@bthl.bsky.social
Usually found in one of two places: at my computer or at my sewing machine. ⌨️📖🪡🧵
Board member @ Tomorrow Foundation for a Sustainable Future 🌳🌬️ tomorrowfoundation.ca
Board member @ Tomorrow Foundation for a Sustainable Future 🌳🌬️ tomorrowfoundation.ca
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@bthl.bsky.social
· Dec 1
Finally finished a mending project I’ve been stuck on all month. This free tote bag I got in 2020 immediately became a favourite for grocery runs. After 4ish years of use, I needed to 1) darn some holes, 2) add a panel to the bottom, and 3) make shorter handles.
Before / after
Before / after
I locked my bike at the downtown library this evening. When I came back to the rack there was another bike locked to the same loop, plus a dude walking around the bikes, touching and pushing each of them this way and that, I guess to see if they were locked properly? #yegbike
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I locked my bike at the downtown library this evening. When I came back to the rack there was another bike locked to the same loop, plus a dude walking around the bikes, touching and pushing each of them this way and that, I guess to see if they were locked properly? #yegbike
Today someone asked me if my bike has a name. I forgot that other people give their bikes human/boat/horse names, so I got a bit of a funny look when I said its “name” is 3M. 🫥
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Today someone asked me if my bike has a name. I forgot that other people give their bikes human/boat/horse names, so I got a bit of a funny look when I said its “name” is 3M. 🫥
I’m directly across the street from a street light but was still able to see the aurora :)
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I’m directly across the street from a street light but was still able to see the aurora :)
Go look outside right now, we are having the most interesting sunset we’ve had in months
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Go look outside right now, we are having the most interesting sunset we’ve had in months
A tiny bit of swiss darning to fix a pair of fleecy sweatpants. 60% of the way through I realized that dark grey would have been a better choice than white. Oops.
This is part of my winter biking base layer collection, which I think will be back in action sooner rather than later…
This is part of my winter biking base layer collection, which I think will be back in action sooner rather than later…
October 31, 2025 at 6:04 AM
A tiny bit of swiss darning to fix a pair of fleecy sweatpants. 60% of the way through I realized that dark grey would have been a better choice than white. Oops.
This is part of my winter biking base layer collection, which I think will be back in action sooner rather than later…
This is part of my winter biking base layer collection, which I think will be back in action sooner rather than later…
The SUP that was installed on the west side of 97 St between 167 and 160 Ave as part of Lorelei-Beaumaris neighbourhood renewal is already cracking in some places. It's only been 4 years! :(
October 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The SUP that was installed on the west side of 97 St between 167 and 160 Ave as part of Lorelei-Beaumaris neighbourhood renewal is already cracking in some places. It's only been 4 years! :(
Watching live baseball on tv for the first time in my life today and thinking I should give it up and go back to watching highlights the next day
"Oh yeah? You like baseball? What if I make you smoke *an entire pack* of baseball?"
October 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Watching live baseball on tv for the first time in my life today and thinking I should give it up and go back to watching highlights the next day
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one simple fix here is to make a world that you'd actually want to bring a child into, and put everyone who says that doing so would be expensive and unrealistic into an individually-sized tupperware® container
Family size around the world is dropping. That choice by couples is triggering a population shift that's sending shock waves through economies.
People are having fewer kids. Their choice is transforming the world's economy
Family size around the world is dropping. That choice by couples is triggering a population shift that's sending shock waves through economies.
n.pr
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
one simple fix here is to make a world that you'd actually want to bring a child into, and put everyone who says that doing so would be expensive and unrealistic into an individually-sized tupperware® container
The latest item to graduate from my alterations pile is a knitted turtleneck dickey/bib that I bought for winter bicycling. It’s drapey to the point of sagginess (because superwash wool), so it wasn’t great at keeping my neck warm. I inserted 5 rounds of elastic thread and now it’s perfect.
October 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The latest item to graduate from my alterations pile is a knitted turtleneck dickey/bib that I bought for winter bicycling. It’s drapey to the point of sagginess (because superwash wool), so it wasn’t great at keeping my neck warm. I inserted 5 rounds of elastic thread and now it’s perfect.
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IDK who needs to hear this but a well planned city is an affordable city.
October 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
IDK who needs to hear this but a well planned city is an affordable city.
Yet again I am trying and failing to find a bike rack (via streetview) that I can use on my trip later this week. A bike shop being located beside a bike lane but having no bike rack just doesn’t make sense. I think the message being sent is that cyclists aren’t actually supposed to use 82 St.
October 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Yet again I am trying and failing to find a bike rack (via streetview) that I can use on my trip later this week. A bike shop being located beside a bike lane but having no bike rack just doesn’t make sense. I think the message being sent is that cyclists aren’t actually supposed to use 82 St.
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Update from Elections Edmonton:
"Voting has been suspended at St. Timothy Catholic Elementary School in Ward Anirniq due to a power outage. EPCOR is accessing the situation.
Voters assigned to St. Timothy Catholic Elementary School can cast their ballots at Caernarvon School, 14820 118 St NW."
"Voting has been suspended at St. Timothy Catholic Elementary School in Ward Anirniq due to a power outage. EPCOR is accessing the situation.
