The Governor General News reminded me to dig out one of my lanyards from my broadcasting days. I worked the pool feed for Michaëlle Jean’s installation ceremony on the hill. Definitely a neat experience.

Some Conservatives are upset with our new GG pick? She must be good.

Not sure if I’d be here if not for SSRIs in all honesty. Fuck this guy.

Stay messy, Leafs

Sleepless Popcorn

Need to get one of these for our next @evco.bsky.social test drive event www.caranddriver.com/news/a711953...

The Ford Conservatives just voted down our motion to restore Freedom of Information.  They were given a clear choice - transparency or secrecy.  An Ontario Liberal government will restore and strengthen FOI - because you deserve accountability and the truth. #onpoli

I’m scared…what is he going to do with it.

Tomorrow, the Ontario Liberals will table a motion to reverse Doug Ford’s dangerous FOI changes. The Ford Conservatives will face a moment of truth - fix this, or double down on secrecy. Ontarians are watching. #onpoli

every mushroom foraging guidebook: This is Woodland Pot Roast, a tasty little mushroom that adds a delightful flavour to soups and stews. Note that it is often mistaken for Satan’s Fistula, a mushroom that erases the last 9 generations of your family from God’s ledgers.

Ah yes, noted Climate Hawk Pierre Poilievre

#Barrhaven, the public memorial for Peter Clark, the crossing guard who was killed by a driver, is today (May 3) at 2pm at Weybridge Park. It would be amazing for the community to turn out for his family.

Woooo! Let’s blow the fn roof off the CTC on Friday!

Not only is this not happening, the Chinese dominance of EV’s is a terrifying development for US auto manufacturers.

Wooo!

Seems like the appropriate time for this

i see a horse has won the kentucky derby again. this is beginning to feel rigged

C’mon Charge! Let’s get it

Unsurprising that after eight long years of underfunding colleges and universities, Doug Ford had to go to the United States to find one that would give him an honorary degree. #onpoli www.cp24.com/politics/que...

tim heidecker describes how to turn piss into gold youtu.be/Exu1SEZE9Ug

I’m archiving this for later

WTFFFFF

Has anyone seen the Ottawa Charge Sober Carpenter mocktails at stores in Orleans (I’m here now) or Barrhaven?

Bill McKibben on the solar energy boom: “Sunlight has to travel 93 million miles to reach the Earth, but none of those miles go through the Strait of Hormuz."

I just asked Claude why it started giving inflated time estimates and it screamed “I learned it from you” and won’t come out of its room

I’m hoping the Canadian Space Agency paid Jeremy Hansen danger pay. For the White House visit.

Having all the cards is, famously, not the goal in Uno.

Good job Sabres! #CanadasTeam

Good news, everyone! The dumbest guys from your high school are now experts on Sovereign Wealth Funds!

We'll all be getting our $200 FordBucks cheques soon.

Come chat with us about EVs tomorrow at Place d’Orleans for Kilowatts & Coffee! evco.ca/event/evco-k... #Ottawa

Poilievre is a malignancy. A vacuous barnacle who NEVER contributes anything productive to any issue, cheapens/degrades everything he's involved in, who's now only about producing LIE-ridden propaganda clips for his comms ppl to spray everywhere. That a party elected him leader is shameful/enraging

Ottawa water is great for coffee and beer brewing, but terrible for hockey power plays apparently.

Farg x2

Farg

Major with a misconduct 😮

Go Charge!

Dumbest fucking people on the planet

I’ve been transferring every account and newsletter I have to a different email address. It’s shocking how many require contacting customer support, and even some that don’t let you at all! I just got a response from an app that told me I have to delete my account and create a new one.

Kudos to TuxMat. My son noticed one of our car mats was peeling, so I submitted a warranty claim and a new one just showed up on my doorstep overnight.

We collectively need to keep an eye on these naming rights expirations so we could crowdfund and name them something silly www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Gerrymandering for dummies.

In related news, the Doug Ford government has tabled a new bill to prevent public release of any polls related to his declining popularity.

FFS the Charge’s game 3 is the same day and time as the Ottawa Titan’s home opener. And I have tickets to both 🤦‍♂️

Is MyService Ottawa just down right now? There’s an “intermittent login” notice on there since at least yesterday.

Via Sportsnet

Any indication on when the Charge home games will be? We want tickets, but we’re not available some nights early May.

It’s cool that I haven’t been able to use my Outlook email on my iPhone today and now it’s locked me out on the laptop. I can’t login, or reset my password. They’ve been having “issues” all day, but no indication of root cause for a fix. Fantastic.

Here’s the poster courtesy of Chris Couper and his daughter Laura.