Nathan Shyminsky

Tax guy and sexy lumberjack. Into urbanism, baseball, D&D, lowbrow art, comic books, craft beer, tattoos, chill vibes, and left-ish politics.

[Nathan Shyminsky @NathanPlastic]

@mchkzn Doesn't seem like you were blocked from posting this... so I guess not?

[Nathan Shyminsky @NathanPlastic]

@obj_news Remote work was a great choice for the author when he closed the downtown office of *his* business a few years ago. WFH for me but not for thee, I guess. https://t.co/07X2PbGA04

[Carlos Maza @gaywonk]

I don’t know what Jenny Nicholson puts in her videos but I watched the entire thing and wanted it to be longer.

[Wyatt Gordon @yitgordon]

City officials when you ask them to expand public transit service:

[Nathan Shyminsky @NathanPlastic]

@Peppy5555 @mchkzn …which would be fantastic, since we’re in a housing crisis and there literally couldn’t be a better spot in the city for denser housing. 😌

[Katie🌻Moussouris (she/her/she-ra/she-hulk) 🪷 @k8em0]

This is the best thread not actually about the movie Sneakers but with a solid parallel I’ve ever read.
It goes from cow lips to manufacturing chips & all the post colonial exploitation & brittle supply chain you can imagine.
Worth the read 💯

[Federico Italiano @FedeItaliano76]

Watercolours by Augustus Osborne Lamplough (1877–1930)

[Skiff @SkiffTalks]

I totally understand why they call Terunofuji "Godzilla". Dude is a literally force of nature.

[LaurenWalshArt @LaurenWalshArt]

The greatest tragedy of AI is that we lost the ability to just enjoy art the moment we lay eyes on it. For a brief half a second we have to double check, look for signs before we can really enjoy something and that used to be so free for us. We’ve lost that free spark of joy.

[Tom Gauld @tomgauld]

A King Wenceslas cartoon for @newscientist a few years ago.

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

I just bought a 2024 Chevy Tahoe for $1.

[Tom Waits (ANTI-) @tomwaits]

I don't want to have to shout it out
I don't want my hair to fall out
I don't want to be filled with doubt
I don't want to be a good boy scout
I don't want to have to learn to count
I don't want to have the biggest amount
I don't want to grow up

Happy birthday Tom!

[The Onion @TheOnion]

New Study Finds Humans Experience Greatest Feelings Of Joy When Pushing ‘Skip Ad’ Button https://t.co/Kpno3KBTBi

[Nathan Shyminsky @NathanPlastic]

@mchkzn @ctvottawa Still not sure I understand what you mean, but okay. The 'front' thing came up on r/Ottawa too - but then it often does on that subreddit. I'm unconvinced. Some ppl claimed they never see anyone at the shisha place but I can confirm it's busy just about every night.

[Nathan Shyminsky @NathanPlastic]

@mchkzn @ctvottawa What do you mean "no surprise there"? I walk by this stretch nearly every day, and I was surprised. Was there a previous flare brawl that I missed somehow?

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

When it comes to achieving better cities for people, a BIG challenge is how little space we have for public life, given the space we’ve surrendered to cars. Barcelona’s “superblocks” show what we can fit if we took some space back. Video by @modacitylife

[Nathan Shyminsky @NathanPlastic]

@mchkzn My 'haven't heard in a while' song at karaoke tonight was when someone pulled out 'Don't Pay the Ferryman" by Chris De Burgh... pretty rare to hear anything by him besides the stripper song

[Angelcorpse @HELLMAXX1]

Selective breeding Ford F-150s for longer cabs and smaller beds gives them terrible health issues, stop this cruelty