Michael D🇨🇦
@michaeld249.bsky.social
Canadian dad of two boys, husband, official cook in my household. Urbanism, outdoors, fly fishing, and leaving the earth in better condition that it was given to me. Born @ 323 ppm.
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This is abhorrent. We should not be harvesting old growth trees for biomass pellets.
Official data from government of British Columbia, along with satellite monitoring, backs claims that a Canadian subsidiary owned by Drax sourced 250-year-old trees to manufacture biomass pellets as recently as this year
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is abhorrent. We should not be harvesting old growth trees for biomass pellets.
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meanwhile in Canada
This is the Canadian Premier League soccer finals and we have a bicycle kick goal in the middle of a blizzard … and that’s the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen 😂
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
meanwhile in Canada
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Government attorneys filed a layout of the Broadview facility and in court, brought up the fact that there are showers at the processing center, but they do not work.
"One is reminded of Auschwitz. There were showers there that didn't work, too." - Judge Robert Gettleman
American Auschwitz is here
"One is reminded of Auschwitz. There were showers there that didn't work, too." - Judge Robert Gettleman
American Auschwitz is here
Witnesses testify to alleged unsanitary, squalid conditions inside Broadview ICE facility
The question on Tuesday was, what happens inside the walls of the Broadway immigration detention center where attorneys, politicians and protesters have been turned away? The stories from court are sh...
abc7chicago.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Government attorneys filed a layout of the Broadview facility and in court, brought up the fact that there are showers at the processing center, but they do not work.
"One is reminded of Auschwitz. There were showers there that didn't work, too." - Judge Robert Gettleman
American Auschwitz is here
"One is reminded of Auschwitz. There were showers there that didn't work, too." - Judge Robert Gettleman
American Auschwitz is here
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Funded by you, the Ottawa taxpayer.
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Funded by you, the Ottawa taxpayer.
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A reminder that the Ford govt closed the supervised consumption site in Chinatown and refuses to approve injectable opioid agonist treatment for people with serious addictions. Right now, private addiction clinics are proliferating and the whole community is suffering.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'Chaos and destruction': Chinatown businesses, residents say drug problems persist | CBC News
People in Ottawa's Chinatown say little has changed since a new safer supply clinic operator took over in June. Some are considering leaving the neighbourhood, and others already have.
www.cbc.ca
November 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A reminder that the Ford govt closed the supervised consumption site in Chinatown and refuses to approve injectable opioid agonist treatment for people with serious addictions. Right now, private addiction clinics are proliferating and the whole community is suffering.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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What the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group promised Ottawa residents versus what OSEG actually delivered:
October 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
What the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group promised Ottawa residents versus what OSEG actually delivered:
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The promise of Lansdowne 1.0 was a "world class destination" and a "waterfall" money flow that would see the City re-couping its investment. Didn't happen. OSEG is back looking for more City investment & more commercial development. Fool me once ... #ottcity
October 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The promise of Lansdowne 1.0 was a "world class destination" and a "waterfall" money flow that would see the City re-couping its investment. Didn't happen. OSEG is back looking for more City investment & more commercial development. Fool me once ... #ottcity
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Well, here it is:
The scariest part of Halloween is drivers — yet police departments blame bikes and kids
For pedestrians, the message is common-sense — wear bright and reflective clothing, don’t dart into traffic, watch where you’re going — but in its tunnel vision, the overall impression veers into vict...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Well, here it is:
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‼️ The top 1% controls 46% of world's wealth- Oxfam.
October 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
‼️ The top 1% controls 46% of world's wealth- Oxfam.
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BMW employee: ‘If we had to reinvent the car today, it would never have a combustion engine
need a lot of people to produce a petrol/diesel car, supply chain = complicated w/ all those parts, and to make it run, you need energy from all kinds of countries that you might not want to be dependent on’
need a lot of people to produce a petrol/diesel car, supply chain = complicated w/ all those parts, and to make it run, you need energy from all kinds of countries that you might not want to be dependent on’
October 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
BMW employee: ‘If we had to reinvent the car today, it would never have a combustion engine
need a lot of people to produce a petrol/diesel car, supply chain = complicated w/ all those parts, and to make it run, you need energy from all kinds of countries that you might not want to be dependent on’
need a lot of people to produce a petrol/diesel car, supply chain = complicated w/ all those parts, and to make it run, you need energy from all kinds of countries that you might not want to be dependent on’
"Speeding dropped by 72 percent compared to the prior year at San Francisco locations where the city installed traffic cameras." www.sfexaminer.com/news/transit...
