An egret flew past our window today!

For the average person if you want to experience car culture:
walk into a coffee shop or fast food restaurant with a drive thru and see how many drivers get served before you do.

Ottawa, Technically a Pilot Project ™️®️

We sent astronauts to the moon with the same cardboard solar eclipse glasses that us plebs wear?

And, this morning... still big sheets of ice, but so much water.

I will say, though, I think Dave groomed the ski trail so that people could still ski last weekend.

Unless time folded and I'm wrong.

Britannia Bay on the Ottawa River taken from a 20th floor balcony. Big sheets of ice have broken off and started move downstream, leaving open water that stretches from shore to shore. Fluffy white clouds in the sky. April 3, 2026 at 18h00.

Britannia Bay on the Ottawa River taken from a 20th floor balcony on the morning of April 2, 2026. Ice stretches from shore to shore covering the entire bay.

#OttawaRiver is breaking up in Britannia Bay this afternoon. Yesterday morning (right) vs. this evening (left). There are big sheets of ice moving, and big cracks of open water stretching shore to shore.

The ice darts to the face yesterday were so... unnecessary.

I check my tire pressure... uh... when Gabe checks it for me?

This is 99% of the problem.

This winter I got my first ever "tire slippage" flat... where because I wasn't checking my air pressure enough, the tube creased inside the tire and a hole formed on the crease.

There's a longer story that includes why I avoid Bushtukah... but that's for an ice cream ride.

Establishment enmity could be a good omen for the NDP’s Lewis - The Hill Times The mocking responses of the Establishment to Avi Lewis’ win belie their divorce from the realities of Canadians not in their socioeconomic class.

“The collective crash-out of the Canadian political and news media establishment over Avi Lewis’ March 29 win in the NDP leadership race is giving me life.”

www.hilltimes.com/2026/04/01/e...

NOOOOO. I loved The Papery. Twats.

SONG SPARROWS and TURKEY VULTURES are back!

I suffered from, "He was a bus driver, so he must support active transportation, right?"

So wrong.

Good morning Ottawa.

Good morning Ottawa.

This is the energy we need, Toon.

Maybe the only one who wants the job is someone with an already spectacular track record of failure?

CONGRATULATIONS! This is so well deserved.

IT'S REALLY HAPPENING!

That sinkhole has almost taken me out numerous times.

Ontario to introduce bill exempting Premier, cabinet from FOI requests Government’s proposed changes follow its loss of court battle over call logs for Ford’s personal cellphone

I am begging my fellow Canadians to take a break for a second from obsessing about American corruption to focus on our home grown versions.

Ford is a corrupt crony goon who has done countless shady backroom deals. He wants to remove one of our most powerful tools to hold him accountable. Fuck that!

not yet...

Thank you for your service.

At first I was thinking, "Oh Scott Street wasn't that bad this winter. Maybe I won't bother with the River MUP to get to work."

But then I realized how LOUD it is all the time and how often there's construction with no reasonable detour.

Lost phone was found on the trail today while snow grooming. Contact manager@wintertrail.ca

Audit Committee Public Agenda - March 2, 2026

Reminder for parents: OCDSB is holding an Audit Committee Meeting on Monday, March 2 at 7pm. This is your only opportunity to hear about budget decisions the supervisor is making behind closed doors that will affect our children.

www.ocdsb.ca/about-us/boa...

You're not enjoying listening to our kid repeat "lose some weight" and "Ozempic" while he watches some of the world's best athletes celebrate their accomplishments?

Sounds like a you problem. /s

I regret viewing that game as a referendum on whether there is any justice in this world.

we had a team of incredibly dedicated elite government coders

public servants forgoing much more lucrative gigs because they wanted to make government work for people

some of them were my friends or former colleagues

they worked in the GSA, 18F, and the USDS

this administration fired them all

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically