Love to share the road with cars programmed to blast past speed limits

A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance. @MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury

Day 1 of #ThatsMyJam! Blueberry & Maple Syrup, with Speaking Canadian and Australian English in a British-American binary You can listen to us get enthusiastic about the relationship between the different varieties of English here: soundcloud.com/lingthusiasm...

It is SO DARK out there and I'm surrounded by cars, I hate it

"you fucked up a perfectly good industry is what you did; look at it, it's got capitalism!"

Smart! cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/new...

Well, today marks the first day of my winter route to work (more time spent sharing with cars, goody). I see the old familiar patterns of snow and ice accumulation and clearing haven't changed since last winter (looking at you, Higwood Road)

Hell yeah Montreal show us how it's done

Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders joined the @sbworkersunited.org picket line in Brooklyn today. Mamdani said he would keep joining picket lines even after he is sworn in as mayor.

Goody, it's "lines of snow tracked out from people's driveways and crushed into the bike lanes" season! Jingle jingle, ho ho ho

It's DECEMBERRRRRR time for this track again

Look, English may have a massive vocabulary compared to other languages but it has got NOTHING on Japanese pronouns. Ohhhh, you can refer to yourself as either "I" or "me" depending on grammatical position? That's CUTE. Japanese has something like SIXTEEN words for "I."

AD-ROCK: Yo Ebenezer you gotta show re- BEASTIES: MORSE AD-ROCK: Redemption is not a mere matter of Beasties: COURSE MIKE D: We’ll show you Bob Cratchit’s not a lazy BEASTIES: MOOCHER MCA: We’re Christmas Past MIKE D: Christmas Present BEASTIES: AND CHRISTMAS FUTURE

This year I guess I get the experience of having to get your winter tires on, but on ADHD hard mode. Picking tires up from dealership, then scheduling CAA to come to the house to change them, except: four reschedules, a bad phone #, and two web page interfaces that don't let you talk to a person.

I predict they will also be banned, as the consequences of deploying them at scale become manifest. But the cities that allow them in are going to through a lot of pain first. (You'd figure we'd learn from really recent mistakes...) This from @davidzipper.bsky.social : www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Canadians! You can now vote for the Canadian Word of the Year! (If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)

Happy Thursday, Canada 🍁

Been a while since I listened to this full album and it's my "dance around the house" for tonight. Just honestly: Oops, All Bangers.

Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.

Pouring one out for any #ottbike heading home after work today going west. Yeeesh. I had the wind at my back most of the way but when I went crossways through the Farm it was strong enough to grab my wheel.

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Wasted time, wasted money, projects halted halfway through, all because the premier can't be Mayor of Toronto and so now he's got to impose his pigheaded will on everyone. This is infuriating. GOD I hope he's never Prime Minister.

OOOOF I can only hope that west wind stays where it is so I can at least get a boost on the way home today. It's headwindy out there today, #ottbike

If, like me, you’re one of the lucky ones who’s never met Sir Pounce before today, prepare to watch this lethal muppet a dozen times. #cat #cats

Not all heroes, etc etc.

OH FOR FUCKS SAKE

Hey, anyone using @labeler.bikesky.social - have you started seeing a bunch of people labeled as "anti-cyclist" that don't seem to be in any way even talking about bikes? I've noticed a bunch lately

It is SO irritating to walk or bike past a chained-off stairway or bridge with a "not winter maintained" sign on it that went up on schedule on November 1st, with temperatures around 5C and absolutely not a flake of snow on the ground

Civil disobedience in Ottawa - the NCC closes off stairs everywhere because of course no one wants to walk in winter, right? And the barriers go up on when someone’s calendar says they go up, irrespective of whether there is actually snow on the ground. Let people go at their own risk.

Most ASMR: someone whispering into a mike and crinkling foil and clicking comb teeth My ASMR: Alex Terrible's fucking alligator rolls

Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!

Well THIS episode hit me pretty close to home. I and my friends were a LOT like Justin and his friends when I was a teenager. People actually did think I was a Satanist. And there were kids in my circle who had real psychological trouble and access to guns (not like in the USA though, thankfully).

Mr Lorna would like me to share this with you all, on the grounds that it kicks ass

TFW you're flying home after publicly dog-walking the President of the United States of America.

LOLOLOLOL

Mamdani probably got home, turned to his wife, and let out the longest, loudest “this fucking guy” of all time

We're at the Middle Earth map. We're at the subway map. We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map! And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others! #LOTR #maps #subway www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...

I keep saying, you want to understand US-style politics, you NEED to understand pro wrestling

This is an absolutely terrific essay on the moral panic(s) over roleplaying games between the 70s and 90s. Know Thy Geek History.

"They thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”

Guy at the bike shop asked "you want to get an inner tube with that tire too, as a backup?" I said, "Nah, I'll just patch the one I've got, I've got tons of patches." Me now, after three attempts to patch, mount, and inflate the damn tire: FML shoulda bought a new tube

Ask and you shall receive

It's very upsetting to read this headline, although not altogether surprising, based on recent events. We are now one step closer to losing one of the coolest things to have come to Ottawa in many years. And it didh't have to be this way. 1/ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Happy International Men's Day! This year I really want to shout out my martial arts brothers and teachers. I have been super lucky, as a woman, to have found teachers and fellow students in a number of different arts who are among the safest and kindest and wisest guys you will ever meet.

to me, this is what International Men's Day is all about

This thread is fascinating and terrifying

OMG 100% HOLY SHIT YES. Why the HELL can I not see anything except the blinding lights of the advancing cars? On my bike I damn near hit people walking on the paths because the cars have washed them out. On the road, I can barely make out the curbs and lane lines.

Okay, as an editor, as a fan of language, and as a former ESL teacher, this is delighting me

Well, at least the rear tire waited till I was only about 3 km from home before it went flat :-( Guess I'm hauling out the patch kit tonight.

Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, one of the greatest comic strips of all time, was born on this day, November 18, 1985 -- December 31, 1995. And Calvin's dad remains a beacon of inspiration to cyclists everywhere.