My train journey home starts with another accessibility rant (sorry, I've got an hour on a train and I didn't bring a book). Time to talk about something few think of as an accessibility aid Benches Most people take for granted that they can stand for half an hour or an hour to wait for a […]

Soon there will be a number of photos of various cute cephalopods, as well as people dressed up in relevant costumes, leading to a discussion as to whether it is appropriate to refer to a fursona if it is an octopus. Consensus will soon be reached that this is indeed acceptable. An hour later […]

Any journalists want to write about this? Or anyone know how to figure out who insures Reflect Orbital? Reflect Orbital will cause eye damage to people using telescopes, as astronomers have previously calculated, and they openly admitted it in their reply. (There is a whole slew of absolutely […]

I’m hoping someone will launch a discrimination suit against the Olympics with the goal of requiring them to test *everyone* or *no one*. If a knowing person’s genetic makeup is truly needed, then it should be required of every one, men and women and everyone else. How else can men’s sport be […]

We had a nocturnal visitor! From the abundance of little meadow voles in our yard, there is now one (or two?) fewer. #yeg #yegwildlife #birds #owls #birdstodon

#uspol #ice #kkk

For no reason at all, please give me your favourite cow-related figures of speech! (Stuff like "No use crying over spilled milk" or "until the cows come home", puns extremely welcome)

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Flashback to last fall after I’d just finished this water pot. #pottery #timelinecleanse

I’m peer reviewing a draft transportation plan for a city I’m advising, which is always interesting. One of the most common problems I find is in phasing/timing relative to the urgency of the #ClimateEmergency. I’m reminded of Mississauga’s urban biking plan that would take 27 YEARS TO BUILD OUT.

Discussion here https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/neanderthal-fetus-bottleneck

Hey Fedifolk! Anyone in my circles in Alberta have experience with Nova Renewables for solar installations? Good, Bad, Ugly? I have an excellent roof in Edmonton, they are based in Calgary, it might be early days for us, or not if the terms are right I guess. If you are in the area and have […]

Using "the working poor" to defend car dependency is a straw man argument. Forcing low-income workers to shoulder the massive financial burden of car ownership is the actual policy failure. We need to design better transportation options in lieu of subsidizing gas.

The real story… under any other president this would be jail time…

The UCP government of Alberta is closing another round of supervised consumption sites citing “public safety” … demonstrating that they don’t consider drug users members of the public. #ucp #abpoli #ableg #harmreduction #druguse […]

👋 Hey all... trying out life at the beige.party #Introduction #reintroduction David Mitchell (he/him) Married, dad to a set of mostly grown young people (but they still eat my food). Edmonton string instructor (will wear any hat related to music). Promoter of: basic public health measures […]