AyJay 68
@ayjay68.bsky.social
🇨🇦 & 🇬🇧. Ottawa ON. ☕🏊🚴🏃🍰 he/him
Systems Engineer | Risk Manager | Project Manager (but that's what I do not who I am).
Semper curiosus.
Systems Engineer | Risk Manager | Project Manager (but that's what I do not who I am).
Semper curiosus.
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It's fascinating that medics are making the effort to switch to anaesthetics with less greenhouse effect while people are driving alone in SUVs
When you go in for a medical procedure, the gas putting you to sleep may also be warming the planet. That's prompting regulators and hospitals around the world to move to less-polluting alternatives.
Read more in @bloomberg.com:
Read more in @bloomberg.com:
Why Hospitals Are Phasing Out a Popular Operating Room Anesthetic
Desflurane, which has put patients to sleep for decades, has an outsized footprint, and health care providers are switching to less-polluting alternatives.
www.bloomberg.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:27 PM
It's fascinating that medics are making the effort to switch to anaesthetics with less greenhouse effect while people are driving alone in SUVs
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If Canada annexes Alaska surely we'd be helping the US out by reducing their proximity to Russia?
January 17, 2026 at 5:44 PM
If Canada annexes Alaska surely we'd be helping the US out by reducing their proximity to Russia?
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I somehow feel both seen and invisible at the same time…
January 16, 2026 at 5:14 AM
I somehow feel both seen and invisible at the same time…
Anyone know why there is no Uber Electric option in Ottawa? Uber Green doesn't exist anymore so I can't even try for a hybrid.
January 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Anyone know why there is no Uber Electric option in Ottawa? Uber Green doesn't exist anymore so I can't even try for a hybrid.
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Hello to new followers (no idea quite how you're finding me, but... hello!). This is the kind of thing I do. And my best work, every week, is in my newsletter, which you can subscribe to here: diagramclub.substack.com Anyway, thank you for following.
January 11, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Hello to new followers (no idea quite how you're finding me, but... hello!). This is the kind of thing I do. And my best work, every week, is in my newsletter, which you can subscribe to here: diagramclub.substack.com Anyway, thank you for following.
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In the past month 3 transport routes have collapsed - but they aren't roads so don't make national news. All 3 have the same root causes, climate change, and Tory austerity passing responsibility for critical infrastructure on to charities and councils. This will happen more, and people will be hurt
December 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In the past month 3 transport routes have collapsed - but they aren't roads so don't make national news. All 3 have the same root causes, climate change, and Tory austerity passing responsibility for critical infrastructure on to charities and councils. This will happen more, and people will be hurt
@mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social Hey Mark, add this to your reading list - I'll even lend you my copy. www.lifeaftercars.com
CC: @jleiper.bsky.social
#autowa
CC: @jleiper.bsky.social
#autowa
Life After Cars
www.lifeaftercars.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
@mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social Hey Mark, add this to your reading list - I'll even lend you my copy. www.lifeaftercars.com
CC: @jleiper.bsky.social
#autowa
CC: @jleiper.bsky.social
#autowa
@thewaroncars.bsky.social @bikebreath.bsky.social Who needs hotel tv?!
December 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
@thewaroncars.bsky.social @bikebreath.bsky.social Who needs hotel tv?!
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Sometimes, someone throws something out that hits a nerve so irritating to me that if I'm totally honest with myself I put trying to be funny second and my desire to deal with the irritating things come out as top priority.
December 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Sometimes, someone throws something out that hits a nerve so irritating to me that if I'm totally honest with myself I put trying to be funny second and my desire to deal with the irritating things come out as top priority.
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It is brutally cold out there. If you or anyone you know needs access to a warm place, call 311. We can arrange transportation and someone will direct you to the right place to go. The @ottawapublichealth.ca website has a list of shelters and warming spaces: www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/public-he...
December 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It is brutally cold out there. If you or anyone you know needs access to a warm place, call 311. We can arrange transportation and someone will direct you to the right place to go. The @ottawapublichealth.ca website has a list of shelters and warming spaces: www.ottawapublichealth.ca/en/public-he...
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Good Morning Ottawa. Just struggling up the stairs with my bad hip for the fourth day in a row. @octranspo.com @occtranspo.bsky.social @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Good Morning Ottawa. Just struggling up the stairs with my bad hip for the fourth day in a row. @octranspo.com @occtranspo.bsky.social @mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social
Anyone else heard this:
"I won't change to an EV until the infrastructure is there to support it" but same folks "Why build bike lanes that no one is using?"
"I won't change to an EV until the infrastructure is there to support it" but same folks "Why build bike lanes that no one is using?"
