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Mike Boos

@mikeboos.ca.bsky.social

Citizen of Kitchener. I make noise about walking, cycling, transit, and land use. Staff engineer in developer productivity. He/him

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Honestly, I thought we were already supposed to be working on a business case six years ago?

13.08.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe it can be combined with the Lake Erie pipeline we'll need for drinking water if Ford paves over the rest of our farmland

22.06.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Ion light rail passing over bridge in Waterloo Park under a partly cloudy sky on a summer day

Ion light rail passing over bridge in Waterloo Park under a partly cloudy sky on a summer day

Retweet if you agree

20.06.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Licked a measuring spoon that had been used first for sugar, then for balsamic vinegar, and there's a huge business opportunity out there for someone who wants to make balsamic flavoured candy.

07.06.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Outside both houses I have owned, you can hear the sound of the highway. I wonder how far away you'd need to live to not hear it at all?

15.05.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would Preston and Hespeler team up to take out Galt? Who am I kidding, Cambridge isn't going to agree on anything.

14.05.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is this Toronto's own 30-50 feral hogs meme?

14.05.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Only if I get to be minister of memes.

13.05.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
29.04.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
CBC election watch website, showing part of Newfoundland, but the majority of the map tiles are blank.

CBC election watch website, showing part of Newfoundland, but the majority of the map tiles are blank.

CBC's map tile server is predicting a win for The Void.

29.04.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Mike Boos in a red cycling jersey and bike helmet, in front of a polling station. An "I bike, I vote" pin is attached to the cycling jersey.

Mike Boos in a red cycling jersey and bike helmet, in front of a polling station. An "I bike, I vote" pin is attached to the cycling jersey.

Elbows and kickstands up!

28.04.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you are looking for a tedious and labour intensive way to aerate your lawn, have you tried a shitload of dandelions?

27.04.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Excerpt from Globe and Mail article:

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said he’ll call U.S. President Donald Trump to end the tariff war as one of his first acts as prime minister if his party forms government Monday.
He made the comments in Saskatoon as he laid out an agenda for the first 100 days of his government.
β€œWe will obviously call President Trump and tell him that the tariffs are destructive, and they should be lifted on day one and a new deal negotiated.”

Excerpt from Globe and Mail article: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said he’ll call U.S. President Donald Trump to end the tariff war as one of his first acts as prime minister if his party forms government Monday. He made the comments in Saskatoon as he laid out an agenda for the first 100 days of his government. β€œWe will obviously call President Trump and tell him that the tariffs are destructive, and they should be lifted on day one and a new deal negotiated.”

That'll show 'em πŸ™„

25.04.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Helmets also increase the likelihood of finding those ceilings, haha. Visited the Luskville caves multiple times, never bumped my head until I started wearing a helmet. The buoyancy of the helmets further increased the chances of bumping the ceiling when the water levels were high.

25.04.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Judge grills province on whether Toronto bike lane removals are 'arbitrary' Justice PaulΒ Schabas considering whether to block government from removing lanes while he considers Charter challenge

"Justice Paul Schabas was evidently not impressed, noting that 100 years of automobile history have shown that driving in crowded downtown areas leads to heavy traffic."

Justice Schabas, welcome to the @thewaroncars.bsky.social www.thetrillium.ca/news/justice...

17.04.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People can be homeless, but God forbid that cars might be.

12.04.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One imagines that light rail with a 750 V wire overhead might deter this sort of activity.

12.04.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Next they'll be saying they're packed in like sardines.

07.04.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's what Trump spends most of his time doing, at Joint Base Andrews, right?

06.04.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been banging this drum for a decade, glad to see it finally getting mainstream attention. tritag.ca/blog/2016/03...

04.04.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/thew...

02.04.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Google AI overview to query "500g flour in cups"

"500 grams of flour is approximately 2 1/2 cups. 
Here's a more detailed breakdown:
Standard Conversion: 1 cup of all-purpose flour typically weighs around 120 grams. 
Calculation: To find the equivalent in cups, divide the total grams (500) by the grams per cup (120): 500g / 120g/cup = 4.17 cups. 
Rounding: Since we are using a standard conversion, we will round down to 4.17 cups to 4 cups. 
Therefore, 500g of flour is approximately 2 1/2 cups . "

Google AI overview to query "500g flour in cups" "500 grams of flour is approximately 2 1/2 cups. Here's a more detailed breakdown: Standard Conversion: 1 cup of all-purpose flour typically weighs around 120 grams. Calculation: To find the equivalent in cups, divide the total grams (500) by the grams per cup (120): 500g / 120g/cup = 4.17 cups. Rounding: Since we are using a standard conversion, we will round down to 4.17 cups to 4 cups. Therefore, 500g of flour is approximately 2 1/2 cups . "

Therefore.

26.03.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
26.03.2025 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tobias from Arrested Development dramatically reading, "oh my God, we're having a fire... sale "

Tobias from Arrested Development dramatically reading, "oh my God, we're having a fire... sale "

26.03.2025 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At a time when Canada needs MASSIVE investment to transition away from the US, to build new facilities and transpo towards our ports, to rebuild our military, to build HOMES, to rebuild science and post-sec ed... to see the two main parties jump on *tax cuts* for their campaigns is depressing.

24.03.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 529    πŸ” 145    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 17

The energy isn't going in exactly the direction I'd like.

19.03.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ce n'est pas possible!

15.03.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not if you use the international standard, ISO 8601, year-month-day, adopted in Canada as CAN/CSA-Z234.4-89 (R2007)

14.03.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, I had thought I was alone thinking this.

08.03.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But sidewalks are just too hard, apparently.

27.02.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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