For the most part, rodeos are about showcasing skills: Barrel racing? Horse and rider skills. Calf roping? Horse, rider, and rope throwing skills. OTOH, Bull Fighting is a ritual that still exists purely for tourist dollars.

The only reason Doug Ford is sending back his toy jet is because he saw how mad his party supporters got. That he thought it was a good idea to begin with is something else.

My neighbourhood has a great pizza place. Today, I was craving a couple of slices, so ordered one to pick up on the way home. Best decision of the week, so far, and now I have breakfast pizza for tomorrow.

It's hard to keep hope when everything in the world feels awful. Right now, the crack where the light gets in is in Hungary.

TFW you go into a conflict resolution meeting only to realize everything you say will be turned into gaslight fuel so choose self preservation above all else.

Trump went from making insane genocidal threats this morning to hyping the “golden age” of Iran hours later, and he received no concessions in between. He’s an absolute basket case who needs to be removed from power before he follows through on one of his mass murder fantasies.

Easter Seals has an excellent national partner program supporting accessible entertainment, cultural and recreational activities access2card.ca/about-us/ Municipal bodies have accessibility accommodation policies in place to ensure fair access to activities wrt to companion/support persons.

I feel for the people handling phone inquiries at venues who are being put on blast because someone didn't check if the information was correct.

Still annoyed about someone on Reddit providing incorrect Ontario Accessibilty Disabilities Act information. AODA is about removing physical and discriminatory barriers to people with disabilities. Entertainment venues are not required to provide free event tickets to patrons' support/companions.

In an increasingly bleak world, @dieworkwear.bsky.social brings the joy Hint: So many options for celebratory wear.

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

One Battle After Another is a weird movie. Sean Penn is freakishly good at playing a freakishly freaky freak. But it's still a weird movie that doesn't make sense in so many ways.

For reasons, signed up for a snow removal contract in January. As is the norm, once they reach certain cm accumulation, there's a surcharge. Done. Even if it doesn't snow again until November, not having to dig thru a city plow berm was so fucking worth it.

Brilliant and funny. @brenttoderian.bsky.social @justmeinottawa.bsky.social

NGL, I snorted at the idea of Canada switching to Euros as currency. Can you imagine trying to make that work?

This was a great show. Smart, fun, informative, and never condesceding.

torrents are undefeated: www.404media.co/the-removed-...

Clearly explained and worth reading. Banger of a closing paragraph, too.

Now that I've rescheduled tomorrow's appointment, the promised freezing rain isn't going to happen, right?

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

Random thoughts: How many people sent to conflict resolution training end up in an argument with someone in the same training because of an existing conflict between them?

Cities in that graph are on the list of lowest property taxes in Canada. Can you guess why they're suddenly increasing those taxes?

"Not enough cyclists or pedestrians are being injured or killed for me to care" is a hell of a stance for the Infrastructure Committee Chair to take, but here we are

it must suck to be a cat. you are born into this world, no one feeds you. you live a long life, but no one feeds you. you have never been fed, not once, not ever, never ever

Things I won't do: Take career advice from a guy who flunked out of college and still lives in his mother's house www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Decluttering basement project 2026, current stage: Throwing shit into boxes that I will keep (in boxes) for another 10 years, just in case.

I have no idea why workers were at home spending time with their families on Family Day, but I will absolutely get to the bottom of this. Premair Deputy Dawg

I followed an anthropolgist on Insta because I liked a particular post and now my Insta is filled with similar recommendations. I like it.

Hi, #Ottawa friends I'm looking for a trusted electrician for ceiling-lights wiring plus someone experienced in putting in a drop ceiling in a semi-finished basement. Your recommendations are much appreciated :-)

Ran some errands today (Wednesday) and while I was gone, the City dug a path to the fire hydrant blocked by the 4.5-foot bank of snow created by their own plows. I called them about it on Monday, so not bad at all.

This was really interesting!

311 support called me back within 20 minutes to document the details, then I got another call-back to confirm the work order had been processed.

City plows have buried the fire hydrant in front of my house. Clearing it manually is not an option I went to the City website to report the issue and if you have the same issue, don't use their snow and ice portal, call 311 by phone. Leave a call back number if the call queue is too long.

Only one of these ReBound Press gift baskets left for Valentine's Day! Ottawa area only. $85 plus GST. The basket includes a teddy bear, a copy of SHADOW PLAY, a mystery/thriller set in Ottawa, and all kinds of goodies!

To be clear(er) I am talking about two different people who crave the Mayoral Chair.

Simple things I look for in a Mayor: Someone who genuinely holds everyone’s best interests close to their heart, who seeks win-win solutions instead of counting bicycles on The Driveway and complaining how it’s unfair to car drivers (among other things). 1/2

Was scrolling through some reels and one caught my eye: Gotta admire the gumption* of two 20-something city kids turning a neglected 60 acre ranch into a commercial beef rasing, restaurant owning, multi-layered homesteading content machine. *Sarcasm.

I'm hoping that everyone who took a drink every time the Cons blamed Liberals for whatever remembers to drink water. Also: Please don't Conservative Convention and drive.

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"Good morning, Ottawa"

I listened to the segment about the Fed Con convention where Jason Kenney kept going on about Poilievre winning the popular vote and Dude, Skippy didn't even win his own seat. (Plus, popular vote doesn't work in Canada the way a lot of people think it does and CBC should have done better )

This is fun stuff. Interesting backstory of how Heated Rivalry got made in Canada. www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...

"OC Transpo still can't say what's causing the LRT's latest wheel woes" Me:

City plows always push a disproportionate amount of snow to the front of my house vs the opposite side, and the mounds from clearing the driveway plow berms are so high, we're throwing snow straight up and hoping it will stick, now. I'd just like the City to distribute the snow more equally, kwim?

"In 2018, when Premier Doug Ford vowed to end hallway health care, there were about 1,000 Ontario patients a day being treated in hallways and other spaces....(The Trillium) reported close to 2,000 patients a day were being treated in hallways and other spaces in January 2024..." Good job, Doug.

Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.

As much as I appreciate everyone defending Canada's peacekeeping contributions and sacrifices, I really wish ppl would stop taking Tr*mp's bait: It keeps him in the spotlight giving him the attention he craves. Like, whatever, Grandpa Bonespurs.

They should 100% send him to football games and on scenic tours while the grownups talk in meeting rooms.

Canadians you are not prepared for the temperature he tells you he is experiencing here.