Cassey Lottman
@casseylottman.bsky.social
Here's @bikeottawa.bsky.social on Ontario Bill 60: "A Veto on a Safer, More Bikeable Ottawa"
bikeottawa.ca/2025/10/30/o...
#ottpoli #ottawa #ontario #ottbike
bikeottawa.ca/2025/10/30/o...
#ottpoli #ottawa #ontario #ottbike
Ontario Bill 60: A Veto on a Safer, More Bikeable Ottawa
A provision buried deep in Ontario’s new omnibus legislation, Bill 60 (the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025), is a direct, immediate threat to road safety in Ottawa. It undermines years o…
bikeottawa.ca
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Here's @bikeottawa.bsky.social on Ontario Bill 60: "A Veto on a Safer, More Bikeable Ottawa"
bikeottawa.ca/2025/10/30/o...
#ottpoli #ottawa #ontario #ottbike
bikeottawa.ca/2025/10/30/o...
#ottpoli #ottawa #ontario #ottbike
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I'm glad someone is doing this. The government is making the streets mess safe and should be held responsible.
If you're driving, speed & hit someone, you're at fault. But, that doesn't mean that government's who encourage or facilitate dangerous driving are blameless. If you're in a collision w a speeding driver where a speed camera was removed email us: [email protected] 1/2
November 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I'm glad someone is doing this. The government is making the streets mess safe and should be held responsible.
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Ok, here's why it's "Free"
www.canva.com/policies/pri...
"We may analyze your activity, content, media uploads and related data in your account to provide and customize the Service, and to train our algorithms, models and AI products ..."
You can turn it off in settings, supposedly. 😒
www.canva.com/policies/pri...
"We may analyze your activity, content, media uploads and related data in your account to provide and customize the Service, and to train our algorithms, models and AI products ..."
You can turn it off in settings, supposedly. 😒
October 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Ok, here's why it's "Free"
www.canva.com/policies/pri...
"We may analyze your activity, content, media uploads and related data in your account to provide and customize the Service, and to train our algorithms, models and AI products ..."
You can turn it off in settings, supposedly. 😒
www.canva.com/policies/pri...
"We may analyze your activity, content, media uploads and related data in your account to provide and customize the Service, and to train our algorithms, models and AI products ..."
You can turn it off in settings, supposedly. 😒
Hey Ontario! You've heard of the disastrous Ford bill to destroy tenant rights, but did you know that Omnibus Bill 60 would entirely wipe out the ability of cities to right-size their roads by reducing lanes _at all_, not even just for bike lanes?
#onpoli #OttBike #ontario #ottawa
#onpoli #OttBike #ontario #ottawa
October 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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my favorite color, Dark Gary
August 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
my favorite color, Dark Gary
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We made a big mistake when we decided that governments should and could communicate with the public during disasters largely via corporate-owned algorithmic social media websites.
We have to return to requiring governments to use truly *public* platforms designed for this use case that all can see.
We have to return to requiring governments to use truly *public* platforms designed for this use case that all can see.
It’s malpractice at this point that so many government agencies are stuck using social media platforms that are largely only regularly used by people over 40.
They have to start posting video content on TikTok to reach the non-geriatric. Sorry, that’s the way it is
They have to start posting video content on TikTok to reach the non-geriatric. Sorry, that’s the way it is
The “Universal Public Square” model that sustained Facebook and Twitter for the decade from 2010-2020 is nearly a half decade in the grave.
The prevalence of Cranky Boomer Uncles in so many agencies keeps them from realizing this.
The prevalence of Cranky Boomer Uncles in so many agencies keeps them from realizing this.
July 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We made a big mistake when we decided that governments should and could communicate with the public during disasters largely via corporate-owned algorithmic social media websites.
We have to return to requiring governments to use truly *public* platforms designed for this use case that all can see.
We have to return to requiring governments to use truly *public* platforms designed for this use case that all can see.
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so wild there are these threads of radiant beauty just coursing through all things, and not only do we get to witness this glow, we get to pluck the strings ourselves and travel to the future or past through art and creation. all you have to do is reach out and strum to connect with the infinite
July 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
so wild there are these threads of radiant beauty just coursing through all things, and not only do we get to witness this glow, we get to pluck the strings ourselves and travel to the future or past through art and creation. all you have to do is reach out and strum to connect with the infinite
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Frederick Douglas gave his “What to the slave is the Fourth of July” speech at an event put on by the Rochester Women’s Anti-Slavery Sewing Society. Much love to everybody, past and present, keeping tiny community spaces alive while wondering “is there any use in this?”
