Sara F.L. Kirk
@sflkirk.bsky.social
Health Promotion Prof @dalhousie.bsky.social. Posting mainly about pop health, climate anxiety & advocacy for safe streets. UK export now physically located in Kjipuktuk/Halifax, Canada. Volunteer board member of @velocanadabikes.bsky.social. She/her.
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Sara F.L. Kirk
@sflkirk.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Thought I'd better crack on with a pinned intro. I'm an applied health researcher, using primarily qualitative methods & focus on how policies & environments shape health behaviours like healthy eating & active living. I ❤️ bikes & volunteer with Velo Canada Bikes to promote a #BikeFriendlyCanada 🚲
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“WASHINGTON—Citing that a majority of Americans are irresponsible, easily distracted people who have little regard for other human beings, a new Dept of Transportation report revealed that it’s ‘actually kind of crazy’ that U.S. citizens are allowed to drive automobiles.”
The Onion strikes again.
The Onion strikes again.
Report: It Pretty Incredible That Americans Entrusted With Driving Cars
WASHINGTON—Citing that a majority of Americans are irresponsible, easily distracted people who have little regard for other human beings, a new Department of Transportation report revealed Wednesday t...
theonion.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
“WASHINGTON—Citing that a majority of Americans are irresponsible, easily distracted people who have little regard for other human beings, a new Dept of Transportation report revealed that it’s ‘actually kind of crazy’ that U.S. citizens are allowed to drive automobiles.”
The Onion strikes again.
The Onion strikes again.
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"How Do You Avoid Hitting People with your Car" mini guide.
Now in French! 🇫🇷
Now in French! 🇫🇷
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"How Do You Avoid Hitting People with your Car" mini guide.
Now in French! 🇫🇷
Now in French! 🇫🇷
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RIP Colleen Jones, what a life lived
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Champion curler and CBC reporter Colleen Jones dies after battle with cancer
Colleen Jones, a champion curler and longtime CBC reporter, has died. She was 65 years old. The CBC's Tom Murphy looks back at her life.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
RIP Colleen Jones, what a life lived
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This is a lovely tribute to Colleen Jones. She had such tenacity.
ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/colleen...
ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/colleen...
Colleen Jones was something wonderful to happen for anyone who knew her
Colleen Jones was a tour de force. When you were with her you felt invincible and that anything was possible. She made you a believer.
ca.sports.yahoo.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This is a lovely tribute to Colleen Jones. She had such tenacity.
ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/colleen...
ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/colleen...
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This is so fucking sad 😞
A woman who stopped to help someone in Granville Beach, N.S. was killed by a driver
A woman who stopped to help someone in Granville Beach, N.S. was killed by a driver
Good Samaritan dies after being struck by car in Annapolis County | CBC News
The woman, 65, was helping a man on Granville Road in Granville Beach when she was hit by a car.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is so fucking sad 😞
A woman who stopped to help someone in Granville Beach, N.S. was killed by a driver
A woman who stopped to help someone in Granville Beach, N.S. was killed by a driver
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Things are happening
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Things are happening
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📢 New in #IJBNPA! Are interventions to reduce #SedentaryBehaviour in community-dwelling #OlderAdults effective?
🔗 Read more about this mixed-method review:
https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12966-025-01835-3
🔗 Read more about this mixed-method review:
https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12966-025-01835-3
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
📢 New in #IJBNPA! Are interventions to reduce #SedentaryBehaviour in community-dwelling #OlderAdults effective?
🔗 Read more about this mixed-method review:
https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12966-025-01835-3
🔗 Read more about this mixed-method review:
https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12966-025-01835-3
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#BikeHfx Halifax is once again doing more engagement around the “North End Complete Streets Project”
engagehalifax.ca/north-end-co...
engagehalifax.ca/north-end-co...
North End Complete Streets Phase 2
Phase 2 of the North End Complete Streets project looks at improving sidewalks, pedestrian crossings, bikeways and public spaces in a core part of Halifax's North End
engagehalifax.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
#BikeHfx Halifax is once again doing more engagement around the “North End Complete Streets Project”
engagehalifax.ca/north-end-co...
engagehalifax.ca/north-end-co...
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Discover Halifax through an AI travel genius? No thanks. It’s people who make a visit memorable
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Discover Halifax through an AI travel genius? No thanks. It's people who make a visit memorable - Halifax Examiner
AI takes the humanity out of travel.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Discover Halifax through an AI travel genius? No thanks. It’s people who make a visit memorable
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
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"Trump’s apparent campaign to tilt the playing field can be broken down into three main categories: rigging elections, controlling the referees, and disabling the opposition."
The Trump administration seems to be enacting “a long-term strategy to change the norms of political engagement in America,” Paul Rosenzweig argues. The president’s apparent campaign can be broken down into three main categories:
Tilting the Playing Field
Trump and his allies seem to want to transform American politics into a system for producing Republican victory.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"Trump’s apparent campaign to tilt the playing field can be broken down into three main categories: rigging elections, controlling the referees, and disabling the opposition."
