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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 8m

That’s very true. E-bikes do have some accessibility advantages. And I think the logic is, car trip replacement, that e-bikes’ effortlessness is appealing to motorists. A “gateway to efficiency”, so to speak.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 23m

Apple sued over use of copyrighted books to train Apple Intelligence reut.rs/4h2JXgV

Apple sued over use of copyrighted books to train Apple Intelligence

Apple was hit with a lawsuit in California federal court by a pair of neuroscientists who say that the tech company misused thousands of copyrighted books to train its Apple Intelligence artificial intelligence model.

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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 18m

10,000 x $450 e-bike rebates.
That $4.5M cost is equivalent to the repair project being done right now on Sherman Access in #HamOnt.
@cameronkroetsch.bsky.social @nrindernann.bsky.social @ward1wilson.bsky.social

Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 22h

since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution

there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close

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Denver Celebrates 10,000 E-Bike Rebates

Since its inception in April 2022, Denver has distributed over 10,000 electric bikes (e-bikes) to community members through its pioneering e-bike rebate program. As the first U.S. city to implement su...

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 40m

The only explanation for why assaulting people with a car has such insanely minor consequences is that the people who make our laws want to be able to assault people with their own cars.

CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 51m

Saanich Police say a driver was handed two tickets for hitting a pair of pedestrians in broad daylight before fleeing the scene.

Driver handed two tickets for hitting pedestrians in Saanich, fleeing the scene

Saanich Police say a driver was handed two tickets for hitting a pair of pedestrians in broad daylight before fleeing the scene.

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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 38m

“She has said that the politician she most admires is Margaret Thatcher, the conservative icon known for her stubbornness and fealty to the free market.”

www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/w...

The ‘Iron Lady’ of Venezuela Threatens to Unseat Its Autocrat (Published 2024)

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Genderflux Superfluid @rewhan.bsky.social · 54m

The questions are all very leading, but each answer can be up to two thousand characters, so feel free to tell AI Minister Solomon -exactly- how you feel about Canada's relationship with AI.

In polite, but excruciating detailed terms, of course; you don't want to be summarily discarded as a troll.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 2d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 1d

Inspiring: this elbowless man manages to hold down a full time job as a Prime Minister

Mark Carney may look like just another Canadian Prime Minister. But don’t let that fool you. The most inspiring part of his story isn’t that he went to Harvard, or even that he’s made millions working...

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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 47m

Good episode @charlieangus104.bsky.social. Worldwide it feels like we're watching an even bigger "theft of public wealth" than the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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DROPPING F BOMBS ON FASCISM

YouTube video by Charlie Angus

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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 50m

You have an entire segment "Drive" devoted to selling SUVs and pickup trucks.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 1h

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

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Bike Ottawa @bikeottawa.bsky.social · 2h

@cycletoronto.bsky.social wins @velocanadabikes.bsky.social’s National Cycling Advocate of the Year award for 2025 for successfully challenging Bill 212.

A much deserved award. Congratulations! 👏

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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 1h

No one should be surprised. They say all the time that they aspire to "run government like a business".

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 1h

Carney defends paying 2 CEO appointees upwards of $577,000 a year nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/10/c...

Carney defends paying 2 CEO appointees upwards of $577,000 a year

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 1h

Fossil fuel assets, stranded no more!

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Data Centers Have Solved Their Speed-to-Power Problem — With Natural Gas

“Old economy” companies like Caterpillar and Williams are cashing in by selling smaller, less-efficient turbines to impatient developers.

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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 1h

My dad suffered a minor stroke six months back and after recovery he's still able to drive in Doug Ford's Ontario today. The rising car-dependent silver tsunami is pretty scary.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 18h

ICYMI - The US auto safety regulator is investigating Tesla FSD for possible safety defects after reports the system led drivers to run red lights, and commit other traffic safety violations. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/09/t...

Tesla faces U.S. auto safety probe after reports FSD ran red lights, caused collisions

For years, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has promised investors that Tesla would someday be able to turn their existing electric vehicles into robotaxis.

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Teresa Cares @beesandtrees.bsky.social · 21h

We already have an alternative grocery distribution system . run by volunteers and donations. It's called a Food Banks. It's the poverty stream, reserved for those who are underpaid. A publicly-run system could be a fair and just alternative, because food banks are a shame on us.

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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 1h

When Carney warned of fossil fuel "stranded assets" 10 years ago, I honestly thought he meant it as a reason to invest in renewables, not as a reasone to create insane types of new energy demands, like AI and crypto.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 1h

The great derangement syndrome. As the world blows past the 1.5 degree red line Trump and Carney talk about reviving Keystone XL.
It won't lower tariffs on wood, furniture, steel, auto.
But it will be a massive carbon bomb to a struggling planet.
My latest.

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The Great Derangement: Carney, Trump and the Return of Keystone XL

Well, that was unexpected.

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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 2h

Something for municipalies to be wary about when they get reports back from these agencies "seeking efficiencies".

your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · 3d

Deloitte Australia retracts ChatGPT report, refunds government

vibe compliance

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HJV... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251007-del... - podcast

time: 3 min 28 sec

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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 2h

Outside grocery stores is obvious. I think public golf courses is appealing because they're popular, yet often overlooked, examples of where we have an affordable public option for something that the private sector only made accessible to wealthy elites.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 3h

Here is my weekly recap/shower thoughts piece for my newsletter. This week I praise House of Guinness, the Portland frog guy, and corrected the record about what "antifa" really is.

Subscribe to support my independent journalism. www.burnsnotice.com/antifa-isnt-...

ANTIFA Isn't a Gang or Organization!

Sick Burns - 10/10/2025 Coming into this year, I had 509 paid Patreon subscribers and I set the ambitious goal of hitting 1000 paid supporters by the end of the year. Currently between the new Burns ...

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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 3h

Pretty cool that Montreal's BikeShare platform inducted into Time's innovation Hall of Fame.

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BIXI makes TIME magazine’s Best Inventions Hall of Fame

Montreal’s BIXI found itself alongside the 23andMe DNA test, YouTube, the iPhone and other incredible innovations launched in the 21st century on TIME magazine’s “Best Inventions Hall of Fame.”

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 3h

NEW EPISODE OF BUBBLE POP GOING LIVE NOW!

TUNE IN: www.youtube.com/live/_Rdb4aU...

WHAT IN THE WORLD IS HAPPENING TO OUR POLITICS (picture of me and Paris Marx)

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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 3h

CanadaPost CEO:

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jdavey_2 @jdavey.bsky.social · 4h

The witty signage required when every vehicle operator is an amateur, many of whom would much rather be on a bus or train, if given a convenient choice.

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 4h

An excellent #Florida road sign spotted in Leon County.

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