Jess
@jess207.bsky.social
Watching the same movies over and over w the odd new one thrown in, trying not to get sick, still making jam, working on your scan
I'm seeing a lot of people getting sidetracked about cars on sidewalks during discussion about electronic vehicles on sidewalks. This is all bad, yall. Don't lose sight of the actual goal, which is unobstructed sidewalks with no vehicles whizzing past
December 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I'm seeing a lot of people getting sidetracked about cars on sidewalks during discussion about electronic vehicles on sidewalks. This is all bad, yall. Don't lose sight of the actual goal, which is unobstructed sidewalks with no vehicles whizzing past
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Even when the TTC works out the bugs the current public statements are that the LRT will still be slower than this dude.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Toronto man outruns newly-opened Finch LRT by 18 minutes | CBC News
A Toronto man challenged the newly-opened Finch Light-Rail Transit to a race — and he won.
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Even when the TTC works out the bugs the current public statements are that the LRT will still be slower than this dude.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
22 years of walking in toronto, I observe vehicles like animals. I dont actually look at the driver inside. I can tell by how the car is moving whether I'm about to be right hooked.
We should all send this to our councillors and ask for blanket no right on red citywide
We should all send this to our councillors and ask for blanket no right on red citywide
The Toronto news yesterday led with FOUR stories of pedestrians being hit by cars (including a young child killed) while Doug Ford removes the speeding-ticket cameras and everyone yells about bike lanes. I wouldn’t say I’ve given up hope here but I am feeling numb these days 😡
More than half of Toronto drivers in U of T study didn't look for cyclists and pedestrians before turning right
Researchers in the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering studied the eye movements of drivers at busy Toronto intersections and found that more than half failed to make nece...
www.utoronto.ca
December 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
22 years of walking in toronto, I observe vehicles like animals. I dont actually look at the driver inside. I can tell by how the car is moving whether I'm about to be right hooked.
We should all send this to our councillors and ask for blanket no right on red citywide
We should all send this to our councillors and ask for blanket no right on red citywide
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These transit priority lanes on Bathurst causing such a backup!!! Oh wait…those are parked cars…oops 😬 For the record the part of Bathurst with the new lanes has resulted in the quickest drive I’ve experienced in years of driving this route. #PrioritizeTransit #TTC
December 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
These transit priority lanes on Bathurst causing such a backup!!! Oh wait…those are parked cars…oops 😬 For the record the part of Bathurst with the new lanes has resulted in the quickest drive I’ve experienced in years of driving this route. #PrioritizeTransit #TTC
Even worse the line that goes south to the downtown mall is also closed. I had a nice surprise on the way to work at 6 AM
lol the TTC shut down a portion of line 2 on the second last shopping Saturday before Christmas because of course they did
December 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Even worse the line that goes south to the downtown mall is also closed. I had a nice surprise on the way to work at 6 AM
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I wanted to compare what I saw on Seattle's Line 1 LRT with Toronto's Finch LRT.
In Seattle, you can see left turning cars waiting while fast-moving transit gets priority. Help TTCriders make it happen in Toronto: www.ttcriders.ca/greenlight
📸: @wk1998.bsky.social / @kevinrupasinghe.bsky.social
In Seattle, you can see left turning cars waiting while fast-moving transit gets priority. Help TTCriders make it happen in Toronto: www.ttcriders.ca/greenlight
📸: @wk1998.bsky.social / @kevinrupasinghe.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I wanted to compare what I saw on Seattle's Line 1 LRT with Toronto's Finch LRT.
In Seattle, you can see left turning cars waiting while fast-moving transit gets priority. Help TTCriders make it happen in Toronto: www.ttcriders.ca/greenlight
📸: @wk1998.bsky.social / @kevinrupasinghe.bsky.social
In Seattle, you can see left turning cars waiting while fast-moving transit gets priority. Help TTCriders make it happen in Toronto: www.ttcriders.ca/greenlight
📸: @wk1998.bsky.social / @kevinrupasinghe.bsky.social
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Seasonally appropriate science! ❄️⛸️🧊🏒🧪
In computer simulations, as an object slides along the surface of ice, a structureless, "amorphous" layer forms. Materials scientists at Saarland University in Germany argue that this process may be the cause of ice’s slipperiness. www.quantamagazine.org/why-is-ice-s...
December 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Seasonally appropriate science! ❄️⛸️🧊🏒🧪
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New from me at TVO: I'm an ebike evangelist, but Ontario needs some new road rules. www.tvo.org/article/anal...
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
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December 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
New from me at TVO: I'm an ebike evangelist, but Ontario needs some new road rules. www.tvo.org/article/anal...
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NYC’s congestion pricing cleaned the air. This is also what happened when EZ-Pass was put in place in NJ.
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
NYC’s congestion pricing cleaned the air. This is also what happened when EZ-Pass was put in place in NJ.
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It’s wrong that the Finch & Eglinton LRTs don’t have signal priority. Billions of dollars were spent, only for “rapid transit” to go slower than the buses it replaced. Last Spring at Council, I moved for signal priority on these lines. The 2026 budget must fund this priority.
December 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It’s wrong that the Finch & Eglinton LRTs don’t have signal priority. Billions of dollars were spent, only for “rapid transit” to go slower than the buses it replaced. Last Spring at Council, I moved for signal priority on these lines. The 2026 budget must fund this priority.
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1/ BREAKING: Fare capping is happening in Toronto!! This is a massive victory for transit riders, and something that we have been campaigning on for many years.
Torontonians are facing an affordability crisis, and the $156 cost for a monthly pass is prohibitively expensive.
