Dafydd Hughes
@dafydd61.bsky.social
Piano player, cyclist, runner, computer programmer, teacher, T1D. He/him 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#BikeTo #VisionZero #TOPoli #ONPoli
PFP- selfie - I’m a white man with pink glasses, a black fake paper moustache and beard, and a blue hood over my head.
#BikeTo #VisionZero #TOPoli #ONPoli
PFP- selfie - I’m a white man with pink glasses, a black fake paper moustache and beard, and a blue hood over my head.
Yesterday the plan was to try a new route to the Rouge but I left late and then hit so many trail closures (Don Trail * 2, Betty Sutherland, Earl Bales) that plans changed. It seems to me access could have been preserved in every case, but I’m not an engineer. #BikeTO
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Yesterday the plan was to try a new route to the Rouge but I left late and then hit so many trail closures (Don Trail * 2, Betty Sutherland, Earl Bales) that plans changed. It seems to me access could have been preserved in every case, but I’m not an engineer. #BikeTO
My kid has been instructed to watch Night Raiders for English class and hell yeah public education.
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
My kid has been instructed to watch Night Raiders for English class and hell yeah public education.
Hey smart tech people! The enclosure on my kid’s LaCie rugged mini #hardDrive is crapping out, so we’re going to swap out to a new enclosure. How much does the enclosure affect read-write speeds anymore? I think I remember this was a thing back in the day, but I’m not seeing talk of it now.
November 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Hey smart tech people! The enclosure on my kid’s LaCie rugged mini #hardDrive is crapping out, so we’re going to swap out to a new enclosure. How much does the enclosure affect read-write speeds anymore? I think I remember this was a thing back in the day, but I’m not seeing talk of it now.
If you’re hosting a holiday event, please carefully curate your playlist, rather than just leaving it to Spotify. Otherwise, you and your guests will learn that Spotify believes there are only four Christmas songs, each with 2-4 cover versions, which can easily be repeated for more than 6 hours.
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
If you’re hosting a holiday event, please carefully curate your playlist, rather than just leaving it to Spotify. Otherwise, you and your guests will learn that Spotify believes there are only four Christmas songs, each with 2-4 cover versions, which can easily be repeated for more than 6 hours.
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Seeing a tent doesn’t put anyone in danger. Being uncomfortable is not the same as being unsafe.
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Seeing a tent doesn’t put anyone in danger. Being uncomfortable is not the same as being unsafe.
I can’t believe I made it to 54 before I learned that an HTML password field is just a plain text field with dots instead of characters and whatever you type is just sitting there. Now that someone looking over your shoulder has moved way down the list of concerns, why do we still use this thing?
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I can’t believe I made it to 54 before I learned that an HTML password field is just a plain text field with dots instead of characters and whatever you type is just sitting there. Now that someone looking over your shoulder has moved way down the list of concerns, why do we still use this thing?
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People think "politics" is what you say, but politics is in fact how you wield power. In that sense, driving a car is one of the most profound ways to reveal what your actual politics are.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
It just needs to be way easier to lose your license and your car for reckless driving, because a few months of major societal disruption 5 years ago taught people that driving in such a way that kills others or themselves is nbd
so uhhhhh is anyone going to do anything about the epidemic of drivers just blasting through red lights these days? @timdonnelly.com investigates: nygroove.nyc/why-does-no-...
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
People think "politics" is what you say, but politics is in fact how you wield power. In that sense, driving a car is one of the most profound ways to reveal what your actual politics are.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
One conclusion we can draw from this is that half of Ontarians trust vibes more than data. It should be a little embarrassing for a *polling firm* to not pick up on that.
#BikeTO #WalkTO #VisionZero #SafeStreets
#BikeTO #WalkTO #VisionZero #SafeStreets
New Abacus Data polling finds Ontarians prefer traffic calming infrastructure over automated speed cameras.
Half say measures like speed bumps, roundabouts and police enforcement are more effective.
Full results: abacusdata.ca/ontarians-o...
Half say measures like speed bumps, roundabouts and police enforcement are more effective.
Full results: abacusdata.ca/ontarians-o...
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
One conclusion we can draw from this is that half of Ontarians trust vibes more than data. It should be a little embarrassing for a *polling firm* to not pick up on that.
#BikeTO #WalkTO #VisionZero #SafeStreets
#BikeTO #WalkTO #VisionZero #SafeStreets
This is one of the most depressing things I’ve experienced, and I am 3/4 the way through Death’s End.
NEW EPISODE: "The Creation of America's Car Culture." Producer Ilana Strauss talks to @norton.bsky.social about the two men who, in the 1920s, teamed up to sell more cars and shape the way cities handle traffic. Their legacy can be felt across the country today. podcasts.apple.com/lu/podcast/t...
November 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This is one of the most depressing things I’ve experienced, and I am 3/4 the way through Death’s End.
How do you make the #MercatorProjection even more so?
📍Saskatoon airport restaurant
#SonOfACartogtapher
📍Saskatoon airport restaurant
#SonOfACartogtapher
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
How do you make the #MercatorProjection even more so?
📍Saskatoon airport restaurant
#SonOfACartogtapher
📍Saskatoon airport restaurant
#SonOfACartogtapher
Yesterday’s drive between shows at the Ironwood (Calgary) and the Bassment (Saskatoon) with the Worst Pop Band Ever. Really lucky I get to do this once in a while. The high school students in Saskatoon are THE BEST.
