Brian Ball
@brianballmusic.bsky.social
car-free | jazz fan | picture-taker | solo
•UBI •walkability •people-first design
Sharing local jazz at 🎷 https://bsky.app/profile/ldnontjazz.ca 🌐 https://www.ldnontjazz.ca/
📍London, ON #ldnont 🇨🇦
•UBI •walkability •people-first design
Sharing local jazz at 🎷 https://bsky.app/profile/ldnontjazz.ca 🌐 https://www.ldnontjazz.ca/
📍London, ON #ldnont 🇨🇦
Been feeling like a bump on a log lately. #WestminsterPonds #LdnOnt
August 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Been feeling like a bump on a log lately. #WestminsterPonds #LdnOnt
And this would be why we can smell smoke in Ontario tonight. firesmoke.ca/forecasts/cu...
August 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
And this would be why we can smell smoke in Ontario tonight. firesmoke.ca/forecasts/cu...
London’s LTC: Don’t be Ottawa.
OC Transpo scrapping youth passes on Sept. 1, charging 11-19 year-olds the same fare as adults
OC Transpo scrapping youth passes on Sept. 1, charging 11-19 year-olds the same fare as adults
It will soon be the end of the road for OC Transpo’s youth pass, as the City of Ottawa gets set to scrap the discounted pass for 13- to 19-year-olds at the end of August.
bit.ly
August 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
London’s LTC: Don’t be Ottawa.
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Horrible decision. Will result in less ridership, lower revenues, more driving and worse vehicle congestion (with all the corresponding costs and consequences). Either they don’t understand that, or they’re ok with all that.
OC Transpo scrapping youth passes on Sept. 1, charging 11-19 year-olds the same fare as adults
OC Transpo scrapping youth passes on Sept. 1, charging 11-19 year-olds the same fare as adults
It will soon be the end of the road for OC Transpo’s youth pass, as the City of Ottawa gets set to scrap the discounted pass for 13- to 19-year-olds at the end of August.
bit.ly
August 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Horrible decision. Will result in less ridership, lower revenues, more driving and worse vehicle congestion (with all the corresponding costs and consequences). Either they don’t understand that, or they’re ok with all that.
Great quote I didn’t expect to hear listening to @strongtowns.org podcast episode (2023) with Jeff Speck @jeffspeck.bsky.social: “There’s too much money to be made from the status quo… We don’t have a democracy any more. Because what used to be called corruption is now perfectly legal.”
August 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Great quote I didn’t expect to hear listening to @strongtowns.org podcast episode (2023) with Jeff Speck @jeffspeck.bsky.social: “There’s too much money to be made from the status quo… We don’t have a democracy any more. Because what used to be called corruption is now perfectly legal.”
As much as 45 percent of all microplastic pollution may come from tire wear particles.
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One of the Biggest Sources of Microplastics Will Make You Mad as Hell
A leading source of the ubiquitous microplastics infesting the planet and our bodies is so obvious that it will make you furious.
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August 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
As much as 45 percent of all microplastic pollution may come from tire wear particles.
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flip.it/GKY3q7
Favourite sidewalk path in Wortley Village. Just walking through lifts your spirits.
July 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Favourite sidewalk path in Wortley Village. Just walking through lifts your spirits.
If someone declared, "Tomorrow you must spend the day alone" the hope is that you would reply, "That sounds like a good day!"
jamesclear.com/3-2-1/july-2...
jamesclear.com/3-2-1/july-2...
3-2-1: On enjoying your own company, what drives change, and editing your habits
3 IDEAS FROM ME I. “There are many elements of living a good life, but the first and most foundational is to love yourself and enjoy spending time with yourself. Go do things on your own so you learn ...
jamesclear.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
If someone declared, "Tomorrow you must spend the day alone" the hope is that you would reply, "That sounds like a good day!"
jamesclear.com/3-2-1/july-2...
jamesclear.com/3-2-1/july-2...
Actionable recommendations and best practices to reduce homelessness among individuals with experiences of incarceration.
homelesshub.ca/resource/fro...
homelesshub.ca/resource/fro...
From Incarceration to Encampment: Why So Many Ontario Prisoners End Up Homeless | HomelessHub
This report builds on previous research that explores the critical intersection of homelessness and incarceration and is based on comprehensive discussions with people with lived experience, housing p...
homelesshub.ca
July 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Actionable recommendations and best practices to reduce homelessness among individuals with experiences of incarceration.
homelesshub.ca/resource/fro...
homelesshub.ca/resource/fro...
Don’t forget to take time to smell the flowers.
#JesusMurphy
#JesusMurphy
July 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Don’t forget to take time to smell the flowers.
