Chris Begley
@chris-begley.bsky.social
Informed by: Vancouver, Ottawa, Berlin, Munich, Boston. Lover of: bikes, beer, mountains, rugby, wilderness
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Doug Ford grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth and no one’s ever told him no — the corruption just doesn’t stop! Here’s what happened today:
November 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Doug Ford grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth and no one’s ever told him no — the corruption just doesn’t stop! Here’s what happened today:
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Doug Ford not showing up to answer my questions?
Yeah, you can set your watch by that one.
Yeah, you can set your watch by that one.
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Doug Ford not showing up to answer my questions?
Yeah, you can set your watch by that one.
Yeah, you can set your watch by that one.
How was that a foul on Romero but the one on Miami which led to the goal wasn't?
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
How was that a foul on Romero but the one on Miami which led to the goal wasn't?
This is dangerous ground for a premier in a province with one of the highest unemployment rates in Canada. I hope @maritstilesndp.bsky.social shouted back: They probably can't because of the way you have damaged the economy
NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford is doubling down after telling someone in the public gallery to “find a job,” claiming they were a paid, professional protester. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154308...
globalnews.ca/news/1154308...
Doug Ford doubles down on ‘find a job’ comment after omnibus rental bill passes | Globalnews.ca
As protestors were escorted from the chamber, Ford appeared to shout at one of them to 'find a job' from his seat within the legislature.
globalnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is dangerous ground for a premier in a province with one of the highest unemployment rates in Canada. I hope @maritstilesndp.bsky.social shouted back: They probably can't because of the way you have damaged the economy
Another data point in the demise of the web as an information tool into an LLM dominated useless swamp. It is as if even the owners of the AI (LLM models) forget that someone needs to create the info! It is not a priori
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Another data point in the demise of the web as an information tool into an LLM dominated useless swamp. It is as if even the owners of the AI (LLM models) forget that someone needs to create the info! It is not a priori
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edition.cnn.com/2025/11/25/s... A story that I’ve been working on for the past few months, about why women’s football is so important to queer people, is published! I really loved writing this and it’s a story that’s very close to my heart. I would love it if you kind folks would give it a read 🤍
Why women’s soccer is so important to queer people | CNN
Someone dressed as Marge Simpson, complete with a gigantic blue wig and a lime green dress, belts out Hot to Go by lesbian pop icon Chappell Roan to a rapt audience gathered inside a marquee in the mi...
edition.cnn.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/25/s... A story that I’ve been working on for the past few months, about why women’s football is so important to queer people, is published! I really loved writing this and it’s a story that’s very close to my heart. I would love it if you kind folks would give it a read 🤍
Ouch.... What a question. Redistributing wealth IS creating equal opportunity
"The main role of government is to..."
Create equal opportunity so that everyone can compete on their own to be the best they can be: 60%
Redistribute wealth so that the poor/disadvantaged have more than they would if left on their own: 31%
Innovative / Nov 18, 2025 / n=1500 / Online
Create equal opportunity so that everyone can compete on their own to be the best they can be: 60%
Redistribute wealth so that the poor/disadvantaged have more than they would if left on their own: 31%
Innovative / Nov 18, 2025 / n=1500 / Online
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Ouch.... What a question. Redistributing wealth IS creating equal opportunity
I feel this is a Hallmark movie waiting to happen: they are to play the small town in a fundraiser for the community center, which is bankrupt. They are all set to cancel, and the town rallies and builds the set. Show goes on! Throw in a romance, this thing writes itself
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Who stole the Nutcracker set? Travelling ballet says moving truck with backdrop inside was swiped | CBC News
A ballet company on an Ontario-wide tour of The Nutcracker says someone stole the moving truck storing its “irreplaceable” sets and backdrops.
www.cbc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I feel this is a Hallmark movie waiting to happen: they are to play the small town in a fundraiser for the community center, which is bankrupt. They are all set to cancel, and the town rallies and builds the set. Show goes on! Throw in a romance, this thing writes itself
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ah well, at least we have a chance to redeem ourselves midweek
@spurssimpsons.bsky.social
@spurssimpsons.bsky.social
a red car is parked next to a trailer that says u-tow on it
ALT: a red car is parked next to a trailer that says u-tow on it
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November 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Ah well, at least we have a chance to redeem ourselves midweek
@spurssimpsons.bsky.social
@spurssimpsons.bsky.social
Announcer: "Don't think Spurs want to be too slow in this buildup"
My man, have you watched the 2025-26 Spurs?
My man, have you watched the 2025-26 Spurs?
November 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Announcer: "Don't think Spurs want to be too slow in this buildup"
My man, have you watched the 2025-26 Spurs?
My man, have you watched the 2025-26 Spurs?
I can put up with the 5 at the back, no-pass double pivot, if we keep a clean sheet. But if we give up 2 goals in 40 minutes? Better be big changes at the half
November 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I can put up with the 5 at the back, no-pass double pivot, if we keep a clean sheet. But if we give up 2 goals in 40 minutes? Better be big changes at the half
Big Kirk Van Houten energy here
November 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Big Kirk Van Houten energy here
I was bored with what I was doing, wrote the Foreign Service exam, succeeded, got told I was a Trade Commissioner, loved the work, turns out I was good at it, get to live in all sorts of great places!
