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Cats, bikes, urban policy and evidence-based policy generally, environment, books, quilts, and lots of randomness. GenX. Canada.

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The authors of this paper are lovely people and they would certainly speak to you. I don't know if they're on Bluesky, though. www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...

Involuntary treatment for substance use: application of Kass’ ethical framework to Alberta’s Compassionate Intervention Act

Key points In Canada, more than 50 000 opioid-related deaths have occurred since September 2024, mostly in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario, where governments are all in various stages of develo...

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November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM

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I just… can’t think what to do with $50m in a perfectly decent park. Improve pedestrian access, maybe. It’s still pretty iffy.

November 23, 2025 at 1:32 AM

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I walked through there a couple of months ago and surely it’s fine? Aren’t there other parks that could use this amount of attention?

November 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM

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That’s because they’re tiny and often hidden!

November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM

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Day 21: alive #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

Ani DiFranco
Studying Stones

I am out here studying stones
Trying to learn to be less alive
Using all of my will
To keep very still
Still even on the inside

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Studying Stones

YouTube video by Ani DiFranco - Topic

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November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM

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Also, the arrows in the PATH system indicate the direction. Blue is north, IIRC.

November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM

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Day 20: Something #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

Shout Out Out Out Out
Nobody Calls Me Unless They Want Something

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Shout Out Out Out Out - Nobody Calls Me Unless They Want Something

YouTube video by amateur phrenologist

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November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM

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This one was my first thought too!

November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM

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I've never understood why (on Spadina at least) streetcar stops are on the far side of intersections, so if you hit a red light you have to stop twice.

November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM

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SCIENCE!

November 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM

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Now I want one too. Of course.

November 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM

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Day 17: Horse #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

Mark Knopfler
Everybody Pays

Got shot off my horse.
So what? I'm up again.

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