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As we say in Germany: But we are not Iowa City - nor Paris, Copenhagen, Ghent...
"Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year."
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"Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year."
archive.ph/shcex#select...
archive.ph
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
As we say in Germany: But we are not Iowa City - nor Paris, Copenhagen, Ghent...
"Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year."
archive.ph/shcex#select...
"Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year."
archive.ph/shcex#select...
‘Quiet, piggy’ and other slurs: Powerful men fuel online abuse against women in politics and media
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theconversation.com/quiet-piggy-...
‘Quiet, piggy’ and other slurs: Powerful men fuel online abuse against women in politics and media
Gender-based violence in politics has democratic costs, diminishing diverse voices and expertise in public office.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
‘Quiet, piggy’ and other slurs: Powerful men fuel online abuse against women in politics and media
theconversation.com/quiet-piggy-...
theconversation.com/quiet-piggy-...
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I share this with respect for the many excellent journalists at the BBC.
And with the hope that transparency helps strengthen, not weaken, our democratic culture. /5
And with the hope that transparency helps strengthen, not weaken, our democratic culture. /5
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I share this with respect for the many excellent journalists at the BBC.
And with the hope that transparency helps strengthen, not weaken, our democratic culture. /5
And with the hope that transparency helps strengthen, not weaken, our democratic culture. /5
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It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
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This has happened against my wishes, and I’m genuinely dismayed by it.
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This has happened against my wishes, and I’m genuinely dismayed by it.
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
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This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people in the BBC Radio Theatre.
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people in the BBC Radio Theatre.
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Reality: car loan delinquencies are rising as Americans find our brutal and expensive car dependency increasingly unaffordable
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Bluesky economists: Look how happy Americans must be with their high levels of income and consumption!
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Bluesky economists: Look how happy Americans must be with their high levels of income and consumption!
A record number of Americans are behind on their auto loans
Last month, 6.65% of subprime borrowers were at least 60 days late on their car payments. That’s the highest delinquency rate since the 1990s, according to Fitch Ratings.
www.marketplace.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Reality: car loan delinquencies are rising as Americans find our brutal and expensive car dependency increasingly unaffordable
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Bluesky economists: Look how happy Americans must be with their high levels of income and consumption!
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Bluesky economists: Look how happy Americans must be with their high levels of income and consumption!
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N.S. libraries ask users to contact MLAs, municipalities about impending cuts #NovaScotia #HoustonFail
Libraries suffering after 'decades of underinvestment,' says president of provincial association
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Libraries suffering after 'decades of underinvestment,' says president of provincial association
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
N.S. libraries ask users to contact MLAs, municipalities about impending cuts | CBC News
The head of a regional library service in western Nova Scotia says that without increased funding from the province and municipalities, branches will have to reduce operating hours and services, and e...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
N.S. libraries ask users to contact MLAs, municipalities about impending cuts #NovaScotia #HoustonFail
Libraries suffering after 'decades of underinvestment,' says president of provincial association
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Libraries suffering after 'decades of underinvestment,' says president of provincial association
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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"During the presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump gathered oil executives at his Mar-a-Lago estate and promised them a powerful return on their investment if they raised $1 billion to help him retake the White House"
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"During the presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump gathered oil executives at his Mar-a-Lago estate and promised them a powerful return on their investment if they raised $1 billion to help him retake the White House"
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The human suffering is bad, but I also just hate the confident, based-on-nothing prediction that drives policy.
I spend stupid amount of time trying to quantify plausible effect ranges for policies just to get to "idk" and the people holding the levers of power are just like "homelessness is over"
I spend stupid amount of time trying to quantify plausible effect ranges for policies just to get to "idk" and the people holding the levers of power are just like "homelessness is over"
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The human suffering is bad, but I also just hate the confident, based-on-nothing prediction that drives policy.
I spend stupid amount of time trying to quantify plausible effect ranges for policies just to get to "idk" and the people holding the levers of power are just like "homelessness is over"
I spend stupid amount of time trying to quantify plausible effect ranges for policies just to get to "idk" and the people holding the levers of power are just like "homelessness is over"
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Premeditated road violence.
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Premeditated road violence.
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I’m thinking that US voters being “furious about prices” when Trump’s fascist regime are attacking democracy, human rights, the environment & climate, public health, the global economy, the sovereignty of nations, a sane world order, and more, may be why the world will never trust U.S. voters again.
Americans are upset about prices & things are completely unraveling for Trump.
Americans were upset about prices under Biden & his poll numbers were like Trump's are now.
Americans were upset about prices when @kamalaharris.com ran & she nearly won. Says a lot about her strength as a candidate.
Americans were upset about prices under Biden & his poll numbers were like Trump's are now.
Americans were upset about prices when @kamalaharris.com ran & she nearly won. Says a lot about her strength as a candidate.
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I’m thinking that US voters being “furious about prices” when Trump’s fascist regime are attacking democracy, human rights, the environment & climate, public health, the global economy, the sovereignty of nations, a sane world order, and more, may be why the world will never trust U.S. voters again.