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Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 4h

Perhaps they'll consider strategic curbs like they have on Sherwood. It's mostly a painted lane (it's a 30k street), but they've added some concrete curbs (they're not pin curbs I'm not sure what the proper name for them is) and raised crossings at the intersections.

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Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 4h

I used to bike Gilmour quite a bit (we lived at the very end of it), I have biked it with L as well (him under his own power I mean, not just on the cargo bike). I wouldn't call it high speed. I always wished it had a contraflow lane....

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Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 16h

Also, in light of the chevron explosion earlier this week: www.seasidesustainability.org/post/microbi...

Richmond vs Chevron: A Modern Fight for Environmental Justice

Lauren von AspenLocated 16 miles northeast of San Francisco and just across the bridge from Marin county, lies the industrial city of Richmond. More so than its Bay Area neighbors, Richmond is compose...

www.seasidesustainability.org

Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 18h

#SubSkeet

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Cleanup underway of the Keystone oil pipeline spill in North Dakota | CBC News

The pipeline ruptured Tuesday morning in southeastern North Dakota and was shut down within two minutes by an employee who heard a mechanical bang.

www.cbc.ca

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Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like it's a PXO.

Screenshot of a white van and the pedestrian crossing after the driver hits a child with their vehicle. There is a red circle drawn around the pedestrian crossing sign.

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Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 1d

ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...

Driver charged in collision with cyclist in Stittsville

The 47-year-old driver is facing charges of dangerous operation causing bodily harm and various other Highway Traffic Act offences.

ottawacitizen.com

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Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 2d

They kind of remind me of Blanche from A Streetcar Named Desire....trying to "depend on the kindness of strangers"...... It's almost sad. Almost. Because.... capitalism. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 2d

There's a video of one running into a wall. 😂

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Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 2d

Pinka.
🤔
Apparently a river.
And also a name that means playful.
Interesting. Not bad for a typo.

Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 2d

Pinka.
Sunrise > sunset.
#SeenOnMyRun

Pink clouds over Dow's lake. Three ducks eating something in the shadows.

Sunrise over Dow's lake. Ducks swimming across the lake, but you can only make out their shapes.

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Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 3d

It's funny because I bike past pink all the time, but it has been awhile since I actually walked or ran the trail.
Managed to strong arm my kid into head up and doing a lap. 👌
(Guilt works wonders. A fine tradition from my ancestors. 🥳).

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Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 3d

Look who's back! 🥰

#SeenOnMyRide #birds

A great black backed gull floats in the Ottawa River.

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Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 4d

Ha. No judgement here. Every time we got a "yield to oncoming skiers" sign I was walking my bike for most of the upcoming hill. 😂
Stayed to the roads today though. Nice and quiet this morning. 👌

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Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 4d

Where do you pick up 30? You turn off at Mackenzie King, i guess?

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Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 4d

Reads news.
Reads Skeets.
Commences endless screaming.

Can I go back to the woods?

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 4d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 4d

Uh. Sorry. That's my Doomsday Barb post for the day....

Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 4d

Oct/Nov supposed to be PEAK run time. Long sleeves and shorts. Run bliss. 👌

Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 4d

Same with bikes, generally speaking.🙃
This is tangentially related, but I just learned a couple of weeks ago that continental makes tires for cars. And I said "oh I guess that makes sense..." 😂
(This is related for me because my brain thought: both EV and CE still use tires, and both pollute).

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Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 4d

I will leave this here: bsky.app/profile/hann...

Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 6d

The best guess of climate experts at this Overshoot Conference is that - in an optimistic scenario - we return to 1.5C (where we are now) in 7 generations time.

That's about the same distance from now as the start of the Industrial Revolution.

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Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 4d

I mean, usually it would be around 16C, which is still just fine for being outside.... 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 4d

Were they down? I have no idea. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 4d

#BanFossilFuels

Reuters @reuters.com · 5d

LIVE: Large fire burns at a Chevron oil refinery in Los Angeles

A large fire is seen burning following reports of an explosion at Chevron's El Segundo refinery in Los Angeles county.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiAd...

LIVE: Large fire burns at a Chevron oil refinery in Los Angeles | REUTERS

YouTube video by Reuters

www.youtube.com

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 5d

#Solar becomes main source of electricity in the #EU for first time. More than half of the EU’s #electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from #RenewableEnergy
www.independent.co.uk/tech/solar-p...

Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time

More than half of the EU’s electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from renewable energy

www.independent.co.uk

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Ladybugspicnic @ladybugspicnic.bsky.social · 4d

The framing of this article. 🫠
There were black flies at the Champlain Lookout this morning.....IN OCTOBER.

#ThanksFossilFuels

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ottawa's in for another glorious weekend of weather | CBC News

This weekend may be Ottawa's last opportunity to get outside and enjoy unseasonably warm weather before the creeping chill of fall sets in.

www.cbc.ca

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