Dee Smith
@dpsmith.bsky.social
Halifax
Mental Health
Dad
Education
Masculinities
Urban biking
EPL
Fantasy Football
Basically nothing else
Mental Health
Dad
Education
Masculinities
Urban biking
EPL
Fantasy Football
Basically nothing else
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Me when I feed my kid candy for dinner after I cave into his demands: This is what good parenting looks like.
“I listened, we listened, we heard from you loud and clear,” Del Duca said in a social media video. “This is what leadership looks like, in particular at this moment. You need leaders who have your back and who are on your side.”
That's not leadership, it's populist politics. Yuck.
That's not leadership, it's populist politics. Yuck.
Ontario mayor who removed his city’s speed cameras wrote the law that introduced them | Globalnews.ca
In a statement, Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca said he believed the right regulations were needed for speed cameras. He said he has heard from residents they're not working.
globalnews.ca
September 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Me when I feed my kid candy for dinner after I cave into his demands: This is what good parenting looks like.
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I biked with my best friend to the hospital when he was having surgery to remove glioblastoma (brain cancer) tumors. Then, we changed our weekly breakfast date to "bike to radiation appointment" dates.
Biking to health care is not just for typical appointments.
Biking to health care is not just for typical appointments.
Did you know?
People can & do ride bikes to medical appointments (when it’s safe to do so, when density makes the trips reasonable in length & when there’s places to park bikes).
Forced car dependency isn’t great for any of us.
People can & do ride bikes to medical appointments (when it’s safe to do so, when density makes the trips reasonable in length & when there’s places to park bikes).
Forced car dependency isn’t great for any of us.
September 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I biked with my best friend to the hospital when he was having surgery to remove glioblastoma (brain cancer) tumors. Then, we changed our weekly breakfast date to "bike to radiation appointment" dates.
Biking to health care is not just for typical appointments.
Biking to health care is not just for typical appointments.
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Wanted: An editorial from a grief counsellor about how the massive change in how we talk about people after they die indicates a lack of healthy coping around loss and an emotional immaturity.
September 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Wanted: An editorial from a grief counsellor about how the massive change in how we talk about people after they die indicates a lack of healthy coping around loss and an emotional immaturity.
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Buses are even more efficient at using road infrastructure to move people. But buses cost money and don't run directly A to B. Bike lanes are almost certainly the cheapest way for a congested city to increase its transport system's capacity
August 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Buses are even more efficient at using road infrastructure to move people. But buses cost money and don't run directly A to B. Bike lanes are almost certainly the cheapest way for a congested city to increase its transport system's capacity
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Rowling's 24/7 commitment to being an absolute nightmare ghoul is sort of extraordinary. She has every option in the world for how to spend her life and she commits herself entirely to hatred and self-righteous mean-spiritedness; some are more effective at evil but nobody puts in the hours like her.
August 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Rowling's 24/7 commitment to being an absolute nightmare ghoul is sort of extraordinary. She has every option in the world for how to spend her life and she commits herself entirely to hatred and self-righteous mean-spiritedness; some are more effective at evil but nobody puts in the hours like her.
As far as I can tell it would mostly be Bookmark, Jennifer's, Cha Baa Thai, Giant Bikes, Bliss, Rasa, Running Room, my physio and massage. All of which have equivalents reasonably close to me but towards the North End
Maybe the North End Business Assc don't want me and my 5 y/o squished by a truck?
Maybe the North End Business Assc don't want me and my 5 y/o squished by a truck?
Are all of the businesses listed on the Spring Garden Road Area Business Association their members?
I live in the area and would like to avoid patronizing anyone contributing to an org advocating against my family's safety on the roads.
I live in the area and would like to avoid patronizing anyone contributing to an org advocating against my family's safety on the roads.
Here is a big sample of some of the letters sent to Mayor Andy Fillmore, Halifax councillors, and the clerk's office.
I went through 658 pages of correspondence. Only 27 letters were in support of Fillmore's bike lane motion.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-...
I went through 658 pages of correspondence. Only 27 letters were in support of Fillmore's bike lane motion.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-...
August 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
As far as I can tell it would mostly be Bookmark, Jennifer's, Cha Baa Thai, Giant Bikes, Bliss, Rasa, Running Room, my physio and massage. All of which have equivalents reasonably close to me but towards the North End
Maybe the North End Business Assc don't want me and my 5 y/o squished by a truck?
Maybe the North End Business Assc don't want me and my 5 y/o squished by a truck?
Are all of the businesses listed on the Spring Garden Road Area Business Association their members?
I live in the area and would like to avoid patronizing anyone contributing to an org advocating against my family's safety on the roads.
I live in the area and would like to avoid patronizing anyone contributing to an org advocating against my family's safety on the roads.
Here is a big sample of some of the letters sent to Mayor Andy Fillmore, Halifax councillors, and the clerk's office.
I went through 658 pages of correspondence. Only 27 letters were in support of Fillmore's bike lane motion.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-...
I went through 658 pages of correspondence. Only 27 letters were in support of Fillmore's bike lane motion.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-...
Majority of letters sent to Andy Fillmore, Halifax councillors in support of bike lanes - Halifax Examiner
Only 27 letters sent to offices of mayor, council, and municipal clerk supported motion to pause construction of bike lanes.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
August 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Are all of the businesses listed on the Spring Garden Road Area Business Association their members?
I live in the area and would like to avoid patronizing anyone contributing to an org advocating against my family's safety on the roads.
I live in the area and would like to avoid patronizing anyone contributing to an org advocating against my family's safety on the roads.
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Ready to fill his inbox since he wants to micromanage every little street in HRM
July 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Ready to fill his inbox since he wants to micromanage every little street in HRM
I think it'd be neat if everyone started CCing Fred Tilley on their 311 requests from now on.
