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Jag Villani
@jagvillani.bsky.social
Settler residing on unceded Anishinaabe Algonquin land.
All-weather cyclist.
Possibly a squirrel. Against fascism and weak coffee.
Mask up for the health of your loved ones and your community.
Uphold José Mujica Thought.
Trans rights are non-negotiable.
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i present to you, the potato chips bus shelter.
November 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Korpiklaani
Ariane Moffat
Great Big Sea
Morbid Angel
Opeth
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Mötley Crüe
Sloan
Tool
Zakir Hussain
Tanya Tagaq
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen

Rolling Stones
AC/DC
ZZ Top
Kiss
The Flaming Lips

(does it count that 3 of these acts were actually the same concert?)
November 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Wasted time, wasted money, projects halted halfway through, all because the premier can't be Mayor of Toronto and so now he's got to impose his pigheaded will on everyone. This is infuriating. GOD I hope he's never Prime Minister.
Ottawa says new provincial bill likely kills at least 3 bike lane projects | CBC News
New provincial legislation prohibiting how municipalities can build bike lanes means three projects in Ottawa likely can't move forward and others will get more expensive, according to a city report.
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Ford F150 is obviously the correct choice of vehicle to transport long boxes of supplies and equipment around town on a rainy day. Yep, nothing could possibly go wrong. Pickup trucks are just useful like that, rather than a cargo bike, cargo van, or even a Honda Fit.
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Tonight: Driver just comes to a dead stop on a green light when there's no traffic in front of him, nearly getting me hit by a turning taxi ... then they just continue driving up the street. I'm familiar with drivers being psychos, but was this one confused, "being polite" to the taxi, or just lost?
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Honestly I don't even know why I have an UNCOUNTABLE number of lights on my bike: front, sides, spokes, rear, helmet, a whole string of blinky lights on the frame; when drivers still just do their thing right through a red light without noticing it or me! This close to serious injury tonight. 🙃
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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It’s here! Donate A Mask’s Black Friday #sale starts today. 🎉 Get a head start on safer holidays and save 10% off all respirator masks. 😷

buymask.ca

#BlackFriday #StillMasking #StaySafe #BlackFridaySale #StillCoviding
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Had a bit of an "oh deer!" 🦌 moment on this morning's #winterbike. Those creatures can really move fast when they want/need.
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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I helped with @envirocentre.bsky.social's "extend your cycling season" #OttBike Tour this afternoon. We welcomed cyclists looking to try #WinterBiking for the first time and some new to Ottawa residents with hands-on tips and tricks about year-round cycling and the winter maintained network. 1/2
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Removing a bike lane during winter so people can store their private proprety on public space

#polmtl #velomtl #outremont #bikemtl #mtlpoli

@davewalker.bsky.social's drawing still resonates⤵️

bsky.app/profile/dave...
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Okay #autowa, no more roads for you until you learn to use the ones you've got correctly. Tonight was several drivers in a row with their lights off after dark, jamming up an intersection that they can't clear, mistaking a two-way street for a one-way and driving right at me to get around a turner.
November 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Is this another overly apt metaphor?
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl... #COP30
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Saying it again.
November 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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💔 Alice Wong’s last words: “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”

We can never thank Alice enough for fighting all the good fights and especially all the hard fights. We all learned so much from your brilliance, your courage, and your indefatigable leadership. We will never forget you.
November 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
— Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Cars might work fine in California or Florida, but they’re not practical here in Canada. We have winter.
More than 300 collisions reported as early season snow slams parts of Ontario
YouTube video by CTV News
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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WINTER SOCK DRIVE KICKING OFF
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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«Les pistes cyclables sont vides!»
La piste cyclable rue Berri à 21h45:
#polMtl #véloMtl #Montreal
July 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Road safety is NOT a shared responsibility. Responsibility scales with the danger you bring. The only way we're going to stop killing people is if we get serious about changing road design in ways that make it uncomfortable to speed. Asking people to "please do better" is a cop out. #yyccc #yyc
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
One of my clients recently demanded that the following clause be included in his contract or he would not sign ... and I said, yes, good, everyone should demand no less.
October 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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💯Every version of my book has been stolen by AI: English paperback, audiobook, e-book AND the French translation.

And as a consent educator, I see that kind of theft for what it is : A violation of consent. I did not consent to my memoir of the worst moments of my life, being used to train robots.
There’s also the aspect of those who work in the arts, for the most part, have an already difficult time getting by. Losing copyright law to approving an AI free-for-all is theft and will be devastating. 1 of 3
October 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
So, uh ... funny story from this afternoon's ride about a car on the MUP ... specifically a Ville de Gatineau car on a NCC MUP section; was nearly a whole let less funny since I was coming around a blind corner.
October 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Driver logic: if I don't block the intersection, someone else will block me out of it!
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Don't forget to fail to make eye contact with the jerk of a pickup truck driver who has parked himself in the pedestrian crossing.
October 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Slower moving traffic should get out of the way (and bicycles deliver the freedom auto ads promise).
October 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM