Grant Hamilton
@gramiq.bsky.social
Nine-fingered cyclist who’s riding all 21 stages of the 2025 Tour de France to raise money for Cure Leukaemia.
It’s lovely outside and it should have been a pleasant day for walking to work but we’ve spent ungodly amounts of money dumping sand and salt on our streets so I have to gingerly pick my way across thick mucky slop at every disgusting pigsty of an intersection.
February 5, 2026 at 4:18 PM
It’s lovely outside and it should have been a pleasant day for walking to work but we’ve spent ungodly amounts of money dumping sand and salt on our streets so I have to gingerly pick my way across thick mucky slop at every disgusting pigsty of an intersection.
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Tues. free:
LAST CHILD IN THE STREET?
Globally renowned Tim Gill on 'Building the case for cities that truly put kids before cars.'
FREE webinar #Cities4Everyone
Invite: Cities for Better Health & 8 80 Cities
Tues. Feb. 10, 11am
Register and pls share:
bit.ly/3N6JwY9
LAST CHILD IN THE STREET?
Globally renowned Tim Gill on 'Building the case for cities that truly put kids before cars.'
FREE webinar #Cities4Everyone
Invite: Cities for Better Health & 8 80 Cities
Tues. Feb. 10, 11am
Register and pls share:
bit.ly/3N6JwY9
February 4, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Tues. free:
LAST CHILD IN THE STREET?
Globally renowned Tim Gill on 'Building the case for cities that truly put kids before cars.'
FREE webinar #Cities4Everyone
Invite: Cities for Better Health & 8 80 Cities
Tues. Feb. 10, 11am
Register and pls share:
bit.ly/3N6JwY9
LAST CHILD IN THE STREET?
Globally renowned Tim Gill on 'Building the case for cities that truly put kids before cars.'
FREE webinar #Cities4Everyone
Invite: Cities for Better Health & 8 80 Cities
Tues. Feb. 10, 11am
Register and pls share:
bit.ly/3N6JwY9
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How can we ensure every person moves freely and safely through their entire journey—from first mile to last?
This introductory toolkit is a resource for designers, planners and policymakers seeking to integrate gender-inclusive mobility into their processes.
www.genderinclusivemobility.com/toolkit
This introductory toolkit is a resource for designers, planners and policymakers seeking to integrate gender-inclusive mobility into their processes.
www.genderinclusivemobility.com/toolkit
February 4, 2026 at 5:50 PM
How can we ensure every person moves freely and safely through their entire journey—from first mile to last?
This introductory toolkit is a resource for designers, planners and policymakers seeking to integrate gender-inclusive mobility into their processes.
www.genderinclusivemobility.com/toolkit
This introductory toolkit is a resource for designers, planners and policymakers seeking to integrate gender-inclusive mobility into their processes.
www.genderinclusivemobility.com/toolkit
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Pet Peeve: Saying that sidewalks are the responsibility of the property owner and not the city ignores the fact that it's *the city* that is ultimately responsible for enforcement.
...and if that accountability system doesn't work, then its *the city* that then is in charge of creating new system.
...and if that accountability system doesn't work, then its *the city* that then is in charge of creating new system.
January 31, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Pet Peeve: Saying that sidewalks are the responsibility of the property owner and not the city ignores the fact that it's *the city* that is ultimately responsible for enforcement.
...and if that accountability system doesn't work, then its *the city* that then is in charge of creating new system.
...and if that accountability system doesn't work, then its *the city* that then is in charge of creating new system.
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Wake up, workers of the world, a new second-person plural pronoun dropped.
January 31, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Wake up, workers of the world, a new second-person plural pronoun dropped.
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Tonight I watched Prime Minister Mark Carney take the actual Heated Rivalry Canada fleece from Hudson Williams, slip it on and say: “This is true soft power.”
January 30, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Tonight I watched Prime Minister Mark Carney take the actual Heated Rivalry Canada fleece from Hudson Williams, slip it on and say: “This is true soft power.”
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me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
Best gas masks
“How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.
www.theverge.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:25 PM
me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...
Thread.
TIL “percolation theory” which is cool
TIL “percolation theory” which is cool
"Disconnected" is the word I want to highlight here. Percolation Theory 101 says in order for something/someone to move from point A to point B through a network, there must, at minimum, be a connected, continuous path for them to traverse. If that path doesn't exist, then the trip doesn't happen.
My biggest problem with this this argument is that while Portland’s bike network has grown in the past 16 years, very little of what has been built is that great, and when it is, it’s disconnected.
January 27, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Thread.
TIL “percolation theory” which is cool
TIL “percolation theory” which is cool
Why is Apple putting the actual sleep score at the end, so that it’s cut off in their own notifications? @gruber.foo
January 27, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Why is Apple putting the actual sleep score at the end, so that it’s cut off in their own notifications? @gruber.foo
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A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
— G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
James Clear, in his latest 3-2-1 newsletter, may have found for me the source of this “Only dead fish go with the flow”
My previous attribution was “a sign in a pub in Wales” =)
— G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
James Clear, in his latest 3-2-1 newsletter, may have found for me the source of this “Only dead fish go with the flow”
My previous attribution was “a sign in a pub in Wales” =)
January 26, 2026 at 3:56 PM
A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
— G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
James Clear, in his latest 3-2-1 newsletter, may have found for me the source of this “Only dead fish go with the flow”
My previous attribution was “a sign in a pub in Wales” =)
— G.K. Chesterton, The Everlasting Man
James Clear, in his latest 3-2-1 newsletter, may have found for me the source of this “Only dead fish go with the flow”
My previous attribution was “a sign in a pub in Wales” =)
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Health Canada recommends two beers a week, or 104 beers a year. According to Health Canada, I am 180 years old.
