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Not Smooth Steve 🍁

@notsmoothsteve.bsky.social
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Check out my YouTube channel with the same handle. Likes many things. Dislikes some things. I don't promise to follow you back but I do promise to consider it.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
a map company has the opportunity to perform the greatest bit in cartographic history
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Even the sky is participating in Orange Shirt Day. Another lovely photo by Francesca!
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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 28/09/2026
Thanks for reminding me of this.
A short history of traffic engineering show walk, cycle, transit and car routes over time with cycling and walking getting worse.
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Lindsay Jays Haynes @lindsayjhaynes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Everybody shout at your boss tomorrow in Max Scherzer’s honour
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Go home, electronic ad device on a Line 5 station platform, you're drunk.
An electronic advertising display in a Line 5 station, displaying vendor information as it tries and fails to connect to its controller so that it can display ads.
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I still wonder why the French announcements on Line 6 about which side's doors will open are phrased differently for left vs. right (left is present tense while right is future tense).
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm listening to another passenger texting on a flip phone. Beep beep, beep, beep beep beep, beep beep, beep beep beep beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep, beep beep, beep beep beep.
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This sign at Lawrence station is almost a decade out of date. But the ceiling with its finishes removed is timeless TTC.
A sign on the ceiling at Lawrence station said that the next train is to Downsview via downtown
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fare capping > fare crapping
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Some employees are unionized. Which implies that the rest are ionized.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 25/09/2026
Quiz: how should you vote on the Alberta Separation Referendum (sponsored by the Alberta Government)
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Quiz: how should you vote on the Alberta Separation Referendum (sponsored by the Alberta Government)
The Alberta Referendum on potentially leaving Canada is less than a month away. And as part of the Alberta Government’s advertising campaign to inform Albertans on their options, the government has sp...
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Strange. None of the news reports I've seen said whether President Trump asked President Xi to give back the F-35 parts. He wouldn't have forgotten, would he?
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Subway/metro: train every few minutes, lots of stops Regional rail: several trains an hour, fewer stops At some distance, regional rail makes more sense. For instance, from Union, the same time the subway takes to Kipling will get you into Mississauga on GO Lakeshore W, Milton, or Kitchener.
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Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From @graphicmatt.com newsletter, on the transformation of mode count at Mill & Cherry: "Those two August counts are pretty darn remarkable, and do a good job of validating the work that went into building the West Don Lands into a walkable urban neighbourhood." #walkTO
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You know what's never happened to my non-smart fridge? It's never been bricked by a firmware update. Why the heck does a fridge need Internet connectivity and AI anyway? arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
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Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges
So absurd and embarrassing ..."
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm not a fan of this new NHL preseason of two split-squad games and nothing else.
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Gotta love when the link to the manual for a product on the manufacturer's Web site is the manual for a different product of the same name.
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And the full video is now available. Check it out, all my Hamilton peeps ... and everyone else, too!
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
People should stop calling tech manual "bibles". The Bible is a barely coherent bunch of stories and half-truths, told by illiterate men, packaged together by the powerful to exert political control over the masses. Your average tech manual can only dream of being that
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I see that Sumi Somaskanda of BBC News has different coloured deadcats to match her outfits, not just the usual black ones.
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A homemade computer, built by my father and older brother based on plans from a computer hobbyist magazine, with an Intel 8080 CPU. I learned 8080 assembly language and developed the ability to code directly in machine language since there was no assembler (had to do it ourselves).
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Were they honking too loud?
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
That's enough to refill your dispenser over 80 times!
A licence plate reading 975 PEZ
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I don't believe in cow tipping. Cows should be paid a living wage so they don't have to depend on random contributions from their customers.
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Happy Earth, Wind & Fire night to all who celebrate! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs06...
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Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My next video is about the Desjardins Canal in Hamilton. Never heard of it? Check out the trailer (available now) and come back for the live premiere of the full video Wednesday evening at 7 EDT (23h00 UTC)! youtu.be/-1Q97Ilqaz0
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The Desjardins Canal - connecting Dundas to the world?
YouTube video by notsmoothsteve
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Steve mentions something I haven't seen elsewhere: Ontario Line construction beneath Queen station has caused that station to settle by about 1 cm. If you've noticed a device perched on the wall at the end of the platform, pointing in a different direction every few seconds, it's measuring that.
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august 🍂 @auguststreet.ca · 21/09/2026
44 seconds of "transit signal priority" on toronto's line 5 and kitchener-waterloo's ion LRT
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Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The clover outside the compost seemed a little sad looking the other day, I chalked it up to it starting to go dormant initially... Until I reviewed the camera.
