the party that wants to require ID to vote abruptly invalidating a thousand people’s IDs overnight seems like a pretty giant flashing red light

Also, many will argue that snow clearing, like Transit Plus, has gotten considerably worse since it much of it was outsourced. Snow clearing is a public service that impacts so many people. Maybe leaving these services up to the lowest bidder is a bad idea and we should bring them back in house.

A day later and no major national news org has covered what they're doing in Kansas. This is the flip side of the hyper focus on trans issues by the right. The national media ignores what's actually being done to trans people. This erasure is what contributes to the persecution.

I had a wild conversation with a bus driver a couple days ago, and he believes the reason Graham was closed to buses is because the city and businesse want it to be harder for poor and unsheltered people to get downtown

“People with disabilities were most likely, in the Probe survey, to believe nearly every aspect of the transit system is worse.” This has been the experience of Project SEARCH students dependent on Public Transit to get to/from their placements. Downtown is just harder to plug in to. #Winnipeg

Lukes seems to think the idea of a pilot is stupid and wasteful; she should really talk to whomever came up with this idea of a short-term fix on Wellington Cres

Reading about materials history and the author first describes the invention of the I beam (picture and old scool I with the ends T'd), and then later the invention of the H beam, and it's seems profoundly unserious.

I saw a picture of the garbage hill sign, and read it cabbage hill. Cabbage Hill. It sounds nice.

Duncan blames us for misreading his draft bylaw, but since we (sadly) live in a colony bound by written laws, it’s his responsibility to make sure the bylaw says what he means. You can’t charge that we should “read the report”; the report ≠ the law! But there’s no amending this, just abandon it

Thank god for hysterical misinformation campaigns :P

A week ago this bylaw was headed for a unanimous vote recommending adoption.

I appreciate what it takes to eat this crow, it’s a big meal.

Friend is at City Hall right now, where security told them to remove their jacket because a patch that says "we carry another world in our hearts" is "propaganda."

Hey all, Duncan (and presumably the mayor’s office) backing off is good news, but the battle isnt over—until this measure fails at EPC and Council, it isn’t dead yet. It’s still on the agenda. Rally is on for tomorrow.

Winnipeg, MB. Just in my inbox via Councillor Duncan's office, so I thought I would post for those who've been following this issue, given timelines & delegations tomorrow.

Supporters of the by-law are saying that submissions are still open for written statements. If you haven’t written in to express your opposition, you may still have time. It won’t hurt to send something, and given that efforts are being made to solicit support still, it’s essential to try.

The broadest restriction on Charter rights to free expression in Canada

Shout out to our man @akohan.bsky.social this morning, for his well-crafted letter to the WFP re: the city's attempt to knock down a load-bearing stanchion of our democratic existence.

You have just under 24 hours to register to speak or submit a statement opposing Evan Duncan’s Charter-free zones. Choose Executive Policy Committee from the drop-down, and write in “7. Safe Access to Vulnerable Infrastructure By-law” for the item you oppose.

Are you a professor, librarian, or instructor at a Winnipeg post-secondary institution? SIGN THIS LETTER

sigh

Mark your calendar for 8:45 am this Tuesday. Make space in your schedule.

Evan Duncan is sympathizing for the opposite side than you are when he watches ICE videos

“The chaos that is unfolding south of us right now is a clear indicator that it’s coming our way and if we don’t put these things in place to stop that, it’s going to be your neighborhood next” Is Duncan saying Winnipeg is banning actions similar to the Twin Cities resistance to ICE violence? WHY

Hi I'm an adult in my 30s and I need to report that the "pro" tech deck is absolutely worth paying 4×

Evan Duncan on 680, paraphrased: We don’t want to see the kind of protests we are seeing south of the border. Does he mean the protests against Trump and ICE? Yeah, wouldn’t want the public holding the government accountable for its actions. Sounds awful. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

Basically, your Charter right to free expression won’t apply downtown

I've been seeing a lot less live music since I stopped drinking. went to see SDTW on Saurday, an amazing show -- but what brought me the most joy was the chess boards in the back. Play is a great way to lower your inhibitons around the vulnerability of reaching out to connect with others.

People most often misundertsnad my name as Ryan or Brian, but sometimes it's more fun: Wrench, Ranch, Red, and Ran are my faves off the top of my head.

I've been thinking about a meme, I may even have shared at some point, that "voting is harm reduction" and how much I dislike this conflation with actual existing harm reduction models and work. I wonder if a more honest framing is to say "voting may limit harms" or something

Does winnipeg transit remove bike racks fom buses for the winter? Or are there just way fewer bike/bus routes than I thought?

80% of public employees wear blundstones

Do I have any rockhound friends? Fossil hunters? I wanna dig around outside more next warm

Just saw a tinder profile that under interests listed "content"

Our choice is simple: we can work to make local support for this authoritarianism a toxic liability politically and to dismantle our state capacity to carry out such violence now, or we can watch later as this happens here.

The blue shiny (woven vinyl?) seats are on transit seem like such a liability. I'm slipping and sliding so much on a pretty smooth route, facing forward.

See you all here tomorrow night:

Unreal. Shameful.

"my kids are defective!" is the battlecry of nearly every reactionary movement

Did I miss something changing on this app? My feed is suddenly 80% hairy unclothed men I don't follow. What happened.

Has anybody coined "elbow licker" to refer to those that bend the knee to ostensible Canadian national interest yet?

I remembered this gem, and what a great way to start a day!

Part of my "wind down" is often looking at small tractors and ride on mowers online. Look how cute this lil guy is!

I wonder how many of us spend our 20s looking for our "other half" - people that complete us - in a belief that we are insufficient.

Something that perplexes me is the perceived utility of "lowballing" social change

Can I pull this look together in time for critical mass? 🤔 Fun fact: I learned to ride a bike at 11, later than most if not all my siblings. I named my bike Trigger, after Roy Rogers horse.

I dont see a ton of value in insisting "I was born this way", but nature or nurture, I never stood a chance. 😳