SFMTA data: Drivers a lot slower around cameras
Pedestrian-safety advocates say “encouraging” findings should prompt more action.
www.sfexaminer.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Provinces will have to get used to not being able to blame the easy lightening rod of Justin Trudeau for everything.
Look at this list. They are on the hook for the enshitification of everything from healthcare to housing to education.
And interprovincial tariffs that cost Cdns $$$
Look at this list. They are on the hook for the enshitification of everything from healthcare to housing to education.
And interprovincial tariffs that cost Cdns $$$
Far too many Canadians think the federal government controls everything. All while ignoring the decades-long sabotage of 🇨🇦 by powerful provincial gov’ts that control healthcare, education, minimum wage, rent controls, infrastructure & so many other aspects of gov’t that impact daily life. #cdnpoli
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Provinces will have to get used to not being able to blame the easy lightening rod of Justin Trudeau for everything.
Look at this list. They are on the hook for the enshitification of everything from healthcare to housing to education.
And interprovincial tariffs that cost Cdns $$$
Look at this list. They are on the hook for the enshitification of everything from healthcare to housing to education.
And interprovincial tariffs that cost Cdns $$$
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Every time someone asks me this question now I am sending them this video.
October 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Every time someone asks me this question now I am sending them this video.
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"The FTC lawsuit unearthed internal Ticketmaster documents showing, for example, that in 2018, five brokers controlled 6,345 Ticketmaster accounts and possessed 246,407 concert tickets to 2,594 events."
www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
Ticketmaster vows crackdown on scalper accounts that buy up most tickets | CBC News
Ticketmaster, the world’s largest online box office, is promising for the first time to crack down on industrial-scale scalpers to bar them from using hundreds — sometimes thousands — of fake Ticketma...
www.cbc.ca
October 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"The FTC lawsuit unearthed internal Ticketmaster documents showing, for example, that in 2018, five brokers controlled 6,345 Ticketmaster accounts and possessed 246,407 concert tickets to 2,594 events."
www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
www.cbc.ca/news/investi...
This is how we need to think about public services like the post, transit, and so on.
Dutch Railways: social profit of €1.33 billion, financial loss of €141 million. It delivers 11x (!!!!) more value to society than it costs.
Via:
social inclusion
increase in property values near stations;
welfare of employees and consumers;
productive use of travel time.
www.eur.nl/en/news/rese...
Via:
social inclusion
increase in property values near stations;
welfare of employees and consumers;
productive use of travel time.
www.eur.nl/en/news/rese...
October 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Platner's tattoo is literally the specific piece of Nazi iconography from the "Are we the baddies?" sketch.
Mitchell and Webb: "Are we the baddies?"
YouTube video by CrystalRoseCreations
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Platner's tattoo is literally the specific piece of Nazi iconography from the "Are we the baddies?" sketch.
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It's been 16 years since I walked around Times Sq with Kate McKinnon (pre-SNL) and talked about how horrible the new "crossroads of the world" will be for cars!
It was such a hysterically fun hour! @nyc.streetsblog.org @emilylip.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcYk...
It was such a hysterically fun hour! @nyc.streetsblog.org @emilylip.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcYk...
A.U.T.O. Lobbyist Veronica Moss (played by Kate McKinnon!) Visits Times Square (2022 Re-Mix)
YouTube video by Streetfilms®
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It's been 16 years since I walked around Times Sq with Kate McKinnon (pre-SNL) and talked about how horrible the new "crossroads of the world" will be for cars!
It was such a hysterically fun hour! @nyc.streetsblog.org @emilylip.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcYk...
It was such a hysterically fun hour! @nyc.streetsblog.org @emilylip.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcYk...
