Michael D'Costa

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Our friends at Cycle Toronto are fighting THE fight with their Charter challenge of the Ford’s government’s law to remove bike lanes . If they win, we all win.

Otherwise trust us, this government will attempt to remove bike lanes in other Ontario municipalities, incl. here in Ottawa.

Donate here. No amount is too small. 👇 #onpoli #OttBike #ottawa #BikeTooter

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https://www.cycleto.ca/donate

In case people notice the change, in a super sketchy move, the Ontario government is letting retailers (aka their friends at loblaws and convenience stores) lower the displayed price of alcohol to exclude taxes and deposits. https://www.agco.ca/en/news/information-bulletin-new-regulatory-amendments-alcohol-sale-convenience-and-grocery-stores #onpoli #sellingdrugs #neoliberalism
Information Bulletin: New Regulatory Amendments for Alcohol Sale in Convenience and Grocery Stores | Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario

Cycle Toronto’s petition “I love my bike lanes” with the proper link, this time. Sign it. #ottawa #BikeTooter

https://www.cycleto.ca/ilovebikelanes

@jleiper OC Transpo has to stop making service worse if they want to attract more riders. 10min train service would be fine if transfers weren't required, but once you're trying to catch a bus at one end or the other (or both) it adds too much friction and more people will drive.
Already, the reduced bus service has made transit a poor option for me for most trips. I would like it to be better.
It’s no mastodon but I just noticed the Royal Canadian mint dropped twitter from their list of official shared social media accounts. Good for them.

I've known three people who got COVID in the past two weeks. All of them posted photos of their events in the weeks leading up to their infection. Not one of them posted they had #COVID19.

I get tired of people saying "everyone's back to normal" and "I never hear of anyone sick." The social pressure for "normalcy" demands we share every crowded event and then hide our infections and illness.

If you're COVID-cautious, just realize you are not alone, no matter what your social media feeds show.

I'm 6'3"and my shoulder is still below the hood of this idiotic truck. These monster American trucks are dumb.
#waste #dangerous #selfish #climate

I’ve been taking pictures of the #ottawa #NCC “controlled” “skate way” for almost two years and have not seen ANY skaters in that time. 🙄

Simply a waste and it should be paved over to allow me to commute from my home under a bridge in the Arboretum to my place of work under a bridge under Wellington.

Things that do not allow me to drive slightly faster have no value.

#scarcasm

18-inch close pass from a lady in a Tesla.
Me: you passed me way too close
Her: you need to share the road!!!! You need to ride close to the side!!!

Write this on my tombstone when the next asshole kills me:

YOU DO NOT NEED TO STAY TO THE RIGHT WHEN THE LANE IS TOO NARROW TO SHARE

Was just talking with @TAV about yet another tornado warning for #Ottawa, and we’re pretty sure that there have been more tornado warnings for Ottawa *this month* than in the 25+ years we’ve lived here.