Sharrows used to make sense in theory, but are now mostly useless and possibly dangerous. momentummag.com/sharrows-use...

We ask everyone outside of the car to be safe so that drivers can be dangerous.

I see James Watson died. So it's time for a science joke. "What did Watson and Crick discover?" "Rosalind Franklin's notes." Good joke.

I do love certain city councilors INSISTING that everyone HAS to have a car to get places because we are a winter city. If we were actually using logic, we should put way more money into transit and push people to drive less during the winter, given how dangerous it can be.

Just realized that Wikipedia editors are facing an onslaught of GenAI articles, and keeping the resource based on citations that are real, is going to be an ongoing problem as the Web is infected with AI Slop.

GOOD. Premiers using the notwithstanding clause to take our rights away whenever we prove to be ideologically inconvenient is wrong. What is our democracy then? "Supreme Court of Canada says it will hear appeals in a challenge of Saskatchewan's school pronoun law." #CdnPoli #SkPoli #Sask

Oh I forgot it's Guy Fawkes night. Feels ironic.

Do you want to laugh? Democrat Aftab Pureval has been re-elected as the Mayor of Cincinnati. His Republican opponent, Cory Bowman, is JD Vance’s half-brother. A landslide loss: 81.7% - 18.3%

Did you know Saskatchewan has the highest rate of Child poverty in Canada. Did you further know 1 in 10 people in the Battlefords needed to use the foodbank to have a meal. What is Scott Moe doing about it? Nothing. Hungry kids don't learn.

It's November!!? #Nanowrimo may be dead, but I'm still gonna write a book this month. Yep yep yep.

Oh my....

Efficient, apparently. Still knackering though. My route today delivering @nicheideas.bsky.social books

Folks, this is an unusual request but we're desperate! Half of the Niche Ideas team has family in #Jamaica and they need to flee Hurricane #Melissa. Need to raise $500 ASAP to help get them to safety. *Any* contributions would be hugely appreciated!! Thank you!! www.ko-fi.com/nicheideas #booksky

Excellent move.

The Expense sticker spotted in Massachusetts. 📸Masswoodworks

Did not get much done today.

I don't even understand how baseball works, but this scene is JOYFUL.

Sask drive, (Elphinstone to Albert), then up Albert st, then 8th Ave to Broad St has to be the ugliest route to walk (on major arteries at least) in this city. Change my mind, #YQR. Last time I cycled it, a guy in a truck tailed me and asked if I was allowed to be on the road. 🤦‍♀️

Pete's Press presents.... The Black Cat Book Sale at Pause Coffee! November 1st, 11am-3pm All of our Pete's Press titles available, plus great coffee, silly costumes and good cheer. See you all there?! #yqr #booksky 📚💙

The fact that the "Beg Button" exists in so many cities is messed up. For the privilege of crossing the street, pedestrians are required to press a button, wait, and then scurry across while cars + trucks give them a few seconds of grace. Here's one I'd press in a second... 🧵

Help i want to go to bed

As someone recently 'doored' and concussed after cycling in sharrows, I'll spell it out again... Paint. Isn't. Infrastructure. #PaintIsntInfrastructure #sharrows=ShittyArrows

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

Bluesky positioning is spot on tonight

hell yeah

What if you had to take your drivers test at least every 10 years? A lot changes over time. Including knowledge/memory of the road rules, driver skills and ability, and the size and deadliness of vehicles.

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…” Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

just watched a dozen people ask microsoft copilot experts their most pressing questions and those questions were 90% “how do i turn it off?” and “when i turn it off, is it really off or is it spying on me?”

Our Black Cat Book Sale is back for another year! Stop by Pause Coffee on Nov 1st for some "Halloween-adjacent" fun. We're bringing our full cat-alogue of books, which pair excellently with great coffee! #booksky #yqr

Scream us a song, you're the Piano Man A song from the darkness beneath With your piano wire hair and your soul-chilling stare And your eighty-eight black and white teeth

Today I am mainly researching Russian period costumes. #amediting

Yes it was me. I photobombed. Completely intentionally.

Why does Sam Altman look like someone asked AI to draw Tig Notaro?

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Yesterday I said a society *requiring* you to own a car makes you less free than a society with options for biking, walking, & transit. Lots of people have shouted at me that this could never work in rural areas, and that they have to drive long distances for everything. YOU'RE MAKING MY POINT.

All welcome to our Fall Fiction Launch on Saturday! Featuring.brand new books from Aquila, Glen Harper and @robyndansereau.bsky.social 3.30pm at the George Bothwell library. There will be an enormous amount of cake. #booksky 📚💙

Cars fucking suck.

Had to cycle to Harbour Landing again. Near misses= 4. Wtf is wrong with people?!?! First, a guy just drove out across the pasqua bike lane without looking. I managed to swerve out the way in time though. (Cont>) 🧵

Clones from dandruff, was in an episode of Red Dwarf now it's science. 🪐 Just don't sneeze. BBC News - Human skin DNA fertilised to make embryo for first time - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Rise of Slow Biking Culture in a World Obsessed with Speed.

I nearly forgot, my book, "A Thousand Lives" is two years old today! a.co/d/49foRjm #booksky

Bike Regina also notes that, contrary to what Turnbull asserted, helmets AREN'T the best way to protect cyclists, separated bike lanes is. #yqrcc

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Amazon have arbitrarily put my book on sale without telling me. I guess go buy it while it's cheap? www.amazon.ca/Books-City-P... #booksky 📚💙

ATTENTION FINLAND-BASED CITY-BUILDERS & URBANISTS: Please reply to this post with examples of how you do city-building, city planning or urban design differently because you live “in the shadow of Russia.” Or security, education, education, media, civic expectations, politics, health, etc. Thanks!

Bike Day on the Hill 2025: How Cycling is Driving Canada’s Prosperity. momentummag.com/bike-day-on-...

Do you have any idea how many natural resources AI uses up? How much of a clusterfuck it is for the climate? If yes, then MAYBE DON'T ILLUSTRATE YOUR ARTICLE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE WITH AI ART!!!

Next week will be my 7th work trip to Toronto in 2 years of @petespress.bsky.social Friend suggested I should just open up a store there instead. "But Toronto rents are insane!" I replied. Turns out.. commercial rents for retail units there are *cheaper than Regina*. What. The. Actual. Fuck.

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