karenbowness
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5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables
I was making potato and leek soup and the recipe asked for five potatoes cubed.
Even for potato soup, 125 potatoes seems a little excessive.
Even for potato soup, 125 potatoes seems a little excessive.
September 29, 2026 at 1:29 AM
5 potatoes cubed is still 5 potatoes because potatoes are root vegetables
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Lost in the Dream
Jack Bishop
2023
Jack Bishop
2023
September 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Lost in the Dream
Jack Bishop
2023
Jack Bishop
2023
What a waste. And for what? It's going to be a dirt pile until the next election.
Wondering what Ontario Place looks like behind all the construction fences?
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September 17, 2026 at 7:53 PM
What a waste. And for what? It's going to be a dirt pile until the next election.
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Look, we can all speculate on how the Canada-EU discussions might go.
But one thing is certain - they should sell tickets so we can watch what happens when French farmers meet Quebec dairy farmers
The Common Agricultural Policy meets Supply Management, en francais
But one thing is certain - they should sell tickets so we can watch what happens when French farmers meet Quebec dairy farmers
The Common Agricultural Policy meets Supply Management, en francais
September 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Look, we can all speculate on how the Canada-EU discussions might go.
But one thing is certain - they should sell tickets so we can watch what happens when French farmers meet Quebec dairy farmers
The Common Agricultural Policy meets Supply Management, en francais
But one thing is certain - they should sell tickets so we can watch what happens when French farmers meet Quebec dairy farmers
The Common Agricultural Policy meets Supply Management, en francais
Email everyone who represents you about this. We can't allow flying drone ads to become a thing, this is gross.
So to summarize:
One of the largest private corporations in Canada that’s been found guilty of fixing prices, is using drones to pollute the night sky, to promote the use of an AI chatbot to disclose sensitive personal information, and is part of the privatization of the Ontario health care system.
One of the largest private corporations in Canada that’s been found guilty of fixing prices, is using drones to pollute the night sky, to promote the use of an AI chatbot to disclose sensitive personal information, and is part of the privatization of the Ontario health care system.
September 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Email everyone who represents you about this. We can't allow flying drone ads to become a thing, this is gross.
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A city survey about the waterfront excursion zone - the one that kept boats of the swimming areas (like Europe, Asia etc do with ease). Single best improvement to beaches in years. Have your say. The haters will be out.
MWEZ & VORR survey
ca.mar.medallia.com
September 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
A city survey about the waterfront excursion zone - the one that kept boats of the swimming areas (like Europe, Asia etc do with ease). Single best improvement to beaches in years. Have your say. The haters will be out.
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Moneris, the Canadian system used to process 5 billion of transactions annually for 325,000 points of sale, is being sold by the owners (RBC and BMO) to a US private equity firm.
I don't think this protects Canadian digital sovereignty. I signed a petition for Ottawa to intervene, and you can too.
I don't think this protects Canadian digital sovereignty. I signed a petition for Ottawa to intervene, and you can too.
Petition e-7712 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
September 7, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Moneris, the Canadian system used to process 5 billion of transactions annually for 325,000 points of sale, is being sold by the owners (RBC and BMO) to a US private equity firm.
I don't think this protects Canadian digital sovereignty. I signed a petition for Ottawa to intervene, and you can too.
I don't think this protects Canadian digital sovereignty. I signed a petition for Ottawa to intervene, and you can too.
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This is the government of Canada’s scientific finding.
It is true.
It is also a terrible message. Here’s what’s also true: 🧵
www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
It is true.
It is also a terrible message. Here’s what’s also true: 🧵
www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
Changes to Canada's climate now 'irreversible,' federal report says
The impacts of climate change in Canada are now largely irreversible and average temperatures are expected to rise by at least 3.5 C by the end of the century, a new government report warns.
www.ctvnews.ca
September 4, 2026 at 10:43 PM
This is the government of Canada’s scientific finding.
It is true.
It is also a terrible message. Here’s what’s also true: 🧵
www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
It is true.
It is also a terrible message. Here’s what’s also true: 🧵
www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
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I believe, from the balls of my feet to the top of my head, that this result is entirely due to the presence of unhoused and/or people in crisis on the subway and the way in which this relatively small problem has been ginned up by Toronto haters (one of which has the temerity to want to lead us).
My morning blood pressure spike inspired by this. And you won’t believe whose campaign strategist shared it: toronto.citynews.ca/2026/09/03/t...
