Tony
@bellaciao1.bsky.social
Non-partisan social democrat - politics, environmentalism, urbanism, sustainability, equity, science, electoral reform
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Climate advocates lost some political battles in North America last year, but technology and economics are winning the war everywhere else.
2026 will make the inevitability of the energy transition even more difficult to ignore.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/02/o...
2026 will make the inevitability of the energy transition even more difficult to ignore.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/02/o...
How to (still) be a climate optimist
2025 was a year defined by climate policy retreats in North America — and climate technology expansion in the rest of the world. Good news: Nothing stops this train.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Climate advocates lost some political battles in North America last year, but technology and economics are winning the war everywhere else.
2026 will make the inevitability of the energy transition even more difficult to ignore.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/02/o...
2026 will make the inevitability of the energy transition even more difficult to ignore.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/02/o...
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My thoughts on 2026: We don’t need to choose between the environment and economic prosperity /via @globeandmail
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #cdnpoli #energytransition
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #cdnpoli #energytransition
Opinion: In 2026, we don’t need to choose between the environment and economic prosperity
It will require bold political leadership to chart a course toward a better future
theglobeandmail.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:48 PM
My thoughts on 2026: We don’t need to choose between the environment and economic prosperity /via @globeandmail
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #cdnpoli #energytransition
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #cdnpoli #energytransition
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“A report by The New York Times revealed that third-party advertisers like Canada Proud ran disinformation campaigns targeting Mark Carney. The Financial Times also exposed a coordinated campaign on X to support Pierre Poilievre and attack Carney’s reputation.”
Observations from Montreal
An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.
cultmtl.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“A report by The New York Times revealed that third-party advertisers like Canada Proud ran disinformation campaigns targeting Mark Carney. The Financial Times also exposed a coordinated campaign on X to support Pierre Poilievre and attack Carney’s reputation.”
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READ THIS ARTICLE FOR #NEWYEARS:
25 simple but POWERFUL resolutions you can make to improve your life AND YOUR CITY!
Revisit my most read @fastcompany.com article—the resolutions feel even MORE relevant now! Which ones resonate with you? What would you add? #HappyNewYear #Resolutions #NewYearsEve
25 simple but POWERFUL resolutions you can make to improve your life AND YOUR CITY!
Revisit my most read @fastcompany.com article—the resolutions feel even MORE relevant now! Which ones resonate with you? What would you add? #HappyNewYear #Resolutions #NewYearsEve
25 simple resolutions you can make to improve your city in 2019
What if we picked New Year's resolutions that improved our individual and family lives, while also improving our cities and communities?
www.fastcompany.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
READ THIS ARTICLE FOR #NEWYEARS:
25 simple but POWERFUL resolutions you can make to improve your life AND YOUR CITY!
Revisit my most read @fastcompany.com article—the resolutions feel even MORE relevant now! Which ones resonate with you? What would you add? #HappyNewYear #Resolutions #NewYearsEve
25 simple but POWERFUL resolutions you can make to improve your life AND YOUR CITY!
Revisit my most read @fastcompany.com article—the resolutions feel even MORE relevant now! Which ones resonate with you? What would you add? #HappyNewYear #Resolutions #NewYearsEve
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This year, millions of Canadians made the choice to buy Canadian — and by introducing our new Buy Canadian Policy, so did Canada’s new government.
Here’s to buying more Canadian in 2026.
Here’s to buying more Canadian in 2026.
December 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This year, millions of Canadians made the choice to buy Canadian — and by introducing our new Buy Canadian Policy, so did Canada’s new government.
Here’s to buying more Canadian in 2026.
Here’s to buying more Canadian in 2026.
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“If you care about the bottom line, budgets & taxes, then you should care about urban biking, because it’s a money saver. It’s ironic when so-called fiscal conservatives attack biking, when their efforts just show a lack of understanding of math.” My interview with @modacitylife.com #CityMakingMath
Opinion: Why more urban cycling saves everyone money | Urbanized
The resulting benefits of a ‘car-less’ household are myriad, but few are as quantifiable as the money most people sink into a depreciating asset that sits unused for 95% of the time.
dailyhive.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
“If you care about the bottom line, budgets & taxes, then you should care about urban biking, because it’s a money saver. It’s ironic when so-called fiscal conservatives attack biking, when their efforts just show a lack of understanding of math.” My interview with @modacitylife.com #CityMakingMath
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SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how huge SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in our cities, and the absolutely INSANE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by #NotJustBikes. Then please share it as much as you can.
These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:35 AM
SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how huge SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in our cities, and the absolutely INSANE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by #NotJustBikes. Then please share it as much as you can.
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We’re going to build a high-speed rail network that will connect millions of Canadians, build our economy, and create thousands of high-paying careers.
