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?
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We are out here fighting over whether we should keep burning the atmosphere or if people should have enough food to eat, and meanwhile the spiders are learning to cooperate. You do not want the spiders to cooperate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/s...
Stinking, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spider Web Unlike Any Seen Before
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We are out here fighting over whether we should keep burning the atmosphere or if people should have enough food to eat, and meanwhile the spiders are learning to cooperate. You do not want the spiders to cooperate.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/s...
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Here is a working link to the original Poppy File map, which shows about 3,300 of Toronto's Second World War war dead at the household level. Click on a home to see details. The First World War map follows in the thread /1 t.co/4P9GUkl8m0
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Here is a working link to the original Poppy File map, which shows about 3,300 of Toronto's Second World War war dead at the household level. Click on a home to see details. The First World War map follows in the thread /1 t.co/4P9GUkl8m0
It's 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald went down so there are lots of headlines about it, which is giving me the obvious earworm, which is a problem because that is one of the few songs I absolutely and totally loathe.
Off to sing another few rounds of Happy Birthday to evict it...
Off to sing another few rounds of Happy Birthday to evict it...
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
It's 50 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald went down so there are lots of headlines about it, which is giving me the obvious earworm, which is a problem because that is one of the few songs I absolutely and totally loathe.
Off to sing another few rounds of Happy Birthday to evict it...
Off to sing another few rounds of Happy Birthday to evict it...
Quite so. At least on a bike, you get a good-to-excellent sense of how slippery it is and how well your tires are managing.
Funny how cycling in the winter is treated as the bicycle's Achilles' heel.
It's not like motoring fares particularly well. #biketo
www.thestar.com/news/gta/opp...
It's not like motoring fares particularly well. #biketo
www.thestar.com/news/gta/opp...
OPP reports 220 collisions in GTA on first snowy day of the season
In addition, there were another 120 incidents where vehicles were in the ditch or stuck and the OPP were not able to attend.
www.thestar.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Quite so. At least on a bike, you get a good-to-excellent sense of how slippery it is and how well your tires are managing.
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Aw, this is terrible news. DULF was a really good model. At least this is demonstrating just how utterly political and non-fact-based and shitty Canada's drug laws are. thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
DULF Founders Guilty of Drug Trafficking | The Tyee
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum didn’t have permission to sell tested drugs despite good intentions, court finds.
thetyee.ca
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Aw, this is terrible news. DULF was a really good model. At least this is demonstrating just how utterly political and non-fact-based and shitty Canada's drug laws are. thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD HERE 🇨🇦
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November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD HERE 🇨🇦
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Ebikes are great, okay? It's not a morality contest; there's room for all kinds of bikes. They're all one less car. macleans.ca/society/in-d...
In Defence of E-Bikes - Macleans.ca
The e-bike is the subject of endless urban scorn. But one octogenarian says it's saved his mobility.
macleans.ca
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Ebikes are great, okay? It's not a morality contest; there's room for all kinds of bikes. They're all one less car. macleans.ca/society/in-d...
I have no idea why we're spending $9M to cater to this lunacy www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Taxpayers on the hook for $9M to study Doug Ford's Highway 401 tunnel idea | CBC News
Ontario taxpayers are set to spend $9.1 million to learn if or how it is feasible to build a tunnel under Highway 401
www.cbc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I have no idea why we're spending $9M to cater to this lunacy www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canada should definitely join Eurovision. Let's do something FUN for once www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/what-are-the...
What are the chances of Canada joining Eurovision? Better now, because the PM likes the idea | Alan Cross
Eurovision, the batsh*t crazy international song competition, has been a big deal since the 1950s. Over the years, it's expanded beyond just Europe to
www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Canada should definitely join Eurovision. Let's do something FUN for once www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/what-are-the...
My sleep earbuds really really do not need an “AI assistant”. Seriously: what the actual unsalted fuck
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
My sleep earbuds really really do not need an “AI assistant”. Seriously: what the actual unsalted fuck
Ah, I see the Ontario Finance Minister continues not to be part of the reality-based community. (Paywalled, but the headline is all you need, really) www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Ontario Finance Minister criticizes federal budget for lack of funding for controversial 401 tunnel
Peter Bethlenfalvy also says Carney government’s relief measures for workers impacted by U.S. tariffs are not sufficient
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Ah, I see the Ontario Finance Minister continues not to be part of the reality-based community. (Paywalled, but the headline is all you need, really) www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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"You privately think 'the kids' are alarmingly intolerant of free speech these days, but you’d never say this aloud or online because 'the kids' are your bosses."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sig...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sig...
Signs That You Are a Gen-Xer Going Through Menopause
1. You sweat those newly-applied purple streaks right out of your hair. 2. You use the word “fuck” more now, even more than you used it in ...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"You privately think 'the kids' are alarmingly intolerant of free speech these days, but you’d never say this aloud or online because 'the kids' are your bosses."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sig...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sig...
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Woke up today to the news
November 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Woke up today to the news
This is probably a good idea, just like the VQA for wine is a good idea. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
What’s an ‘Alberta whisky’? The province wants to spell it out in law | CBC News
You've probably heard about Kentucky or Tennessee bourbon. But what makes an Alberta whisky? The provincial government wants to sort that out in legislation.
www.cbc.ca
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is probably a good idea, just like the VQA for wine is a good idea. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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"When students are caught cheating on exams, the punishments get stricter — we don’t get rid of exams. So why is it different for traffic rules? Removing cameras condones dangerous driving and puts kids at risk. We rely on safe streets."
#safestreets
www.thestar.com/opinion/lett...
#safestreets
www.thestar.com/opinion/lett...
Speed cameras keep us all safer. It’s as simple as that
Ford government says speed cameras will be gone by Nov. 14, Oct. 30
www.thestar.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"When students are caught cheating on exams, the punishments get stricter — we don’t get rid of exams. So why is it different for traffic rules? Removing cameras condones dangerous driving and puts kids at risk. We rely on safe streets."
#safestreets
www.thestar.com/opinion/lett...
#safestreets
www.thestar.com/opinion/lett...
This is extremely satisfying to watch
October 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This is extremely satisfying to watch
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If you cannot see children trick-or-treating, maybe consider not driving tonight?
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If you cannot see children trick-or-treating, maybe consider not driving tonight?
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You should lose your licence after 6 points, rather than the current 12. You should also have to take your test again to get it back after the ban ends. We've got too many shit drivers on the roads, this might go some way to getting rid of them.
October 31, 2025 at 8:55 AM
You should lose your licence after 6 points, rather than the current 12. You should also have to take your test again to get it back after the ban ends. We've got too many shit drivers on the roads, this might go some way to getting rid of them.
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The slow-release dose: Canadians wait years for access to new drugs, even those already deemed safe, because public funding takes longer to arrive than in any other G7 country, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social, @hannay.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Canadians can wait years to get drugs regulators have already deemed safe. Why?
Even after treatments pass Health Canada’s review, getting them publicly reimbursed here takes longer than any other G7 country
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The slow-release dose: Canadians wait years for access to new drugs, even those already deemed safe, because public funding takes longer to arrive than in any other G7 country, by @kellygrant1.bsky.social, @hannay.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
This is a good point.
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is a good point.
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If they’re still mad at you, melt cheese on something and present it to them as your peace offering.
October 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
If they’re still mad at you, melt cheese on something and present it to them as your peace offering.