China: "Taiwan is in our area" Russia: "Ukraine is in our area"

Back in 2019 Toronto started planning the approval/installation of new bike lanes in 3-year blocks to consider them as part of the city's broader cycling network, not just as local projects subject to individual councillor's whims. Even prior to Bill 212 we started seeing a regression of that goal.

Rewatched some Futurama recently and among other reasons feels so off that it's the head of Nixon serving as President of Earth (even the newer seasons??) Also imagine that "Viva Chavez" episode of Parks and Rec definitely hits different today:

As we enter our 6th year of delivering food to our neighbours in need, it's always inspiring to see what people on bikes did over the last year. That said, it's easy for politicians to trumpet negative narratives about cyclists. Help us push back: www.bikebrigade.ca/get-involved

Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"

there's just something morbidly funny about how he just throws everyone who sucks up to him under the bus.

Machado must not have agreed to the American looting of Venezuelan oil

looks like someone is about to win the “fell for it again” award

FIFA Peace Prize Winner displaces Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Starting off the new year basically reduced to finding inspiration from Mamdani in NYC and Mon Mothma in Andor.

from @theonion.com print edition

brb printing this out to give to Prabmeet Sarkaria.

Some ideas for improving road safety that can be implemented in US cities without modifying infrastructure: • No cars moving through the intersection when pedestrians have a "walk" signal. • No turn on red. • 20 mph speed limit. • Leading pedestrian interval for cyclists. Others?

Cat.

Meanwhile Toronto keeps dragging its feet on High Park, including icing a recreational cycling pilot that would have been ~2 hours a week. (I'm not aware of any updates of that "study" btw.)

🚘🕳️ Through 2025, Colin D'Mello and I invested a lot of time looking into Ontario Premier Doug Ford's dream of tunnelling under Hwy. 401. Through sourcing, freedom of information and lots of questions, here's what we found (in chronological order) #OnPoli

There should be a database of Toronto convenience stores that have a cat

I approve of this message. (Also don't conflate outrage culture and those peddling it with actual political discourse.)

As Canadians, I think it is our civic and collective duty for our 2026 New Year's resolution to simply be striking far more fear into the hearts of the politicians we elected than we currently do when they do stupid shit

It's 2026 and dogs are the new bike lanes.

Good news: I suffered no new doorings or bike racing crashes in 2025. I'm committed to keep to that streak going in 2026. cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/new...

A remarkable trend that will come as a shock to you if your only info about NYC is from this Fox News. Homicides in NYC... 1990: 2,262 1993: 1,927 1998: 629 2001: 649 2013: 335 2019: 320 2021: 488 2024: 382 2025 (as of 12/28): 302

Dangerous Nights Crew, today is the day we LIVE for

E-cargo bikes sound pretty amazing in this new UK study: "Parents’ and children’s enjoyment, curiosity, and sense of adventure encouraged additional travel, transforming routine journeys into playful and memorable family experiences." doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...

"Well, people feel unsafe" is similar to the collective panic around e-bikes and e-scooters while cars continue to be the cause of deaths and serious injuries on our roads.

Obvious pick, but at the time this blew my young mind (animation by a pre-Wallace & Gromit Aardman): youtu.be/OJWJE0x7T4Q?...

You know that runner in Toronto that races streetcars? The City put in dedicated lanes on Bathurst, and he re-raced it “This used to be the slowest route. Now it’s the closest race I’ve done. I never thought I’d say this. But I’m really surprised. There’s hope: for the streetcars and for the city.”

This is terrible and dystopic, but also I can't not hear it in Tim Robinson's voice:

Share a great female villain (Currently down a deep Avatar rabbit hole.)

"Years later, her reputation was damaged when she made homophobic slurs and was fined multiple times for inciting racial hatred. Her son also sued her for emotional damage after she said she would have preferred to 'give birth to a little dog'" www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sign me up for "Greta with a bicycle"

The only Avatar sequel I need. Legend of Korra Blu-ray in the house.

I have been told we are posting perfect '90s albums

We are now 11 subscribers away from a pretty big end-of-year goal. Please sign up and support the podcast! www.patreon.com/c/thewaronca...

I've seen this going around today and it's beautiful, so here's a gift link.

Fantastic Christmas book score. @thewaroncars.bsky.social @maggiehelwig.bsky.social

"Baby Jesus" youtu.be/i1Nh_3JCFj8?...

OK. Starting.... now.

[12 day challenge starting rn to not post about Toronto politics, Doug Ford, or cycling infrastructure]

Well, the fight for the last two TdF podium spots should be interesting (assuming Vingegaard does the Giro first and lines up with some fatigue).

Woman who starts riding a bike not sure if she should be a poor unemployed loser who can't afford a car or an elite smug entitled asshole with a toy, asks neighbourhood Facebook group to help out.

American media’s cowardice no match for Canadian media’s incompetence

Still thinking about The Insider (Mann, 1999) for no particular reason. youtu.be/-xvsUCryzLs

And more people were killed in traffic collisions than in homicides this year. So why do people think our roads are getting safer (or are already safe enough)?

to inaugurate the new blog, i've written about a local and contentious topic that's been on my mind for years. at its heart, it's about understanding the information that transit riders need. the case for splitting TTC Line 1:

Would pay top dollar for Mann to make a sequel for the Weiss era.

The Insider (Mann, 1999)

Local columnist agrees www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...