Raccoon in the sky
@seebo429.bsky.social
Halifax's raccoon bike mayor
He/him
He/him
Selling out our kids' futures for a couple of happy meals
February 10, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Selling out our kids' futures for a couple of happy meals
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Garlic fingers and donair sauce is the stuff of gods. Halifax knows what's up.
While Buffalo wings are now a ubiquitous app all over the country, not every regional food goes national. What cuisine from YOUR region do you most want to share with the country/world?
February 10, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Garlic fingers and donair sauce is the stuff of gods. Halifax knows what's up.
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If you widen that highway
you wonโt reduce emissions
or congestion.
What you WILL do
is spend a lot of public money
to induce even more cars
emitting even more GHGs and pollution
in the same or worse congestion
with people still demanding that you widen the highway.
Period.
you wonโt reduce emissions
or congestion.
What you WILL do
is spend a lot of public money
to induce even more cars
emitting even more GHGs and pollution
in the same or worse congestion
with people still demanding that you widen the highway.
Period.
February 10, 2026 at 3:55 AM
If you widen that highway
you wonโt reduce emissions
or congestion.
What you WILL do
is spend a lot of public money
to induce even more cars
emitting even more GHGs and pollution
in the same or worse congestion
with people still demanding that you widen the highway.
Period.
you wonโt reduce emissions
or congestion.
What you WILL do
is spend a lot of public money
to induce even more cars
emitting even more GHGs and pollution
in the same or worse congestion
with people still demanding that you widen the highway.
Period.
We tried that, there was a huge misunderstanding
Halifax resident recovering after being attacked by raccoon in backyard | CBC News
Grace Murphy lives in the city's South End, and said the animal lunged at her with little warning when she was about to walk back into her house at around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday.
www.cbc.ca
February 10, 2026 at 9:07 PM
We tried that, there was a huge misunderstanding
Obviously they get visited by a similar woodland critter like ahhh.... a squirrel
February 10, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Obviously they get visited by a similar woodland critter like ahhh.... a squirrel
I will gladly chip in another .03ยข in taxes to buy them platform shoes
February 10, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I will gladly chip in another .03ยข in taxes to buy them platform shoes
The same way people did before cars were invented - being visited by a harbour seal
February 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
The same way people did before cars were invented - being visited by a harbour seal
Sometimes I want reliable transit and safe bike lanes but I know that someday my kid is going to have to buy a car just to participate in society and they're going to be glad that I saved $72 in municipal taxes in 2026.
February 10, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Sometimes I want reliable transit and safe bike lanes but I know that someday my kid is going to have to buy a car just to participate in society and they're going to be glad that I saved $72 in municipal taxes in 2026.
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I have said this before, but Halifax is lucky to have a solid group of reporters covering City Hall. I think a few of us expected a quiet council day today, especially considering the budget committee meets for a few days this week, too.
Me on Monday: It looks like weโll have a quiet Halifax regional council meeting on Tuesday.
Council on Tuesday: LOL
Council on Tuesday: LOL
February 10, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I have said this before, but Halifax is lucky to have a solid group of reporters covering City Hall. I think a few of us expected a quiet council day today, especially considering the budget committee meets for a few days this week, too.
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If you had to guess, how many bike lanes (which few use!) from last Fall have a higher daily ridership than the express buses running out of the Sackville Terminal (ballpark estimated operating cost of $1.35m/year)?
Week review:
17,571 #BikeHfx bikes counted week ending Sat Sep 20
2,174** Almon
1,784 COLT
1,426 Dart Cove
955 Gottingen
1,442 Hollis
734 Lwr Water
4,123** South Park
3,571* Vernon
1,362** Windsor
** all-time record
* year-to-date record
Missing (last):
Barrington (Aug 26)
Uni Arts (May 1)
17,571 #BikeHfx bikes counted week ending Sat Sep 20
2,174** Almon
1,784 COLT
1,426 Dart Cove
955 Gottingen
1,442 Hollis
734 Lwr Water
4,123** South Park
3,571* Vernon
1,362** Windsor
** all-time record
* year-to-date record
Missing (last):
Barrington (Aug 26)
Uni Arts (May 1)
February 10, 2026 at 8:09 PM
If you had to guess, how many bike lanes (which few use!) from last Fall have a higher daily ridership than the express buses running out of the Sackville Terminal (ballpark estimated operating cost of $1.35m/year)?
#BikeHFX lanes should be paid for by folks in the urban core and Halifax bus lanes should be paid for by Bill in Calgary and Betty in Antigonish.
Toothless holding out for a handout policymaking.
Toothless holding out for a handout policymaking.
Bike lanes should be paid for by the folks who use them albeit very few. All of our resources between the 3 levels of government should be focused on greatly improving our Transit system here in HRM.
Iโm hoping for a dedicated Transit lane across the Mag Hill so more folks can get out of their cars
Iโm hoping for a dedicated Transit lane across the Mag Hill so more folks can get out of their cars
February 10, 2026 at 8:05 PM
#BikeHFX lanes should be paid for by folks in the urban core and Halifax bus lanes should be paid for by Bill in Calgary and Betty in Antigonish.
