Timothy (he/him)
@timothyt11.bsky.social
Trains, buses, and politics
Ottawa, ON
Ottawa, ON
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We really should try to elevate the conversation about the nitty-gritty of urban integration of transit modes beyond the "I love grassy tram tracks" level. We urgently need it.
January 14, 2026 at 9:49 PM
We really should try to elevate the conversation about the nitty-gritty of urban integration of transit modes beyond the "I love grassy tram tracks" level. We urgently need it.
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COWARDS
Josh Safdie confirmed that ‘Marty Supreme’ almost ended with Kevin O’Leary being a literal vampire and chomping on Timothée Chalamet.
The Marty Supreme Vampire Alternate Ending Is Real
Josh Safdie confirmed that ‘Marty Supreme’ almost ended with Kevin O’Leary being a literal vampire and chomping on Timothée Chalamet.
www.vulture.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:59 AM
COWARDS
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The security of Greenland is wildly more important to Canada than to most European states and kinda suspect we should act like that
January 15, 2026 at 3:24 AM
The security of Greenland is wildly more important to Canada than to most European states and kinda suspect we should act like that
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One of the deep problems with commentary in this country is commentators who view themselves as above and apart from the country as a whole. Democrats will, republicans will, Americans will, and little old me? Well I’m just sitting apart from it in judgment.
If Trump invades Greenland, the Europeans won't fight back, Republicans will defend it, Democrats will issue statements, there will be protests, and most Americans will disapprove of it enough to earn Democrats a bit more of the vote in November. Then on to the next thing.
More than an attempted coup, where a mob tried to seize Congress on live television did? There's not going to be an implosion about anything. It's either a slow slide towards oblivion where everything gets incrementally worse as people try to live normally, or a slow grind in the opposite direction.
January 15, 2026 at 1:01 AM
One of the deep problems with commentary in this country is commentators who view themselves as above and apart from the country as a whole. Democrats will, republicans will, Americans will, and little old me? Well I’m just sitting apart from it in judgment.
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want buses to be fast? have fewer stops worksinprogress.co/issue/the-un...
The United States needs fewer bus stops - Works in Progress Magazine
Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective. It can turn a service people tolerate into one they’re happy to use.
worksinprogress.co
January 14, 2026 at 5:42 PM
want buses to be fast? have fewer stops worksinprogress.co/issue/the-un...
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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation embodies the problem we face with reducing "citizens" in civic discussions to "taxpayers". Using public funds responsibly is vital. That can be done without conceptualizing people as mere consumers, which erodes the social cohesion needed for a strong democracy.
The Canadian Taxpayer Federation getting upset about a $2000 plaque that wasn't taxpayer-funded rather than the austerity that led to a dead raccoon lying on the sidewalk for days without pickup is so indicative of their whole deal.
The city thought Conrad the raccoon deserved a memorial plaque. Now Toronto’s best-known trash panda has become a different kind of symbol
A plaque commemorating one of Toronto’s most famous trash pandas has been singled out as an example of government waste, more than 10 years after its death.
www.thestar.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:21 PM
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation embodies the problem we face with reducing "citizens" in civic discussions to "taxpayers". Using public funds responsibly is vital. That can be done without conceptualizing people as mere consumers, which erodes the social cohesion needed for a strong democracy.
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Quebec premier is resigning the day a new poll showing that in an election the party would only gain 11% of the vote.
January 14, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Quebec premier is resigning the day a new poll showing that in an election the party would only gain 11% of the vote.
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It's always worth thinking back to what the scandi cities are doing to achieve 0 pedestrian deaths. They aren't just letting their cities gridlock as a safety measure. They are reducing car volumes in high pedestrian areas, reducing crossing lengths, and reducing intersection conflicts. 6/
January 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
It's always worth thinking back to what the scandi cities are doing to achieve 0 pedestrian deaths. They aren't just letting their cities gridlock as a safety measure. They are reducing car volumes in high pedestrian areas, reducing crossing lengths, and reducing intersection conflicts. 6/
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I think what Lorinc has in mind is the rationale behind lowering speed limits: that the higher the maximum travel speed, the more severe the injury. But reducing gridlock is not about maximum travel speed, it's about improving the average travel speed. 2/
January 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I think what Lorinc has in mind is the rationale behind lowering speed limits: that the higher the maximum travel speed, the more severe the injury. But reducing gridlock is not about maximum travel speed, it's about improving the average travel speed. 2/
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The Russian government now officially calls the Iranian protests a "colour revolution". The question remains if Russia will in any way aid the mullah regime in cracking down on protestors.
