Matt Saunders
@mds-can.bsky.social
"Imagine that you call someone up, tell them your vote over the phone, and they promise to count it."
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"Imagine that you call someone up, tell them your vote over the phone, and they promise to count it."
This update is from over a week ago. What are the conditions now?
December 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This update is from over a week ago. What are the conditions now?
(At the time, the Kona and the Tesla 3 were almost-viable options. Glad I didn't end up with a Tesla, and the Kona wasn't designed with tall people in mind.)
December 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
(At the time, the Kona and the Tesla 3 were almost-viable options. Glad I didn't end up with a Tesla, and the Kona wasn't designed with tall people in mind.)
But at the time, it would've been an extra $8000 for an all-electric that only had 192 km range. Fine for a second car, but we're a one-car home. There were no affordable full EVs with reasonable (400km) range at the time. Still aren't, really, but I'm hoping soon.
December 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
But at the time, it would've been an extra $8000 for an all-electric that only had 192 km range. Fine for a second car, but we're a one-car home. There were no affordable full EVs with reasonable (400km) range at the time. Still aren't, really, but I'm hoping soon.
Mine's a plug in Ioniq. 47 km battery range + 1000 km on the 40L gas tank. (about 55-60 mpg). Driving on the battery is so much nicer than driving on gas that I try to do it as much as possible, and so I'm just paying maintenance for a gas motor I barely use.
December 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Mine's a plug in Ioniq. 47 km battery range + 1000 km on the 40L gas tank. (about 55-60 mpg). Driving on the battery is so much nicer than driving on gas that I try to do it as much as possible, and so I'm just paying maintenance for a gas motor I barely use.
I bought a hybrid in 2019 under the same rationale. There's no chance I'd buy anything but full electric now. Though I recognize that this is after six years of experience and most people haven't gone that far yet.
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I bought a hybrid in 2019 under the same rationale. There's no chance I'd buy anything but full electric now. Though I recognize that this is after six years of experience and most people haven't gone that far yet.
I'm guessing we don't have a better resolution image?
Also kind of highlights how silly it is the Finch West line doesn't go all the way to Malton, and that it just stops right before the airport... nor does it go all the way east to Yonge and Sheppard. Not even on the future plans?
Also kind of highlights how silly it is the Finch West line doesn't go all the way to Malton, and that it just stops right before the airport... nor does it go all the way east to Yonge and Sheppard. Not even on the future plans?
November 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I'm guessing we don't have a better resolution image?
Also kind of highlights how silly it is the Finch West line doesn't go all the way to Malton, and that it just stops right before the airport... nor does it go all the way east to Yonge and Sheppard. Not even on the future plans?
Also kind of highlights how silly it is the Finch West line doesn't go all the way to Malton, and that it just stops right before the airport... nor does it go all the way east to Yonge and Sheppard. Not even on the future plans?
Hmmm...
Not suspicious at all that the US institution that made this map would quietly ignore a US territorial dispute.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufor...
Not suspicious at all that the US institution that made this map would quietly ignore a US territorial dispute.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufor...
Beaufort Sea - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Hmmm...
Not suspicious at all that the US institution that made this map would quietly ignore a US territorial dispute.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufor...
Not suspicious at all that the US institution that made this map would quietly ignore a US territorial dispute.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufor...
Can anyone say "community-owned not for profit minor league baseball team" ?
I imagine announcing a public sale means there's been no quiet interest... maybe we can get a deal. 🤔
I imagine announcing a public sale means there's been no quiet interest... maybe we can get a deal. 🤔
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Can anyone say "community-owned not for profit minor league baseball team" ?
I imagine announcing a public sale means there's been no quiet interest... maybe we can get a deal. 🤔
I imagine announcing a public sale means there's been no quiet interest... maybe we can get a deal. 🤔
Dear students: if you'd vote in municipal elections, you'd get a council responsive to your interests.
November 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Dear students: if you'd vote in municipal elections, you'd get a council responsive to your interests.
There was a walk-through (ahem, "active transportation corridor") between 16 Hadati at the Eastview light that I'd use to cross Victoria and get to Ottawa Crescent.
(Yes kids, this was before there was a traffic light at Cassino.)
This "surplus property" was once public space...
(Yes kids, this was before there was a traffic light at Cassino.)
This "surplus property" was once public space...
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
There was a walk-through (ahem, "active transportation corridor") between 16 Hadati at the Eastview light that I'd use to cross Victoria and get to Ottawa Crescent.
(Yes kids, this was before there was a traffic light at Cassino.)
This "surplus property" was once public space...
(Yes kids, this was before there was a traffic light at Cassino.)
This "surplus property" was once public space...
I am one of those 100,000 individual car registries. There are more of us than you think.
