A pipeline funded by…. you. This is a government pipeline with a mere 10% stake from private investment. And jobs? Last year 10k Albertan oil workers were laid off as production skyrocketed. Call it what it is — a handout for the dying fossil fuel industry.

The new pipeline is expected to cost between $35-44 billion of mostly public money, according to Alberta's filing.

Canadian government collecting pipelines like they're beenie babies.

Splatter lines like this might actually get drivers to obey them.

Carney confirms he was delayed by the (climate linked) "biblical weather" in Ottawa on his way to announce a new oil pipeline

🥇With a 2am rain total of 118.4mm, yesterday was #Ottawa's wettest Jul 1st since records began in 1872. #YowWx #OttWeather #YOW #OttNews #ONWx

We had to shutdown the factory and send everyone home. It's too hot to work. But let's build pipelines!!!

A single day of extreme heat kills 3,400 people in India; a five-day heatwave kills nearly 30,000. Fossil Fuel burning is making heatwaves more frequent.

Ah yes climate change, the classic dilema of short term gains of reduced emissions at the expense of long term gains in wealth. Well done sir, you really do see the big picture.

There are five lanes in this picture, and a refuge island between each of them. Bikes and peds never cross more than a lane at a time. Can you imagine an US DOT or Canadian MOT designing something like that?

Obviously I'm more upset by this because I've my own 11yr olds who bike through our suburban neighbourhood. However, nothing will change if we just print a reworded police report and move on. Car violence is a systemic problem that can be addressed. Yet here we just accept it as a sad reality.

Elle avait 11 ans. Fuck cars. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/226...

whether you're bombarded by slop, or losing your job, or acquiring new forms of psychosis, or killing yourself trying to keep up with an endless treadmill of perceived hyperproductivity, the AI future has a flavor of misery for everyone!

Chickens are having an open house

Today I learned you can just watch the entirety of "Air Bud" on YouTube. If you're having a bad day or a good day you can just put it on and your day will get better.

I'm beginning to come round to the view that my online presence (which, aside from Bluesky and work use is pretty much non-existent) may have to shrink even further. Because I ain't providing any ID just to get online.

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

What are we even doing here? This is just going to ruin it for everyone else trying to get around using ebikes or even e-scooters. How is this not immediately impouned?

My paper with @davetoews.bsky.social was featured in the cover story for the latest issue of Living Bird magazine @cornellbirds.bsky.social. Check out the lovely accompanying artwork, too. Well-told by @rheisman.bsky.social.

Besides being a wonderful human, @jeffgoodell.bsky.social wrote a tremendous book called The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet. I recommend it to anyone who reads.

Thought this was absolutely lovely (gift link)

Happy summer solstice from the taiga breeding waders of northern Norway ☀️

… a lil opossum munching away on my cliff bar in my pannier! 🤯😂 How did it get here?!

« Selon les premières informations, le conducteur du camion n’aurait pas aperçu la cycliste »

the stench of grift is overwhelming "acquiring and advancing critical mineral exploration opportunities through its artificial intelligence-enhanced technology platform." Let's have a puppy killer help our chatbot lie about rocks globalnews.ca/news/1190912...

Flex posts: Protecting paint jobs, not people's lives.

I am deeply honoured to be a laureate of the 2026 Rousseeuw Prize, which has been awarded to the R Project. I have been on the R Core Team for almost 30 years, We built and maintained R with a vision to make statistical tools freely available and extendable. Congratulations to entire team!

My hot take is that at busy intersections, cars should only be allowed to turn when they have a light directing them explicitly. I've had so many cars turn into the crosswalk because the light is green and no cars are coming.

Today's evidence that If I commute long enough a pick-up truck driver *will* kill me in Gatineau. The driver before him didn't notice the advance left turn (on their phone?) and he didn't want to wait until it was safe to turn. My friend, your illegal plate cover is no match for my MS Paint skills.

The Met put its entire collection online for free so I made a game out of it! 10 artifacts a day, and you guess where and when each one's from. Anthropeum.com if anyone wants to give it a shot and leave feedback :) #history #archeology #arthistory #museums

Today's discourses aren't quite the same, but they rhyme

So glad all the FIFA tourists can get a photo-op in front of the abandoned Cafe Crepe

Now we’re posting!! It’s laptop class and HR to not speed

I wonder if #Ottawa knows how much worse traffic is going to get in September. Not only will public servants be commuting to their offices an extra day, many will now be commuting further as departments move to mandatory assigned seating and close flexible working locations.

These fuckers came for fountain pens with SEO-heavy AI slop. Now they're coming for birds, again with AI slop attributed to an author who doesn't exist? This is personal.

This is of course a problem beyond bike or pedestrian infrastructure. People are really, really bad at identifying underlying causes or systemic issues that influence behavior.

Just finished listening to "Chain Gang All Stars". Such a powerful book and the audiobook production was fantastic. Sometimes hearing the voices (and the singing!) makes the story so much more impactful.

I suggested the Royal Society kick the most famous living Nazi out of its organisation, so they blocked me.

new diamond open-access Journal of Statistical Ecology launched 🎉🎉🎉 jse.centre-mersenne.org @fredbarraquand.bsky.social @oaggimenez.bsky.social @marieaugermethe.bsky.social @vianeylb.bsky.social (apologies to any Bsky editors I missed)

« Le cycliste, un homme de 38 ans, aurait été percuté par un premier conducteur. La victime aurait été projetée dans les airs, avant de retomber lourdement au sol, où elle a été heurtée par un deuxième véhicule. » 😑 www.journaldemontreal.com/2026/06/09/c...

BREAKING: "After being criticized for the wording of the questions in the survey soliciting public consultation on the future of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, the Government of Canada revamps and restarts the survey with new questions."

I’ve posted a long FAQ with everything you need to know about a kids’ social media ban. Key takeaway: it is an ineffective and harmful policy that raises privacy concerns for tens of millions of Canadians through mandated age verification requirements.

Quick research survey about #OttBike. Research Project: What are the perceived barriers to cycling in Ottawa, and what urban design changes could address them in the context of a 15-minute city? (I'm not affiliated with the study, just sharing to boost reach).

The list of Ecology/Evolution/Marine Bio Labs recruiting grad students for Fall 2027 is live! PIs enter your position info here: forms.gle/MAGd4ohyPeoY... students (and PIs not recruiting) share the composite list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely! 🧪

Historically, when the Canadian Prime Minister walks through a crowd of protesters, the biggest documented risk is that a protester will be attacked by the Prime Minister.

This is what every game developer sounds like right now.

Interesting. Link unrelated I'm sure. www.cbc.ca/radio/whaton...

A year after they began limiting car access to Pike Place Market, it’s hard to believe it wasn’t always like this. An absolute no-brainer.

It's pretty cool to not only have someone read your MA thesis, but then to blog about it and encourage others to read it. Thanks @robattrell.bsky.social!