Skooter
penguinstorm.bsky.social
Skooter
@penguinstorm.bsky.social
Hiding out in the big city blinking
Pretty obvious answer is they become elected officials.
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Arguably AI has already revolutionized the creative world (but not all revolution is positive) www.creativebloq.com/design/adver...
Hilarious graphic shows how bad the Coca-Cola Christmas ad really is
Real Magic?
www.creativebloq.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Sentient Cheeto 101: hurt the poor people long enough that people forget. It’s evil.

www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Human Toll of the Suspension of SNAP
The food-assistance program serves around forty-two million Americans. In Texas, even people with decent jobs are feeling the pain.
www.newyorker.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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If you’re media covering bike-lanes, watch this news story.

If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.

If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.

And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.

Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I born ready #vlady #bluejays
October 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Building is the wrong tense. This is built.
When ICE stormed through Santa Ana, CA, panicked calls flooded into the city’s emergency response system.

Recordings obtained by @propublica.org captured the terror residents felt as they watched masked men ambush people and force them into unmarked cars. / Story by @davidmcswane.bsky.social
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
October 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Del Toro’s #Frankenstein is visually stunning with a cliche script that feels like it was cured for length so many times it now serves as a rationale to show stylish clips filmed in some form of sequence. A major disappointment, honestly.
October 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I think of them as more of the Village Cliff Calvin of Canada

thehub.ca/2025/10/18/t...
The Weekly Wrap: Stop painting Alberta as the villain of Canada
thehub.ca
October 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Why Typefaces matter (and Gary Hustwit’s Helvetica remains one of the coolest movies ever)

www.creativebloq.com/design/fonts...
Why fonts matter more than ever in 2025
We talk to type foundry Monotype about its fascinating new typography report.
www.creativebloq.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
www.economist.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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#FYI

"According to an online obituary, Alexandra Amaro, 23, was fatally struck by two vehicles outside Dufferin Mall on Dec. 2. She is being remembered as a kind and intelligent young woman who was studying to be a journalist."

h/t @cycletoronto.bsky.social

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
October 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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The one change that worked: I was lost in the infinite scroll – until a small ritual renewed my love of reading
The one change that worked: I was lost in the infinite scroll – until a small ritual renewed my love of reading
My ability to concentrate diminished as I spent more time on my phone. So I started to log and learn every new word I came across, and felt my brain begin to flex
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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This is good —the Mayor of Yellowknife NWT in Canada’s far north weighs in on “Car Bloat” (truck bloat actually) and its many big costs & consequences (thanks @davidzipper.bsky.social for heads-up). And like most who dare tell the truth about that, he’s taking flack.
www.linkedin.com/mwlite/feed/...
October 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Suck it, Yankees. In general, and baseball specifically. #okbluejays #bessbollbinberryberrygoodtome
October 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Drug trials are supposed to be overseen by independent watchdogs. But the ethics and safety of many trials are vetted by companies with private-equity backing and corporate ties to drugmakers, posing conflicts of interest, a New York Times investigation found.
How Private Equity Oversees the Ethics of Drug Research
Many drug trials are vetted by companies with ties to the drugmakers, raising concerns about conflicts of interest and patient safety.
nyti.ms
October 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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This, but just about every definition, is fascism. The only question now is whether everyone lets it continue. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Justin Ling: We need to stop being so naive about what America is becoming. Trump and his secretary of war just showed us why
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright observed some years ago that fascism is quite hard to define. It is not an ideology, she said. “I think it is a method,
www.thestar.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Car drivers kill people quite frequently, and more often cause serious injury and harm. It’s rarely taken seriously.
This kind of misogyny and sense of entitlement starts early and the fact that no one involved did anything about the clear red flags is disturbing www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/n...
2 Teen Girls Died In a Hit-And-Run. Another Teen Faces Murder Charges.
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Yeah, this is a functional country. I mean, this is normal now.
Los Angeles City Hall was evacuated on Friday during a tense two-hour standoff between the police and a motorist who drove his car onto the sidewalk outside the building and barricaded himself inside the vehicle.
Man Drives Car Onto Sidewalk Outside L.A. City Hall, Barricading Himself Inside
A man in a vehicle displaying a handwritten sign referring to President Trump refused to exit his car as the authorities shut down surrounding streets. The man was taken into custody.
nyti.ms
October 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Larry Campbell did nothing in his time as mayor of Vancouver to improved the city. Nothing. Why trust him now? apple.news/AP55X7RXHQqe...
B.C.’s former chief coroner Larry Campbell takes on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside – again — The Globe and Mail
Campbell has been assigned a six-month contract to ‘drive forward solutions’ in the community hard-hit by the overdose crisis
apple.news
October 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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“DoorDash intends to send autonomous robots into bike-lanes.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

Here’s what’s frustrating…who cares what they “intend?” It’s up to City Hall what’s allowed in bike-lanes, NOT COMPANIES!

Stop acting like tech companies should be able to do whatever they want in cities.
DoorDash Plans to Send Autonomous Robots into Bike Lanes | Momentum Mag | Momentum Mag
DoorDash has begun rolling out Dot, its new autonomous delivery robot — a sleek, all-electric bot that can hit speeds of up to 20mph.
momentummag.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This should not be an option for elected representatives (aside from pregnancy related leaves.)
October 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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10 Reasons Why Riding a Bike Makes People So Happy.
momentummag.com/10-reasons-w...
10 Reasons Why Riding a Bike Makes People So Happy
Scientists have studied it, riders swear by it, and the truth is: riding a bike really does boost happiness. Here are 10 reasons why.
momentummag.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM