Abolish This

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Poster for Nova Scotia ACORN Presents: Rotten Rentals. Award Ceremony for: Bayers Park Apartments Join us for this very prestigious award ceremony "celebrating" Bayers Park Apartments owned by Universal Properties, for their contributions to water shut-offs, pests, mold, disrepair, and more. WHEN: Saturday August 15th at 2PM WHERE: 6967 & 6969 Bayers Rd Want to nominate YOUR landlord for an award? ACORN is calling on HRM to take real action against absentee landlords who neglect repairs and pest issues in their buildings. Tenants have a right to safe and healthy homes! Join us on August 15th to share your landlord horror story and fight for a landlord licensing program with the TEETH to hold landlords accountable! Contact NS ACORN at: www.acorncanada.org ns.lo@acorncanada.org (902)989-4261 @novascotiaacorn
Google satellite map showing the Annapolis Valley Regional Library branches using the NS Provincial Library page's "My Map", with the branches that will be closed crossed out. There is a noticeable new 30+ km gap between Bridgetown and Kingston, and a noticeable centralization by closing any branches other than Wolfville within 20 km of it (leaving Windsor and Berwick open).
Marked up map showing forest hills with 3 pedestrian underpasses marked across major roads, with arrows showing North-South corridors leading to those underpasses, one on each east-west side in the neighborhood
A screenshot of the Google Maps entry for The Beaver's Den Dartmouth. It is scrolled down to show a 1 star review that says "Not sure what happened with the takeover but the staff are NOT well taken care of here. We had gone for a holiday party last year prior to the name change and had a great tim..." and a "From the owner" section that shows ""New Scotland Brew Pub offers a warm, inviting atmosphere to enjoy locally crafted beers on tap, pub food, and live entertainment. Our brew pub reflects the rich history and spirit of New Scotland, combining quality, craftsmanship, and authentic ex..." "New Scotland Brew Pub" is circled as image markup to illustrate that the old business entry was simply renamed, keeping all the old information and reviews.
Tern HSD midtail bike with a large and medium bag of soil in the backseat, and a Schwinn trailer with 2 large and 1 medium bag of soil in it. All bags are arranged vertically with a couple straps holding it all down, or it wouldn't fit.
A section of the Atlas plate per the post. It shows structures, not just lots - not all of them filled yet. Oddities: Princess Pl is "Chestnut Pl", June St is "Love Lane" and is all as narrow as the narrowest part today, Garrick is labeled as King St and there is a weird bit labeled as Charles where there is now a gas station. Charles used to be weirdly split!
A full map framed map of the area from West St to North St, Agricola to Robie (called "Kempt Road" here). The lots are mostly all double-width compared to how they are now.
A photo of part of a framed picture of an old map, showing West St between Robie (called Kempt here) and John (called John here, but Davidson is marked as "N George St". The street is almost as wide as the lots are deep.
The factory "I guess we doin circles now" meme with the shapes replaced with various eating implements and cleaning tools. The text reads "I guess we doin table manners now"
Casablanca tramway, showing a curb-elevated portion in a major boulevard median.
George W Bush being told a second plane has hit the World Trade Center
Discord screenshot from user ⵎⴰⵣⵉⴴ |Casablanca 🇲🇦 i always tought those were villages for poor people i was like what a shame they are scatered like that what happens if they want groceries
Google Map with an arrow drawn on showing to go to the end of the two-way part of Bayers as if turning to Bayers Rd Centre, but instead cross diagonally through a tiny parking lot gap. From there cut through the gas station to arrive at the sidewalk for the rail cut, where one presumably dismounts the bike and walks.
A picture circling landmarks and showing view directions on each picture to demonstrate that they're likely intended to be the same scene but flipped horizontally
A 2021 map of apartments banned within walking distance of skytrain stations
Google Maps screenshot of Bayers x Coleman with satellite and street view. Coleman is a cul de sac with 8 houses. Bayers is a massively overbuilt road with active transportation infrastructure and bus lanes. The crosswalk across Coleman has visibly deep curb cuts rather than being continuously raised to prioritize pedestrian travel to the bus arterial & bike travel along the arterial. Coleman is mysteriously wide for how minor it is, and the houses are right up against the super loud arterial road despite being built on overlarge urban lots. Near East Perimeter just next to Coleman, Bayers is marked as "102", and a flurry of slip lanes and overbuilding can be just glimpsed at the East Perimeter intersection.
