#birdoftheday #heronsandegrets

Every Chanukah, I think of this photo from Germany in 1931. As I was frying latkes this afternoon, I reflected on the imperative to look for the light, even in incredibly dark times. Thinking of the Jewish community in Sydney, Australia today. Happy first night of Chanukah to all who celebrate.

When the #OCtranspo app tells me the bus will be there in 5 minutes, and then the bus doesn't come and the app says now it'll be 25 mins...what does that mean? The app could at least tell me what happened instead of pretending like that bus never existed

"Sorry about the mess. It's been a hectic week." Every week is hectic and my home is always a mess.

I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.

Just because I signed into my family's email on my phone does NOT mean I want my mom's phone contacts to sync with mine!!! Who thought this was a good feature?? And why doesn't it ask me first!?

Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store. If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!

A bad day for Canada, and therefore the world. Ontario (population 16 million, 40% of the country) has passed new legislation prohibiting bike lanes that take a lane from cars. An escalation from Bill 212, which required municipalities to get approval.

From last night's PWHL Ottawa Charge game.

Bill 60 vote on Monday. Send your letter via Horizon Ottawa website today! #ottawa #onpoli#BikeTooter www.horizonottawa.ca/back_off_ford

The more you examine it, the more you realize that transmisogyny is predicated on the belief that the only valid woman is one that men want to bang

Lansdowne 2.0 was just approved by Council 15-10, and it's definitely worth taking note of the geographical imbalance on the vote. The two out-of-place "yes" votes are Marty Carr (Alta Vista) and Stéphanie Plante (Rideau-Vanier):

Capitalism is now illegal

MAYOR MAMDANI LETS GOOOOO

Whew. Cuomo getting a Trump endorsement is such a kiss of death

Saw someone refer to a man looking for a housewife as a “labor digger.” Stunned crying jumping cheering weeping

Spotted in Karlskrona, Sweden 🇸🇪🚲 Perfect illustration of how one parking spot for cars equals 8-10 spaces for bikes. Imagine #lifeaftercars @thewaroncars.bsky.social

Hello kids. Great costumes. You can have boring regular candy or, in exchange for a small fee, you can invest in something I'm calling Candy Premium, an AI-enabled solution that

Reminder that if you see someone stealing food, no, you didn’t.

I'm about to be charged twice for one bus trip because my connection is half an hour behind schedule. #OCtranspo

I do support 3 day weekends, but if I have to choose I would actually push for reduced daily hours instead so I don't have to suffer each morning. If I worked 10-4 I'd get the same amount of work done and it would reduce misery and stress. And I could eat breakfast.

Office building floors should be separated by temperature

At this point I'm afraid to compliment people on their accessories lest they feel validated for their temu purchases

26yo and I'm carrying around a flask of apple cider vinegar and a container of iron stuffed dark chocolate just in case I get heartburn or lightheaded.

Is the City of #Ottawa @en.ottawa.ca doing any public event to Teach the Legacy or showcase their leadership actions on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation? Is the flag lowering and bored recitation of Land Acknowledgement at Council meetings all that has been accomplished? #OttPoli

I hate that an entirely accurate #Ottawa response to "Are you going to X?" is "Transit willing."

I'd literally take the bus to work every freaking day if it didn't cost $4 each way. Instead I'm risking my life and annoying drivers on my bike 😈

The top 10% now hold 67.4% of all the wealth in the US. The bottom 50% hold 2.5%.

Tickets are now on sale for our 5th-year anniversary celebration, Vision to Victory, on October 26th. Don't miss your chance to purchase tickets at the early bird price, this week only! Get yours today: www.horizonottawa.ca/vision_to_vi...

We call on people worldwide to pressure their governments, institutions and corporations to end complicity with Israel's genocidal government and urgently impose effective sanctions.

It’s always interesting when politicians say hate and violence have no place in this country. It was founded on those principles.

If you don't want homeless people to be in public libraries unless they're reading, I have to wonder how you pull off the first part without effectively excluding many of them from being welcome to do the reading.

Happy Friday, may your coffees and teas taste extra delicious 🙌

Driving.

"Why are we treated like cars by the law, but like obnoxious and unwelcome obstructions by people in cars?" Flyer for the very first Critical Mass ride, which took place on September 25, 1992 in San Francisco. Critical Mass rides have since been held in more than 300 cities around the world.

“It’s important for local businesses that cars be able to park.” Never mind that there’s a perpetually half-empty parking garage a block away; it’s not parking if it’s not directly in front of my destination! 😱

Just in case you weren’t sure how awful Doug ford is. The courts ruled against him based on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms because PEOPLE WILL DIE IF HE REMOVES SAFE BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE. So he’s considering ABUSING the Notwithstanding Clause just for ego and some cheap suburban votes.

Hasbro is updating Monopoly by eliminating the luxury tax, charging astronomical rents, and waiving jail time for rich people.

trains are magic and it’s so embarrassing that the richest country in the history of the world is all “high speed rail? nah we don’t need it”

As part of our move away from empty lawn culture and towards native gardens, I hereby vote that we ban noisy lawn mowers.

LOL. Not Disney releasing a Star Wars trailer hoping that will appease the masses. They are desperate.

Reading #HeavenlyTyrant by @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social and loving the blatent expositions full of socialist values. "The profitizers have fooled you into thinking them generous for providing you with work, but it is in fact YOUR labor that moves the world and sustains THEIR luxuries." 👏

You can absolutely take an afternoon off in your life. You can go and hang out in nature. You can watch the way the grass moves in the wind. You can watch the sun set over a mountain. You can walk a trail that takes you to a big granite rock with crazy lichens. Sometimes you might see wallabies.

every time we talk about parental permission in terms of book banning I'm like fuck man. kids have rights too. a 17-year-old should be able to check out books at the library without Mom and Dad stepping in. so should a 10-year-old or 7 or whatever. kids deserve SOME goddamn freedom and privacy

Several people watched me chase a small pumpkin pie tin into the road today

When I was a kid I went to a house showing with my parents and the house had a FAKE glass of spilled orange juice on the table. And it's really bothered me every since.

I support DNFing books you don't like. I also support borrowing the audiobook from your library, listening to the rest of it on 1.5 speed, and then checking it off your list so you can say you read it.

Today I am going to my doctor's appointment. I am leaving 2 hours early. It should take 90 minutes to get there by bus, with one transfer. We shall see if I arrive on time. #Ottawatranspo

PLEASE I just want to be able to bus to my doctor's appointment in under an hour with a maximum of one transfer 😭 what the hell is this

Standing room only on LRT into downtown at 19:00 on a Friday is a capacity concern. There isn't room to grow downtown business nightlife with more capacity. (We only just got everyone on at UOttawa.)