Torontonians are facing an affordability crisis, and the $156 cost for a monthly pass is prohibitively expensive.
December 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
1/ BREAKING: Fare capping is happening in Toronto!! This is a massive victory for transit riders, and something that we have been campaigning on for many years.
Torontonians are facing an affordability crisis, and the $156 cost for a monthly pass is prohibitively expensive.
Torontonians are facing an affordability crisis, and the $156 cost for a monthly pass is prohibitively expensive.
When are we banning right on red, some blocker jerk just fully hit the gas when i was right in front of their car
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
When are we banning right on red, some blocker jerk just fully hit the gas when i was right in front of their car
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If they don't like bus exclusive lanes, we could make a law that drivers have to treat busses like emergency vehicles with lights and sirens: see one behind you and pull over immediately to clear a path. Demerit points for non-compliance
November 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If they don't like bus exclusive lanes, we could make a law that drivers have to treat busses like emergency vehicles with lights and sirens: see one behind you and pull over immediately to clear a path. Demerit points for non-compliance
Ani Difranco
Ben Harper
Miyavi
Radiohead
Talib Kweli
I feel like i need 10 lines instead
Ben Harper
Miyavi
Radiohead
Talib Kweli
I feel like i need 10 lines instead
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Tragically Hip
Green Day
Smashing Pumpkins
B.B. King
Ivana Santilli
Tragically Hip
Green Day
Smashing Pumpkins
B.B. King
Ivana Santilli
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen
Dropkick Murphys
Elvis Costello
Foo Fighters
Circle Jerks
NOFX
Dropkick Murphys
Elvis Costello
Foo Fighters
Circle Jerks
NOFX
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Ani Difranco
Ben Harper
Miyavi
Radiohead
Talib Kweli
I feel like i need 10 lines instead
Ben Harper
Miyavi
Radiohead
Talib Kweli
I feel like i need 10 lines instead
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Blasting past rush hour traffic on the completed portion of Dufferin RapidTO (up to Dundas)
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Blasting past rush hour traffic on the completed portion of Dufferin RapidTO (up to Dundas)
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BroadywayWorld: Mask For Pleasure: COVID-impacted Artists Raise Awareness at George Clooney's Broadway Opening #ThatCovidLife #CovidIsNotOver
Mask For Pleasure: COVID-impacted Artists Raise Awareness at George Clooney's Broadway Opening
On the opening weekend of the Broadway debut of George Clooney's Good Night and Good Luck, a small group of COVID-impacted NY artists offered a gesture of collective care in Manhattan's theatre district.
www.broadwayworld.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
BroadywayWorld: Mask For Pleasure: COVID-impacted Artists Raise Awareness at George Clooney's Broadway Opening #ThatCovidLife #CovidIsNotOver
We need to change the culture so that if you're so congested you can't go a minute without sniffing, or if you have a cough, you don't feel comfortable going to work due to public shaming
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We need to change the culture so that if you're so congested you can't go a minute without sniffing, or if you have a cough, you don't feel comfortable going to work due to public shaming
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I hadn't given it much thoughts until now but I just learned that there is a reason why in most French-speaking countries 'eighty' is 'quatre-vingts' -- literally 'four twenties' -- and that reason is the ghostly presence of the ancient Gauls' base 20 counting system.
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I hadn't given it much thoughts until now but I just learned that there is a reason why in most French-speaking countries 'eighty' is 'quatre-vingts' -- literally 'four twenties' -- and that reason is the ghostly presence of the ancient Gauls' base 20 counting system.
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Hollywood Flashback:
Keanu Reeves y River Phoenix fotografiados por Bruce Weber para Interview Magazine en noviembre de 1991.
Una gran amistad que trascendió más allá de la pantalla.
Keanu Reeves y River Phoenix fotografiados por Bruce Weber para Interview Magazine en noviembre de 1991.
Una gran amistad que trascendió más allá de la pantalla.
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Hollywood Flashback:
Keanu Reeves y River Phoenix fotografiados por Bruce Weber para Interview Magazine en noviembre de 1991.
Una gran amistad que trascendió más allá de la pantalla.
Keanu Reeves y River Phoenix fotografiados por Bruce Weber para Interview Magazine en noviembre de 1991.
Una gran amistad que trascendió más allá de la pantalla.
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see also: the men who can’t let their female mentee outshine them, which results in a need to constantly talk her down, talk over her, slander her reputation, and minimize her in every way, with the hope that the woman will eventually either give up and leave academia or accept her “lesser” status
If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.
November 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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A crossing guard was killed by the driver of a dump truck yesterday. absolutely heartbreaking.
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A crossing guard was killed by the driver of a dump truck yesterday. absolutely heartbreaking.
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Say what you will about Letterboxd but the poetry of this review of a River Phoenix masterpiece is hard to beat.
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Say what you will about Letterboxd but the poetry of this review of a River Phoenix masterpiece is hard to beat.
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$12 to wash and dry *one* load at the local coin-op. City politics convulses over a property tax increase that adds a couple of hundred to the bill of the average owner household but this endless drain on renter finances goes unnoticed
November 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
$12 to wash and dry *one* load at the local coin-op. City politics convulses over a property tax increase that adds a couple of hundred to the bill of the average owner household but this endless drain on renter finances goes unnoticed
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As COVID-19 cases continue to increase, it's important to know accurate information about COVID-19 in order to protect yourself and others! Get the facts about common myths, and take steps to protect yourself and others.
September 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
As COVID-19 cases continue to increase, it's important to know accurate information about COVID-19 in order to protect yourself and others! Get the facts about common myths, and take steps to protect yourself and others.