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Michael Druker
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Cities, justice, bad jokes. Dad. Immigrant 🇨🇦⬅️🇺🇸⬅️Ru. Staff eng on break, advocate at @tritag.ca, bsky tinkerer at @feeds.mdruker.app. he/him. Support 🇺🇦

📍 Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario

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I think there could be along these lines:
Who at Bluesky do I need to convince to make threads more obvious?

-see that there’s more in a thread before or after a post when you see it out of that context
-thread icon you can tap to see — and link — the whole thread with a progress indicator
-nice to have: button to translate a whole thread
November 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
KW used to have a 24 hour pharmacy and a 24 hour grocery store but both are now closed overnight since the pandemic
November 16, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I wonder about this even for other awful regimes. Is it better for their presence to be via screenshots/screengrabs from Telegram or Truth Social or whatever, or through an official vile presence?
November 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I dunno, seems to reflect strong Community character
November 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This isn’t relevant to most, but if you’re just using OAuth to prove identity, you can specify scope as just ‘atproto’ and it’ll be a way less scary permissions prompt
November 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I’ve read enough plans written by actual planners referencing neighbourhood stability as a reason why intensification is not appropriate to think that it’s a fair comment. It’s of course not just about the planning but about the politics too
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The Region of Waterloo actually has some concepts for a stage 3 ION along those lines. What we're pushing for with the IONizeWR campaign is that Waterloo Region make more efficient use of capital funding so it keeps building rather than stopping when it gets to Cambridge:
IONize Waterloo Region
Charge Up Waterloo Region With Transit
ionizewr.ca
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM