I was just typing "Saskatchewan" in an email and Outlook's autofill suggestion was "Saskatchester."

Unity Garden seed kits will be available for FREE, pick up starting on May 12. Pick up locations and times are: Yukon Food Bank - M & F, 9-4pm Yukon Literacy Coalition, Horwood's Mall - M-F 8:30am-6:30pm AFTER June 2: Yukon Literacy Coalition Learning Garden, Shipyards Park - M-F 8:30am-6:30pm

My office is literally vibrating from construction next door. Any pointers for working from home as someone who hates working from home?

I think the number 1 rule of riding a road bike fast is to give pedestrians the right of way. But if you live in a huge city and there are only a few places cyclists can ride and there are points of friction between riders and park users, this primarily is a policy and infrastructure failure.

The fact that a standard Dutch bike almost always comes with fenders and, quite often, lights and even a wheel lock goes a long way toward normalizing cycling as a form of transportation for everyone.

Here is an otter snoot to start your day.

Yesterday, I spoke with David Common on CBC's Cross Country Checkup about the Yukon Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform. You can listen here (I'm at about the 40 min mark): www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

Exactly! Cyclists are taking a car out of your way, and bike infrastructure is much cheaper than building roads.

Sometimes I think about silk worms, and can you imagine forming like a half mile long string out of your butt. Because I thought maybe they had spinnerets like spiders. I looked it up. Nope. They form raw silk from their salivary glands. Half a mile of spit. Smooth, watery, high class spit.

“We found there’s this perfect one-to-one relationship. If a city increased its road capacity by 10% then driving in that city went up by 10%.” Still one of the best articles on why building bigger roads leads to more driving. Understanding #InducedDemand Via @wired.com

This further supports my position that everyone should work at least one election.

I wrote a short essay about the Yukon Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform process in this issue: www.nationalcivicleague.org/national-civ...

Hate to be millennial about it all but it is just mental that my whole working life has just been a series of recessions and “economic shocks”, underpinned by stagnant wages

Pete Buttigieg has entered the chat.

Small men always grow angry when they are confronted with the type of man they wish people saw them as, but can never be.

misinformation on this topic kills children. journalists always have a responsibility to Don't Print Lies In The Newspaper but it's especially true for childhood vaccinations.

Umberto Eco put together a now-famous list of 14 attributes of fascistic states. I'm going to discuss each of them in hopes this helps ppl understand that fascism is not just a buzzword. We're going to go through these by theme, so strap in. 🧵

Update: 15 confirmed cases. Health officials are racing to offer vaccines to unvaccinated children, they're operating a mobile unit to screen for cases, pre-treating exposed infants. Schools & hospitals are on alert. Measles outbreaks are v hard to contain. A totally preventable situation.

"No president in history has unilaterally shuttered an agency formally enshrined in law — let alone deputized his wealthiest donor, Elon Musk, to carry out that task in his name with little oversight or accountability."

"Gaza development plan" is such an Orwellian turn of phrase, such an abuse of language to normalize a proposed ethnic cleansing

“Believe it or not, electric bikes offer more exercise than pedal bikes on average. That might sound strange, but the science is clear.” Why e-bikes give more exercise than “acoustic” bikes. (but both are excellent for better cities, and both are a LOT cheaper than cars, especially after tariffs!)

Yup. This is your call to action reminder from your ally, good neighbour, business partner, friends & family. Expressing contrition or wishing to move to 🇨🇦 is insufficient. _Sharing examples of letters sent to your *federal reps* will be a start_ #BoycottTrumplandia

Finally, argues that the bigger looming threat is disinformation. I don't think she is wrong here. It's just a lot harder to fix than, say, how intelligence flows up and down the chain.

How in this global environment could you aspire to be Prime Minister and refuse security briefings? Absolutely absurd. Politics isn’t a game especially in this case. On this basis alone, Poilievre is not up to the job of PM. And he’d get eaten alive by Trump. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

You know Poe's Law and Murphy's Law? We need a new one for "the likelihood your children will be too sick to attend school/daycare exponentially increases with the number of immoveable meetings in your calendar." 😭

Last year, we embarked on Pasta Quest 2024, my favourite New Year's resolution ever. We tried 41 distinct pasta shapes and it was a really fun way to break out of a recipe rut. This year will be Cheese Quest 2025, with 3 cheese already on the list.

Here's my top hack for traveling with little kids (especially to see family): embrace the 20+ hour layover. Get a cheap hotel near the airport with a shuttle and a pool. It breaks up long journeys beautifully, makes your trip feel more like a vacation, and kids love it.

We finally made a new episode of Dear Dual Perspective. In this one, we critique a few recent Dear Abby columns. open.spotify.com/show/0fM2Qte...

House prices vs income 1984-2022 Canada #cdnpoli #peipoli

"It seems to me like nobody goes into pro boxing unless their life outside the boxing ring is harder than a life inside the boxing ring would be"

“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.” #Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.

I think I set a new high score at the grocery store yesterday...😬

My 3 year old renamed mashed potatoes "crushed tatoes" yesterday and I don't think I'll ever call them anything else.

The false and confusing narrative against bike lanes healthydebate.ca/2024/12/topi... via @healthydebate.bsky.social Great piece. Yes, #move!

Got a surprisingly good latte in an airport! It's a Christmas miracle.

Did you know that by substituting your morning coffee with green tea, you can eliminate up to 93% of what little joy you have left?

I'm dancing in this super cute and fun show at the Yukon Arts Centre on Nov 28-29. Tickets are going fast - you won't want to miss out! yukonartscentre.com/whats-on/vev...

Reading old novels like Anne of Green Gables, it's striking how normal it was for otherwise healthy kids to just up and die. Everyone was sad, but it was understood as unavoidable. AND THEN WE GOT VACCINES!

I haven't posted here in quite a while, so here's an update. The Yukon Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform's final report is now available: www.yukoncitizensassembly.ca Chairing the Citizens' Assembly was an honour. This process completely changed my view of the public and community building.

Looks like the X-odus is finally happening.

I really enjoyed researching the parenting advice industry, and how it shows up on social media, for this episode: Scrolling through Motherhood anchor.fm/deardualpers...

we had fun dunking on that bad a.i. image of the midcentury guy driving his car to work, posted by some RETVRN nostalgia dumbass, but the larger point is, midcentury advertising is capitalism's version of socialist realism. People are nostalgic for something that never existed.

What if fixing climate doesn't mean doing everything the same way, except with less CO₂ emissions, but fundamentally changing the way we interact with nature and with other people?

It took us almost half an hour this morning to get two adults, two kids and a dog fully geared up to walk to school and work in -33.

the rest of history is just going to be billionaires throwing little tantrums while half the population thinks it’s the coolest thing ever because they believe the pinnacle of human achievement is to be an extremely powerful baby

Gorsuch 'borrows', with examples cited as 'sloppy', and definitely keeps his job, while Claudine Gay 'plagiarizes' and is forced out. The differential treatment of Gorsuch compared to Gay, and the ultimate consequences, are so ridiculously obvious. www.politico.com/story/2017/0...

He died doing what he loved.

dystopia

same with vaccines. there’s a class of things that work so well that people just can’t comprehend it.