Fuck yes, science!

Sure, Killbear is nice @clareblackwood.bsky.social but have you SEEN Killarney?!

Oh no, I didn’t know I was the 1%!

I realized I should have add @ausmalik.bsky.social as this impacts her ward. I would love some clarity on what “modifying” the cycle-tracks south of Dundas will entail.

So this sounds like #Toronto is removing the bike lanes south of Dundas on University and making the intersections more dangerous? LOVE that, @mayoroliviachow.ca and @diannesaxe.bsky.social I would love an explanation. I’m sure @cycletoronto.bsky.social and @bikewaysto.bsky.social aould too.

Well this was an unexpected rabbit hole to go down this morning which ends at a lovely little song.

There’s a solid law pun in here somewhere but it’s too early for my brain to think of it….

If I were ever interested in running for elected office, I would steal every single messaging tactic from Zohran's campaign.

The annual trimming of the tree branches that hit our house. Phrases uttered included “He is but a boy, but a boy grows to be a man, and a man seeks revenge. He must be cut down.”

I'm sorry, a pair of individuals was roaming around Yonge & Dundas assaulting people on a Thursday morning for OVER TWO HOURS (5:45am - 8:07am) before the police arrested them? Hey @mayoroliviachow.ca where is the $1.2 BILLION police budget going? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Hate has no place in my Canada or my city. Counter protest dwarfs the protest.

I did not expect Helldivers II to make its way into my feed today... (a game I play entirely too much of).

Well, I kind of love this.

I intend to be part of the counter-protest on Saturday, I hope to see others there. Apparently there will be ice cream!

It all happened so fast. The Journey tee coming soon via @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

This is LITERALLY the sort of thing Luddites were against: the devaluing of skilled labour and a race to the bottom.

Today I learned that the Winnipeg Free Press can see into the future:

But Clare, why are you so mean to Banker Daddy? [I know I'm probably giving him more benefit of the doubt than a lot of folks, but even I'm like, "But could you say one nice thing about trees?]

Honestly, "Pierre Poilievre would have been worse" isn't half bad as far as slogans go.

My social media worlds once again collide.

Say what you will, but I love some sassy Hansard debate transcripts. This one from second reading of the Condominium Act 1998 in...1998:

Oh hey, I wrote an update to my 2023 article about practicing law with #ADHD for the Canadian Defence Lawyers' Hearsay newsletter. Come check it out. It's part advice, part cautionary tales, and part, probably, old man yelling at clouds! www.cdlawyers.org/article_cont...

Man I forgot about Macfarlane’s hottest take.

Hey @kayehm.bsky.social any idea if this was a city approved paint job? Popped up during the week on Danforth just east of Broadview (Eastbound)

7:4 split? That’s 11 judges! That’s too many judges!

Beaches East York MPP @marymargaretbey.bsky.social is organizing an east end cycling meetup on Thursday, September 4. Meet 7 PM at The Kingston House (676 Kingston Road). Please RSVP at www.eventbrite.ca/e/pedal-ing-.... #BikeTO #BEY #TOpoli #VisionZero

Ok, but did we have to use AI for this? Literal photos available of Stalin's picture on a building next to a flag, in GERMANY no less (pre-Operation Barbarossa I assume). commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bu...

"It's an acquired taste" is the Stockholm Syndrome of flavour.

Oh good, I've found my latest installment of my unofficial office news letter, "AI isn't great, my dudes."

Right, so there's my take. The ability of Google NotebookLM to take written materials and turn it into "podcast" format, is actually pretty amazing. I did it with a conference paper I wrote. It produced something that was accessible, largely true to the source, & added new analogies...BUT

Good Will Hunting, obviously. “I don’t know how they do things where you’re from but where I’m from nobody lifts a finger without retain-ah!”

Hey, can anyone flip me the Notice of Appeal for the Bill 212 Charter challenge? @mlongfield.bsky.social @andrewlewisfc.bsky.social

Old-school UK legal snark still king: This case has been argued with a courage, a pertinacity, and a learning which it has been melancholy, in my judgment, to see thrown away upon a case so utterly hopeless –Lord Justice James, Ex Parte Kingston; In re Gross (1871), L.R. 6 Ch. 632, 40 L.J. Bk. 91.

If I were the federal NDP, the first thing I'd do when Parliament returns is take steps to introduce legislation to remove s. 107 from the CLC.

It's weird when Housesigma starts sending you notifications that houses on my "watched" list that sold during our 2023 house hunt are now back on the market, for less than they sold in 2023...

Hey folks! See my long post about why you should consider donating to my team, The Fox Trotters, but this year's 2025 Terry Fox Run! run.terryfox.ca/page/devanmarr

Gotta hand it to ‘em, Biidaasige Park is really lovely.

You know what I'd love to see from the Federal government's environmental policy @juliedabrusin.bsky.social? An e-bike and cargo bike rebate. 1. Supports local businesses; 2. Encourages modal shift in transit away from cars; 3. Improves health outcomes, lowering healthcare costs;

Oh…oh no. I might be part of the problem.

Get in here @cambryardship.bsky.social

I don’t know why, but I thought of you when I saw this at the used book store, @sarabwarf.bsky.social

I had a moment camping where I struggled to open the bear proof garbage bin and all I could think of was “oh no there IS an overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest people. I CANNOT be in the Venn diagram overlap!”

I can’t prove it but I am 100% convinced this trend was caused by Apple removing the headphone jack from iPhones and all other phones following.

Killbear is a pretty nice park.

Fuck yes. @louiscentury.bsky.social congrats! (I haven’t read it yet but I’m told the Bedford argument carries the day!)

Oh hey, I recognize that sign!

So many comments at today's council meeting re: "We didn't do anything permanent things for the Pan Am Games, so why bother for FIFA?" Meanwhile the UP Express is sitting there asking "what am I? Gefilte fish?"

Every time he speaks, I want to launch him into the sun.

"My faith is that public libraries, and all those who work in them, and all those who lead them, and all those who fund and support them, and all those who use them ... they will guide the way to a better future for us all, where residents are more engaged in civic life," says Bowles.

What a headline. @clareblackwood.bsky.social you know what to do.