We’ve extended hours at some City facilities this weekend if you need to beat the heat! 🏊 City pools are open 10 am - 8:30 pm 🌊 Spray pads are open 9 am - 9 pm 🏢 City Hall is open as a cooling centre from 9 am -7 pm, Fri, Sat and Sun. Here's a list of Regional Cooling Spaces: https://bit.ly/4dQFqOK

Wild how anyone buys the fiction that new fossil fuel investments are good for the economy when the Strait of Hormuz has fucked supply for the forseeable future and initiated a mass drive to move away from oil. How is no one pressing Carney in this? Even beyond the climate angle it’s irrational.

All Hail King Doug!!! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Climate change is a real and serious problem. We had a strong plan to fight it…

This Canada Day I'm finding I am more sad then celebratory. We are choosing saving money over the environment, health, education, safety... everything that makes Canada such a great place to live. Yeah, sure, we can save a few bucks on our taxes. But at what cost?

They do realize that this is going to affect a whole bunch of Canadian grocery chains' house brands, right? Like, Safeway brand pickles are from India.

"declining all optional benefits may save a driver around $75 to $100 annually in premiums" So, to save $100 PER YEAR you are risking some pretty major ramifications if you are in an accident. That's not even $10/mo. The only winners here are insurance companies who won't have to pay out as much.

DIY affogato at Herrles today: Raspberry white chocolate gelato, cup of black coffee. Eat enough gelato to make room in the cup. Pour in coffee. Eat and swoon. ♥️

by Yutaka Murakami (Japanese, b. 1957)

We have an old wooden dresser, probably from the mid 19th century. It's huge. It's used for linens and rolls of wrapping paper (yes, it's that big) and odds and ends in our dining room. I'd post a picture but the dining room is an organisational disaster atm. 😅

Sun's out and patios are set up! My annual patio round-up of who's doing what - food, drink, FIFA, non-FIFA in Waterloo Region, Wellington County, and Guelph! #Summer #Patios #Food #Drink #WorldCup #WaterlooRegion #WellingtonCounty #Guelph www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Pretty please don't break the fireworks bylaw. I am sure this will totally work.

Modern society is weird. Really really weird.

Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which was gutted last year. If Bezos can spend $500M on a yacht, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.

Am I being over-sensitive here or does the term “side effects” have an inherent negative connotation and therefore this headline is sci-comm malpractice? The “side effects” are reduced risk of serious cardiac complications and reduced risk of all-cause cardiac events. Benefits. That’s the word.

Showing up will count towards 10-15% of their grades. One wishes this was the standard for the premier in the legislature.

Hopefully other cities follow.

So I just uploaded a bunch of new stuff to Loxythemaker.com. As always, my bsky buddies get 20% off with code Bskybaybee. Here are just a couple examples from over 50 new pairs. More than just earrings on my site! Tell your friends? #bsnm

Also like, this shit is what you do when you can’t show actual progress on any public priorities: healthcare, housing, education, etc. Wasting millions of taxpayer dollars to see if fearmongering ads will get Doug Ford’s approval numbers up. There’s better things to spend it on if you ask me…

We. Can. Build. A. World. Where. We. Do. Not. Mock. People’s. Physical. Appearance. (Or ability! Ahem!) This includes size. AND clothing choices. Hair. Makeup. Even, yes, body modifications. What matters, for the 28295282th time, is people's words & actions. What they say & do.

NPR has a 'Word of the Week' series, and this week it's LUDDITE I spoke with Emma Bowman about who they really were and about the new luddites organizing against big tech + AI A fun one and, since it's airing on All Things Considered, maybe the biggest-audience luddite rehabilitation effort yet

Not a Bezos fan myself, but truth matters. The quote about water usage is from a parody account. Lits of things to hate, let's go with those that are real though.

Remember, if you see someone shoplifting, no you didn't.

What an extraordinarily poor choice of words, holy shit

Let's talk about mass trespass.

Cooked Brussels sprouts. Yes, I have tried it that way. And also that way. They are still horrid.

As someone who decided not to have kids 30 years ago, and knows a lot of other people who did same: No.

Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social Canadians voted for an "Elbows Up" Administration. That means being aggressive to the point you might wind up in the penalty box. Do you understand that? Sincerely, An "Elbows Up" voter.

Still no word on the state of CSIS and RCMP profits in the last quarter. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Parking QR code leads Elora visitors to porn website instead of payment portal

We're burning bridges with a fascist state you dumbass. Maybe look at the history of the battles our armed forces have fought.

Spread the news...a sneak peak at tomorrow's food column! Tomorrow at 7:40 am EDT (GMT-4) 89.1 FM in Waterloo Region, Guelph, & Wellington County Or online: buff.ly/2TEPmBp (set region to Kitchener-Waterloo)

Dear Women in Ontario, The Ontario Government thinks your health issues are completely unimportant and not worthy of continuing care. osteoporosis.ca/position-statements/changes-in-bmd-testing-in-ontario-gp/

Maybe one can rationalize to yourself whether it _really_ is a nazi bar just because some nazis like to go there... but come on, people, the owner of the bar is a nazi and it's not a coincidence

Believe trans youth.

Everyone should submit their thoughts and concerns about the expansion of Billy Bishop to handle jets. No matter what questions the government is asking, it's not a done deal, and a flood of public backlash is much harder to ignore than a discouraged public that never raises its voice.

Beaverlodge RCMP requests public assistance in search for Dawson Creek woman

The Government of Canada launches public consultations on the future of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport Complete the anonymous survey here: https://tc.canada.ca/en/corporate-services/consultations/public-consultation-future-billy-bishop-toronto-city-airport #TOPoli #ONPoli #cdnpoli#onpoli#topoli#ytz

Picking a name for a new school is normally a lengthy consultative process involving staff, trustees and community representatives. Under this Minister of Education, the new name is literally whatever he decides it is (and not just in supervised boards). ottawacitizen.com/news/new-ele...

So i just ask you to please watch for bikes. Respect us as users of the road. There are very few things so important that you can’t consider the safety of those around you while doing it. Don’t text and drive. Don’t speed. Take half a sec to check your mirrors. Be alert. Don’t kill us.

You know who yells at work colleagues? Assholes. There. I wrote your column for you. www.thestar.com/politics/pol...

This has to be a top ten dumbest policy of all time. "a pedestrian will have to rely on their own auto insurance policy for optional accident benefits."

A story I love about Anthony Stewart Head. Thank you to this person for sharing it on Tumblr. What a mensch.

Anthony Head was an Ambassador for Battersea Dogs and Cats home for more than two decades. Thanks for everything Tony x

Sorry to hear of the death of Anthony Head. Although well known for much more important acting work, I always had a soft spot for the series of Gold Blend adverts that he was in - a short story in instalments, and never bettered IMO. This should be a playlist of them all In order, I think. RIP

A company that makes a no-tech, repairable tractor is having trouble keeping up with demand from farmers sick of John Deere's repair monopoly and simply want a tractor that turns on and works: www.404media.co/demand-is-bo...

If certain Albertans have 'legitimate' grievances with Canada, the Rest of Canada can also have 'legitimate' grievances with those Albertans. It ain't a one way street.

“They silenced me:” Cambridge teen interrupted by mayor during speech at Pride event

well, here's a nice metaphor as we work on dreaming the next chapter after this one: