Category: Culture
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The False Dichotomy of Bikes v. Cars
I’ve been engaging with a lot of anti-bike folks on twitter over the past few months. Observations and Thoughts. [Note: these people are sometimes pejoratively called “carbrains” but that’s unfair, I think at lot of people share these views, even if they are not against bikes] 1. The built environment is immutable. When someone says…
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How To: Work From Home, Be Productive and Stay Sane
I just spent a few minutes looking through my draft posts for inspiration to restart blogging. I came across the oldest draft in my queue, dated November 11, 2009. The post read as follows: I’ve worked from home for 6 of the past 8 years in a variety of workspaces. Initially I worked in my…
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When Facebook Turns Against You
Yesterday Facebook surfaced one of my aunts posts in which she alluded to a conspiracy theory that the COVID-19 death numbers are being fabricated. Normally my response to these sorts of posts on Facebook these days is to simply hit the “snooze for 30 days” button. But this was my favourite aunt who I’ve respected…
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What I Learned About Cycling Infrastructure in Finland
I sometime describe myself as “an aspiring cyclist.” I enjoy cycling a lot and recognize all its environmental and health benefits, but unfortunately like most Canadian parents my day-to-day is not very conducive to a cycling-based lifestyle. In Winnipeg, as is the case in most North American cities, the built environment abandoned the bicycle sometime…
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Two Songs From Each of My Favourite Albums of All Time, Part One
The late 2010s are an interesting time for music. Streaming services have effectively commoditized music, all of the world’s music is available to everyone at any time, for next to nothing. Meanwhile, The Internet is effectively killing pop culture — at least in the sense of a common experience shared across an entire generation. There…