Kevin Wilson
@kwilsonhfx.bsky.social
Epidemiologist. Housing maximalist. Reviewer of local bike lanes and urbanism opiner at HFX By Bike: https://youtube.com/@hfxbybike
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Kevin Wilson
@kwilsonhfx.bsky.social
· Dec 21
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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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
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
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
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In all seriousness, this seems to be a government endorsement of the techbro belief that AI can replace scientists and that you can just ask it for the cure to cancer and it will have it by Wednesday.
That's not how the universe works.
That's not how the universe works.
"the president has directed the Department of Energy to launch an AI project called the genesis mission" sounds like something out of a technothriller
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
In all seriousness, this seems to be a government endorsement of the techbro belief that AI can replace scientists and that you can just ask it for the cure to cancer and it will have it by Wednesday.
That's not how the universe works.
That's not how the universe works.
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ICE delenda est
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
ICE delenda est
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Janet Steele working on a motion to ask Nova Scotia to phase out assessment cap
Story by me
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
Story by me
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
Janet Steele working on a motion to ask Nova Scotia to phase out assessment cap - Halifax Examiner
Steele spoke about her upcoming motion during council's budget committee meeting on Friday.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Janet Steele working on a motion to ask Nova Scotia to phase out assessment cap
Story by me
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
Story by me
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
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this is one of my favourite observations about sample size calculations. (afaik first articulated by Miettinen in 1985)
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
this is one of my favourite observations about sample size calculations. (afaik first articulated by Miettinen in 1985)
Hot take: this is both logistically and morally the same as if those cars were taxis or other private vehicles.
The fact that they're self-driving isn't interesting in this context.
The fact that they're self-driving isn't interesting in this context.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Hot take: this is both logistically and morally the same as if those cars were taxis or other private vehicles.
The fact that they're self-driving isn't interesting in this context.
The fact that they're self-driving isn't interesting in this context.
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this is because people want to turn their cities into museums of their own past. they don't want the future. they want to turn into dust reflecting on how awesome they used to be
It’s really incredible how we decided that cities should no longer be physically shaped by the industries that carry them. I wrote this about the tech industry’s lack of a built legacy in Manhattan over a decade ago, but it could be written 10x over in the Bay Area newyorkyimby.com/2014/12/how-...
How New York City is Robbing Itself of the Tech Industry's Built Legacy - New York YIMBY
With strict limits on growth in Midtown South and on the Brooklyn waterfront, tech giants are leaving little architecture behind for future generations.
newyorkyimby.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
this is because people want to turn their cities into museums of their own past. they don't want the future. they want to turn into dust reflecting on how awesome they used to be
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the left nimby crashout bc Zohran actually wants to build more housing is genuinely so funny
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
the left nimby crashout bc Zohran actually wants to build more housing is genuinely so funny
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You're not supposed to say that part, Rep Salazar. It's just supposed to be implied.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 AM
You're not supposed to say that part, Rep Salazar. It's just supposed to be implied.
Nothing in the city, but Bayers Lake is already starting to ice up.
I heard a car spin out as I biked by.
I heard a car spin out as I biked by.
About to ride out to Spryfield and I feel I should ask... black ice???
There shouldn't at this temperature but I'm a nervous nelly on the road.
There shouldn't at this temperature but I'm a nervous nelly on the road.
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Nothing in the city, but Bayers Lake is already starting to ice up.
I heard a car spin out as I biked by.
I heard a car spin out as I biked by.
Unfortunate development.
Rad Power Bikes’ batteries are a fire risk and shouldn’t be used, CPSC warns | The Verge share.google/sRRGupo1sOc7...
Rad Power Bikes’ batteries are a fire risk and shouldn’t be used, CPSC warns | The Verge share.google/sRRGupo1sOc7...
Rad Power Bikes’ batteries are a fire risk and shouldn’t be used, CPSC warns
The batteries are a fire risk.
share.google
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Unfortunate development.
Rad Power Bikes’ batteries are a fire risk and shouldn’t be used, CPSC warns | The Verge share.google/sRRGupo1sOc7...
Rad Power Bikes’ batteries are a fire risk and shouldn’t be used, CPSC warns | The Verge share.google/sRRGupo1sOc7...
About to ride out to Spryfield and I feel I should ask... black ice???
There shouldn't at this temperature but I'm a nervous nelly on the road.
There shouldn't at this temperature but I'm a nervous nelly on the road.
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
About to ride out to Spryfield and I feel I should ask... black ice???
There shouldn't at this temperature but I'm a nervous nelly on the road.
There shouldn't at this temperature but I'm a nervous nelly on the road.
The posting to policy pipeline lives and gives me hope.
Cc @denysullivan.bsky.social @landofsticks.bsky.social
Cc @denysullivan.bsky.social @landofsticks.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The posting to policy pipeline lives and gives me hope.
Cc @denysullivan.bsky.social @landofsticks.bsky.social
Cc @denysullivan.bsky.social @landofsticks.bsky.social
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“Ottawa feels completely off-key for the moment we are in. What they have chosen to play sounds terrible to anyone who cares about housing. It lands like a bad cover played by a tribute band that cannot find the tune.”
Dropping @beynate.bsky.social was a red flag that they haven’t recovered from.
Dropping @beynate.bsky.social was a red flag that they haven’t recovered from.
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
“Ottawa feels completely off-key for the moment we are in. What they have chosen to play sounds terrible to anyone who cares about housing. It lands like a bad cover played by a tribute band that cannot find the tune.”
Dropping @beynate.bsky.social was a red flag that they haven’t recovered from.
Dropping @beynate.bsky.social was a red flag that they haven’t recovered from.
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The #NovaScotia government has approved a wind project --Setapuktuk Wind Project, which is owned by EverWind NS Holdings Ltd. in partnership with Membertou Development Corp., will consist of 54 eight-megawatt turbines in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
Nova Scotia approves 54-turbine wind project expected to generate $3.7M annually
The Nova Scotia government has approved a wind project that is expected to generate $3.74 million in municipal tax revenue annually with dozens of turbines in the Guysborough area.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The #NovaScotia government has approved a wind project --Setapuktuk Wind Project, which is owned by EverWind NS Holdings Ltd. in partnership with Membertou Development Corp., will consist of 54 eight-megawatt turbines in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
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Let's build a superintelligent robot so that when we're at a party we can use it to think of the perfect thing to say and people will laugh and they'll like us so much.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Let's build a superintelligent robot so that when we're at a party we can use it to think of the perfect thing to say and people will laugh and they'll like us so much.
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Montreal Quebec
Come see the building
It’s even better in person
Come see the building
It’s even better in person
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Montreal Quebec
Come see the building
It’s even better in person
Come see the building
It’s even better in person
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🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
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BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...