Cheryl White
@ladyscorcher.bsky.social
big fan of public libraries and clean air. engineer, jogger & cyclist. cancer survivor and patient partner. co-founder cavi.
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Cheryl White
@ladyscorcher.bsky.social
· May 19
We had a nice time. There were 7 of us on the trip and I was the only one who had ever been to Algonquin before. They loved it and said they will go back.
You miss a lot of the most beautiful photos because you’re busy paddling or enjoying it but here are a few…
You miss a lot of the most beautiful photos because you’re busy paddling or enjoying it but here are a few…
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If a worker is killed using manufacturing equipment, they don't just clean it up and get back to using it immediately. But that's what happens at road intersections.
Motonormativity is a dangerous disease.
Motonormativity is a dangerous disease.
what we should do now is of course close the intersection until it is redesigned. but we won't we will do nothing and wait for the next tragedy.
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
If a worker is killed using manufacturing equipment, they don't just clean it up and get back to using it immediately. But that's what happens at road intersections.
Motonormativity is a dangerous disease.
Motonormativity is a dangerous disease.
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I was approached by a lady outside the gym today while parking my bike. She was likely in her 70s. She had such great questions about the bike and then proceeded to tell me about her ebike.
She told me that she rode over 600 miles on it last year and was so proud of herself. She was so happy.
She told me that she rode over 600 miles on it last year and was so proud of herself. She was so happy.
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I was approached by a lady outside the gym today while parking my bike. She was likely in her 70s. She had such great questions about the bike and then proceeded to tell me about her ebike.
She told me that she rode over 600 miles on it last year and was so proud of herself. She was so happy.
She told me that she rode over 600 miles on it last year and was so proud of herself. She was so happy.
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"If you bought packaged bread from one of Canada's major grocery stores between 2001 and 2021 — and the odds are that many Canadians did — then you're eligible to apply for a slice of the settlement .... Claimants have until Dec. 12 to apply." www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
You could get at least $50 from the bread price-fixing settlement. But the deadline is coming up | CBC News
Your chance to get a piece of a $500-million class action settlement, following a years-long bread price fixing scheme will soon expire.
www.cbc.ca
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"If you bought packaged bread from one of Canada's major grocery stores between 2001 and 2021 — and the odds are that many Canadians did — then you're eligible to apply for a slice of the settlement .... Claimants have until Dec. 12 to apply." www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
James Van Der Beek Sells Dawson’s Creek Merch to Pay for Cancer Treatment
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
www.vulture.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
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A worker (crossing guard) was killed on the job at his worksite (road intersection, municipal infrastructure designed by a professional engineer). It should not be any different than an indoor workplace.
If this was a worksite [it is a worksite], provincial authorities would close it until an investigation was completed and corrective actions implemented.
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A worker (crossing guard) was killed on the job at his worksite (road intersection, municipal infrastructure designed by a professional engineer). It should not be any different than an indoor workplace.
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As a pedestrian, I was hit by a car on Laird. T-intersection. I had the green light, going north on the east side. Car was turning east at lights. I was using a cane and, I guess, not moving fast enough for the driver, who screamed at me before driving into me. Not fast, but knocked me over. 1/2
In my brief block by block encounters with crossing guards I see how drivers menace them, inching towards. What a whole shift must be like.
The Premier and other politicians, Toronto Police, other forces, have taken the lid of all this. A death drive amid other bs rhetoric of public safety.
The Premier and other politicians, Toronto Police, other forces, have taken the lid of all this. A death drive amid other bs rhetoric of public safety.
A crossing guard was killed by the driver of a dump truck yesterday. absolutely heartbreaking.
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
As a pedestrian, I was hit by a car on Laird. T-intersection. I had the green light, going north on the east side. Car was turning east at lights. I was using a cane and, I guess, not moving fast enough for the driver, who screamed at me before driving into me. Not fast, but knocked me over. 1/2
Deadlifts are different from other exercises. They don’t seem too hard in the moment and frankly I always think I should try lifting heavier but then I’m mentally EXHAUSTED for the next 24h. As if I’m lifting with my brain. 🤷♀️
November 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Deadlifts are different from other exercises. They don’t seem too hard in the moment and frankly I always think I should try lifting heavier but then I’m mentally EXHAUSTED for the next 24h. As if I’m lifting with my brain. 🤷♀️
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BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
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Do you also sometimes wonder what kind of beauty and possibility our species could achieve if a handful of people didn't sponge up all the surplus we, together, create and spend it on generating "artificial intelligence" and running away, into space?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ANhA...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ANhA...
Strandbeest evolution 2025
YouTube video by theo jansen
m.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Do you also sometimes wonder what kind of beauty and possibility our species could achieve if a handful of people didn't sponge up all the surplus we, together, create and spend it on generating "artificial intelligence" and running away, into space?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ANhA...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ANhA...
When I have a really long to do list and you throw on descaling the coffee makers just because it’s about that time and then you tackle that task first. ☕️✅
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
When I have a really long to do list and you throw on descaling the coffee makers just because it’s about that time and then you tackle that task first. ☕️✅
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"Starting tomorrow, 1,000 people could lose their jobs," says Mayor Olivia Chow, including over 900 crossing guards, because the city won't be able to collect revenue from speed cameras after a provincial bill banning them. The ban also takes money away from capital projects like traffic calming.
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"Starting tomorrow, 1,000 people could lose their jobs," says Mayor Olivia Chow, including over 900 crossing guards, because the city won't be able to collect revenue from speed cameras after a provincial bill banning them. The ban also takes money away from capital projects like traffic calming.
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The outpouring of support we received for our Variety Store calendar is proof that neighbourhood retail is a vital part of a community.
Get to know your local shopkeeper, they 100% know you!
Get to know your local shopkeeper, they 100% know you!
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The outpouring of support we received for our Variety Store calendar is proof that neighbourhood retail is a vital part of a community.
Get to know your local shopkeeper, they 100% know you!
Get to know your local shopkeeper, they 100% know you!
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Happy birthday to Kathleen Hanna, American singer, pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, lead singer of the feminist punk band Bikini Kill, frontwoman of Le Tigre in the late 1990s, born this day 1968 in Portland
📸 Allison Michael Orenstein
#womenofpunk #kathleenhanna #riotgrrrl #otd
📸 Allison Michael Orenstein
#womenofpunk #kathleenhanna #riotgrrrl #otd
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Happy birthday to Kathleen Hanna, American singer, pioneer of the feminist punk riot grrrl movement, lead singer of the feminist punk band Bikini Kill, frontwoman of Le Tigre in the late 1990s, born this day 1968 in Portland
📸 Allison Michael Orenstein
#womenofpunk #kathleenhanna #riotgrrrl #otd
📸 Allison Michael Orenstein
#womenofpunk #kathleenhanna #riotgrrrl #otd
For my business school governance class I wrote a paper about @patagonia.com this week. I didn't have their results in time to include but am reading them now. If you're curious about the real impact of the products you buy this is a good peek behind the curtain. www.patagonia.com/progress-rep...
Patagonia 2025 Impact Report
Reporting to our new boss, Earth, isn't easy. Our first Work in Progress Report shares the truth about how we’re messing up and where we’re making progress.
www.patagonia.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
For my business school governance class I wrote a paper about @patagonia.com this week. I didn't have their results in time to include but am reading them now. If you're curious about the real impact of the products you buy this is a good peek behind the curtain. www.patagonia.com/progress-rep...
Back in may 2008, when bloor bike lanes were just a dream, I attended bells on bloor and took a few random photos. Do you recognize anyone #biketo?
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Back in may 2008, when bloor bike lanes were just a dream, I attended bells on bloor and took a few random photos. Do you recognize anyone #biketo?
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This is the greatest story ever told:
A person in Hamilton, ON stole a city bus and then proceeded to make the stops along the way, allowing passengers to board and exit freely. The person actually refusing someone looking to board with an expired pass. 🔥🔥
hamiltonpolice.on.ca/news/police-...
A person in Hamilton, ON stole a city bus and then proceeded to make the stops along the way, allowing passengers to board and exit freely. The person actually refusing someone looking to board with an expired pass. 🔥🔥
hamiltonpolice.on.ca/news/police-...
Police Arrest Man After HSR Bus Joy Ride
On Tuesday, November 11, 2025, at approximately 9:00 p.m., a Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) bus driver pulled into the McNab Bus Terminal and exited the vehicle for a short break.During this time, an a...
hamiltonpolice.on.ca
November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is the greatest story ever told:
A person in Hamilton, ON stole a city bus and then proceeded to make the stops along the way, allowing passengers to board and exit freely. The person actually refusing someone looking to board with an expired pass. 🔥🔥
hamiltonpolice.on.ca/news/police-...
A person in Hamilton, ON stole a city bus and then proceeded to make the stops along the way, allowing passengers to board and exit freely. The person actually refusing someone looking to board with an expired pass. 🔥🔥
hamiltonpolice.on.ca/news/police-...
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+ we wouldn't "need" the files if we actually believed survivors.
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
+ we wouldn't "need" the files if we actually believed survivors.
I’m so curious about all the ins and outs of the Bluesky alt-text advocacy. The premise is that it’s easy for everyone to do and it helps people so we should all do it… are those assumptions correct?
November 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I’m so curious about all the ins and outs of the Bluesky alt-text advocacy. The premise is that it’s easy for everyone to do and it helps people so we should all do it… are those assumptions correct?
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Women were excluded from clinical trails until 1993 in the U.S. and 1997 in Canada. @namshine.bsky.social talks with @docmcohen.medsky.social (@queensuhealth.bsky.social) about excluding women has shaped medicine and harmed women’s health, on (MIS)Treated: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Women were excluded from clinical trails until 1993 in the U.S. and 1997 in Canada. @namshine.bsky.social talks with @docmcohen.medsky.social (@queensuhealth.bsky.social) about excluding women has shaped medicine and harmed women’s health, on (MIS)Treated: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
This is such an important episode. It explains a lot of experiences we have living in women’s bodies.
Women were excluded from clinical trails until 1993 in the U.S. and 1997 in Canada. @namshine.bsky.social talks with @docmcohen.medsky.social (@queensuhealth.bsky.social) about excluding women has shaped medicine and harmed women’s health, on (MIS)Treated: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This is such an important episode. It explains a lot of experiences we have living in women’s bodies.
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John Tory was not a very good mayor in Toronto. He benefited from friendly media, no vocal critic, and a good local economy. Many of his decisions and missed opportunities have made life in the Toronto harder than it needed to be. It's not finger-pointing to flag it now; it's how we learn.
Matt Elliott: Why Olivia Chow’s council allies are attacking John Tory’s World Cup bid – and not the scandal that caused him to quit
Deals signed during John Tory’s reign are a frequent target of Mayor Olivia Chow’s allies on city council.
www.thestar.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
John Tory was not a very good mayor in Toronto. He benefited from friendly media, no vocal critic, and a good local economy. Many of his decisions and missed opportunities have made life in the Toronto harder than it needed to be. It's not finger-pointing to flag it now; it's how we learn.
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Bogoch is obsessed with being on tv and will say whatever he needs to, to be asked back.
November 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Bogoch is obsessed with being on tv and will say whatever he needs to, to be asked back.
Found a navy merino sweater at the thrift for $10... got home and looked it up and it sells for $250!
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Found a navy merino sweater at the thrift for $10... got home and looked it up and it sells for $250!
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For those of you in Public Health and Infectious Disease communities who are offended by this, let's turn that around:
If bad engineering led to a plane falling out of the sky or a bridge collapsing or the electrocution of kids in a daycare, I'd call that out, too.
Address failure. Directly.
If bad engineering led to a plane falling out of the sky or a bridge collapsing or the electrocution of kids in a daycare, I'd call that out, too.
Address failure. Directly.
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
For those of you in Public Health and Infectious Disease communities who are offended by this, let's turn that around:
If bad engineering led to a plane falling out of the sky or a bridge collapsing or the electrocution of kids in a daycare, I'd call that out, too.
Address failure. Directly.
If bad engineering led to a plane falling out of the sky or a bridge collapsing or the electrocution of kids in a daycare, I'd call that out, too.
Address failure. Directly.
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At 20 years old, Karl A. Peckol was the youngest crew member of the Edmund Fitzgerald. He would now be 70 years young.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
At 20 years old, Karl A. Peckol was the youngest crew member of the Edmund Fitzgerald. He would now be 70 years young.