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My kid just taught me how to moonwalk

Sources: F1 set to cancel Bahrain, Saudi Arabia races amid Iran war Formula 1 is set to cancel April's races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia due to the ongoing Iran war, sources confirmed to ESPN.

Aston Martin & Williams audibly exhale. Maybe allow some extra testing during the break? www.espn.com/f1/story/_/i...

Coincidentally, the 15th of never ever is when I plan to subscribe to @axios.com

A power lift with a big googly eye on the side

Whimsy has a supply problem, not a demand one

Not without a robust cross-desert protected bikelane network!

Riese & Müller Packster 70 recall expands with safety notice - Cycling Industry News Riese & Müller has issued a further recall and cease riding notice on its Packster 70 cargo bikes, having earlier in the year begun with a voluntary recall. The fresh alert was issued on October 8th a...

There was a full recall on these and I’m not sure if they repaired for users, or took them out of service. Might wanna ask about that. cyclingindustry.news/riese-muller...

Every DCR rotary is gonna be a Waymo kill box

Need a similar ‘solution’ to bring back the rainbow crosswalks outside the Pulse nightclub.

Whatever.

Love it! but…

“Therefore, a double yellow line was no longer necessary and only a white reflective strip in the center of the road was required.”

When is a white reflective strip in the center of the road ever required?

Rose are red,
Preparing’s a bore,

I’m sorry, there’s unfortunately and unsurprisingly a lot of similar examples

Upcoming Federal Resignations Anthology Forthcoming book showcases the best federal resignation letters of 2025, from Bicycle Comics

Someone else is collecting and will publish a compilation of public servant resignation letters, I’m eager to read. www.bicycle-comics.com/pages/resign...

I learned to ride a bike on Colonel By Drive on a weekend closure day (i assume they still do that)

No arguments there, except maybe QC, I got by OK with my dwindling French when visiting

This is exactly correct

I got my downhill skiing start on XC skis along the rideau canal when I was like 5

The article very correctly highlights that some of the best things about Ottawa are provided by the Federal Government, many through the NCC. I’d add the experimental farm and the Parliment Buildings themselves.

But I’d sooner live in Vancouver, Montreal, Victoria, Halifax, Toronto, or Quebec City.

I grew up in Ottawa, and it was… nice. But it’s like maybe the sixth most livable Canadian city in my list.

Pic of a Black woman swated in front of the US flag. Former USAID Program Officer, Research Partnerships June 2025 "The security that was there isn't there anymore because I don't have a job. Without a job, how do I make sure my kids have the same quality of life they're accustomed to? How do I make them not be affected by a problem that is not of their making? It's a very grown-up problem.

I'm a single mom of a six-year-old and an eight-year-old in one of the world's most expensive cities. It's definitely anxiety-driven - trying to scramble, trying to figure out next steps, trying to keep it levelheaded so my kids don't really understand the angst. There's a lot of lifesaving drugs and assistance we were giving to people who, without it, would have died. I cannot stress enough the stories I've heard of people without their medicine succumbing to basic infections they wouldn't have had to. Those people are sitting at home, unfortunately just waiting to die, because there's no one there to provide the medicine.

to. Those people are sitting at home, unfortunately just waiting to die, because there's no one there to provide the medicine. I think if a larger subset of Americans understood the full-circle approach that USAID had, there may have been more outrage. The tweets and harassment we received wouldn't have been able to exist. As soon as you hear foreign assistance, you think it's a handout. These aren't handouts. We're building blocks for society so countries can be more self-sustainable." Department of Government Waste It's not about policy. It's about people.

Heartbreaking stories of how the DOGE chainsaw impacted public servants. www.departmentofgovernmentwaste.com.

Here’s one:

So many winners mentioned already, but Hill Street Blues is timeless

I voted, have you?

There’s six great transportation projects in there, I voted for four of them.

Free parking or no thanks

Carrots and sticks, where the sticks are tomahawk missiles

Ten times more than the usual annual Federal spend on walking and bicycling transportation projects

“Get in these seven cybercabs, kids!”

With a real mayor, they’ll build that school to look like Centre Pompidou

Same commission that put design constraints on Pennsylvania Ave NW street designs.

DC Statehood now.

Thanks! Yes, their bus boarding island design closely matches my thoughts on dimensions