Richard Campbell
@richardcampbell.net
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Patiently persistent. Trails, nature, reconciliation, cycling, transit, walking, rolling, livable cities. Ban private jets, yachts, mansions & luxury vehicles. On the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh & səlilwətaɬ Nations.
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Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."
Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?
It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
WSJ: “.. the portion of subprime auto loans that are 60 days or more overdue on their payments hit a record of more than 6% ..”

@wsj.com
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..though that has less to do with the technology than the geography of the service.

This is a suburb-to-suburb metropolitan rail system, the first of its kind on this scale.

68 stations, max speeds of 110 km/h, headways of 2-3 minutes, stunning architecture...
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Can buy ANTIFA
The Anti-Fascist Handbook
By Mark Bray here:
mhpbooks.com/books/antifa
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thetyee.ca
As drought in B.C.’s Peace River region leads to massive wildfires and the City of Dawson Creek scrambles to find a new water source, a report released today concludes that water use by the region’s fracking industry shot up a record 50% last year.

Ben Parfitt reports. #bcpoli
Fracking’s Water Demand Soared in Drought-Plagued Northeast BC | The Tyee
A report today from Stand.earth shows the industry’s water use increased 50 per cent in 2024.
thetyee.ca
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kattenbarge.bsky.social
One of the crazy things about the AI bubble bursting is that consumer sentiment toward AI has always leaned skeptical to outright negative but it’s an industry propped up by pure billionaire greed, sycophancy, and childish fantasy
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Will there be a bouncy castle?
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akkabah.bsky.social
As drought in the Peace River region leads to massive wildfires and the Dawson Creek scrambles to find water, a report released today concludes that water use by the region’s fracking industry shot up 50 per cent last year. Ben Parfitt for @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Fracking’s Water Demand Soared in Drought-Plagued Northeast BC | The Tyee
A report today from Stand.earth shows the industry’s water use increased 50 per cent in 2024.
thetyee.ca
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activetowns.bsky.social
“Paris is an incredible example of how a city can transform when political will meets smart data,” says one of the report’s lead authors. “We wanted to understand exactly which factors made this happen.”
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New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution
Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.
momentummag.com
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Can buy ANTIFA
The Anti-Fascist Handbook
By Mark Bray here:
mhpbooks.com/books/antifa
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wired.com
NEW: A professor at Rutgers University who wrote a book about “antifa” almost a decade ago is trying—and struggling—to flee the US for Europe after a weeks-long online campaign against him by far-right influencers was followed by death threats. www.wired.com/story/mark-b...
He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US
Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.
www.wired.com
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Going to start Sam and his wealthy pals AI bubblenairs
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rbreich.bsky.social
Data centers are receiving billions in state tax exemptions.

These centers, many owned by Big Tech giants, are driving up electric bills and sucking up huge amounts of water.

AI is boosting the stock portfolios of the richest Americans while everyone else pays the price.
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Suspect it was also to facilitate the genocide of Natives to steal their land.
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zeteo.com
Two years on, these horrific numbers show the scale of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

The figures speak for themselves: zeteo.com/p/these-horr...

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zensoul.bsky.social
#ProudBlue This is not a surprise given as how the administration is trying to criminalized homelessness. The unhoused are easy pickings; it’s much more likely their disappearance will not be immediately noticed.

The total immorality of this administration is mindnumbing.
mulchy.bsky.social
in the column this week:

-advocates have confirmed/are investigating the abductions of ~25 unhoused folks by federal agents in chicago (via @katieprout.bsky.social)

-state/local leaders crack down on anti-ice protesters

-civil rights orgs ask chief judge to bar ice arrests at county courthouses
Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community
Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.
chicagoreader.com
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thoughtsnations.bsky.social
Check out Poilievre’s post! 🪶😡🇨🇦🖕🏽👇🏽#FreedomConvoy #NeverPoilievre
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Didn’t realize we had gen AI so long ago.
Screenshot of YouTube preview of Paul Simin - You Can Call Me AI