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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 4h

Cycling was my primary mode of transport in 90s Beijing when I was 8, had very recently learned to ride without stabilisers (training wheels) & had never ridden on a road before. My parents kept an eye on me but mainly so I didn't get lost.

You don't need experience to use good safe infrastructure.

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 20h

What if we made the infrastructure good enough that "experience" wasn't required? What if we made the infrastructure robust enough so that cycling in Boston *is* incredibly safe?

This post is vehicular cycling nonsense.

What’s your Boston Cycling Hot Take?

What’s your Boston Cycling hot take?

Mine is that I think Blue Bikes have democratized cycling a bit too much. They handle terrible and it encourages non-cyclists to ride a machine they have little experience with. We need a little elitism in cycling to weed out the folks who do not have experience riding bikes in a city.

Bonus hot take: while Boston was in dire need to upgrade its almost nonexistent bike Infrastructure, there is a small but vocal minority of cyclists who insist on safety at all costs. I hate to break it to you, but riding in a city will never be completely safe. It’s a risk that any cyclist takes when they decide to ride in a busy place. The more you ride, the more experience you will get. And the more experience you will get the more you will adapt to riding in moldy stressful situations.

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It's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 18m

The length of the winter season is always variable, dependent on what point a municipal politician is trying to make. 6 months seems to be the average in my experience

Tiny Beaches @tinybeaches.bsky.social · 1d

I started working at a new office. It’s in downtown Calgary and I have been commuting the 3.5km by bicycle.

In the course of meeting people the question “what’s your commute like” comes up. I explain that I bike and that it’s a short ride.

Guess what question comes up, ever, single time? 🤔

People commuting on 12 Ave SW cycle track in Calgary

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bikepedantic @bikepedantic.bsky.social · 43m

Spotted at the start of the HONK parade: SCUL put half an aluminum canoe on an old Urban Arrow!

Half of an aluminum canoe on the cargo bed of an urban arrow

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Pete @peeete.bsky.social · 49m

DoN'T biKE oN tHe SIdewALk

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Patrick Hardy @patrickdhardy.bsky.social · 1h

Something I didn't appreciate until my kids started school was just how enmeshed the tech industry is in public ed. Attendance, school lunch, communication, calendars, testing, teaching tools--everything has its own app. There's a lot of money to be made there.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 2h

Meanwhile, ed tech companies are salivating--eager to sell "solutions" to families whose schools will now struggle (even more than they already have) to meet their kids' learning needs.

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Sara F.L. Kirk @sflkirk.bsky.social · 3h

3 years #CarFree & no regrets. A short 🧵. Still saving $250/m - $9k in 3 years! Still have a car parked on our drive to use when we need via @communauto.bsky.social. It's just shared with neighbours. Still carrying same amount of stuff on my @ternbicycles.com as I did by car #NoBrainer #BikeJoy 1/

A tern utility vehicle (TUV, also known as a cargo bike) parked next to a over-sized SUV in a grocery store parking lot. Both can carry the same amount of groceries. There are buildings in the background and a blue sky.

A tern utility vehicle (TUV, als known as a cargo bike) with a large bag of dog food strapped to the back. The red bike is chained to a lollipop bike stand on a concrete sidewalk.

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Chris Taggart 🏡 ⚡️ 🔌 @christaggart.bsky.social · 15h

Love the equity lens around Toronto’s bike share expansion. Definitely something to consider for Ottawa’s roll out.

Hafeez A. @trainguy89.bsky.social · 1d

The 4-year expansion plan was based on current and future infrastructure but also a lot on equity and income. Central Etobicoke did not receive any new stations AFAIK due to how high the income in that area is and the demographics. The plan was based to give access to people who needed it the most.

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 18h

A perfect illustration of which "lifestyle" actually imposes itself on public space, public safety, and the public purse.

Jfrisco @jfrisco.bsky.social · 19h

Hold my beer...

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It's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 17h

Real living

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 17h

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Will🇺🇸📎✌️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · 1d

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It's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 22h

It’s cool cuz not only does it make facial recognition hard, it just reinforces the absurdity over and over and over.

Kristen Wixx @kristenwixx.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way. More of this, please.

Skeet from Dr. Caitlin M. Green showing people in Portland wearing inflatable costumes. The text reads, "There are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. Clearly, we have settled on a motif."

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It's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly surprised she hasn’t been hired by Pierre to be his spokesperson.

Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 1d

A Pickering councillor has been suspended without pay seven times. I went through the integrity commissioner reports each time she was suspended.

