Like taking google maps to Cape Canaveral.
“You’re cute. I’ve got this.”
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Like taking google maps to Cape Canaveral.
“You’re cute. I’ve got this.”
No CEO is actually worth $1 billion.
You know who is? The clerk at Bulk Barn who can distinguish unsweetened shredded coconut from sweetened shredded coconut just by eyeballing it — and knows the code for both!
Henry Ford: I will pay workers enough so that every one will be able to buy one of my cars. (Also some fascist stuff).
Today’s tech-capitalists: I will replace workers with robots and price products to be barely affordable by people who still have jobs. (Also some fascist stuff).
I’ve seen the ads. Car ownership holds the enticing promise of driving on otherwise empty roads and trails to go stand-up paddle boarding with my spouse/mistress. That dream fulfillment is worth the added financial insecurity!
$14,000 a year to be angry, frustrated and $14,000 poorer just doesn’t sell like it used to. #waroncars
Speaking of shock and awe...
Single sports betting was supposed to prevent an illicit market. But what it’s done is create tens of thousands of problem gamblers-mostly young men-leaving mental health programs footing the bill. Ontario needs to step up by, at minimum, tightening controls on advertising. #onpoli
Davos feels like a long time ago.
Good point. I had to work with what I could find. I don’t have a comms team helping me make it look like service and affordability are priorities in Ottawa. 👍
"The Tyee news article headline reads 'A 'Tiny Minority' of Social Media Accounts Drive Canadian Conspiracy Content.' Subheading states 'Researchers found conspiracy claims spread widely, but only some people believe them.' Article by Jen St. Denis, published February 25, 2026. Yellow header bar with site logo and navigation menu visible."
@jenstden.bsky.social doing the good work again.
News is often framed on X, Reddit, and Facebook by a small handful of coordinated accounts.
They sell outrage, our brains get dopamine, and suddenly Russia's Ukraine invasion seems sensible.
Read it in @thetyee.ca | thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
A bad outcome, but still not the worst the mind can conjure.
It’s a brave thing to wear your AirPods into the airplane bathroom.
It would be great to deamalgamate Ottawa so Mark Sutcliffe didn't need to be led on guided tours of random suburban intersections in Stittsville like he's on a royal tour of the Commonwealth
Horrific. Just saw this on national news. I’d like to think city leaders will respond with steps to make Ottawa streets safer, but they just voted against some. #ottawa #autowa
“Our furnace still isn’t working.”
“It was working great when we were there yesterday. Like good as new. You must have done something.”
Unless Mark Carney is now being played by Gil Gerard for photo ops. ;)
Pizza Hut parody ad from The Onion. Photo of a pan pizza with slogan “Worse than you remember or your money back”
The Onion has been reading my mail.
Congrats to Team Canada and Sault Ste Marie’s Brad Jacobs! 🇨🇦 #curling #soosky #olympics
Canada has nothing to be proud of either.
Science fiction has presented us with two incredible possibilities. Technology that restructures material at the molecular level to create food, eliminating want and hunger. Or technology that thinks independently and eventually destroys us. That the techbros would create the second one makes sense.
WOW!
Rakhi Pancholi pulled zero punches in her response to Smith’s address last night!
“Cut the bullshit and call an election!”
(That’s a real quote)
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Upset about the tariff ruling.
Changes in road deaths from 2019 to 2024” shown on a dark asphalt background. A vertical bar chart ranks EU countries by percentage change in road deaths. Most countries show decreases, displayed in green bars, ranging from minus 35 percent at the top to minus 1 percent near the bottom. Three countries show increases in red: Estonia plus 33 percent, Ireland plus 22 percent, and Spain plus 2 percent. The European Commission logo appears in the bottom right corner.
We're committed to halving road deaths by 2030.
To achieve this, we are putting forward a set of measures, such as:
🔹Strengthening enforcement of road traffic rules
🔹Addressing new forms of mobility
🔹Prioritising road safety research
More: link.europa.eu/NBYq9h
If city leaders won’t provide it, we’ll have to bring hope of our own.
Sometime, years from now, Ottawa’s leadership is going to discover that removing cars is the key to attracting foot traffic and increasing the vibrancy of public spaces. The only question is how many businesses and restaurants will needlessly go out of business before then? #ottawa #ottcity
The Poulin hug line is breaking me
Sudden death is up there with penalties as crappy ways for a team game to end.
Ottawans deserve so much better than the city leadership we're getting.