December 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We’re going to build a high-speed rail network that will connect millions of Canadians, build our economy, and create thousands of high-paying careers.
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Hey everyone, I hope you’ll consider also following these 3 Bluesky accounts that are particularity close to me. Thanks!
@reneedsc.bsky.social
@toderianuw.bsky.social
@canurbanism.bsky.social
Plus take a look at this, my first urbanist Starter Pack. I’ve now done 6 of them!
#UrbanistShoutOut
@reneedsc.bsky.social
@toderianuw.bsky.social
@canurbanism.bsky.social
Plus take a look at this, my first urbanist Starter Pack. I’ve now done 6 of them!
#UrbanistShoutOut
October 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Hey everyone, I hope you’ll consider also following these 3 Bluesky accounts that are particularity close to me. Thanks!
@reneedsc.bsky.social
@toderianuw.bsky.social
@canurbanism.bsky.social
Plus take a look at this, my first urbanist Starter Pack. I’ve now done 6 of them!
#UrbanistShoutOut
@reneedsc.bsky.social
@toderianuw.bsky.social
@canurbanism.bsky.social
Plus take a look at this, my first urbanist Starter Pack. I’ve now done 6 of them!
#UrbanistShoutOut
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Let’s talk about the size of trucks & SUVs in the city. My column on the virtue & status signalling of vehicle bloat.
Shawn Micallef: This truck ad shows why Toronto needs smaller vehicles — if only the carmakers wanted to sell them
A car comically overloaded with plywood? It’s a good ad for a pickup — but also a sign of the incredible amount of money, weight and energy being wasted on
www.thestar.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Let’s talk about the size of trucks & SUVs in the city. My column on the virtue & status signalling of vehicle bloat.
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It's budget time so at the end of our interview w/ Mayor Bachynski, we gave him a printed poster of the image below. It's the density vs services vs taxes venn diagram that @brenttoderian.bsky.social often shares around. It includes Regina-related explanatory notes. #yqrcc
youtu.be/FMwOpoT4IAw?...
youtu.be/FMwOpoT4IAw?...
November 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It's budget time so at the end of our interview w/ Mayor Bachynski, we gave him a printed poster of the image below. It's the density vs services vs taxes venn diagram that @brenttoderian.bsky.social often shares around. It includes Regina-related explanatory notes. #yqrcc
youtu.be/FMwOpoT4IAw?...
youtu.be/FMwOpoT4IAw?...
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Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
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This is an EXTREMELY important thread regarding how to tackle disinformation and lies. If both validates and further educates the way I’ve been address such lies and conspiracy theories in the city-making arena. Please read, share and consider.
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is an EXTREMELY important thread regarding how to tackle disinformation and lies. If both validates and further educates the way I’ve been address such lies and conspiracy theories in the city-making arena. Please read, share and consider.
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Bill 60 is another attack on renters that will lead to more people going to food banks and experiencing homelessness in Ontario.
Doug Ford mocking protestors shows just how out of touch he is with Ontarians.
Doug Ford mocking protestors shows just how out of touch he is with Ontarians.
Bill 60 attacks renters
YouTube video by Mike Schreiner
youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Bill 60 is another attack on renters that will lead to more people going to food banks and experiencing homelessness in Ontario.
Doug Ford mocking protestors shows just how out of touch he is with Ontarians.
Doug Ford mocking protestors shows just how out of touch he is with Ontarians.
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It's obvious that Ford and Sakaria are using bike lanes to divide Ontarians & distract from some pretty monumental f-ups in Ontario. Instead of uniting us & using his mandate to build a better province, he's playing politics with peoples lives (of course not just people on bikes).
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It's obvious that Ford and Sakaria are using bike lanes to divide Ontarians & distract from some pretty monumental f-ups in Ontario. Instead of uniting us & using his mandate to build a better province, he's playing politics with peoples lives (of course not just people on bikes).
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Remember, whenever you hear that “speed wasn’t a factor” in a deadly crash, what they mean is that the car involved wasn’t technically speeding. At least “not by much.” It presumes that the speed limit wasn’t too high to begin with.
When it comes to death from collisions, SPEED IS ALWAYS a factor.
When it comes to death from collisions, SPEED IS ALWAYS a factor.
August 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Remember, whenever you hear that “speed wasn’t a factor” in a deadly crash, what they mean is that the car involved wasn’t technically speeding. At least “not by much.” It presumes that the speed limit wasn’t too high to begin with.
When it comes to death from collisions, SPEED IS ALWAYS a factor.
When it comes to death from collisions, SPEED IS ALWAYS a factor.
