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Jen @envirojen.bsky.social · 8h

I'm one of those year round cyclists and also a driver. The days I don't drive due to snow/ice & the days I don't bike due to snow/ice are mostly the same. If we had more protected bike lanes, I'd bike even more in the winter. On those no-bike days, I'm mostly wary of others' bad winter driving.

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Jen @envirojen.bsky.social · 14h

Mid-October and the Deedee’s bike rack has finally arrived in #BikeHfx. It’s just in time for ice cream with a jacket season!🍦

A bike corral on an asphalt street. The area surrounding the corral is outlined with a white painted line on the asphalt, and green flex posts marking. A blue e-cargo bike is parked at one of the corrals. A car, some trees, and some houses are in the background.

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Jen @envirojen.bsky.social · 16h

There's a newly minted exec who does seem genuinely invested in this stuff. I'm hopeful it sticks as a new direction for the organization. There's definitely interest in working with HRM to improve transit services for healthcare.

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Jen @envirojen.bsky.social · 17h

I'm on a committee that could probably answer this question WRT to one hospital at least. I'm super curious, and gonna ask about increased bus pass uptake at the next meeting.

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Jen @envirojen.bsky.social · 20h

Same! I choose my laundry days more carefully during winter, but never stop entirely. Sometimes I have to hang things in the basement instead!

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Jen @envirojen.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t see anything on the HRM website or the Halifax Water website about construction on Oxford St.

Any idea what was happening there today and if it’s gonna be ongoing? I have errand plans tomorrow afternoon, and I am wondering if it’s closed at any point?

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Jen @envirojen.bsky.social · 1d

E-bikes are magical! But IMO, only when you combine them with safe routes/infrastructure. I can’t in good conscience recommend cycling in Halifax to anyone living off the peninsula, unless they are already particularly keen about it!

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Jen @envirojen.bsky.social · 1d

Jillian's sign is an 8.5x11" sheet of paper, heat-seal laminated. They hold up pretty well!

If using a hole-puncher in the laminate (to tie onto your bike), I recommend reinforcing with tape around the holes.

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Jen @envirojen.bsky.social · 1d

I just picked all the tomatoes with even the slightest hints of a ripening colour, just in case!

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햏 @hehheh.bsky.social · 1d

Oxford St needs bike lanes.
Agricola St needs bike lanes.
North St needs bike lanes.
Chebucto Rd needs bike lanes.
Quinpool Rd needs bike lanes.
Young St needs bike lanes.
Connaught Ave needs bike lanes.
Robie St needs bike lanes.

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David Lewis @uniondesign.bsky.social · 1d

You can now book updated Flu, COVID (LP.8.1), and RSV vaccinations in Nova Scotia. Free RSV shots available to anyone over 75. Free Flu and COVID shots are available to anyone 6 months or older. If you've been recently sick or vaccinated it's best to wait until it's been 3 months. COVID is airborne.

CANImmunize

CANImmunize Clinic Flow

novascotia.flow.canimmunize.ca

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Jen @envirojen.bsky.social · 1d

oooh. going to check them out!

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Shira Lurie @shiralurie.bsky.social · 1d

Covid and flu vaccine bookings now open in NS #halisky

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Jillian @bikehfxlobby.bsky.social · 1d

Halifax (and Nova Scotia), appointments for COVID and flu vaccines are now available to book!

novascotia.flow.canimmunize.ca/en/booking/c...

CANImmunize

CANImmunize Clinic Flow

novascotia.flow.canimmunize.ca

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Jen @envirojen.bsky.social · 1d

Ooooh. Tell me more about these tights?

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Jen @envirojen.bsky.social · 2d

The text of the CTV article does say "Firefighters are urging people to use only CSA-approved or UL-certified batteries". I wish that point were more prominent in the story.

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AnnaHalifax @annahalifax.bsky.social · 2d

NS Health's AI apparently programmed with incorrect information. Covid's primary route of transmission is aerosol (airborne), not droplets/surfaces.

NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 2d

Asking NS’s official health AI about airborne transmission, aerosols, etc #NSPoli

Screenshot of asking NS health AI if Covid is airborne. Is Covid airborne?
Wednesday, 10:02 a.m.
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Wednesday, 10:02 a.m.
The primary method of COVID-19 transmission is through droplets, which quickly settle on surfaces within two meters. However, airborne precautions are used during aerosol-generating medical procedures (AGMPs) to minimize the risk of transmission. More information on AGMPs can be found here.