New poll finds Toronto viewed as one of Canada's least safe cities
The study tested 15 cities and found Toronto ranks second‑lowest on net safety at –18, ahead only of Winnipeg at –28.
toronto.citynews.ca
September 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I believe, from the balls of my feet to the top of my head, that this result is entirely due to the presence of unhoused and/or people in crisis on the subway and the way in which this relatively small problem has been ginned up by Toronto haters (one of which has the temerity to want to lead us).
This (and you know, lightning) is why they have to evacuate the stands in bad weather. I stand by my "you couldn't pay me" decision.
September 3, 2026 at 3:12 PM
This (and you know, lightning) is why they have to evacuate the stands in bad weather. I stand by my "you couldn't pay me" decision.
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2/ Instead of more corporate welfare, it’s time for a windfall tax on the big oil giants that are set to make $100 billion in profits this year because of Trump’s illegal war in Iran.
September 2, 2026 at 10:38 PM
2/ Instead of more corporate welfare, it’s time for a windfall tax on the big oil giants that are set to make $100 billion in profits this year because of Trump’s illegal war in Iran.
Infuriating. Waste of money and resources just to make everything more dangerous. It feels futile and I'm not even a cyclist.
That’s almost the entire network. It’s so much worse than we feared 😔
September 2, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Infuriating. Waste of money and resources just to make everything more dangerous. It feels futile and I'm not even a cyclist.
This is wild. The Backyard is 4ish miles per hour, until you can't/don't complete one.
PHIL GORE has left on Yard 137.
While unofficial, it's worth noting the world record for Backyards is 119 Yards/Hours.
Phil is 17 hours beyond his WR. That's 70 miles, almost three full Marathons past that previous best.
567 miles run. Stats here: 👇
While unofficial, it's worth noting the world record for Backyards is 119 Yards/Hours.
Phil is 17 hours beyond his WR. That's 70 miles, almost three full Marathons past that previous best.
567 miles run. Stats here: 👇
August 28, 2026 at 5:51 PM
This is wild. The Backyard is 4ish miles per hour, until you can't/don't complete one.
Ontario. (The lake doesn't care what you call it, but I do)
August 27, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Ontario. (The lake doesn't care what you call it, but I do)
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It’s fine, you can’t change the name of anything referenced in “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”, it’s a legal document
August 25, 2026 at 12:49 PM
It’s fine, you can’t change the name of anything referenced in “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”, it’s a legal document
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New month long artist/curator residency in Norway for Canadians. Check it out, share with some of your art folks. Organized by Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art (which, full disclosure, I'm on the board of).
Prefix ICA Announces the Residency at The Place
The Place, Kvalnes, Lofoten Islands, Norway. Photo: Elise Misao Hunchuck. Courtesy Maaretta Jaukkuri Foundation Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art is pleased to announce the Residency at The Place…
akimbo.ca
July 28, 2026 at 2:53 PM
New month long artist/curator residency in Norway for Canadians. Check it out, share with some of your art folks. Organized by Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art (which, full disclosure, I'm on the board of).
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lmao at Iddin-Sin, an ungrateful little shit of yore
![Screenshot of a translation of this 4,000 letter, linked within the quote-skeeted article and reading as follows:
"Tell the Lady Zinu: Iddin-Sin sends the following message:
May the gods Samas, Marduk, and Ilabrat keep you forever in
good health for my sake.
From year to year, the clothes of the (young) gentlemen here
become better, but you let my clothes get worse from year to
year. Indeed, you persisted(?) in making my clothes poorer and
more scanty. At a time when in our house wool is used up like
bread, you have made me poor clothes. The son of Adad-iddinam,
whose father is only an assistant of my father, (has) two new sets
of clothes [break] while you fuss even about a single set of clothes
for me. In spite of the fact that you bore me and his mother only
adopted him, his mother loves him, while you, you do not love
me!"
Available at: https://lustria-online.com/threads/letters-from-mesopotamia.21099/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kjklbsuepdppuppsfluytydl/bafkreigfdt7iykgm5s5e3t7nf3l2vssex5v3ihtg56lqrrgnhlceedh7mi)
August 15, 2026 at 1:07 PM
lmao at Iddin-Sin, an ungrateful little shit of yore
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I think the SCC should hear this, not necessarily because the trial court was right on section 7, but because what the Court of Appeal says here flies in the face of major s 7 cases like PHS.
"The legislature is free to legislate to remove a bicycle lane from a road – indeed, it may remove a road entirely – without implicating the Charter,,” says the Court of Appeal. Provincial government wins. coadecisions.ontariocourts.ca/coa/coa/en/i...
