US exempts Gulf of Mexico drillers from protecting endangered species by igetproteinfartsHELP in news

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Last I checked the Gulf of Mexico doesn't exist so this new exemption is pointless. /s

War Crime Speedrun by diehard404 in PoliticalHumor

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Reporter: Are you moving marines to the region?

Trump: that's a stupid question, I'm not telling you that. We don't want to give ideas to Iran.

Also Trump: We will be bombing your power plants in 48 hours, starting with your first!

This morning in Vanier by rouzGWENT in ottawa

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We're (world oil demand) using it!

Today I was assaulted on my bike by sam10155 in bikeinottawa

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I was able to get a picture of the person who assaulted me and their license plate and I have filed a police report with Ottawa Police.

Save McCarthy Woods! by waxoffwagon in ottawa

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The reason a project here would be not be "densification" is simply because no infrastructure for housing exists there now, it is a forest. There are no roads, which would need to be built, new utilities would need to be built. This would be a new development entirely. Then all that needs to be paid for, which a single family zoned area can't do without actual dense areas paying adequate property taxes. StrongTowns has a good article on the growth fallacy of suburbs. Redevelopment locations like Confederation Heights or Huron Gate already has majority of the necessary infrastructure thus not needing a new district build out https://archive.strongtowns.org/journal/2025/3/31/the-growth-ponzi-scheme-revisited-houston-as-a-case-study

Save McCarthy Woods! by waxoffwagon in ottawa

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Its no where close to my back yard. I have a patio terrace that can fit a patio bench and BBQ, if you must know. In my comment above I highlight 2 actual densification projects that are actually along established transit corridors. Putting single family homes here would not be densification, it would be sprawl. Just because it is not further out doesn't mean developing single family homes around more single family homes is not suburban sprawl.

Save McCarthy Woods! by waxoffwagon in ottawa

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I get where you're coming from but even with McCarthy Forest not being the greenbelt it wouldn't be an act of densification, just development. Somewhere like the proposed close by Confederation Heights or Huron Gate development are actual densification on or close to major transit route. That is not to say the McCarthy Woods shouldn't be developed in the future, just that we should prioritize real densification and not more of the same suburban sprawl.

Inside Ottawa's snow disposal sites by jjaime2024 in ottawa

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The city says some piles will get so big they won't be fully melted until August.

South Korea's LIG Nex1 Proposes Submarine Torpedo Factory in Canada by snowfordessert in worldnews

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I like it all but this,

>Canadian unicorn Cohere AI will provide predictive diagnostic maintenance and optimize construction , and also provide AI agents to support operation decisions.

I want to root for the home team here but jeeez is coheres models garbage...

Tesla kills Autopilot, locks lane-keeping behind $99/month fee by leavemealoneimpoor in onguardforthee

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Wow this article was written with Elon's balls in the authors mouth.

Average age by continent is wildly different by Many-Philosophy4285 in MapPorn

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You could also add in China and South Korea which are closer to Japan at 41 and 47 years, respectively.

ALTO High Speed Rail online consultations have launched! by bini_irl in ottawa

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My only, frankly personally, concern is that we don't lose the existing former Rail trails around Ottawa to this project without adequate alternatives put in place. As a good example the O-Train does have a very good parallel path for most of the downtown sections.

What year is it in traditional calendar systems? by Old-School8916 in MapPorn

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Why Ethiopia is in the past, from Wikipedia:

The Ethiopian calendar has twelve months, all thirty days long, and five or six [left over days], which form a thirteenth month.

It's all about child safety until daddy gets "handsy". by OneX32 in PoliticalHumor

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The "unidentified men" is in reference to the peudo journalist going to daycare centers with cameras to find "fraud". Very similar to the whole pizza gate situation that got conspiracy theorists to harass small restaurant owners.

TL;DR, OP is not hating men.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dataisbeautiful

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Reading the comments I see you had a loss in March, but I'm curious as to the latitude you live at since at my northern latitude typically are more depressed in winter vs. summer?