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Transit advocate, hockey fan ... BC transplant now living in Ottawa and fighting to build a better city. I have family in Minneapolis so I'm watching the occupation and their resistance carefully. Much love to those fighting back.

A picture of tall brown office buildings and the sun shining weakly through ominous yellow clouds.
A large white plastic basket full of beautiful red strawberries
A picture of the annoying feature known as 'clippy', a paperclip with googlie eyes floating over a yellow pad of paper.
A picture of a label showing a cable-style bike lock that cost $18 and a warning that its security rating is only 3 out of 10. It says "Not designed to protect your bike from theft."
A chocolate cake made of ladyfingers and a creamy chocolate insert covered with light mascarpone cream, dusted with cocoa powder on a white plate.
An image of a paperclip with googlie eyes and eyebrows floating above a piece of yellow legal paper.
A picture of the Ottawa Charge team at centre ice at the Canadian Tire Centre with hands up clapping with the fans after a victory in the finals.
Screenshot showing Ottawa Charge 3 vs. Boston Fleet 1.
A cartoon that depicts a conference presenter listing the many advantages of curbing climate change including "energy independence, preserving rainforests, sustainability, green jobs, livable cities, renewables, clean water/air, healthy children, etc., etc.," only to have a climate change denier interject that if it were all a hoax, we'd create a "better world for nothing".
The cover of a book by Andy Weir called "Project Hail Mary" - has an image of Ryan Gosling upside down as if he is weightless in a space ship.
A picture of a brown butterfly with big spots on its wings sitting on a green leaf.
A photo of a sepia-coloured book cover showing a woman (or girl) in an old-fashioned dress holding a suitcase covered in stickers that say, “I love Paris”, “Boston” and “Harvard.” The background is a map and a clock. The title is “Outside of Ordinary: Women’s Travel Stories” edited by Lynn Cecil and Catherine Bancroft.
A picture of a slice of honey cake, many thin layers of golden cake between layers of cream. There's a dollop of pale lavender icing on the side.
A screenshot from google maps showing options for travelling between Paris, France and Strasbourg, France. It would take 4 hours and 50 minutes by car, but only 1 hour and 46 minutes by train.
A screenshot from google maps showing options for travelling between Paris, France and Toulouse, France. It would take 6 hours and 40 minutes by car, but 4 hours and 49 minutes by train.
Cover of a book called "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It." by Cory Doctorow. The cover is brown and there's a poop emoji in the centre with symbols: &$!#%
A screenshot from the Ottawa airport website showing an Air Canada flight that was expected at 11:08 as "arrived". (I happen to know that it just left YYZ).
Cover of a red book with yellow text, called "A.I. Snake Oil: What artificial intelligence can do, what it can't, and how to tell the difference" by Arvind Narayanon and Sayash Kapoor. With a new preface and epilogue by the authors.
Screenshot of the cover of a book called "At a loss for words: Conversation in an Age of Rage." by Carol Off. There's an image of wooden blocks with letters on them. First two are FA, then the next two blocks are tilted so you can read them either as CT (FACT) or KE (FAKE).
A screenshot of a translation from google that says in English: “my new team” and in French: “mon nouvelle équipe” (which is wrong as it should be ma nouvelle équipe).
A shot of the famous White Rock pier, stretching out in the bay. The tide is high and the waves are crashing against the beach. The sun is shining and making the clouds in the sky look golden.
Sign at Lyon station that says "Fire Alarm, please calmly leave the station" and "Alarm a feu - evacuer la station calmement"
A picture of an orange construction sign implying that an upcoming lane is closed and traffic will have to merge.
Screenshot from NHL.com showing the final result of a hockey game where Buffalo shut out Florida 3-0. It's funny because Buffalo is terrible and Florida just won the Stanley Cup two years in a row.
Stylized Canadian flag with words saying Happy Thanksgiving
A logo that says "Ottawa Transit Riders" and "Les usagers du transport en commun d'Ottawa" with a red border. The "o" in in commun looks like a wheelchair.
A cartoon picture of two people in a boat rowing in opposite directions. A man dressed in black is rowing in one direction, a woman dressed in red with blond hair is rowing in the other direction. They are both frowning.
The cover of a book called "Game Change: the life and death of Steve Montador and the future of hockey." by Ken Dryden. There is a picture of a hockey player in profile.
