grivettcarnac

grivettcarnac, 12 hours ago to Ottawa

A lotta spray and pray for these types of images given how packed (which is awesome) all the paths are around #ottawa and have to pay attention a LOT but it feels fun and free so gunna try a bunch of these over the summer #ottbike #gabesimages #biketooter

grivettcarnac, 18 hours ago to Ottawa

I’m excited to go again to the Preston Street Crit in little Italy and you should go too, Sunday June 16, 2024. That said why the fuck does one have to “win your weight in beer” ?? Is this to attract “bros” ? Is this just the accepted culture of crit racing? #ottawa #ottbike #biketooter

grivettcarnac, 23 hours ago to Montreal

We’re going to #montreal in August to watch the Red Bull Cliff Diving event, as we have a friend whose daughter has been competing (and winning) for 3ish years in the sport. It’s also for my 40th birthday 👀 Anyway the part I’m most excited about is taking the train 😂 #ottawa #viarail #publictransit

grivettcarnac, 1 day ago to Ottawa

Wild how it took so long to do something so simple. Not that I long to visit the byward Market but Majors Hill or Rideau Falls were rarely on the list of destinations if this was the direction of travel. But this makes basic access possible especially with the bridge open and the new NCC lookout on the +50% complete?? status #ottawa #ottbike #biketooter

grivettcarnac, 1 day ago to climate

I try to find and follow urban design, electrification, active transit experts who aren’t white dudes mostly on instagram, and I found one in Australia who I really liked until their litmus “test” for electric cars was “does a wine bottle fit in the front cup holders” 🙃🙃 Like of all the metrics to test this is the one you focus on… because you think it’s funny? People sometimes #publictransit #climatechange #EV

grivettcarnac, 1 day ago to Canada

Fuck no. There should be well-paid career trajectories for this type of work and it should be incorporated into a Climate Corp structure . It’s highly skilled work, dangerous and there’s huge value in expertise retention. It’s great that university students feel drawn to this but 12 hr days for up to 14 days in a row is brutal, regardless of what Alpha Male chumps whine about #cdnpoli #canada #alberta #climatechange

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/wildfire-fighters-alberta-pay-1.7206766

grivettcarnac, 2 days ago to Ottawa

I’m definitely of the belief that having a public broadcaster is important, but then there are moments when… when that public broadcaster isn’t funded to do real journalism but must chase click bait bullshit like everywhere else and I internally debate the benefit. I bet the editor gets a fucking bonus for the dek of this article too #ottawa #canada #cdnpoli https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/plastic-pollution-lids-straws-culture-war-1.7207579

grivettcarnac, 2 days ago to ontario

Anyone who works in HR know how shit like this could ever be posted in “error” ?? #onpoli #ontario https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-shoppers-drug-mark-volunteer-job-1.7206582

grivettcarnac, 2 days ago to ontario

Hmmm democracy, with “voting every 4 years as accountability huh #onpoli #ontario https://globalnews.ca/news/10503475/ontario-place-development-update/

ShaunOttawa, 2 days ago to random

Why is Presto's website absolute hot garbage?

grivettcarnac, 2 days ago to Canada

I think a lot about how in 2024 if “democracy” is supposed to continue/succeed in its current shitty structure, majority governments are going to have to be a thing of the past. “Compromise” mostly doesn’t exist anymore. Nothing “really” has been done for good on aggregate with majority governments in a while. All that exists as a bulwark is the court system unless the general public grows a spine but that isn’t a reliable counter measure #onpoli #cdnpoli #canada #ottawa

grivettcarnac, 2 days ago to Ottawa

The kid ate shit twice on a bike ride of less than 2 km because this city gives zero shits about wildly large curb cuts (and everything else). The fact that Britannia intersection by Beachconers is as horrid as it is being, I’d argue one of the most busy intersection for folks not in a car is proof enough. And the entrance to the kids school is soooooo bad and busted up that its almost impossible to enter on a bike and the kid ate it right in front of his own school #ottawa #ottbike #biketooter

grivettcarnac, 3 days ago to ontario

I don’t know if we’re prepared for how many people do not and will not give a fuck about serious transmissible infectious disease outbreaks and future pandemics. Considering #covid is already over according to every government and no one is seriously grappling with what happened over the past four years, I’m not hopeful on a large scale #cdnpoli #onpoli #ontario

https://apple.news/AUeBgc2hJSsO0j0QsJdT1sg

Auxonic, 3 days ago to random French

I’m not sure parroting US talking points while the government continues to be all in on Twitter is the strong leadership you think it is bud #cdnpoli

grivettcarnac, 3 days ago to Ottawa

Wild to be able to watch individual storms move along the #ottawa river. Definite benefit of living high up #ontario #storm #Photography #gabesimages

grivettcarnac, 4 days ago to Florida

I look forward to the all out campaign against “woke” insurance companies #florida is going to mount now that they have brought in a law erasing #climatechange from all materials produced by the state. Property prices sure to surge when no one can get coverage 🥸

meganL, 4 days ago to random

I don't want to undermine the importance of having public transit be safe, but media needs to stop covering "violence on the Metro" as if pubtrans is more deadly than car travel.

Sure, you're not the one driving the Metro so you don't feel as in control. But I suspect the numbers would show a lot more violence per day in car travel than pubtrans.

Let's work for violence prevention on pubtrans, but also stop stoking middle class fears of pubtrans. #Transportation #PublicTransit

grivettcarnac, 4 days ago to Ottawa

I followed Diane Deans pretty closely from 2019-2023 and say what you will about her but she gave no fucks about Jim Watson. And today not a single councillor who blindly followed Jim’s shadow had a damn thing to say about her. Just deep seated, pathetic cynicism #ottawa #ottpoli #onpoli

casseagull, 5 days ago to random

I wonder if there has been a time other than now when more of the NCC pathways along the Ottawa River (both sides) have had so many closures, other than during flooding and rehabilitation. It's kind of astounding how much of it is closed and detoured.

grivettcarnac, 5 days ago to Ottawa

“… how that policy fits in their low-rise community.” Hahaha you live close to Algonquin college and a 2-story building just busts the great character of your community huh? #ottawa #onpoli https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/proposed-rooming-house-discord-near-algonquin-college-a-sign-of-things-to-come-1.7204363

grivettcarnac, 5 days ago to random

I’m no stan that government is our lord & saviour but people who dump on government can do anything blah blah never have shit to say about stuff like this. I just don’t understand how it’s hard to wrap your head around that profit. is. all. that. matters. That’s it. Profit will always win. Governments mostly assist in this and sometimes “have” to step in when an airplane company is out here just killing people #cdnpoli https://www.npr.org/2024/05/14/1251477809/boeing-justice-department-charges

grivettcarnac, 5 days ago to Ottawa

Step-daughter of a friend of ours saw the 11-yr old kid get killed in Rockland, by someone driving a school bus, while they were riding their bike. What the fuck…

I’ve said it a bunch of times but I completely changed the route we take to the kids school which is only 1.2 kms away. We take a ~ 2 km route to avoid the utter mayhem that takes over people during drop offs and pick ups, esp school bus and transport vans #ottawa #ottbike #biketooter #onpoli