I can’t believe I made it to 54 before I learned that an HTML password field is just a plain text field with dots instead of characters and whatever you type is just sitting there. Now that someone looking over your shoulder has moved way down the list of concerns, why do we still use this thing?

Also, November is the best month to ride a bike #BikeTO

DULF did what Health Canada was too afraid to do. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

People think "politics" is what you say, but politics is in fact how you wield power. In that sense, driving a car is one of the most profound ways to reveal what your actual politics are. How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.

One conclusion we can draw from this is that half of Ontarians trust vibes more than data. It should be a little embarrassing for a *polling firm* to not pick up on that. #BikeTO #WalkTO #VisionZero #SafeStreets

This is one of the most depressing things I’ve experienced, and I am 3/4 the way through Death’s End.

How do you make the #MercatorProjection even more so? 📍Saskatoon airport restaurant #SonOfACartogtapher

Yesterday’s drive between shows at the Ironwood (Calgary) and the Bassment (Saskatoon) with the Worst Pop Band Ever. Really lucky I get to do this once in a while. The high school students in Saskatoon are THE BEST. #LiveMusic #LiveJazz

New record out. It’s a real privilege to make music with such accomplished artists, in a context defined largely by a refusal to take ourselves seriously. wpbe.bandcamp.com/album/the-le... #LiveMusic #LiveMusic #jazz #NotJazz #TheWorstPopBandEver

What Dan says

As @karlgroves.bsky.social says, Jonny James says your business case is hokum.

Stock videos of people eating in reverse

Who’s going to say it?

It’s all about safe spaces

Also, if you haven’t seen Ronley Teper’s Lipliners perform live, you’ve been missing out on something really special. ronleyteperandthelipliners.bandcamp.com/album/everyo...

I played my first double in maybe 15 years last night. Huge gratitude to both the Jazz Bistro and the Rex for loving both live musicians and Halloween. #LiveMusic #MusicToronto

WE HAVE A WINNER! 🏆 Huge congratulations to @dalya.dev for creating the The Perfect Date Picker who takes home the shit trophy and a copy of @kevinpowell.co's CSS Demystified course! perfectdate.relevant.space

The Gardiner going back up to 3 lanes in each direction is going to make a good case study in #IinducedDemand.

I like this. People with disabilities are able to do many things, especially when we create environments for everyone. Disabled doesn't necessarily mean unhealthy. And many people are strong and fit. I'm going to stop using able-bodied and just use non-disabled. #WordsMatter #DisabilityJustice

Make a movie food: Primerib

Our new car insurance comes with a discount if we use an app that tracks driving behaviour. I got my first actionable warning yesterday for “harsh braking” on the Martin Goodman Trail. Dude, if I’m driving on the MGT, harsh braking is the least of our worries. #BikeTO

Q: Where does a man get his water? A: From a well, actually.

One of my greatest joys over the past 25 years has been playing with The Worst Pop Band Ever, proof that you can make tolerable music while steadfastly refusing to take yourself seriously. We inflict yet another record on the world in early Nov - here’s a taste wpbe.bandcamp.com/album/love-i...

Encoded in this decision is the lie that certain things, like art and music, can’t be taught. I am here to tell you that is absolute bullshit. #ONPoli

At long last, our book "Don't Collect the Deadly Wallpaper" collects the beloved deadly wallpaper.

One of my greatest joys over the past 25 years has been playing with The Worst Pop Band Ever, proof that you can make tolerable music while steadfastly refusing to take yourself seriously. We inflict yet another record on the world in early Nov - here’s a taste wpbe.bandcamp.com/album/love-i...

(In any case, the villain of the story is the delivery apps who are forcing people, often marginalized immigrants just trying to hustle in the sleet & snow for 12 bucks an hour, to deliver your burrito as quickly as possible or they won't get paid. but that's a thornier discussion than "e-bike bad")

My dad, a cartographer, made it his personal mission to educate every one of my geography teachers from grades 1 through 12 on the relative sizes of Greenland and South America. It’s shocking how often he wasn’t successful.

Three levels of govt were able to coordinate a $380M budget for FIFA in Toronto. That’s enough to house/feed/&c. >7k people for a year at $54k each, which is the AVERAGE cost of living in Toronto. That’s a choice. #HousingIsAHumanRight

For those attending, I hope #A11yTO is a great event, filled with the usual excellent opportunities to learn and share work. I am experiencing serious FOMO this year, but I’ll be down the street, doing the work nevertheless. Go get ‘em!

Aha! I think this is called a “delayed disconnect” scam. Yikes. Careful out there! www.lethbridgepolice.ca/news/posts/p...

This morning my stepmom was almost the victim of #fraud. The weak link was that they called her, told her to hang up and call the number on her bank card, and when she did, that’s when they started trying to get access to all her stuff. Did they intercept the call? Are we doing that now?

I've been "collecting" these type of headlines and stories for over a decade now, and our 2019 study looked at 200 articles, but this may take the cake. Top 5 of all time for sure. @calvinthigpen.com

John Carpenter’s Vernon, Florida

You may install car lanes only if it doesn’t require removing bike lanes. We can call it The Reverse 212. #BikeTO www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This is very cool, and I found it surprisingly difficult.

Who do I talk to about getting people to stop referring to roundabouts as safety measures? #ONPoli #VisionZero www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Guy in banana costume meme, but also 70 is nearly guaranteed to kill any pedestrian or person on a bike you hit, and 40 zone means odds are very good it’s going to be a kid. #ONPoli #TOPoli #VisionZero #BikeTO #WalkTO globalnews.ca/news/1146373...

October is the best month to ride bikes #BikeTO

If you’re going to propose fixes for a community, it’s maybe a good idea to join that community first. #BikeTO

It’s been more than a year, but it still freaks me out that I grew up in this house.

My extended commute takes me along Crescent Rd in Rosedale, home to many who claim bike lanes on Yonge obstruct EMS, but accept driving on the sidewalk in their neighbourhood because city-subsidized parking has reduced many of the streets to a single lane. #BikeTO

Liberal ideas aren’t popular, left ideas are. Don’t get it twisted. Nobody wants the “opportunity” for healthcare. They want healthcare.

#OntEd folks, reorganization has been especially disruptive this year in. Here’s why and what we can do. #onpoli #topoli #tdsb #tcdsb share widely (cont…)

I had a not-so-little rant about how I practise journalism on *that other app* 🐦❎ earlier today. ICYMI… (I don’t plan to spam like this ever again – especially not on a Saturday – but I’m compelled to type because this is a timely opportunity to address misinformation and fake-news rhetoric.)

I showed this article to my partner and she said, “Congratulations on being in the 70th percentile in your first year poli sci class. Read some fucking Hegel.”

Reminder: instead of funding classroom supports, Doug Ford spent $1.8 billion on bribery cheques to parents. This would have paid the salary of 30,000 educational assistants to keep children with Autism safe and learning at school. Just sayin’. #OntEd #OnPoli

Eyes peeled for a white Ford Explorer with orange paint on it.

This is one way to say “Even though we were targeting everyone else, 95% of tickets still went to motorists.”

#ONPoli #VisionZero globalnews.ca/news/1144907...