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elysha @worthmending.com · 03/09/2026

Worth the tornado warnings?

Bold orange sunset with puffy clouds filling the sky. Photo taken tonight near downtown Kitchener.

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elysha @worthmending.com · 20/08/2026

I oopsed & let someone steal my bike :) #Kitchener @cyclewr.ca project529.com/garage/bikes...

Image with text overlay.

Above: Normalizing surveillance is not chic.
Middle: image from a doorbell camera of someone in a black shirt riding a road bike downhill with two panniers on the rear rack.
Below: Help me find my bike tho?

Top image: bike in a messy garage.
Middle text describes bike: Small [black] Nishiki road bike with a pink bottle cage, leather seat & handlebar wrap, full fenders, rear rack. Generator hub and lights. Swiped from Fairview/King along with my laptop :(
Bottom image: View of legs riding the same bike. There is a water bottle in the pink cage and you can see the custom handlebar wrap as well as the generator hub.

Top image: bike in a messy garage.
Middle text describes bike: Yes it's low-key fancy but I build it as a volunteer at Recycle Cycles and it's been my main summer ride for over a decade. I am a careful consumer, but yeah, am a little naive about thieves.
Bottom image: View of legs riding the same bike. There is a water bottle in the pink cage and you can see the custom handlebar wrap as well as the generator hub.

Image almost entirely covered in text. Background is Elysha riding said bike, wearing sunglasses , yellow helmet, a black shirt & rainbow shorts.
Text: i feel so helplessly let down by my politicians who refuse to provide basic care to their citizens, which leads to desperate people hurting strangers to try and survive
i just want to ride my bike

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elysha @worthmending.com · 18/08/2026

Can't imagine I have many local people on here but hiiii come to this? Let's mend & watch lil short movies! Saturday August 30 at Kwartzlab. $15 includes basic supplies & snacks. worthmending.com/products/aug...

Flyer for Mending & Movies event at Kwartzlab.

August theme: linen. Learn to hand-stitch and patch holes in linen/lightweight garments. All skill levels welcome! Bring your mending or other WIP and join us is to stitch and watch some classic NFB shorts, with time to chat and troubleshoot in between.

August 30, 1-3 pm (doors at 12:45)
145 Bedford Rd, 2nd floor (no elevator access), Kitchener.

$15, basic supplies & snacks provided. Registration link in thread.

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elysha @worthmending.com · 14/08/2026

I loooove seeing kids bike around in our awesome traffic calmed neighbourhood it's so sweet to see them having fun and learning to navigate independently and teach each other wheelies @cyclewr.ca

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elysha @worthmending.com · 12/08/2026

One of my silly ideas during the pandemic was a concept called Mending Before Breakfast, I think I only did one video about it because it quickly got out of control

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elysha @worthmending.com · 11/08/2026

I love living in a neighbourhood where my neighbour's comment on the new pile of dirt in the corner of my lawn is "I love what you're doing here" 😂😂💘

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Very disappointed in #KitCouncil's decision to exempt some neighbourhoods from sharing in growing up instead of out. www.therecord.com/news/council...

“But this plan reinforces an important principle — if we want a city where everyone is welcome, then every neighbourhood must share in accommodating growth.”

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Sesame Street is a (fictional) mixed housing and commercial neighbourhood that serves primarily newcomers and lower income residents. Exempting neighbourhoods from building slightly denser and more affordable housing (4-6 storeys) is the antithesis to #SesameStreet. www.therecord.com/news/council...

Text: Stretch acknowledged that not everyone in the Aud neighbourhood supports the three-storey limit.

But she said another resident’s description of the area as “a Sesame Street experience” captured its uniqueness.

“I thought that painted a really great picture of what it’s like … I’d like to see this area grow in a way that is able to put that culture first.”

Developments seeking taller buildings in these areas would require an official plan amendment.

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

This week's Citified includes updates about: urban tree growth plans, Kitchener's Vision Zero, WRPS' plan for 52 CCTV cameras, The Working Centre's monthly walking tours, and more.

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Local News and Views (May 2026)

An overview of local news and other happenings in and around Waterloo Region

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elysha @worthmending.com · 15/05/2026

An entire album of just beautiful smart historically rooted analytical catchy tunes (but linking a few more videos below for those among us who love a lil video clip) carsieblanton.bandcamp.com/album/the-re...

carsieblanton.bandcamp.com

The Red Album Vol II, by Carsie Blanton

8 track album

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elysha @worthmending.com · 01/05/2026

"While Labour Day began in the US, when workers protested for an eight-hour workday in the 1880s, the US does not count May Day as a public holiday."

