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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 20/09/2026

I was slow-ride scanning up and down streets along Spencer today on my bike. Surprising number of small little libraries but didn't spot any teal coloured ones.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 20/09/2026

Close encounter with a hawk (falcon?) on our bike ride today. Took flight from a 10 yards ahead of us on the path. Didn't see it at first because I was distracted by a dead squirrel (maybe it's lunch). For a moment I wasn't sure it was going to clear my head. #ottbike Near Corktown and Moodie.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 17/09/2026

This colour palette is not going to weather well, either.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 13/09/2026

Coke for me, but yes!

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 13/09/2026

I don't keep kosher but for holidays it's nice to get some special treats. Biked out to College Square Loblaws today. Oy, the tariffs have made the kosher section untenable. I take it just about any shelf stable food stuff comes from American distributors. At least baked goods came from Montreal.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 11/09/2026

Was able to submit on my laptop. So maybe a DuckDuckGo mobile caching bug.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 11/09/2026

Confirmed my tip (I'm still having login issues so I don't think it submitted properly). Rocks match and confirmed lily pads. I saw the every here a week or so ago. Though it's usually a heron in this spot.

Google map pin along KZM near Champlain bridge.

An small inlet on the Ottawa River that matches the MORK.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 10/09/2026

I had a different location in mind from the tip. I'll see if I can confirm on my run.

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Peter Coffman @petercoffman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Celebrating the architecture of Labour on Labour Day: Grain Elevators, Rowley, AB; PSAC Building, Ottawa, ON; Ukrainian Labour Temple, Winnipeg, MB; Japanese Quarters, North Pacific Cannery, BC. Happy #LabourDay!

Deep red wooden grain elevators viewed from a low angle against a dark, menacing sky.

A broad, 12-story red brick building with a curved façade viewed against a clear, pale blue sky.

A broad, yellow-brick building with a large overhanging cornice and Classical detailing around the very large, rectangular windows.

A group of simple, white, single-story buildings with red roofs sits suspended on stilts above mud and water at low tide.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 06/09/2026

I forgot to study for this test. I forget where my classroom is. I forgot to go to class all semester.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 06/09/2026

Labour Day weekend: Back to school dreams. Still.

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Bike Ottawa @bikeottawa.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Ahem! This 🎉👇 Going for a bike ride today? Come chat with us at Vincent Massey noon-2pm. We’re hosting a picnic, and there’ll be munchies. Happy cycling! 🚲

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 04/09/2026

I always ring my bell coming through the tunnel or coming up from city centre.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 03/09/2026

New fence at City Centre and Trillium MUP. Saw some folks panicking yesterday during install, worried they were blocking off the access completely. Probably a smart addition to reduce blind spot. #ottbike

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 03/09/2026

Lovely morning for a long run. My headphones died at 1.5k. I ran sans music for the first time in a long time. It was nice on the Quebec side. Not so nice along Champlain bridge and parkway. Boo traffic noise.

Strava map of run loop along River pathways and route verte between Commanda and Champlain bridges.

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vivianhessel.bsky.social @vivianhessel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rest in power, Gloria Steinem. "The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off."

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 01/09/2026

I clobbered the Wordle bot today.

Wordle analysis showing my solve in 2 and the bot's in five.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 27/08/2026

Super early but just made it as rain started.

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Dave @allcaps.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Live.Laugh.Mayor in Ottawa Citizen today! Big thanks to Nicholas Kohler (@nicohina.bsky.social) for making sense of a ridiculous project. And an ever bigger thanks to all the MORKers out there who contributed over 500 locations! You are the wind beneath my MORKS. ottawacitizen.com/news/sutclif...

ottawacitizen.com

Site crowd sleuths Sutcliffe's ‘Good morning’ posts, proves mayor loves NCC

A new website is helping determine how much Mark Sutcliffe is leaning on NCC largesse for his photographic celebrations of Ottawa. Ironically — it’s a lot.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 25/08/2026

Ratios have two measurements. Ottawa also has highest average household income, largely because of feds. It's disingenuous to use this ratio to comment on keeping cost of housing low, and definitely not relevant to keeping housing affordable. Source: wealthnorth.ca/income/avera...