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New 20 just dropped to commemorate the Trump presidency
October 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
New 20 just dropped to commemorate the Trump presidency
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It would be impossible to parody this commercial.
The makers mistakenly made a built in-parody of how horrible it is to be stuck in a car (and psychologically un-healthy) and how much more fun, human, enjoyable, interactive, spontaneous and less-expensive it is not use one is. @usa.streetsblog.org
The makers mistakenly made a built in-parody of how horrible it is to be stuck in a car (and psychologically un-healthy) and how much more fun, human, enjoyable, interactive, spontaneous and less-expensive it is not use one is. @usa.streetsblog.org
Trapped in traffic and stuck travelling long distances to work because of car-centric planning?
Be grateful, says Mercedes-Benz’s latest advert which aims to persuade us that spending two years of our lives stuck inside a car is somehow actually a good thing.
Be grateful, says Mercedes-Benz’s latest advert which aims to persuade us that spending two years of our lives stuck inside a car is somehow actually a good thing.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It would be impossible to parody this commercial.
The makers mistakenly made a built in-parody of how horrible it is to be stuck in a car (and psychologically un-healthy) and how much more fun, human, enjoyable, interactive, spontaneous and less-expensive it is not use one is. @usa.streetsblog.org
The makers mistakenly made a built in-parody of how horrible it is to be stuck in a car (and psychologically un-healthy) and how much more fun, human, enjoyable, interactive, spontaneous and less-expensive it is not use one is. @usa.streetsblog.org
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Under fire and unrepentant, Labour Minister David Piccini says he will keep handing out cash from Premier Doug Ford's controversial Skills Development Fund to preferred groups regardless of how low their applications score.
Ontario’s labour minister defends training cash given to preferred applicants
Under fire and unrepentant, Labour Minister David Piccini says he will keep handing out cash from Premier Doug Ford's controversial Skills Development Fund to preferred groups regardless of how low
www.thestar.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Under fire and unrepentant, Labour Minister David Piccini says he will keep handing out cash from Premier Doug Ford's controversial Skills Development Fund to preferred groups regardless of how low their applications score.
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Doug Ford is banning speed cameras. He should read @douggordon.bsky.social "Life After Cars"
October 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Doug Ford is banning speed cameras. He should read @douggordon.bsky.social "Life After Cars"
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New research: Meat consumption in US cities has a "carbon hoofprint" equivalent to the emissions from all US domestic fossil fuel burning
- "reducing food waste and dietary shifts (eg more chicken, less beef) could halve emissions"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- "reducing food waste and dietary shifts (eg more chicken, less beef) could halve emissions"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The carbon hoofprint of cities is shaped by geography and production in the livestock supply chain - Nature Climate Change
Meat products represent a large share of the carbon footprints of cities, which are dependent on the characteristics of supply regions. With spatially explicit data, researchers show how the so-called...
www.nature.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
New research: Meat consumption in US cities has a "carbon hoofprint" equivalent to the emissions from all US domestic fossil fuel burning
- "reducing food waste and dietary shifts (eg more chicken, less beef) could halve emissions"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- "reducing food waste and dietary shifts (eg more chicken, less beef) could halve emissions"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@lauradudas.bsky.social @shawnmenard.bsky.social @arieltroster.com The rats are eating food which is in the garbage and not in the green bins. The rats eat food waste which is improperly disposed. They do not raid bird feeders. #ottcity
There's an empty lot close to Loblaws MCArthur that has a shit ton of rats. I've seen them many times. They scurry in the brush and squeak when you pass by
People feed them bread and other produce as they pass by on the sidewalk. It's not a great situation
I heard that's why the BK closed
#ottawa
People feed them bread and other produce as they pass by on the sidewalk. It's not a great situation
I heard that's why the BK closed
#ottawa
Councillor calls for tighter wildlife feeding rules to control rodents | CBC News
An Ottawa city councillor wants to clamp down on messy bird feeders as a way of controlling the population of nuisance animals including rodents.
www.cbc.ca
October 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
@lauradudas.bsky.social @shawnmenard.bsky.social @arieltroster.com The rats are eating food which is in the garbage and not in the green bins. The rats eat food waste which is improperly disposed. They do not raid bird feeders. #ottcity