Bike Person
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Humans shouldn't be dying for the convenience of drivers.
Humans shouldn't be dying for the convenience of drivers.
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If you shill for LLMs or any form of Gen AI I will block your ass. I don't give a shit who you are. I will block you.
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
Outing yourself as a transphobe is pretty edgy ngl
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Outing yourself as a transphobe is pretty edgy ngl
Bucolic scenes from a public transit bus.
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Bucolic scenes from a public transit bus.
I'm sure this will be a well balanced discussion as hosted by (checks notes) the party of "criminalize all drugs."
MP Helena Konanz, Similkameen-South Okanagan-West Kootenay, holding round table on drug decriminalization in Penticton #Penticton
MP Helena Konanz, Similkameen-South Okanagan-West Kootenay, holding round table on drug decriminalization in Penticton - Penticton News
South Okanagan residents are invited to a round table on drugs and decriminalization, featuring local MP Helena Konanz and a shadow minister.
www.castanet.net
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I'm sure this will be a well balanced discussion as hosted by (checks notes) the party of "criminalize all drugs."
Which 18 states survived the 2025 revolution? Wrong answers only.
Today we're unveiling our eighth locomotive in Metro-North’s Heritage Series—a moving tribute to our nation’s veterans.
Created and designed by Metro-North veterans, this locomotive embodies gratitude to those who have worn the uniform, both within the Metro-North family and across the country.
Created and designed by Metro-North veterans, this locomotive embodies gratitude to those who have worn the uniform, both within the Metro-North family and across the country.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Which 18 states survived the 2025 revolution? Wrong answers only.
For context this is on the bus. Imagine replacing "letter of LGBTQ" with "religion" or "race." That wouldn't be anywhere fucking close to acceptable. That would be hate speech.
Sometimes the kids are NOT alright.
"My cousin asked me if you could get rid of one of the LGBTQ letters what would you get rid of? I said... Asexuals! Bye, prudes!"
Oh apparently also trans people shouldn't exist because they should just be a binary gender.
What the fuck?
"My cousin asked me if you could get rid of one of the LGBTQ letters what would you get rid of? I said... Asexuals! Bye, prudes!"
Oh apparently also trans people shouldn't exist because they should just be a binary gender.
What the fuck?
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
For context this is on the bus. Imagine replacing "letter of LGBTQ" with "religion" or "race." That wouldn't be anywhere fucking close to acceptable. That would be hate speech.
Sometimes the kids are NOT alright.
"My cousin asked me if you could get rid of one of the LGBTQ letters what would you get rid of? I said... Asexuals! Bye, prudes!"
Oh apparently also trans people shouldn't exist because they should just be a binary gender.
What the fuck?
"My cousin asked me if you could get rid of one of the LGBTQ letters what would you get rid of? I said... Asexuals! Bye, prudes!"
Oh apparently also trans people shouldn't exist because they should just be a binary gender.
What the fuck?
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Sometimes the kids are NOT alright.
"My cousin asked me if you could get rid of one of the LGBTQ letters what would you get rid of? I said... Asexuals! Bye, prudes!"
Oh apparently also trans people shouldn't exist because they should just be a binary gender.
What the fuck?
"My cousin asked me if you could get rid of one of the LGBTQ letters what would you get rid of? I said... Asexuals! Bye, prudes!"
Oh apparently also trans people shouldn't exist because they should just be a binary gender.
What the fuck?
The rest of the US government is in Limbo while the US CPSC is doing the Lord's work of... Shitposting.
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The rest of the US government is in Limbo while the US CPSC is doing the Lord's work of... Shitposting.
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My son Seamus died 15 years ago today. He was killed by a careless driver in a crosswalk.
He walked at 9 months, almost as if he knew he wouldn’t have much time. His favorite thing to do was throw rocks into water. He loved the moon. He called butterflies “buddy buddies.” I miss him every day.
He walked at 9 months, almost as if he knew he wouldn’t have much time. His favorite thing to do was throw rocks into water. He loved the moon. He called butterflies “buddy buddies.” I miss him every day.
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My son Seamus died 15 years ago today. He was killed by a careless driver in a crosswalk.
