jdavey_2
@jdavey.bsky.social
Just a guy with a thing for transportation options.
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The US is deliberately starving millions of people across the world including Cuba. This is a brilliant, enraging piece by Ruaridh Nicoll
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
No water or electricity, and children begging in streets filled with rubbish – but this is why I won’t leave Cuba
Whether you blame the US or the communist regime, there is no doubt that this is an island spiralling into tragedy
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:33 PM
The US is deliberately starving millions of people across the world including Cuba. This is a brilliant, enraging piece by Ruaridh Nicoll
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Roses are red
Puppies are adorable
Let’s work together for housing that is affordable!
Puppies are adorable
Let’s work together for housing that is affordable!
February 14, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Roses are red
Puppies are adorable
Let’s work together for housing that is affordable!
Puppies are adorable
Let’s work together for housing that is affordable!
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Such a joy to see so many cyclists brave the cold for another Winter Bike Day! ❄️ We are already looking forward to Summer Bike Day coming your way when the warmer weather rolls in 🚲!
February 14, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Such a joy to see so many cyclists brave the cold for another Winter Bike Day! ❄️ We are already looking forward to Summer Bike Day coming your way when the warmer weather rolls in 🚲!
There were 30 days at, or over, 30C last summer in #HamOnt, yet coming after the 0.08% of budget crumbs they’ve set aside to deal with climate, is an annual budget tradition.
They even receive an entire chapter dedicated to it, in their annual health report!
They even receive an entire chapter dedicated to it, in their annual health report!
February 13, 2026 at 6:09 PM
There were 30 days at, or over, 30C last summer in #HamOnt, yet coming after the 0.08% of budget crumbs they’ve set aside to deal with climate, is an annual budget tradition.
They even receive an entire chapter dedicated to it, in their annual health report!
They even receive an entire chapter dedicated to it, in their annual health report!
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The problems with AI are primarily ones of corporate power and governance—a tiny handful of billionaires are deciding the future of this increasingly powerful technology.
I tend to believe the whistleblowers here; but whether you do or not, the real problem is that the public doesn’t decide.
I tend to believe the whistleblowers here; but whether you do or not, the real problem is that the public doesn’t decide.
Anthropic safety researcher quits, warning ‘world is in peril’
Other AI safety researchers have also left leading firms, citing concerns about potentially catastrophic risks.
www.semafor.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:39 PM
The problems with AI are primarily ones of corporate power and governance—a tiny handful of billionaires are deciding the future of this increasingly powerful technology.
I tend to believe the whistleblowers here; but whether you do or not, the real problem is that the public doesn’t decide.
I tend to believe the whistleblowers here; but whether you do or not, the real problem is that the public doesn’t decide.
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Billionaires who lobbied Trump to halt Canadian bridge praise EZ-Bribe App
Billionaires who lobbied Trump to halt Canadian bridge praise EZ-Bribe App
DETROIT, MI - Billionaire Matthew Moroun, whose family recently lobbied the Trump administration to publicly threaten the Gordie Howe International Bridge which competes with their interests, has prai...
www.thebeaverton.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Billionaires who lobbied Trump to halt Canadian bridge praise EZ-Bribe App
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Toronto is closing a desperately-needed winter respite centre for unhoused people early to make way for FIFA and the World Cup.
The displacement begins like clockwork.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
The displacement begins like clockwork.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
February 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Toronto is closing a desperately-needed winter respite centre for unhoused people early to make way for FIFA and the World Cup.
