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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It’s a goat. A Daniel Martelock installation. There are 11 around the neighbourhood, some tiny and some the size on top of the Record Centre

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mike s @mike259421921.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

At this point I'm convinced Neil's campaign is funded by sutcliffe's boosters to split the vote. Mission accomplished, so now they phone it in with ai generated slop

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Holy cow "government’s huge subsidization of this project – up to 90 per cent of a $40-billion pipeline with ownership split evenly between Ottawa and Edmonton – ....." What kind of a deal is that? esp cuz we're subsidizing the past world of energy markets www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

theglobeandmail.com

Opinion: Is it really a good idea for the government to subsidize a pipeline?

Designating the West Coast pipeline as a project of national interest exposes a global reality: Fossil fuels haven’t just lost to clean energy – they’ve already lost

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That people actually consider this campaign legitimate boggles my mind.

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Dave @allcaps.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I love that Sutcliffe is running for Mayor with no experience a second time.

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Study for mâtinawêwin (Sharing Food) Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2026

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Get yourself a mayoral candidate whose rally opens with a drag performance about OC Transpo. #JeffLeiper

Red artist dressed in red dances with their hands in the air. The number is dedicated to Ottawa’s beleaguered transit system

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I thought the Hockey Night in Canada PWHL broadcast rumours were fans’ wishful thinking but apparently not! This is great news

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the original Aloof Wife @cpi.pinball.horse · 26/09/2026

please consider donating to Keelin Pringnitz (for Somerset Ward schoolboard trustee) #ottawa #centertown www.keelinpringnitz.ca Her opponent is Boschy, a conspiracy nutcase who destroyed own his family because he believes trans people are secretly fake, and wants to make that everyone's problem.

Keelin Pringnitz website
https://www.keelinpringnitz.ca/

https://mastodon.social/@cpi/108886344748188113

https://mastodon.social/@cpi/108892208518088598

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Getting the most of the view before the Undockening next weekend

View of lake with mist rising and sun shining. Water is like glass. Sky is blue.

View of lake at sunset, with orange sky, clouds and silhouetted trees reflected perfectly in the water

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Angella MacEwen @angella.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today’s legislation was very carefully worded so that virtually any labour dispute could qualify if employers asked for it to - and instead of guardrails, gives the Minister broad powers to intervene. www.thestar.com/business/uni...

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Unions hammer Carney government’s revamp of labour rules: ‘This bill neuters the right to strike’

Unions and labour organizations across the country blasted the federal government’s new legislation overhauling labour law Monday, saying it will make strikes in federally regulated sectors all but im...

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Jeff Leiper @jleiper.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wandered yesterday's Taste of Wellington event with Natalie - what a perfect day for it! It was a joy to see everyone. I had a chance to say hi to Kai Hussey whose art Joanne Chianello has used for her campaign: he was barely a tweener when I met him on my first campaign and has done so well!

Joanne and Kai pose for a photo outside the Hintonburg Public House / Joanne et Kai posent pour une photo devant le Hintonburg Public House

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Paul Champ @paulchamplaw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Watching the Ottawa mayoral race closely. Sutcliffe desperately wants re-election, and has swung ‘left’ on transit, homelessness, etc. But his fiscal plan doesn’t match, and where was he for 4 years? Leiper is the real deal.

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Reporting in from the field. Band just wrapped. I am, indeed, very sweaty. I love the crowd at this show. A combo of folks like us of a certain age who loved this music in our formative years and - dare i say it - the generation who loves this music because their gen X parents listened to it

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Yabbut I’ve been dancing A LOT tonight

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

But can these old bones make it out two nights in a row?!

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I thought that the New Wave cover band playing at Targ tonight was max nostalgia for me, but nope. Tomorrow The Gruesomes are playing - regulars on the radio show that @rcurrie.bsky.social and I had back in the day. Never saw them live though

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Is it a parenting win if your teen wears a 20 year old tshirt with your name on it to school, especially during election season?

Teen on sidewalk wearing a tshirt under a back bomber jacket. Tshirt reads “I want Vicky Smallman to be my city councillor “

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Need to blow off some steam; The Start at House of Targ (80s New Wave) will do nicely.

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Kim Moir @kmoir.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Me every time an Ottawa municipal candidate brags about low property taxes. *taps the sign*

Venn diagram of stable services low density and low taxes in municipal government - it does not exist.

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Arbitrary low tax increases over a succession of mayors have degraded our infrastructure, broken our transit system, and decimated our community and social services. At the same time user fees, transit fares, etc have gone up, adding to that same burden Sutcliffe exploits in his re-election bid.

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James McCrea @jamesmccrea.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Mayor (🤡) declaring victory for an agreement with the province that doesn’t even exist yet, and lecturing Jeff for not including its fantasy finances in his plan should be disqualifying.

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If you want a taste of Ottawa, the original East India Company buffet is right by the convention centre. The mom owns it and her sons took the brand and open two restos here.

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Pro tip: skip the expensive hotel breakfast and get a package of cinnamon buns from Tall Grass Bakery in the Forks. Also there’s a lovely Place called Oh Doughnuts on broadway that has interesting savoury options

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

regressive is Ottawa’s status quo

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Forks is great. Lots of options

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

make a band edible: Talking Breads

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

And there is definite lodge building happening around the old raft that washed up and the rocks along the bank

Old dilapidated raft along a wooded shoreline. The side closest to the bank is piled up with sticks and branches, some with the bark completely stripped

Branches being piled up in between and beside rocks along a lakefront

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Beaver took away all the branches we left after we cleared the tree that fell on our cottage - the tree the beaver took down

A wooded clearing by the water, devoid of the cut branches we had left there two weeks ago

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Finally spotted the culprit that’s been felling trees on our property

Head of a beaver swimming through still lake water. The water is orange, reflecting the sunset

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 10/09/2026

Giving foreign corporations more control over Canada won’t keep us safe. We need a plan that puts people first.

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Just when you think you couldn’t love David Byrne more he goes to the Hollywood Bowl playing "Life During Wartime" projecting ICE raids 🔥

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Big hugs and solidarity to everyone marching in Ottawa’s trans march tonight! With you in spirit and strength, as always.

Middle aged blonde woman with glasses and short hair wearing a “you will have to go through me” short with lettering in trans flag colours

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

In Canada, academics have long recognized the necessity of unionization, especially in today’s corporatized PSE system. I heard the same arguments in my 10 successful years of organizing contract faculty & unionizing faculty associations. Collective bargaining for postdoctoral fellows is overdue.

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Seriously disappointed in the Franciscan Starburst categorization.

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Vicky Smallman @offhandremarks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Good food processing day today - crabapple liqueur, jelly and crabalopeno jelly, fruit scrap vinegar. Pat looked after relish and pickles. Delish corn and bean salad for supper. Chalet week FTW

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It's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This mapping project is giving me lifeeeeee #ottawa

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