It was a good season. Ski you later!

In #autowa, we always seem to have money for roads/ stadia/ sprawl. But not to feed/ house/ support those in need. But hey: we have the lowest taxes across the top 10 cities in the province. How about if we try trickle-UP economics for once??!!

Hang on #canada: What do the « rules » of Canadian Parliamentary proceedings say about the primacy of political parties versus individual members elected to the House? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

#TACO Tuesday! Rinse, repeat and recycle! That fool is such a fool! (Actually pleased that this has not escalated beyond that Fool’s inner-sanctum of sycophants!) ☮️✊

www.cbc.ca/news/world/l... «… whole civilization will die tonight… » WTF! like WTAF is wrong with this guy??!! You cannot walk back those comments … ever! Since 2016: this is a game for him, just another reality tv show for clicks/ likes/ $$$

Driving tip to improve traffic flow and possibly ease traffic congestion in #ottawa: Use your turn-signals! I cannot read your mind…but you can probably read my lips? 🤬

Why does #CBC News in #canada refer to Hegseth as Sec of « War » while other international news organizations maintain Sec of Defence? Was he sworn in as former or latter? 🤔

Oh the hubris! 1.75T$ IPO??!! #TaxTheBillionaires Obvious to some...but if you need (even) more evidence / information check out the #CBC Ideas podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/6sSI...

www.cbc.ca/news/busines... Got wonder how all of the ‘free shipping’ companies are doing with this? To the point: how are Amazon’s outsourced local companies/ drivers dealing with current gas prices? Someone’s getting screwed and it ain’t AMZN!

www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic... No mention in story if same raccoon exited substation under own power! For more critter-caused outage history, visit: cybersquirrel1.com

Lesson in corporate #crisismanagement to be heeded: map out who are your stakeholders ahead of crisis, and quick sanity check during. They did everything else right and yet this outcome (related to tragic situation and loss of lives). Sometimes ‘safe to fail’ does not/cannot apply to Top Management

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Lots of comments / hope that tourism sector may smooth this grim outlook, and the #ottawa 200 anniversary would be part of that. Yet…look at both City and Ottawa Tourism websites and there is nothing on main page to draw your eye toward the 200th. Still planning 🤷‍♂️

Sick, in bed (with pup), in isolation, with window opened. Hearing songs from American Robin and Cardinal makes this bearable! (Sort of!)

Ok #ottawa/ #autowa: I know jumping to conclusion is not constructive but when pattern develops based on past driving-related misconduct for still-inexperienced driver with pending drunk driving charge, then you are charged with hit-n-run (vehicular manslaughter?) and hire « that » lawyer, I think🤔

When your early evening flight gets canceled due to a previous mechanical issue, and airline rebooks you on a flight for the *next morning* and generously ( /s ) offers 2 15$ meal vouchers for overpriced airport food to tie you over for 13 hours, I feel like a much valued customer!

KLM airlines has the best names for their planes. Just rolled by « Buttercup » at Pearson Airport in #Toronto. She is no faint flower! #aviation #avgeek

« Community activist » Have you ever read/ seen those words and thought « communist »??!! Maybe that is why grossly ignorant people (RWNJ in particular) fail to appreciate why community organizers are proper « politicians » that we need in our communities…and not another rich-dude??!! #canada ???

Why does editing functions on @bsky.app with an #iphone suck so much??!!

Bilinguism in #Canada appears outdated. Really enjoy hearing the words from local First Nations when interviewed on #CBCRadio programs. Listen to Rosanna Deerchild’s introduction for Unreserved (www.cbc.ca/radio/unrese...) and tell me you are not curious about the nature of each hello

I really really really do not like the reservation system for #OntarioParks ! 🤬 Freaking Hunger Games to get anything booked that is suitable to your vacation availability! Thoughtful suggestion: open up the entire year's reservation calendar on January 01, and that will prevent the funnel effect!

‘Shop’-ping platform just sent me friendly reminder to track my recent purchase… for purchase that was delivered *yesterday* !!! But hey…aren’t these tech platforms just so wonderful enough that they are worth billions??!! Also want to be political influencers / know-it-alls in #canada #cdnpoli !!!

#enshittification is today’s topic on #CBC #OntarioToday with @doctorow.pluralistic.net Must listen radio!!!

Attention all #GateLice : The gate agent has informed all passengers that we are boarding by zones. Do not get up, do not line up until your zone has been called. Do. You. Understand. #aviation

I was in awe earlier today as I was driving in this area. Going to do some higher altitude exploration tomorrow. #canada is a massive country. Get out there and explore it…no, live it! Hopefully will remember to take more pics tomorrow rather than let my brain soak it in!

Cette chanson offerte par #LesCowboysFringants est si appropriée pour ces jours chaotiques: ‘Plus rien’ open.spotify.com/track/5n6rZT...

Wow! Neighbouring countries are getting annoyed at Ukraine’s speed to repair energy distribution networks that have been knocked out by the invading country of RU! What a messed up world of Puppet Leaders! What’s next? Blame UA for the oil crisis in Iran? Blame UA for Coke Classic??!!

