Jean-François
@meanderingemu.bsky.social
#Halisky. meanderer, pilgrim, one step at a time
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Almost to a person, the answer to "what do you want out of budget season?" is something version of "more spending in my district, lower taxes"
elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a wall of fire .
ALT: elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a wall of fire .
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Almost to a person, the answer to "what do you want out of budget season?" is something version of "more spending in my district, lower taxes"
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there’s a lot of talk of affordability when it comes to property taxes, but not for things the city does to make day-to-day life more affordable for everyone: transit, libraries, programming & grants.
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
there’s a lot of talk of affordability when it comes to property taxes, but not for things the city does to make day-to-day life more affordable for everyone: transit, libraries, programming & grants.
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... These are illegal electric motorbikes, not E bikes.
Machete-wielding e-bike riders confront group near Nottingham Winter Wonderland
Police say an altercation between groups of youths happened
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... These are illegal electric motorbikes, not E bikes.
HRM: walking with your bike in Public Gardens is a danger to the public.
Also HRM
Also HRM
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
HRM: walking with your bike in Public Gardens is a danger to the public.
Also HRM
Also HRM
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Some of us warned against this, but the obsession with low taxes overwhelmed fiscal prudence.
Morse is up asking how badly council fucked itself by spending it's reserves to keep taxes low
Staff (paraphrased) we're pretty fucked, we need to charge taxes to start saving again, but also pay interest to on the money we borrowed to cover the cost of not having reserves.
Staff (paraphrased) we're pretty fucked, we need to charge taxes to start saving again, but also pay interest to on the money we borrowed to cover the cost of not having reserves.
November 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Some of us warned against this, but the obsession with low taxes overwhelmed fiscal prudence.
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Stopped twice on motorway & had a look from this tower.
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Stopped twice on motorway & had a look from this tower.
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Crosswalk hit and run, request for witnesses.
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Crosswalk hit and run, request for witnesses.
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The Pacific Islands pavillion at COP30 just had to close due to flooding. Seriously...
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The Pacific Islands pavillion at COP30 just had to close due to flooding. Seriously...
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Normal people: this is terrible
Me: cars driving the wrong way on a controlled access highway proves that even engineering isn't a silver bullet for road safety and the only way to make roads safer is to try and reduce the number of people driving weapons/heavy machinery around the city.
Me: cars driving the wrong way on a controlled access highway proves that even engineering isn't a silver bullet for road safety and the only way to make roads safer is to try and reduce the number of people driving weapons/heavy machinery around the city.
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Normal people: this is terrible
Me: cars driving the wrong way on a controlled access highway proves that even engineering isn't a silver bullet for road safety and the only way to make roads safer is to try and reduce the number of people driving weapons/heavy machinery around the city.
Me: cars driving the wrong way on a controlled access highway proves that even engineering isn't a silver bullet for road safety and the only way to make roads safer is to try and reduce the number of people driving weapons/heavy machinery around the city.
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Winnipeg curling club stops affordable housing complex because they’ll lose half their parking spots.
I bike past this block every day and it’s the *perfect* spot for more housing. I hope this can be resolved.
I bike past this block every day and it’s the *perfect* spot for more housing. I hope this can be resolved.
Granite Curling Club holds the hammer in dispute over new apartment complex: parking www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #wpgpoli
Granite Curling Club must be satisfied with parking plan for new apartment complex to be built: ruling | CBC News
Winnipeg’s plans to build an apartment complex on a parking lot can only proceed if the neighbouring Granite Curling Club is satisfied with the number of parking spots it would receive, the municipal ...
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Winnipeg curling club stops affordable housing complex because they’ll lose half their parking spots.
I bike past this block every day and it’s the *perfect* spot for more housing. I hope this can be resolved.
I bike past this block every day and it’s the *perfect* spot for more housing. I hope this can be resolved.
"I support active transportation in areas within my control "
-Halifax MP Shannon Miedema
The only active transportation within her control:
-Halifax MP Shannon Miedema
The only active transportation within her control:
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"I support active transportation in areas within my control "
-Halifax MP Shannon Miedema
The only active transportation within her control:
-Halifax MP Shannon Miedema
The only active transportation within her control:
November 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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I love that new #transit smell!
Getting a press tour of #Montréal’s new REM line this morning. Starting at Edouard-Montpetit station.
A clean, light, modern édicule (entry kiosk). And there’s parking for my bicycle…
🧵
Getting a press tour of #Montréal’s new REM line this morning. Starting at Edouard-Montpetit station.