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Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act needs a fundamental overhaul www.lawtimesnews.com/practice-are... #bikeTO
McLeish Orlando's Patrick Brown on his fight for safer streets
Veteran lawyer calls for urgent legal and cultural reforms to protect most vulnerable road users
www.lawtimesnews.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act needs a fundamental overhaul www.lawtimesnews.com/practice-are... #bikeTO
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WATCH THIS: This is quite possibly still the most comprehensive interview I’ve ever done on smart urban transportation for better cities. Filmed in Vienna for a planned Paris-based documentary. Watch it, quote it, and please help spread it around. Thanks!
Brent Toderian on sustainable mobility
YouTube video by opascaud
youtu.be
August 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
WATCH THIS: This is quite possibly still the most comprehensive interview I’ve ever done on smart urban transportation for better cities. Filmed in Vienna for a planned Paris-based documentary. Watch it, quote it, and please help spread it around. Thanks!
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As our kids go #BackToSchool, never forget that we ARE the traffic that we’re afraid of. If more kids walked, biked or rode transit to school, it would erase a massive number of car trips each day, and our kids would be safer, healthier and better at school. HT Ian Lockwood.
Spread the word.
Spread the word.
August 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
As our kids go #BackToSchool, never forget that we ARE the traffic that we’re afraid of. If more kids walked, biked or rode transit to school, it would erase a massive number of car trips each day, and our kids would be safer, healthier and better at school. HT Ian Lockwood.
Spread the word.
Spread the word.
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My first Starter Pack! The Canadian urbanism and planning community on here is growing. Give these folks a follow. Some well known faces … and some you should get to know! (please re-post!) go.bsky.app/AEYL7FZ
August 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
My first Starter Pack! The Canadian urbanism and planning community on here is growing. Give these folks a follow. Some well known faces … and some you should get to know! (please re-post!) go.bsky.app/AEYL7FZ
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STARTER PACK: ICYMI, this is one of my favourite and most important Starter Packs, I co-curated with celebrated climate scientist and exceptional science communicator @katharinehayhoe.com. People and organizations that specifically overlap smart/better cities and climate action. Please share widely!
August 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
STARTER PACK: ICYMI, this is one of my favourite and most important Starter Packs, I co-curated with celebrated climate scientist and exceptional science communicator @katharinehayhoe.com. People and organizations that specifically overlap smart/better cities and climate action. Please share widely!
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
August 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
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“The 85th percentile should not be the Holy Grail or the Bible.” but that’s how speed limits are still set, by clocking how fast the 15th-fastest car out of 100 is going, and rounding up.
It's junk science and it’s helped normalize the deadliest roads in the developed world.
It's junk science and it’s helped normalize the deadliest roads in the developed world.
States rethink a long-held practice of setting speed limits based on how fast drivers travel
Road safety activists and some states are pushing to depart from a longstanding rule that sets speed limits in the United States based largely on how fast drivers actually travel.
apnews.com
August 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
“The 85th percentile should not be the Holy Grail or the Bible.” but that’s how speed limits are still set, by clocking how fast the 15th-fastest car out of 100 is going, and rounding up.
It's junk science and it’s helped normalize the deadliest roads in the developed world.
It's junk science and it’s helped normalize the deadliest roads in the developed world.
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We are facing both a climate emergency and an affordability crisis—driven in part by the fossil fuel industry and compounded by record-high income inequality. Sign our open letter to support evidence-based, socially just climate policies:
canada.citizensclimatelobby.org/budget-2025-...
canada.citizensclimatelobby.org/budget-2025-...
Budget 2025: Nation‑Building in a Climate Emergency - Citizens' Climate Lobby Canada
canada.citizensclimatelobby.org
August 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We are facing both a climate emergency and an affordability crisis—driven in part by the fossil fuel industry and compounded by record-high income inequality. Sign our open letter to support evidence-based, socially just climate policies:
canada.citizensclimatelobby.org/budget-2025-...
canada.citizensclimatelobby.org/budget-2025-...
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Did you know Canada’s provincial electricity grids are more connected to the United States than with each other?
⚡NEW PETITION: Let’s call on the federal gov't to build a truly Canadian east-west electricity grid with new transmission lines & renewable power.⚡
Sign now: dsfdn.org/EastWestRene...
⚡NEW PETITION: Let’s call on the federal gov't to build a truly Canadian east-west electricity grid with new transmission lines & renewable power.⚡
Sign now: dsfdn.org/EastWestRene...
August 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Did you know Canada’s provincial electricity grids are more connected to the United States than with each other?
⚡NEW PETITION: Let’s call on the federal gov't to build a truly Canadian east-west electricity grid with new transmission lines & renewable power.⚡
Sign now: dsfdn.org/EastWestRene...
⚡NEW PETITION: Let’s call on the federal gov't to build a truly Canadian east-west electricity grid with new transmission lines & renewable power.⚡
Sign now: dsfdn.org/EastWestRene...