The displacement begins like clockwork.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
The displacement begins like clockwork.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
Today’s Bayfront Park meetup for #WinterBikeDay got a brutal dose of carcinogenic diesel fumes courtesy of CN Rail. 🤮
With @cycletherapyham.bsky.social @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @cyclehamilton.bsky.social #HamOnt
With @cycletherapyham.bsky.social @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @cyclehamilton.bsky.social #HamOnt
February 13, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Today’s Bayfront Park meetup for #WinterBikeDay got a brutal dose of carcinogenic diesel fumes courtesy of CN Rail. 🤮
With @cycletherapyham.bsky.social @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @cyclehamilton.bsky.social #HamOnt
With @cycletherapyham.bsky.social @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @cyclehamilton.bsky.social #HamOnt
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Council is now onto Spadafora/Francis proposal to defer the 2026 Climate Change Reserve investment to 2027. Both say they do not deny climate change - make arguments why they are not "defunding climate action".
Friendly reminder - they tried to defund the reserve last year too. #HamOnt
Friendly reminder - they tried to defund the reserve last year too. #HamOnt
February 13, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Council is now onto Spadafora/Francis proposal to defer the 2026 Climate Change Reserve investment to 2027. Both say they do not deny climate change - make arguments why they are not "defunding climate action".
Friendly reminder - they tried to defund the reserve last year too. #HamOnt
Friendly reminder - they tried to defund the reserve last year too. #HamOnt
North Americans regulators continue to fail to reach the lowest bar imaginable. But at least we have a Minister of AI Boosting! 🤡
The EU told TikTok to “change several key features, including disabling infinite scrolling, setting strict screen time breaks and changing its recommender systems. The demand follows the Commission's declaration that TikTok’s design is addictive to users.”
Now do the same for the US services!
Now do the same for the US services!
The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling
Brussels is going head-to-head with social media platforms to change addictive design.
www.politico.eu
February 13, 2026 at 1:58 PM
North Americans regulators continue to fail to reach the lowest bar imaginable. But at least we have a Minister of AI Boosting! 🤡
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Solidarity with @progintl.bsky.social as they embark on a life-saving mission to break Trump’s siege of Cuba.
It’s time for our own government to follow their example and send the humanitarian aid that the Cuban people desperately need.
It’s time for our own government to follow their example and send the humanitarian aid that the Cuban people desperately need.
ANNOUNCING 🇨🇺 The Nuestra América Flotilla.
We are sailing to Cuba, bringing critical humanitarian aid for its people.
Together, we can break the siege, save lives, and stand up for the cause of Cuban self-determination.
Join us: nuestraamericaflotilla.org
We are sailing to Cuba, bringing critical humanitarian aid for its people.
Together, we can break the siege, save lives, and stand up for the cause of Cuban self-determination.
Join us: nuestraamericaflotilla.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Solidarity with @progintl.bsky.social as they embark on a life-saving mission to break Trump’s siege of Cuba.
It’s time for our own government to follow their example and send the humanitarian aid that the Cuban people desperately need.
It’s time for our own government to follow their example and send the humanitarian aid that the Cuban people desperately need.
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Arrive to Winter Bike Day in style with one of our four group rides! All rides will be heading to King William Street (between James St N and Hughson St N) on Friday February 13th. Check out the ride details below!
🚲Dundas Ride🚲
⏰6:45am
📍Meet outside Café Domestiique
🫡Led by Rich
🚲Dundas Ride🚲
⏰6:45am
📍Meet outside Café Domestiique
🫡Led by Rich
February 5, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Arrive to Winter Bike Day in style with one of our four group rides! All rides will be heading to King William Street (between James St N and Hughson St N) on Friday February 13th. Check out the ride details below!
🚲Dundas Ride🚲
⏰6:45am
📍Meet outside Café Domestiique
🫡Led by Rich
🚲Dundas Ride🚲
⏰6:45am
📍Meet outside Café Domestiique
🫡Led by Rich
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Klein: People are afraid to come into clinics or hospitals because they’re afraid they’ll be snatched. So they’re staying home with acute conditions like appendicitis. They’re not going to their follow-up neonatal appointments. They’re allowing their jaundiced babies to go untreated.
February 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Klein: People are afraid to come into clinics or hospitals because they’re afraid they’ll be snatched. So they’re staying home with acute conditions like appendicitis. They’re not going to their follow-up neonatal appointments. They’re allowing their jaundiced babies to go untreated.
