The Cornell story got a lot of folks thinking about bystander intervention. We like to believe we'd do the right thing but few of us actually do - often because we have no idea HOW to do it. Let me teach you! It's free, cameras/mics muted & it's suuuuper practical info zoom.us/webinar/regi...
It being just after Thanksgiving, it's the perfect time to explain why I'm voting for @jleiper.bsky.social for mayor in the upcoming Ottawa municipal election.
In the inbox this am: @davidmoscrop.com talking about a book "updated in light of Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election". Someone was writing without coffee...
I thought about this a lot when writing Father Francis Loyola, aka The Pope's Hitman. Loyola is a compulsive planner when given the luxury, running through multiple scenarios including many that don't come to pass but almost always inform the chaos when strategy encounters the enemy.
J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN@jmberger.com · 3w agoMy latest: Why are hitman movies such a perennial genre? I make the case that they're workplace competency porn. medium.com/the-berger-d... #booksky #movies #thepopeshitman #thrillers
83 to go. The Canadiens open their season with a mature effort. It wasn’t spectacular but it was an intelligent road game. The win in Toronto in the season opener of the Call Of The Wilde for Global Montreal globalnews.ca/news/1207663...
Call of the Wilde: Montreal Canadiens start the season with a tight victory over the Maple Leafs in Toronto - Montreal | Globalnews.ca
The Montreal Canadiens drew the Maple Leafs in Toronto and it was a match-up that Montreal has struggled with, but not this time. The Canadiens posted a tight 3-2 win.
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This morning — following two investigations into Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford's use of an app that rewards supporters for posting AI-generated comments and sharing contacts — Bradford called our reporting "inaccurate." We're now releasing the recording that proves our reporting.
Bradford calls CNO reporting of AI app rewards ‘inaccurate.’ Here’s the recording proving our reporting.
Canada’s National Observer has decided to publish the segment of the Zoom call that corroborates its reporting.
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@brigittepellerin.bsky.social Is there an unannounced political party thing happening in Ottawa? @jleiper.bsky.social and Joanne Chianello have very similar colour schemes for their campaign signs.
This is what 2.5% gets you: patched patches on top of patched asphalt. Ottawa deserves better.
@brigittepellerin.bsky.social The Ottawa mayor race, as I understand it: The incumbent is running against the incumbent. There's the insider policy wonk. There's the outsider policy wonk. And there's the war on cars guy. Sigh.
Dear @gailsimone.bsky.social , as I am Canadian, can you please explain this to me?
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · last mo.People, what are we even doing anymore
Work or run a business from home in Ottawa? You have Rose Fletcher to thank. She fought to make it legal in the 1970s after a zoning bylaw banned it. Read the story in my latest newsletter post. threespeed.substack.com/p/the-woman-...
The woman who legalized working from home in Ottawa
Rose Fletcher fought City Hall for years before her WFH victory in late 1974
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Clearly the problem is not enough parking. Closing a street obviously hurts vendors. @toondreessen.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social
Why do you appreciate unions? I’ll start: Weekends off Paid vacations Work breaks Sick leave Paid holidays No child labor Safer working conditions Health care and retirement benefits
JD Vance wants to take child care money away from low-income parents and giving it to married women who stay home to raise their kids. Welcome to Gilead. brigittepellerin.substack.com/p/the-handma...
The Handmaid’s Tax Credit
Subsidizing married parents to stay home by taking childcare money away from low-income parents is not giving women more choice.
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Peak @julieslalonde.bsky.social bait
Jess Nevins@jessnevins.bsky.social · last mo.Just watched an average looking shorter guy sit down next to a ravishingly good looking woman, make an aside to her which got a smile, begin idle chitchat, pay attention to what she said, ask questions, listen, make her laugh, exchange phone numbers, then get on his plane and wave goodbye to her.
On this day in 2025, Ken Dryden died. Born in 1947 in Hamilton, he won six Stanley Cups, five Vezinas, the Calder and the Conn Smythe in his Hall of Fame career. A best-selling author, he served in Parliament from 2004 to 2011. 📸 Bruce Bennett
Gloria Steinem, Researcher Who Discovered Existence Of Women, Dead At 92
Great news, @gailsimone.bsky.social ! A city in Canada is holding Pickle fest! www.reddit.com/r/Calgary/s/...
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For @revdaniel.bsky.social . Two posts.
Dun Jun@clustertuck.bsky.social · 2mo agoRIP Dolly Parton ❤️ Here's a lovely Dolly story: We worked together on "Transamerica." She told me that the bible passage that used to puzzle her the most was, "the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men." She said, "How the heck do you sin against the Holy Ghost, and-
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
