grivettcarnac

grivettcarnac, 4 days ago to Ottawa

Reminder that the city of #ottawa likes to unilaterally decide when summer starts and ends. Has Britannia Beach been packed for weeks already? Did a 9-yr old just die? Yes. Will this change the city’s approach to funding how the city operates in an era where it’s much warmer for longer? No probably not. The speakers mentioning no lifeguards are on duty are like speed signs. Meh, that’s enough #ontario #onpoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/britannia-beach-dead-child-june-2024-1.7222570

grivettcarnac, 4 days ago to Ottawa

Biked by Britannia Beach today with 2 fire trucks, 5 cop cars and 3 paramedic vehicles all lights and sirens blaring. Apparently a neighbourhood kid is in critical condition after presumably being found unresponsive in the water. Fuck I hate this. It’s so common and yet so easy to avoid and I’ll stake my claim that the beach is one area where phones should just be banned. It takes no time for shit like this to happen with aspirated water in the lungs #ottawa #drowning #kids

grivettcarnac, 5 days ago to Ottawa

Nothing radicalized me more than living without a car. I firmly believe it’s a literal and metaphorical vehicle for the future. It opens you up to your community. It can make you feel joy when there are many days right now where it’s conflicting to feel joy.

I think more people should become radicalized. Life is a lot different, a lot better, change is scary and every fucking minute of it is worth it #ottawa #ottbike #biketooter #worldbikeday

grivettcarnac, 6 days ago to Ottawa

PSA: (and a question). #ottawa and #ontario pulled two ticks off the kid after a hike in Gatineau park. And you NEED to check all of the little ones, especially parts of genitalia you can’t just visibly check. Both of these dots are ticks but unsure what kind. Does anyone know if there is a drop off location to get these tested? Lymes disease is shit and the risk increases a LOT after 24-36 hrs attached #kids #ticks

grivettcarnac, 9 days ago to random

The kid turns 5 whole ass years old tomorrow. Thinking back to 2019, it feels like a different universe back then.

This image forever makes me laugh as a friend told me it made the daily media briefing at Parks Canada 😂

grivettcarnac, 11 days ago to Ottawa

Hey #ottawa OC Transpo announced this morning that you can now pay for #publictransit with an Interac Debit Card. This is in addition to being able to pay with a credit card or mobile pay on any bus or LRT station #ontario #onpoli

grivettcarnac, 12 days ago to Ottawa

And yet the high speed rail being considered from Quebec to Toronto will fuck over the crown corporation VIA Rail in favour of a P3 because P3s continue to show the real value for money of these shit partnerships #ottawa #onpoli #cdnpoli https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/alstom-halts-work-on-redesign-hailed-by-city-as-final-fix-to-lrt-woes-1.7213904

grivettcarnac, 12 days ago to ontario

It makes sense that Ford would call an election because there is no opposition, voter turnout out would probably be the same as last time, the PCs have been using our $$$ non-stop the past few months to highlight their successes and because if PP wins, well there is historical precedent that shows the province would dump his provincial affiliation to the federal #ontario #ottawa #onpoli #cdnpoli https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/alcohol-sales-convenience-stores-ontario-1.7213546

grivettcarnac, 12 days ago to Ottawa

It’s the kids birthday this week, it’s almost June and we’re all sick again. The kid’s had the “cough at night that doesn’t go away” for weeks and my throat and lungs hurt as they haven’t in a long time. Tests are negative for days and fuck I hate kindergarten sometimes. We haven’t changed a lot of our behaviors but the amount of kids hacking away at his school the past few weeks is sad frankly #ottawa #kids #covid

grivettcarnac, 12 days ago to Ottawa

Apparently this dude ran the whole marathon juggling. Gesus dude #gabesimages #ottawa #marathon #ottawaraceweekend #Photography

grivettcarnac, 13 days ago to Ottawa

First time on the Byron Ave remodel(ish). The dump outs are shit but nice sections. Going to watch the 10k #ottawaraceweekend at Dows Lake where they turn up towards Bronson Ave to cross the bridge in case anyone else in #ottawa is watching. Big bike is hard to miss and the kid is asleep inside #ottbike #biketootet

grivettcarnac, 14 days ago to Ottawa

So the NCC doesn’t seem to have posted on their website that the bike weekend closures are NOT running this weekend, so FYI for those of you who do not follow them on Twitter or instagram 🙃 Met some folks at the park who were riding on the parkway after 8 AM with kids who had to get the fuck off quickly when people ended up driving behind them #ottawa #ottwalk #ottbike