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"dirty" and "sick" are on point.
(courtesy of @ktoussaint.bsky.social:
www.fastcompany.com/91490280/eps...)
(courtesy of @ktoussaint.bsky.social:
www.fastcompany.com/91490280/eps...)
February 12, 2026 at 11:53 PM
"dirty" and "sick" are on point.
(courtesy of @ktoussaint.bsky.social:
www.fastcompany.com/91490280/eps...)
(courtesy of @ktoussaint.bsky.social:
www.fastcompany.com/91490280/eps...)
$2.5M is 2.8% of the 5 km, $88M Rymal Rd widening. So if we’re “stretching every dollar” and climate change can wait, (even after a summer that saw 30 days over 30 degrees), then Rymal can wait too. #HamOnt
@mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social
@mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social
Just released:
Motion to "defer" climate change action plan capital budget, $2.5M removed from the 2027 City of Hamilton budget, is moved by Clr Francis, seconded by Spadafora.
Vote is tomorrow at City Council. Meeting begins at 9:30am.
pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...
#yhmcc
Motion to "defer" climate change action plan capital budget, $2.5M removed from the 2027 City of Hamilton budget, is moved by Clr Francis, seconded by Spadafora.
Vote is tomorrow at City Council. Meeting begins at 9:30am.
pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...
#yhmcc
February 12, 2026 at 9:47 PM
$2.5M is 2.8% of the 5 km, $88M Rymal Rd widening. So if we’re “stretching every dollar” and climate change can wait, (even after a summer that saw 30 days over 30 degrees), then Rymal can wait too. #HamOnt
@mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social
@mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social
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Staff report on ending the Hamilton Council Free Lunch program is exactly what one would expect
- no review or comment how EVERY OTHER full-time Council in Canada manages to have more effective meetings than Hamilton, despite not expensing meals
- lists reasons not to eliminate perk. #yhmcc (1/2)
- no review or comment how EVERY OTHER full-time Council in Canada manages to have more effective meetings than Hamilton, despite not expensing meals
- lists reasons not to eliminate perk. #yhmcc (1/2)
pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Staff report on ending the Hamilton Council Free Lunch program is exactly what one would expect
- no review or comment how EVERY OTHER full-time Council in Canada manages to have more effective meetings than Hamilton, despite not expensing meals
- lists reasons not to eliminate perk. #yhmcc (1/2)
- no review or comment how EVERY OTHER full-time Council in Canada manages to have more effective meetings than Hamilton, despite not expensing meals
- lists reasons not to eliminate perk. #yhmcc (1/2)
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“Musk’s longtime fixation on a white racial majority is intensifying. The richest man in the world posted about how the white race was under threat, made allusions to race science or promoted anti-immigrant conspiracy content on 26 out of 31 days in January, according to the Guardian’s analysis…”
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:16 PM
“Musk’s longtime fixation on a white racial majority is intensifying. The richest man in the world posted about how the white race was under threat, made allusions to race science or promoted anti-immigrant conspiracy content on 26 out of 31 days in January, according to the Guardian’s analysis…”
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Tomorrow’s General Issues Committee Budget meeting will be livestreamed on the City’s YouTube channel starting at 9:30am. Tune in for General Deliberations and Amendment Consideration: www.youtube.com/InsideCityof...
#HamOntBudget
#HamOntBudget
February 12, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Tomorrow’s General Issues Committee Budget meeting will be livestreamed on the City’s YouTube channel starting at 9:30am. Tune in for General Deliberations and Amendment Consideration: www.youtube.com/InsideCityof...
#HamOntBudget
#HamOntBudget
Counterpoint: Obama’s administration allowed US car makers to fill cities with massive pickups and SUVs, in spite of what they knew about climate change.
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
www.pbs.org
February 12, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Counterpoint: Obama’s administration allowed US car makers to fill cities with massive pickups and SUVs, in spite of what they knew about climate change.