Oh FFS! The rooster is back! Need to consult @en.ottawa.ca bylaws if roosters are still permitted inside #ottawa / near residential areas. And for those wanting to write to leave it alone: it (erratically) crows from sunrise to sunset! Every. Single. Day.

#BreakingNews: Trump removes Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary. Out but not gone though: “Special envoy for The Shield of the Americas." Oh great...you can just hear the new battle cry that she will use: "Agents of Shield: Assemble!" Burning question: will she wear the eye-patch?! 🤬

Deceptive marketing practices by Hello Fresh and Ticketmaster: get 20 free meals since you bought these tickets! No no no: add a free meal when you order something! Not how it read when you get offer.

All software providers website: "Request a demo". Within 15 minutes of clicking, you know that Sales person is going to email/call you! Client builds a good RFP and approaches some good candidates to respond: [crickets!] They all expect you to come to them for their solutions. Lost opportunity!

For someone that states he does not consume alcohol, alcohol continues to be an important part of his Government’s mandate. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #onpoli

BC announces end to Standard Time after next "spring forward". I wonder what impacts, if any, this messing-around-with-time will have on organizations with time-sensitive operations, with national/ international operations, or with customers operations (3rd-party risk)? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Can anyone explain why politicians turn around and wave bye-bye when boarding government plane while still in #canada ? Feels so…hmmm… regal! Same goes when leaving another country (as in pic) as they’ve already shaken hands and exchanged parting pleasantries. Host waves back “Good riddance“ /s

#Canada must not buy into this over-hyped BS. The public grid is not yours to exploit for your dumb AI slop! Unlike how commercial water-selling companies get ridiculous bulk water agreements for pennies per million litres, data centres must bear the true costs *and* get surcharged to offset impact

DRI International has published latest version of International Glossary for Resilience: drii.org/resources/gl... Useful resource for #BusinessContinuity and #Resilience pros to align under the umbrella of common terminology. Hmmm...when I ask you to describe a "power bar", what do you see? 🤔

A Snow-Mewf! (Happy to have a snowfall in #ottawa!) #Ski day tomorrow awaits!

Quel gros bébé là-la!!! www.cbc.ca/news/world/l...

Ever feel like media in #canada does not get it by limiting their reach to hostile platforms? In this case only promoting (assuming reachable) on ‘eff’ and ‘ex’. 🤷‍♂️

It is easy to throw darts @en.ottawa.ca for so many things… but I would like to call out my own positive experience with #ottawa Bylaw Services for responding quickly to recent illegal garbage dumping complaint in rural area with a follow-up call from them as well! A+ CC: @clarkekelly.bsky.social

As shared in preparedness conference: Unusakut (phonetically: Oo-nah-sa-coot)! Earlier today, introduced myself by respectfully greeting hosts in own language : Halu Ulaakut (Ha-lu Oo-lah-coot) ! #canada has many beautiful languages that must be protected and promoted. Nakurmiik (Na-koor-meek)

[unpopular opinion; I totally support work-from-anywhere mindset] Remember the days when people advocated for #4DayWorkWeek as being that right mix to improve productivity and support healthy personal schedule (aka work-life balance)??!! With RTO policy going to 4 or 5 days, will this trend again?

#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience Yes everyone…it matters!!! And #canada must continue to ensure access and to promote its post-secondary education in #STEM as its competitive advantag. ✊

"HOV" lanes in #ottawa explained: Hop On Voluntarily. There is no more any purpose or value to having these HOV lanes in west end. Only creates frustration or unsafe driving conditions when drivers hop on voluntarily! Maybe Doug will come rip these out to guarantee single-occupant vehicles are ok!

#CBC #OttawaMorning really appears to be tone-deaf in “reporting” on the business news related to that paid-propaganda (and as others have written: bribe!) and noting the 7MM$ in box office sales (versus actual bums-in-seats!) as being something that is newsworthy for local listeners. #ReadTheRoom 🤬

Is King T going to be present in Italy for opening ceremonies of Olympics? Did Meloni invite him? Did someone remind King T of anciemy Olympic times when wars were paused? Hmmmm… calls Vlad to ask for stop to indiscriminate bombings and get peace-credits for Olympics Peace Prize!

Alright #ottawa : today you win! I am exhausted from traffic, parking, road conditions, poor traffic signals and poor driving behaviours. An awful day from my behind-the-wheel perspective! We are seriously failing ourselves to continue to accept #ottpoli platitudes about transit! Demand better!

As Government of #canada returns from winter break, and likely topic of sovereignty seems to on everyone's tongue these days, I am looking to hear more from Feds on the nowhere-topic of #CivilDefence. Let's talk about building #resilience and #readiness through societal engagement. Lessons exist! ✊

How I sometimes feel about #cybersecurity when the physical environment/ threat get minimized! #resilience

Maybe I am just still recovering from the shitshow of Canada150 in #Ottawa, but I think that announcing this funding now, and having such a small window to come up with "event, activity or piece of public art" in a 1 month timespan seems ... a bit rushed! Or (cynically) late to the game??!! 🤞

Friday Poll: Tell me the make and model of your first car. Results to be collated and analysed for patterns. If interested, provide mobile # for results.