Reservoir After Dark Social Ride🌙✨🚲 Meet T O N I G H T at the south side of the George C. King Bridge in East Village at 6:15 pm. Ride unfolds at 6:30 pm. Bring lights. Our rides draw folding bike enthusiasts, but any bike type and their rider are welcome.

NEWS: an 18 year old motorcyclist is facing charges after striking a central Edmonton bus stop while allegedly street racing. 21 year old at the bus stop killed and three others injured, including a 10 month old baby, potentially life threatening.

Being GenX/Millennial is such a trip. In our lifetimes, we saw people our age getting wild criminal penalties for pirating music and now have to sit and watch as companies gobble up our work with impunity.

In other Toronto things: shoutout to all these folks who fought to prevent their bike lanes being ripped out today.

“A pluralist democracy makes room for competing interests and resolves disputes through common norms and institutions. […] Pluralism does not let one faction claim exclusive ownership of the public will, especially when that faction has repeatedly failed to win an election.”

"Every politician that uses any term that points at there being no rules[,] no red lines sends this signal to any person in the world that bears a weapon. You have to be conscious [of] that as a holder of power [...] Many more people hear: Oh, there are no red lines. I have weapons. I can use them."

"We have created a world where war is not a means of last resort. It happens at any moment in a process, which leads to a situation where parties always keep that possibility in mind and always keep a high readiness and preparedness to return to conflict."

Local autonomy is a vital check on centralized political power. The province may have the legal authority to overrule municipalities, but legal power is not a democratic mandate. My initial thoughts on the Province’s recent directive ordering the City to reverse course on our land use bylaw.

Long weekend reading.

"Ripping out these protected bike lanes against the will of Toronto city council is a colossal waste of $48 million. The province’s own experts know it will not ease traffic congestion, it will put people’s lives at risk…” One of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen any politician do to any city.

💗 I treasure these photos of the two of us. Glad I could share them. :)

Thanks, Nicola. We had a lovely time and will be back for sure. Hope you’re having a pleasant and active autumn.