article links for it to pivot to "ahh haha my bad yeah ok that happened"
And this thing got so weirdly defensive about "those are rumors, none of that is true". I had to send 3 article links for it to pivot to "ahh haha my bad yeah ok that happened"
November 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Recently asked chatgpt what it thought about the experiments where AI kept opting to blackmail and/or kill users
And this thing got so weirdly defensive about "those are rumors, none of that is true". I had to send 3 article links for it to pivot to "ahh haha my bad yeah ok that happened"
And this thing got so weirdly defensive about "those are rumors, none of that is true". I had to send 3 article links for it to pivot to "ahh haha my bad yeah ok that happened"
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A 60-year-old in Germany is now the 7th person announced HIV-free after a stem-cell transplant. He’s been clear of the virus for almost six years.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Seventh patient ‘cured’ of HIV: why scientists are excited
A man in Germany is HIV-free after receiving stem cells that are not resistant to the virus.
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A 60-year-old in Germany is now the 7th person announced HIV-free after a stem-cell transplant. He’s been clear of the virus for almost six years.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Let's put this into context:
There were 15,149 violent crimes in Winnipeg in 2024 (StatsCan).
284 of them took place on or near transit. That's 1/168,229 journeys.
Meanwhile the average risk of being involved in a violent crime in Winnipeg in any given day was 1/20,326.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
There were 15,149 violent crimes in Winnipeg in 2024 (StatsCan).
284 of them took place on or near transit. That's 1/168,229 journeys.
Meanwhile the average risk of being involved in a violent crime in Winnipeg in any given day was 1/20,326.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Winnipeg's rise in transit violence among the sharpest in Canada, data shows | CBC News
Winnipeg has seen one of the sharpest increases in violence on its transit network among Canadian cities, and although the number of reported incidents dipped slightly last year, violence across the s...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Let's put this into context:
There were 15,149 violent crimes in Winnipeg in 2024 (StatsCan).
284 of them took place on or near transit. That's 1/168,229 journeys.
Meanwhile the average risk of being involved in a violent crime in Winnipeg in any given day was 1/20,326.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
There were 15,149 violent crimes in Winnipeg in 2024 (StatsCan).
284 of them took place on or near transit. That's 1/168,229 journeys.
Meanwhile the average risk of being involved in a violent crime in Winnipeg in any given day was 1/20,326.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Wednesday, so Charge. New toques!!
Mercredi, donc Charge. Nouveaux tuques !
Mercredi, donc Charge. Nouveaux tuques !
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Wednesday, so Charge. New toques!!
Mercredi, donc Charge. Nouveaux tuques !
Mercredi, donc Charge. Nouveaux tuques !
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Higher fares, weaker bus service, vague “investments,” and continued cuts show we need a budget that actually grows ridership.
🚌 Read the full remarks here:
www.ecologyottawa.ca/affordable-c...
Or watch the delegation here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fOF...
🚌 Read the full remarks here:
www.ecologyottawa.ca/affordable-c...
Or watch the delegation here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fOF...
Transit Committee – November 24, 2025
YouTube video by Ottawa City Council
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Higher fares, weaker bus service, vague “investments,” and continued cuts show we need a budget that actually grows ridership.
🚌 Read the full remarks here:
www.ecologyottawa.ca/affordable-c...
Or watch the delegation here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fOF...
🚌 Read the full remarks here:
www.ecologyottawa.ca/affordable-c...
Or watch the delegation here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fOF...
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Got the LRT wayfinding designs out of my info request finally- there's this "keep it moving" sticker that can go on platforms where people naturally crowd where they shouldn't... @helps.octranspo.com any chance we can get something like this on the platforms at Carleton?
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Got the LRT wayfinding designs out of my info request finally- there's this "keep it moving" sticker that can go on platforms where people naturally crowd where they shouldn't... @helps.octranspo.com any chance we can get something like this on the platforms at Carleton?
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It is SO irritating to walk or bike past a chained-off stairway or bridge with a "not winter maintained" sign on it that went up on schedule on November 1st, with temperatures around 5C and absolutely not a flake of snow on the ground
Civil disobedience in Ottawa - the NCC closes off stairs everywhere because of course no one wants to walk in winter, right?
And the barriers go up on when someone’s calendar says they go up, irrespective of whether there is actually snow on the ground.
Let people go at their own risk.
And the barriers go up on when someone’s calendar says they go up, irrespective of whether there is actually snow on the ground.
Let people go at their own risk.
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It is SO irritating to walk or bike past a chained-off stairway or bridge with a "not winter maintained" sign on it that went up on schedule on November 1st, with temperatures around 5C and absolutely not a flake of snow on the ground
The guest doggo fell asleep on my shoulder and is now wedged between me and the back of the couch. She is really 90% cat.
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The guest doggo fell asleep on my shoulder and is now wedged between me and the back of the couch. She is really 90% cat.
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www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/new.... Thompson says union members put forward a resolution on a government-sponsored guaranteed annual income for farmers.
… a 10-year pilot program, testing out a guaranteed annual income of $50,000, a rate which would rise by inflation every year.
… a 10-year pilot program, testing out a guaranteed annual income of $50,000, a rate which would rise by inflation every year.
Canadian farmers to lobby federal government to cap profits of major grocers
Canadian farmers plan to lobby the federal government to implement a guaranteed annual income and a cap on the profits of the major grocery store chains in the country.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/new.... Thompson says union members put forward a resolution on a government-sponsored guaranteed annual income for farmers.
… a 10-year pilot program, testing out a guaranteed annual income of $50,000, a rate which would rise by inflation every year.
… a 10-year pilot program, testing out a guaranteed annual income of $50,000, a rate which would rise by inflation every year.