David Hope

@davidhope

Quantitative Biologist. Happiest on a bike or knee-deep in peat (Ottawa, Canada).

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David Hope@davidhope· 1d

It took almost exactly a year and convincing my spouse to go to a bike shop in Norway, but I have now achieved peak bike bell.

David Hope@davidhope· 4d

My cousin is driving out at 3am to pull out his family from camping because a forest fire blew up near them. My mum's entire childhood hometown has been evacuated. Fire grew to over 50km² in three hours from discovery. Summer fun isn't what I remember.

Screenshot from https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/usfs/map/

Shows a large forest fire in red in the centre that has burnt over towards a large lake (Okanagan Lake). Forests surround the fire and numerous small cities are along the lake.

David Hope@davidhope· 23d

Just another day in the great city of #Autowa. At this same intersection, I almost got run down by a driver in a slip lane that was following the #Ottawa traffic rule, "If I don't look at you, you don't exist."

A car in the left turn lane pointed the wrong direction with a dump truck beside them and firefighters around. A car is going the correct direction in the foreground.

A major interaction from Google maps imagery showing approximately where the car was in the other photo.

David Hope@davidhope· 29d

Love summer in these times.

Veille jaune - orages violents
@ Avertissement jaune - qualité de l'air

(1) Avertissement jaune - chaleur

David Hope@davidhope· Jul 13

Anyone know what @ncc-ccn.gc.ca is doing with the trails at Parc des Rapids-Deschênes? They've laid down about 4 inches of soft gravel making them totally unbikeable. I'd thought maybe it was for paving but they've just left them like this. #Ottawa #OttBike #GatVelo

Trail with trees and bushes surrounding it and rocks in the foreground. Deep bike tracks and footprints are shown in the gravel.

Trail going through a grassy field with trees in the background. Deep bike tracks and footprints are shown in the gravel.

David Hope@davidhope· Jun 25

Today I learned you can just watch the entirety of "Air Bud" on YouTube. If you're having a bad day or a good day you can just put it on and your day will get better.

Head of golden retriever dog looking up from behind at a TV. On the screen is and old pickup truck driving towards the camera. The truck has a big clown head on it.

David Hope@davidhope· Jun 23

What are we even doing here? This is just going to ruin it for everyone else trying to get around using ebikes or even e-scooters. How is this not immediately impouned?

What looks exactly like a street racing motor bike parked beside a bike rack on the sidewalk. The place where the license plate should be says "Electric bike"

David Hope@davidhope· Jun 4

Love to live in Québec, the province that is definitely following the Canada health act and not forcing us to go to paid health services.

Screenshot from clicsanté showing that there are no doctors available for my region unless I want to pay a fee.

David Hope@davidhope· Jun 3

First Pedal Poll for me. Beautiful day for it but unfortunately mostly reinforced how car dependent Gatineau remains despite relatively good infrastructure.

Long line of cars in rush hour with a multi-use pathway in the foreground. The sun is shining in the top right and the sky is blue.

Ebike with a folded lawn chair strapped to the back.

Wide angle of intersection filled with vehicles and a bike. There is a multi-use pathway in the foreground and my boots in the bottom of the picture.

David Hope@davidhope· May 22

My son told me about how he was using Google today.

Screenshot of Google response to question how many e's in 67

Answer: There is 1 "e" in 67.When you write the number out as a word ("sixty-seven"), it contains exactly one "e" at the very end.If you are just looking at the numerals 67, there are no letters at all!

David Hope@davidhope· May 21

Stop signs for thee, not for me. #Gatineau edition. Is it me or are drivers getting more aggressive these days? #OttBike #GatVelo

David Hope@davidhope· May 16

Why is no one using our bike lanes?

Pick up truck parked in a painted bike lane that is supposed to allow bikes to go against the flow of traffic. Instead bikes will have to swerve into oncoming traffic.

Another pickup truck parked just back from the truck in the first picture, also blocking the counterflow bike lane.

David Hope@davidhope· May 12

What is everyone's most hated #OttBike intersection? I'm kind of blown away how bad Preston/PoW is. Once the construction is complete, perhaps it will be safer, but will the new layout stop drivers parking up in the crosswalk PoW?

David Hope@davidhope· May 2

I cycle through this intersection about 4 times a week, but the last few weeks it has been blocked almost every time, so I put together my clips to show how silly it is. Apologies for the quality. #OttBike #BikeSky

David Hope@davidhope· Apr 28

I'm a big tough truck, but also I need to take the lane (the entire roadway) to navigate speed bumps.

Low res image of a lifted dodge pickup truck driving in the middle of a residential street. There is a stop sign in the foreground, which is apparently optional for big trucks. Trees line the street and there is a multi use pathway crossing at the stop sign.

David Hope@davidhope· Apr 21

Official bike season of panted bicycle gutters in Gatineau. Outside of that period good luck. If you zoom in you can see what I assume is a motorized four wheel ebike parked over the entire lane.

