"What have I got in my pocket?" is not a riddle. Bilbo lost the game and Gollum was well within his rights to kill and eat him.
Gollum Waiting Intently
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At least we will all be able to remember the smell.
Occasional Transpo@occtranspo.bsky.social · 3w agoEnd of an era.
It was a lot of fun to join this conversation- and Tyler is actually understating how deeply nerdy we got. Give a listen!
Tyler Meredith@tylermeredith.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe future is electric ⚡️ As 🇨🇦 embarks on a national strategy to 2x electricity we convened a 90 min deep dive with @aleach.ca Merran Smith @mbpowell.bsky.social All free and un-gated. Don’t miss this nerd fest. 🍎 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m... 🟢 open.spotify.com/episode/3UlO... #cdnpoli
It’s time to power Canada strong — with clean, affordable, and reliable energy for decades to come.
This seems... fine? But also a reminder that you should treat all hand-wavy ill-defined/unfunded uses of heritage properties in larger redevelopments as vapourware.
CTV News Ottawa@ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social · 3mo agoSection of former Westboro convent to be demolished as part of new housing development
It's too bad we didn't close down the train for upgrades for like 5 years where we maybe could have done this. This whole train/hospital connection oppportunity really snuck right up on us.
CTV News Ottawa@ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social · 4mo agoCity considering widening Carling underpass to connect new Civic Campus to transit
Beyond all of the very obvious reasons to not be on Twitter, using a site that requires an account to see posts is not a very good way of posting public/government information. Login requirements remove *the original utility* of posting stuff there.
Aaron Wherry@aaronwherry.bsky.social · 7mo agoI imagine a government's argument for remaining on Twitter would be that they should be communicating where people are, but... a) I would wonder how many people are still on Twitter and b) there is surely some limit on where the government feels it's appropriate to communicate.
His advice is to look beyond the now: "If you have political will that is designed to destroy and they have the power to destroy, it is almost futile to try to push against the destruction. Instead, you have to get through the dark age by sort of deciding what the Renaissance is going to look like"
Fun with year end lists: Pitchfork has Cameron Winter's “Heavy Metal” as the third best album of the year but the 16th best Rock Album.
Wow this is crazy Trump just released an Executive Order eliminating Halalflation
Here's the biggest PSE story you haven't heard yet: the Canada Student Grant for low-income students is being cut from $4200/year to $3000/year as of next August. It's implicit in the budget tables but the government is too chickenshit to actually say so directly.
I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.
This game is like I got caught smoking a baseball and now I have to smoke a whole pack of baseball
The real story here is Ottawans’ inability to count to three.
CTV News Ottawa@ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social · 10mo agoThousands of items left at the curb for exceeding Ottawa’s 3-item garbage limit
We spend so much time comparing it to the NFL that we sometimes fail to appreciate that it's one of the very few forms of homegrown mass cultural entertainment that brings Canadians together, which is something you might want to lean into right now.
No way these end up closed and boarded up and the subject of 25 years of desultory talks about how to get them back to what they were in 2025.
CTV News Ottawa@ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social · 11mo agoWatson’s Mill faces new challenges as city looks to transfer historic Manotick properties
For any casuals heading to one of these shows, spend some time with Definitely Maybe and Morning Glory, and you’ll be ready for the bulk of the setlist. Plus you’ll be better acquainted with two of the great rock records of all time.
AC is SO MUCH EASIER to decarbonize than heating...we're already like halfway to carbon free AC in the US, while heat is like 10% of the way there.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.How do I feel about air conditioning? I’m very hot – but it’s destroying the planet | Emma Beddington
Well StatsCan pegged the cost of the additional regulations at about 1.7 points of GDP per year, so I think we can say there's an effect. There is a cost to all things. You can't increase regulatory comexity and think it'll have zero effect.
According to @SickosCommittee.org, the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest set for #IndependenceDay has been postponed. Defending champ Ed Krachie was at Fort Bliss in El Paso, so a new champion was expected to be crowned - that will have to wait.
What’s everyone’s current Canada Day album and why is it Melville by The Rheostatics?