Text at the top says, "the Ratchet Effect: How you are being duped by the fake two-party system." On one side there is blue text saying "Democrats block movement back to the left." On the other side, there is red text saying "Republicans turn everything to the right." In the middle there is an image of a saw blade with arrows indicating that it turns to the right, but is blocked from going left.
The brown cover of a cookbook that says, "Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen". There are images of herbs (or maybe kale), a radish, and an orange slice.
Blue poster that says: Take action - Barrhaven day of action at the mayor's B.B.Q! Saturday, August 25th [please note that it is actually August 16th] 11am to 3 pm Minto Recreation Complex. Join us this Saturday to speak with transit riders arriving at the Mayor's BBQ about their experience with OC Transpo in Barrhaven! RSVP at the link in our bio. https://www.horizonottawa.ca/volunteer_shifts There is a picture of a red OC Transpo bus and the mayor and two councillors.
The cover of a book, half black, half green with a title that says "What about men? A feminist answers the question" by Caitlin Moran.
Cover of a book called the Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion. the cover is blue with a bicycle.
An image of the annoying talking paperclip called Clippy. (Shown with a background of lined yellow paper)
A screenshot saying "Ambition - Canadians have access to clean and renewable energy. Target - by 2030, 90% of Canada's electricity is generated from renewable and other non-emitting sources, on the path towards a new zero electricity system in the long-term." Then there is an image of a half circle meter with the arrow pointing to red that says "deterioration"
A screenshot saying "Your subscription to Sportsnet+ has been cancelled. You will have access til Jul 15, 2025."
A picture of an onion with a sticker saying "product of the USA"
A long red banner with the words "Happy Canada day, eh" in the middle. There are pictures of hockey sticks, the CN tower, Parliament and a beaver on the left with the words "elbows up!" and "sorry. On the right, there are pictures of maple syrup, a moose, a totem pole and mountains with the words "strong and free" and "eh!"
Sign at Fresh Co saying that Onions (Spanish large) are $1.29 per lb.
The cover of a book called 'Earth' by David Brin (New York Times-bestselling author). The image shows a blue-green earth distorted into a donut shape (or a hole with water rushing in).
Image of the annoying paperclip with googly eyes that is known as 'clippy'. There's a sheet of yellow lined paper behind it,
A picture of a tram stop in Prague with details such as the number of the tram, the destination, the expected time til arrival and which ones are wheelchair accessible.
A picture of a notice at a bus stop in Oslo that says "If you are delayed for more than 20 minutes due to delays on our part, we will cover your taxi expenses up to NOK 750. Retain your receipt, go to ruter.no and complete the taxi refund form."
The cover of a book by Naomi Klein called: On Fire, the burning case for a green new deal. The cover is red with yellow flames engulfing the word "fire"
An image of a COVID test that appears to be negative
A road next to the Seine that used to be bumper to bumper cars, now used by cyclists and pedestrians.
A pretty blue tram in Oslo
Bright blue tram in Oslo
A picture of the astrological clock in Prague.
The cover of the book, "Careless People: A cautionary tale of power, greed, and lost idealism" by Sarah Wynn-Williams. The cover is pale yellow with a blue square and a shark fin in in the blue.
The cover of the book: Careless People, A cautionary tale of power, greed, and lost idealism (a memoir) by Sarah Wynn-Williams. The cover is pale yellow with a blue square and a shark's fin.
Clip art image of a coffee cup and spines of books and hearts and the words, "book club"
A picture of line 2 train stopped in the wrong place at Bayview so doors open where the yellow posts block the entrance.
An image of trees and a clothesline covered in soft, sticky snow
Russian dictator Putin smirks as he toasts someone with a glass of champagne
A picture of a Presto reader with a green light but blank screen.
An image of a guillotine
An image of a man in a blue shirt, with a grey goatee, at a podium identified as Mark Hancock, national president of CUPE. The quote says "Canada's response cannot simply be 'buy Canadian.' The CEO of Loblaws is still going to be happy to price gouge you on maple syrup while wearing a maple leaf hat."
An image of the Charge vs Sirens games. You can see one Charge player shooting the puck away from her zone, another Charge player pivoting to skate down the ice, and two Sirens players watching the player with the puck.
A cover of the book "Bitten" by Kelley Armstrong. A woman's face bathed in red light.