#JesusMurphy
#JesusMurphy
I might have been born in the wrong era. I grew up loving the music of the doo-wop era, popular decades before I was born.
Dion’s “Runaround Sue” was a favourite. Great interview and rock history snapshot!
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Dion’s “Runaround Sue” was a favourite. Great interview and rock history snapshot!
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/u...
Singer Dion DiMucci
Podcast Episode · Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly · 2025-07-12 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I might have been born in the wrong era. I grew up loving the music of the doo-wop era, popular decades before I was born.
Dion’s “Runaround Sue” was a favourite. Great interview and rock history snapshot!
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/u...
Dion’s “Runaround Sue” was a favourite. Great interview and rock history snapshot!
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/u...
Embarrassingly, #Ontario and Doug Ford’s #bikelash make this episode of @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast. But it also feat those staying motivated to fight. Start 17:53.
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BUILDING SOLIDARITY WITH BICYCLES AT VELO-CITY
Podcast Episode · The War on Cars · 2025-07-15 · 54m
podcasts.apple.com
July 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Embarrassingly, #Ontario and Doug Ford’s #bikelash make this episode of @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast. But it also feat those staying motivated to fight. Start 17:53.
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Supporting local and purchased 2 copies of this recommended book from Mandala Books! #LdnOnt #resistAmazon
July 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Supporting local and purchased 2 copies of this recommended book from Mandala Books! #LdnOnt #resistAmazon
No plan in place. No place to go. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'Right back in the hole': Ontario jails release thousands into homelessness each year, report finds | CBC News
A new report by the John Howard Society of Ontario says thousands of people in the province went from jail straight into homelessness over the course of one year.
www.cbc.ca
July 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
No plan in place. No place to go. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This simple excercise is FOUR TIMES more efficient than walking flip.it/zm2Uux An interesting biomechanics comparison. #walking #bicycling
This simple excercise is four times more efficient than walking
Imagine gliding effortlessly past pedestrians, your bicycle transforming a mundane commute into a symphony of motion.
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July 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This simple excercise is FOUR TIMES more efficient than walking flip.it/zm2Uux An interesting biomechanics comparison. #walking #bicycling
Listening to @mark-carney.bsky.social read his Value(s) book, thanks to the Libby App and @lpl.ca!
July 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Listening to @mark-carney.bsky.social read his Value(s) book, thanks to the Libby App and @lpl.ca!
Highly recommend reading Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying. Check it out: www.everand.com/book/224307716
Final Gifts by Maggie Callanan, Patricia Kelley (Ebook) - Read free for 30 days
In this moving and compassionate classic, hospice nurses Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley share their intimate experiences with patients at the end of life, drawn from more than twenty years’ exper...
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July 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Highly recommend reading Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying. Check it out: www.everand.com/book/224307716
I'm listening to How to Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight for… on Everand. Check it out: www.everand.com/audiobook/71...
July 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I'm listening to How to Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight for… on Everand. Check it out: www.everand.com/audiobook/71...
Love this weekly newsletter of small ideas and bits of wisdom via James Clear. jamesclear.com/3-2-1/july-1...
3-2-1: On daily discomfort, the power of acting early, and life's greatest pleasure
3 IDEAS FROM ME I. “Focus on the seeds, not the trees. What seeds are you planting today?” II. “Many of our habits and beliefs are learned from those who raised us. Which family story are you unconsc...
jamesclear.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Love this weekly newsletter of small ideas and bits of wisdom via James Clear. jamesclear.com/3-2-1/july-1...
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An Ontario court spared Toronto's bike lanes, for now.
Ontario court halts Ford’s plan to tear out Toronto bike lanes
Protected bike lanes in Toronto must remain in place for now, an Ontario judge said on Tuesday. The Ford government had appealed a previous ruling that ordered the bike lanes to remain, but failed.
www.nationalobserver.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An Ontario court spared Toronto's bike lanes, for now.
A fascinating read on this July 4. flip.it/VirCjR
Back to the Führer? | The Tyee
How much does Trump emulate Hitler? I read William L. Shirer’s 1941 ‘Berlin Diary’ to find out.
flip.it
July 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A fascinating read on this July 4. flip.it/VirCjR
Some colourful language from Suzuki, but the content is bang on.
www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...
David Suzuki tells it like it is!
The world as we have known it is about to collapse.
Greed has won !
David Suzuki tells it like it is!
The world as we have known it is about to collapse.
Greed has won !
‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost - iPolitics
"We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems," said David Suzuki in an exclusive interview with iPolitics. "For me, what we've go...
www.ipolitics.ca
July 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Some colourful language from Suzuki, but the content is bang on.