He walked at 9 months, almost as if he knew he wouldn’t have much time. His favorite thing to do was throw rocks into water. He loved the moon. He called butterflies “buddy buddies.” I miss him every day.
He walked at 9 months, almost as if he knew he wouldn’t have much time. His favorite thing to do was throw rocks into water. He loved the moon. He called butterflies “buddy buddies.” I miss him every day.
Rode 50km today on rambling trails, enjoyed everything from paved separated AAA car-free routes to bramble-mired shoulderless roads.
What I com away with is the appreciation for just how good we have it in @saanichbc.bsky.social and @victoria.ca
What I com away with is the appreciation for just how good we have it in @saanichbc.bsky.social and @victoria.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Rode 50km today on rambling trails, enjoyed everything from paved separated AAA car-free routes to bramble-mired shoulderless roads.
What I com away with is the appreciation for just how good we have it in @saanichbc.bsky.social and @victoria.ca
What I com away with is the appreciation for just how good we have it in @saanichbc.bsky.social and @victoria.ca
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Can confirm, plus most of the remaining maples.
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Can confirm, plus most of the remaining maples.
I've been grumpy about NotJustBikes' arrogance, sass, rudeness, and superiority complex for the last few years, but this is the one video he made that is served well by his attitude. Genuinely his best work to date, the right place to direct rudeness and anger: the person who destroyed cycling.
Oh boy, I had the same exact experience as Not Just Bikes when I decided I needed to read John Forester's Effective Cycling before writing about vehicular cycling in my book. It is a truly horrible book, and you really do not need to read it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I've been grumpy about NotJustBikes' arrogance, sass, rudeness, and superiority complex for the last few years, but this is the one video he made that is served well by his attitude. Genuinely his best work to date, the right place to direct rudeness and anger: the person who destroyed cycling.
What's your sign baby
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
What's your sign baby
See your mistake was that they polled Canadian Citizens, instead of just billionaires and companies. We all know the only opinions that matter are billionaires and companies.
Recent polls indicate a majority of Canadians support the government to either maintain or increase federal climate action at 85%, over two-thirds (67%) agree that climate action should be a high priority. Additionally, 75% of Canadians agree that collective action can limit climate change!
I know I've said this before, but from advertorials to false equivalence the media really needs to own up to its role in warping the climate issue. www.thenation.com/article/envi...
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
See your mistake was that they polled Canadian Citizens, instead of just billionaires and companies. We all know the only opinions that matter are billionaires and companies.
Checked out @saanichbc.bsky.social great new infrastructure that is about 85% finished at Cadboro Bay/UVIC! This is one of the most cohesive and least flawed (not unflawed) projects in the Victoria core area. There are issues but they are put weight by wins here, finally!
November 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Checked out @saanichbc.bsky.social great new infrastructure that is about 85% finished at Cadboro Bay/UVIC! This is one of the most cohesive and least flawed (not unflawed) projects in the Victoria core area. There are issues but they are put weight by wins here, finally!
Ah yes the old "rename it and now it's new and exciting" trick, my favourite tool in the do-nothing-to-improve-service toolkit.
Amtrak San Joaquins Becomes Gold Runner, Marking a New Era for California Passenger Rail | @amtrak.com - media.amtrak.com/2025/11/amtr...
Amtrak San Joaquins Becomes Gold Runner, Marking a New Era for California Passenger Rail - Amtrak Media
Stockton, Calif. – The San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority (SJJPA) is proud to introduce a new chapter in the history of California’s intercity passenger
media.amtrak.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Ah yes the old "rename it and now it's new and exciting" trick, my favourite tool in the do-nothing-to-improve-service toolkit.
The fact that the ultra-wealthy think they deserve a special bonus level of access to democratically elected leaders is one of the biggest failings of our "democracy." Get in line with everyone else.
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The fact that the ultra-wealthy think they deserve a special bonus level of access to democratically elected leaders is one of the biggest failings of our "democracy." Get in line with everyone else.
That moment when AI would actually have probably made a better fabric pattern.
And anyone who knows me, knows my views on AI.
HUNDRED PERCENT
And anyone who knows me, knows my views on AI.
HUNDRED PERCENT
November 8, 2025 at 5:06 AM
That moment when AI would actually have probably made a better fabric pattern.
