Jody

We all have to stand up and reject the politics of division Bullies have come to increasingly dominate the civic conversation here in Hamilton.

My latest in The Hamilton Spectator: we need to have a conversation about bullies, strongmen, and the politics of division in #HamOnt. Link to a gift article ↓ for all you cool Bluesky folks.

www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

Andor: solid series. Worth your time. Definitely needed for these times. #andor

Unsplash image of the Earth, mostly the nightside with a tracery of city lights on every continent.

OK, this is wild.

In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.

It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.

What the HELL?

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The Ghorman language is basically French if it was all accent and no vocabulary #andor

Grateful to Fred Kent, Kathy Madden, and Steve Davies, Co-Founders of Project for Public Spaces - PPS.
Their 11 Principles for Creating Great Community Places are as valid today, as 50 yrs ago!
Honored to have worked with them in multiple cities.
Congrats!
bit.ly/4iHc18N

Shades of Quebec 1995. We'll separate but keep using CAD as currency

Andor episode 7, showing Andor getting stopped by an Imperial Officer who calls over a droid

Er, anyone else remember that in Andor, despite all his actual crimes, he is arrested just for walking around and "looking suspicous" by an Imperial officer, then sentenced to 6 years -- without due process -- to a foreign prison? Yeah....

Waiting for nicholas britell to drop the Niamos! club mix on spotify like--
#Andor

YouTube video by Star Wars Andor | Maarva Andor’s Monologue | Disney+

Maarva #Andor knows the score.

The Niamos! (Wedding Remix) is absolute 🔥🔥🔥 #andor

Nay Liam? :-(

No, Gayle. You’re not an astronaut.

General Issues Committee has voted unanimously to continue supporting Hamilton Bike Share for ‘26/‘27! Thanks to ALL of the delegates who spoke today & the many more who took time to write letters that were on the agenda. Today’s delegations were the most thoughtful and well-prepared I have seen 1/

Very insightful local political blog for Hamilton that's also notable for its continuous (and baffling) reference to my home riding as <i>The HWAD</i>

🚨 Love Canada? Have a listen.

As PP tries unsuccessfully to distance himself from Trump as his numbers drop astronomically because he IS Maple MAGA, Danielle kindly confirms it for us.

Never thought I'd say this, but thanks, Danielle.

For once, your incompetence helps Canada. 🇨🇦

#cdnpoli #cdnelxn

Call me cynical but… so?

Just as the article says, Obama drew huge crowds. Look where we are now.

I heard AOC and Bernie say a lot of nice things, but I still ain’t heard a plan. We need a fucking plan, not a pair of celebrities drawing crowds.

Forests are incredible ecosystems that support biodiversity & provide ecosystem services like clean air and water, healthy soils & pollination. We protect many hectares of Carolinian forest which supports the most native tree species in the country and ~25% of Canada's species at risk #ForestDay 🌳

Anyone keen on understanding how #HamOnt hard right-wing populists will run their 2026 council campaigns should be watching council today. They're very well-funded, already controlling the narrative, and running on pure rage. Buckle up, storm's a comin'!

We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!

Ozymandias I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: ‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’ Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

Ozymandias

People don't want to think that "non-identity" is an identity, but it actually is.You don't need to have a well-developed, cohesive, consistent sense of self to know that you're NOT someone or something else. Contrast exists regardless. Sometimes, shit happens to remind you of who & what you're not.

I suppose I'd better start using this thing for my own momentary, meaningless, thoroughly unoriginal, and disconnected notions like Twitter back in the day. Here goes: there's no going back, only forward. There's never been any going back. That's not how time works. All nostalgia is constructed.

Photo Dump from 2nd week of March.