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Anyone else heard this:
"I won't change to an EV until the infrastructure is there to support it" but same folks "Why build bike lanes that no one is using?"
"I won't change to an EV until the infrastructure is there to support it" but same folks "Why build bike lanes that no one is using?"
This is a great article. Although it's from 2021 I challenge anyone to read it and not change their habits when travelling on / around the roads, regardless of their position in the user hierarchy. "SMIDSY" is, sadly, a well known term in the UK.
www.cyclingnorthwales.uk/campaigning/...
www.cyclingnorthwales.uk/campaigning/...
SORRY MATE I DIDN'T SEE YOU!! (SMIDSY). RAF Fighter Pilot explains why our eyes are not equipped to see all that's important for road safety. - Cycling North Wales
INTRODUCTION. The following article, with minor adaptations for this webpage, was written around 2012 for the Forces Pension Society magazine, PENNANT by John Sullivan. John was a Royal Air Force p...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is a great article. Although it's from 2021 I challenge anyone to read it and not change their habits when travelling on / around the roads, regardless of their position in the user hierarchy. "SMIDSY" is, sadly, a well known term in the UK.
www.cyclingnorthwales.uk/campaigning/...
www.cyclingnorthwales.uk/campaigning/...
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Yet another evidence review argues very strongly that simply providing alternatives to driving doesn't reduce driving
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reducing traffic with “carrots”: A review of the evidence
Reducing traffic volumes is one way to reduce carbon emissions from the transport sector. Since increasing driving costs is often met with public resi…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Yet another evidence review argues very strongly that simply providing alternatives to driving doesn't reduce driving
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This isn't surprising, if only thanks to habit. If I unthinkingly jump in my car for every trip (as many do), new buses won't change that
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@bikebreath.bsky.social love my Calling in Sick Issue 15. Great articles, awesome photos. Thank you!!!
November 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
@bikebreath.bsky.social love my Calling in Sick Issue 15. Great articles, awesome photos. Thank you!!!
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Even young kids can feel the difference between riding in a protected bike lane and riding without one.
Our children deserve better, and we should demand more.
@pbotinfo.bsky.social @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social @thestreettrust.org @bikeportland.org
Our children deserve better, and we should demand more.
@pbotinfo.bsky.social @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social @thestreettrust.org @bikeportland.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Even young kids can feel the difference between riding in a protected bike lane and riding without one.
Our children deserve better, and we should demand more.
@pbotinfo.bsky.social @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social @thestreettrust.org @bikeportland.org
Our children deserve better, and we should demand more.
@pbotinfo.bsky.social @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social @thestreettrust.org @bikeportland.org
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"A city's priorities become as clear as the spaces they choose to maintain in the winter."
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"A city's priorities become as clear as the spaces they choose to maintain in the winter."
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
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Happy Mark Sutcliffe Tying Cinder Blocks to the City’s Longterm Financial Stability and Pushing it Into the Canal Day to those who celebrate
November 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Happy Mark Sutcliffe Tying Cinder Blocks to the City’s Longterm Financial Stability and Pushing it Into the Canal Day to those who celebrate
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Lansdowne 2.0 doesn’t give Ottawa what it needs. The plan is built around the limits of a public-private deal that leaves the city with hundreds of millions in new debt for a project that won’t serve residents well.
As women's hockey climbs to new heights, the City of Ottawa says think smaller | Opinion
PWHL executives Jayna Hefford and Amy Scheer write that it's not too late to change the story on Lansdowne 2.0.
ottawacitizen.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Lansdowne 2.0 doesn’t give Ottawa what it needs. The plan is built around the limits of a public-private deal that leaves the city with hundreds of millions in new debt for a project that won’t serve residents well.
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My local city councillor just reminded me that Ford's elimination of speed cameras means that responsibility is transferred from speeders to taxpayers to pay for safety measures like crossing guards, intersection fixes and traffic calming. Nice.🙃
October 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
My local city councillor just reminded me that Ford's elimination of speed cameras means that responsibility is transferred from speeders to taxpayers to pay for safety measures like crossing guards, intersection fixes and traffic calming. Nice.🙃
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The public debate on Lansdowne.
October 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The public debate on Lansdowne.
All of this.
There's lots to mull in this Citizen article exploring 417 congestion. All is not hopeless but there are challenges. Transit is the key to quicker commutes. Restoring and then improving transit will help speed everyone along.
Why is traffic so bad on Highway 417 in Ottawa?
Here's everything you need to know about how construction, unreliable transit, and returning to the office have made getting to work worse.
ottawacitizen.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
All of this.
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Why I am voting no to Lansdowne 2.0
October 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Why I am voting no to Lansdowne 2.0