Chris Kemp
@cbkemp.bsky.social
An IT/infosec guy who mostly posts about sustainable, safe, and scalable infrastructure, bicycles, Toronto, tech, gaming, and cinema.
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hot take: poorly maintained walking/biking infrastructure is MORE dangerous than not having it at all because you have to use the car infrastructure and then also worry about people driving more aggressively around you because you aren't in "your" space.
Just as PSA to folks driving - this is why I run on the road in the winter.
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
hot take: poorly maintained walking/biking infrastructure is MORE dangerous than not having it at all because you have to use the car infrastructure and then also worry about people driving more aggressively around you because you aren't in "your" space.
When there's snow, people are going to go where it's safe and not slippery. Clear only the roads? People are going to go on the roads. Want people on sidewalks or bike lanes? We need to clear those with the same priority.
Just as PSA to folks driving - this is why I run on the road in the winter.
December 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
When there's snow, people are going to go where it's safe and not slippery. Clear only the roads? People are going to go on the roads. Want people on sidewalks or bike lanes? We need to clear those with the same priority.
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It’s past time we do something about disinformation online, starting with news comment sections.
The entire purpose of comment sections was to provide a space for people to discuss issues. But the space is being poisoned by bots and comment farms, where comments and likes can be bought.
The entire purpose of comment sections was to provide a space for people to discuss issues. But the space is being poisoned by bots and comment farms, where comments and likes can be bought.
Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It’s past time we do something about disinformation online, starting with news comment sections.
The entire purpose of comment sections was to provide a space for people to discuss issues. But the space is being poisoned by bots and comment farms, where comments and likes can be bought.
The entire purpose of comment sections was to provide a space for people to discuss issues. But the space is being poisoned by bots and comment farms, where comments and likes can be bought.
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Snowplow is already clearing Bloor bike lane for a 2nd time -- and it's only 9am! Thank you @mayoroliviachow.ca @toronto.ca #biketo
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Snowplow is already clearing Bloor bike lane for a 2nd time -- and it's only 9am! Thank you @mayoroliviachow.ca @toronto.ca #biketo
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"Open Streets not only helps improve public health outcomes, but also brings people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds together while boosting local businesses." - Robert Zaichkowski
#biketo
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
#biketo
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Edward Keenan: Here are some more very good ideas from Star readers to make Toronto better
We gave you our Top 20 "great" ideas for Toronto. Now, how about some more?
www.thestar.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"Open Streets not only helps improve public health outcomes, but also brings people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds together while boosting local businesses." - Robert Zaichkowski
#biketo
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
#biketo
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
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If this parking garage really ends up costing $400 million, that’s more than the cost to build the C.N. tower, adjusted for inflation. Imagine the real, beneficial city-building opportunities that money could go towards. Or helping with one of many ongoing crises…
www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
Ontario reveals five-storey Ontario Place parking garage; Science Centre still TBD
'You'll barely even see' the garage: Ford
www.thetrillium.ca
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If this parking garage really ends up costing $400 million, that’s more than the cost to build the C.N. tower, adjusted for inflation. Imagine the real, beneficial city-building opportunities that money could go towards. Or helping with one of many ongoing crises…
www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
www.thetrillium.ca/news/municip...
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Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. We all need to reflect on the lives lost to transphobia and violence. Consider supporting organizations that are making things better for people.
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. We all need to reflect on the lives lost to transphobia and violence. Consider supporting organizations that are making things better for people.
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Thanks to Doug Ford, there will be zero chance of Toronto making it on the Copenhagenize Index anytime soon. 🤬 #BikeTO #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero
These things are always hard to measure, but the Copenhagenize Index ranks Montreal as the 15th most bike-friendly city in the world.
Top 5 in North America:
1. Montreal
2. Quebec City
3. Vancouver
4. Portland
5. Minneapolis
I worry we’ll fall in the next few years though!
Top 5 in North America:
1. Montreal
2. Quebec City
3. Vancouver
4. Portland
5. Minneapolis
I worry we’ll fall in the next few years though!
Copenhagenize index
copenhagenizeindex.eu
November 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Thanks to Doug Ford, there will be zero chance of Toronto making it on the Copenhagenize Index anytime soon. 🤬 #BikeTO #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero
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Taking the whole lane ✔️
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
The textbook radical anti-car cyclists our culture despises.
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
The textbook radical anti-car cyclists our culture despises.
November 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Taking the whole lane ✔️
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
The textbook radical anti-car cyclists our culture despises.
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
The textbook radical anti-car cyclists our culture despises.
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Thousands of ASUS WRT routers, mostly end-of-life or outdated devices, have been hijacked in a global campaign called Operation WrtHug that exploits six vulnerabilities.
New WrtHug campaign hijacks thousands of end-of-life ASUS routers
Thousands of ASUS WRT routers, mostly end-of-life or outdated devices, have been hijacked in a global campaign called Operation WrtHug that exploits six vulnerabilities.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Thousands of ASUS WRT routers, mostly end-of-life or outdated devices, have been hijacked in a global campaign called Operation WrtHug that exploits six vulnerabilities.
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A reminder that all the most successful shopping malls in Canada aren’t the ones with the largest parking lots: They’re the ones with the best connections to public transit.
