Line 1 is down?

Idiocracy (2006)

It's pretty gracious of him to show up at all, given that his side lost.

'The X Files' are like an artifact from an almost forgotten civilization in the 90's.

Scottish guy living in Costa Rica working for US hedge fund paper tells us to be nice about treason - they're good folks, back off, be respectful. Nada about meetings with US state department officials and $500 mil slush fund or 3 millions stolen addresses/phone numbers. Canadian media in action.

Nation's sports franchises mark Pride Month with the annual closing of the comment section www.thebeaverton.com/2026/06/nati...

Say what you want about the Billy Bishop takeover, it's objectively funny that Ford's two biggest developments in Toronto are: -A fancy waterfront spa -Extending an airport runway to a point approximately two football fields from the fancy waterfront spa

Mayor Mark Sutcliffe will have a couple of new #LiveLaughMayor spots soon! www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Well, it happened again. I got put on the jumbotron at the grocery store and everyone booed my groceries

Always feels good to be on the leeward side of the week.

Good morning Ottawa. Bonjour Ottawa. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

seems like a plan designed to destroy retirement accounts

It's Friday at 4pm so the garbage weather has arrived right on schedule

me today:

I'm working on a project which involves some 3D mapping and visualization. In order to force myself to learn some of the concepts, tools, and troublespots I decided to build a starling murmuration simulator.

Past Dave (a fool): "I will only buy one bag of the delicious snacks to reduce the temptation to eat snacks. I am a genius. This plan is a proven winner." Present Dave (snackless): "Fuck."

Saying that the country has never been more divided is possibly an insult to Canada's rich history of being divided.

Two days of nice weather in a row? Unheard of.

After Ontario legalized same-sex marriage, former judge Harvey Brownstone officiated weddings five times a day as thousands of couples flocked to Toronto, turning the courthouse into a symbol of possibility. https://thewalrus.ca/canadas-first-openly-gay-judge-same-sex-weddings/

The absolute shit weather this Spring never ceases to amaze me.

Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should

Back in the day when I used to source products, I'd test organizations by contacting somebody in HR with a technical question. You can tell a lot about a company by how they handle these out of scope requests, and I figure HR set the tone for the whole org.

All the major shipping companies have their multitudes of problems, but only DHL brings a certain continental IDGAF to the customer experience.

“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons for more walkable streets.

FAO @jessrawk.bsky.social

Downtown businesses are going to implement some powerful, new changes this summer: new 11:30-2:30 hours (2pm on Sparks St) and dropping lunch salad prices to $18. Parking will now be $32 per day to better reflect increasing gasoline prices for commuters. Don't forget to RTO & Collaborate!

canadians: don't forget to leave tea and biscuits out for queen victoria tonight

Looks like a cyclist down at PoW and Hint Club. They seem to bee okay with Fire department attending.

Few things buttress my faith in humanity like this loathing. The fact that the AI overlords have so miscalculated what we would think and whether it would matter is fun too. A bit like the Trump Administration's miscalculation of how Minneapolis would respond to invasion by a thug army.

Quick note to anyone thinking of buying my books: please purchase the new Swift Press versions, NOT the relatively small number of Unbound versions still knocking about, & being sold by OOINYA. Unbound stopped paying me for my work early in 2024 and I will never see a penny for these books.

Good morning Ottawa. Bonjour Ottawa.

It's municipal election season! If you live in a multi-residential building, you may want to take a moment to remind your board, landlord, and/or other residents that candidates and their team are allowed access to buildings to knock on doors and/or drop off campaign literature. #WRvotes2026

Both bottle return depots are closed on this sunny Saturday of a long weekend What are we doing here

Countries where Signal is no longer available: • Russia • China • Iran • ...Canada? "Secure messaging service Signal, which uses end-to-end encryption, is warning it would withdraw from Canada if asked to compromise its users’ privacy under Bill C-22"

OMG the DOJ lawyer just said presidential power has never been "circumcised." He was trying to say "circumscribed."

The best part of the summer's arrival is for the next six months my neighbours can operate a masonry saw 16 hours a day.

This basically kills 301,000-signature petition separatists delivered to Elections AB to force referendum on independence. Premier Smith could still call referendum as gov't act, like separatist groups want her to. But lack of Indigenous consultation would still be problem. bsky.app/profile/mark...

AND HERE'S SEMIFINAL NUMBER TWO SOFT SERVE DOWN ROWDY SPORTS TEAMS DOWN WINDSWEPT AT THE BOW, DOWN IT'S PIRATE PAK VS ORCA SIGHTING

So tired of this shit.

In better news: I bought my mom a birdfeeder with a built-in video camera last year and the hummingbirds are back!

You know transit in Ottawa is bad, but do you know exactly how much worse it is in your neighbourhood than it was in 2019? This tool tells you: ottawacitizen.com/opinion/tran...

Critically: You must INTENTIONALLY REQUEST expedited processing by including a letter with your citizenship request explaining your situation, along with supporting documentation.

Shell reported a 24% increase in adjusted profit to $6.92 billion for the first quarter of 2026, driven by the illegal US war on Iran. Cool.

This is the *FIFTH* Ottawa Police officer at the centre of allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse of power in the last few weeks

Honestly, after RTO bullshit and price of gas, I suspect a lot of people are rooting for hantavirus.

Absolutely gorgeous late October day in Ottawa today. Get out there and enjoy it!

Good morning Ottawa. Bonjour Ottawa.

A great video from @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social, on how we treat traffic crimes differently than any other crime. We set laws, then let people violate them, even though we know it causes safety issues, and costs lives. And we never redesign the roads to reduce speeding.