And anyone who knows me, knows my views on AI.
HUNDRED PERCENT
And anyone who knows me, knows my views on AI.
HUNDRED PERCENT
I am waiting for a single Victoria city councillor to explain why we are bickering about public service scale backs and cuts, when we could just NOT PAY THE POLICE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS MORE EVERY YEAR.
I'm waiting. Explain it. Explain why they basically get a blank cheque and we get no results.
I'm waiting. Explain it. Explain why they basically get a blank cheque and we get no results.
Mayor Alto clarifies that any proposed reductions wouldn't touch Crystal Pool to maintain the funding envelope. In other words, Crystal Pool may "cost" the City in other services and programs.
[unless Council decides to forego austerity and own their pool decision by raising taxes]
[unless Council decides to forego austerity and own their pool decision by raising taxes]
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I am waiting for a single Victoria city councillor to explain why we are bickering about public service scale backs and cuts, when we could just NOT PAY THE POLICE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS MORE EVERY YEAR.
I'm waiting. Explain it. Explain why they basically get a blank cheque and we get no results.
I'm waiting. Explain it. Explain why they basically get a blank cheque and we get no results.
Hey @deanmurdock.bsky.social sound familiar? Maybe we need to stop handing free legitimacy to the people spreading misinformation.
Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Hey @deanmurdock.bsky.social sound familiar? Maybe we need to stop handing free legitimacy to the people spreading misinformation.
It's also the absolute piece of work politicians who have taken a disturbingly anti-indigenous stand on this, from the Mayor of Richmond spreading misinformation to BCNDP MLAs using anti-indigenous dogwhistles.
I keep seeing people demanding that B.C. suspend all negotiations with untreatied nations and basically revert back to a pre-reconciliation mindset and, just speaking factually, it's not reconcilation that caused any confusion about land ownership. It's the decades of colonial policy that did
November 8, 2025 at 4:51 AM
It's also the absolute piece of work politicians who have taken a disturbingly anti-indigenous stand on this, from the Mayor of Richmond spreading misinformation to BCNDP MLAs using anti-indigenous dogwhistles.
Fighting cancel culture using cancel culture: Caylan Ford really playing 1D chess over there.
Caylan Ford is suing me and PressProgress, along with trusted news organizations like CBC News, the Toronto Star, as well as other award-winning journalists
Caylan Ford says she wants to “impose costs” on us as part of a larger crusade to “fight back against cancel culture” 🙄
Caylan Ford says she wants to “impose costs” on us as part of a larger crusade to “fight back against cancel culture” 🙄
November 8, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Fighting cancel culture using cancel culture: Caylan Ford really playing 1D chess over there.
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“To pay for VicPD’s demands, the city is even looking at cutting a children’s book prize, and a poet laureate and youth poet laureate program that only costs $8,000 (keep in mind that VicPD spent $22,000 on a retirement party this year)” 🚨➡️ defundvicpd.org/2025/11/06/c... #yyj #DefundVicPD
City releases 2026 Draft Budget – big cuts proposed to make way for police funding
The City of Victoria has released the 2026-2030 Draft Financial Plan, along with some early budget deliberations by city staff. They’re thinking about cutting all sorts of things. The City is propo…
defundvicpd.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“To pay for VicPD’s demands, the city is even looking at cutting a children’s book prize, and a poet laureate and youth poet laureate program that only costs $8,000 (keep in mind that VicPD spent $22,000 on a retirement party this year)” 🚨➡️ defundvicpd.org/2025/11/06/c... #yyj #DefundVicPD
Getting mad at the concept of a tiny drop-off area is not it. The alternative is drivers illegally stopping on public roads, creating traffic conflicts, endangering everyone. Do I love car-to-transit? Lol no. But it's always going to be part of our mobility system.
This is apparently something called a “Kiss and Ride” drop off. A maze for cars next to a train station. I have never heard of this term, but it echos what @volts.wtf has said that we waste transit projects that still serve suburban commuters and cars over moving people to places they want to be
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Getting mad at the concept of a tiny drop-off area is not it. The alternative is drivers illegally stopping on public roads, creating traffic conflicts, endangering everyone. Do I love car-to-transit? Lol no. But it's always going to be part of our mobility system.