RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 31mThere's no bottom. You thought, Ford taking control of school boards was just some kind of budget thing? Seems it might be another attempt to help his developer friends. 031
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 1hDoes $25 million even count as ultra rich, though? That's only 25 years if you spend $1 million per year. 000
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 1hI would probably just stop caring about what time of day I slept and woke up. So I guess I'd by a nice comfy bed, but frivolously. 100
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 1hIf the current gig doesn't work out, I might open a poutine shack called La Poutine Souriante. 100
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 1hDidn't seem weird to me at the time. I just wanted money, and didn't really think about all the ways that things could go wrong. 000
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 1hIn retrospect, it was a super weird job. A bunch of teenagers show up in a parking lot. We all get into a stranger's van. He drives us to some neighbourhood and lets each of us off at different spots with a bucket of carnations. 100
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦Kevin Edward Proulx @thirdeyephoto.bsky.social · 2hPolar Bear Express, Moosonee, Ontario 🇨🇦 1103
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 2hI don't see the connection between the peace prize and software. 000
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 3hThe 2026 FIFA peace prize may turn out to be the only one. To sane people this just demonstrates the stupidity of the thing. To Trump, that would just make him an extra special boy. 100
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 4hI have a better idea. Rather than having the child raise the money, maybe governments should just fund it. 27514
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 7hI never new what that logo was about as a kid. Looking at it more closely now, it looks like a snake with ears wearing a maple leaf as a hat, and I will not be able to unsee that. 010
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 20hRelated to the last two reposts, a family friend was killed by a motorist while out walking. My one sister sent me this today. My other sister remarked that there probably won't be any consequences for the driver. Victims are not a priority. 000
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦Casey Telford @caseytogo.bsky.social · 21hA Toronto driver just got so impatient waiting to turn at an intersection, he threw his lit cigarette at me for crossing my (walking guy signed) crosswalk 😂 001
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 15/10/2026We understand that key personnel at Verdi Alliance may be high-level donors to Doug Ford’s party. CBC reporting based on publicly available records appears to show that five directors with Verdi Alliance donated over $12,000 to the Ontario PC Party between 2021-22.cbc.ca 16219
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Verdi Alliance and ATS Traffic are actively dismantling the Bloor Street West protected bike lanes in Etobicoke contrary to the will of Toronto City Council. Neither of these companies is based in Toronto. Tell them to keep their workers home: cycleto.ca/stay_home 812046
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦Spencer Keys @spencerkeys.bsky.social · 15/10/2026So I Married an Axe-Murderer for Tax Purposes 0143
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 15/10/2026This strikes me more as abuser talk then childishness. 100
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦Mark Shaw 🇨🇦✌️🇪🇺 @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 15/10/2026First news article is up: toronto.citynews.ca/2026/10/15/e...toronto.citynews.caPerson in wheelchair arrested at protest as bike lane removal work underway in EtobicokeCycling advocates continued their protest of the removal of bike lanes from Bloor Street West in Etobicoke 02715
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 15/10/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrRf...youtube.comWhy this instrument explains Black American folk musicYouTube video by Vox 000
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 15/10/2026The banjo originated in Africa, and the original playing style was more like clawhammer than bluegrass. 100
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Mutters quietly under his breath, "That's clawhammer, not bluegrass." 110
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I don't know about Microsoft, but man, the work we'd need to do to get off of AWS, and I don't even know if there's a viable non-US alternative. 000
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 15/10/2026But why do we need those incentives? Because we don't want invest in Canada to unless we're being coerced. Hell, our own national pension plan doesn't even have a good track record in that regard. 100
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 15/10/2026At a personal level, I don't fault anyone who is broke for not shopping at Roots. But not all of us are broke. Another aspect of it is where those of us with the wherewithal all to invest choose to invest. I've been hearing for years about incentivizing Canadians to invest in Canada. 100
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 15/10/2026It wasn't clear from what I wrote, but I'm thinking about over the course of the last 30 years or more, and not just at a personal level. E.g. there's a 'funny because it's true' thing about how the easiest way to sell 5,000 units to a Canadian company is to sell 50,000 to a US company first. 100
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I'm not in Barrie, but I'm on the Barrie line just south of Simcoe county, in a very PC riding. It recently had its service cut, and the remaining service has been noticeably worse. An absolute contradiction of getting people moving. Lots of things that money could be used for, including transit. 010
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦Andy Fraser @andyfraser.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I hope all the Ford voters in Barrie and Niagara and Vaughn and Brampton can explain why spending $50M of their tax dollars to rip out bike lanes in Toronto is a good use of their cash. Are your kids class sizes that small? Your hospital waiting times so short? Nothing better to do with that $? 26923
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Heh - went to look it up, and the second paragraph of the Wikipedia article on algorithms says more less when I was thinking. 010
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I might even go so far as to say that chronological ordering has a better claim to 'algorithmic feed' than what gets called an algorithmic feed. 110
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 15/10/2026We get real bent out of shape about gas prices, but I don't think they have as much of an impact as we think. 000
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I thought about going for it, but given the wait, I decided not to. My car had a 50L tank. Max I could've saved was $2.50. Wasn't worth my time to wait. 110
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 15/10/2026One time I was driving home from work and passed my usual gas station. For some reason, gas was about a nickel cheaper than the station across the road, and cheaper than it had been in a while. Consequently, the lineups were also much longer than usual, filling up the, nearly onto the street. 100
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Is there a primal scream emoji? 85644121
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦Asher @skydome.bsky.social · 15/10/2026G20 levels of police presence to remove a fucking bike lane. Absolute cowards. (Photo: @chanface.bsky.social) 37595160
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Yes, I did. As do all Canadians of a certain age. What age, you ask? Old enough to remember this:youtu.beHeritage Minutes: WinnieYouTube video by Historica Canada 35813
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦Ashley @ashleyquan.bsky.social · 15/10/2026A cop car carrying a flashing neon sign that says "DOUG FORD HATES YOU." Perfect, no notes, thanks for the great visual @ TV writers of the universe! 21620227
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 14/10/2026My inner monologue keeps telling me how stupid it is for the Ford government to be spending that much money removing bike lanes when it could be spending that money on healthcare. 010
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 14/10/2026As always Carney says what Canadians want to hear while quietly doing the opposite. We are paying for defense spending going mostly to the US at the cost of the environment and needed services: National Defence Has Doubled New Contracts With U.S. Tech Giants www.readthemaple.com/national-def...readthemaple.comNational Defence Has Doubled New Contracts With U.S. Tech GiantsDND has signed new contracts worth a total of $67.7 million with Microsoft, Amazon, Google and their Canadian subsidiaries. 53618
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I'm always cautious about putting too much weight in these rankings, but they do contain some information. This is a pretty significant milestone for the team, and the league they play in. These guys are for real. 000
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦Northern Tribune @northerntribune.ca · 14/10/2026Another first for Forge FC 📈 #CanPL | #Concacafbit.lyForge FC Moves Ahead Of Puebla In Concacaf RankingsForge FC now sits above Liga MX side Puebla in the latest Concacaf Club Rankings, with the CPL powerhouse also closing in on CF Montreal. 021
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 14/10/2026My heart breaks for mathematicians whose lives and careers are being destroyed by AI — and especially this PhD student, who doesn’t even know he is a poet 8174131500
RE 🇨🇦 @hewer-of-code.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I'm sad about this, but the brand was also started by Americans. Canadians don't have much willingness to invest in ourselves in my observation. 110
Reposted by RE 🇨🇦Greg Bester 🇨🇦 @gregbester.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Is there nothing Canadians can own? 106125
