Matthew the Matticus
@matticusssss.bsky.social
YYC Photography by Cargo Bike - he/they cat shepard, musician (cello+voice), train nerd, general geek, and still hoping for a brighter future
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In 2021 I asked the Canadian government how much it was spending fighting First Nations in court - one access-to-info request specifying four cases. Today they got back to me.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
In 2021 I asked the Canadian government how much it was spending fighting First Nations in court - one access-to-info request specifying four cases. Today they got back to me.
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Making some red dress Christmas ornaments. At this time of the year it’s important to keep our MMIW2S relatives in our thoughts.
I have a pack of paper clips arriving today that look like clothes hangers.
I have a pack of paper clips arriving today that look like clothes hangers.
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Making some red dress Christmas ornaments. At this time of the year it’s important to keep our MMIW2S relatives in our thoughts.
I have a pack of paper clips arriving today that look like clothes hangers.
I have a pack of paper clips arriving today that look like clothes hangers.
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Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes
The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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Fabulous, warm evening ride last night with @bromptonleague.bsky.social - thanks for organizing us! #bromptonride #yycbike
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Fabulous, warm evening ride last night with @bromptonleague.bsky.social - thanks for organizing us! #bromptonride #yycbike
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Cars might work fine in California or Florida, but they’re not practical here in Canada. We have winter.
More than 300 collisions reported as early season snow slams parts of Ontario
YouTube video by CTV News
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November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Cars might work fine in California or Florida, but they’re not practical here in Canada. We have winter.
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
history will ultimately decide this but i think joyce carol oates might have just landed the most devastating burn in human history. like the death star trench run of posting
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Official data from government of British Columbia, along with satellite monitoring, backs claims that a Canadian subsidiary owned by Drax sourced 250-year-old trees to manufacture biomass pellets as recently as this year
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Official data from government of British Columbia, along with satellite monitoring, backs claims that a Canadian subsidiary owned by Drax sourced 250-year-old trees to manufacture biomass pellets as recently as this year
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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“The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion: The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.”
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion
The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.
www.thenation.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion: The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.”
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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“Yeah, but how am I going to get all my shopping home on the same day from a pedestrianised town centre on a busy Saturday?”
Good 🌤️ afternoon and Goodnight #Shrewsbury ⚡️📦🚲🛏️ #ActiveTravel #Commute #Shopping #CargoBike
Good 🌤️ afternoon and Goodnight #Shrewsbury ⚡️📦🚲🛏️ #ActiveTravel #Commute #Shopping #CargoBike
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“Yeah, but how am I going to get all my shopping home on the same day from a pedestrianised town centre on a busy Saturday?”
Good 🌤️ afternoon and Goodnight #Shrewsbury ⚡️📦🚲🛏️ #ActiveTravel #Commute #Shopping #CargoBike
Good 🌤️ afternoon and Goodnight #Shrewsbury ⚡️📦🚲🛏️ #ActiveTravel #Commute #Shopping #CargoBike
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Tl;dw ... Brompton's G Line does what it's designed to do. Shocking, I know. cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/CIf...
Brompton Says the G Line Folding Bike Is for Gravel. We Put It to the Test.
For a long time, the name Brompton was practically synonymous with folding bikes. People simply referred to their folding bike as "a Brompton," and those in the cycling world immediately understoo...
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November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Tl;dw ... Brompton's G Line does what it's designed to do. Shocking, I know. cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/CIf...
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If you’re media covering bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If you’re media covering bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
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well they're certainly into u, so...
November 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
well they're certainly into u, so...
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My unpopular opinion: those of us advocating for non-car travel need to stop apologetically saying "I know not everybody can cycle!" Obviously not everyone can cycle, but that's also true of driving. I fear we're just giving our opponents' attack lines legitimacy by shouting them out for free
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My unpopular opinion: those of us advocating for non-car travel need to stop apologetically saying "I know not everybody can cycle!" Obviously not everyone can cycle, but that's also true of driving. I fear we're just giving our opponents' attack lines legitimacy by shouting them out for free
Lol they're feeling threatened
Car brand BYD's new SUV ad pokes fun at people walking and cycling, comparing them to Horse & Carts.
It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes.
So I made it a bit more realistic...
It joins a long list of car ads that sell a false promise of convenience and aspiration while punching down at sustainable transport modes.
So I made it a bit more realistic...
November 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Lol they're feeling threatened
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Elevators are a form of public transit. A very successful form.
Stacking homes turns car commutes into elevator commutes.
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Elevators are a form of public transit. A very successful form.
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Cargo biking, 99 years ago. Came across this in a photo archive, unfortunately with no info on who or where, just the year, 1926. But it made me think of @lauragmitchell.com and her lovely feed of her commutes to school and around town with her children.
November 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Cargo biking, 99 years ago. Came across this in a photo archive, unfortunately with no info on who or where, just the year, 1926. But it made me think of @lauragmitchell.com and her lovely feed of her commutes to school and around town with her children.
This post was not made by someone on the same continent as me, and yet...
"Bike Lane Ends"
"Share the Road"
"Bike Lane Ends"
"Share the Road"
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This post was not made by someone on the same continent as me, and yet...
"Bike Lane Ends"
"Share the Road"
"Bike Lane Ends"
"Share the Road"
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People who say “AI art will get better!” just mean that in the sense that the PS5 is “better” than the PS1: ie. its graphical fidelity will increase.
This is an impoverished view of art. AI “art” it’s flawed from first principles. It only produces slop because it is a blender for human thought.
This is an impoverished view of art. AI “art” it’s flawed from first principles. It only produces slop because it is a blender for human thought.
Removing the artist from art is to render it into something else entirely, something less than it could have been.
I genuinely believe the way to fight generative AI is a Renaissance of the weird, personal and specific.
We love art BECAUSE it connects us to a real person’s interior life.
I genuinely believe the way to fight generative AI is a Renaissance of the weird, personal and specific.
We love art BECAUSE it connects us to a real person’s interior life.
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
People who say “AI art will get better!” just mean that in the sense that the PS5 is “better” than the PS1: ie. its graphical fidelity will increase.
This is an impoverished view of art. AI “art” it’s flawed from first principles. It only produces slop because it is a blender for human thought.
This is an impoverished view of art. AI “art” it’s flawed from first principles. It only produces slop because it is a blender for human thought.
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Not an urbanist, a 10 year old.
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Not an urbanist, a 10 year old.