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Ford should be aware: when you present a leader with facts, whose entire career is based on them & their base ignoring facts, nothing good comes of it.

Alt: they do say in disagreements, it's best to lead by admitting your faults, so on the matter of accepting truth, maybe Ford has some mea culpas?

Jays also pursued Teo and Yamamoto (less visibly), no?

It is not the same, but I can say I had a great time at the intrasquad game, and a brutal but glad to be shared time, watching the Jays after their last win of a season get eliminated, while at the Dome. And free popcorn?
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Huh. Kinda looks like if we had today's rule, the Jays may not have made it to the World Series in 93. Or if Naylor had 93's rules, maybe we wouldn't have been in this year's. Some things change, and some things still echo with familiarity. On the right side both times ⚾️

The sharrowed ramp that currently is what people are told to use to access the bike lockers, which are at the foot of it?

The entry gates to the Skydome, and roughly 15' to the side, an e-cargo bike parked, having safely brought two adults to ALCS game 6.

Darn right it was, & will be again this weekend. With a couple Cleverhoods, even rain that would make the Mariners feel at home couldn't put a damper on the journey. Only 5min more than driving...at 4am. Driving during game days, rush hour, doubles my 25-30min time for ~10km, let alone parking time.

Small, modes, quick twist on, even a quick on/off for the mounting strap which I've used on seatpost and rack, accelerometer brake light effect, red glow on pavement, I've liked mine.
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Something was in my ear while waiting behind home plate since gates opened, about Hoffman never having pitched a 6 out game...

I'm not sure it'll be the best sight lines for me in GA, but my stress level will be as high as his release point, and hopefully he will find his way back to being as stymying to batters coming to town as Toronto's yellowbelt is to residents coming to town.

What's the dugout torso dealy Varsho's been seen in many times now? Never seen something like that.

Weren't you saying today that superstitions aren't real, right before this yet another prime example of Deep Left Field bump? 😉

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Homes must always appreciate.

I'd definitely wonder how this breaks down in high-renter communities, versus inclusive of all high-ownership communities, to see what's (likely) happening in our areas of highest opportunity.

Asides thinking that, as a result, we should build more ground ownership homes, might this also say that we should definitely have more ground-oriented rental, lest we be making families an option only for owners, not renters? Also, what is your ground vs apartment cutoff?

Mariners turn attention to Toronto. They just had to get there first. After their 15-inning marathon victory, the Mariners were ready to turn their attention to Toronto. But they were delayed getting there.

One can imagine some things, given this:
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Was on my mind if, asides the 15 innings, this was part of what motivated them staying the extra night in Seattle.

Or maybe it's about him not even knowing what's already happening this very month on this exact thing, what with his Stampede time and mayoral jockeying for next year perhaps distracting him.
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I was just told by a friend that there won't be another total solar eclipse in North America for decades. Watching the Jays game, I said I'd take a full moon shot right about now.

The very next pitch... 😳😅🤷

KW's ION is a good ex. of smart pre-emptive transit choices spurring thousands of new homes/jobs that'd otherwise go to new exurbs. The combined small parcels of suburbs & resistance to any change makes transit density very hard, & once parking/cars are built, pretty locked in. Lead w good transit.

This is currently not being policed at Sthe teamwhistle Roundhouse, despite a sizable Skydome-adjacent deployment, even drones overhead, so... progress?

Like, no classics are perfect, but... the Addams universe has held up its end of the bargain exceptionally well. Millenial magic. Happy October viewings, to those who celebrate.

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This notes what studies show (ppl on bikes/foot/TTC spend more than drivers) & shares success of places like Paris adding bike lanes, w/o admitting this means bikes are best on streets (w shops), cars on roads (w/o destinations). Note Paris puts lanes w shops (beige), none in shop-free gray. See🖼Alt

A couple decades ago, we saw just how unprepared their military was for new environments, spaces, and tactics. It's not abnormal, wondering how far someone would go in admiring our country, to seek to have it, and what tactics would need be familiar for that, short and medium term. Fun thoughts!

If you haven't got the Curbside R&M test day in your schedule tomorrow, it'd be a good one to get many different feels down. Plus they've got a trike you can test ride too I think. Really liked the Urban Arrow low Center of Gravity, but non-longtails do take getting used to riding & parking.

What's US streetcar suburb lot width like? Here in Toronto, one is trying to work with 11', 12', getting 15-18' is luxurious.

Irony of ironies given today, but Andor and The Mask of Fear are a couple from one universe I did appreciate.

Am I surprised that it isn't just law-breakers (speeding & destruction of law enforcement assets) Ford is on the side of, but also not the 1%, but the 0.5%? That's what fraction of drivers receive tickets, a mere 10th of the people doing 30%+ over the limit. Just...wow.