Painted bike lane with a sign pointing to it that says 'avril à novembre'.

David Hope@davidhope· Apr 19

Water still rising quickly.

Golden retriever looking at a flooded river with a lone tree with no leaves and a private property sign.

David Hope@davidhope· Apr 11

I hate to be pedantic, but here in Canada we spell it a bit differently.

Screenshot of Google search results for 'how many "e"s in "don't be evil"'
Response is a follows:
There are 4 "e"s in the phrase "don't be evil".

Don't (0)
be (1)
evil (2, 3, 4 - in the 'e', 'i', 'l')

Breaking it down: Don't be evil. The letters are located in be (1), and evil (3).
Why has Alphabet dropped Google's 'Don't be evil ...
Oct 5, 2015 — * Nathan Amery. Freelance Digital Marketing Consultant (2016–present) · 7y. Originally Answered: Why did Sundar Pichai remove the “Don't be evil” clause from Go...
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David Hope@davidhope· Apr 8

Still ice on the river but nothing on the trail to stop our mini bike bus. It was - 7°C but just a few complaints of cold.

Child on their bike with a backpack on riding on a paved cycle path. Three more bikers are ahead on the path. The river on the right has a fair bit of snow on it. On the left are some townhouses.

David Hope@davidhope· Apr 7

I had to go check and my kid's geography textbook has this figure. In text too small to read it says the 1927 boundary is "non définitif".

Map of Quebec in green showing the boundary mentioned in the above post that Quebec claims as their own despite court rulings. The disputed boundary is in the south of Labradour on the right side of the map.

David Hope@davidhope· Apr 2

Il faut que je goûte au sirop d'érable illégal. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/224...

Conserve de sirop d'érable que j'ai trouvé dans nos placards. Il a été vendu par le même producteur dans l'enquête de radio-canada.

David Hope@davidhope· Mar 31

Back on my bullshit: Biking into a city that hates me. Your anger and electricity fuel me. Welcome to Autowa.

Aide angle shot of bike with pogies sitting at a stop light with cars passing through at high speeds.

David Hope@davidhope· Mar 28

Winter remains stubborn here in Ottawa/Gatineau, but it does make for excellent spring ski conditions.

David Hope@davidhope· Mar 12

Me going east: It's so pretty this morning. I might be the fastest cyclist in town. Me coming home this afternoon: Is wind a crime against humanity?

Clear bike path along boulevard des allumettières in Gatineau. Bushes along the right side are covered in ice. On the road a snowplow is passing.

David Hope@davidhope· Feb 22

Find someone who loves you as much as CBC loves writing articles about the suffering of landlords.

Headline from front page of CBC news.

This Brampton landlord 'can't sleep at night' after he says his tenant stopped paying rent and won't leave

Subheading:
A tenant who told a past landlord she made $120,000 a year as an online content creator is scheduled to go before Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board next month, accused of not paying rent to her current landlord for almost a year

David Hope@davidhope· Feb 5

Just finished this fantastic book, "Air-Borne". One piece Carl Zimmer understands about science is that it is fundamentally a human endeavor. At its best, it builds on the previous works of others, in other cases the interplay of society and personalities shapes how it does or does not advance.

Over of the book "Air-borne: The hidden history of the life we breathe" by Carl Zimmer. Book cover is blue with a multi-coloured cloud in the middle.

David Hope@davidhope· Jan 25

This figure from the article says it all. Good luck trying to find food from somewhere other than these three in Eastern Canada. In BC, you could replace the Metro column with the Patterson food group to the same effect.

Visualization of the brands controlled by the three biggest grocery chains in Canada:
On left, Lowblaws with NoFrills
Real Canadian Super Store, Shoppers, Provigo, Maxi, Zehrs Fortinos, valu-mart, Dominion,
Atlantic superstore, independent, t&t, Freshman

In middle: Sobeys with Safeway, IGA, FreshCo, Foodland, Longos Farm Boy, Thrifty's, Les Marchés Tradition, Bonichoix, Lawtons, Needs, Pete's

On the right, Metro, with Super C, food basics, Adonis, Marché Richelieu, Marché Ami, Jean Coutu, Brunet.

David Hope@davidhope· Jan 22

From the same link, Trump's "Master Plan" for Gaza, including all waterfront allocated for resorts and data centres adjacent to residential allocations. Looks to also be smaller based on location of Rafah crossing. Just horrific stuff.

Outline of Trump's plan for Gaza. Shoreline is all for resorts with data centres on the edges.

David Hope@davidhope· Jan 21

Maple is ready for play.

Golden retriever lying on a pillow with a stuffed duck and a tennis ball in her mouth.

David Hope@davidhope· Jan 3

How does CBC have nothing on their news page about Venezuela? Radio Canada has it.