Sweet. I can feel the stress melting away.

For the love of god, Adobe, I just want to rotate counter-clockwise.

Mine that dopamine,Toad.

The Red Sleigh Sarah Robertson c. 1924

Is it too much to ask for one dull day? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Every Saturday.

we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫

One of my favourite seasonal songs youtu.be/NytOOJQEin0?...

Number of publicly available bike parking spaces in Copenhagen: 180,000. Population 660,000. Number of publicly available bike parking spaces in Ottawa: 11,000. Population 1, 017, 449.

Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.

We did it- 18 and Under Youth Pass is coming to #Ottawa as of July 1st, 2026. It will bring free transit for youth on weekends, holidays, after 5pm on weekdays and all day every day in the summer (July and August)!

Discovering Ottawa’s Boom 99.7 FM and its chaotic-eclectic playlist is taking me *all* the way back to my high school days (1990-95) of listening to 100.3 The Q in Victoria.

Worth the taps to get to the goods in this thread.

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

Thanks for the reminder of why I stopped my subscription.

Try harder.

Night Snow Maud Lewis c. 1958

Thread on how to detect ai in that viral dog video

Je me souviens.

Important doings, everyone: youtu.be/gJxzhUAGBDw?...

This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.

This image is unhinged and I get this reference!

Only 3 weeks until the days start getting longer again ⛅ Hang in there, SAD people ❤️

This explains a lot.

How can I work for the Superior Fruits Innovation Program without living in the USA?

Nope nope, this is about pulling on the seat in front of you to help you get up.

also they mostly aren't "peace talks," they are talks about how to re-open US/Russia business deals

I saw an expert a bit ago say that the best way to inoculate boys against being sucked into right wing online extremism is to frame the extremists as losers, so let me help with that: What a bunch of fucking losers.

Shocker. 🙄

If only David Cameron could have discovered empathy while he was still Prime Minister. Better late than never?

I desperately want to know how “Outhouse” became a last name. Etymology me up, universe!

Blessed are the peacemakers

It disgusts me that if Zelenskyy were a bully that he would be treated better by some of his peers.

What you jettison at the first sign of trouble says a lot about what your “values” really are.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodom... Slava Ukraini.

every week just gets weirder tbh

“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”

These literally are the best, at least according to my teenager. HT to @smsaideman.bsky.social for bringing them to my attention!

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Seems like a good morning for ABBA. youtu.be/0dcbw4IEY5w?...

the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent

Horrifying news from Hamilton about a crossing guard killed by a dump truck driver. But not surprising. I see dangerous driving of dump trucks regularly. At least 3 of the road fatalities in Ottawa this year involve dump trucks. We need more housing and intensification but it has to be safer.

Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to "help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.

Is it that hard? Just roll back the clock even earlier than Casino Royale and start with him still in the Navy being identified and groomed as a potential agent by the future M? 🤷🏻‍♂️

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

Nothing like the 01:15 panic of omg what is the cat chasing at this hour to discover that she has brought her *toy* mouse into your bedroom to bat around and chirp at. 01:15 🤦‍♀️

Hive mind, is there anyone writing about women’s fashion like @dieworkwear.bsky.social writes about menswear?

We’re fighting for our children. They deserve a safe cycling environment to: Get around on their own steam Go to school, the library Go for a fun ride with friends Join us in opposing Ford’s regressive policies. Send a letter opposing Bill 60 now! Please share! www.horizonottawa.ca/back_off_ford

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.