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Matt Lie-Paehlke

@mattliepaehlke.bsky.social

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Dad. Climate Activist. PhD Dropout because we must reduce emissions ASAP. Engagement Manager at Environmental Defence. Host of Future Mending Radio Podcast. Views are my own. https://www.futuremending.com/podcast

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Matt Lie-Paehlke @mattliepaehlke.bsky.social · 25d

I wish my efforts to make things better went viral like my recent snark complaining about fascists did.

I have a podcast called Future Mending Radio about the people and organizations who are solving multiple problems at once. Clothing swaps, food co-ops, ethical chocolate, bike parties.

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Matt Lie-Paehlke @mattliepaehlke.bsky.social · 1d

Muppets are inherently anti-fascist.

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 1d

As a protest optics nerd love about the inflatables is how much they visually disrupt and pull focus from the fascist shock imagery Noem & Miller are trying to create.

So many of these photos now look like the world's silliest dance party, backgrounded by a bunch of guys in uniform looking awkward

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John Mark Rozendaal @johnmarkr.bsky.social · 1d

We can't save the planet by individually forgoing beef and transatlantic flights. But we can persuade people that we believe our own rhetoric about a severe, urgent, existential crisis, and that we are prepared to act and to sacrifice; or that we don't and we aren't.

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Matt Lie-Paehlke @mattliepaehlke.bsky.social · 1d

Agree, but flying is like 10x worse than meat, especially if it's just pork and chicken.

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Norm Di Pasquale🇨🇦 @normsworld.bsky.social · 1d

Hospitals & police chiefs agree: speed cameras save lives. So why is Ford banning them?

Ford is putting kids & pedestrians at risk just to let reckless drivers off the hook.

Tell Ford to keep speed cameras & enforce speed limits. Sign here: www.progresstoronto.ca/petition-pro... #topoli #onpoli

Tell Ford Keep Speed Cameras: Protect Kids & Pedestrians — Progress Toronto

Doug Ford announced plans to ban speed cameras—making it easier to speed. This move puts children and pedestrians at risk. Tell Ford and Queen’s Park: keep the speed cameras and keep enforcing speed ...

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 2d

well fuck

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 2d

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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Environmental Defence Canada @environmentaldefence.ca · 5d

Step into the heart of fall and reconnect with nature. Join us for a guided walk to slow down, take in the colours, and celebrate the Humber. Limited transportation spots available.

👉Details & tickets: act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/178963/...

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Matt Lie-Paehlke @mattliepaehlke.bsky.social · 2d

The opposite of bad bunny is good fox.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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Matt Lie-Paehlke @mattliepaehlke.bsky.social · 2d

Remember how great social media was when it was newish and how crap it got as they tried to extract more and more profits.

Now think about how crap AI is when it is newish and how extraordinarily shit it will become as they start extracting profits.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled A Rutgers University professor who taught a course on anti-fascism was blocked from leaving the US for Spain on Wednesday night, according to media reports, hours after Donald Trump hosted a White House roundtable highlighting the impact of antifa – or “anti-fascist” – far-left activists. Mark Bray, an historian who published the 2017 book Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, and has taught courses on anti-fascism at the New Jersey university, was attempting to board a plane at Newark airport bound for Europe when he was informed at the boarding gate that the reservations for him and his family had been cancelled. Continue reading...

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Cambry Ardship @cambryardship.bsky.social · 3d

If more people are going to live on Avenues (great!), part of the consequence is that Toronto will need to make Avenues more pleasant places to live: wider sidewalks and bike lanes, narrower car lanes, and much slower speed limits set for safety and to reduce noise pollution.

Toronto City Planning and Development Review @cityplanto.bsky.social · 3d

We’re continuing to plan for more mid-rise housing along Toronto’s Avenues as part of Phase 2 of the Avenues Policy Review.

Avenues are major corridors across the city supported by transit, shops and everyday services. They’re key places where new housing and growth are planned to happen.

A modern mid-rise building with shops and restaurants at street level and several residential floors above. People sit on a patio with umbrellas, and cars pass along the street.

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Matt Lie-Paehlke @mattliepaehlke.bsky.social · 3d

Driver's don't obey traffic regulations because we don't enforce them.

Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 3d

Councillor Burnside, a former cop, says when he used to do traffic enforcement on Avenue Road he wouldn't stop drivers unless they were doing 75 km/h or over.

"Maybe that was a little high," he admits. "A little high," agrees Gray.

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Matt Lie-Paehlke @mattliepaehlke.bsky.social · 3d

I think electing and re-electing Trump had a huge impact here as well. It just told all the assholes that there's no social sanction for being a total shit - you can still win the highest position in the land.

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 3d

Watching antisocial driver behavior in the school drop-off line makes it really clear that the pandemic destroyed whatever few shreds remained of the social compact, just pathological selfishness on display every day

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 4d

Claude AI’s logo is unironically Kurt Vonnegut’s butthole drawing

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Alison Forde @n8rnerd.bsky.social · 4d

#HamOnt

Hamilton Naturalists' Club @hamiltonnature.org · 4d

Green Job Alert! 📢

The Royal Botanical Gardens is hiring a full-time Cootes to Escarpment EcoPark System Coordinator!

▪️ Contract: Nov 17, 2025 - Dec 18, 2026 with possibility of extension
▪️ Salary range: $66,300 - $78,000
▪️ Applications due Oct 19, 2025 >> buff.ly/xMkX6xp

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Matt Lie-Paehlke @mattliepaehlke.bsky.social · 4d

You had to dig pretty deep to find a framing that didn't make Bondi look like a monster huh?

Matt Lie-Paehlke @mattliepaehlke.bsky.social · 4d

Not a huge fan of Carney, but I have to say 'you're a transformative president' is a pretty good way to sound like your being nice without technically saying anything that is either nice or untrue.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 4d

“The Big Four accountancy and consultancy firm will repay the final instalment of its government contract after conceding that some footnotes and references it contained were incorrect, Australia’s Department of Employment and Workplace Relations said on Monday.”

Deloitte issues refund for error-ridden Australian government report that used AI

Big Four firm will repay final instalment after incorrect references and citations found in document

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 5d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: Vehicles registered to Doug Ford's cabinet ministers have been caught by automated speed cameras more than 20 times.

In one case, they were driving 70 in a 40 zone. On average, they were 17 over the limit. #OnPoli
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Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

globalnews.ca

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Matt Lie-Paehlke @mattliepaehlke.bsky.social · 8d

Obviously doesn't care. He has ignored evidence-based policy options again and again and again.

Matt Lie-Paehlke @mattliepaehlke.bsky.social · 8d

Canada is doing the same. Hurray! North America is rushing to export fossil fuels while the entire rest of the world rapidly decarbonizes. Our economies are so cooked.

Matt Lie-Paehlke @mattliepaehlke.bsky.social · 9d

I kind of want to buy a photo radar and set up a community speed camera where we shame speeders.

If illegally cutting them down gets them removed, why not just improvise traffic enforcement?

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Matt Lie-Paehlke @mattliepaehlke.bsky.social · 10d

I've always thought a "heat pumps: they won't blow up your house" campaign would go hard. Just keep showing footage of houses blowing up -- it happens often enough.