typzk @typzk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Yes, I know the City can't de-amalgamate itself. But we can send a message to Queen's Park that we think amalgamation was a mistake. 170
typzk @typzk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If I was running for mayor of Ottawa, I would propose a referendum: status quo or de-amalgamation. It really is the only question that matters in this "city". 3154
Reposted by typzkMary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Good fact check. Yes, the Carney government is attacking the right to strike. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...cbc.caFact check: Is Carney changing the right to strike?Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government’s proposed set of changes to the Labour Code “absolutely reinforces the right to strike.” Here are the facts. 24323
Reposted by typzkToon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026#OttCity declared a climate crisis in 2019; since then we’ve seen record floods, extreme temp swings and otherwise. What concrete action have we taken? Sure electric buses are taking some load, and LRT could do some, but transit use has fallen due to unreliable service/high prices 1/ 2125
typzk @typzk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Anyoneb want to buy my floor ticket to Stars, Metric, and Broken Social Scene on Monday, October 5th? 001
Reposted by typzkDustin Black @engineerdustin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026City contractors on their first day on Earth: “Of course we know how to install bike racks!” 2418420
Reposted by typzkThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Seniors are being arrested protesting Mark Carney's complete capitulation to the oil and gas industry. They're wearing pictures of their grandchildren 18533223
typzk @typzk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Will I vote for Leiper? Yes. Am I enthusiastic about him? Not really, no. Will things get worse if he's mayor? Not intentionally. Will he stand up to OPS? Not likely. Will he be better than Sutcliffe? Of course. Will he offer any bold ideas? Nope. Do I think you should vote for him? Yes I do. 5286
Reposted by typzkDavid Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 19/09/2026The feds will roll out the “special mediator” and then say it’s not them doing the dirty work. This bill will be an attack on the fundamental right to strike and bargain collectively. Don’t trust Hajdu. 1021291
typzk @typzk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"intuition pump"static.klipy.comSchitt's Creek David Rose's Iconic 'Ew'ALT: Schitt's Creek David Rose's Iconic 'Ew' 000
Reposted by typzkIt's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026But I will raise all the fees and levies and maintain the requirement that most households have to own multiple cars to live, work, survive and barely have quality of life. But I get to campaign on low property taxes. Which are the gas prices of the municipal affordability smoke screen 2175
Reposted by typzkJohn Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The political representatives of capitalism in Canada have arrived at a political consensus and are united around a class war agenda. #StephenHarper #Carney 094
Reposted by typzkbikeview.ca @bikeviewca.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Remember, 4 years ago, @mark-sutcliffe.bsky.social ran on Fixing Transit, not Free Transit. Well, it certainly went up in price so that’s 1/2 the job done. The other half? www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...ctvnews.caOC Transpo sees fewer riders on buses, O-Train for 7 straight monthsFewer people are travelling on OC Transpo buses and the O-Train, with seven straight months of ridership drop on Ottawa’s transit system. 1226
typzk @typzk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026It's time we acknowledge reality: suburban, exurban, rural drivers are simply not smart enough to manage driving downtown. Doing so requires a level of attention and agility that they do not possess. 2151
typzk @typzk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The United* States** of*** America**** is built on a self-rationalizing set of lies. *not so united evidently **a state is a state only relative to other states in the international state system (Ohio and Mali are not the same) ***no thank you ****refers to the continent, not the country 020
typzk @typzk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026If I was mayor, in addition to supporting public sector unions' demand for flexible telework, I'd work with those unions and TBS to set up a U-Pass style transit pass for public servants. 041
typzk @typzk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026me, peeling a banana and putting in a bag: it👏comes👏in👏its👏own👏bag 110
typzk @typzk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026people who shuck their corn in the grocery store and then put the shucked corn in a plastic bag should be put on a watchlist 170
Reposted by typzkHarsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Germany’s far-right AfD is set to win regional election in Saxony-Anhalt in eastern Germany This is hugely significant: far-right has not won in electoral arena in Germany since WWII. AfD is literally heirs to Nazis (zios dont care) & want to "expel Islam & immigrants" & establish citizen patrols. 02315
Reposted by typzkSam @samd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026fact check: speed cameras significantly reduce speeding actually. as evidenced by the fact that speeding increases significantly when speed cameras are turned off 1041433
Reposted by typzkLaskinator @laskinator.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Oh, you helped the occupiers? Well fuck you then. I'd rather vote for BeigePants. (Tho I won't, obviously)cbc.caMayoral candidate Alex Lawson says he delivered toilets to convoy protest site | CBC NewsMayoral candidate Alex Lawson says he delivered portable toilets during the 2022 convoy protest in downtown Ottawa, though his team denies that he provided any material support to the organizers. 5142
