Terrific thread from a great Historian who somehow manages to nail my overlapping interests in WW1 and Star Wars (though not specifically in this thread).

Yesterday a driver punish passed me with my son on the back and then swerved into the bike lane to avoid a speed bump. In case we needed further case studies about how Doug's grand safety plan is working.

Hell ya

Ppl are often confused about my preference to bike places. This is why. Sitting in a car is just a monumentally silly way to spend your precious, limited time on this earth if you can avoid it.

I'm no fan of the Hamilton police for a bunch of reasons, but this is a good thing. If police are going to exist, they should be visible. Not hiding in their armored vehicles in parking lots. Be a part of the community.

I get that people are nervous. The sidewalk is narrow there and having ppl loitering all day is ungood. But stop talking to Morgenstern. His store is empty bc it's weird and retail is dying. Your restaurant is empty? It's bc it isn't good www.chch.com/chch-news/co...

I will never tire of seeing MPs absolutely sardined on the benches. The absolute best thing about British parliamentary democracy.

The update that the suspect is a minor doesn't really change my stance on this. HPS let the community think the suspect was a 20 year old for a full day before clarifying this. Related, amending the YCJA to streamline situations like this feels like pretty low hanging fruit for the Feds

I think broadly we need to discuss the capabilities of HPS. This is twice now there have been shootings in broad daylight in busy, highly recorded places and in both instances HPS is incapable of providing prompt video, images, descriptions etc.

Have to assume one of Doug's donors will get a sweetheart deal on this, as well as a favour on the backend. Trump style, the way Dougie likes it www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

I again beg for a reporter to ask Doug if he has ever read a book. Including one with pictures.

Good thing Jason Farr made sure to evict these ppl in 2017. www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

The only thing Hamiltonians hate more than unhoused folk is housing unhoused folk.

The only person on earth who seems unaware that Doug Ford is the Premier of Ontario is Doug Ford

The library is being dragged into a proxy war in an election year when all they want to do is to provide high value services to the community. Much like they aren't equipped to be a social service agency, they also don't have the political skill to navigate this I fear. I worry for the next 5 years.

I don't know what else a cyclist is supposed to do when drivers STILL try to kill you when you're proceeding through a marked intersection, in a defined bike lane, in the middle of the day, with a loud bell, and kids on the back. Short of firing paintballs at people I just don't know what to do.

Real tight ship the chief is running over there

As always, us lowly plebs should have planned ahead better and inherited a vast fortune from daddy, and a known political name from our far more talented brother.

Presumably Doug Ford will object to this local move to expand access to Supervised Consumption Sites

Sorry bestie. I know you're struggling and I'd love to visit, but street parking can be challenging and I can't envision a different way if getting around so. See ya never

Just say what happened. The Gestapo executed a man in cold blood in the street. Noone was "involved". They executed him

This will come as a big surprise to the thousands of Canadian combat veterans from Afghanistan

The staff at both Jackson and the library do great work in my experience. They demonstrate empathy but are firm and direct when necessary. What they are asked to do however is unsustainable and should not be asked of them. Library workers and mall security guards cannot be social workers or police

I appreciate the honesty. A vast improvement on the Hamilton north end "Safe housing for all" anti-housing signs

It is easy to hand wave these incidents as just normal internet behavior. But this guy makes no real effort to hide his identity and has death threats written on his own porch. They're threats until they aren't. This individual, and others like him, should be taken seriously.

Mamdani quoting his favourite Hamilton politics blog @chriserl.ca

Cities cannot fix climate change alone. But they sure as hell can dramatically improve quality of life for its citizens with climate friendly policies

Cops being right-wing extremists isn't new. But the fact that this guy felt comfortable enough to openly post for years under his own name and nobody in HPS reported it is a massive scandal that will undoubtedly be 'one bad apple'd into oblivion. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

RFK Jr is a train wreck and his rationale is wrong, but government funded research should not be pay walled in prestigious journals. It should be freely accessible. I will die on this hill

To the Hamilton cyclists and pedestrians - the Strachan path west of John is a skating rink this morning. My wife and I both crashed separately on our bikes, one at John one at Mary. Be safe out there @cyclehamilton.bsky.social @cameronkroetsch.bsky.social @cityofhamilton.bsky.social

@cyclehamilton.bsky.social I was wanting to practice my new commute up the mountain today but the Keddy was closed for maintenance. Was I just unlucky or is this a thing that happens regularly in winter?

Noone has more unearned confidence than the parent who thinks they've cleaned all the vomit out of a car seat