#LiveMusic #LiveJazz
#LiveMusic #LiveJazz
November 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Yesterday’s drive between shows at the Ironwood (Calgary) and the Bassment (Saskatoon) with the Worst Pop Band Ever. Really lucky I get to do this once in a while. The high school students in Saskatoon are THE BEST.
#LiveMusic #LiveJazz
#LiveMusic #LiveJazz
New record out. It’s a real privilege to make music with such accomplished artists, in a context defined largely by a refusal to take ourselves seriously. wpbe.bandcamp.com/album/the-le...
#LiveMusic
#LiveMusic
#jazz
#NotJazz
#TheWorstPopBandEver
#LiveMusic
#LiveMusic
#jazz
#NotJazz
#TheWorstPopBandEver
The Least Greatest Hits Vol.1, by The Worst Pop Band Ever
8 track album
wpbe.bandcamp.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
New record out. It’s a real privilege to make music with such accomplished artists, in a context defined largely by a refusal to take ourselves seriously. wpbe.bandcamp.com/album/the-le...
#LiveMusic
#LiveMusic
#jazz
#NotJazz
#TheWorstPopBandEver
#LiveMusic
#LiveMusic
#jazz
#NotJazz
#TheWorstPopBandEver
What Dan says
I wrote an op-ed on what I think about the fight for local neighbourhood retail (and the grousing about Badiali's) means for the urban vision of Toronto. Gift link here: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
When even the humble corner store is impossible to open in Toronto, it’s a sign of something deeply wrong
We need to accept that Toronto is now a big city.
www.thestar.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
What Dan says
As @karlgroves.bsky.social says, Jonny James says your business case is hokum.
Updated adrianroselli.com/2025/10/open... to link to a post from Stephanie Stimac that I missed, Simon Willison on prompt injection attacks, a sample attack from Brave, and Chris Coyier’s surprisingly long list of agentic browsers.
Atlass’ logo is still the best, tho.
Atlass’ logo is still the best, tho.
OpenAI, ARIA, and SEO: Making the Web Worse
OpenAI has announced it’s launched a new browser, Atlas, with ChatGPT built in. For those familiar with ARIA, OpenAI outlines what to expect (I left the code as I found it, other than removing the tar...
adrianroselli.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
As @karlgroves.bsky.social says, Jonny James says your business case is hokum.
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Stock videos of people eating in reverse
June 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Stock videos of people eating in reverse
Who’s going to say it?
On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
November 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Who’s going to say it?
It’s all about safe spaces
Finally, a product that allows me to avoid the feminising effects of *checks notes* bed sheets.
November 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It’s all about safe spaces
Also, if you haven’t seen Ronley Teper’s Lipliners perform live, you’ve been missing out on something really special. ronleyteperandthelipliners.bandcamp.com/album/everyo...
November 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Also, if you haven’t seen Ronley Teper’s Lipliners perform live, you’ve been missing out on something really special. ronleyteperandthelipliners.bandcamp.com/album/everyo...
I played my first double in maybe 15 years last night. Huge gratitude to both the Jazz Bistro and the Rex for loving both live musicians and Halloween.
#LiveMusic #MusicToronto
#LiveMusic #MusicToronto
November 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I played my first double in maybe 15 years last night. Huge gratitude to both the Jazz Bistro and the Rex for loving both live musicians and Halloween.
#LiveMusic #MusicToronto
#LiveMusic #MusicToronto
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WE HAVE A WINNER! 🏆
Huge congratulations to @dalya.dev for creating the The Perfect Date Picker who takes home the shit trophy and a copy of @kevinpowell.co's CSS Demystified course!
perfectdate.relevant.space
Huge congratulations to @dalya.dev for creating the The Perfect Date Picker who takes home the shit trophy and a copy of @kevinpowell.co's CSS Demystified course!
perfectdate.relevant.space
The Perfect Date Picker
perfectdate.relevant.space
October 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
WE HAVE A WINNER! 🏆
Huge congratulations to @dalya.dev for creating the The Perfect Date Picker who takes home the shit trophy and a copy of @kevinpowell.co's CSS Demystified course!
perfectdate.relevant.space
Huge congratulations to @dalya.dev for creating the The Perfect Date Picker who takes home the shit trophy and a copy of @kevinpowell.co's CSS Demystified course!
perfectdate.relevant.space
The Gardiner going back up to 3 lanes in each direction is going to make a good case study in #IinducedDemand.
October 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The Gardiner going back up to 3 lanes in each direction is going to make a good case study in #IinducedDemand.
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I like this. People with disabilities are able to do many things, especially when we create environments for everyone. Disabled doesn't necessarily mean unhealthy. And many people are strong and fit. I'm going to stop using able-bodied and just use non-disabled.
#WordsMatter #DisabilityJustice
#WordsMatter #DisabilityJustice
October 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I like this. People with disabilities are able to do many things, especially when we create environments for everyone. Disabled doesn't necessarily mean unhealthy. And many people are strong and fit. I'm going to stop using able-bodied and just use non-disabled.
#WordsMatter #DisabilityJustice
#WordsMatter #DisabilityJustice
Make a movie food:
Primerib
Primerib
Make a movie food:
The Wild Crunch
The Wild Crunch
Make a movie food:
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The cook t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶e̶f̶,̶ ̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶w̶i̶f̶e̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶l̶o̶v̶e̶r̶.̶
October 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Make a movie food:
Primerib
Primerib