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I am one of those 100,000 individual car registries. There are more of us than you think.
But more importantly: when you do it right, children grow up with biking and busing as normal. They get the freedom to move around from a young age, and won't feel the need to buy a car once they turn seventeen. This is a generational investment that will take twenty years to pay its full dividend.
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
But more importantly: when you do it right, children grow up with biking and busing as normal. They get the freedom to move around from a young age, and won't feel the need to buy a car once they turn seventeen. This is a generational investment that will take twenty years to pay its full dividend.
Nobody's ready to sell their car. They can't! You have to build alternatives first.
The fact is, only 1000 families need to downsize by a single car, and we'll pay for the entire missing bike network in two years.
It's absolutely insane how much household budget is wasted on unnecessary vehicles.
The fact is, only 1000 families need to downsize by a single car, and we'll pay for the entire missing bike network in two years.
It's absolutely insane how much household budget is wasted on unnecessary vehicles.
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Nobody's ready to sell their car. They can't! You have to build alternatives first.
The fact is, only 1000 families need to downsize by a single car, and we'll pay for the entire missing bike network in two years.
It's absolutely insane how much household budget is wasted on unnecessary vehicles.
The fact is, only 1000 families need to downsize by a single car, and we'll pay for the entire missing bike network in two years.
It's absolutely insane how much household budget is wasted on unnecessary vehicles.
Someone help me with the math, how many bike paths can we build at $200,000,000 a year?
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Someone help me with the math, how many bike paths can we build at $200,000,000 a year?
And because it's a car town, we're all forced to own a car. Forgive me but I'd rather keep the $10k a year in my own bank account.
November 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
And because it's a car town, we're all forced to own a car. Forgive me but I'd rather keep the $10k a year in my own bank account.
Fact is, we need to make the transition work for some people before it can ever work for all. Despite the fact that I've only ever lived on the wrong side of the Hanlon and/or the wrong side of Victoria to ever actually be an early adopter.
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Fact is, we need to make the transition work for some people before it can ever work for all. Despite the fact that I've only ever lived on the wrong side of the Hanlon and/or the wrong side of Victoria to ever actually be an early adopter.
A self fulfilling prophecy. We don't make it possible for anyone to sell their car, so nobody gets to realize the gains from bike investments. Then since all those drivers already have a car, there's no incentive to start biking.
(Those who can't drive or can't afford to are pointedly ignored.)
(Those who can't drive or can't afford to are pointedly ignored.)
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A self fulfilling prophecy. We don't make it possible for anyone to sell their car, so nobody gets to realize the gains from bike investments. Then since all those drivers already have a car, there's no incentive to start biking.
(Those who can't drive or can't afford to are pointedly ignored.)
(Those who can't drive or can't afford to are pointedly ignored.)
I note that Guthrie doesn't bring out the "fifty cents a month" card when it's time to run cyclists off the road in the winter.
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I note that Guthrie doesn't bring out the "fifty cents a month" card when it's time to run cyclists off the road in the winter.
Thank you for advocating.
It is an interesting choice to hold the budget meeting when most working people are at work, but I suppose that helps them pretend there are fewer people interested. Sadly, I fear my own methods of engagement (i.e. shitposting on GuelphToday) are an inadequate substitute.
It is an interesting choice to hold the budget meeting when most working people are at work, but I suppose that helps them pretend there are fewer people interested. Sadly, I fear my own methods of engagement (i.e. shitposting on GuelphToday) are an inadequate substitute.
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Thank you for advocating.
It is an interesting choice to hold the budget meeting when most working people are at work, but I suppose that helps them pretend there are fewer people interested. Sadly, I fear my own methods of engagement (i.e. shitposting on GuelphToday) are an inadequate substitute.
It is an interesting choice to hold the budget meeting when most working people are at work, but I suppose that helps them pretend there are fewer people interested. Sadly, I fear my own methods of engagement (i.e. shitposting on GuelphToday) are an inadequate substitute.
FYI: the afternoon train arrives in Guelph at 18:18 -- three full minutes after all the buses leave. You can wait 30 minutes and catch the last bus of the day, but parkades are still free on Sundays.
And you'll have to cab downtown. GO leaves at 8:07 and the first bus gets downtown for 10:15.
And you'll have to cab downtown. GO leaves at 8:07 and the first bus gets downtown for 10:15.
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
FYI: the afternoon train arrives in Guelph at 18:18 -- three full minutes after all the buses leave. You can wait 30 minutes and catch the last bus of the day, but parkades are still free on Sundays.
And you'll have to cab downtown. GO leaves at 8:07 and the first bus gets downtown for 10:15.
And you'll have to cab downtown. GO leaves at 8:07 and the first bus gets downtown for 10:15.
It's a bowl full of mush.
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
It's a bowl full of mush.