Reposted by kevinodotnetJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 4hI see we're having a debate about whether it's okay to go back to "X," the site owned by a trillionaire fascist who is currently bankrolling the GOP's midterm, throttled Ukraine's war effort, and still winkingly allows vast amounts of CSAM on his service Answer: No, what the fuck is wrong with you 13066331562 6.6K
Reposted by kevinodotnetMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 6hI swear to god the administration is going down the list of reasons pundits said it wasn’t fascism and doing them all one by one 534233917 4.2K
Reposted by kevinodotnetJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 23hI'm generally of the view that we'll find a use for all the compute *but* an important difference is that those GPUs themselves are not long-lived assets. 1161 16
Reposted by kevinodotnetJaakko Haikonen @jaakkoha.bsky.social · 17hAfter all we have seen, 32% still support Trump. 063 6
Reposted by kevinodotnetMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Elon Musk keeps threatening Canada's sovereignty, and Canada's leaders....keep posting on his social media platform? Non-MAGA politicians, journalists, business leaders: give your head a shake and stand up for your country. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/14/o...nationalobserver.comQuitting X is the easy bit, but Canada's leaders can't even do thatFor many of the country's most high-profile individuals, Elon Musk's social platform is a test. They're currently failing it. 42720277 720
Reposted by kevinodotnetGreenb3ar @greenb3ar.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Okay the best political ad of the year is here from LA-DSA 126121644440 12.2K
Reposted by kevinodotnetChris Taggart 🏡 ⚡️ 🔌 @christaggart.com · 06/10/2026@abyreports.bsky.social did the citizen run out of smiling leiper photos? 051 5
Reposted by kevinodotnetBilly Hurley @billyhurls.bsky.social · 04/10/2026There is no McTry. There is only: 483109568 3.1K
Reposted by kevinodotnetThe Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 03/10/2026At twenty-one, writer Zalika Reid-Benta moved to New York City and avoided the subway for six months. Instead, she walked…everywhere. Sometimes, it was fifty blocks. Usually, it was far more. What started as a necessity soon became something more complex. thewalrus.ca/new-york-walking 053 5
Reposted by kevinodotnetNorm Wilner @normwilner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026RIVER CARTWRIGHT Listen to me, please, listen! There is a bomb in the stadium. I don't know where, I don't know how big it is, but I -do- know you're the only person who can help me find it. ROY KENT Fuuuuuuuuuuuck. 2426 42
kevinodotnet @kevinodotnet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Misdirecting people on the location of voting locations is a Z grade, permanent failure, unfit for office, no take backs. Don't vote for that candidate. 010 1
Reposted by kevinodotnetMike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Put 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. 4286139 286
kevinodotnet @kevinodotnet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Serve and Protect" turns out that means PARK IN BIKE LANES 283 8
Reposted by kevinodotnetMiranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It feels like the Byward Market would be more successful if NCC managed it rather than the city. 2204 20
Reposted by kevinodotnetChristopher Dornan @chrisdornan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the first year Canada has been invited to participate in Eurovision. The least we can do is boycott it.euronews.comHead of Spanish broadcaster backs ongoing Eurovision boycottSpain withdrew from the 2026 contest in Austria, alongside the Netherlands, Iceland, Ireland and Slovenia, in protest against Israel’s participation. 1142 14
Reposted by kevinodotnetRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Privatization wasn’t on the ballot when Canadians voted for Mark Carney. Really foul the way he’s using the blind trust so many continue to have in him to make massive, fundamental changes to Canada (hurting normal Canadians) so big companies can profit. Please pay attention. 42751258 751
kevinodotnet @kevinodotnet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I'm for installing paint blasters on ambulances and fire trucks (not cop cars). Failed to move? PAINT BLAST. Like in bank heist movies. No penalty, just shame or a $5000 paint job. 162 6
Reposted by kevinodotnetBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/202625 years later and The Onion’s ParentCorner 9/11 explainer from immediately after the attack is a better understanding of the threat environment than the one produced by the U.S. government. 7258081130 5.8K
kevinodotnet @kevinodotnet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026No idea. The bot is running unmaintained at the moment 100 1
kevinodotnet @kevinodotnet.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I would thoroughly enjoy watching this scene in a film adaptation of Agent To The Stars by @scalzi.com 040 4
