Annie
@ethicalthinker.bsky.social
Feminist, gardener, traveler, trail runner, entrepreneur, mother, beer snob. She/her. English, français, Deutsch. #freetransit
Thoroughly had the shit scared out of me by both the Ontario and Quebec emergency system tests. Although there is no emergency, one of the tests almost created one when I narrowly missed dropping a pot of boiling water on myself due to being startled.
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Thoroughly had the shit scared out of me by both the Ontario and Quebec emergency system tests. Although there is no emergency, one of the tests almost created one when I narrowly missed dropping a pot of boiling water on myself due to being startled.
TFW you're lying in bed and already looking forward to tomorrow morning's coffee ☕
October 31, 2025 at 3:27 AM
TFW you're lying in bed and already looking forward to tomorrow morning's coffee ☕
Hey cyclists and drivers in Ottawa. If it is after 7pm, you definitely need your lights on. Yes, it feels like summer. But it is still dark. It is about being seen, not just about being able to see.
October 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Hey cyclists and drivers in Ottawa. If it is after 7pm, you definitely need your lights on. Yes, it feels like summer. But it is still dark. It is about being seen, not just about being able to see.
If your dog barks at everything all the time, don't take it camping with you.
October 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
If your dog barks at everything all the time, don't take it camping with you.
Why did I book a mammogram and dentist appointment in the same week? 😞
September 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Why did I book a mammogram and dentist appointment in the same week? 😞
Bye @octranspo.com Getting rid of the youth pass was the last straw. We've purchased the pass for our kids since we moved to Ottawa in 2018. The current suggestions for transit to my daughter's school involve 24-26 minutes of walking, when she can just walk the whole way in 30 minutes.
September 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Bye @octranspo.com Getting rid of the youth pass was the last straw. We've purchased the pass for our kids since we moved to Ottawa in 2018. The current suggestions for transit to my daughter's school involve 24-26 minutes of walking, when she can just walk the whole way in 30 minutes.
Teach your children that you don't yell "help, help, help" over and over at a lake if no one is in distress, FFS.
August 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Teach your children that you don't yell "help, help, help" over and over at a lake if no one is in distress, FFS.
Where is the age cut-off between: Using punctuation makes you sound rude vs. not using punctuation makes you sound illiterate?
July 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Where is the age cut-off between: Using punctuation makes you sound rude vs. not using punctuation makes you sound illiterate?
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Canada isn’t broken. But an electoral system that lets someone spend over $2 million for a do-over after neglecting his constituents? That’s what’s broken.
We deserve better. This is #OurHomeOurRiding in #BattleRiverCrowfoot
Volunteer or donate today at bonniecritchleyindependent.com
We deserve better. This is #OurHomeOurRiding in #BattleRiverCrowfoot
Volunteer or donate today at bonniecritchleyindependent.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Canada isn’t broken. But an electoral system that lets someone spend over $2 million for a do-over after neglecting his constituents? That’s what’s broken.
We deserve better. This is #OurHomeOurRiding in #BattleRiverCrowfoot
Volunteer or donate today at bonniecritchleyindependent.com
We deserve better. This is #OurHomeOurRiding in #BattleRiverCrowfoot
Volunteer or donate today at bonniecritchleyindependent.com
Flashing lights of what looks like at least 2 emergency vehicles on the bike bath near the Commanda bridge. I really hope there wasn't another drowning. ☹️ #ottawa
July 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Flashing lights of what looks like at least 2 emergency vehicles on the bike bath near the Commanda bridge. I really hope there wasn't another drowning. ☹️ #ottawa
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Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
In the same way that some people have resting bitch face, I think Trudeau has resting smirk face.
May 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
In the same way that some people have resting bitch face, I think Trudeau has resting smirk face.
When you shut down a supervised consumption site, you just end up with an unsupervised consumption site in its place. That's not a safer alternative for anyone.
May 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
When you shut down a supervised consumption site, you just end up with an unsupervised consumption site in its place. That's not a safer alternative for anyone.
At least he put a woman in the role of Jobs and Families (his last cabinet got rid of the Minister of Women and Gender Equality and put it under Jobs and Families with a man as minister).
May 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
At least he put a woman in the role of Jobs and Families (his last cabinet got rid of the Minister of Women and Gender Equality and put it under Jobs and Families with a man as minister).
Wow. Finance and Revenue under one Minister. That is a big job.
May 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Wow. Finance and Revenue under one Minister. That is a big job.
This is getting too close for comfort again (154 / 152 now!)
April 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is getting too close for comfort again (154 / 152 now!)
My father sadly passed away this morning. But he got to vote last week from his hospital bed.
April 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
My father sadly passed away this morning. But he got to vote last week from his hospital bed.
Have the Conservatives still not released their platform?
April 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Have the Conservatives still not released their platform?
I wonder if he realizes how many consultants who depend on federal government contracts live in his riding.
April 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I wonder if he realizes how many consultants who depend on federal government contracts live in his riding.
Saw two out of place things in Hintonburg today: A Conservative lawn sign and a person in a Leafs jersey.
April 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Saw two out of place things in Hintonburg today: A Conservative lawn sign and a person in a Leafs jersey.
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You normally will never see me suggest voting other than Liberal
But please Saanich-Gulf Islands please don't split the vote. Vote Elizabeth May. Vote Green here
But please Saanich-Gulf Islands please don't split the vote. Vote Elizabeth May. Vote Green here
April 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
You normally will never see me suggest voting other than Liberal
But please Saanich-Gulf Islands please don't split the vote. Vote Elizabeth May. Vote Green here
But please Saanich-Gulf Islands please don't split the vote. Vote Elizabeth May. Vote Green here
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It's hard to explain to people outside this fight that Texas is currently trying to ban kids from using public libraries... but they are; it's passed out of committee, and it's going to a floor vote.
🚨If you know ANYONE in Texas it's time for them to call their reps and demand NO ON HB3225🚨
🚨If you know ANYONE in Texas it's time for them to call their reps and demand NO ON HB3225🚨
Bad. Despite the voucher debate, the Tx State Affairs committee met and voted FOR HB3225. This bill would require public libraries to have age restrictions and cordone off parts of the library as inaccessible to teens. @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social @everylibrary.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
It's hard to explain to people outside this fight that Texas is currently trying to ban kids from using public libraries... but they are; it's passed out of committee, and it's going to a floor vote.
🚨If you know ANYONE in Texas it's time for them to call their reps and demand NO ON HB3225🚨
🚨If you know ANYONE in Texas it's time for them to call their reps and demand NO ON HB3225🚨