Fun fact: the $1.7M in increased revenue generated by putting Bixi stands on Toronto island cancelled out a $1.7M loss in on-street parking revenues due to heavy snow in February secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...

Y2K was real. You weren’t impacted because the IT industry expended massive effort to update every piece of critical software that was written prior to the problem’s recognition.

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There is no *good* way to lay someone off, per se, but there are certainly ways that don't leave people, like, justifiably apoplectic

Covid is not over. People are still dying and becoming disabled every day. We rushed “back to normal” for the economy, not because the threat had passed. When you wear a mask, you’re not only protecting your health, you’re saying you don’t believe anyone is expendable.

Texas National Guard troops arriving in Chicago (via ABC News) Remember: These are not MAGA stormtroopers. These are everyday teachers and accountants who signed up to serve their country with their spare time. They're being used as political pawns by venal, un-American, draft-dodging president

Why is the streetcar four or five blocks away expected to take >5 minutes to get here? A cyclist tells me there's a film crew out on the street, delaying traffic--letting it through between takes, I think.

New investigation from me into the new Republican Leader of the CA Assembly, Heath Flora. I dug into Flora's voluminous campaign finance records and drove down to his legal address to see who lives there (not him!) Read more here (gift article): www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

I really believe that huge majorities of Americans don’t want masked soldiers shooting priests in the street. They don’t want naked children ripped out out of their apartments in the middle of the night and handcuffed. We win by making sure these stories get told.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Exclusive from me: Trump's tariffs could impact 200,000 jobs in Toronto but the economies of some smaller cities including Guelph and Windsor are at much higher risk, according to a new U of T online tariff tracking tool www.thestar.com/news/gta/tru...

Boxes also work on bobcats

Definitely not dementia.

this is literally stuff King Charles did, like not only did the American colonists have a revolution to not have this happen, but they did so in the wake of the English revolution, which was about not having stuff like this happen

Cali!!!

This is Adelita Grijalva. She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files. She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

IN HONOR OF FRIENDSHIP MONTH: djt: "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey." Epstein: "Yes we do, come to think of it." djt: "A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday- and may every day be another wonderful secret." And by "wonderful secret", he means raping children. #PedoPrez

Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

Ok, this is just funny. isportlandburning.com

Sorry I just need to post a cat picture right now. 🫂

I show this clip in my Environmental Communication class as a perfect example of "walk & talk" #scicomm, & it always prompts a lively discussion answering my question, "How did they do this?" Also gets across the importance of pre-planning, especially if you only get one chance to do it right. 🧪

Lime bike art. We need more of this; those green plastic baskets are hideous.

You don’t need Doug Ford qualifiers in this headline. The Hospital for Sick Children’s study showing “automated speed cameras reduce aggressive driving and speeding by almost half” didn’t make the cut. Just call them speed cameras.

ooh yeah, the bad phone number picker UIs thread on twitter was one of my favourites!

Badenoch reading Vimes' Boots Theory of Socio-economic Unfairness and thinking how much more economic growth comes from making poorer people buy cheap boots over and over

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com p.s. My new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out this week. Details at www.tomgauld.com

This is how propaganda works. They slapped an image on this from Los Angeles in 1992 during Rodney King riots.

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

I'm so sick of the casualness of their constant lying.

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

In Discworld, cities thrive because they welcome dwarfs, trolls, vampires, and humans alike. Ankh-Morpork works because everyone belongs. Funny how fiction can seem more humane than policy sometimes.

Do we need to split the MMR vaccine into 3 shots? No. -No medical reason. Current vax has no safety issues and works very well -Kids don’t like needles. Why give them 3x the shots? -Peds office already have limited bandwidth. Who staffs 3x the visits? Another nonsensical, unserious “policy”

The most dangerous part of Chicago is the Executive Branch of the US Government.

“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..” @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard

Whether it's Republicans flagrantly abusing Articles One and Two of the Constitution or Democrats being bad at messaging, both parties are pushing America to the brink.

Not to mention they rammed into a citizen they had a beef with because she was legally exposing them, they shot her, and didn’t render aid. They left her for dead it seems? She was apparently found. Then, as they have done so many times now, they concocted a wild fabrication to hide their crimes.

Oh this is a good one.

This would be funny if not incredibly dangerous behaviour. It’s incumbent upon this government to be transparent about this government employee, the consequences for repeatedly breaking the law. If it were anyone else the premier would be using them as an example in one of his PR stunts

i had no idea this is how canada's supreme court dresses

A world without traffic @theglobeandmail.com @brenttoderian.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...

National #InnerBeauty Day? Really? Which nation? Anyway, where did I put those colonoscopy photos?

Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement? The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy. At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her

This is Trump's America.

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