Here's what I found:

PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 1d

This city councillor in Pickering, Ontario has now been suspended seven times. Here are the reasons why:

Lisa Robinson has a history of disruptive behaviour and associating with far-right media personalities

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Ted Raymond @tedraymond.bsky.social · 1d

Can't believe they're putting out the Halloween decorations before Remembrance Day.

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 1d

Walked into a Canadian Tire and no longer know what holiday season we’re celebrating anymore

Grim Reaper plays heavy metal guitar next to a display of Christmas trees

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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.com · 1d

Perhaps the only politician truly standing up for trans folks in the US right now. Zohran is such a bright light.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 1d

Ms Rachel schools Obama on why he really should stop using dehumanizing language.

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Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 1d

This is what the woke left wants to turn Christmas into

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 1d

Walked into a Canadian Tire and no longer know what holiday season we’re celebrating anymore

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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 2d

Montreal's bicycle-sharing system BIXI has been named among the top 25 inventions of the past 25 years by TIME magazine.

BIXI named among top 25 inventions of the past 25 years by TIME magazine

TIME magazine has released a list of the top 25 inventions of the past 25 years, and Montreal's public bike system BIXI is on it.

cultmtl.com

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Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 1d

The growing number of diverse people riding bikes in Calgary is astonishing. Many more children and older people. Our infrastructure is not keeping up with demand. I’m noticing more and more children and teens riding alone! Some with instruments. Cool. So many adults with young children on the ⬇️

Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike · 2d

A great article on the rise of urban biking:

“Surveys show rates of cycling are higher in countries where cyclists feel safest. And there are few things that make riders safer than lanes that separate them from cars... allowing cities to reduce traffic and save money...”

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 3d

By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal

"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."

www.economist.com/internationa...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

Among many others at the CDC, the Trump regime laid off the staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

“The publication’s storied history includes a June 1981 report that five previously healthy gay men were treated for an unusual pneumonia — the first hint of the AIDS epidemic.”

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 1d

Yes, that is a rowing bicycle in front of me.

At a previous stoplight a pedestrian asked the rider about the bike.

They chatted then ped said “Wow, that’s so cool. I’m just going to wait here until the light turns green so I can see you ride it.. if that’s not too weird.”

Rower: “Go for it!”

Laura G Mitchell @lauragmitchell.com · 1d

I ❤️ Bryant Ave S

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d

I wish more coverage of traffic violence reckoned with the psychological harm of crashes on the wider community. It's not just cyclists; if a friend of mine is hit, my wife will be more nervous for me. These deaths and injuries take a heavy toll.

It had a chilling effect on the local cycling community, with members expressing their fear about riding on roads. Prince George has a lack of dedicated cycling infrastructure, including even painted-on bike lanes in many areas.

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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 1d

What we need to remember is that the oil is good for the environment, but only when Liberals pump it

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FWIW pitching articles to the MSM about climate change, #Canada’s role in making it worse, or the inevitable collapse of the fossil fuel sector is futile

They do not care

#cdnmedia #cdnpoli

Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 1d

Dawn Farrell, the former CEO of Trans Mountain who now leads the federal government's Major Projects Office was asked whether the oil pipeline contributes to the fight against climate change.

“The answer is yes,” she replied.

Head of Carney’s Major Projects Office thinks Trans Mountain is good for climate

Dawn Farrell, the former CEO of Trans Mountain who now leads the federal government's Major Projects Office told the House of Commons environment committee that the oil pipeline helps fight climate ch...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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It's me @justmeinottawa.bsky.social · 1d

Not that Mark was a paragon of some virtue or whatever but given his apparent public facing stances of climate change (he apparently wasted time writing a fucking book about it?) it’s wild what happens when individuals end up in power, in systems that seemingly strip them of agency

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 1d

every couple months, carney starts pulling the legs out from under yet another important climate policy

'It depends': Carney shifts stance on maintaining emissions cap | CBC News

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday the fate of the emissions cap on oil and gas producers depends on other efforts to lower emissions, suggesting his government might be open to scrapping the poli...

www.cbc.ca

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 1d

Huh.

In Ontario, elected officials in super sweet seats with people who have business before the government is a scandalous conflict of interest…

(Stares in Albertan)

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

Ontario labour minister attended Leafs game, wedding with those seeking millions from Skills Development Fund: reports

The office of Ontario’s labour minister is downplaying reports he was at a wedding in Paris and photographed at a Toronto Maple Leafs hockey game with those who stood to benefit from millions in gover...

www.ctvnews.ca

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