Screenshot of asking NS health AI about aerosol transmission. Tell me about aerosol transmission
Nova
Wednesday, 10:02 a.m.
Airborne transmission occurs when airborne particles remain suspended in the air, travel on air currents, and are inhaled by others nearby or some distance away from the source. Control of airborne transmission requires control of airflow through special ventilation systems and the use of respiratory protection.
An aerosol-generating medical procedure (AGMP)
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Examples of AGMPs include bronchoscopy

Screenshot of asking NS health AI if breathing generates aerosols You
Wednesday, 10:03 a.m.
Does breathing generate aerosols?
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Wednesday, 10:03 a.m.
While normal breathing does produce some droplets, activities like talking, screaming, coughing, or sneezing produce larger droplets.
Labour and delivery are also not considered aerosolized events. Aerosol Generating Medical Procedures (AGMPs) are specific medical procedures that generate aerosols.

The AI claimed that breathing generates fewer aerosols than AGMPs so I tried asking for more info. How many aerosols are generated by breathing compared to an AGMP?
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Wednesday, 10:04 a.m.
To best answer your question, could you clarify what context you're interested in? For example, are you concerned about a specific medical setting or a particular activity? #NSPoli

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Jillian @bikehfxlobby.bsky.social · 2d

Can any #BikeTO folks help Ben?

Ben MacLeod 馬志斌 @benmacleod.bsky.social · 2d

If anyone in Toronto is renting out or subletting an apartment that meets my peculiar requirements, please message me! Not having much luck on Facebook. Budget is negotiable.

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Hilary Caldwell @caldwellhilary.bsky.social · 7d

The importance of outdoor play, today on CTV Morning Live! The 5 minutes went by so quickly and I really wished I’d had more time to talk about bikes. @outdoorplayca.bsky.social @dalhealth.bsky.social @sflkirk.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/vid...

The importance of outdoor play

A local researcher discusses how outdoor play can solve some of Atlantic Canadians' most pressing health challenges.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Jen @envirojen.bsky.social · 2d

They notice SO many things we adults miss. It’s truly amazing the things I don’t notice, that my kid does. And I always thought I was an observant person! 😂

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PlayGroundology @playgroundology.bsky.social · 2d

Should kids be able to run around on the grass unchecked in public parks - yes, no, maybe? - - playgroundology.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/t... - - #playmatters #playeveryday @carlabrauer.bsky.social @alisonstenning.bsky.social @envirojen.bsky.social @salawatson.bsky.social

Tumbling lessons – simple pleasures – Halifax Public Gardens

This is #9 in the ‘PlaySnaps’ series, photos about, well p-l-a-y. Tumbling lessons – simple pleasures – Halifax Public Gardens – 1992 Parks are supberb places to play – lots…

playgroundology.wordpress.com

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Jen @envirojen.bsky.social · 3d

Check out 'Canadian Dishes' at LookHoHo. Problem solved! www.lookhoho.com/fullmenu

CHEF'S SPECIAL

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Cassie Smith (she/her) @cassiesmith.bsky.social · 7d

100% of people under age 16 are nondrivers. They live in every community and they deserve to be able to get around as much as anybody else.

My only #WeekWithoutDriving trip today was the #DevonshireBikeBus. 1/3

Cassie takes a selfie on her bike wearing sunnies, a purple helmet, and a safety vest. She is riding on a multi-use path that has construction scaffolding around it. A number of kids and adults on bike are behind her

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Jen @envirojen.bsky.social · 3d

I hate this crosswalk so much. It practically doesn’t exist - no one stops unless they are in gridlocked traffic blocking the crosswalk entirely.

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Jen @envirojen.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing in the forecast here unfortunately: weather.gc.ca/en/location/...

Dartmouth, NS - 7 Day Forecast - Environment Canada

Current conditions and forecasts including 7 day outlook, daily high/low temperature, warnings, chance of precipitation, pressure, humidity/wind chill (when applicable) historical data, normals, recor...

weather.gc.ca