As much as I hate following in Toronto's footsteps… @jleiper.bsky.social @arieltroster.com @lainejohnson.bsky.social @seandevine9.bsky.social

A lot of people in my feed are questioning the rationale of the CBC covering the funeral of a far-right personality that has predictably devolved into a Tяump hate rally. To them I ask: why wouldn't our national broadcaster cover the moment where the US' Second Civil War finally kicks off?

This affects over 1000 properties and nearly 60k units across the city.

So when girls' leagues start folding, all that money that was used to run them will be rolled back into those schools' coffers, right? Certainly they'd never just move those funds into boys' sports 🤔

Bye Bonnie Crombie, we hardly knew ye. Now the question is: will the ONDP finally cash in on the continued aimlessness of the Ontario Liberals?

If this lying twerp ever went to an actual war zone he would probably shit his pants in fear. When is this idiot ever going to realize that Canada doesn't want him to be Prime Minister? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

This is an archived government report that found that “Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists.” It existed yesterday and is gone today.

Why do Ottawa's conservative-in-centrist-clothing mayors obsess over butter tarts? This guy couldn't be more Watson 2.0 if he tried.

So a conservative gets killed by another conservative, and Poilievre's response is that he wants more police protection from the increasingly fractious and violent society his years of polarizing rhetoric has helped create? 🤔

One of those "it's hard to be shocked in 2025, but...." stories. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Feel like helping to bankrupt an AI company? Spread this around.

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Heads up: Afternoon downtown traffic is going to get even worse for a few weeks, or at least until some of the 417 on-ramps are reopened. Avoid Elgin entirely if you can. Motorists: be patient, and don't block intersections, you just make things worse. Everybody else: keep your head on a swivel.

Here comes that civil war in the US that Russia and China have been wanting for decades.

This smacks of a teenager constantly threatening their parents to move out in the hopes that they get a bigger allowance. If you want to move out, start packing… and hang your dumbshit banner in Edmonton, not here.

It might as well read: "If you agree with everything I say, I want to hear from you. If you don't, kindly fuck off."

Nothing like (still drunk?) airbnbers hanging out in an adjacent parking lot at 8 in the morning & waking up people in the buildings surrounding it while defecating in bushes and breaking the wooden railing of a staircase… and then having slurs yelled at you for calling them out. #Centretown

Interested in diving into Ottawa's property tax data? @strongtownsottawa.ca has got you. New article and link to data at strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/09/04/p... @strongtowns.org #dothemath

24h flip-flop. www.ipolitics.ca/2025/09/04/p... This is a Carney self-own that could have been prevented by say… not inviting this evil fuck to speak at a cabinet meeting in the first place? 🤔

Gore Vidal fan? 🤔

I agree with Councillor Leiper on this, but it’s also nice to see the national paper advocating for a reversal of amalgamation, a bait-&-switch conservative policy that does little but siphon tax dollars from a progressive core into right-leaning, economically inefficient suburbs.

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Our letter to @ottawapolice.bsky.social regarding their refusal to provide crash victims w insurance info. Withholding insurance info from injured parties is contrary to the HTA & has harmful affects on peoples' recoveries, especially pedestrians & cyclists. www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/ottawa-...

“We wouldn’t want to offend the genociders, now would we?”

Today we saw Capital Pride look at corporate money on one hand and solidarity with people just trying to exist on the other hand, and we watched CP choose the $ right before our eyes. Another case of corporate dollars co-opting protest movements. Congrats, Capital Pride; you cordycept'd yourself.

Hey @arieltroster.com, could you send me the ward office email? Some construction types have decided to commandeer the west side of Elgin St between Waverly and Frank and there’s zero signage present… which seems to be a common theme these days. #ottwalk

Hello #ottawa and #gatineau area people, this is a longshot but our very distinct looking ebike was stolen from the secure parking facility at 160 Elgin today. We have a reward for its safe return. project529.com/garage/bikes...

One part of this ad had me laughing so hard I teared up. I wish this dude all the luck.

If Ford is going this hard at something as who-gives-a-fuck like labels on soup cans, rest assured he's doing it to distract from something major that actually merits an angry response.

Slightly diminish a band: About the Same as Ezra (RIP Norm Macdonald)

Did a morning 5k run on the QE/Colonel By MUPs this AM. Was passed by 12 cyclists… only one of them rang their bell. #ottbike, you can do way better than this. btw: the guy who rang his bell had a sign on his back that said "RING BELL BEFORE PASSING – NCC RULE". Props to him for trying to educate.

Just saw a pedestrian almost get run over by a driver turning right on red. Driver was sitting in the crosswalk (looking left up Metcalfe), forcing the ped to walk into the street… and kept looking left as they started to move, only looked forward when they were a foot from the walker. #autowa

Ottawans: this is the company that co-sponsored Sutcliffe’s BBQ in Barrhaven this weekend.

If only Ottawa had a solid and safe network of protecting bike lanes we might not need an app like this. If only.

Big news for Ottawa. And in my opinion, this big step forward for a Senators arena downtown is also a major step backward for Lansdowne 2.0. I'm already on the record on that one: it was always hard to make sense of the economics. Now? Even more so. 1/ www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

1/7 @senators.bsky.social and Claridge (Malhotra family) just inked deal for LeBreton Flats. In 2031/2032, puck drops — and Lansdowne retail business model drops with it. Ottawa Council and City Hall have some serious thinking ahead... @neilsara.bsky.social @seandevine9.bsky.social

The solution for this is to kick them into the street every time you see them. Nobody gives a shit if you inconvenience pedestrians in this town for a year… but motorists lose their minds when a two-lane street is temporarily reduced to one. The City dares us to take action.

Aside: I don't think I've ever seen this many puns in a CBC article.

First Nation at centre of Oka Crisis gripped by environmental battles linked to cannabis megastores Local political leaders say organized crime has infiltrated some cannabis operations on the territory. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It's always reasonable to unfollow (or block!) people who post ai. In posting ai they're broadcasting their disregard for truth, art, the environment, and basic human interrelationships! You don't need to voluntarily remain connected to that bad vibe.

Gotta wonder how many Con-voting Albertans are going to lose their minds when AI starts telling they live in Al-Birya.

So fucking tired of Autowa neighbourhood pick-up truck drivers rolling the stop without looking for oncoming traffic.

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

I put together a chart showing Pavement Condition per Ward, as a percentage of the total lane-km of roadway in each ward. This includes all Arterial, Collector and Local Roads.

Rode e-scooter to work this morning. In the process I was passed within an inch by a minivan that then made an illegal left onto Waverly from Elgin. Great start to the day, #autowa.

I’m not typically the type to call out the physical appearance of others, but I can’t help but wonder if dude is the vampiric father of MAGA banshee Marjorie Taylor Greene.

"Sloppers" - people who use ChatGPT to do everything for them.

If you are (or were) driving down Mackenzie at about 4:15 today and are wondering why it went from two to one lane with no explanation, a white Land Rover with a “Just Married” decal on the rear windshield pulled over in rush hour traffic for a newlywed photo op for entitled jackasses. #autowa

Much better. Thanks @arieltroster.com ✌️