Dan 🇨🇦
@veloveritas.bsky.social
Retired executive with 🇨🇦's federal public service. Full-time cyclist. Here on Bluesky looking for sensible perspectives on the existential threats facing us all.
Ottawa. 🏳️🌈 ally always. ✌️
Ottawa. 🏳️🌈 ally always. ✌️
December 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Dumb and Dumber, but I'm not sure which is which. Man, how the US has fallen. So goes the republic for the time being.
December 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Dumb and Dumber, but I'm not sure which is which. Man, how the US has fallen. So goes the republic for the time being.
Kegseth orders drone strike on WH Christmas tree.
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Kegseth orders drone strike on WH Christmas tree.
Ottawa morning in December.
Winter's here. Bundle up.
Winter's here. Bundle up.
December 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Ottawa morning in December.
Winter's here. Bundle up.
Winter's here. Bundle up.
One year soon, Pooh will please Piglet by responding with a "no".
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
One year soon, Pooh will please Piglet by responding with a "no".
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
You've taken me back to my childhood with that image.
Does anyone else remember Black Cat Gum?
Does anyone else remember Black Cat Gum?
November 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
You've taken me back to my childhood with that image.
Does anyone else remember Black Cat Gum?
Does anyone else remember Black Cat Gum?
With mixed feelings we're saying goodbye to our neighbourhood of Little Italy.
November 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
With mixed feelings we're saying goodbye to our neighbourhood of Little Italy.
Trump, the socialist. 🙄
The US is where the pharmaceutical industry pays customers for the prescription meds they use.
The US is where the pharmaceutical industry pays customers for the prescription meds they use.
November 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Trump, the socialist. 🙄
The US is where the pharmaceutical industry pays customers for the prescription meds they use.
The US is where the pharmaceutical industry pays customers for the prescription meds they use.
Ronnie and Maggie introduced the myth of trickle-down economics, thanks to economists like Milton Friedman. Here we are after 40+ years of neo-liberalism. The US still embraces the myth as do other liberal democracies.
November 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Ronnie and Maggie introduced the myth of trickle-down economics, thanks to economists like Milton Friedman. Here we are after 40+ years of neo-liberalism. The US still embraces the myth as do other liberal democracies.
Fun fact: Tardigrades can dehydrate themselves, a process known as entering the "tun" state, which allows them to survive extreme dryness and the vacuum of space.
Also fun fact: Tardigrades play tiny cellos for Trump and his failing brand.
#Moron
Also fun fact: Tardigrades play tiny cellos for Trump and his failing brand.
#Moron
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Fun fact: Tardigrades can dehydrate themselves, a process known as entering the "tun" state, which allows them to survive extreme dryness and the vacuum of space.
Also fun fact: Tardigrades play tiny cellos for Trump and his failing brand.
#Moron
Also fun fact: Tardigrades play tiny cellos for Trump and his failing brand.
#Moron
We're busy packing for our move, and we come across this long-forgotten wool blanket. The T. Eaton Company Limited of Canada was a retail institution founded in 1869 and operational until its bankruptcy in 1999.
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 AM
We're busy packing for our move, and we come across this long-forgotten wool blanket. The T. Eaton Company Limited of Canada was a retail institution founded in 1869 and operational until its bankruptcy in 1999.
We are healthier with these critters in our lives, even when they're being a total pain in the ass.
Here's our girl protesting our pending move. She thinks we won't move the bed with her on it.
Here's our girl protesting our pending move. She thinks we won't move the bed with her on it.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We are healthier with these critters in our lives, even when they're being a total pain in the ass.
Here's our girl protesting our pending move. She thinks we won't move the bed with her on it.
Here's our girl protesting our pending move. She thinks we won't move the bed with her on it.
Well, well, lawmakers have awoken from their long slumber. Meanwhile...
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Well, well, lawmakers have awoken from their long slumber. Meanwhile...
It is quite something to behold. It's as if the entirety of the US administration has regressed to a new mean established by the #Moron in chief.
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It is quite something to behold. It's as if the entirety of the US administration has regressed to a new mean established by the #Moron in chief.
With all due respect, JD Vance can go fuck himself in the face. If not for shit, the entirety of the Trump administration would have no brains.
#Moron
#Moron
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
With all due respect, JD Vance can go fuck himself in the face. If not for shit, the entirety of the Trump administration would have no brains.
#Moron
#Moron
The City of Ottawa deploys pedestrian-calming infrastructure.
Salt speed bumps by Sutcliffe.
Salt speed bumps by Sutcliffe.
November 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The City of Ottawa deploys pedestrian-calming infrastructure.
Salt speed bumps by Sutcliffe.
Salt speed bumps by Sutcliffe.
Thinking of the sensible in the US.
Take good care, and keep that sense of humour.
Take good care, and keep that sense of humour.
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thinking of the sensible in the US.
Take good care, and keep that sense of humour.
Take good care, and keep that sense of humour.
If we want to understand human behaviour, we need only look at chimpanzee behaviour. Our executive functioning is more advanced compared to the chimp, but we are tribal and violent just like our lower-order cousins. I wish we'd do a better job applying our exec. functioning to situations.
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If we want to understand human behaviour, we need only look at chimpanzee behaviour. Our executive functioning is more advanced compared to the chimp, but we are tribal and violent just like our lower-order cousins. I wish we'd do a better job applying our exec. functioning to situations.