grivettcarnac, 14 days ago to Ottawa

Chatted with a pharmacist this week about #covid boosters and they can only give them to folks over 65 and immunocompromised… unsure what kind of documentation that requires but province won’t pay for anything other… all the while movie industry folks I follow on social media show that everyone (actors don’t but everyone around them do) on movie sets still have to mask or they lose insurance coverage. So curious why #ottawa #cdnpoli #onpoli

grivettcarnac, 15 days ago to random

I’m unsure how i wouldn’t burn the city to the ground. Nothing will change. It’s just another fucking tragic accident, thoughts and prayers bullshit etc #onpoli #cdnpoli
https://globalnews.ca/news/10522407/ontario-toddler-dies-hit-recycling-truck/

grivettcarnac, 15 days ago to Ottawa

I do not love that a lot of the same driving mentality permeates how people move around on crowded MUPs in #ottawa If you were in the group of bros loudly ringing your bells in unison to get people walking to move right off the path so you all could blast through the middle so fast I could almost feel you on my left shoulder, well I’ll tell you to fuck off in person when you’re stopped next time too. Slow the hell down and wait a singular minute once in a while #ottbike #biketooter

grivettcarnac, 16 days ago to random

I walked down Scott St yesterday for a few kms and I can’t even remember how many people I saw driving and texting. Stopped at an intersection and using their phones. Using a phone and driving is more dangerous than drinking and driving but the big, bad repercussions do fuck all at deterring people because “repercussions” are political window dressing. Like, the chances of killing someone while you text and drive are pretty fucking high, but, well, shrug from all involved #cdnpoli #onpoli

grivettcarnac, 16 days ago to Instagram

I just listened to an #instagram video about the stress of booking a flight from Barcelona to Paris… the Ryanair airport is very far from Barcelona and absolutely not worth the price of tickets BUT… you can take a direct train from Barcelona to Paris that takes 6 wonderful hours for $126 fucking Canadian dollars 😭😭😭😭 my god I miss living over there sometimes. The overnight from Barcelona to Milan was a fav train I took a few times #travel #publictransit #ottawa

grivettcarnac, 16 days ago to Ottawa

Was 1/2 way across Richmond Rd when the 57 bus comes eastbound. Nooooo. I waved at the bus and dude stopped and blocked a bunch of traffic to let me jump on 😂 Good #publictransit drivers out there in the wild #ottawa

grivettcarnac, 16 days ago to Ottawa

So we have via rail tickets booked for August and naturally I loaded the tickets in Apple Wallet… then a few days later I got an email saying the schedule was going to change and now I’ve gotten 2 new sets of tickets and I’m sick of adding and deleting tickets 🥸 I should be able to just use the same set of tickets regardless of what schedule changes but I’m annoyed at this process. If the time changes by 5 minutes and I need a whole new set of tickets? Gesus… #ottawa #viarail

grivettcarnac, 16 days ago to Ottawa

Gunna give myself some props here. I attempted focaccia today, well yesterday then it was in the fridge till today. Learned a few things and will make more but it’s pretty tasty if I say so myself. First time in my life I’ve ever made bread… gunna just keep trying new things #ottawa

grivettcarnac, 17 days ago to Ottawa

We’ve put roughly 4,800 kms on two e-bikes in just over a year. ~2,800 on the Yuba (no riding Dec-March) since end of April last year and 2,000 kms on our Load4 75 Reise & Muller since the end of August, 2023. We’ve had lots of bus trips and I’m averaging only 9 kms of walking a day. Living without a car can be very fucking frustrating and limiting in a city like #ottawa but I wouldn’t trade it for anything #cargobike #biketooter

grivettcarnac, 17 days ago to Ottawa

Good luck Barrhaven #ottawa #ontario #storm #gabesimages

grivettcarnac, 18 days ago to random

I’m reading Elamin’s “Son of Elsewhere.” I’ve been pretty sparing with what bound books I spend time reading. I’ve loved Elamin for a long time and his book is wild. The journey of his writing is beautiful.

“If you look like me, here is something you understand internally, before you’re ever told: in America, when presidents need to look like they’re doing something, they take it out on Brown and Black bodies … We are the canvas of brutality.”

grivettcarnac, 19 days ago to Ottawa

Showing up at Britannia Beach in #ottawa at 9 AM with cigarettes, open beer and metal detectors is a vibe for sure #maylongweekend

grivettcarnac, 19 days ago to Ottawa

I love playing around with how to make images of the #ottawa river and the color tones that are popping right now at sunset #gabesimages #Photography #photographer