What passes for leadership in this city is truly appalling. Someone who sits on FINCO, chairs a committee that is associated with infrastructure, and is not a noob at the council table only should maybe figure out how to contribute to city building, rather than shit bombing other people's work.

Huge solidarity to @unifor.org local 88. 1,100 workers making EV delivery vans, laid off by GM. Now they're saying, enough! If GM comes for the machines, they'll occupy the plant. 1/

But you know what is the best unrestricted fund for a municipality? Taxes and fees, the existing social contract with our residents. A donation button is sort of a bougie look for a municipality, and people will see through it.

I think this whole capitalism situation has gotten a bit out of hand.

The constant gaslighting from centrists that the only option is more disaster capitalism is exhausting 50 years of failure and they still can't grasp it

A good start to the day! www.cbc.ca/news/world/d...

We are aware of an arrest gone horrifically wrong. After a person was tased by police, a TPS officer exited his vehicle without parking it, it hit the person & another officer. Cop entered the SUV & instead of stopping it hit the gas, making the situation worse. We will be watching this closely.

Anyone know if the western MUP along Queen Elizabeth Driveway is open between Bank and Bronson, yet? Hoping to #ottbike down that way with a couple of kids.

Alright, this crappy weather can clear off. It’s new wheels day!

This is insane www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Mwhoever does the pre-game reels for these World Series games is a dork.

Mayor of podunk capital city criticizes big business sports interests for not fully supporting his real estate big business cronies. Film at 6:00.

Nobody cares about the sports ball.

This is a period when the gloves are coming off so that the class relations in society and the predatory world order we live under are much more clear cut to many more people. The #corporatemedia's loss of credibility reflects this.

A multi-millionaire central banker tells us that we should make sacrifices so he can boost military spending and grease the wheels of profit making by fossil fuel companies. #Carney #Austerity

US liberals are upset because #Trump is tearing down part of the #WhiteHouse. They should understand that people across the world would celebrate if the entire building was a pile of smoking rubble

Today was like early Christmas: runs arrived for building new wheels, so they have been dropped off with hubs at the bike shop. With any luck, they will be ready this weekend!

Just booked a trip to Cancun for me and my sons in January (not an all-inclusive), and having not been on a trip abroad in 13 years(!) I can tell you I am looking forward to some treip planning, even if it is only for a week!

How does Strava’s map making feature work? Have been using the Ride With GPS one on free trial, but looking to see what the alternatives are.

Well, rode 160k today, with 120k on gravel along the TCT and OVRT. Let’s just say that was ambitious.

Let the adventures begin.

PXOs have signs and flashing lights and they're constantly ignored. #SubSkeet

The world’s top 1 percent is responsible for double the emissions of the entire bottom half of the planet. The message is clear: to fight climate change, we have to fight the ruling class.

Cartoon by Suhail H. Naqshbandi

Anyone missing a trike and trailer?

Planning what will hopefully be my longest ride of 2025 for this weekend: maps.app.goo.gl/rZ5DC45QbUtU...

Canada’s “elbows up” nationalism may look like resistance to Trump, but it risks repeating the colonial violence it claims to oppose. Ellen Gabriel and @seancarleton.bsky.social warn that patriotism built on erasing Indigenous struggles makes real reconciliation impossible.

Anyone know a good bike route from the Quyon Ferry to Ste. Cecile de Masham? Cc @gguillaume.bsky.social @dvdham.bsky.social

I live in Queensway Terrace North. My street FINALLY got a sidewalk & a decent drainage system. What a fantastic impact - more people out walking with strollers & mobility aids, decent management of rainwater, good access to the bus & incoming LRT, & it looks great. @tkavanaghbayward.bsky.social

Anyone have any suggestions for where to go in the Caribbean/South America for a week with a 12 and 14 year-old that doesn’t involve a resort or huge budget? Had thought Cuba, but once again, US citizenship appears to be an issue.

So, business as usual for the Liberal Party. Run left, rule right has served them well for a hundred years. Canadians, trapped by a ridiculous voting system, and a seeming unending appetite for pain, continue to fall for the Liberals' "progressivism".

mark carney’s liberals really going from bad to worse in record time

I love the idea of a guerilla umlaut www.the-berliner.com/english-news...

Hey #ottbike peeps, any intel on veloroute des Draveurs? Planning on trying it out on a cyclocross bike. I’m running 35mm knobby tires. Doable, or a challenge?

'It is now clear that the world cannot recycle its way out of the #plasticpollution crisis.' www.commondreams.org/news/plastic...

Anyone have recommendations for an electric bike tire pump?

@ladybugspicnic.bsky.social justice treated me to a sushi dinner. Didn’t stop me from bbqing the jerk chicken that I had marinated. Guess I have some fancy snacks in store.

JUST SAY OZZY! RIP

Just over 100 days into his term, Canadian prime minister Mark Carney is taking aim at the size of the state — while ramping up military spending. He’s launched a whole-of-government review, pushing deep cuts, deregulation, and a $9 billion boost to defense.

Nobody asked for this.

Bike Camping booked for Taylor Lake in August!

Fuck the Snowbirds and the spectacle of the Military Industrial Complex.

Any #ottbike suggestions for century rides? Have been riding around the Carp area so far this year and loving it, but also glad to spread out and explore other areas.

The ring road is called Hunt Club Rd., Tim. We don't need another sprawl corridor. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

There was once this idea that a relatively benevolent government had a role to play in ensuring that residents were reasonably protected against things that they might not have the capacity to fully appreciate. Now, we ask people to count dead fish and side-eye the algae. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

As many as 40,000 people across Canada are out of their homes at the moment because of #wildfires. Now, back to #MarkCarney for more on those 'nation building' #oilandgas projects.

Last Wednesday, workers at a port in southern France searched a cargo ship headed for Haifa — and found it carried 19 pallets of machine-gun parts. They blocked the shipment, refusing to be complicit in Israel’s war crimes.

Third spaces matter. Don't learn this the hard way: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...