The Moncton Vision Lands plan is quite exciting, but very interesting that they’re obviously trying to build a 15-minute community, but are being very careful not to use those words.

The thousand-yard stare of a man who knows what a stroad is.

The fact that I can hop on a train after supper (from a station 10 min from my house) and be in Montreal the next morning makes me want to go to Montreal all the time. Unfortunately my wallet and my PTO balance both refuse to accommodate my desires. C’est très impoli.

Washington, DC plows roads but not sidewalks, and then tells pedestrians not to walk on the road.

"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

Someday I’ll tell my grandchildren that the United States used to be, arguably, the most powerful country in the world. They will find it hard to believe.

One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.

Move along…nothing to see here, folks. Nothing weird about this.

I truly think my children and their peers have been very unlucky in their schooling: - they were (not) taught to read using three-cueing - their school years were disrupted multiple times for a pandemic & strikes - they’re being encouraged to use AI to support learning before it’s well understood.

With tourism floundering the White House launches new slogan highlighting why Canadians should consider visiting.

Cool that an employee is suspended for calling someone a pedophile protector while on the job, but the President can tell that person to f-off twice and give him the middle finger and for some reason that conduct is fine for his job?

Earlier this week the province shut down one lane of the centennial bridge so they could (finally) clear the sidewalk of snow. Then they used a residential snowblower and shovels for part of the work. And when they were done, they replowed the road and put the excess snow back on the sidewalk.

I know there are more important things to talk about but honestly I’m just very confused by the dinosaur in this photo. www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

Update: they’re done! Will add them to my Tudor corner later. Really need to get some light kits so that those stained glass windows can shine!

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Works in progress.

I find "America isn't really set up for it" to be an annoying rebuttal to any sort of proposal to reduce car dependency. Our leaders used policy to create a system of car dependency and we can sure as hell use policy to undo that. There are absolutely barriers, but do nothing is not a solution.

15 years ago, my husband and I moved to a small city (town) for a job for him. It’s been hard for me. It’s never felt like home to me, but it is the only home my three children have ever known. I will move away someday but I have always maintained that I wouldn’t move my kids for no good reason.

Every time I ride the bus in Moncton with my kids it’s a nightmare and I end up delaying the bus. I buy digitally through the HotSpot app. In order to board I need to show the driver my pass, then manually expire that pass, then purchase another one for a child and show that to the driver too.

I can’t think of a better way to spend New Year’s Eve than taking the bus to some NYE celebrations, while wearing my CBC toque and my new Via Rail Ocean line hoodie. Truly a vibe.

Business idea: combination bike shop, book store, and café called Bikes, Books, & Beans. But upon walking in, patrons will be surprised to learn that the beans in the title does not represent coffee beans, but rather crockpots full of warmed cans of brown beans in various flavours. Unforgettable.

This is maybe the most beautiful article I’ve read in 2025. www.bbc.com/news/article... I think I shall read no other news until 2026, to end on this note.

Frederictonians: any recommendations for a local bakery that might be open tomorrow morning and sells soft gingerbreadmen?

Is there a way, in New Brunswick, to follow-up to see the status of a trial that was to take place? In early 2024, multiple media outlets reported that the trial was scheduled for September 2025, but I’ve been checking every now and then and there has been no updates since then.

The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

A TikTok came up on my fyp of a guy talking about trying to buy something in store and the employee was unhelpful and told him to order it online. He didn’t name the store but many commenters are guessing Canadian Tire. Which begs the question: if it’s universal, is their bad service on purpose?

Today during church my 11yo accidentally stepped on a mouse and heard a crunch. While the condition of the mouse prior to the incident is unknown, its condition after the incident was definite. I promise the mouse is not in this picture.

Yeah I like waymo. Waymo public transit, bike lanes and benches!

I wish Facebook would learn that I literally never want to click on and expand someone’s avatar. I *do* want to expand their profile picture to see if I know them though.

Oh what’s that? A housing crisis? Wouldn’t know it in Miramichi where we turned down 3.2million from the federal government so that we don’t have to increase our pop density (2021= 3.6per sq km). But also let’s complain about the housing insecure population. And property taxes. And service gaps.🙃

I’m (once again) just a girl, sitting on a (very busy) train (on a Wednesday in November) begging Via to return the Ocean line to daily service.

My favourite parts of this trip to Montreal: 🚲 Bikes 🛷 Sled giggles 🏊 ❄️ Swimming under the snow 🏫 School bike racks filled with kids bikes 🛑 Girls walking home from school conversing with the crossing guard 🛍️ Simons 🍑 My husband thinking the correct response to “merci” is “derrière”

Build walkable, liveable cities and as a bonus you’ll get children giggling as they commute to school/daycare by sled.

Les écureuils sont les boss ici.

Other people: stay up late to cheer on Blue Jays Me: stay up late to watch NYC mayoral election results.

The amount of “I trick or treated in snowstorms” posts on Facebook right now is driving me. I remember trick or treating in a full snowsuit too. That doesn’t mean I wish that experience on my kids. I hate our society’s penchant to declare that since we suffered, others should suffer too.

I wish there were more opportunities for me to share with people my favourite fact about myself: My 8th great grandfather was the King of England. (My 7th great grandfather was his illegitimate son).

11yo: “oh shoot, tomorrow we need to wear pink to school” Me: “why?” 12yo: “it’s Mom Labour Day or something” Me: “🤨” 11yo: (rolls eyes) “Noooo. It’s for breast cancer day”

Official ranking of all months of the year: S tier: 1) 🎄 December 2) 🎉 November 3) 🦃 🎃 October A tier: 4) 🍁 September B tier: 5) ✨ August 6) 🌺 May 7) 🏖️ June C tier: 8) ❤️ February 9) ☔️ April D tier: 10) 😪 March 11) 🥵 July F tier: 12) 🥶 January

You might think that the mayor of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's vast Northwest Territories, would be a fan of giant pickups. Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat. www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...

Had an awesome time at the Anglophone North School district mountain bike races today! Kids came home with 1st place, 3rd place, and 2nd place for their respective groups/grades! Very glad to be a bike-loving family.

I feel like this is a good time to remind everyone that the federal government subsidizes the oil sector (mostly for profit companies) at a rate of somewhere between 2 Billion-30+ Billion/year… or 5.5-82 million dollars per day. thenarwhal.ca/oil-and-gas-...

Can someone explain to me how the Horizon Health mask mandate works? There’s signs at the front of the hospital saying masks are mandatory in patient areas, but then when we have appts there, we end up being the only people wearing masks - staff aren’t even wearing them. Is there a mandate or no?

Yesterday’s bike commute was brought to me by: ⭐️ the stars 🥶 the cold noticeably impacting my battery life 🤢 Chatham’s current bad smell 😳 this long piece of metal getting wound around my cassette and forcing me to do emergency maintenance on the narrow sidewalk of the Centennial Bridge.

Cars everywhere is fine

Canada Post is either… a) a public service - in which case the necessity of government investment should be understood and not stigmatized: or b) a private entity in a free market - in which case the government should divest from ownership.

“I can’t believe I have to keep bailing out my children by paying the mortgage on my house every month” -Politicians, I think

I hated middle school when I went through it. I hate middle school now that my kids are all in it. Potentially the worst phase in life, truly.

10/10. No notes. All Lego sets should l come with cargo bikes.