typzk @typzk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026There will be consequences for the losers of the Alberta referendum. We are going to sew their butts shut, I swear to you. 020
Reposted by typzkMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Precisely this. They're yearning for the mythical Alberta of their past, not the reality of the province they actually live in. 2832096
Reposted by typzkelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 04/09/2026War criminals openly sharing their own crimes for clout is certainly a new development made possible in the social media age, and it’s something those of us on the receiving end of Israeli violence know all too well. That’s why I’ve tried multiple times to link up Ukrainians with Palestinians 511849
Reposted by typzkFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 03/09/20261850s City: "We should build a sewer network so we stop walking through raw sewage." Guy visiting from the country: "A sewer doesn't serve my rural outhouse lifestyle. Stop wasting funds on city infrastructure and just dig wider poop gutters!" 19812
typzk @typzk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The IDF soldier on The Daily this morning sounded like he was fresh off the boat from Brooklyn. 000
typzk @typzk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I know a person who voted for Sutcliffe only because they recognized him from the radio. I'm not saying we should ban such people from voting but maybe they could just leave the democracy to those of us who give a damn. 0151
Reposted by typzkDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/08/2026For many years I wondered, "how bad will Republicans have to get before the media/political establishment in the US gets over its endless obsession with scolding & tone policing the left?" I think at this point we have to acknowledge that the answer is: never. Literally never. 382606596
Reposted by typzktypzk @typzk.bsky.social · 29/08/2026your local car dealership owners are right now buying your municipal election. 032
Reposted by typzkDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/08/2026You see a lot of glib analysts repeating the line that "Americans just don't want EVs" without taking into consideration that the US auto buying experience is dominated by a network of extremely ignorant, Republican car dealers dependent on the kind of maintenance that EVs don't need. 641670366
Reposted by typzktypzk @typzk.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Whatever happens, I think we should take Maine regardless. 131
Reposted by typzktypzk @typzk.bsky.social · 06/11/2025I would watch the hell out of a mini series about President Splett's historic Three State Solution Middle East Peace Agreement. 001
Reposted by typzktypzk @typzk.bsky.social · 09/03/2026"How can you call yourself a socialist if you hate people?" me: 001
typzk @typzk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I'm going to need anti Trump Americans to stop making memes about Canada because it just exposes that you all know just as little about Canada as he does. stop it. 040
typzk @typzk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Me, getting off on P1 (because that's where the bike cage is) while my boss descends to P4 (because that's where his assigned SUV parking space is):static.klipy.comRon Swanson's Mischievous SmirkALT: Ron Swanson's Mischievous Smirk 030
Reposted by typzkCanadian Anti-Hate Network @antihate.ca · 25/08/2026CAHN is releasing the first public full-length report on the Dominion Society of Canada, a white nationalist non-profit that uses propaganda and political campaigning to promote mass deportations on the basis of race, ethnicity, and religion. 🧵antihate.caDominion Society of Canada: The White Nationalist Non-Profit with a Mass Deportations AgendaThe Dominion Society of Canada (DSC) is a white nationalist organization that uses propaganda and political campaigning to promote mass deportations on the basis of race, ethnicity, and religion. 9233159
typzk @typzk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I'm just going to say it: Leiper is running the most milquetoast campaign I've ever seen in my life...which is frustrating given that most of the voters he's had in the bag since day one are super fucking angry at the state of things actually. 370
Reposted by typzktypzk @typzk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026$20 to anyone who can show me a picture of Neil, Jeff, or Mark at a pro-Palestine protest. 041
typzk @typzk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026On The Daily today, Barbaro described Trump's demands of Canada as trying to mold Canada into another US state. It's amusing to imagine proud Texans learning through this how little sovereignty they have as states in the USA. Of course, I could just be hoping for such destabilization. 020
typzk @typzk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026$20 to anyone who can show me a picture of Neil, Jeff, or Mark at a pro-Palestine protest. 041
typzk @typzk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026At the very height of "woke 1", I, a cis straight white man in my late 30s, was hired to work at an immigration settlement agency where nearly all of my colleagues were women of colour. It was decidely not a "horrible, horrible" time as @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social argues. cc @jamellebouie.net 110
typzk @typzk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll (if you feel like it) 020
Reposted by typzkTrapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I stand with Canadians, not a political party or its leader 4459