Jonathan McLeod

It was only an “e-bike crash” in the sense that the driver of a Landrover Discovery got upset by the e-bike lights (because he was dealing drugs in his car), chased them ONE MILE and then hit them, killing the woman who was on the back and seriously injuring the cyclist.

Come on, BBC.

It's curious the lengths governments go to require private property owners to secure pools from interlopers, compared with the lengths they don't go to protect cyclists and pedestrians on public thoroughfares.

One of the many contradictions of Trumpism is that the whole appeal of Trump is that he is waging TOTAL WAR on every other part of society. But then it's totally unfair if anyone else wants to fight back.

Ooh. I’ve been curious about that one.

the first dem that understands the correct position on trans kids in sports is "republicans are sore loser perverts that will pull your daughter's pants down if she's too good at lacrosse" is gonna win

Ah ha ha. Central Casting for "twerp desperate to get on any culture war bandwagon".

Also the Ford effect. CTF just the most derivative low watt "organization" - see's a culture war issue to jump aboard no matter that the alt costs society far more.

I no longer take my students to city council meetings because the layers of security theatre eat up a large chunk of our time.

amusing part of this is Siakam and Anunoby kicking each other in the ass

Just saw some Ottawa Centre Conservative Party volunteers breaking branches off a tree on public property to make room for an election sign.

Go fuck yourselves.

Deleted Elon musk tweet from February 2023 that reads “go eagles”

My top Super Bowl memory is when Musk tweeted “Go Eagles” in 2023 from the game and then deleted it after a similar tweet from Biden got more engagement. Then he flew to Twitter HQ and demanded his workers find out why his posts were doing poorly, starting a multi-day fact finding mission.

A newsletter from Ottawa’s mayor saying “if this dude is elected he’ll save me from the transit disaster I was unable to fix”

Nothing like our mayor telling you who to vote for in his newsletter 🤷‍♂️

I saved this from a National Review article written in 2009, by Byron York in National Review. Just explicitly like “Black people don’t count.”

Conservatives have no philosophical or intellectual base of belief aside from being cruel dickheads and being offended when they aren’t allowed to be

One of the more slightly surreal elements of being a reasonably well educated American lib is the knowledge that some people voted to kill a million Africans to make you feel sad for a few minutes.

"hey, do you have that new slogan I commissioned"

"yeah boss, real confusing and weirdly demoralizing, just like you asked"

The government asked people to make sacrifices to help each other in an extraordinary circumstance and it completely broke some people

The kids are alright.

Absolutely Ottawa’s approach too.

I’ve heard how it’s good to build a high rise right beside a highway because it will block the sound for the neighbourhood.

Because they don’t consider those hundreds of ppl as part of the neighbourhood. They’re just a sound barrier.

100% the Toronto way, supported by Toronto progressive and conservative politicians alike.

Motherfucker.

And the Shauns?

calling 911 cause I slipped and hurt my back and the operator says "skill issue"

Trump’s Attacks on DEI Get Approval From Some in the Left Wing Many Democrats and activists are rallying to defend diversity programs, but others say they distract from deeper efforts to address inequality.

i'll be blunt, if you are someone who is vocal about the ways that diversity efforts "divide the working class" but silent about the ways that *actual racism and discrimination* divide the working class, then i think you're just an opportunist

An underrated driver of idiotic anti-woke nonsense is how removed professional opinionators are from normal jobs

Even silly DEI training isn’t that bothersome if you also have hours of training about not standing on rolling chairs or plugging USB keys you find on the subway into your work laptop

The way this council talks about apartment dwellers is so gd dehumanizing. My building has holiday parties and summer BBQs and book clubs and movie clubs. It’s the most “in community” I’ve ever felt.

Almost like prioritizing public infrastructure -not policing- is better at reducing crime and harm.