When Algorithms Give Real Students Imaginary Grades The New York Times
Best laid plans, meet Canadian customs: The challenges one reporter faced trying to get to the NHL bubble The Dallas Morning News
The Quest to Raffle Off Mexico’s Presidential Plane The New York Times
Juste quand tu penses avoir tout vu au baseball.... 😂pic.twitter.com/4pJJAjOUt3
— Alexandre Pratt (@alexandrepratt) September 13, 2020
I got fed up with my chain jumping off as I rode so I dropped into the bike shop at Saint Columba House. The helpful man there checked my chain and replaced a worn bolt. He declared that while the chain was old, it still had life in it so he improved the tension and sent me on my way. It worked out well on this test ride and the chain didn’t jump off any of the rough road spots where it had been the last few rides.
It was a chilly day, but I took a couple new streets and the ride was good.
Total trip distance: 7.66 km
Moving time: 0h 30m
Zoomed in image with a couple new streets which were filled with auto shops up near the aquaduct and water treatment plant.
Biking seems like the ideal way to go meet up for beers with a former colleague. Also it is ten minutes faster to bike than it is to take the metro. I only had to fix my chain twice on the way home, so I really should get my rear tire sorted.
Total trip distance: 11.22 km
Moving time: 0h 43m
Zoomed in image with new connections along Maisonneuve and St-Urbain.
Death of a Smart City OneZero
TTC was warned about a broken switch years before January subway derailment, but did nothing, internal emails show Toronto Star
The Linguistic Evolution of Taylor Swift JSTOR Daily
If you want kids to love #literacy - LET THEM READ THINGS THEY LOVE! You can never be too old for a book, or the wrong gender. The books we love are the ones that make us readers, and choice is a right all readers should have.#InternationalLiteracyDay
— SF Said (@whatSFSaid) September 8, 2020
(Art: Quentin Blake) pic.twitter.com/cMpK8SVW7x
Mountain Time Is the Best Time Zone in America The New York Times
A Summer Without Tourists The Local
On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs: A Work Rant Strike! Magazine
Kittens and a $2 WrestleMania, thrift store find 😂 pic.twitter.com/AyX82E8inO
— RealJesusChrysler aka Captain Clorox (@ChryslerReal) August 31, 2020
A beautiful Friday afternoon to finish work a bit early and try out a new route. I tried out the new multi-use path on the Champlain Bridge and came back by taking a trip around the Formula 1 track. The bridge path is very nice with wide lanes and a great view down the St Lawrence. I took a lap around the F1 track because it was relatively not busy compared to most times I’ve been past. A great way to unwind after a busy couple weeks and I have discovered a bunch of potential paths on the south shore.
Total trip distance: 26.22 km
Moving time: 1h 18m
Zoomed in image. I covered new bits for the segment from Ile-des-soeurs to the Saint-Lambert Lock and the bit around the F1 track.
A mountain to climb: MEC was struggling before COVID-19. Now the pandemic threatens its survival Financial Post
Another farce on Bill Blair’s watch Maclean’s
End of an era: A last link to publishing’s storied past closes its Toronto doors Toronto Star
The defacing of the Macdonald statue is a tradition that goes back at least the 17 years I’ve been working in Quebec and I’m sure decades before.
— Les Perreaux (@perreaux) August 29, 2020
Everybody just calm down.
On the day the statue was erected in 1895, The Gazette noted: "He blundered in many things and in many things came short of reaching the standard of the ideal public man."
— Tom Hawthorn (@tomhawthorn) August 29, 2020