Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Anyone but Quinn Simmons. Come on, Anyone. #Montreal2026 021
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Saw my first "re-elect Mark Sutcliffe" sign yesterday and of course it was a big one right next to Queen Elizabeth Drive. 10/10, no notes. Gotta remind those Barrhaven car commuters who's in charge! 020
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 08/09/2026🛰️ Satle #333 2/6 🟥🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca (Like solving the daily MORK, but global)satle.caSatle - A daily geography puzzleSatle is a Wordle-like geography game where you have 6 tries to guess the city based on satellite images. A new puzzle is available each day. 000
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Tangentially, darkly: I wonder what Canada's drone supply situation is like? Hope we don't have to find out. 010
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Come on man, that's not fair, it was cottage season. 130
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Glitch in the Matrix! bsky.app/profile/mark... 130
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I don't understand getting mad at Google Maps (and others) for showing "Lake America" to US users (or to users using a site using a US API). The problem isn't with Maps adopting the new name, it's with the US government accepting the Mad King's edicts unchallenged. 261
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Why did this remind me of the Ottawa mayoral race? #IWillFixTransit 010
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The city put some lipstick on this pig this morning. (In case you were wondering where Sutcliffe's new rural spending pledge was coming from.) 783
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Held my nose just now and checked how this post is doing on Facebook, and he's being roasted there too. Really have no sense of how this election is shaping up. 140
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 23/08/2026It was either recall them, or instruct pharmacy staff to black out the word "Relief" on the label. 110
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 21/08/2026For the love of god what does this even mean, that he'll "get to work right away". Is there anything the mayor need to do on this file, and if so why isn't it already being done? Why do we have to re-elect him first? 0121
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Come on @brigittepellerin.bsky.social, calling Lieper "the insider partly responsible for what’s broken" is a gross misrepresentation of how City council has worked since what, 2010? I also wouldn't mind a mayor who comes into the job with real experience on council. 080
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Oh right, I missed this highlight of our affordable low-tax city. This stretch of sidewalk had heavy equipment driving over it for 4 years during LRT construction, but I guess it's outside the project boundaries so it wasn't replaced. 193
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Good morning Mr. Mayor. Overflowing/broken garbage containers, filthy/broken glass, crumbled/rusting concrete barriers instead of proper bollards. This station opened a year and a half ago. None of these problems are new. 2154
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"We can't add to the financial burden" says the caption as the camera pans across a new car-dependent subdivision being built at the margins of the city. Thanks for the vision, Mr. Mayor. 0226
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Bucketing down rain right now and so far only about 42 people have finished the Ironman (at least according to the online stats, from 2886 starters). Must still be people who are still on the bike leg. Oof. 340
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Sutcliffe had to get Baird to write that unhinged anti-Leiper screed because he still has a month to go on being a nice guy. 2133
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Recent work: a tall wardrobe cabinet delivered yesterday to Hangar 11, the diplomatic reception space at YOW. The mosaic covering the back-lit doors is built from fragments of photographic images sourced from across the country. 1121
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 22/07/2026the good news: the trains are running! the bad news: they're not stopping 0227
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Canceled bus? Thank us for this opportunity to linger! 3194
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Every time this photo pops up in my feed my first reaction is what is with that umbilical cord connecting Ford's belly to Smith's ear. 033
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 15/07/2026As a citizen of the Commonwealth I assure you there is an extremely long list of questions more pressing to me than "how are the princes getting on". 040
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 14/07/2026A bloated, deranged leader with a bizarre hairstyle, decaying flesh, and a loyal sycophant who dies of sudden heart failure. I am referring, of course, to the "heart plug" scene in David Lynch's "Dune". www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWq1...youtube.comDune (4/9) Movie CLIP - Baron Harkonnen (1984) HDYouTube video by Movieclips 142
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Oh, the city's kinda-sorta putting cycling infrastructure on Gladstone EXCEPT in one of the most dangerous spots they're giving priority to a "staging area" for heavy trucks going into Preston Hardware. And the solution for cyclists is..."just go around", I guess? 350
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The invisible Trumpet of Shame is played again. 010
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Remember to load up your Presto card at least 24 hours before you plan to take your submarine out. 032
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 02/07/2026So it turns out it's bad if the drains from the flat roof of your 100-yr-old factory building are tied into the municipal sewer line, especially from the perspective of the ground-floor tenant (i.e. me). 240
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Imagine a home renovation where nobody thinks to schedule the electrician BEFORE the drywall. 310
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Has anyone tried lighting the reflecting pool on fire? #justasking 120
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 18/06/2026"Father’s Day Gift Ideas for Dads Who Love to Grill," says the email. "Dads and grilling go hand in hand!" or "Father's Day gift ideas for men whose concept of gender roles only allows them to participate in food preparation if meat and open flame are involved" As a dad, I find this so bleak. 120
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 16/06/2026It's a shame then that the city spent every nickel on helping one particular big business succeed. 061
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Repeating this query I get a wife named Rachel, then Zenda (former intern), then Laura (former tenant at my studio), then Kate (my daughter, and apparently we have children together 😬) then "he's private and doesn't disclose his wife's exact name". Canada's AI Strategy should be "burn it down". 030
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The existence of my wife Rachel comes as quite a surprise to me (and to my partner, not named Rachel, wondering what I'm snickering at). Remember when Google was useful? 1102
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Dreaming of an Ottawa where street trees survive long enough to create any kind of canopy, kissing or otherwise. 0130
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Just got back from Italy, rode my bike the length of Calabria. Was great. Recommended. AMA if so inclined. 240
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Flight attendant giving the pre-flight safety presentation has "MEMENTO MORI" clearly tattooed on her forearm. Mixed messages. 121
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Scoping out OC Transpo options for a mid-day trip to the airport, and even if I'm **already at the Carleton O-Train station** the top two route suggestions involve using a bus. How is this possible? 331
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Riding past the Tulip Festival on the way home today I observed a melee happening between a flock of seagulls and a 5-year-old boy who was wielding a baguette like a longsword. Multiple ways that could have played out? 021
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Oh hey it's Mark Sutcliffe campaigning as though he hasn't already been in charge of this file for the last four years. "I will fix transit" he vowed in 2022. 061
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 09/05/2026TIL: Costco sells caskets. Seems you can buy them one at a time, at least. "Expedited Shipping" (to clarify, as far as I know I am not in the market for a casket) 110
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I can't wait until Metrolinx is running the Ottawa LRT, yep, they'll solve all the problems! 022
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Carney talked a very progressive game during the campaign but what we're seeing in action now isn't living up to it, and my "thank god it's not Poilievre" glow has long since worn off. 000
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 02/05/2026The thing about being stuck in a downward spiral is: you're always turning a corner. 160
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Just donated to this campaign because dear god this city needs a real mayor for a change. www.leiper2026.ca/donate?recru...leiper2026.caDonateOur city is at a crossroads. After years of austerity, residents are feeling the effects. Ottawa needs a mayor who can build a city that works, and deliver for you. 0101
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Frog happy to announce new river-crossing agreement with scorpion. 171
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Same author just a few years ago: "Justin Trudeau believes he is entitled to his entitlements and you are entitled to pay for them." 010
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Uploading the LRT to Metrolinx is 0% about making the system more reliable and 100% about letting the mayor, council, and OC Transpo wash their hands of it. The latter is extremely appealing to them even if they know the system will be worse off. 254
Christopher Solar 🇨🇦 @christophersolar.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Can't help but read this as a "Dearest Martha..." letter. 040
