I noticed the other day that sword on this statue in Square Philips was rubbed gold.
This made me wonder if there are any other statues in #Montreal that get rubbed, and if not, what should we be rubbing?!
I think car owners are only just getting an idea of what it has felt like to own a decent bike forever.
Imagine if a car left locked on an urban street for a couple of nights was almost guaranteed to be stolen.
Imagine that most people you knew just didn’t buy new cars because they were too likely to be stolen.
Imagine that you had to park in in a garage, and could only visit friends with a garage to park it in.
Imagine you intentionally painted silly colours so people wouldn’t take it.
It's worth mentioning that BILL C-371 from Taylor Bachrach would give #canada passenger #rail priority.
It's just sitting there after first reading.
People who like rail transportation should encourage their local MPs to support this bill.
It's an easy win. https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-371/first-reading
WhatsApp has blocked me "due to spam" which (needless to say) is nonsense or some glitch on their end.
I know people will find it annoying/pretentious if I fully switch over to #signal but can you blame me after losing my primary means of communication? This fucking sucks and if it doesn't get resolved is going to mess up the next few months like i lost a wallet.
Back now, but going to start migrating over to signal whoever I can. I think meta spontaneously cancelling what is effectively my phone for a day just makes me realize how much these platforms can do you dirty.
@paige Fifteen years ago I had a local #Montréal phone number through a VoIP service called Gizmo. Google bought the company, then shut down its services. My lesson was to stick to free software whenever possible.
@paige fascinating...it's a pretty harsh treatment of Singh for being behind the only positive developments of daycare, healthcare, dental care, and pharma care.
@WTL interesting, I think it's a good strategy having a local team doing infotainment podcasts across the country.
Wish they would do the same for local investigative teams in each large city on a monthly basis. Like "Is Quebec's industrial policy working?" and find out what all these subsidies are costing across vanity industries.
When I meet someone and say I use Mastodon they then often show up a day or two later on here, post a few times to no-one, then I assume go back to #twitter
Should I make a video guide for how a low-algorithmic social media site works? Or in the end are they dealing with an addiction and just can't handle not getting the strongest hit possible?
Politicians should take note of the insane traffic today in #Montreal. Tourists and locals have simulated what just a few thousand more cars hitting the road of downtown looks like.
At current population growth rates this is what Montreal will be like every day if we don’t get competitive (grade separated) transit built.
Back it Canada and immediately you notice the homeless people everywhere.
Provincial politicians in Quebec are fighting the federal government requiring zoning reform. When do these guys ever not blame the feds?