Irony is dead (Jackson et al, 1926) arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/e...

"Montréal is often hailed as the most “biking-friendly” city in North America. But our research has found that only 2.3 per cent of the city’s roadways are allocated to bike infrastructure, with car infrastructure occupying the remaining 97.7 per cent of road space." #yycbike

More debunking of the #BikeLanes B.S. here #yyc #yyccc #yycbike #BikeLanes #Bikes bsky.app/profile/bren...

Pundits predict Trump’s “Thank you for being my pedophile friend” letter will hurt Democrats somehow

Best shot since spring to catch the northern lights over Canada tonight! www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/scie...

The Glebe, my neighbourhood in Ottawa, is not the sort of place one expects to see a cybertruck. This one was immediately ticketed by Ottawa bylaw, presumably for crimes against civility. A lady passing by called across the street to the bylaw officer, “Give it two tickets!”

Another good reason to track our rides. #yycbike

Motherfucking wind farms…

The Ont. government passed a measure that would protect it from lawsuits by cyclists injured on roads where the province tears out bike lanes. “It is an admission that, yes, we know that what we’re proposing here will result in injury and death." [email protected] #yycbike

I AM SHRIEKING 💀🤣 Forget the statue at City Hall, this guy is the *real* Spirit of Detroit. 🫡

So Calgary can't have bike lanes because car capacity, but we need commuter rail lines everywhere cuz we can't keep widening highways forever? Also, the UCP suddenly remembers lowering emissions is a good thing when talking rail only. My head hurts. (far better read than that other guy). #yycbike

#BookSky Definitely worth reading…..

Happy Canada Day! #yycbike

Alberta separatists get scooped - pro-Canada group is allowed to set referendum question. Column calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #abpoli #cdnpoli #ableg #Independence #yyc #yeg

BREAKING NEWS. Alberta Court of King’s Bench grants injunction preventing Alberta Government from banning gender-affirmative care for minors citing “irreparable harm will be caused if the Ban comes into force.” A victory for human rights and trans youth! 🏳️‍⚧️

Completed my first ever gran fondo race on Sunday. The Chinook Classic. Really enjoyed it and super happy with my time. All the hill climbing I’ve been doing around the city really paid off! #yycbike

Good headline. I wonder what resolutions they reached? Cc @paulisci.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

While other candidates in #yyccc Ward 7 want to ban unhoused people from parts of downtown, I’m offering real solutions that include 🧵: • Funding daytime spaces that offer care & pathways to stable homes

BREAKING: Kamala Harris issues statement on Los Angeles.

The (Failed) beer run that could change Canada | New York Times

Wow! Starting 30 mins behind the lead group, stopping to breastfeed your baby along the way and still winning a 100k ultramarathon. Incredible achievement.

“Since I’ve rearranged my whole identity to call most people unclean and filled with vampire blood, their hugs seem less sincere. Separately, I have discovered the vampire-blooded have a new disease called Soft Hug Disease.”

“We need people from across the political spectrum — if they love this country — to stand up and knock down some of the arguments [for separation] that are out there.” www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

The UCP is facing 8 investigations into corruption, plus no fewer than 3 major public sector union strikes (all of their own making). The affordability crisis looms, as does a trade war with the US. Wildfires & measles are raging. And the premier chose now to clear a path for a separation vote.

Rogers celebrates 20 years of higher than expected call volumes

Anyone want to join a country where they’re planning to arrest so many people — into the millions — that “evidence,” “warrants,” “due process,” and “trials” would just gum up the works?

Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79.

Narnia? Westeros?

I still remember my friend Wes who did the booking for the old Westward Club in #yyc telling me in 1991, you've got to see this band Nirvana, they're going to be big. It was a Monday night and blizzard hit, so I stayed home. A few months later Nevermind came out and I'm still shaking my head.

Some American perspective on the Carney visit with Trump. #Cdnpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0yp...

Cool Sunday ride, felt great! #yycbike

Amazing victory for my (now former) boss @coreyhogan.ca in Calgary-Confederation. He's going to make an excellent MP and should be an easy choice to join cabinet.

I assure you, the experience of driving your car into Manhattan is not in any way an experience of “freedom.” Much closer, viscerally to the experience of confinement, and being caged.

If the polls are right and the Liberals win a majority, this has to be a major piece of the autopsy on PP’s campaign. No effort whatsoever to cultivate a relationship with the most prominent conservative premier in Canada. And no awareness that he’d lob grenades at them. Even today.

“The [Liberal] vote is well distributed across urban, suburban, and battleground ridings in Atlantic Canada, Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia. In contrast, Conservative support is more geographically concentrated—[which means] the Conservatives … have to substantially outperform them.”

Plans to lower costs, plans for higher wages. And some of it, like eliminating the carbon tax, is already underway. Mark Carney has put together a smart new platform that makes life more affordable in Canada.

revolution. music credit: The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Waitlist to get in! Will need a bigger room next time for all the interested bike commuters. Good to see, though it means I won't be able to get in. #yycbike

Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security

There are now 122 reported cases of measles in Alberta. "We really need a substantial campaign out there about the importance of vaccination, otherwise we are not going to get this under control.” - Dr. Shelley Duggan, AMA President www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

“Justice Schabas ruled that there was a serious case to be tried, noting evidence that removing bike lanes would not improve congestion and that cyclists would be at risk of “irreparable harm” – both legal tests for granting an injunction.”

So the plan is that economic growth will cause the budget to balance itself?

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We at the Beaverton promise that, had we been afforded the same absurdly preferential treatment as Rebel News, we would have shut down the post-debate scrums TWICE as quickly and disgracefully.

Go vote!

Well, I suppose this was inevitable. Sigh. #yycbike

No car? No worries! IKEA Utrecht started a pilot in which customers can rent an electric cargo bike, four-wheeler with storage box or bike trailer to transport their purchases home, without needing a car. If the pilot proves a succes, it will be expanded to the rest of the country. 🚲 📦 👌🏼

Listen, if Rebel News gets to ask questions, @thebeaverton.com should get to ask questions. Let me ask Pierre if he thinks my biological clock looks fertile enough. I'll wear a blazer and everything. Don't deny me my rights, you cowards www.cbc.ca/news/politic...