July 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Frederick Douglas gave his “What to the slave is the Fourth of July” speech at an event put on by the Rochester Women’s Anti-Slavery Sewing Society. Much love to everybody, past and present, keeping tiny community spaces alive while wondering “is there any use in this?”
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'Ten messages for a man who thinks children should stay off the roads and stick to the park'.
[From my Diagram Club newsletter. Subscribe for more like this: diagramclub.substack.com ]
[From my Diagram Club newsletter. Subscribe for more like this: diagramclub.substack.com ]
June 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
'Ten messages for a man who thinks children should stay off the roads and stick to the park'.
[From my Diagram Club newsletter. Subscribe for more like this: diagramclub.substack.com ]
[From my Diagram Club newsletter. Subscribe for more like this: diagramclub.substack.com ]
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A near-guilty pleasure of mine is little riddles in Ruby. Terse code is a break for me from thinking about how the world is a mess.
skiles.blue/blog/ruby_tr...
skiles.blue/blog/ruby_tr...
Favorite Ruby tricks
Toy problems using Ruby's capacity to manipulate arrays, hashes and strings
skiles.blue
June 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
A near-guilty pleasure of mine is little riddles in Ruby. Terse code is a break for me from thinking about how the world is a mess.
skiles.blue/blog/ruby_tr...
skiles.blue/blog/ruby_tr...
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3 cheers for fossil fuels 🫠
Tomorrow is forecast to be the muggiest June day on record in #Ottawa: 45. #YowWx #OttWeather #YOW #OttNews #ONWx
June 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
3 cheers for fossil fuels 🫠
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now available:
From the Palestinian writer Shahd Alnaami, a collection of nonfiction and poetry about her experiences of the most recent years of the genocide in Gaza. Her writing immortalizes what has been lost with precision & grace.
sheerspite.ca/product/the-...
sheerspite.ca/product/the-...
From the Palestinian writer Shahd Alnaami, a collection of nonfiction and poetry about her experiences of the most recent years of the genocide in Gaza. Her writing immortalizes what has been lost with precision & grace.
sheerspite.ca/product/the-...
sheerspite.ca/product/the-...
June 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
now available:
From the Palestinian writer Shahd Alnaami, a collection of nonfiction and poetry about her experiences of the most recent years of the genocide in Gaza. Her writing immortalizes what has been lost with precision & grace.
sheerspite.ca/product/the-...
sheerspite.ca/product/the-...
From the Palestinian writer Shahd Alnaami, a collection of nonfiction and poetry about her experiences of the most recent years of the genocide in Gaza. Her writing immortalizes what has been lost with precision & grace.
sheerspite.ca/product/the-...
sheerspite.ca/product/the-...
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Her: Why didn't you do the dishes?
Me: Dishes are a distraction. We need to focus on the real issue, the vacuuming that I am also not doing.
Me: Dishes are a distraction. We need to focus on the real issue, the vacuuming that I am also not doing.
June 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Her: Why didn't you do the dishes?
Me: Dishes are a distraction. We need to focus on the real issue, the vacuuming that I am also not doing.
Me: Dishes are a distraction. We need to focus on the real issue, the vacuuming that I am also not doing.
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For the last month I have had this perpetual conflict about whether to Post Things because I don't want trans people following me to panic but I really, really want cis people following me to know how much we legitimately have to panic about
February 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
For the last month I have had this perpetual conflict about whether to Post Things because I don't want trans people following me to panic but I really, really want cis people following me to know how much we legitimately have to panic about
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To be clear: Protest organizers intentionally selected military veterans as safety volunteers, one spotted an armed protester (which is legal in Utah) and shot him, and ended up shooting/killing another protester + now the volunteer veteran is free, while the armed protester is booked for murder.
June 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
To be clear: Protest organizers intentionally selected military veterans as safety volunteers, one spotted an armed protester (which is legal in Utah) and shot him, and ended up shooting/killing another protester + now the volunteer veteran is free, while the armed protester is booked for murder.