Voters assigned to St. Timothy Catholic Elementary School can cast their ballots at Caernarvon School, 14820 118 St NW."
October 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Update from Elections Edmonton:
"Voting has been suspended at St. Timothy Catholic Elementary School in Ward Anirniq due to a power outage. EPCOR is accessing the situation.
Voters assigned to St. Timothy Catholic Elementary School can cast their ballots at Caernarvon School, 14820 118 St NW."
"Voting has been suspended at St. Timothy Catholic Elementary School in Ward Anirniq due to a power outage. EPCOR is accessing the situation.
Voters assigned to St. Timothy Catholic Elementary School can cast their ballots at Caernarvon School, 14820 118 St NW."
Ah, I forgot to look at the time when arriving and leaving my polling place but I got through 5 or 6 rnds of sock knitting while waiting in line for ballots, so… close to 20 mins? Not very long but I’m sure that’s the longest election day* wait I’ve ever experienced
October 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Ah, I forgot to look at the time when arriving and leaving my polling place but I got through 5 or 6 rnds of sock knitting while waiting in line for ballots, so… close to 20 mins? Not very long but I’m sure that’s the longest election day* wait I’ve ever experienced
Question for candidates: is it embarrassing to go to the polls to vote for yourself? How does it feel if the poll workers recognize you? 😳
October 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Question for candidates: is it embarrassing to go to the polls to vote for yourself? How does it feel if the poll workers recognize you? 😳
When people mock millennial style I am never bothered because surely you don’t mean me! 2010s Black hipster fashion is something I will always look back on fondly, with 0% cringe. IMO this wasn’t just Peak Fashion but also Peak Hair (and makeup)
okay i’m kind of obsessing, going thru 2011 tumblr archives, but is there a name for this aesthetic? i just remember looking up to girls dressed like this - the way this felt like PEAK fashion to me - i lived for an afro punk fit from this era 🥰
October 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
When people mock millennial style I am never bothered because surely you don’t mean me! 2010s Black hipster fashion is something I will always look back on fondly, with 0% cringe. IMO this wasn’t just Peak Fashion but also Peak Hair (and makeup)
My one-sided beef with the ready-to-wear clothing industry continues. You wouldn’t think that someone who’s less than 5’6” should have to buy tall sizes. And yet >:(
October 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
My one-sided beef with the ready-to-wear clothing industry continues. You wouldn’t think that someone who’s less than 5’6” should have to buy tall sizes. And yet >:(
I finally remembered that I can sew, so now my too-short pyjama sleeves have turn-up cuffs. 😌 And it only took [mumbling] years for me to get annoyed enough to make this fix.
Don’t mind the basting threads, I got too excited about posting. #garmentsewing
Don’t mind the basting threads, I got too excited about posting. #garmentsewing
October 11, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I finally remembered that I can sew, so now my too-short pyjama sleeves have turn-up cuffs. 😌 And it only took [mumbling] years for me to get annoyed enough to make this fix.
Don’t mind the basting threads, I got too excited about posting. #garmentsewing
Don’t mind the basting threads, I got too excited about posting. #garmentsewing
Screenshotting this post to send to my mother and make her happy
actually extremely grateful to ethiopian cuisine for basically teaching me how to appreciate vegetarian cooking as a 23 year old
October 8, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Screenshotting this post to send to my mother and make her happy
*rubbing temples*
I just helped some family members book their seasonal immunization appointments online and I have some questions, beginning with: why does the appointment booking change every year? Why is it a different process on a different website every time?
I just helped some family members book their seasonal immunization appointments online and I have some questions, beginning with: why does the appointment booking change every year? Why is it a different process on a different website every time?
October 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
*rubbing temples*
I just helped some family members book their seasonal immunization appointments online and I have some questions, beginning with: why does the appointment booking change every year? Why is it a different process on a different website every time?
I just helped some family members book their seasonal immunization appointments online and I have some questions, beginning with: why does the appointment booking change every year? Why is it a different process on a different website every time?
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Everything I have learned about [insert name of far-right US media pundit], I have learned entirely against my will.
October 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Everything I have learned about [insert name of far-right US media pundit], I have learned entirely against my will.
Might have seen a driver in the French Quarter abruptly pull over on the wrong side of the street for a chance to talk to Andrew Knack this afternoon. I was like, “What the hell does this guy think they’re doing? Oh, they’re talking to someone, maybe picking someone up. Wait, Andrew Knack??!?”
October 3, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Might have seen a driver in the French Quarter abruptly pull over on the wrong side of the street for a chance to talk to Andrew Knack this afternoon. I was like, “What the hell does this guy think they’re doing? Oh, they’re talking to someone, maybe picking someone up. Wait, Andrew Knack??!?”
The fork… no. The fish can stay, though.
Boyne City, Michigan loved a non-standard artistic bike rack.
September 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The fork… no. The fish can stay, though.
Very normal and democratic regime
JERUSALEM (AP) — In 'unprecedented operation,' Israeli army takes over mobile phones of Gaza residents to carry Netanyahu UN speech live.
September 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Very normal and democratic regime