July 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I think it'd be neat if everyone started CCing Fred Tilley on their 311 requests from now on.
To be clear, he was on the back of the cargo bike.
We would have 100% called off our trip if we got there and the lane wasn't protected on his bike.
We would have 100% called off our trip if we got there and the lane wasn't protected on his bike.
I just drove through with my 5 y/o and wondered first if they came out for street cleaning (the gutters are gross) and then if Fillmore did it by hand out of spite.
July 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
To be clear, he was on the back of the cargo bike.
We would have 100% called off our trip if we got there and the lane wasn't protected on his bike.
We would have 100% called off our trip if we got there and the lane wasn't protected on his bike.
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Loblaws to consumers:
"Grocery profit margins have remained stable from pre-pandemic levels, averaging around 3 to 4 per cent, "
Loblaws to Shareholders
"Retail segment gross profit percentage was stable at 32.0%."
"Grocery profit margins have remained stable from pre-pandemic levels, averaging around 3 to 4 per cent, "
Loblaws to Shareholders
"Retail segment gross profit percentage was stable at 32.0%."
July 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Loblaws to consumers:
"Grocery profit margins have remained stable from pre-pandemic levels, averaging around 3 to 4 per cent, "
Loblaws to Shareholders
"Retail segment gross profit percentage was stable at 32.0%."
"Grocery profit margins have remained stable from pre-pandemic levels, averaging around 3 to 4 per cent, "
Loblaws to Shareholders
"Retail segment gross profit percentage was stable at 32.0%."
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Morris has been reduced to one lane for water work. I assume the port has shut down and ambulances are refusing to even try answering calls in the area.
July 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Morris has been reduced to one lane for water work. I assume the port has shut down and ambulances are refusing to even try answering calls in the area.
Petition to @thetrews.bsky.social to change the lyrics to
🎶Standing on the corner of Hollis and Morris Street.
Where the evil bike lanes won't ever meet🎶
music.youtube.com/watch?v=HTcG...
🎶Standing on the corner of Hollis and Morris Street.
Where the evil bike lanes won't ever meet🎶
music.youtube.com/watch?v=HTcG...
Hollis and Morris
YouTube video by The Trews - Topic
music.youtube.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Petition to @thetrews.bsky.social to change the lyrics to
🎶Standing on the corner of Hollis and Morris Street.
Where the evil bike lanes won't ever meet🎶
music.youtube.com/watch?v=HTcG...
🎶Standing on the corner of Hollis and Morris Street.
Where the evil bike lanes won't ever meet🎶
music.youtube.com/watch?v=HTcG...
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Good morning to everyone who wonders why they didn't just use paint and plastic flex posts to protect this fire hydrant.
July 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good morning to everyone who wonders why they didn't just use paint and plastic flex posts to protect this fire hydrant.
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Tax revenue per m2 in misc different parts of the city:
Halifax (mainland + peninsula, will work to break these up): $13
Dartmouth: $6
Bedford: $7
Cole Harbour: $4.5
Eastern Passage: $5
Hammonds Plains: $0.8
Lawrencetown: $0.7
Any you're curious about
[preliminary data, subject to cleaning]
Halifax (mainland + peninsula, will work to break these up): $13
Dartmouth: $6
Bedford: $7
Cole Harbour: $4.5
Eastern Passage: $5
Hammonds Plains: $0.8
Lawrencetown: $0.7
Any you're curious about
[preliminary data, subject to cleaning]
July 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Tax revenue per m2 in misc different parts of the city:
Halifax (mainland + peninsula, will work to break these up): $13
Dartmouth: $6
Bedford: $7
Cole Harbour: $4.5
Eastern Passage: $5
Hammonds Plains: $0.8
Lawrencetown: $0.7
Any you're curious about
[preliminary data, subject to cleaning]
Halifax (mainland + peninsula, will work to break these up): $13
Dartmouth: $6
Bedford: $7
Cole Harbour: $4.5
Eastern Passage: $5
Hammonds Plains: $0.8
Lawrencetown: $0.7
Any you're curious about
[preliminary data, subject to cleaning]
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I've been reading all the coverage of the Ford-esque Premier of Nova Scotia threatening to upend democracy if Halifax goes through with turning Morris Street into one-way for cars to turn one lane over to bikes. Here I thought this was like Bloor or University in Toronto. But no. This is Morris St.
On Morris street on my way to lunch. Who will save me from this overcrowded urban nightmare? What strongman can we raise up to fix this brutal landscape of despair?
July 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I've been reading all the coverage of the Ford-esque Premier of Nova Scotia threatening to upend democracy if Halifax goes through with turning Morris Street into one-way for cars to turn one lane over to bikes. Here I thought this was like Bloor or University in Toronto. But no. This is Morris St.
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Trucks to and from the port do not use Morris Street.
July 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Trucks to and from the port do not use Morris Street.
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Free bridges. Free parking. Free-for-all suburban sprawl. Forced back into commuting to the office. But sure… making a sleepy little side street in the South End 1-way is what’s going to unleash traffic armageddon 🙄
July 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Free bridges. Free parking. Free-for-all suburban sprawl. Forced back into commuting to the office. But sure… making a sleepy little side street in the South End 1-way is what’s going to unleash traffic armageddon 🙄
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the guy behind the petition against Halifax bike lanes doesn't even live in Nova Scotia btw
July 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
the guy behind the petition against Halifax bike lanes doesn't even live in Nova Scotia btw
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unpopular opinion but I firmly believe you should stop for a pedestrian in a crosswalk and not accelerate toward them
July 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
unpopular opinion but I firmly believe you should stop for a pedestrian in a crosswalk and not accelerate toward them
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