Please give me just one example of privatization making something cheaper or more efficient.

Starfish Properties is a virus that is killing Downtown Halifax

If by “mob” you mean “diner staff” and if by “kill” you mean “the guy at table six doesn’t want a BLT after all”

I ate at a certain venerable Chinese restaurant in Halifax a few years ago (on Bayers if you’re wondering) and it STILL had the lingering smell from decades of smoking. It gave me flashbacks because so many places smelled like that when I was a kid: elevators, lobbies,my piano teacher’s house.

Better cycling cities are not just "more bike-friendly." They are also more equitable in access to cycling between genders. This means that infrastructure, safety, and policy improvements tend to benefit women more by removing barriers that affect them disproportionately. #cycling #bicycleurbanism

Blue Rocks, Nova Scotia George Douglas Pepper 1931

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards a massive backlash

One of the big advantages of two way bikeways is that emergency vehicles can use them. People on foot or bike can get out of the way much quicker than drivers can. In this case a greenway like the COLT allows them access to an area it would otherwise be hard to get a truck to. Neat to see.

Lmao Steele finding out that the HRM's mandatory provincial contributions are the HRM subsidizing the rest of Nova Scotia IN THE EXACT SAME WAY downtown subsidizes the rest of the HRM

Shipping going back to the 17th century—perils of the sea! Will our ship return or won’t it! Lloyd’s of London must be having conniptions

Notice how a book can make you gay, a vaccine can make you autistic, a mask can make you sicker, and a poster of the Ten Commandments can make you moral, but guns don’t kill people.

Be the Sir Terry you wish to see in the world.

The thing that keeps coming into my mind about the WHCD incident is that scene in THE HUNGER GAMES where Katniss scandalizes the Capital by throwing a spear into the press box during the scouting session. Look, we're all here to have a good time at The Murder Games but she could've hurt someone!

“police collided with the suspect while in pursuit and then struck the power pole” ….. “Police used SUV as a deadly weapon, running down a cyclist at such high speed that they lost control, went curbside onto a sidewalk, and slammed into a pole. Cyclist now in hospital” There. Fixed it.

One of my favorite episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation

You’d think that the local residents who “cared so deeply about their neighbourhood” that they fought the Donham Diverter tooth and nail, wouldn’t let all those bags of garbage accumulate on their street. But. #BikeHfx

Just watched a cop watch a driver run a red light. Made eye contact with the cop and pointed at the driver. The cop shrugged and continued on his way.

councillors voted for the "balanced" redesign option for the Bedford Highway, which effectively removed the option for BRT. Yes, I recall they were told it was either bike lanes or bus lanes, not both. www.halifax.ca/media/69816

This 🧵 is relevant to the NS legislature’s banning of signs and printed T-shirts, etc. from the public gallery. He’s talking about U.S. law, but the logic is the same. #nspoli

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Hey folks are we enjoying the Bluesky “improvement” where you can’t DM a skeet to someone else without adding a personalized message

Can’t wait for Carney to put U.S. alcohol back on the shelves so we can keep right on not buying it

Evergreen

Yf thys skeet doth receive 3,000 reposts then the Tolkien Estate will sue Palantir.

Priceless post from the official White House social media

Take us to dinner first.

there are unconfirmed preliminary reports of an anti anti anti-AI haters blocklist

Pre-order my thing because you a. love Lizzy Bennet in a space suit b. hate Wickham c. always thought Mary got a bad rap. USA: bookshop.org/a/96356/9781... or Canada: www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781834... (click “shop local”) or see linktree in bio. 💙📚 #BookSky #JaneAusten #ButInSpace

Every Nova Scotian should read this. There is so much detailed information here on how fracking was tried, was a disaster and the efforts made to get rid of it. Dalhousie’s current involvement is abhorrent to me. You’ll be angry after reading this but you’ll be very well informed. #nspoli

Me too, go figure

Hate me today Hate me tomorrow Hate me for all the things I didn’t do to you deadfortaxreasons.wordpress.com/2026/04/21/i...

I was wondering if there's any kind of ongoing global threat that's causing these records to fall, but surely if that were the case it would be mentioned in news stories about these unprecedented temperatures.

If you see this, post something orange from your gallery.

This. Can someone remind me what kind of a “profit” the Canadian Armed Forces makes? Or the Coast Guard?

iPods were a great product that only died because they couldn't figure out a way to insert ads into your own music.

Not taking climate action and paying losses and increased insurance will be far more expensive for everyone (govt, business, people) than actually addressing the issue and raising taxes to do so.

I’m no lawyer, but I read the decision and I don’t think this is what it says.

And by “save” we mean “keep paying, except the money has to come from all of us, including folk who try not to use gasoline”

If you want to know how bad the Peggy's Cove article was, it says it is in Kanada, and points visitors to a hidden hiking trail, a group of artisans, a beach, and a "Preservation Center" — none of which exist. It also says you drive through pine forests on your way to the cove.

Letting for-profit corporations act as political organizations means they will eventually devour any kind of just society you try to build. The 2010 Citizens United decision has led directly to this.

VERY COOL PERSON: It's four-twenty, you know what that means? ME: Hell yeah! [starts shoving blackbirds into a pie]

Did I do the math wrong or could 7.6B buy 100 buses for every single Canadian municipality over 50k population

Elon Musk apparently loves the Hitchhiker’s trilogy (😹) and I just put it to a total lack of reading comprehension

takes a true scholar of the bible to struggle with naming a favorite testament

Fascinating 🧵 here

Space taken up by two bike riders shopping for groceries vs one car driver.

Attended the memorial for Scritchy Raccone, advocate for safe streets and victim of the #PylonWars. #BikeHFX

These 42 Conservative MLAs who voted for dramatic & immediate cuts to the arts & culture in Nova Scotia are NOT WELCOME at arts events in Nova Scotia this summer. Source: NS Arts Coalition, @inclusivestorytime & @saf_haq (on IG) cc: @nsgov.bsky.social 👀😤

“Farewell! Maybe thou shalt find Valimar. Maybe even thou shalt find it. Farewell!”