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Retired acoustical consultant. Bike advocate. Doomscroller.
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The right wants to talk about fraud? Somali fraud? Okay, give me 60 seconds.
January 7, 2026 at 1:41 AM
The right wants to talk about fraud? Somali fraud? Okay, give me 60 seconds.
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A Washington Post article suggests that, beyond a certain threshold, larger homes don't make people happier. Instead, well-being is correlated with affordable housing in walkable neighborhoods where they feel socially connected.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
![Excerpt reads: "Prioritize your neighborhood
Neighborhoods drive our happiness (or unhappiness) more than we think.
When Lina Martinez, director of POLIS, the Center for Wellbeing Studies at Universidad Icesi in Colombia, studied the happiness of households in the city of Cali, she couldn’t find much difference between poorer and richer areas. “Their happiness is pretty much the same,” she said. But that changed when she isolated neighborhood conditions, such as access to transit, health care and parks. “The conditions of the neighborhood affect happiness,” she said. “I can’t link that to the space where [people] live.”
That aligns with findings from a 2023 study of the Vancouver metro area: Researchers found no significant differences in well-being between people living in single detached homes, duplexes, townhouses, laneway houses and apartment buildings (basement units smaller than 300 square feet were the only negative exception). What did people say they missed most in their neighborhood? Affordability, proximity to family and friends, and a sense of community. Home design was eighth on the list."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreicapfknasylzk2lqzaxxeb5mchgnru75obggn45dusda6j5zogvuu@jpeg)
January 7, 2026 at 4:29 AM
A Washington Post article suggests that, beyond a certain threshold, larger homes don't make people happier. Instead, well-being is correlated with affordable housing in walkable neighborhoods where they feel socially connected.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
Yes try to get the images taken off. But you should also get off the platform.
How does it look to have the government post on a white nationalist/Nazi owned platform?
How does it look to have the government post on a white nationalist/Nazi owned platform?
After being given an order from our CRT and instead of doing the right thing, X refused to fully remove a non-consensual intimate image of a BC resident from its platform. Blocking access to the image only within Canada is not enough. These harmful images shouldn’t be available anywhere.
December 2, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Yes try to get the images taken off. But you should also get off the platform.
How does it look to have the government post on a white nationalist/Nazi owned platform?
How does it look to have the government post on a white nationalist/Nazi owned platform?
I often want to order the spiciest version of a dish. But refrain because while I can handle the heat, I can’t control my nose and body. And I can’t speak a full sentence without having to blow my nose once
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I often want to order the spiciest version of a dish. But refrain because while I can handle the heat, I can’t control my nose and body. And I can’t speak a full sentence without having to blow my nose once
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The thing about RTO mandates for employees who need to keep up billable hours… is that the conceit of increasing collaboration necessitates lowering efficiencies. And what company wants that?!
December 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
The thing about RTO mandates for employees who need to keep up billable hours… is that the conceit of increasing collaboration necessitates lowering efficiencies. And what company wants that?!
Are they called unicorns because they have a single cob of corn on their heads?
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Are they called unicorns because they have a single cob of corn on their heads?
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A sad day for cyclists. Bill 60 - which prohibits the conversion of motor vehicle lanes to bike lanes (or any other prescribed purpose) - has passed Third Reading this morning which will kill various cycling projects in Toronto & across Ontario. #shame #BikeTO #BikeSky #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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The president is waging war against America's cities, but Boston will not be silent. We stand together against tyranny and injustice just like we have for 250 years. #NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The president is waging war against America's cities, but Boston will not be silent. We stand together against tyranny and injustice just like we have for 250 years. #NoKings
You know a website is bad when you don’t know where to touch your screen to scroll, where it won’t activate an ad
Just… close the tab and find a different site
Just… close the tab and find a different site
September 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
You know a website is bad when you don’t know where to touch your screen to scroll, where it won’t activate an ad
Just… close the tab and find a different site
Just… close the tab and find a different site
Wow. They should make it that difficult for cars to drive through. No need for speed bumps to slow cars down
VAI PRA CICLOVIA! - nos dizem
Mas olha a ciclovia!
Essa, na Zona Leste, foi construída em 2024, gestão Ricardo Nunes
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Mas olha a ciclovia!
Essa, na Zona Leste, foi construída em 2024, gestão Ricardo Nunes
📸 IG @ magrelante
September 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Wow. They should make it that difficult for cars to drive through. No need for speed bumps to slow cars down
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“Beyond Vaccine” is the new name for homeopathic water treatment
Trump: "It's too much liquid. Too many different things are going into that baby at too big a number. The size of this thing when you look at it. It's like 80 different vaccines and beyond vaccines."
