Ah Built Heritage, my least favorite city committee.

Incredible article that touches on a ton of things I think about a lot. From the aesthetics of buildings, the value of labour and skill, to the kinds of hobbies we value. Great read. aeon.co/essays/the-r...

"Consider making units smaller and worse in order to provide unusable landscaped space for the benefit of people who will resent the building regardless"

Posting 'hog

It's just too on the nose...

Full arc double rainbow to round out the day's weather.

The traditional Canada day thunderstorm.

Four days, but this is now accessible.

Well, three days after bringing this to the attention of 311 and two different councilors, this bus stop is still inaccessible!

What if we took a horrible intersection and added an incomprehensible detour sign.

It's a nice city.

You might be thinking "surely they put out a temporary stop in a more accessible location?" WRONG

Bruh what

Sorry for having good taste and perfect opinions.

How I be playing in the new Pokemon Champions patch

From the Ottawa OAG's audit of the waterfall structure a couple years back:

For context, OC Transpo wanted to move the northbound 7 from Seneca and Grove and put it along Sunnyside (highlighted road) like the southbound. This was supported by data and a majority of transit riders. Shawn Menard personally intervened to get this route optimization killed.

@shawnmenard.bsky.social You got a special shoutout in today's Auditor General report!

Does the Transit Committee chair have a response to this?

You will never convince me that this is a revealed preference.

It's giving Mario Kart.

???

Woodpecker I saw on my lunch break today.

Lol. Lmao. Roflmao, even.

@shawnmenard.bsky.social what do you consider "basic infrastructure"? Is wading pool renewal basic infrastructure or a nice to have?

Ottawa landowners would let their children's futures rot just to save $46 dollars a year.