Toothless holding out for a handout policymaking.
Toothless holding out for a handout policymaking.
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it's been a long time coming but we can finally sell ebooks through the shop, please help us spread the word!
choose us as your favorite bookstore and then purchases you make support us! books are DRM free epub files
www.booksellers.ca/catalogue?bo...
choose us as your favorite bookstore and then purchases you make support us! books are DRM free epub files
www.booksellers.ca/catalogue?bo...
February 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM
it's been a long time coming but we can finally sell ebooks through the shop, please help us spread the word!
choose us as your favorite bookstore and then purchases you make support us! books are DRM free epub files
www.booksellers.ca/catalogue?bo...
choose us as your favorite bookstore and then purchases you make support us! books are DRM free epub files
www.booksellers.ca/catalogue?bo...
In the meantime I'd like to see something done to address the complexity of urban districts.
Like each council member represents ~20k people, but the infrastructure is much more complex and there's a higher volume of things that need tending to.
Like each council member represents ~20k people, but the infrastructure is much more complex and there's a higher volume of things that need tending to.
February 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM
In the meantime I'd like to see something done to address the complexity of urban districts.
Like each council member represents ~20k people, but the infrastructure is much more complex and there's a higher volume of things that need tending to.
Like each council member represents ~20k people, but the infrastructure is much more complex and there's a higher volume of things that need tending to.
The Young district is supposed to double the pop of D8 over the next 20 years.
February 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM
The Young district is supposed to double the pop of D8 over the next 20 years.
I'm not even sure that's the answer. Or at least not as easy as it may seem. It could lead to unmanageable sprawl.
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I'm not even sure that's the answer. Or at least not as easy as it may seem. It could lead to unmanageable sprawl.
I grew up in the woods. I've lived in the suburbs, small towns and big cities. I get that people that live in different types of communities want/expect different services.
But I'm getting tired of rural/suburban folks deciding how the urban core should work.
But I'm getting tired of rural/suburban folks deciding how the urban core should work.
February 10, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I grew up in the woods. I've lived in the suburbs, small towns and big cities. I get that people that live in different types of communities want/expect different services.
But I'm getting tired of rural/suburban folks deciding how the urban core should work.
But I'm getting tired of rural/suburban folks deciding how the urban core should work.
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Plans to invade Greenland have just been cancelled after this
February 9, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Plans to invade Greenland have just been cancelled after this
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Another winter #coffeeoutside this week โ join us on Feb 12th at 7:00am at Granville Park for a weekday morning meetup.
February 10, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Another winter #coffeeoutside this week โ join us on Feb 12th at 7:00am at Granville Park for a weekday morning meetup.
Probably want to pair them with goggles
February 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Probably want to pair them with goggles
Can you use those luge gloves for biking?
February 9, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Can you use those luge gloves for biking?
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If no funswick is getting clean air in schools your province should be getting it too; donโt let NB beat you thatโs just embarrassing ๐ฅฐ
We wouldnโt have this in NB right now without our fall 2024 election. For us the key was getting clean air in schools into election promises. Very very glad that the opposition took this seriously and then won, forming @govnb.bsky.social ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Itโs been a pretty good week-or-so. โบ๏ธ
ASHRAE 241 for all new GNB buildings, including schools.
Then-current ASHRAE 62.1 for retrofits.
CO2 monitoring in all schools by June.
ASHRAE 241 for all new GNB buildings, including schools.
Then-current ASHRAE 62.1 for retrofits.
CO2 monitoring in all schools by June.
February 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM
If no funswick is getting clean air in schools your province should be getting it too; donโt let NB beat you thatโs just embarrassing ๐ฅฐ
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Happy 40th Anniversary, Cyclesmith! ๐ฒ
โ ๏ธTODAY ONLY: Cyclesmith is celebrating by offering 40% off parts & accessories, and 20% off bikes! (Some exclusions apply) ๐ Head on over to Cyclesmith at 2553 Agricola Street to wish them a happy anniversary and take advantage of these awesome deals!
โ ๏ธTODAY ONLY: Cyclesmith is celebrating by offering 40% off parts & accessories, and 20% off bikes! (Some exclusions apply) ๐ Head on over to Cyclesmith at 2553 Agricola Street to wish them a happy anniversary and take advantage of these awesome deals!
February 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Happy 40th Anniversary, Cyclesmith! ๐ฒ
โ ๏ธTODAY ONLY: Cyclesmith is celebrating by offering 40% off parts & accessories, and 20% off bikes! (Some exclusions apply) ๐ Head on over to Cyclesmith at 2553 Agricola Street to wish them a happy anniversary and take advantage of these awesome deals!
โ ๏ธTODAY ONLY: Cyclesmith is celebrating by offering 40% off parts & accessories, and 20% off bikes! (Some exclusions apply) ๐ Head on over to Cyclesmith at 2553 Agricola Street to wish them a happy anniversary and take advantage of these awesome deals!
This Monday is already very Monday
February 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM
This Monday is already very Monday