Reposted by kevinodotnetEmmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 05/09/2026Our provinces are run by appalling morons. 815957 159
Reposted by kevinodotnetEmmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 31/08/2026LET'S GET THIS NUMBER TO FUCKING 60 OR 70 PERCENT MOTHERFUCKERS!!!! 4667 66
Reposted by kevinodotnetMiranda Gray @mirgray.bsky.social · 28/08/2026That's the 3rd stopped train this week. (@toondreessen.bsky.social check out the caption on the photo) 3154 15
Reposted by kevinodotnet4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This is incredibly amazing 💙👇 19373611364 7.4K
kevinodotnet @kevinodotnet.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Attention NCC! Lol, I won't bother tagging Ottawa city. 011 1
Reposted by kevinodotnetDaryl Hannah @dhlovelife.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dolly broke me in early to her raucous self deprecating sense of humor when we began steel magnolias rehearsals  i asked her - how long does it take to do a hair do like yours? Dolly - no idea, i’m never there when they do it! i started taking Dolly-isms notes on the back of my script after that 289278813812 27.9K
Reposted by kevinodotnetGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today. 226394837136 39.5K
Reposted by kevinodotnetderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress. 193354105282 35.4K
kevinodotnet @kevinodotnet.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Something must be done and that is something 000 0
kevinodotnet @kevinodotnet.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I give it 10 minutes until someone exploits this to convert a typical parking lot to a prayer space, saving themselves tens of thousands in property taxes. (Churches don't pay) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caCity mulls letting churches rent out parking spots to help ease congestion | CBC NewsThe City of Ottawa is considering allowing places of worship to rent out parking space ahead of an anticipated increase in commuter traffic this fall. 331 3
kevinodotnet @kevinodotnet.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Keeping the kids entertained on vacation can be hard 021 2
Reposted by kevinodotnetPatrick @obike.ca · 20/07/2026#ottbike River Path behind Supreme Court is open!!!! 8257 25
Reposted by kevinodotnetTOBikeShareBot @toronto.raccoon.bike · 12/07/2026Yesterday there were approximately 47,080 Toronto Bikeshare trips Most used station: Hanlan's Point Ferry Dock (578 trips) Least used station: 100 Grangeway Ave and 85 others (0 trips) Active stations: 1050 #bikeTO 0174 17
Reposted by kevinodotnetPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Every GOP primary story is like “syphilis loses to pancreatic cancer” 773813615 3.8K
kevinodotnet @kevinodotnet.bsky.social · 16/05/2026As for screwing with cycling while fixing missing "^_" prefixes on zoning codes (not making that up) in the same fat-omnibus, that's a political issue. Mayoral level problem. Email the candidates, see who agrees with you. Vote in the fall. 011 1
kevinodotnet @kevinodotnet.bsky.social · 16/05/2026The staffer is innocent on the problem of cramming policy changes and spelling errors into a single omnibus, so be nice. Mitchell.LeSage@ottawa.ca Send an email with your thoughts re: citywide cycling parking needs. Shape the draft before it reaches committee 100 1
kevinodotnet @kevinodotnet.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Full text. An omnibus amendment to correct drafting errors is ok in my books. But when substantial policy implementations are also included, democracy is slowly killed off. Here's the document. webcast.ottawa.ca/plan/All_Ima...webcast.ottawa.ca 111 1
kevinodotnet @kevinodotnet.bsky.social · 16/05/2026It gets WORSE: A CAP requirement of 150 biking spots at a hospital. This is beyond stupid now. Under equipping a hospital for the future is a generational madness level mistake. 220 2
kevinodotnet @kevinodotnet.bsky.social · 16/05/2026There's more: "An amendment is needed for non-residential developments over 125,000 m2 with regard to end of trip facilities for cyclists. The current provisions could result in unnecessarily overproviding end of trip facilities." I am suspicious of the motivations here & who's initiating this 120 2
kevinodotnet @kevinodotnet.bsky.social · 16/05/2026@bikeottawa.bsky.social deep in the weeds, but there's a window of opportunity to address bike parking city wide here, fyi! 122 2
Reposted by kevinodotnetKGE hockey fan 🇨🇦🍁 @kbyrd.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Rule of thumb ... if people are still buying over-priced mega trucks that cost $$$$, then gas is still too cheap. 152 5
Reposted by kevinodotnetIt's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 11/05/2026The City of Ottawa posted the raw speed data from before and after Doug Ford banned speed cameras and the effect is so obvious it's not even necessary put a line marking when that happened. This chart shows the percentage of drivers going 15km/h or more over the posted limit. 462104848 2.1K
kevinodotnet @kevinodotnet.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Phones actually recording audio to listen to us would be better. 010 1