Ottawa–Gatineau
Ottawa’s income leadership reflects the federal public service. Federal government jobs pay above private-sector wages in many occupational categories, especially for clerical, administrative, and mid-management roles. The pension benefits, job security, and above-inflation wage indexing of the federal public service translate into high and stable household incomes. The tech sector (Shopify, Ciena, Kinaxis, and dozens of federal contractors) further boosts professional incomes.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 24/08/2026

More affordable housing lost in Mechanicsville. Not going to pretend this rooming house wasn't rough. But it was home to a lot of people. Property is part of a proposal including a 40-storey tower.

2 storey early 1900s Brick building with construction proposal in the fencing.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 23/08/2026

Good. Cheap. Mostly local. Finds at Ottawa Vinyl & Book Fair earlier today at SAW.

Records by Germ Attack, The Creeps, X, Garaga. Flyer for Ottawa Vinyl & book Fair, Aug 23.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 23/08/2026

Catching the occasional wave of music from Nostalgia fest at Lebreton flats from home. Waiting on the drum solo, like I've never waited before. And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh, Lord.

static.klipy.com

Phil Collins: In The Air Tonight Drum Solo

Alt: Phil Collins: In The Air Tonight Drum Solo

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 23/08/2026

I can spot fellow city nerds by the way they look at public buildings, spaces, and infrastructure :)

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 23/08/2026

Absolutely. I love to imagine what different bike loops I would take different friends on if they came to visit. Easily tailored to length and what points of interest it connects you to. And then think about them leaving the city and think it's all spectacular bike routes through nature.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 22/08/2026

I was biking by Westboro Beach today and it was the place to be. Tons of different activities and different people in a relatively small space.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 22/08/2026

Think I spotted Toronto Chief Planner @jasonthorne.bsky.social casually checking out Adisoke library site yesterday evening. What Ottawa sites are on you Ottawa's show off list?

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 22/08/2026

Pathway to our favourite #ottbike destination had been repaired! The July 1st stormed washed away party of the Watt's Creek Path we take to Brett's ice cream in Beaverbrook, Kanata. All fixed now.

Strava ride summary. Path to Brett's ice cream is fixed. Distance 42.37km. time 2h19m. Route along Ottawa River pathways and Watts Creek into Beaverbrook Kanata.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 22/08/2026

Fresh brake pads. Greasy hands. Ready for Saturday #ottbike adventures.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 21/08/2026

livelaughmayor.com/mork/live-la... (But BTP is a better option) I should be able to make it next Thursday. Depending where staycation adventures take me.

Live. Laugh. Mayor. for May 2, 2025. Solved by SBG.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 21/08/2026

Hmm... I thought lit fields might have been a searchable layer on GeoOttawa but don't see it.

List of layers under "parks" on geoOttawa map.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 21/08/2026

LaRoche and Ben Franklin have similar but not quite right arches. It was also the orientation to a lit field that I was then trying to match it to.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 21/08/2026

Me too. But not too many sidewalkless streets around here.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 21/08/2026

Darn. I found a similar arch play structure at Biley A. Blax Park by scanning Google maps but it didn't seem to line up with the other features in the photo. maps.app.goo.gl/R5g7cfMbwFFu...

Google Street view from 4301 halmont. A rainbow arch play structure is visible through the trees.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 20/08/2026

I would guess same sunflower house from July 28, 2025 but not enough context to prove it this time. livelaughmayor.com/mork/live-la...

livelaughmayor.com

Live. Laugh. Mayor for July 28, 2025 – Live.Laugh.Mayor.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 20/08/2026

My recent train to Quebec city, the train switches direction after Montreal so everyone only gets half the trip facing the direction they booked.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 20/08/2026

Checked out the new @ncc-ccn.gc.ca park - Confluence Park - just off the route verte pathway behind Museum of History.

Bike on a pathway looking across the Ottawa River with Parliament Hill in the background.

Low angle shot of bike on a pathway with Place de Portage office buildings in the background.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 19/08/2026

I was thankful my bike was still there after locking up near the Rideau Centre yesterday. I had a bad feeling. AND I just noticed I must have forgotten my lights were still on (I don't usually leave them on) because front and back lights and mounts are now missing.

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Sarah Gelbard @gelbard.ca · 18/08/2026

English spine orientation is weird. Not you.

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