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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 3h

Three newly published books argue that cars are destroying society as well as the planet.

Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?

My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)

‘Car Brain’ Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won’t Fix It.

A trio of new books argue that we need to confront the full range of costs that car-based living has imposed on our cities, our health and our society.

www.bloomberg.com

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 2d

Can I also say I am so angry today. It's the lives lost, the cities wiped out, the time taken from us. We have been consumed with this level of unspeakable violence for 2 years. To think of all the potential futures taken away... it's unfathomable

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 1d

No bomb should’ve ever dropped on a single civilian, a single child.

If this is the end of them I’m glad.

But the loss is so so immense and the future so uncertain.

What does “peace” mean when it sits atop a genocide? What peace when the genocider dictates its terms?

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Calgary Brompton League @bromptonleague.bsky.social · 2d

Join us on a 40-km pathway loop from downtown to the reservoir after dark.

Lights mandatory.

Meet this Friday at the south side of the George C. King (Skipping Stone) Bridge in East Village at 6:20 p.m.

Wheels roll at 6:30 p.m.

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Brett Bergie (she/her) @brettbergie.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent update. Thank you for sharing.

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 2d

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

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Don Braid @donbraid.bsky.social · 3d

Lavish private-school funding infuriates teachers, spooks government. They wanted to spank Evan Li because he dared mention it. Column. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #abed #ableg #yyc #yeg #apoli #cdnpoli

Braid: Lavish private-school funding infuriates teachers, spooks government

Spanking spat last week was caused by student Evan Li hitting a sore spot on eve of teacher strike — lush funding for private schools.

calgaryherald.com

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Brett Bergie (she/her) @brettbergie.bsky.social · 3d

Sam and I just enjoyed the view of it returning by bike from the grocery store.

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Brett Bergie (she/her) @brettbergie.bsky.social · 3d

“Under international law, states have a legal obligation to prevent and to stop a genocide from happening.

“That means ending complicity, applying real pressure and ending arms transfers. We are not seeing that, we are not even seeing the bare minimum from our governments.”

~ Greta Thunberg

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Brett Bergie (she/her) @brettbergie.bsky.social · 3d

“Let me be very clear; there is a genocide going on in front of our very eyes, a live-streamed genocide on all of our phones.

“No-one has the privilege to say we are not aware of what is happening. No-one is the future will be able to say we did not know.

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Brett Bergie (she/her) @brettbergie.bsky.social · 4d

"There's no serious argument that what the Trump administration has done here is legal.

“It basically amounts to the president of the United States handing out a licence to kill."

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Brett Bergie (she/her) @brettbergie.bsky.social · 4d

Canada has a responsibility under the UN Arms Trade Treaty to assess whether defence exports could be used to violate human rights overseas.

"I think the immediate response should be to fix the loopholes in Canada's national control regime […]”

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 4d

Canadian tech helped U.S. strike alleged Venezuelan drug boats: report. Global Affairs Canada says it’s ‘aware of the U.S. operation and is monitoring the situation’ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

Canadian tech helped U.S. strike alleged Venezuelan drug boats: report | CBC News

Canadian technology was used by the U.S. military in operations that blew up at least two alleged Venezuelan drug boats in the Caribbean in September, according to a report by Project Ploughshares.

www.cbc.ca

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Brett Bergie (she/her) @brettbergie.bsky.social · 4d

“The Palestinian cause is not a cause for Palestinians only, but a cause for every revolutionary, wherever he is, as a cause of the exploited and oppressed masses in our era.”

The words of Ghassan Kanafani’s are heard today at Calgary’s Rally and March for Palestine.

A Flag of Palestine is suspended against a clear blue sky from a hand-held pole. The tops of Calgary landmarks — old City Hall and Castell Building — appear in the background.

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Brett Bergie (she/her) @brettbergie.bsky.social · 5d

Here’s the old hinge fully tightened. While subtle, it’s cooked.

