“Coyote vs Acme” is a really good film. (No spoilers follow) I was expecting the jokes and the Easter eggs, but the film also delivered a great story and character development. The director had to walk a very fine line in making the coyote completely himself, while also taking him through a […]

We talk a lot about impostor syndrome and burnout, but how do we actually fix it? 🤔 I'm teaching a highly action-oriented class on O'Reilly focused on exactly that. Join the live event: "Beating Impostor Syndrome and Burnout," on September 18th, 9am PT - 12pm PT. We'll be diving straight into […]

Usually when I see an eighteen-wheeler on the highway, I don’t expect all eighteen wheels to be on the same axle.

"The speed camera, which was near the crosswalk where the teen was hit, had been removed as part of a provincial government directive that road safety advocates and municipal leaders warned would lead to more injuries and death on city roads." #biketo #onpoli www.thestar.com/news/gta/fam...

Family of 15-year-old boy severely injured after being struck near site of former speed camera, sues province, city

According to the statement of claim, the boy suffered a number of injuries, including a traumatic brain injury and ongoing cognitive, psychological and behavioural effects.

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[Grieving and death] A friend of mine died on the weekend, unexpectedly. He was young and handsome, healthy, well-loved, a pillar of the local queer community, and someone I saw as the next generation of leadership. He had just bought a home and was planning a number of events. On Monday I got […]

Imagine if haters online talked about adoptive mothers the same way they talk about trans people? — “Raising a child doesn’t make you a mother. You either gave physical birth or you didn’t. That’s just science.” — “Adoptive ‘mothers’ shouldn’t be permitted in mom groups. They didn’t go […]

I’ve just started to read my next French novel. It’s been a while since I’ve read one, and my French has slipped a lot. I find myself looking up words that I should know. It’s very hard to keep up a language unless you have the opportunity to use it pretty regularly. The novel I’ve chosen is […]

I just finished reading “The Lost Reliquary” by Lindsay Ely. It’s a fantasy novel set in the worlds where all the gods are dead, save one. And our protagonist — seemingly a devoted servant of the living Goddess — wants nothing more than to kill her. It was a good read, with interesting […]

Making lemongrass soup from lemongrass and tomatoes in our garden. Kitchen is full of All The Best Aromas.

Went for a bike ride up the Don Valley this afternoon. The aftermath of Wednesday’s big storm is still visible, with whole fields of low bushes flattened all towards the south. Lots of tree branches down too, of course. We stopped at the future West Don […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

This column by John Lorinc for Spacing captures my worries well. In my transit advocacy work I’ve met personally with Brad Bradford and Olivia Chow (and two dozen other municipal/provincial/federal politicians over the years), and what I’ve seen is him abandon […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

In better news, I have successfully moved all my passwords out of 1Password, so I can cancel my account. I swear, we need something like a “Fair Trade” certification for software.

Doug Ford is about to start removing the safe bicycling infrastructure on Bloor Street and University, falsely claiming that this will somehow reduce traffic congestion. This is in spite of hearing deputations from city planning and traffic experts all pointing out that what will really happen […]

Mayor Olivia Chow and the City of Toronto had prepared design proposals for Bloor from Resurrection to Royal York which would have added a traffic lane while keeping the bike lanes, yet were rejected by the Ford government! #shame #BikeTO #TOpoli #ONpoli www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...

Doug Ford’s government rejected Toronto’s proposals to restore traffic lanes and keep bike lanes: sources

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the province walked away from compromises to restore traffic lanes while keeping bike lanes on major streets.

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I’m sad to read that Gloria Steinem has died. I always found her writing to be interesting, and it often opened my mind to things I’d never thought about, being raised as a white male in the 60s and 70s. She got famous before I was born by going undercover as a Playboy “bunny” and writing an […]

My phone went off with an emergency alert warning of high wind, rain, and large hail in my area. And seconds later ice cubes started falling from the sky and pounding on my roof. We went out to our covered porch to watch. The thunder was continuous, but we saw no lightning. Water falling in […]

Denise demonstrates why she runs the strategy meetings. #transphobia #lgbtq #comics

I had a blast today at the Coldwater Steampunk Festival. Coldwater is a tiny town about two hours north of Toronto, but today it was crowded. I loved seeing all the creativity and inventiveness there. People in costumes ranged in age from little kids, right up […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

The renaming strategy has been used before historically as a pressure tactic, in the early 1970s. Remember “Bewitched”? The witch Endora was angry that her daughter Samantha married a mortal (Darren), so she applied pressure by refusing to use his correct name and calling him “Durwood” or […]

I need to buy a new range hood fan for my kitchen. I’m not looking for advice; I just need to vent a little.

If you have a famous voice, and don’t know what to say — or if you have a great deal of money and don’t know what to do with it — take inspiration from The Very Best American ever, who has departed this world today. Pull people together. Appeal to the best in others. Defend the marginalized […]

[Star Trek:SNW S04ep05 spoilers] So I finally saw the puppet episode of Strange New Worlds. I just want to express to @virtualbri and all the rest of the production and post/VFX crew how much I love you all. Keep ‘em coming.

It’s been several decades since a rando in a passing car yelled a homophobic slur at me, but it happened this evening! My husband and I were out walking down the street holding hands when a grey car sped past and the driver yelled “Tinkerbells!” at us. I burst out laughing because as slurs go […]

[Thin guy whinging about minor weight gain] I will start this little whinge by saying I’m healthy and my weight is still (barely) in the healthy range. And I am not looking for any advice. Just marvelling at the occasional obstinacy of our bodies. When I was in my late 20s my metabolism […]

The City of Toronto is requesting feedback about the Church Street pedestrianization pilot, which just ended this weekend. If you visited the Church Street village during the pilot, please let them know your thoughts! https://haveyoursay.toronto.ca/churchstreet #Toronto #ChurchStreet

Church Street Pedestrianization Pilot

Learn more about the Church Street Pedestrianization Pilot and provide feedback on the impacts and outcomes by September 7, 2026.

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[Dragonfly porn] I heard that this was the inspiration for how aircraft refuel while in flight. This is a common sight in the lakes regions north of Toronto, but it’s still impressive. #dragonflies #InsectPorn

Here’s fun game. You need a fitted sheet and a pillowcase. The object of the game is to scrunch the pillowcase into a tiny ball, stuff it into the corner pocket of the fitted sheet, then twist the fitted sheet tightly so the the pillowcase is compressed there like sausage in a casing. But — […]

A brief thread of biblically accurate angels from the National Art Museum of Catalonia’s Romanesque church mural collection. These murals were painted in the 1100-1200s, and stripped from their churches for conservation in the 1970s. #ArtHistory