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 19/09/2026
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yup. And while transit nerds are pretty aware of how this three-headed monster operates, probably most transit users are not. When TTC messes up they deserve to wear it, but a lot of the problems on lines 5 and 6 are not their fault.
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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My cartoon in the Sept 18 Hamilton Spectator: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit...
This political cartoon by Graeme MacKay for The Hamilton Spectator criticizes Donald Trump's foreign and domestic policies by contrasting his disruptive actions with his dramatic reaction to international cooperation. On the left, six small panels depict controversial events linked to Trump: the January 6 Capitol attack with MAGA and Confederate flags; a military drone bombing a school in Iran; an asylum seeker being kicked out; and Trump tearing up the UN Climate Agreement and the USMCA, while warmly embracing Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un. On the right, a giant Trump points aggressively at smaller figures of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and EU President Ursula von der Leyen shaking hands, loudly declaring their alliance a "HOSTILE ACT!"
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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Not surprised that speeding on Parkside increased 560% since last year's speed camera ban by the Ford government. Combined with the bike lane ban via Bills 212/60, residents there have been denied the right to a safe street. #shame #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli #ONpoli toronto.citynews.ca/2026/09/16/s...
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Speeding on Parkside spiked 560% in year since speed camera removal: Safe Parkside
Safe Parkside called the latest data culled from the City of Toronto's “Watch Your Speed” electronic sign on Parkside both "frightening" and "predictable."
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Marine Terminal 35, like the Atlas Crane, had heritage designation, but it was lost to fire. In the new section of Biidaasige Park, where the terminal once stood, you can find a marker saying MT35. For more on this new section of the park, check out my video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uTm...
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Biidaasige Park Phase Two
YouTube video by notsmoothsteve
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
She likes us! She really likes us!
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
You can't say "flying buttress" without saying "flying butt"
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We finally found something Metrolinx can do! It's not planning, building, maintaining or operating transit. They suck at all of those. But at least it's something.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Um, all things in Toronto have to be named Rogers. Sorry to disappoint.
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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today's @thestar.com column by @graphicmatt.com calls out both Olivia Chow's and Brad Bradford's respective focus on affordability and safety as being out of line with what #TTC riders truly want which is better service. #TOpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Matt Elliott: Why are Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford ignoring what Toronto TTC riders actually want?
A Liaison Strategies poll of 1,000 Toronto residents reveals 52 per cent want better TTC service, not just fare freezes or more police.
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Adam Bunch @adambunch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Next Sunday! A new walking tour! Explore the history behind the statues of Queen's Park — with tales of murder, invasion, revolution & how that history gets told. Pay what you like!
The Statues of Queen's Park — A Walking Tour. Explore the, uh, complicated history behind Toronto's monuments with author Adam Bunch. Sunday, September 20 at 3pm. Meet by Queen Victoria's Statue (just east of the legislature's main entrance). Pay what you like!
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This just in: Mike Johnson finally found one of Trump's ideas that he believes needs Congressional approval!
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Not content just to be consistently one of the worst umpires at calling balls and strikes, today Hunter Wendelstedt invented a way to screw up a challenge.
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Unofficial CP24 Mirror @cp24-mirror.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#BREAKING: Ontario Science Centre laying off entire science department
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Ontario Science Centre laying off entire science department
The Ontario Science Centre has laid off 30 workers including the entire science department, The Canadian Press has learned.
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John Bowman @johnbowman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Looks like Taylor Swift just dropped a new double album of sea shanties.
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
And it's so random. Some signs in some stations give directions. Some signs in some stations give names of terminal stations. Some signs in some stations give both. Both is the best answer. Directions is second best. Name of terminal station is worst.
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citytechie 🇨🇦 @citytechie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
List for Ottawa to put an export tax or ban on. A few particular items: road salt and toilet paper. Lol.
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Is ASUS Armoury Crate the worst software, or the worst software ever?
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
So far, every news story I've seen about the orange idiot's threat against Bombardier has shown an Airbus plane.
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Just in case anyone thinks that the only thing Metrolinx can royally fuck up is building new transit ... nope. They also completely suck at running GO trains.
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Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The information displays inside this TTC bus may say they're clever devices, but wouldn't it be cleverer to display useful information instead?
Two information displays inside a TTC bus, displaying a logo stating "Clever Devices" instead of useful information like upcoming stops or whether the next stop has been requested
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