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Robin Richardson she/her

@canadarobin.bsky.social

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Doing everything I can to help people bike more and drive less. Obsessed with cargo bikes. Organizer, Yonge4All; Leader, KidicalMassTO; Contributor, ebikes-international.com. Proud 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 mom. Still COVIDing 😷💉

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Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · Mar 6

I'm sad and angry about what's happened over there, but I love the positive and pro-social vibe here at Bluesky. I think it is past time for me to introduce myself properly.

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In 2009, I told my husband that I was pregnant with our third child. “Wow,” he said. “We’re going to need a bigger car.”

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Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 14h

Since becoming a road safety advocate, I find driving incredibly stressful. I *know* how much I'm endangering those around me, and how much less I can perceive due to the sound-dampening and visual blind spots.

Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 14h

This is super interesting and important; I wish I had learned about this sooner. My 18yo is pursuing pilot training, and it's sobering how much more care is taken in training a person to pilot a plane than in training one to drive a car. What if we took driving as seriously as we do flying?

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d

You can be the safest, most attentive driver in the world and still pose a massive risk to other road users. That’s because cars and car dependency are inherently dangerous.

This doesn’t mean you’re a bad person if you drive, but I do think that drivers should acknowledge their role in this system.

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Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 17h

I grew up there and was always confused when the commercial came on. No one I knew had ever eaten it.

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Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 6d

Is the holiday Canadian Thanksgiving?

Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 9d

Ontario friends, please take a moment to add your name to this petition in support of keeping speed cameras, an important tool for safer streets: chng.it/qH2kV5GMYn

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

Stop Premier Ford from cutting speed safety cameras in Ontario

chng.it

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Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 9d

Okay, bot

Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 9d

Grow up

Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 9d

Huge difference between voter suppression and choosing not to vote. But your point is well taken.

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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · 12d

My driver's license comes in the mail. My health card comes in the mail. My notifications about mammograms and other imaging come by mail! Some of my income comes by mail. What if we just, I dunno, used TAXES to pay for this SERVICE?

Yvette d’Entremont @dentremy.bsky.social · 12d

"In response to the government's attack on our postal service and workers, effective immediately, all CUPW members at Canada Post are on a nationwide strike," CUPW said in a statement.

Canada Post workers on nationwide strike after government demands reforms | CBC News

The union representing Canada's postal workers has called for a cross-country strike in the wake of the federal government clearing the way for major reforms to Canada Post.

www.cbc.ca

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Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 10d

Sorry to hear you are sick! I hope you recover quickly.

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Julienne Danvers (WE WANT TRAINS!! 🚂) @juliennedanvers.bsky.social · 12d

For those who wonder what a modern postal service could look like, one example is in France, where letter carriers provide check-ins on the elderly for very affordable rates, while completing their routes.

I encourage everyone to read the whole thing

#CanadaPost

www.newyorker.com/culture/anna...

In France, Elder Care Comes with the Mail

Carriers for La Poste have a new job: checking in on the aged.

www.newyorker.com

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Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 10d

🙄

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Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 10d

How's that going for them?

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 10d

Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.

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Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 10d

I'm so glad you are - so are my family and I. I'm really sorry you can't count on your family to do the same. So many people seem to have a giant mind block about masking, when it's so easy and effective. I can't understand it.

Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 10d

Such as?

Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 10d

If you aren't already, please consider wearing a well-fitting mask such as an N95 or KN95 when in shared indoor spaces. The mask will help you *right now* and will also improve your chances after you are boosted. It's the single best thing you can do to protect yourself and your community.

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Ton Aarts @tonaarts.bsky.social · 19d

The number of people burned alive inside a Tesla is now .. 148

Statistically that's ~2,5 times more per Tesla (!) than the world's 'most fire hazardous car' ever: the infamous '70s Ford Pinto

(Taken out of production for 27 fire deaths After 3.2 million produced)

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

People burned alive in a Tesla, by Ton Aarts

docs.google.com

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Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 11d

*pergonat

Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 18d

I am now.

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FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 19d

Hoekstra never asked me. I'm incredibly passionate about the American-Canadian relationship. In fact, I've never felt such burning resentment toward it. I am boycotting U.S. travel and products with all my being. I am profoundly angry & have no goodwill left for my abusive neighbour. #Passion

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Born Broke Again @bornbrokeagain.bsky.social · 23d

Underpricing gasoline broke America. Big cars and trucks are the dinosaurs that must die for humans to survive.

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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 21d

If you truly care about women's bike racing, the best thing you can do is watch women's bike racing. Arguing about culture war issues is a distraction from the hard-fought battle for economic equity that these amazing athletes deserve. PS savvy win from Shari Bossuyt!

Shari Bossuyt wins the Grand Prix de Wallonie Dames

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Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 21d

Right back atcha, my friend ❤️