September 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
“Beyond Vaccine” is the new name for homeopathic water treatment
It’s not rocket surgery folks. It’s acoustics. One of those fields that everyone thinks they know a lot about. But don’t really. Even practitioners and academics don’t know every aspect. It’s hugely fragmented
September 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It’s not rocket surgery folks. It’s acoustics. One of those fields that everyone thinks they know a lot about. But don’t really. Even practitioners and academics don’t know every aspect. It’s hugely fragmented
I think it’s pretty much common sense but I keep seeing these issues and getting calls about it.
Please don’t build a yoga studio or spa or something that has quiet spaces next to a sports bar or pet groomer. You’re just asking for trouble with noise
Please don’t build a yoga studio or spa or something that has quiet spaces next to a sports bar or pet groomer. You’re just asking for trouble with noise
September 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I think it’s pretty much common sense but I keep seeing these issues and getting calls about it.
Please don’t build a yoga studio or spa or something that has quiet spaces next to a sports bar or pet groomer. You’re just asking for trouble with noise
Please don’t build a yoga studio or spa or something that has quiet spaces next to a sports bar or pet groomer. You’re just asking for trouble with noise
The right doesn’t care about the hypocrisy. But it still makes sense to repeat it again and again for those in the middle and for those on the left.
Do not become like them. Be better. Be… best?
Do not become like them. Be better. Be… best?
September 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The right doesn’t care about the hypocrisy. But it still makes sense to repeat it again and again for those in the middle and for those on the left.
Do not become like them. Be better. Be… best?
Do not become like them. Be better. Be… best?
Think about it from the point of view of his you’d like to be helped if you were in that situation. Support without judgement. Many people run into poor circumstances all the time. And even if it was in their control, we can’t always make good choices. We are human. We make mistakes.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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September 19, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Think about it from the point of view of his you’d like to be helped if you were in that situation. Support without judgement. Many people run into poor circumstances all the time. And even if it was in their control, we can’t always make good choices. We are human. We make mistakes.
Ummm… duh?
You smear poop on everyone in the world but ‘maybe’ just a little bit less on Canada. And we should be happy about that?
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You smear poop on everyone in the world but ‘maybe’ just a little bit less on Canada. And we should be happy about that?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
U.S. ambassador 'disappointed' with anti-American sentiment in Canada | CBC News
The U.S. ambassador to Canada is expressing frustration over the anti-American sentiment he sees in this country, including from politicians, after U.S. President Donald Trump hit most of the world wi...
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September 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Ummm… duh?
You smear poop on everyone in the world but ‘maybe’ just a little bit less on Canada. And we should be happy about that?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
You smear poop on everyone in the world but ‘maybe’ just a little bit less on Canada. And we should be happy about that?
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Rich people, especially rich people in the media & entertainment industries right this moment:
The point of having fuck you money is saying “fuck you” when it counts.
The point of having fuck you money is saying “fuck you” when it counts.
a rainbow colored shooting star with the words the mo you know above it
ALT: a rainbow colored shooting star with the words the mo you know above it
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September 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Rich people, especially rich people in the media & entertainment industries right this moment:
The point of having fuck you money is saying “fuck you” when it counts.
The point of having fuck you money is saying “fuck you” when it counts.
Go for it. Get all the parents to question every single child for gender. And may as well verify the coaches and teachers. Stall the games. Make the process onerous.
May as well go on to verify the parents are actually the parents and gendered appropriately too
May as well go on to verify the parents are actually the parents and gendered appropriately too
“There is no comparable requirement for boys to confirm their gender,” said another parent. “Once again, the onus is placed on girls to be monitored and regulated, reinforcing the idea that female athletes are the ones who need to be verified.” edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Early dropoff in girls' school sports linked to new gender confirmation forms
Province's new requirements are already having impacts on girls' sports in junior high
edmontonjournal.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Go for it. Get all the parents to question every single child for gender. And may as well verify the coaches and teachers. Stall the games. Make the process onerous.
May as well go on to verify the parents are actually the parents and gendered appropriately too
May as well go on to verify the parents are actually the parents and gendered appropriately too
Second only to “When was Obama president?”
“When was Joe Biden president?” remains the most difficult question in politics
Who was the president in 2018 when you lost your show?
Who was the president in 2023 when you got your new show?
Who was the president in 2023 when you got your new show?
September 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Second only to “When was Obama president?”