Cycle Toronto v. Ontario (Attorney General) - Court of Appeal for Ontario
coadecisions.ontariocourts.ca
August 14, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I think the SCC should hear this, not necessarily because the trial court was right on section 7, but because what the Court of Appeal says here flies in the face of major s 7 cases like PHS.
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The ruling says the policy evidence isn't relevant, and then goes on to specifically feel it must dismiss that evidence (without any basis for that dismissal other than vibes). This is incoherent and should be appealable.
They brought in Dr. Shoshanna Saxe to testify for the pro-bike lane side. Dr. Saxe has a PhD from Cambridge, is a licensed professional engineer, and associate professor at U of T.
The judge basically throws out all of her expert testimony as being the biased, arbitrary opinions of a bike lobbyist
The judge basically throws out all of her expert testimony as being the biased, arbitrary opinions of a bike lobbyist
![In reaching these conclusions, the application judge relied on evidence proffered by Dr. Shoshanna Saxe, whom he described as an expert on transportation infrastructure, including cycling. Dr. Saxe is a proponent of cycling. Her evidence, and that of the respondents’ experts more generally, was impugned by the appellants on this basis. I accept that Dr. Saxe was not biased in a legal sense but repeat what this court said in Fair Voting BC v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 ONCA 581, 177 O.R. (3d) 401, at paras. 19-20, leave to appeal refused, [2025] S.C.C.A. No. 384: academic expert evidence – social science research in particular – must be approached by courts with considerable caution. It is often geared towards supporting preferred policy outcomes rather than discovering the objective truth of a matter under investigation. And courts are prone to missing the normative and policy dimensions of issues if they present in purely technical terms, ostensibly resolvable on an objective and uncontroversial basis by technical experts.
[62] Dr. Saxe clearly favours bicycles. That was clear from the tenor of her evidence, which included the assertion that “investing in cycling infrastructure is one of the most powerful tools available to reduce congestion.” As the application judge noted, Dr. Saxe conceded that the removal of bicycle lanes might provide a benefit in the short term. But she expressed the opinion that, over the medium to long term, removing the bicycle lanes would make traffic congestion worse. She predicted that emergency response “will likely be worse” and that “gridlock becomes a possibility”.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bumu6s332o24fppobse7j3ms/bafkreicw42ewzfynylrmjybn7qsh5pm3kb6yq2lbhbmjccklfgefc5n77i)
August 14, 2026 at 5:18 PM
The ruling says the policy evidence isn't relevant, and then goes on to specifically feel it must dismiss that evidence (without any basis for that dismissal other than vibes). This is incoherent and should be appealable.
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The judge who wrote this decision, Grant Huscroft, was described in the Globe & Mail in 2014 when he was appointed by the Harper government as one of the country's most conservative law professors and a "leading constitutional scholars of the far right". Colour me shocked
![Snippets from a 2014 Globe & Mail Article:
Justice Minister Peter MacKay has appointed two of the country's most conservative law professors as judges in Ontario, one of whom has publicly criticized the court he is about to join.
Reaction to the appointment from the legal community was varied. A Toronto criminal lawyer was upset, saying the government has ignored excellent lawyers for years for Ontario appeal court positions. (The lawyer did not wish to be named, expecting some day to appear before the new judges.) A senior judicial source, who also did not wish to be named, was also critical. "If you were trying to identify the leading constitutional scholars of the far right, you'd probably have Grant Huscroft at the top of the list," the source said, calling him "anti-Charter [of Rights] and basically, anti-equality rights."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bumu6s332o24fppobse7j3ms/bafkreihcanadfplqxeycuf6fkd5rpbzq5mnbb2qmvbletycnuno6wzrwsi)
August 14, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The judge who wrote this decision, Grant Huscroft, was described in the Globe & Mail in 2014 when he was appointed by the Harper government as one of the country's most conservative law professors and a "leading constitutional scholars of the far right". Colour me shocked
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something that makes me really grateful today (among all the other things that make this life SO DANG COOL) is NATIONAL PARKS. buckaroos have been BEEN to these places it is such a blessing to experience. what wonders
August 10, 2026 at 10:12 PM
something that makes me really grateful today (among all the other things that make this life SO DANG COOL) is NATIONAL PARKS. buckaroos have been BEEN to these places it is such a blessing to experience. what wonders
@normsworld.bsky.social so is the scheduled protest this weekend going to be a party instead?
July 25, 2026 at 1:25 AM
@normsworld.bsky.social so is the scheduled protest this weekend going to be a party instead?
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its real, here is the minister's bafflegab statement
July 25, 2026 at 12:44 AM
its real, here is the minister's bafflegab statement