A motorist drove their vehicle into a house at Burlington & Hughson St. this morning. Unclear re: injuries
Didn’t the NorthEnd Traffic Management Plan have curb extensions planned here as traffic calming, @cameronkroetsch.bsky.social? There were certainly knockdown sticks during the pilot. #HamOnt
Didn’t the NorthEnd Traffic Management Plan have curb extensions planned here as traffic calming, @cameronkroetsch.bsky.social? There were certainly knockdown sticks during the pilot. #HamOnt
February 12, 2026 at 5:47 PM
A motorist drove their vehicle into a house at Burlington & Hughson St. this morning. Unclear re: injuries
Didn’t the NorthEnd Traffic Management Plan have curb extensions planned here as traffic calming, @cameronkroetsch.bsky.social? There were certainly knockdown sticks during the pilot. #HamOnt
Didn’t the NorthEnd Traffic Management Plan have curb extensions planned here as traffic calming, @cameronkroetsch.bsky.social? There were certainly knockdown sticks during the pilot. #HamOnt
Reminder: our liquor control boards and licensed supervised alcohol consumption sites (bars) exist today, because the public got fed up with watching their loved ones die of ethanol poisonings.
Hamilton sets new record for opioid overdose calls — again
Hamilton sets new record for opioid overdose calls — again
Between January 2017 and 2025, the monthly overdose call average was 44.89. January 2026 more than tripled that
www.thespec.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Reminder: our liquor control boards and licensed supervised alcohol consumption sites (bars) exist today, because the public got fed up with watching their loved ones die of ethanol poisonings.
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It's possible for the hype to be false *and* for "AI" to replace most to all white collar jobs in ten years. That would just result in a world where the work being done by white collar jobs right now is either done worse, or not done at all. I would even consider this specific outcome pretty likely.
February 11, 2026 at 5:13 PM
It's possible for the hype to be false *and* for "AI" to replace most to all white collar jobs in ten years. That would just result in a world where the work being done by white collar jobs right now is either done worse, or not done at all. I would even consider this specific outcome pretty likely.
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100% this
"AI" isn't replacing any large number of workers at all
It is allowing them to be fired for a massive downgrade in quality of result, knowing that people accept slop most of the time anyway
"AI" isn't replacing any large number of workers at all
It is allowing them to be fired for a massive downgrade in quality of result, knowing that people accept slop most of the time anyway
February 11, 2026 at 7:55 PM
100% this
"AI" isn't replacing any large number of workers at all
It is allowing them to be fired for a massive downgrade in quality of result, knowing that people accept slop most of the time anyway
"AI" isn't replacing any large number of workers at all
It is allowing them to be fired for a massive downgrade in quality of result, knowing that people accept slop most of the time anyway
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This estimated number of Metrolinx Vice-Presidents seems low.
$200 milion to extend the railpath? From a few weeks ago, but we'll never get answers from Metrolinx's 54321 vice presidents or Doug Ford. What a healthy democratic state we are in.
urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/01...
urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/01...
West Toronto Rail Path Extension Nears $200 Million as Start of Construction Delayed Again | UrbanToronto
Mired in its twentieth year of planning, progress on the southern extension of the West Toronto Railpath (WTR) remains stalled. Stretching from Dupont Street in the north to Dundas Street in the south, the former rail line has long been planned to continue southeast to King Street, but so far there has been no construction progress.
urbantoronto.ca
February 11, 2026 at 8:23 PM
This estimated number of Metrolinx Vice-Presidents seems low.
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Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon paying influencers $400k-$600k to post months of AI hype content. Absolutely busted, failed industry, embarrassing era
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
Google and Microsoft offer lucrative deals to promote AI, but even $500,000 won't sway some creators
Tech companies including Google and Microsoft are paying influencers hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote AI products.
www.cnbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon paying influencers $400k-$600k to post months of AI hype content. Absolutely busted, failed industry, embarrassing era
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...