A clean, light, modern édicule (entry kiosk). And there’s parking for my bicycle…
🧵
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I love that new #transit smell!
Getting a press tour of #Montréal’s new REM line this morning. Starting at Edouard-Montpetit station.
A clean, light, modern édicule (entry kiosk). And there’s parking for my bicycle…
🧵
Getting a press tour of #Montréal’s new REM line this morning. Starting at Edouard-Montpetit station.
A clean, light, modern édicule (entry kiosk). And there’s parking for my bicycle…
🧵
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"Everyone - whether driving, walking or cycling has a role to play in keeping our community safe."
-Mayor Andrea Horwath
My question is simple: What about those who design, approve, build and maintain hostile road design? Do they have a role?
-Mayor Andrea Horwath
My question is simple: What about those who design, approve, build and maintain hostile road design? Do they have a role?
A crossing guard was killed by the driver of a dump truck yesterday. absolutely heartbreaking.
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Everyone - whether driving, walking or cycling has a role to play in keeping our community safe."
-Mayor Andrea Horwath
My question is simple: What about those who design, approve, build and maintain hostile road design? Do they have a role?
-Mayor Andrea Horwath
My question is simple: What about those who design, approve, build and maintain hostile road design? Do they have a role?
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This is a major bus stop/future BRT bus stop 3 or 4 days after a storm last February. That’s the norm on Herring Cove Road. People will not make the switch from driving to transit if they’re going to be subjected to this.
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is a major bus stop/future BRT bus stop 3 or 4 days after a storm last February. That’s the norm on Herring Cove Road. People will not make the switch from driving to transit if they’re going to be subjected to this.
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Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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I’ve been taking my wheelchair to a work event for the first time this week. It’s in town, so I’ve been able to use my trike to transport it on an almost-continuous bike path from the far north end to the waterfront.
There’s joy in having these mobility aids & infrastructure to help me use them.
There’s joy in having these mobility aids & infrastructure to help me use them.
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I’ve been taking my wheelchair to a work event for the first time this week. It’s in town, so I’ve been able to use my trike to transport it on an almost-continuous bike path from the far north end to the waterfront.
There’s joy in having these mobility aids & infrastructure to help me use them.
There’s joy in having these mobility aids & infrastructure to help me use them.
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The feds increased health spending in the last decade by a HUGE %, which none of the provinces matched. The feds provided large lump sum top-ups.... which the provinces "lost". The feds offered more money as long as the provinces promised to spend it on health care - the provinces rejected it
This is your occasional reminder that provinces have the ability to raise their own revenues to fund the services in their fucking jurisdictions, but we have normalized letting them cry poor and blaming the federal government.
Budget signals lower increases to health transfers, end of funding deals
OTTAWA - The federal budget signals there is no room for the premiers to negotiate for more health-care funding in coming years, one economist says, as the Ontario government calls
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The feds increased health spending in the last decade by a HUGE %, which none of the provinces matched. The feds provided large lump sum top-ups.... which the provinces "lost". The feds offered more money as long as the provinces promised to spend it on health care - the provinces rejected it
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My first time seeing this cursed tree and it’s terrifying. It’s fucking snoring guys. SNORING.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My first time seeing this cursed tree and it’s terrifying. It’s fucking snoring guys. SNORING.
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Last anti fascist counter protest I attended I tried something new with my new megaphone: speak to onlookers entertainingly to inform them what is happening, who the cops are protecting, and making fun and encouraging random folks to make fun of the fascists.
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Last anti fascist counter protest I attended I tried something new with my new megaphone: speak to onlookers entertainingly to inform them what is happening, who the cops are protecting, and making fun and encouraging random folks to make fun of the fascists.
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If we designed roads for cars in the same way we design bike paths, we'd never have to worry about speeding again. Problem solved.
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If we designed roads for cars in the same way we design bike paths, we'd never have to worry about speeding again. Problem solved.
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Halifax. Where you cant ride a bike/scooter/etc on the road, but you also cant ride them on the sidewalk, but you also cant ride them on the designated bike lane. 🙃
But getting more people to ride bikes is also one of our top priorities.
But getting more people to ride bikes is also one of our top priorities.
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Halifax. Where you cant ride a bike/scooter/etc on the road, but you also cant ride them on the sidewalk, but you also cant ride them on the designated bike lane. 🙃
But getting more people to ride bikes is also one of our top priorities.
But getting more people to ride bikes is also one of our top priorities.
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The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal & PRGT Pipeline, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.
Honest Government Ad | Ksi Lisims & PRGT Pipeline
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The Canadien Government has made an ad about the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal & PRGT Pipeline, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.