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Michael Andersen @andersem.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

My friend who would say this to me is now our next door neighbor in the urban cottage court we both moved into

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elysha @worthmending.com · 16/04/2026

You say spiraling, I say twirling, twirling, TWIRLING towards freedom 🍃

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elysha @worthmending.com · 16/04/2026

Godspeed this summer to all our [young, underfunded, etc] beloved Ontario parks employees 🍻

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elysha @worthmending.com · 10/04/2026

"Dumbing down the public isn’t just the product of the tech industry. For decades, right-wing political movements have pushed to defund education, leading to declining literacy in the US, while thought-provoking literature and culture has been slowly replaced by entertainment driven by spectacle."

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Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

This is outrageous! By giving his government the power to appoint ALL regional chairs across Ontario, Premier Ford is effectively seizing control of regional governments. School boards. Killing FOIs. And now, regional councils. Ford is dismantling our democracy. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

ctvnews.ca

Ontario to build on ‘strong mayor’ system by appointing ‘strong’ regional chairs

Ontario’s municipal affairs minister is proposing to appoint a slate of regional council chairs and give them additional powers, as the government has done with so-called strong mayors.

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 26/03/2026

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre recently became the first Canadian political leader to appear on the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast. Did he spread harmful disinformation that could be detrimental to Canadians? Experts checked. #canpoli

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We Fact Checked Poilievre on Joe Rogan’s Podcast | The Tyee

The Conservative leader’s foray into the manosphere spread misinfo on oilsands, immigration, safe supply and more.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 26/03/2026

ai will be defeated one anti-ai girlfriend at a time

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Check out my conversation with Tanille Johnston, one of the five candidates running to be NDP leader! I'm really impressed by Tanille and I think that it's too bad that money didn't flood into her campaign like it did into Avi's. shows.acast.com/sandy-and-no...

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Sandy and Nora talk politics

Canada's best political podcast

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Join us on March 16 to learn about MOVE history & a local curriculum project. Explore how the government’s willingness to bomb schoolchildren, whether in Iran today or in the Philadelphia neighborhood of MOVE decades ago, reveals patterns of state violence. ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/on-a-mo...

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On a MOVE: Repairing Histories of State Violence

Activist Mike Africa Jr. and scholar Dr. Krystal Strong will discuss the story of the MOVE organization, repairing histories of state violence, and the "On a MOVE" curriculum project. This session is ...

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elysha @worthmending.com · 08/03/2026

Had a 10 am workshop this morning so I set my alarm for 7:28 as normal. Woke up, gotta do things, no snooze! Looked at my phone a few minutes later and it said 8:44

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elysha @worthmending.com · 05/03/2026

This is a megathread of all my March events! Hope this inspires ya near/far, and please share locally if ya see somethin interesting 😇 #Kitchener #Waterloo #Hamilton #WatReg #HamOnt and I really don't know how to tag Toronto without drowning

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elysha @worthmending.com · 03/03/2026

Learned a lot, loved this conversation!

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elysha @worthmending.com · 26/02/2026

Shoutout to Spectrum WR's queer multi-sport drop in [& Aliyah for reminding me of it today], "the gym class you wish you had when you were younger" -- I think they'd appreciate the analysis in this episode ourspectrum.com/recreation-and-sports/

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SPECTRUM services for LGBTQ people and allies in Waterloo Region

SPECTRUM offers a variety of service for LGBTQ people in Waterloo Region. We also offer services to parents and families, businesses, and allies

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elysha @worthmending.com · 26/02/2026

We went from the "peacekeeping nation" to the "defense industrial strategy nation" creating 150,000 military jobs and pretending it's an investment in our collective future? Like maybe it's just a more honest name but come onnnnnn there are 13 canadians who want this & they're politicians.

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elysha @worthmending.com · 20/02/2026

This weekend: mending event Next weekend: clothing swap and also a lil mending fun. But as @rosewoodstitches.bsky.social so aptly put it, the clothing swap will be BUSY so come out this weekend for more of my attention & a nice relaxing repair session:):):) #Kitchener #WatReg #VisibleMending

Handwritten flyer for Be Gay Do Crafts, a queer crafternoon event at Kwartzlab Makerspace. This month's theme is a clothing swap and DIY repair, taking place from 2-4 pm on Saturday February 28. RSVP at kwartzlab.eventbrite.com

Digital flyer for Give Your Clothes Some Love, a mending event that was originally gonna be closer to Valentine's Day but is now on February 22! Choose your session, 1-4 or 5-8 pm. Buy tickets at worthmending.com/22 or RSVP for free at kwartzlab.eventbrite.com

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

"Numerous studies have shown that not taking appropriate action is more expensive than investing in housing when you consider the costs associated with increased health care, incarceration, emergency shelters as well as femicides and familicides." doreenn.substack.com/p/ogp-mpp-ai...

doreenn.substack.com

GPO MPP Aislinn Clancy is a passionate advocate

Ontarians should spend a maximum 30% of their gross income on housing. Ford vote down Bill 28 replacing it with omnibus Bill 60 that removed guard rails and made renting a free for all nightmare.