January 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The Russian government now officially calls the Iranian protests a "colour revolution". The question remains if Russia will in any way aid the mullah regime in cracking down on protestors.
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Foreigners an increasingly critical part of young tax paying workers in Japan
Foreign residents make up 9.5% of people in 20s in Japan mainichi.jp/english/arti...
Foreign residents make up 9.5% of people in 20s in Japan mainichi.jp/english/arti...
Foreign residents make up 9.5% of people in 20s in Japan - The Mainichi
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Foreign residents made up 9.5 percent of the people in their 20s in Japan in 2025, more than double the 4.1 percent in 2015, a Kyodo
mainichi.jp
January 11, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Foreigners an increasingly critical part of young tax paying workers in Japan
Foreign residents make up 9.5% of people in 20s in Japan mainichi.jp/english/arti...
Foreign residents make up 9.5% of people in 20s in Japan mainichi.jp/english/arti...
God bless the TTC
the funny part about the streetcars is even when they're misbehaving and bunched to shit your still only enduring an 8 min wait due to the sheer number of cars on the line
January 14, 2026 at 4:50 AM
God bless the TTC
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It’s pretty galling how the bloodiest regimes in the world have figured out you can get around international scrutiny by just turning off the internet.
Modern journalists will just go completely silent like they’re a squawking bird whose cage you just threw a blanket over.
Modern journalists will just go completely silent like they’re a squawking bird whose cage you just threw a blanket over.
my god
I know we've got a lot going on here in the US of A but you'd think this would be even bigger news than it is.
I know we've got a lot going on here in the US of A but you'd think this would be even bigger news than it is.
January 14, 2026 at 4:29 AM
It’s pretty galling how the bloodiest regimes in the world have figured out you can get around international scrutiny by just turning off the internet.
Modern journalists will just go completely silent like they’re a squawking bird whose cage you just threw a blanket over.
Modern journalists will just go completely silent like they’re a squawking bird whose cage you just threw a blanket over.
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Oh yeah not enough people know that when the war ends theyre still fighting in france
January 14, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Oh yeah not enough people know that when the war ends theyre still fighting in france
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Another example from today of "we have a framework where Vancouver is getting worse all the time".
You'd never guess which city ranked 4th in Canada, and which one ranked 8th.
You'd never guess which city ranked 4th in Canada, and which one ranked 8th.
January 13, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Another example from today of "we have a framework where Vancouver is getting worse all the time".
You'd never guess which city ranked 4th in Canada, and which one ranked 8th.
You'd never guess which city ranked 4th in Canada, and which one ranked 8th.
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They just wiped all mentions of my bus off the boards at Tunney's Pasture.
The "real time" countdown came to an end and all departures for the 82 disappeared.
@helps.octranspo.com how am I getting home?
cc: @lainejohnson.bsky.social
@occtranspo.bsky.social
@otttransitriders.bsky.social
The "real time" countdown came to an end and all departures for the 82 disappeared.
@helps.octranspo.com how am I getting home?
cc: @lainejohnson.bsky.social
@occtranspo.bsky.social
@otttransitriders.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 9:33 PM
They just wiped all mentions of my bus off the boards at Tunney's Pasture.
The "real time" countdown came to an end and all departures for the 82 disappeared.
@helps.octranspo.com how am I getting home?
cc: @lainejohnson.bsky.social
@occtranspo.bsky.social
@otttransitriders.bsky.social
The "real time" countdown came to an end and all departures for the 82 disappeared.
