Plain Kate
@k8thek8.bsky.social
I ride a bike therefore I care about cities. Also love rock climbing, RPGs, SFF, heavy metal & martial arts. From Wolastoqiyik territory, living in Anishinaabe territory. She/her but not a sonofabitch about it.
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Canadians! You can now vote for the Canadian Word of the Year!
(If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)
(If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)
2025 has been an eventful year for Canada's identity. To commemorate the year, The Society for Canadian English is choosing a 2025 word of the year (CWOTY), based on the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles.
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Canadians! You can now vote for the Canadian Word of the Year!
(If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)
(If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)
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Happy Thursday, Canada 🍁
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Happy Thursday, Canada 🍁
Been a while since I listened to this full album and it's my "dance around the house" for tonight. Just honestly: Oops, All Bangers.
Stadtaffe - Album by Peter Fox
Stadtaffe is the first solo album by German musician Peter Fox. Released 26 September 2008, the standard version contains twelve tracks, four of which have been released as singles. Fox performed the ...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Been a while since I listened to this full album and it's my "dance around the house" for tonight. Just honestly: Oops, All Bangers.
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Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
Pouring one out for any #ottbike heading home after work today going west. Yeeesh. I had the wind at my back most of the way but when I went crossways through the Farm it was strong enough to grab my wheel.
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Pouring one out for any #ottbike heading home after work today going west. Yeeesh. I had the wind at my back most of the way but when I went crossways through the Farm it was strong enough to grab my wheel.
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Make a donation during this season of thanks and giving and help fund change for farm workers all year long.
act.seiu.org/a/thanksgivi... or paypal.com/paypalme/ufw... #WeFeedYou
act.seiu.org/a/thanksgivi... or paypal.com/paypalme/ufw... #WeFeedYou
We can’t do Thanksgiving without farm workers
We can’t do Thanksgiving without farm workers: Make a donation during this season of thanks and giving and help fund change all year long. #WeFeedYou
act.seiu.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Make a donation during this season of thanks and giving and help fund change for farm workers all year long.
act.seiu.org/a/thanksgivi... or paypal.com/paypalme/ufw... #WeFeedYou
act.seiu.org/a/thanksgivi... or paypal.com/paypalme/ufw... #WeFeedYou
Wasted time, wasted money, projects halted halfway through, all because the premier can't be Mayor of Toronto and so now he's got to impose his pigheaded will on everyone. This is infuriating. GOD I hope he's never Prime Minister.
Ottawa says new provincial bill likely kills at least 3 bike lane projects | CBC News
New provincial legislation prohibiting how municipalities can build bike lanes means three projects in Ottawa likely can't move forward and others will get more expensive, according to a city report.
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Wasted time, wasted money, projects halted halfway through, all because the premier can't be Mayor of Toronto and so now he's got to impose his pigheaded will on everyone. This is infuriating. GOD I hope he's never Prime Minister.
OOOOF I can only hope that west wind stays where it is so I can at least get a boost on the way home today. It's headwindy out there today, #ottbike
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
OOOOF I can only hope that west wind stays where it is so I can at least get a boost on the way home today. It's headwindy out there today, #ottbike
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If, like me, you’re one of the lucky ones who’s never met Sir Pounce before today, prepare to watch this lethal muppet a dozen times.
#cat #cats
#cat #cats
Sir Pounce’s most known video!
YouTube video by Carson Day
m.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Not all heroes, etc etc.
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Not all heroes, etc etc.
OH FOR FUCKS SAKE
November 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
OH FOR FUCKS SAKE
Hey, anyone using @labeler.bikesky.social - have you started seeing a bunch of people labeled as "anti-cyclist" that don't seem to be in any way even talking about bikes? I've noticed a bunch lately
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Hey, anyone using @labeler.bikesky.social - have you started seeing a bunch of people labeled as "anti-cyclist" that don't seem to be in any way even talking about bikes? I've noticed a bunch lately
It is SO irritating to walk or bike past a chained-off stairway or bridge with a "not winter maintained" sign on it that went up on schedule on November 1st, with temperatures around 5C and absolutely not a flake of snow on the ground
Civil disobedience in Ottawa - the NCC closes off stairs everywhere because of course no one wants to walk in winter, right?
