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According to @abridgman.bsky.social, audiences need to encourage a “culture of accountability” with social media influencers: “The key is to try to figure out a transparency regime around this as much as possible, so that people can make informed decisions when they listen to content creators”

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Sometimes podcasting feels relatively new. Then I remember the first one I ever heard was hosted by Don Newman.

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Admire this new(ish) development on the east side of Main Street in old Ottawa East. Nice mix of hard and soft landscaping. Human scaled buildings. Deliberate preference for pedestrian use. Trees and benches. Housing and small business spaces. #ottawa

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With the transit study on Bank Street delayed, we’re getting creative to encourage people to support bus lanes on Bank Street. open.substack.com/pub/improvin...

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Excellent development. Now make it a cooperative again. #mec #coops #privateequity

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I've put together a 3D map showing 2024 Ottawa Municipal Property Tax Revenue by Area. What stands out to you? sjamieit.github.io/3D/

submitted 7 days ago • 9 comments

Love it. Just a shame that the new arena being pitched is about half the capacity. Is that best value for taxpayers and team?

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

Hey drivers, you know what's worse than getting a ticket for doing something illegal? Killing or seriously injuring someone with your vehicle. Distracted driving is a real danger and drivers and everyone else sharing space with them should expect it to be treated as such.

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One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.

submitted 8 days ago • 21 comments

The Globe editorial board agrees it’s time to stop treating on-street parking as a quasi-constitutional right. Transit lanes are key to reducing congestion. They may as well be talking about Bank Street. #otttraffic #ottawa #theglebe

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If you live in the Thessalon area, try not to have your medical emergency between 8 a.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday. Just the latest sign that health care in northern Ontario needs help. What is the province doing? #onpoli

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The case for proportional representation is undeniable. CTV reports on how our democracy distorting voting system fuels regional divisions, and how proportional representation can fix it. @mark-carney.bsky.social, will you champion a system where every vote truly counts? #cdnpoli

submitted 9 days ago • 19 comments

1) buy a loaf of nice bread 2) have a slice to “tide me over” 3) eat a slice to test the sauce 4) repeat 3 5) repeat 4 6) have bread with dinner, because “that’s why I bought it.” 🍝 🥖

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I made a map of ridings represented by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet members (ministers and secretaries of state included). I created it quickly over on @canadianpolling.bsky.social‘s excellent map page, so I hope all the ridings are correct.

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Some of us haven’t finished mourning deliverology yet.

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Why can’t Ottawa seem to get basic things done right? Neil has a theory. #ottawa #ottcity substack.com/home/post/p-...

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😳😂😭👟 #ottawalkers

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Americans have had their fingers on a 2,000-year-old institution for barely 60 minutes and are already calling the manager.

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

Popeable excitement.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

This is the content I came for.

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“According to the report, the employee gained over $22,000 in payments —disguised as bonuses— from a landlord in exchange for approving above-market rental rates, some of which were more than 63 per cent over rental value.”

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Looks like @apnews.com is using AI to summarize articles without even checking for basic facts... Or are they really this ignorant about Canada? Either way, shameful.

submitted 17 days ago • 7 comments

Trump: "I'm a design guy, and that Canadian straight line border, it's just so arbitrary. Some guy just drew that." Well, I've got some bad news for this whole area ...

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Well that stunk. It's jarring to see someone contradict themselves so often in 40 minutes.

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I know Mark Carney has a lot to think about, but exactly right now is the time to build some guardrails around our democracy. The world is showing us that norms, conventions and expectations of ethical behaviour are rice paper to would-be autocrats. Weak institutions can't protect us. #cdnpoli

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

The Trump Factor is working everywhere except the USA.

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We need to talk about what we are allowing our streets to become. #ottawalkers #ottbike #pedestrians #walking @thewaroncars.bsky.social

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Hey #Ottawa! How are you enjoying free transit day? I took the train to the airport just because. I was not alone. Explore your city, the free transit way! #freetransit

submitted 20 days ago • 2 comments

Number of days party leaders have had to wait for a by-election in a seat vacated by a member of their own caucus. #cdnpoli #cdnelxn

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A party leader losing their seat in an election happens every so often. It has happened in 23 times in 45 elections. Liberal: 5 Con/PC: 7 CCF/NDP: 5 Bloc: 2 Social Credit: 3 Green: 3 # of times a party won election but leader lost seat: 1 (William LM King in 1945)

submitted 21 days ago • 5 comments

An illustration of how FPP goes from sandbag to springboard - Reform votes and seats in different councils: Oxfordshire: 18% vote, 2% seats Cambridgeshire: 23% vote, 16% seats Devon: 27% vote, 30% seats Leicestershire: 33% vote, 46% seats Derbyshire: 37% vote, 66% seats

submitted 21 days ago • 19 comments

Statistically, we lose a pedestrian almost every month. If you think that number is too high, write to your counsellors. - Less trucks - Better public transit - Less traffic - More deaths prevented

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down

submitted 24 days ago • 977 comments

Jack Layton never even moved into Stornoway. Just saying.

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We can all agree the highlight of yesterday's @torontobluejays.bsky.social game was the opening pitch thrown out by Chef Dwight Smith! Very cool! www.instagram.com/chefdwightsm...