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Andrew Codrington

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Not a billionaire. Not an asshole (stretch goal).

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 13h
Doug Ford vows to protect Ontario's vulnerable crony industry
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Doug Ford vows to protect Ontario's vulnerable crony industry
QUEEN'S PARK - Ontario Premier Doug Ford has promised that despite the ongoing economic uncertainty in the province, which he constantly exacerbates by responding to US President Donald Trump’s barbs,...
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Kanchan @kayehm.bsky.social · 14h
All Bike lane projects are road safety projects: making it uncomfortable+ impossible to drive fast was the point. If you want to drive fast, do it on a highway, away from where people live, walk & cycle. People were driving at an avg speed that would kill a human and that's what will happen again.
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 16h
Bike lane removals from Islington to Royal York are anticipated to start the evening of Oct. 13. Community members are encouraged to meet at the Bloor Green P Lot for Tom Riley Park at 5pm onwards (come whenever you can) 1/2
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Kanchan @kayehm.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
All bike lane projects are road safety projects that improve safety for all road users: people driving, taking transit, cycling & pedestrians. They save lives. If the province believed removal would result in safer infrastructure, they wouldn't have legislated protection against that exact outcome
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Ripping out these protected bike lanes against the will of Toronto city council is a colossal waste of $48 million. The province’s own experts know it will not ease traffic congestion, it will put people’s lives at risk…” One of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen any politician do to any city.
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Ontario will officially begin removing Toronto bike lanes on Tuesday | CBC News
Ontario will begin removing bike lanes from a stretch on Bloor Street W. in Etobicoke on Tuesday, the Ministry of Transportation says.
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Lindsay Owens @lindsayowens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Best 3 things about writing a book I didn’t expect. 1. People send you pics of their cute kids reading your book. 2. Lengthy but brilliant goodreads reviews. 3. People send you pics of your book on shelves in bookstores across the country. Thanks guys! bit.ly/GougedPRH
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Gouged by Lindsay Owens: 9798217058785 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“A thrilling true crime story about how the largest corporate monopolies in America have hatched a scheme to pick our pockets. Gouged is the book corporate America does not want you to read.”—Robert.....
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My man looks like a non-fungible asshole
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Bike Ottawa @bikeottawa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hot off the press! Mayoral candidates responses to Bike Ottawa’s questionnaire. The process behind our questionnaire, and how cycling has been turned into a toxic issue. Ready set go! 🚲 #ottcity #ottpoli bikeottawa.ca/2026/10/01/2...
People cycling on Rideau Street (during Step Thruu worst infrastructure ride), a missing link between the short cycle track on Rideau and the cycle track on Cumberland
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/10/2026
The post-war "peace dividend" owed its existence to three factors: industrial capacity, political freedom and pent-up demand.
The Earth from space; it is covered in scaffolding that is crawling with little rude mechanicals ganked from 17th century engravings of people operating machines.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 02/10/2026
Carney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policy
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Carney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policy
Vancouver, BC – Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced more than one billion dollars in federal funding to keep the ocean safe from the consequences of his own actions.
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Dave @allcaps.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Is Sutcliffe aware that he’s been the Mayor for the last 4 years or hoping we just didn’t notice?
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Edward Xie @edwardxie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In ERs, we see the impact of unsafe roads regularly. Cities with good bike infrastructure have fewer deaths and greater safety for all, regardless of whether they’re walking, cycling or driving. Ontario gov should reconsider how to spend $48 mil Improve lives - not put them at risk #bikeTO #onpoli
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Why hundreds of doctors are fighting Ford’s removal of Toronto bike lanes
YouTube video by CBC News Toronto
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Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Put another way, Ford wants to spend more on removing bike lanes in Toronto ($48M) than he's spent protecting all of Ontario's businesses from an international trade war. Ontario deserves serious leadership, that follows through on promises, and actually puts people before profits.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We are the Wildflowers Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe 2024
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Wait what theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...
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The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🔥🔥🔥 Heard we may have inspired some of those 😉 @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/tomf...
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
❤️ Sept 2026 Critical Mass via @jnyyz.bsky.social h/t @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @ffsafestreets.bsky.social #BikeTO jnyyz.wordpress.com/2026/09/25/s...
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Sept 2026 Critical Mass
This month’s ride started at High Park. A pretty big crowd. This guy had a great lighted sign. You might guess who it is referring to at the moment. Two of the many usual suspects it was grea…
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On Friday night nearly 1000 people on bikes rode west to the site of Ford's first incoming bike lane removals, Bloor just east of Islington. Strength in numbers. #criticalmass
1000 bikes take up an entire road lane in defence of bike lanes in toronto
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ok don’t let’s get carried away but I found something genuinely good on Threads.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026
Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure.
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TitaniumMan @titaniumman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In case anyone hasn't come across it yet, the trailer is on YouTube:
youtu.be
Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 21/09/2026
I have misus’d the King’s press damnably.
