Bellamystraat, Amsterdam in 1981 and today

me tuning in to the NSL finals this afternoon

Let me tell you about all the wonderful sports I follow closely and how it's gone in 2025 (a small thread)...

One fun thing is that Diana Matheson was there and I was just screaming “HOW COULD YOU DO THIS??? HOW COULD YOU LET THIS HAPPEN IN YOUR LEAGUE???”

The cool thing about sports is that we get to be repeatedly devastated ✨ as a community ✨

Time to watch some free soccer

The Boyd Boyz take on the footy! @heymw.bsky.social

Pausing my sabbatical from brainrot because I am going to the big @ottrapidfc.bsky.social game today. 👋

Since I'll be paying for Lansdowne 2.0 instead of ending homelessness or funding transit, and since stadiums are public good now, I very much look forward to attending all events there for free and I will expect regular cheques in the mail with profits from all the new retail and condos.

@glengower.ca Hey Glen! Breaking my social media sabbatical to say that I think Lansdowne 2.0 sucks the big one. I don't know why we're concerned that OSEG isn't making as much money as they would like. Looking forward to 3.0 when 2.0 doesn't live up to expectations for them.

I've been doing my best (kinda) to avoid social media recently. I hopped on today to get excited about sports as a community. I accomplished that! But then I stuck around to:

I think one of the saddest things about being a millennial is remembering a time when technology was advancing in a way that made life better and easier and more exciting instead of actively, intentionally worse

Thinking about Lansdowne 2.0 and wondering why the city would even want to own and operate a dumb stadium because like, cities don't own stadiums! But then I checked and... they do?? Sometimes???

if landsdowne 2.0 is a public space for public benefit then i expect all events to be free and for it to be available for ottawa residents to rent/access/use.

Observations from @leahday.bsky.social, who has now watched 11 baseball games: "Saying 'the top of the third' and 'the bottom of the third' implies a middle of the third."

it's going really well, by the way

A fietsstraat is a Dutch street design where bicycles have priority, and cars are considered “guests.” The layout encourages safe, calm traffic by giving bikes the main position on the road, usually with red asphalt and clear signage.

It's been 25 years since One-Big-Ottawa was imposed on us. The world has finally taken note: this thing doesn't really work for urban or rural residents. I wrote about why and what's next. glebereport.ca/articles/ott... #ottawa #ottcity #deamalgamateottawa

The inevitable denouement of car culture: lonely guys talking to an AI woman as they sit in soul-crushing traffic on their way to a desk job behind the wheel of a vehicle they thought would make them cool and could survive the apocalypse.

While I love the O-Train, I think it's fair to say that its construction and implementation has been a hot mess, so I don't hate the idea of the city offloading its future expansion and operation to someone else. Unfortunately, the someone else is Metrolinx. youtu.be/e8mLZ7EE81I?...

so crazy that the sens season was only three games this year. oh well! see you guys in 2026-27!

honestly think I like participating in Sens lore more than I like watching Sens hockey.

been trying to expand my horizons and dip into classical music recently. and like, it's fine. but can anyone honestly tell me with a straight face that bach is better than carly rae jepsen?

WHAT NOW - dashare.zone ADMIN

this is what happened to jordan spence

me

in charge of the office playlist today youtu.be/nQxzZTp_6Qs?...

*logs on to social media despite being fully aware of the intense psychic damage it inflicts* SENS

I wish bsky had a filter for "only the nice stuff." I don't want to turn a blind eye to the problems of the world, but sometimes I do just want to chat about sports with my pals or see a cool train picture without having my mental health take a complete nosedive.

Once again, speed cameras work. (This is data from Ottawa, published in 2024.)

Any pals headed to the Rapid FC game tomorrow night?

mfw I am being photographed in the new red jersey

According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050. Just the start. Common sense.

This is good —the Mayor of Yellowknife NWT in Canada’s far north weighs in on “Car Bloat” (truck bloat actually) and its many big costs & consequences (thanks @davidzipper.bsky.social for heads-up). And like most who dare tell the truth about that, he’s taking flack. www.linkedin.com/mwlite/feed/...

*me approaching the bandwagon* how do you do, fellow blue jays fans?

This is more true now than ever 😌

just a nice video for friday afternoon www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBbU...

Not normally an "everyone should read this book" kinda guy, but I think maybe everyone should read this book ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S2...

Really happy for Claire Hanna this morning

Has he ever been in a walkable city?

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. 🩷💙 Robert Munsch one of Canada’s most beloved authors and his wife had two stillbirths, which was the inspiration behind the book Love You Forever.

CAN VS ENG in the FINAL MATCH for the women’s rugby World Cup today at 11:00. It’s gonna be so good. Let’s gooooooooooo

Another reminder that the city is doing an open house TOMORROW about bus lanes on Bank Street. It will be at Blessed Sacrament Parish, 194 Fourth Avenue from 6:30 - 8:30 pm. Come help support 24/7 bus lanes on Bank! Info at the link below. engage.ottawa.ca/bank-street-...

honest to god, there's a noticeable difference in my mental health when this app is 100% bosty

I was walking down a street in New York and I thought how lovely it was, with the trees and the light. Tried to take a photo and this came out. It’s incredible how blind we become to the ugliness of cars. They really do mess things up. Yet somehow we manage to filter them out.

@glengower.ca Learning more about Montreal's REM and my genius idea is that we should let these guys build out future O-Train extensions. 😎 www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlHq...

Regular reminder for new’ish parents in Ottawa that are cargo bike curious for daycare drop-offs and park meets - you can rent a cargo bike from @letsgocargo.bsky.social and then have a fun weekend trying #cargobikelife

BLOW UP THE TEAM!!! (I'm not actually watching because it's preseason and I would never. I just like having fun online ❤️)