scruss
@scruss.bsky.social
aka Stewart Russell: hairy old Scottish nerdy git living in Toronto
(Takes '500 Miles' off the dance playlist) (And yes, I've put it into DJ sets before, it works) (But, you know, fuck transphobia and all that)
Kit O'Connell (🏳️🌈Big & Bright Queerdo👽)@kitoconnell.com · 16h agoIf you're losing relevance, just try transhobia. Even one-hit wonders are getting in on the action.
I dunno who Build Canada are, but this is a terrible look: "Procure a modern policing stack — a fixed plate-reader network, drone-as-first-responder, one real-time operations hub — to tackle crime and convert freed officer hours into visible presence ..." — www.buildcanada.com/toronto/memo...
Make Toronto Safer using Modern Policing Technology
Since the pandemic, assault, vehicle theft, and petty crime have remained high and general disorder like open hard drug use and encampments have grown significantly. The proven solution to these issue...
buildcanada.com
I've looked at literally thousands of online event listings over the past year and a half and now I have Opinions™ about how they should be structured, perhaps you would be interested in these if you also run events or you just enjoy a slightly exasperated blog post phirephoenix.com/blog/2026-09...
things I wish every event organizer would do for their event listings
Hello yes, I am aware that it’s been almost a full year since the last post. This is largely because running Show Up Toronto and writing a newsletter for it every week takes a lot of time and energy. ...
phirephoenix.com
thanks to this very silly Parks Canada video, I've been mumbling to myself "All the bears with the humps go diiiigging, all the bears with the rumps go cliiiimbing ..." for the last few days www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sYj...
G Bear and B Bear
YouTube video by Kati
youtube.com
One of my friends has developed chicken-assisted pumpkin carving: lift the pumpkin skin off where you want it carved, leave it out for the chickens and they'll peck out the rest.
I'm sure it was a great idea to call your record label "Psychic Hotline" right up until everyone's bandcamp Friday purchase gets blocked as potential credit card fraud
I took the mydialect.us thing, and it says I'm either Portland, ME, or Boston, MA. I'm from Scotland. The one I'm least like is Kansas City, MO: this explains the years of pronunciation hilarity we've had at home, since my partner's from there.
The Work n Wear warehouse sale is a much bigger FD than I expected
Jammed in eye, bowmen sly, and ponies toddling For tonight I'm gonna slay old Harold Godwin Norman hordes flash their swords, make Saxons cry-oh Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the Bayeux
A dismal collection of election signs reminded me that the New Blue Party of Ontario (the "Doug is too left wing and pro-vax for us" party): a) still exists; b) is fielding candidates in all three provincial by-elections tomorrow.
Bluffer's Park: after last night's storm, raw human waste is cascading into the sediment ponds and overflowing the barriers straight into Lake Ontario. Best stay away #toronto #water #ScarboroughBluffs #LakeOntario
It's 3:20 am and the TTC thinks it's a great time to operate a vacuum daylighter in a residential area. Daylighters are very loud. The best bit? There's nothing I can do about it. TTC construction and maintenance are exempt from city noise bylaws.
The Ontario government is soliciting proposals for how they should go about removing the bike lanes on Yonge, Bloor, etc: www.raqsesp.merx.com/public/solic...
RAQS Engineering Services - Abstract - 2024-E-0053 - Detail Design For The Reinstatement Of Travel Lane Within The City Of Toronto
raqsesp.merx.com
325 #kakapo! The chicks from this year's record breeding season are now juveniles and so have been added to the population. In 1995 there were just 51 kākāpō left. Recovery of critically endangered species _is_ possible with sustained effort. #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots
Oh dear, why did I pick up a Bontempi chord organ? They sound amazingly terrible
Oh I do love a TTC carriage with sorta not-exactly working AC. (Better than the GO trains that could be a nope-oven)
This is, of course, the best bus
British Transport Films Stills@btfstills.bsky.social · 2w agoAWAY FOR THE DAY (1952)
I feel bad for the motorists who had to wait while we rode along Danforth for Critical Mass tonight, but they could have just taken side streets.
Swindler Ferd Ward caused the Wall Street crash of 1884. His great-grandson Geoffrey C. Ward wrote "A Disposition to be Rich" about his terrible ancestor. Hugely recommended book about a just awful guy. #book
The College Street Electronics Basement is looking sadly depleted. When it goes, there will be only one ...