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Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada @citizenslobbyca.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We have lobbied our MPs a lot. To allay our concerns, MPs have told us that Carney will follow the market. Well here is the data: 😤LNG IEFFA ieefa.org/resources/sl... Pembina www.pembina.org/pub/lng-gamble 🔥WC pipeline IEFFA ieefa.org/resources/as... Pembina www.pembina.org/media-releas...
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Kim Moir @kmoir.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Me every time an Ottawa municipal candidate brags about low property taxes. *taps the sign*
Venn diagram of stable services low density and low taxes in municipal government - it does not exist.
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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Andrew Codrington @acodring.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social I’d like to report a crime.
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Bike Ottawa @bikeottawa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This am a person biking was hit and critically injured by a driver at Sussex/Bruyère. Have you noticed how the four main mayoral candidates haven’t said beep about cycling as a mode of transportation? Ask them to answer our questions. Ask your own. You deserve to know. bikeottawa.ca/2026/08/27/m...
Screen capture of CBC article on cyclist critically injured in Sussex crash
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave. “Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way.” If you want people to choose not to drive, make the non-driving trip better & easier for them. It’s as simple as that, really.
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‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave
Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way
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Hans on the Bike @hansonthebike.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The @ncc-ccn.gc.ca Bike Night was hugely successful. It was quite a sight to see thousands of people with even more lights #cycling in the dark on the closed roads along the Rideau Canal, a World Heritage Site, in #Ottawa last night. Nothing in the media yet. So here’s my #ottbike recap.
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Recap NCC Bike Night 2026 - Hans on the Bike - Cycling in Ottawa and beyond
The second NCC Bike Night in Ottawa was a huge success, thousands of people showed up to ride along the Rideau Canal and back.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 13/09/2026
Carney to rename rest of Great Lakes as “Lake Legal Adult” so Trump will never want to touch them
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Carney to rename rest of Great Lakes as "Lake Legal Adult" so Trump will never want to touch them
OTTAWA - After Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America,” Prime Minister Mark Carney announced he would preemptively rename the rest of the Great Lakes as “Lake Legal...
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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I understand that humans thinking about math is Luddite behavior and humans making art is Luddite behavior and so on. But I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be doing instead. What's the non-Luddite behavior for those of us who aren't wealthy investors?
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Just Ally 🇨🇦 @allymcvoo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Are you tracking the current GO train cutbacks in the GTA? Wknd service to the suburbs has been decimated until next spring. The explanation - it’s required as a result of the surge in service required to host the World Cup. It makes travel by car pretty much the only option. So discouraging.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sweetgrass Blessing Daphne Odjig ~ Anishinaabe 1978
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Wouldn't it be weird if the racist billionaire who bankrolled and took credit for the neo-Nazi victory in Germany was somehow involved in American politics too? Can you even imagine? I bet the media would have a field day asking politicians who aligned with him and took his money for statements!
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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Imagine a #BetterByWard where business thrives bc it’s friendly, accessible, welcoming. Where more people pass by a store or cafe on their way home to family sized apts, and connector to the city thru a functional reliable transit system. Imagine #OurBestOttawa @jleiper.bsky.social for mayor
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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Good question for local #OttCity leaders: are you still posting on X? Why? Is your addiction to followers so severe that you’re prepared to continue on a platform that supports such hatred?
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Dr Grace S Peng @gspeng.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
They are blocking a bike lane to a middle school on grounds that it would remove parking for Monterrey Market. As if the market didn't already have a giant parking lot, a bus stop in front, and shoppers couldn't ride ebikes in the new bike lane.
Satellite map view of the Hopkins/California St area showing a parking lot 4x the size of the grocery store, a bus stop on the corner, and parking along every street in the area
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 06/09/2026
Not everyone can drive to get groceries.
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John Loukidelis @loukidelis.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
From the Globe article: “But unlike its predecessor, whose release in 2019 was widely publicized and accompanied by minister-led press conferences and technical briefings to help the public grasp its implications, the second edition was quietly posted online ahead of a late-summer holiday weekend.”
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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 05/09/2026
My cousin’s shirt took me a second. He said “it’s great because anyone who would be offended by it couldn’t understand it anyway.”
A shirt with the following words in rainbow colors:
Fluorine
Uranium
Carbon
Potassium
Titanium
Rubidium
Uranium
Magnesium
Platinum
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Andrew Codrington @acodring.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
New trend. EyesoreMaxxing.
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Laskinator @laskinator.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The barrel cones have arrived. I've been here a few minutes, so far, several surprised faces of riders NB, and one rider almost spilled (even going slowly) turning around the fence.
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 04/09/2026
This kind of report should be accompanied by a press conference—not with some low-level bureaucrat, but with the prime minister. Flanked by all of his ministers. In prime time, with technical briefings. This report says we're facing unimaginable disaster, yet we didn't even get a briefing.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Hello, i'd like to report a hate crime.
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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It's not that I thought there was any magic to a human brain. But I thought the scale of simulating it was far off enough that I wouldn't have to be around for the obsolescence of thinking for myself.
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 04/09/2026
nice quote from Mandami comms person Emilia Rowland to the New York Times
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