2020 Bike Ride 7

Quick little ride to my old apartment and then a jaunt through Pointe-Saint-Charles.

Total trip distance: 6.66 km

Moving time: 0h 27m

Weekly roundup May 11-17

Articles/Columns

The ‘Just Stay Home’ Message Will Backfire The Atlantic

Fred Willard, ‘Best in Show’ and ‘A Mighty Wind’ Actor, Dead at 86 Rolling Stone

The Health Crisis is Changing Peruvian Politics Americas Quarterly

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Throwback to the time @NAVCANADA air traffic controllers at @TorontoPearson said YES to this question:

“Requesting a flyby.”
-@CFSnowbirds #opinspiration #rcaf #topgunday #cfsnowbirds

📷: @patcardphoto pic.twitter.com/Reev2MAS0g

— NAV CANADA (@navcanada) May 13, 2020

Weekly roundup May 4-10

Articles/Columns

Data from millions of cell phones show how spring break was a catalyst for the pandemic in Quebec Radio-Canada

Learning to float when swimming is too hard Women’s Agenda

68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice

^ Quite fond of the third piece of advice on the list, but it is all great.

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A powerful new Heritage Minute. Retweet, tell 2 friends & share. pic.twitter.com/oD3YOFA5n2

— Rick Mercer (@rickmercer) May 5, 2020

2020 Bike Ride 6

Just a quick ride around the neighbourhood on the way to sell a chair.

Total trip distance: 5.27 km

Moving time: 0h 19m

2020 Bike Ride 5

I took the day off for a break and to enjoy the nice weather outside (though really I was supposed to be flying to Halifax for my sister’s wedding, since postponed). My bike ride took me up to Marché Jean-Talon to get some provisions. It was my first time up there since the end of January and thankfully my regular vendors were all still there.

The ride was good and even the uphills weren’t too bad on my legs. I covered some more roads to fill in my map of Montreal, which one day I hope to be a large proportion of my regular neighbourhoods.

Total trip distance: 20.73 km

Moving time: 1h 21m

Weekly roundup April 27 - May 3

Articles/Columns

More adversity for Edmonton’s ever-troubled Queen, the boat that should not be National Post

I Miss My Completely Unremarkable Local Dive Bar Vice

Barricading High Park shows how Toronto’s sledgehammer solutions have failed its people in its approach to public space Toronto Star

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Welland Canal Time-Lapse Upbound From Lake Ontario To Lake Erie. pic.twitter.com/kGEZgaojYB

— Welland Canal (@wellandcanal) April 28, 2020

Weekly roundup April 20-26

Articles/Columns

Your Internet is working. Thank these Cold War-era pioneers who designed it to handle almost anything The Washington Post

Keep the Parks Open The Atlantic

The anatomy of failure: How and why the emergency alert system was not activated when a mass murderer was roaming around Nova Scotia Halifax Examiner

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Daily reminder that turtles are not “inside” their shells. They *are* their shells. pic.twitter.com/CS8UcDE3o2

— Ada McVean 🐢 (@AdaMcVean) April 21, 2020