January 17, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Health Canada recommends two beers a week, or 104 beers a year. According to Health Canada, I am 180 years old.
Chicken Caesar salad with croutons, but the proportions are all wrong.
January 17, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Chicken Caesar salad with croutons, but the proportions are all wrong.
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You will never convince me that the snow plow back up “beep beep beep” loud enough to disrupt sleep from 6 blocks away doesn’t shorten more lives from general agitation than it saves in avoided accidents. Especially compared to a white noise back up alarm that doesn’t pierce eardrums 6 blocks away.
January 16, 2026 at 5:02 AM
You will never convince me that the snow plow back up “beep beep beep” loud enough to disrupt sleep from 6 blocks away doesn’t shorten more lives from general agitation than it saves in avoided accidents. Especially compared to a white noise back up alarm that doesn’t pierce eardrums 6 blocks away.
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For over a decade I have tied my shoes one specific way: Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot. I learned it from Ian (aka Professor Shoelace) whose site is over two decades old. The knot has never failed me. I spoke with Ian about knots and the dangers of the modern internet. aftermath.site/ians-shoelac...
Ian's Is Still The Best Site For Tying Your Shoelaces
Ian's Shoelace Site has been teaching people to tie their shoes for more than two decades. His knots are wonderful. But it is vulnerable to the forces tearing the internet apart.
aftermath.site
January 14, 2026 at 6:03 PM
For over a decade I have tied my shoes one specific way: Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot. I learned it from Ian (aka Professor Shoelace) whose site is over two decades old. The knot has never failed me. I spoke with Ian about knots and the dangers of the modern internet. aftermath.site/ians-shoelac...
As a recreational cyclist who completed last year’s full Tour de France route with Tour 21 to fundraise for leukaemia research, this is actually really fulfilling (I also used this same joke to kick off my fundraising)
Local recreational cyclist constantly being yelled at that
"it's not the Tour de France" considering taking his shot at the world renowned 23 day bike race after all this encouragement from local drivers.
creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord
"it's not the Tour de France" considering taking his shot at the world renowned 23 day bike race after all this encouragement from local drivers.
creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord
January 9, 2026 at 11:04 PM
As a recreational cyclist who completed last year’s full Tour de France route with Tour 21 to fundraise for leukaemia research, this is actually really fulfilling (I also used this same joke to kick off my fundraising)
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Off the record = unsafe streets.
In Hamilton, most crashes involving people who bike, walk, or use mobility devices never get reported. Not because they don’t matter, but because the system is built for cars, not people.
Off the record = unsafe streets.
In Hamilton, most crashes involving people who bike, walk, or use mobility devices never get reported. Not because they don’t matter, but because the system is built for cars, not people.
January 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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Off the record = unsafe streets.
In Hamilton, most crashes involving people who bike, walk, or use mobility devices never get reported. Not because they don’t matter, but because the system is built for cars, not people.
Off the record = unsafe streets.
In Hamilton, most crashes involving people who bike, walk, or use mobility devices never get reported. Not because they don’t matter, but because the system is built for cars, not people.
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Transit is an Essential Service
We need to change how we think about public transit
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM
2025 was jam-packed with awesome bike memories for me (TdF, nbd), but it really was about the friends I made along the way.
I need some positivity. Quote or reply with your favorite bike memory of 2025. It can be a great ride, an advocacy accomplishment, whatever. Let's celebrate bikes.
My personal favorite was finally doing a bikepacking ride up to Portland, Maine! It has me excited for bigger adventures in 2026.
My personal favorite was finally doing a bikepacking ride up to Portland, Maine! It has me excited for bigger adventures in 2026.
December 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
2025 was jam-packed with awesome bike memories for me (TdF, nbd), but it really was about the friends I made along the way.
Youth pastor voice: “Let me tell you about someone else who needed ‘stable’ housing.”
December 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Youth pastor voice: “Let me tell you about someone else who needed ‘stable’ housing.”
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Sadness arrives uninvited. Joy demands more—it requires us to search, to kindle, to protect the flame against every wind. When we choose joy despite everything that argues against it, we don't just save ourselves—we illuminate the way for everyone around us.
December 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Sadness arrives uninvited. Joy demands more—it requires us to search, to kindle, to protect the flame against every wind. When we choose joy despite everything that argues against it, we don't just save ourselves—we illuminate the way for everyone around us.
What a lovely thread.
We’ll probably never again see such a casual, celebratory, & memorable gathering of Jim Henson’s family of characters as is found in 1987’s A MUPPET FAMILY CHRISTMAS…
December 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
What a lovely thread.
Imagine if the city funded sidewalk clearing, but drivers were responsible for shovelling the roads in front of their own properties.
Driver privilege is thinking a car is just naturally a better way to get around in the winter while the city spends tens of millions making the road specifically passable to cars (often at the expense of all other modes)
December 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Imagine if the city funded sidewalk clearing, but drivers were responsible for shovelling the roads in front of their own properties.
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I get really annoyed when people argue that recreation/bike tourism is not a legitimate reason for infrastructure. How many roads do we have in this country that are just for access to beaches, ski resorts, or theme parks?
If drivers aren't given not just access, but redundant and convenient access to every sq inch of the country they flip out
Meanwhile for pedestrians and cyclists it's like "do they really need to cross this body of water? do they really need the freedom to go there? they might do it for recreation!
Meanwhile for pedestrians and cyclists it's like "do they really need to cross this body of water? do they really need the freedom to go there? they might do it for recreation!
December 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I get really annoyed when people argue that recreation/bike tourism is not a legitimate reason for infrastructure. How many roads do we have in this country that are just for access to beaches, ski resorts, or theme parks?
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Jesus being born in 2025 and receiving three gift cards
December 16, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Jesus being born in 2025 and receiving three gift cards