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Raccoon in the sky
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seebo429.bsky.social
My child is an artist
Lego Homer and Lisa outside the Krusty burger. Homer's head is on Lisa's body and vice versa . The Lisa headed figure has a saxophone and there Homer headed one has a handgun.
November 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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danp.net
Coming up on 5 years of scraping the NS Power outage map. One thing I'm always interested in is how many "Vehicle Accident" outages there are:

2021 142
2022 185
2023 137 (incomplete data)
2024 186
2025 147 (so far)

Last December had 35 so still time for this year to catch up!
outages: select strftime('%Y', first_observed) as year, count(*) from outage_summaries where last_cause='Vehicle Accident' and date(first_observed) > '2021' group by 1
nsp.datasette.danp.net
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
seebo429.bsky.social
Five cars I've seen in person

1- Ford Taurus
2- Nissan Leaf
3- Nissan Altima
4- Volkswagen Jetta
5- Chrysler Intrepid
November 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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caldwellhilary.bsky.social
Hi Halifax bike pals! Just putting this out into the bike universe— we’re looking to buy an e-cargo bike that would fit 2 kids on the back (RadWagon or similar). If your family has outgrown yours, let’s chat!
November 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
seebo429.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.

(In order of how ascared I were)

Moose
Skunk
Bat
Black bear
Deer
vmcntosh.bsky.social Victoria McIntosh @vmcntosh.bsky.social · 1d
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.

Fox
Orca / Killer Whale
Raccoon (does middle of downtown count as ‘the wild?’)
Porcupine
Bald eagle
turbo.bsky.social turbo @turbo.bsky.social · 1d
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.

Mountain lion
Saw-whet owl (really tiny cute owl)
Cottonmouth
Wild boar
Alligator snapping turtle
November 29, 2025 at 3:12 AM
seebo429.bsky.social
Anyone else having network issues with NS Health?
#HaliSky
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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lanrickbennett.bsky.social
Day Two in #Halifax was a little rainy but it didn’t stop us.

Spent the morning with @bikehfxlobby.bsky.social & @envirojen.bsky.social touring the city on protected infrastructure, trails, on a boat, over a bridge and in the middle of the street. Epic, lovely, scattered, want more! Thank you ❤️✊🏾📢😜
The line up e-cargo bikes with two people setting up our ride Two bikes in bike stands with the best views on a ferry A foot stop with three bikes in view Three very happy and slightly damp people who just finished doing a ride through Halifax
November 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
seebo429.bsky.social
Five more acts I’ve seen at festivals that stuck with me

Thrush Hermit (Rockfest '99)
Sam Roberts (Montreal Jazz Fest '07)
Sloan (Jubilee '07)
Julian Austin (Jubilee '07)
Rankin McInnis (Halifax Jazz Fest '24)
seebo429.bsky.social Raccoon in the sky @seebo429.bsky.social · 2d
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen

Joel Plaskett
The Joel Plaskett Emergency
Nine Inch Nails
Dan Mangan
Metallica
jagvillani.bsky.social Jag Villani @jagvillani.bsky.social · 2d
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Korpiklaani
Ariane Moffat
Great Big Sea
Morbid Angel
Opeth
November 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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terriclarke.bsky.social
🚨 Breaking Bike News: The Macdonald Bridge counter is included in the #BikeHfx Stats count now! 🚲
stats.hfx.bike BikeHfx stats @stats.hfx.bike · 1d
2,047 #BikeHfx bikes counted Thu Nov 27

13/1 C 💧 6.6mm

212 Almon
150 Barrington
343 Bridge
74 COLT
82 Dart Cove
156 Gottingen
111 Hollis
45 Lwr Water
319 South Park
422 Vernon
133 Windsor

Missing (last):
Uni Arts (May 1)
Heatmap of bikes counted by hour from the Almon, Barrington, Bridge, Chain of Lakes Trail, Dartmouth Cove, Gottingen, Hollis, Lower Water, South Park, Uni Arts, Vernon, and Windsor counters. The highest hourly count was 68 during the 4 PM hour from the Vernon counter.
November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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ashleymorton.bsky.social
I am unreasonably happy about this. If you had to pick one item that
a) isn't going away anytime soon (we can't ban them like shopping bags, even if we wanted to!), and
b) seemed like it shouldn't need crazy technology to be able to recycle,

...it the Tim's cup. And now we can!
hfxgov.bsky.social Halifax Regional Municipality @hfxgov.bsky.social · 1d
In our first episode of Recycling 101, Kirk from Halifax Solid Waste talks about one of the new items that can be recycled in Nova Scotia. Starting on Monday, Dec. 1, you can put single-use hot and cold beverage containers and lids in your blue bag. Learn more at: halifax.ca/recycling
November 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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sunilsarwal.bsky.social
Last Spring I tackled a new project: learning to write. It's been harder than I expected but after many late nights, lots of workshops, writing groups, and more hot chocolates than I should admit to, I'm very excited to say that one of my short stories was just accepted for publication!!
November 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
seebo429.bsky.social
🎂 @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
seebo429.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen

Joel Plaskett
The Joel Plaskett Emergency
Nine Inch Nails
Dan Mangan
Metallica
jagvillani.bsky.social Jag Villani @jagvillani.bsky.social · 2d
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Korpiklaani
Ariane Moffat
Great Big Sea
Morbid Angel
Opeth
barrhavenist.bsky.social Ontario Man @barrhavenist.bsky.social · 2d
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Mötley Crüe
Sloan
Tool
Zakir Hussain
Tanya Tagaq
November 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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envirojen.bsky.social
Kid has been watching the catalogue of Peanuts/Charlie Brown videos available on our streaming service. I've been enjoying the nostalgia, and most recently, the unexpected bike content: Rerun van Pelt on his mother's bicycle (mother not pictured, of course).

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A black and white four-panel comic from the Peanuts: the comic features Rerun van Pelt in all 4 panels, seated in a bike seat, presumably on the back of a adult bike (not pictured). Rerun is wearing a helmet. There is a speech bubble, spoken by Rerun in each panel. 1. "So here I am riding on the back of my mom's bicycle..." 2. "Now we turn around because she forgot the car keys..." 3. "Now she remembers she doesn't need the car keys because she's riding her bicycle..." 4. "Mom is really stressed out..."
November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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coolbikeart1.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving, American friends!
Photo featuring what might be considered a sculpture featuring a bicycle chainring with pedal and assorted bits of bicycle chain arranged to look like a turkey, with a cog for a sun and also a wrench and a hex key. The whole thing appears to be laying on a wooden table.
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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coolbikeart1.bsky.social
"There's no machine known that is more efficient than a human on a bicycle. Bowl of oatmeal, 30 miles - you can't come close to that."
- Bill Nye, science communicator

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Bill!
Born November 27, 1955
Photo of a man wearing a bow tie and white button-down shirt standing with a yellow bicycle. He's in a garden and there's an Adirondack chair behind him.
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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benmacleod.bsky.social
"People should be forced to drive to the grocery store. Damn why is traffic getting so bad"
A screenshot of two Facebook comments. The first one asks, "Will there be a sidewalk ever put on Lucasville Rd? How about bus service? I think both of these are long overdue for the residents of this community." In reply, someone commented: "Absolutely no need for a side walk. People won’t walk 300ft to a grocery store, we don’t need the expense and maintenance for side walks. The farm shop, church & playland all have their own parking lots. It would make a lot more sense, to twin the entire road to handle the extra traffic. Remove the ridiculous 50 kph speed limit. It’s a main road, and needs to be built to handle as much." Both of the commenters' names are blacked out.
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
seebo429.bsky.social
I could probably tell you every time I've heard Poker Face in the past 10 years
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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davis.social
Happy Thanksgiving, friends. Pease enjoy this old doodle of Death from Discworld being thankful for cats.

I’m very thankful for this community and the lovely people I’ve been fortunate to meet here. I hope you have a wonderful day 🧡🤎🍁💀
November 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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hehheh.bsky.social
Sir do you have a moment to talk about a fantasy transit map?
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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mcnutt.bsky.social
1999:
Record Label: You get that cover shot for the new Garth Brooks Christmas record?
Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin dark and evil magician-coded just like you asked
Record Label: what
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
seebo429.bsky.social
Can you deep-fry a frozen turkey as a gender reveal?
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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bikehfxlobby.bsky.social
Tonight in Halifax! 7:15pm in the Rowe building at Dal.
lanrickbennett.bsky.social Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 3d
Doing this very cool thing in #halifax tomorrow evening at @dalhousie.bsky.social ‘THE HUMAN-POWERED CITY: BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES, ONE RIDE AT A TIME’ part of the College of Sustainability ESS Lecture Series.
h/t @uoftcities.bsky.social #TransformTO #MakingNoise www.dal.ca/faculty/sust...
FALL 2025 ESS LECTURE SERIES THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 7:15-8:30PM ROWE MANAGEMENT BUILDING, POTTER AUDITORIUM THE HUMAN-POWERED CITY: BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES, ONE RIDE AT A TIME Lanrick Bennett Jr. is Toronto's first Bicycle Mayor. He is Urbanist-in-Residence at the University of Toronto's School of Cities, where he advocates for equitable mobility and sustainable city-building. His work focuses on climate justice, public space, and building cities that prioritize people over cars. Image of my children on a bridge for Open Streets Toronto Introduction: Finding Policy in Plain Sight How did you get here today? What did you notice? That's urban policy.
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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neurocrusty.bsky.social
Keegan fails to note that this move also bolsters the moustache situation for the Jays and gives them the sort of facial hair excellence in the rotation that Davis Schneider provides on offence.
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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benmacleod.bsky.social
With Chebucto and Quinpool both clogged with cars tonight, a steady stream of drivers are encountering the diverter for the first time.
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM