Robyn is still here
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Cats, bikes, urban policy and evidence-based policy generally, environment, books, quilts, and lots of randomness. GenX. Canada.
Let's try not to make things worse, shall we?
Let's try not to make things worse, shall we?
I think I would rather summon and befriend a minor fire demon. It could keep me warm and also. you know. revenge type missions
Tips to make it through winter:
- weather proof your top hats & fanciful wigs
- summon a minor fire demon and bind it in a locket
- wander the trackless moors and howl into the Void to stay warm
- embrace the cold darkness
- weather proof your top hats & fanciful wigs
- summon a minor fire demon and bind it in a locket
- wander the trackless moors and howl into the Void to stay warm
- embrace the cold darkness
December 28, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I think I would rather summon and befriend a minor fire demon. It could keep me warm and also. you know. revenge type missions
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My wish for you:
May you always feel safe and warm, may your tea supply never run dry, and may you always find more space on your crowded bookshelves for books that you cannot live without.
May you always feel safe and warm, may your tea supply never run dry, and may you always find more space on your crowded bookshelves for books that you cannot live without.
December 26, 2025 at 4:13 AM
My wish for you:
May you always feel safe and warm, may your tea supply never run dry, and may you always find more space on your crowded bookshelves for books that you cannot live without.
May you always feel safe and warm, may your tea supply never run dry, and may you always find more space on your crowded bookshelves for books that you cannot live without.
Ah yes, the annual list. “PATIENT STATES HE PUT A BASEBALL IN HIS RECTUM TO SEE WHAT IT FELT LIKE.” defector.com/what-did-we-...
What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year? | Defector
This is the time of year to be grateful for not having things stuck in our asses, and to think of those less fortunate than us. So spare a thought for those Americans who misjudged the capacity of the...
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December 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Ah yes, the annual list. “PATIENT STATES HE PUT A BASEBALL IN HIS RECTUM TO SEE WHAT IT FELT LIKE.” defector.com/what-did-we-...
So many leopards eating so many faces globalnews.ca/news/1158815...
Jim Beam halting some bourbon production as exports fall amid U.S. tariffs - National | Globalnews.ca
Bourbon maker Jim Beam is halting production at one of its distilleries in Kentucky for at least a year as the whiskey industry navigates tariffs from the Trump administration.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
So many leopards eating so many faces globalnews.ca/news/1158815...
Ah, the passive exonerative tense yet again. "A car has driven into the crowd" -- all by itself, one must suppose?
Netherlands police: ‘A car has driven into the crowd. There are 9 people injured, of which at least 3 are seriously injured. For now, there does not appear to be any intent involved, but we are still investigating that.’
December 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Ah, the passive exonerative tense yet again. "A car has driven into the crowd" -- all by itself, one must suppose?
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“The last-minute christmas rush at the bookshop.” - my latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books
December 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“The last-minute christmas rush at the bookshop.” - my latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books
So we're fighting Nazis and taking away their toys, I guess? I'm up for that.
December 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
So we're fighting Nazis and taking away their toys, I guess? I'm up for that.
Yes, exactly. If it's reasonably safe and pleasant to ride in the street, that's what people do; when it's dangerous to ride in the street, people ride on the sidewalk. Our pre/post-bike-lane counts showed that very clearly: drive.google.com/file/d/1LVJ5...
December 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Yes, exactly. If it's reasonably safe and pleasant to ride in the street, that's what people do; when it's dangerous to ride in the street, people ride on the sidewalk. Our pre/post-bike-lane counts showed that very clearly: drive.google.com/file/d/1LVJ5...
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Flu’s link to cardiovascular disease shows why vaccination is essential www.nature.com/articles/d41... @ashishkjha.bsky.social
"...we now have clear evidence that flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death owing to cardiovascular disease..."
#VaccinesWork
"...we now have clear evidence that flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death owing to cardiovascular disease..."
#VaccinesWork
Flu’s link to cardiovascular disease shows why vaccination is essential
Influenza isn’t just a respiratory disease. Measures to stop its transmission, such as vaccination, could prevent thousands of heart-attack deaths.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Flu’s link to cardiovascular disease shows why vaccination is essential www.nature.com/articles/d41... @ashishkjha.bsky.social
"...we now have clear evidence that flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death owing to cardiovascular disease..."
#VaccinesWork
"...we now have clear evidence that flu vaccination significantly reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke, and death owing to cardiovascular disease..."
#VaccinesWork
"...it is not too late to get vaccinated. The vaccine will still help reduce your risk of getting the flu, and if you do get the flu, it will reduce the severity."
Influenza is utter misery. Go get your shot. torontolife.com/city/im-not-...
Influenza is utter misery. Go get your shot. torontolife.com/city/im-not-...
"I'm not talking about a sniffle": Doctor Isaac Bogoch on the myths and realities of a harsh flu season - Toronto Life
Go get your shots, people
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December 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"...it is not too late to get vaccinated. The vaccine will still help reduce your risk of getting the flu, and if you do get the flu, it will reduce the severity."
Influenza is utter misery. Go get your shot. torontolife.com/city/im-not-...
Influenza is utter misery. Go get your shot. torontolife.com/city/im-not-...
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*taking the tiniest peek*
Coked to the fucking gills.
Coked to the fucking gills.
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
*taking the tiniest peek*
Coked to the fucking gills.
Coked to the fucking gills.
My whole feed here is bikes, urbanism, books, trains, pictures of cats and lichens and mushrooms and things, science articles, and generally interesting things and I am totally here for it. No notes
December 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My whole feed here is bikes, urbanism, books, trains, pictures of cats and lichens and mushrooms and things, science articles, and generally interesting things and I am totally here for it. No notes
Can anyone explain to me why, since we have "smart" water meters in Toronto, my last bill was estimated instead of actual? Surely issuing an accurate bill once every four months should be do-able??
December 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Can anyone explain to me why, since we have "smart" water meters in Toronto, my last bill was estimated instead of actual? Surely issuing an accurate bill once every four months should be do-able??
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Happy post-punk holidays from Rovélo Creative.
*every damn year with these lights.
*every damn year with these lights.
December 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Happy post-punk holidays from Rovélo Creative.
*every damn year with these lights.
*every damn year with these lights.
This is a great idea, and I agree with Cory that Canada is well placed to act on it pluralistic.net/2025/12/16/k...
Pluralistic: America’s collapsing consumption is the world’s disenshittification opportunity (16 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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December 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This is a great idea, and I agree with Cory that Canada is well placed to act on it pluralistic.net/2025/12/16/k...
Sounds about right
Some advice:
- be kind
- stay weird
- collect memories
- hoard swords
- stop concealing your fangs and talons
- haunt the world with the dark grandeur of your frightful form
- be kind
- stay weird
- collect memories
- hoard swords
- stop concealing your fangs and talons
- haunt the world with the dark grandeur of your frightful form
December 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Sounds about right
In which we find out chewing gum really does last forever
#ProcB in @smithsonianmag | Ancient DNA and biomarkers from artefacts: insights into technology and cultural practices in Neolithic Europe: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Ancient DNA Reveals That a Teenage Girl Chewed on This Wad of 'Gum' 10,500 Years Ago
Based on genetic material preserved in birch bark tar from Estonia, researchers found that the teen likely had brown hair and brown eyes
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December 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In which we find out chewing gum really does last forever
....and here's the actual video
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
....and here's the actual video
No kidding
December 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
No kidding
"John Anderton, you could use a Guinness right about now!" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXJ... ) globalnews.ca/news/1157017...
Canada’s privacy commissioner probing facial detection ads near Union Station | Globalnews.ca
Canada's privacy commissioner is investigating the alleged use of facial recognition technology in billboards near Union Station after it received complaints from the public.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"John Anderton, you could use a Guinness right about now!" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXJ... ) globalnews.ca/news/1157017...
Perhaps Ontario should not have slashed medical school admissions in 1992, maybe? www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
December 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Perhaps Ontario should not have slashed medical school admissions in 1992, maybe? www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
I, too, rely heavily on RSS. This article is both an explainer and an argument for open syndication standards. werd.io/why-rss-matt...
Why RSS matters
The future of the web depends on simple, open standards.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I, too, rely heavily on RSS. This article is both an explainer and an argument for open syndication standards. werd.io/why-rss-matt...
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When talking with fellow humans, respect their pronouns. But also cherish their verbs, think fondly on their interjections, tolerate their adverbs, develop feelings for their conjunctions, admire their nouns, revere their prepositions, and appreciate their adjectives.
December 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
When talking with fellow humans, respect their pronouns. But also cherish their verbs, think fondly on their interjections, tolerate their adverbs, develop feelings for their conjunctions, admire their nouns, revere their prepositions, and appreciate their adjectives.
Are we surprised Alberta plays games with people’s lives? We are not surprised.
December 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Are we surprised Alberta plays games with people’s lives? We are not surprised.
What a horrible idea. Subways are sensory overwhelm just by their nature. Fuck off with the ads already. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Toronto subway tunnel walls could soon display flip-book style advertising | CBC News
The Toronto Transit Commission is looking to install “in-tunnel motion advertising” in subway system ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup as part of the transit agency’s non-revenue strategy, according to...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
What a horrible idea. Subways are sensory overwhelm just by their nature. Fuck off with the ads already. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...