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Kevin Wilson
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Epidemiologist. Housing maximalist. Reviewer of local bike lanes at HFX By Bike: https://youtube.com/@hfxbybike?si=ky1lyWFWhO7W39jR
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · Dec 21
Hey. Hi. Hello.

If you've ever griped about the cost of gas, having to pay for parking, or being stuck in rush hour traffic? If you have, check out my channel all about getting around (Halifax) by bike.

I release videos biweekly about bikes for transport and urbanism.

www.youtube.com/@hfxbybike
HFX by Bike
This is HFX By Bike, a channel all about getting around Halifax by bike. I release bi-weekly videos showcasing how the city's bike network can help make your trips faster, safer and more convenient, a...
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 4m
I did indeed get around to making this week's Short.

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Dunbrack Street In Short
YouTube video by HFX by Bike
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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 2h
I saw some videos recently being like "Carney is good at math, why is he building pipelines" and the answer is straightforwardly the europeans want us to and we need to matter to them
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 1d
Diplomatic Circles: ‘Canada is getting more and more important for us,’ says visiting German Bundestag member

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‘Canada is getting more and more important for us,’ says visiting German Bundestag member
In a wide-ranging interview, Johannes Winkel talks a renewed Canada-German relationship, Trump shocks, European security, and the future of free trade.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 43m
Immigrant Nobel Prize winners exiting the United States
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Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 3h
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 15m
Chair of Progress Monitoring Committee says ‘change takes time’ as Nova Scotia women continue to be killed

Story by me

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Chair of Progress Monitoring Committee says 'change takes time' as Nova Scotia women continue to be killed - Halifax Examiner
Myra Freeman gave update on committee's second annual report on Thursday.
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Anita Kirkbride @anitakirkbride.bsky.social · 1h
Thank dog...IYKYK
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Reuters @reuters.com · 2h
'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 9h
An example to every city the mad emperor targets.
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Ben @ben9311.bsky.social · 17h
To the Chicago restaurants refusing to feed ICE, to the businesses locking their doors as ICE arrives, to the tow truck drivers taking away their vehicles... THANK YOU. <emoji of flexing bicep> Stay Strong Chicago.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 40m
Trump’s plot to turn the “War on Terror” on Chicago was years in the making:

Inside his administration’s plans to terrorize the great American city and metropolitan area, and how we got here:

zeteo.com/p/inside-tru...

New this am from me; subscribe to @zeteo.com plz 🙏
Inside Trump’s Plot To Terrorize Chicago
Sources in the administration tell Zeteo that Trump is also seriously discussing invoking the Insurrection Act with his top advisers.
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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 9h
Woah
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Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 18h
“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 9h
Fair! I've actually had it since not long after it came out, but I am just now finding some time to get into it.
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Sam Austin @samaustind5.bsky.social · 11h
Council Update from this week's meeting: Dartmouth Cove infill bylaw amendments approved and potential changes to the deed transfer tax rate. Read about it here samaustin.ca/council-upda...
Council Update: Dartmouth Cove, Deed Transfer - Sam Austin
Agenda, October 7 Dartmouth CoveSeveral years worth of public debate and concern culminated in a public hearing on Tuesday. The stakes? Whether or not HRM should implement a bylaw restricting infill i...
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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 22h
So at 10:30 am, Alex Beheshti and I are testifying to the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy about the housing crisis and the need to address the cost-of-delivery crisis.

Here are our opening remarks:
We Can’t Double Homebuilding by Taxing It to Death
Our remarks to the Canadian Senate
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Government of Nova Scotia @nsgov.bsky.social · 22h
Influenza, COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments Available to Book news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/10/0...
Influenza, COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments Available to Book
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 11h
1st war was with Amina (died), Augustus (untouched), and Hatshepsut (crippled).

2nd war was Augustus (crippled), Hatshepsut (functionally dead), Catherine (stripped of colonies), and Xerxes (stripped of colonies).
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 12h
I have. The 2nd war makes sense in that context (I was set up to win).

The first one... is a mystery.
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 12h
I'm still learning the basic difficulty levels of CIV VII, but that was easily the most aggressive run ever.

Computer civs ganged up on me once in Antiquity and again in the modern age.

I'm not sure what I did to trigger that behavior. Fun, though!
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 13h
It's not a library, but...

*stares in city that needs a new Forum*
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 22h
Across the US & Canada, cities are replacing aging library complexes with combined apartment + library buildings.

It's a promising way to fund new public facilities while adding housing.

A new database & details of best practices @urbaninstitute.bsky.social: www.urban.org/urban-wire/a...
We have documented several dozen examples of completed, under construction, and planned library + housing complexes across the US & Canada. They include more than 1,800 completed housing units and more on the way. The Taylor Street Library and apartments in Chicago's Little Italy.
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 22h
Across the US & Canada, cities are replacing aging library complexes with combined apartment + library buildings.

It's a promising way to fund new public facilities while adding housing.

A new database & details of best practices @urbaninstitute.bsky.social: www.urban.org/urban-wire/a...
We have documented several dozen examples of completed, under construction, and planned library + housing complexes across the US & Canada. They include more than 1,800 completed housing units and more on the way. The Taylor Street Library and apartments in Chicago's Little Italy.
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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 13h
Currently leading CNN homepage:
DOJ indicts NY attorney general who defeated Trump in court Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference in New York, on February 16, 2024, following a verdict against Donald Trump in his civil fraud trial. She is the second Trump foe to be indicted in two weeks as the president continues to pursue charges against his opponents Trump-loyalist brought charges after other attorneys voiced concerns
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 13h
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 13h
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🎧Ticking boxes until the end of the world(🔒)
A council recap
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Reconstructionist @unavaleable.bsky.social · 15h
Bruh
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 15h
The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 15h
this seems fine? i actually like the idea of big american tech companies having to build sovereignty into the product
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blair @blairaf.com · 20h
Looks like Canada's approach to "sovereign AI" will involve creating structural dependencies on large US tech companies
Excerpt from an article that reads: Lehane met with AI Minister Evan Solomon on Monday. Solomon told The Logic in June that his mission is to “create sovereign AI.” But “sovereignty is not solitude,” Solomon said, noting that Canada still needs technology and capital from other countries. OpenAI is participating in similar initiatives in other advanced economies. In May, the firm launched OpenAI for Countries, a new program that localizes ChatGPT and its underlying models for a nation’s particular customs and the requirements of its public sector. It is also offering to build data centres for countries that help pay for the infrastructure. Countries are turning to OpenAI because of its “cutting-edge technology,” which can be used to build homegrown tools and applications, and because the firm can help stimulate their domestic AI ecosystems by building or buying compute capacity, Lehane said.
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 16h
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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 18h
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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 17h
The elbows are increasingly being lowered to half-mast
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blair @blairaf.com · 20h
Looks like Canada's approach to "sovereign AI" will involve creating structural dependencies on large US tech companies
Excerpt from an article that reads: Lehane met with AI Minister Evan Solomon on Monday. Solomon told The Logic in June that his mission is to “create sovereign AI.” But “sovereignty is not solitude,” Solomon said, noting that Canada still needs technology and capital from other countries. OpenAI is participating in similar initiatives in other advanced economies. In May, the firm launched OpenAI for Countries, a new program that localizes ChatGPT and its underlying models for a nation’s particular customs and the requirements of its public sector. It is also offering to build data centres for countries that help pay for the infrastructure. Countries are turning to OpenAI because of its “cutting-edge technology,” which can be used to build homegrown tools and applications, and because the firm can help stimulate their domestic AI ecosystems by building or buying compute capacity, Lehane said.
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