And the barriers go up on when someone’s calendar says they go up, irrespective of whether there is actually snow on the ground.
Let people go at their own risk.
And the barriers go up on when someone’s calendar says they go up, irrespective of whether there is actually snow on the ground.
Let people go at their own risk.
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It is SO irritating to walk or bike past a chained-off stairway or bridge with a "not winter maintained" sign on it that went up on schedule on November 1st, with temperatures around 5C and absolutely not a flake of snow on the ground
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Civil disobedience in Ottawa - the NCC closes off stairs everywhere because of course no one wants to walk in winter, right?
And the barriers go up on when someone’s calendar says they go up, irrespective of whether there is actually snow on the ground.
Let people go at their own risk.
And the barriers go up on when someone’s calendar says they go up, irrespective of whether there is actually snow on the ground.
Let people go at their own risk.
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Civil disobedience in Ottawa - the NCC closes off stairs everywhere because of course no one wants to walk in winter, right?
And the barriers go up on when someone’s calendar says they go up, irrespective of whether there is actually snow on the ground.
Let people go at their own risk.
And the barriers go up on when someone’s calendar says they go up, irrespective of whether there is actually snow on the ground.
Let people go at their own risk.
Most ASMR: someone whispering into a mike and crinkling foil and clicking comb teeth
My ASMR: Alex Terrible's fucking alligator rolls
My ASMR: Alex Terrible's fucking alligator rolls
Slaughter To Prevail - Viking
YouTube video by Alex Terrible
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Most ASMR: someone whispering into a mike and crinkling foil and clicking comb teeth
My ASMR: Alex Terrible's fucking alligator rolls
My ASMR: Alex Terrible's fucking alligator rolls
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Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!
Well THIS episode hit me pretty close to home. I and my friends were a LOT like Justin and his friends when I was a teenager. People actually did think I was a Satanist. And there were kids in my circle who had real psychological trouble and access to guns (not like in the USA though, thankfully).
Episode 6: I’m Just a Teenage Cultist, Baby | The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
How does a victim of a school shooting become accused of masterminding the whole thing in the name of Satan? When Justin Sledge was 17, a friend of his opened fire at their high school, killing two pe...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Well THIS episode hit me pretty close to home. I and my friends were a LOT like Justin and his friends when I was a teenager. People actually did think I was a Satanist. And there were kids in my circle who had real psychological trouble and access to guns (not like in the USA though, thankfully).
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Mr Lorna would like me to share this with you all, on the grounds that it kicks ass
Sinéad O'Connor & The Chieftains - The Foggy Dew
YouTube video by Siobhán McCarthy
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Mr Lorna would like me to share this with you all, on the grounds that it kicks ass
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TFW you're flying home after publicly dog-walking the President of the United States of America.
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM
TFW you're flying home after publicly dog-walking the President of the United States of America.
LOLOLOLOL
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
LOLOLOLOL
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Mamdani probably got home, turned to his wife, and let out the longest, loudest “this fucking guy” of all time
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Mamdani probably got home, turned to his wife, and let out the longest, loudest “this fucking guy” of all time
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We're at the Middle Earth map.
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!
And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!
And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
We're at the Middle Earth map.
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!
And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!
And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
I keep saying, you want to understand US-style politics, you NEED to understand pro wrestling
And here you GO! I turned it into a whole thing.
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Face Turn and the Marks Who are Buying It
How understanding professional wrestling unlocks modern politics
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I keep saying, you want to understand US-style politics, you NEED to understand pro wrestling
This is an absolutely terrific essay on the moral panic(s) over roleplaying games between the 70s and 90s. Know Thy Geek History.
The 3 Waves of the RPG Moral Panic - RPG History
YouTube video by Seth Skorkowsky
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 3:06 AM
This is an absolutely terrific essay on the moral panic(s) over roleplaying games between the 70s and 90s. Know Thy Geek History.
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"They thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"They thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”