Critical meeting
a month ago •
A reproduction Marlo Campbell’s article from Uptown Magazine (RIP) after the police riot at Winnipeg’s May 26, 2006 Critical Mass
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Officer 1849 neglects to properly return my license and blames me
a year ago • 1849
I originally posted this on June 25, 2008. Images are not contemporaneous and I’ve made small edits. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steps I undertook to get my license back after officer 1849 failed to return it to me at the Friday, June 13 World Naked Bike Ride [https://chromatin.ca/blog/kevin-smith-winnipeg-world-naked-bike-ride/
Winnipeg’s first World Naked Bike Ride incarnation: officer 1849 in a size war
a year ago • 1849
An interaction with Winnipeg Police Service’s Kevin Smith, badge number 1849, republished from 2008.
Critical Mass, one year later (2007)
a year ago • Critical Mass
I wrote this in May 2007, a year after the May 2006 police riots where they unleashed violence on Critical Mass participants, which led to the formation of Bike to the Future (now Bike Winnipeg), Winnipeg’s first dedicated bike lane, and Winnipeg Copwatch, among other things. I meant to
Harsha Walia’s opening remarks on “Diversity of Tactics, Diversity of Opinions”
a year ago •
I transcribed this in 2010 from the February 20, 2010 rabble.ca diversity of tactics panel at Media Arts Centre, Vancouver. I’ve made some light edits and added photos when reproducing here. The video originally lived here [https://vimeo.com/9705341] but it’s gone now. The Internet Archive
Apple Watch activity challenges are controlling me
a year ago •
I’ve been playing self-defeating games for years with the software progeny of the mysterious figures who work on the Apple Watch activity challenge. Since the monthly challenge regime began in October 2017, I’ve only twice failed to obtain the hideous digital trinket: * February 2018 * July 2018 7km a