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I do not want AI in Slack. I do not want AI in Google. I do not want AI on Facebook. I do not want AI in documents or spreadsheets. I do not want AI in Adobe Acrobat. I do not want AI in Zoom. I do not want AI on news sites. I do not want AI in the patient portal for my doctor's office. I do not wan
June 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I do not want AI in Slack. I do not want AI in Google. I do not want AI on Facebook. I do not want AI in documents or spreadsheets. I do not want AI in Adobe Acrobat. I do not want AI in Zoom. I do not want AI on news sites. I do not want AI in the patient portal for my doctor's office. I do not wan
Time to close so many tabs: blog post complete, plus talk today at work.
I wrote it to solve my own problem of regularly opening some legacy Rails app and needing to figure out what the heck is going on with the JS & CSS assets.
cassey.dev/rails-fronte...
#rails #RubyOnRails
I wrote it to solve my own problem of regularly opening some legacy Rails app and needing to figure out what the heck is going on with the JS & CSS assets.
cassey.dev/rails-fronte...
#rails #RubyOnRails
Frontend Assets in Ruby on Rails Through the Years
sprockets, webpacker, importmaps, jsbundling-rails, propshaft, oh my...
cassey.dev
June 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Time to close so many tabs: blog post complete, plus talk today at work.
I wrote it to solve my own problem of regularly opening some legacy Rails app and needing to figure out what the heck is going on with the JS & CSS assets.
cassey.dev/rails-fronte...
#rails #RubyOnRails
I wrote it to solve my own problem of regularly opening some legacy Rails app and needing to figure out what the heck is going on with the JS & CSS assets.
cassey.dev/rails-fronte...
#rails #RubyOnRails
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I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
June 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
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Being cool is great but having somewhere to be cool in the future depends entirely on linking arms with some silly cringe right now
June 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Being cool is great but having somewhere to be cool in the future depends entirely on linking arms with some silly cringe right now
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Americans are not into order & discipline. It does not appeal to them. They have a yearning for it, they'll read about Marie Kondo and think "I've gotta get my life together," but at the end of the day they want as many choices as humanly possible and they favor self-expression over all.
June 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Americans are not into order & discipline. It does not appeal to them. They have a yearning for it, they'll read about Marie Kondo and think "I've gotta get my life together," but at the end of the day they want as many choices as humanly possible and they favor self-expression over all.
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"it's not peaceful for people to be on the highway" -LA Mayor Karen Bass right now.
This is what I mean when I say the word "peaceful" as applied to protesters is about prescribing placidity, not nonviolence.
Calmly marching on a freeway is pretty inarguably nonviolent. " Peaceful" you can debate
This is what I mean when I say the word "peaceful" as applied to protesters is about prescribing placidity, not nonviolence.
Calmly marching on a freeway is pretty inarguably nonviolent. " Peaceful" you can debate
June 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
"it's not peaceful for people to be on the highway" -LA Mayor Karen Bass right now.
This is what I mean when I say the word "peaceful" as applied to protesters is about prescribing placidity, not nonviolence.
Calmly marching on a freeway is pretty inarguably nonviolent. " Peaceful" you can debate
This is what I mean when I say the word "peaceful" as applied to protesters is about prescribing placidity, not nonviolence.
Calmly marching on a freeway is pretty inarguably nonviolent. " Peaceful" you can debate
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If you have an unread copy of Let This Radicalize You lying around, this would be an excellent time to read Chapter 6: “Violence” in Social Movements. It's also a good time to share that chapter with others.
June 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
If you have an unread copy of Let This Radicalize You lying around, this would be an excellent time to read Chapter 6: “Violence” in Social Movements. It's also a good time to share that chapter with others.
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Unsolicited advice from me: just start a book club
I started a book club with some random people I met in a bar. It is probably the best thing I've ever done. A decade later, it is the nearest thing I have to a child.
cookblub.club
I started a book club with some random people I met in a bar. It is probably the best thing I've ever done. A decade later, it is the nearest thing I have to a child.
cookblub.club
Cook Blub
Cook Blub is a book club started by friends in Lincoln, Nebraska. We rotate choosing a book, hosting, and making snacks ('blub') inspired by what we are reading.
cookblub.club
May 28, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Unsolicited advice from me: just start a book club
I started a book club with some random people I met in a bar. It is probably the best thing I've ever done. A decade later, it is the nearest thing I have to a child.
cookblub.club
I started a book club with some random people I met in a bar. It is probably the best thing I've ever done. A decade later, it is the nearest thing I have to a child.
cookblub.club