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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Sticker from early voting at the City of Ottawa.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is what 2.5% gets you: patched patches on top of patched asphalt. Ottawa deserves better.
Patched patches on patched asphalt.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Chinatown
Leiper and Troster campaign signs.  Picture taken just off Rochester in Chinatown.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Richmond at Golden
Campaign signs at the corner of Richmond and Golden, for Joanne Chianello, Subir Uppal and Brian Innes.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Wellington West - first mayoral sign I've seen in the wild (On a front lawn).
Jeff Leiper for mayor sign on a front lawn
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Clearly the problem is not enough parking. Closing a street obviously hurts vendors. @toondreessen.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social
Ottawa Street festival for coffeeSpecialty coffee festival poster
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Good morning #Ottawa
Cracked and broken asphalt, typical of Ottawa's streets
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Combination bike lane, crosswalk and swimming pool.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The NCC provides that path. The city's infrastructure is more like this:
Flooded pedestrian crossing
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The timeline never lies, @scalzi.com and @gailsimone.bsky.social .
John Scalzi getting a new guitar followed immediately on the timeline by Gail Simone asking what someone's weirdest actual accomplishment is.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
When your friends give you a bookstore gift card and you're behind on your @scalzi.com ...
Three books on a table top: When the Moon Hits Your Eye, Starter Villain, and The Kaiju Preservation Society
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
More quality #Ottawa infrastructure, at the corner of Byron and Churchill.
Sidewalk that's an irregular combination of brick, concrete and asphalt patches.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This is what decades of insufficient tax funding gives #Ottawa: patches upon patches on the streets. (Photo: Kenwood ave looking east from Broadview) @toondreessen.bsky.social
A street with asphalt patches over older asphalt patches.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Is this you? Because it sounds like you ;)
Waffle House style sign that says Burrito Criminal
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The timeline never lies.
Screen capture of the parent post, preceded on the timeline by a post from @johnthejack with a picture of a cave woman hunched over a fire in a suburban living room, telling her husband (in modern dress, with a briefcase) "Oh, let me guess, now I'm too 'trad'?"
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This is a rebuilt intersection, at Richmond and Golden. After last night's rain, it's flooded and a mess. Ottawa appears to not care about pedestrians. @jleiper.bsky.social @toondreessen.bsky.social
Flooded crosswalk at Richmond and Golden in Ottawa; newly rebuilt, it seems like there's no drainage, making an obstacle for pedestrians.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Please stand by.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The timeline right now:
Timeline quote of the parent post plus the next on my timeline, that reads "Pour one out for the Hilton staff who are working perhaps the worst shift in food service history rn."
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Good morning, Ottawa.
Broken and poorly patched street.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The timeline never lies.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The timeline never lies.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
A local street has a reminder.
Painted words on a street, saying LENT SLOW.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
My 1609 bus. No show. Not cancelled, just disappeared. Was on the app until it wasn't. This is why people drive instead of trusting @octranspo.com , right, @occtranspo.bsky.social ?
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
My 15:53 bus. Thank you, @octranspo.com @occtranspo.bsky.social Waiting a half hour for the next one is a totally wonderful thing.
Empty street where my bus should be
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
My 16:24 bus. Thanks, OC Transpo. I chose a bus based on the app, and it didn't show. @occtranspo.bsky.social
A picture of an empty road
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
The timeline never lies
Screen shot of the parent article followed by a cartoon of Destro exclaiming his admiration for a system where good lawyers let you get away with anything you want.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Maple tree, where the leaves have all turned deep red.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
A bee crawling in to a sunflower
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Photo of a street sign in Montreal that reads Ruelle Nick Auf Der Maur
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
A single red maple leaf, on the ground, surrounded by dirt and other leaves in various states of decay.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Small purple flowers, growing on weeds on the side of the road.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Purple flowers with yellow centres in among the grass, weeds, and plants on a lawn.  I'm no horticulturalist, so I can't say what these flowers are.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Westboro Beach, Ottawa Ontario, sunset 04 September 2015
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
It was a Calvin & Hobbes comic.
A merge of the Calvin & Hobbes cartoon about Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie and the Far Side Cow Tools cartoon.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Unwrapped and ready to go tomorrow!
Parking meter in Kitchessippi
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Red flower, photo taken with low light.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Sunset, Westboro Beach, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Monday 07 July 2025.
Long canoe in the water, off a beach, with a flock of ducks swimming in front, with a grey, overcast sky.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Ottawa drivers: entitled jerks.
Green MG convertible illegally parked right beside a fire hydrant.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
The timeline never lies.
On top, a copy of John Scalzi's sunset picture.  On bottom, a picture from the Bodega Cats account of a cat peeking its head out of a dumpster.  It is a screen capture of what appeared on the timeline.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Either a Scooby Doo villain's lair, or a heritage property in Ottawa being permitted to decay and collapse. Either way, @jleiper.bsky.social , the city needs to act.
An abandoned, run down, overgrown old nunnery, from Ottawa Ontario's Westboro district.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Please...
Screen capture of Aragorn from the Bakshi Lord of the Rings animated film (1978)
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Picture of pink flowers growing against a brick wall.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Greatest controller of all time. @gailsimone.bsky.social
Classic Atari joystick, black with a single orange / red button in the top left corner.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Small purple flowers, freshly sprouted in the spring.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Good morning.
Woodpecker posed on a tree
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
This is what our city budget looks like in practice.
Broken and chipped sidewalk, with crumbling patches and temporary fixes.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
@viarailcanada.bsky.social Your website says that the baggage service at Gare Centrale in Montreal is available at 0730 on Sunday. Unfortunately, it isn't :(. Photo taken about 1045.
Baggage service counter at Montreal's Gare Centrale, barricaded at 1045 on Sunday, despite their website claiming it opens at 730.
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Apparently there are other things they have never read.
Quotes from the Declaration of Independence
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david--p.bsky.social @david--p.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
A reminder:
Photo of painted words on a street saying Lent and Slow.
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