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 5d

Your Sunday morning podcast is HERE. Fire up that morning coffee and enjoy.

Have a GREAT Sunday!

www.podcastics.com/episode/3835...
#yyc #yyccc #ClimateChange #yycbike #ClimatePolicy #Urbanism #15MinuteCities #cdnpoli #abpoli #BikeLanes #ClimateSolutions #ClimateSky

Divide & Conquer: The B.S. Against Bike Lanes

Build barriers between cyclists and cars, not between people and their neighbors.

www.podcastics.com

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Brett Bergie (she/her) @brettbergie.bsky.social · 5d

"This is the shame of our time and the collapse of the international legal order […] not only for Palestinians but all of us."

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Brett Bergie (she/her) @brettbergie.bsky.social · 5d

"This genocide happened because the world didn’t care enough to stop it […] It’s openly incited, cynically denied, and relentlessly supported, armed, and weaponized, while those who oppose it are silenced, beaten, criminalized, and smeared."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQH-...

UN Expert Francėsca Albanesė Drops a Bombshell Report on the Situation in Gazą

YouTube video by The Africa News Network

www.youtube.com

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Calgary Brompton League @bromptonleague.bsky.social · 5d

Join us on a 40-km pathway loop from downtown to the reservoir after dark.

Lights mandatory.

Meet on Friday, October 10, at the south side of the George C. King (Skipping Stone) Bridge in East Village at 6:20 p.m.

Wheels roll at 6:30 p.m.

A line of bikes and riders roll along the Glenmore Pathway. It is dark, but head lights show the way, and red taillights are prominent in the photo.

Bikes are settled in place with lights on. People are scattered about socializing during a break. Dark tree silhouettes fill out the background.

A dark pathway is lit only by a bicycle head lamp. Trees with pale park are lit from ground to below their canopy.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 5d

Israel is piling crime on top of crime on top of crime.

No wonder it is determined to bring down the entire edifice of international humanitarian law - it's the only hope of protecting itself from consequences.

Btw: the allegations are significantly worse than bedbugs.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6d

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’

Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian. According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Brett Bergie (she/her) @brettbergie.bsky.social · 5d

On my grocery trip by bike, I was inspired to take a moment.

A bald eagle stands tall on some rocks in a shallow Bow River.

After being bothered by some magpies, the bald eagle is photographed taking flight on a low path over the river.

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 7d

Some non-unionized AHS staff are now required to take unpaid days off to save money, staff told in memo
By @jenleecbc.bsky.social #AbLeg

Some non-union staff at Alberta Health Services told to take unpaid time off due to 'budgetary pressures' | CBC News

AHS is forcing some of its employees to take two unpaid days off before the end of March as it faces ongoing "budgetary pressures," according to a memo obtained by CBC News.

www.cbc.ca

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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 7d

Labour workers shut down Italy. Nothing moved. And the ppl inconvenienced said that they didn’t mind because what’s happening in Gaza is a genocide
We need some French and Italian energy up in here

Nondescript Man @oldcrank.bsky.social · 7d

I’d prefer a national strike, if I’m being honest

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 7d

Israel has continued to illegally intercept vessels from the Sumud Flotilla.

As Canada says it's “not able to guarantee the safety of Canadian travelers, or to provide them with security and protection abroad," the people are defending the flotilla.

Protests are sparking around the world:

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Tom Babin @shifter.info · 8d

New video: The story of one boy has given me hope for getting more kids riding bikes to school again
youtu.be/Lqz6TjVXIxc

Why kids don't bike to school anymore (and 5 things that can fix it)

YouTube video by Shifter

youtu.be

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Brett Bergie (she/her) @brettbergie.bsky.social · 8d

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt:

60 nautical miles? Wow.

If ordinary citizens of the world, with small and underresourced boats can do that, why states don't break the blockade with their navies?

Is this the world we live in? No, we do not accept it.

Go, go Flotilla! Sail safe.
God's wind.

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