November 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I was bored with what I was doing, wrote the Foreign Service exam, succeeded, got told I was a Trade Commissioner, loved the work, turns out I was good at it, get to live in all sorts of great places!
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It's time to announce PINTJES Vol.3 - the newest edition of mine and @selkies.bsky.social's award-winning Zine on Brussels café culture.
For PINTJES #3, we're tackling hallowed turf - a pub crawl around Brussels' Place du Jeu de Balle.
Details in the link: open.substack.com/pub/brussels...
For PINTJES #3, we're tackling hallowed turf - a pub crawl around Brussels' Place du Jeu de Balle.
Details in the link: open.substack.com/pub/brussels...
November 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
It's time to announce PINTJES Vol.3 - the newest edition of mine and @selkies.bsky.social's award-winning Zine on Brussels café culture.
For PINTJES #3, we're tackling hallowed turf - a pub crawl around Brussels' Place du Jeu de Balle.
Details in the link: open.substack.com/pub/brussels...
For PINTJES #3, we're tackling hallowed turf - a pub crawl around Brussels' Place du Jeu de Balle.
Details in the link: open.substack.com/pub/brussels...
@stateofthecity.bsky.social several of your interests here
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
@stateofthecity.bsky.social several of your interests here
@alonlevy.bsky.social legal fees as a driver of cost overruns
O-Train Stage 2 budget cracks 5 billion dollars as delays and legal fees push up cost #ottpoli #ottnews
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
O-Train Stage 2 budget cracks $5B as delays and legal fees pile up | CBC News
The city is asking for more than $150 million in extra funding for the O-Train next year as delays and legal fees push up costs, while a contingency buffer needs to be padded again.
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
@alonlevy.bsky.social legal fees as a driver of cost overruns
It makes me wonder if, since SAVING LIVES didn't work as an argument, keeping insurance rates lower might?
I've filtered Ottawa's traffic collision data to show only collisions with injuries for each year, and then added the speed camera locations present in those years.
It looks like speed cameras have made the roads much safer.
It looks like speed cameras have made the roads much safer.
November 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It makes me wonder if, since SAVING LIVES didn't work as an argument, keeping insurance rates lower might?
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There are two speed cameras on Walkley Rd between Bank and St Laurent that were installed in 2024. In 2022 that stretch of Walkley had 34 collisions with injuries. In 2024, after the cameras were turned on, there were just 4 collisions with injuries. Speed cameras work.
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
There are two speed cameras on Walkley Rd between Bank and St Laurent that were installed in 2024. In 2022 that stretch of Walkley had 34 collisions with injuries. In 2024, after the cameras were turned on, there were just 4 collisions with injuries. Speed cameras work.
Whatever you do, make sure you observe the maximum height guidelines
This is a real flight school, teaching people to fly planes!!! Like????
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Whatever you do, make sure you observe the maximum height guidelines
I cannot believe that Ottawa managed to build an airport "rapid" transit line that is so poor that if you are leaving FROM the OTrain at Rideau Centre, it does not even give you the Light Rail option, because it takes so much longer.
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I cannot believe that Ottawa managed to build an airport "rapid" transit line that is so poor that if you are leaving FROM the OTrain at Rideau Centre, it does not even give you the Light Rail option, because it takes so much longer.
Okay, so, Ryan Reynolds and his crew of nefarious henchmen are trying to steal all the tea from Britain. Only Fozzie Bond can stop him
Specifically Fozzie Bear.
Easy solution: The next James Bond is a Muppet.
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Okay, so, Ryan Reynolds and his crew of nefarious henchmen are trying to steal all the tea from Britain. Only Fozzie Bond can stop him
The whole delivery economy to me:
- consumers pay more
- restaurants receive less
- workers (often semi-legal migrants) treated poorly
Lose-lose-lose and all for what? So you can get a lukewarm breakfast burrito?
- consumers pay more
- restaurants receive less
- workers (often semi-legal migrants) treated poorly
Lose-lose-lose and all for what? So you can get a lukewarm breakfast burrito?
"Doordash’s stock plummeted toward its worst session ever as investors rejected the company’s aggressive spending (as) it plans to shell out several hundred million dollars next year on new product initiatives like autonomous delivery and a new global tech stack." www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/d...
Doordash stock drops 15%, heads for worst day ever on spending concerns
Doordash has already shelled out billions this year to buy restaurant booking platform SevenRooms and British delivery platform Deliveroo.
www.cnbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The whole delivery economy to me:
- consumers pay more
- restaurants receive less
- workers (often semi-legal migrants) treated poorly
Lose-lose-lose and all for what? So you can get a lukewarm breakfast burrito?
- consumers pay more
- restaurants receive less
- workers (often semi-legal migrants) treated poorly
Lose-lose-lose and all for what? So you can get a lukewarm breakfast burrito?