We have one car, both by choice and for budgetary reasons. But boy, it sure feels like OC Transpo and the city of Ottawa actively discourage anyone from relying on their system, with constant kicks in the shins like this. It is enraging.

I tried to book a Lyft to Tunneys to catch the train. This is how much they wanted to charge for a 3-km ride. I’m lucky my husband was able to drive me, but this is not how anyone should have to function.

In this case it doesn’t even seem like a system problem, more like a driver issue, because the buses that go by are no busier than the ones that stop so people can sardine in, so it feels arbitrary. But again: no one cares.

Transit in Ottawa is broken. Four times in the last two weeks a bus has blown by my stop, busy but not packed, and you wait 10-15 minutes for the next and hope it’s not too overloaded to stop. No one cares. You can complain to OC Transpo but you might as well write a message in a bottle.

Re-upping this terrific profile of Quebec's brand-new premier by @mauraforrest.bsky.social.

I know ”Hang it in the Louvre” is overused shorthand but…you could hand this in the Louvre and make some pretty solid (if unsubtle) commentary about the world today.

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

I have a weird emotional reaction to this. It’s always been my favourite Hip song, but I also thought it was a somewhat obscure choice. And then it turns out everyone agrees.

It looks like the very important Cat Content didn’t load, so here’s Lille enjoying the wonders of the clarinet by trying to turn her ears inside out.

This kid also plays the piano quite beautifully, but learning curve on the clarinet appears to begin with parakeet homicide.

One of my kids had just started playing the clarinet. This is a cat with a permanently annoyed ear angle.

i’m sorry, but i have to post this political ad

This is masterfully argued, attempting to extricate the personal from the societal.