@helps.octranspo.com how am I getting home?
cc: @lainejohnson.bsky.social
@occtranspo.bsky.social
@otttransitriders.bsky.social
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Immigration is good for many reasons but tbh, a lot of the “Immigration is the solution” takes also seems low key racist to me, especially when paired with a lot of talk about how terrible childbearing and motherhood are and how great it is that more women (from rich countries) aren’t doing it.
But naming the problem as "birthrates" rather than "shortage of prime age workers" or even just "labor shortage" bakes in the racism, in part by implicitly excluding immigration as the solution (& it *is* the only solution to any understanding of the problems isn't racial purity).
January 13, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Immigration is good for many reasons but tbh, a lot of the “Immigration is the solution” takes also seems low key racist to me, especially when paired with a lot of talk about how terrible childbearing and motherhood are and how great it is that more women (from rich countries) aren’t doing it.
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The caveat with all of these lists is that China doesn’t have much commuter/regional rail at all.
What many counties do with regional rail, China does with even more subway
What many counties do with regional rail, China does with even more subway
What urban areas in the world have the longest existing/under construction metro networks per capita?
In a quick analysis using Transit Explorer & EU GHS-UCDB 2024 data, the top urban areas are:
1—Chengdu
2—Hangzhou
3—Ningbo
4—Xuzhou
5—Stockholm
6—Zhengzhou
7—Singapore
8—Xi'an
9—Hamburg
10—Changsha
In a quick analysis using Transit Explorer & EU GHS-UCDB 2024 data, the top urban areas are:
1—Chengdu
2—Hangzhou
3—Ningbo
4—Xuzhou
5—Stockholm
6—Zhengzhou
7—Singapore
8—Xi'an
9—Hamburg
10—Changsha
January 13, 2026 at 8:46 AM
The caveat with all of these lists is that China doesn’t have much commuter/regional rail at all.
What many counties do with regional rail, China does with even more subway
What many counties do with regional rail, China does with even more subway
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I am going to build a 10 story apartment in my neighborhood (zoned to 6 stories)
fed posting implies the existence of state and local government posting
January 13, 2026 at 6:11 PM
I am going to build a 10 story apartment in my neighborhood (zoned to 6 stories)
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Knife graphic wishing for “13 May” violence circulated in Malaysian Facebook spaces targeting Rohingya. It was up ~48 hours & had hundreds of comments before removal.
I’ve posted screenshots + translations showing the wider Facebook hate-speech ecosystem.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/malaysia-a...
I’ve posted screenshots + translations showing the wider Facebook hate-speech ecosystem.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/malaysia-a...
The Anti-Rohingya Turn in Malaysia’s Online Spaces
Content warning: This post contains racist and anti-refugee language (quoted for documentation), and references to incitement and violence.
www.rohingyarefugee.news
January 13, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Knife graphic wishing for “13 May” violence circulated in Malaysian Facebook spaces targeting Rohingya. It was up ~48 hours & had hundreds of comments before removal.
I’ve posted screenshots + translations showing the wider Facebook hate-speech ecosystem.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/malaysia-a...
I’ve posted screenshots + translations showing the wider Facebook hate-speech ecosystem.
www.rohingyarefugee.news/p/malaysia-a...
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Curious how much of this is just the increased misery index of Main Cabin viz the cost. A lost of legacy carriers are approaching RyanAir levels of unpleasantness, but charging prices somewhere between that and old legacy style service.
Main Cabin (everything below first/business class) revenues -7% YoY while Premium (first/business) +9% is really wild.
January 13, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Curious how much of this is just the increased misery index of Main Cabin viz the cost. A lost of legacy carriers are approaching RyanAir levels of unpleasantness, but charging prices somewhere between that and old legacy style service.
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there will probably be a pope who has browsed AO3 in the next 100 years
January 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM
there will probably be a pope who has browsed AO3 in the next 100 years
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competition good
January 12, 2026 at 11:42 PM
competition good
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Okay, but I have "Ontario Liberals fail to choose a new leader" on the bingo card I made for this year
January 12, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Okay, but I have "Ontario Liberals fail to choose a new leader" on the bingo card I made for this year
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i think the peronists thought about economics harder
January 12, 2026 at 9:58 PM
i think the peronists thought about economics harder