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elysha @worthmending.com · 18/02/2026

The expression is (apparently) "underwater basket weaving", Ford and can a medical degree do THIS? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Wicker bird sculpture on a white background, with a brass bird looming behind. The woven bird has a short grumpy stature, an oversized beak and a little bowl-shaped hat that hints at eyes and a crest.

The same two birds again, this time photographed from a higher angle. The woven bird's "hat" has been inverted and now the points face upwards to look more like a crown.

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elysha @worthmending.com · 03/02/2026

Repair cafe is coming up again, Feb 19!! RSVP for free at Eventbrite. I'm also hosting twooooo back to back mending workshops at Kwartzlab on Feb 22, you can sign up ($25) at worthmending.com/22

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Give Your Clothes Some Love!

You've heard of Valentine's Day, Galentine's Day, but how about a little celebration of love for your hard-working garments? No repair too small or too big. Bring your mending pile and let's get your ...

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elysha @worthmending.com · 02/02/2026

Listening now & sharing in case others find this interesting tooooooo :):)

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Canadians horrified by what ICE is doing should realize the RCMP uses the same tactics domestically against Indigenous people and yet barely anyone speaks up. Journalists have been arrested just for trying to cover it

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elysha @worthmending.com · 27/01/2026

Went on a bit of a willow weaving bender.

Three willow baskets and three basket bases stacked on an antique radiator (it's a one-pipe steam system but we don't have to talk about that). Brown, green, and red willow woven into a large oval, small oval, and small round asymmetrical basket! Three round bases for future weaving whims.

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elysha @worthmending.com · 24/01/2026

Visible mending is silly because I could for sure fix this hole right now and no one would know it even existed... Or I could wait til it's out of control and do something cool with the repair 😌😂

Green sweater with a small hole near the upper shoulder. There are already some pale green repairs on the collar.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 04/01/2026

Given everything happening right now, I updated this article with options for weather apps, web forms, and translation services — along with some tweaks to existing categories. I hope it helps your transition off US tech!

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elysha @worthmending.com · 15/01/2026

I try to remind myself "post stuff on bluesky like how you'd post on Instagram stories" but the reality is that I'm an Instagram baby and I love photos and don't know what to say in words but

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elysha @worthmending.com · 15/01/2026

Working smarter this year by combining my Repair Cafe & my Mending Night to one monthly event! It's tonight and it's snowing madly, but it's next month too, so check it out and make a note next time you got something broken! kwartzlab.eventbrite.com has all the info & free RSVP.

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Kwartzlab Society Inc

Kwartzlab is a makerspace located in downtown Kitchener, Ontario. For more information, please seewww.kwartzlab.ca.

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Additionally, it seems that the $200 million for the Plan to End Chronic Homelessness (PECH) is over 6 years. Shantz only compared that investment to one year of police spending. www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/p...

cambridgetoday.ca

Plan to End Chronic Homelessness targets 2030 for 'zero homelessness' in Waterloo region

The Region of Waterloo's Plan to End Chronic Homelessness is expected to cost about $200 million to fully implement over the next six years

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elysha @worthmending.com · 05/01/2026

34 was the year my hands finally started saying they're tired. Need to figure out how to care for them better. For now, mending by machine instead of just a needle and thread. Picking a strategy that's a little easier on the hands 👐🏻

Black leggings being repaired with pink cotton thread at a sewing machine. The previous repairs are visible too, dots of grey yarn hand-stitched and holding up well after a year of wear.

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the punk puppeteer guy @feltheadpuppets.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I love buying stuff from Bandcamp and supporting the artists. There a great Bandcamp app so you can listen to your library, check out stuff you haven’t bought yet, make playlists, download stuff for when you’re offline. It’s great! Fuck Spotify.

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namehereguy.bsky.social @namehereguy.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Me five years ago: I wonder if I'm going to be a luddite about any new technology someday. Me now: SMASH THE DATACENTERS.

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elysha @worthmending.com · 25/11/2025

Darling helper, though I'm sure you could have figured it out all on your own heheheh 💘

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elysha @worthmending.com · 20/11/2025

Feel free to fight me or send your own Bandcamp recs xox

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elysha @worthmending.com · 20/11/2025

No offense but Latterman breaking up is probably the best thing that ever happened to American punk music rvivr.bandcamp.com/album/the-be... This album continues to rip 💘

rvivr.bandcamp.com

The Beauty Between, by RVIVR

14 track album

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elysha @worthmending.com · 04/11/2025

"is there a doctor on this plane???" But it's my neighbour asking for antique furniture hardware 💘

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elysha @worthmending.com · 30/10/2025

I am always so disappointed to click on a blog post and then there are no pictures, when it's very clearly a visual thing I am looking for. Endless examples, but currently searching for symmetrical knitting increases and decreases and why don't you have pictures of what they look like on your blog??

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