My local public-serving Service Canada building (built in the 2010s), has no sidewalk leading into, has no bike rack or other secure bike parking, but *does* have parking on all four sides!

Normies: *Sees baby in cargo bike. Calls it dangerous. No, what's dangerous is you fucking assholes speeding around in your cars, scrolling your god damn phones, refusing to drive according to traffic laws, and having utter disregard for everyone outside of your personal vehicle.

The money was always there for the good things.

I’ve shed a few pounds since the fall and my biggest issue with it is that my body doesn’t temperature regulate as well as it used to and I feel cold a lot. This has been a mental barrier to getting on my bike, because I feel immediately freezing in the cold wind. Really need temps to warm up soon!

A short 🧵 about why bikes are best even in car-loving cities: Yesterday, a few of my team members & I were able to work from an office in our neighborhood, saving us 20km in commutes. But Miramichi had a traffic meltdown yesterday. Motorists were reporting 45min-1 hour waits to travel 1.5km.

Make way for Ducklings, Killam Drive edition.

Park sounds tonight included dozens of kids laughing and playing: running around, basketball, soccer, volleyball, badminton, scooters, bikes, slides, swings, and more. Park sights? Those same kids but also constant flurries of tree seeds landing all around.

Of course Poillievre is going to back Canada in a potential Alberta referendum. Losing 33 (mostly very safe) seats in the House would be a real hit to the Conservative Party.

I would like to go to bed but the Moncton mayoral and Miramichi council races have me on the edge of my seat.

I was telling my husband about the various election results from across the province and he said: “wow! I didn’t know there were this many elections today” Me: “… it’s New Brunswick municipal election day” Him: “I didn’t know that was a thing” Me: 😬 Does anyone know how to disown someone?

Results aren’t final yet but I just texted my early congratulations to the next Mayor of Miramichi. Nobody told me how cool it would be to have your friend become mayor so you can say things like: “oh yea, I just texted the mayor”.

I know this is a bad take but I would kill for a double pineapple pizza with garlic dipping sauce from Domino’s right now. Stupid Miramichi not having a Domino’s.

With the closure of the centennial bridge, my daily commute has changed from 15 minutes a day to 1.5 hours a day in heavy traffic. It has been *exceedingly bad* for my mental health. I don’t know how I’ll handle this for the next 3 years.

Something that speaks to a sudden decline in our society is the amount of people I’ve seen lately approaching stop signs and then going right through them like “nope, don’t believe in this anymore!”

This is the closest I can get to Montréal at this moment, and frankly… I’ll take it.

AI has made municipal elections terrible. Everything written by a mayoral candidate in my town is copy/paste from chat gpt. How will we know where candidates actually stand?

This is a small business owner in Miramichi, talking about how there isn’t enough parking in downtown Chatham so…. we should remove the sidewalks? (Also, I have *never* had a problem getting a free parking spot within a 2 minute walk of Water St businesses). Facebook is bad for my health.

Our outgoing mayor made a post about why the Chatham library is important and this is one of comments. The importance of literacy cannot be overstated.

Not me trying to convince Miramichiers on Facebook that them not having used the Chatham library before it was torn down does not mean that there is no need for a library in Chatham.

I can’t think of a mayor who looks like they’re doing more than Mamdani, but I’m fairly convinced he spends half of every day working on comms. It may not be that he’s actually doing more, but that he’s mastered the story telling of municipal work. It’ll be a comms case study someday.

Me: haven’t been sleeping well. Have done a lot of commuting to Moncton and have been in full day work meetings. Have to get up at 4 tomorrow to bake a birthday cake. Looking forward to getting in bed by 8:30. 14yo: chooses right now as the time to come and share everything about her life.

I feel so hopeless about Miramichi’s future. Regardless of what city councillors say, actions demonstrate they do not care about people outside of cars. At the first hint of inconvenience to cars, they do not hesitate to take space from the little ped/bike infrastructure that we have.

Haven’t seen four people look this genuinely happy together in a long time. Leaving earth might just be the trick.

A true “you don’t know what you’ve got ‘till it’s gone” was the Pizza Delight bread grilling station. Nothing quite like that bread, slathered with garlic butter and then grilled butter side down. Delicious.