The "mental gymnastics" meme format. The top has a gymnast walking across a mat with the caption: "Dutch Village Rd, Go straight, Bayers Rd". The bottom has a gymnast doing a convoluted routine with the caption "Dutch Village Rd, Turn right at Chain of Lakes Trail, At 102 exit 0 turn left and find the path onto Elliott St, Turn right on Ashburn Ave, Turn left on Abbott Dr, Turn left on Ralston Ave, Turn right on 102 Exit 0 MUP and dismount in about 80 meters when it turns into a sidewalk, Remount when the sidewalk widens into a MUP again and continue straight". The bottom text doesn't fit very well into the template.
A Pierre Poilievre tweet saying: "Mark Carney has nothing but slogans. I have a plan to put Canada First." The C and F in Canada First are capitalized.
A street of row houses in Utrecht paved with asphalt in the main drive lanes and paver tiles in the parking bays. There is a bump-out with a bollard to make the parking bays not a continuous lane for the whole street.
SpongeBob "I fucking love X" même with the text I FUCKING LOVE reducing the contradiction between existence and experience I WANT TO FUCKING feel rain and snow and wind, move my body to locomote, and notice my surroundings and the differing experiences between times and locations
A reply tweet from 30 May 2023 saying "Always happy to do so. I've said before, if you showed me a Hfx map, no context & I forgot what I knew about it, & you asked where the transit-oriented high-rises were, I might point to Kempt. Parallel to arterial, pointed at downtown, next to a big space that could be a park..." There is an image attached of a bunch of high rises and parks doodled along a map of the Kempt Rd area and "RAPID TRANSIT" scrawled along the road itself.
A tweet from me a year ago that says: As a Porphyriosian, I believe there is a moral obligation to deal with emotional distress by sinking a yacht, warship, or trawler
Tweet from me: "This is what abolition of modal dominance looks like: streets that no longer need barriers once the underlying issue is finally addressed. Now extend that logic to other forms of dominance abolition as well - gender, race... capital..." Quote retweeting Melissa & Chris Bruntlett with a picture of a Dutch street with only bicycles and pedestrians on it with no physical barriers: "Acting as an unnecessary (physical and mental) barrier on urban streets, raised curbs have no place in the low-car city. Which is why Delft is gradually removing them from its center, creating a rode loper (“red carpet”) for people to walk, cycle, and roll freely without limits."
"Train Daddy" Andy Byford with laser eyes similar to the train headlights in the previous image
Google Street View of 2 bike parking stands at Bishop's Landing: one that looks like a bike frame, and one that looks like a giant bike pedal
My ebike, mostly sideways, with the front wheel about halfway up a large snowbank, locked up a mostly buried (and very hard to spot) bike parking post on South St next to Hollis St
A Street View pic of Spring Garden and South Park intersection. A red arrow shows that the straight-ahead lane for cars bypasses the bike box, while a black line shows that the bike box is aligned more with the right turn lane. A green arrow from the bike box asks: what do we do?
The back of a Tern ebike with a large backseat. "1.5m" is written on it in glowing red text.
Stats for a ride on Sunday, 3 December starting at 16:50, including a distance of 32.7 km
"Crab rave" Google trend is hugely spiking right this minute. No context, but like, you know what it's about
Big Ultramar oil truck (#1202?) blocking the Windsor St bike lane to service a house. There is a stopped car going the same direction to the left of the truck.
A black Tern HSD P10 ebike with the handlebar folded down, stored in a small space in front of an Indian-style tapestry. The bike has a seat at the back (Tern "Captain's Chair").
A dense crowd of people in Grand Parade behind a sign that says "I will always be on the side of those who have nothing and are not even allowed to enjoy the nothing they have in peace. -Federico García Lorca". Also in the background: a tent belonging to a homeless person and a giant Palestinian flag hanging from a crane.