It's not an "energy crisis" it's an oil crisis that happens regularly due to precarious supply chains we have chosen to maintain, despite obvious locally sourced alternatives www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

City is about to be overwhelmed with traffic starting Mon thanks to the prov gov. So anywhooo the city announced 5 days before the mayhem that, in fact, they won’t have the express bus that they promised months ago. And also the they took over the “bike lanes” (shoulder) for more space for cars.

Miramichi has announced that garbage cans will need to be out by 5:00am because garbage collection will start earlier with the bridge closure. Miramichi bears upon reading the announcement:

My children attend a K-8 school with essentially no music/art program. No dedicated teachers, no instruments, etc. My 14yo is participating in the music festival today and reporting her absence annoys me. School sports don’t count as absences. Outside sports get special treatment. What about arts?

My husband is out of town for work this week. By the time we see him on Friday, my kids and I will have completed: -2 music festival performances -2 volleyball games -3 volleyball practices -1 school dance -7 dance practices -1 kid getting braces on out of town -dance competition prep -work/school 😴

I like public transit for the same reason that I like safe active transit infrastructure, libraries, parks, community spaces, small businesses, & farmer’s markets. They increase community, decrease isolation, are strongholds against capitalist overreach, & help to foster a collectivist culture.

I haven’t been a Moncton resident for 15 years. I don’t need any more shirts. But this was still tempting.

Worked out of our Moncton office for a change yesterday. From my parents’ house, I had two options: Walk/bus/walk =~40 min Drive =~12 min I took the bus. It was 💯 the right decision.

I love ordering things from Québécois businesses because even if the website has an English toggle, all of the confirmation emails are only French & they always include a hand-written note. Ca me donne la chance de pratiquer mon français et de me sentir bien de soutenir une petite entreprise.

I'm not "anti-car." I own a car. I drive (more than I'd like). I'm opposed to car culture and car dependecy. And I'm supportive of safe and efficient transit options for *everyone.*

If you’re wondering how things are going I did a 10 minute kickboxing workout video on Monday and today can barely walk down the stairs. (And I got less than 4 hours of sleep last night). Today is going to be fun.

Fake Spring and being on my bike have been so good for my mental health. Anywhoooo I looked at the forecast and the next seven days are going to be a sloggggg.

14yo wants to hang out with a friend tonight = spend some time at Starbucks and then shop at winners (450m away). Plan was to drop them off and pick up when done but friend’s parents don’t want her walking across the busy street due to traffic. Unsafe streets force car dependency.

You know, since the first modern oil crisis in the 70s it feels like we shouldn't have quadrupled down on oil dependency and car required living

I found a sleep podcast that I like but the episodes are pretty short (~15 min) and at the beginning of every episode there are ads. The current ad that I get is a very boisterous car salesman from a local dealership, defeating the sleep part of the podcast. Another reason to hate cars.

I am going to email my city council and ask them to consider installing secure bike parking near our transit express stops. When I do this, should I also suggest types of bike racks? I’m worried they’ll install (maybe not even bolt down) a wheel-bender without knowing better…

13° calls for bike rides and tulip splurges.

10/10 take. no notes

This year’s going to be awfully crappy in Miramichi but I just remembered that the multiplex is supposed to open this fall which means I’ll have a swimming pool within easy biking distance from my house! Something to look forward to!

Hot take: Daylight Savings Time is dumb. We don’t need longer nights. Us early risers would prefer 12 months of standard time.

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It all happened so fast. @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

My husband and I are currently fighting because he, once again, referred to the bombing of the Iranian school as “collateral damage” and I refuse to accept that that’s an acceptable term for an attack with targeted warfare. The Usians are culpable, and must be held accountable.

I don’t know if anyone has actually seen car prices lately but it seems that car people will pay a 💩 ton of money in order to drive around with air conditioning & warm butts. I don’t think gas prices will stop them. (I am a sometimes car person but don’t see how I’ll ever afford replacing it).

The last 10 days have been chalk-full of ups and downs in my life: -11yo’s basketball team came close but did not win their final so did not win district banner -14yo made varsity volleyball -11yo made jv volleyball - Husband was surplused at work -14yo got offered first job My nerves are shot.

This morning at the skating oval, there was a man who had biked to the oval, went skating, and then sat on the bench and poured himself a coffee from his thermos. Someday I hope to live in a place that invests in public infrastructure likes this, and where I don’t need to use my car to get to it.