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A reminder that all the most successful shopping malls in Canada aren’t the ones with the largest parking lots: They’re the ones with the best connections to public transit.
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"Ontario had a 96% carbon-free electrical grid in 2017; it is now only 84% clean."
Doug Ford continues to embarrass Ontarians with his regressive policies. #onpoli
www.thestar.com/news/gta/why...
Doug Ford continues to embarrass Ontarians with his regressive policies. #onpoli
www.thestar.com/news/gta/why...
Why GTA emissions are ‘moving in the wrong direction’ despite electric vehicles, transit use
The region would need to see a drop of 11 per cent in emissions annually to reach its 2030 targets, according to a new report.
www.thestar.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"Ontario had a 96% carbon-free electrical grid in 2017; it is now only 84% clean."
Doug Ford continues to embarrass Ontarians with his regressive policies. #onpoli
www.thestar.com/news/gta/why...
Doug Ford continues to embarrass Ontarians with his regressive policies. #onpoli
www.thestar.com/news/gta/why...
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Super stoked for our radical cyclist t-shirts! Get yours now at our online store:
bikinglawyermerch.myshopify.com
$5 from each short goes to @thebikebrigade
Collabo w @tomflood.bsky.social
bikinglawyermerch.myshopify.com
$5 from each short goes to @thebikebrigade
Collabo w @tomflood.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Super stoked for our radical cyclist t-shirts! Get yours now at our online store:
bikinglawyermerch.myshopify.com
$5 from each short goes to @thebikebrigade
Collabo w @tomflood.bsky.social
bikinglawyermerch.myshopify.com
$5 from each short goes to @thebikebrigade
Collabo w @tomflood.bsky.social
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Ford has been on a conservation authority hunt for six years. It’s wonky enough that Ontario won’t care (because they seem to care about … not much when it comes to this govt) but profound negative impact. On and on.
The Doug Ford government is setting its sites on conservation authorities for the fifth time, merging the watershed protection agencies. Staff tell @fatimabsyed.bsky.social it may ‘slow approvals, create confusion’ — not to mention it's leaving them with ‘whiplash.’ thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons...
Inside Ontario’s plan to merge 36 conservation authorities to 7 | The Narwhal
Doug Ford’s government is seeking public feedback on its plan to overhaul Ontario’s conservation authorities, reducing local agencies from 36 to 7
thenarwhal.ca
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Ford has been on a conservation authority hunt for six years. It’s wonky enough that Ontario won’t care (because they seem to care about … not much when it comes to this govt) but profound negative impact. On and on.
"But no one rides bicycles once it gets cold."
Yesterday there were approximately 22,116 Toronto Bikeshare bikeshare trips
Most used station: 144 Harrison St (310 trips)
Least used station: Sunnybrook Park and 196 others (0 trips)
Active stations: 987
#bikeTO
Most used station: 144 Harrison St (310 trips)
Least used station: Sunnybrook Park and 196 others (0 trips)
Active stations: 987
#bikeTO
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"But no one rides bicycles once it gets cold."
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Over 800 people have now signed the petition calling on Mayor Olivia Chow and City Council to bring back open streets to Toronto by 2026! Let's keep the momentum going! #BikeTO #WalkTO #OpenStreetsTO #ActiveTO #TOpoli tinyurl.com/openstreetsp...
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Over 800 people have now signed the petition calling on Mayor Olivia Chow and City Council to bring back open streets to Toronto by 2026! Let's keep the momentum going! #BikeTO #WalkTO #OpenStreetsTO #ActiveTO #TOpoli tinyurl.com/openstreetsp...
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Never forget, car dependency is the opposite of freedom.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Never forget, car dependency is the opposite of freedom.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
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Toronto Council meets today! Let's experience it together.
Mayor Olivia Chow has set an item about rental protections as her first key matter, so that'll be considered first. After that: snow.
It'll stream live here. I'll note what's notable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qGe...
Mayor Olivia Chow has set an item about rental protections as her first key matter, so that'll be considered first. After that: snow.
It'll stream live here. I'll note what's notable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qGe...
City Council - November 12, 2025
YouTube video by Toronto City Council
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Toronto Council meets today! Let's experience it together.
Mayor Olivia Chow has set an item about rental protections as her first key matter, so that'll be considered first. After that: snow.
It'll stream live here. I'll note what's notable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qGe...
Mayor Olivia Chow has set an item about rental protections as her first key matter, so that'll be considered first. After that: snow.
It'll stream live here. I'll note what's notable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qGe...
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"A city's priorities become as clear as the spaces they choose to maintain in the winter."
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"A city's priorities become as clear as the spaces they choose to maintain in the winter."
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
A typical heavy user of genAI (eg. a student that regularly uses chatGPT), generates ~2.5kg of CO₂ in an *entire year*.
That's the equivalent of driving just 10km.
That's the equivalent of driving just 10km.
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A typical heavy user of genAI (eg. a student that regularly uses chatGPT), generates ~2.5kg of CO₂ in an *entire year*.
That's the equivalent of driving just 10km.
That's the equivalent of driving just 10km.
This is about the same amount of CO₂ that ~184,000 typical cars in the US produce in a year, which is just 0.06% of the ~300M US vehicles.
Let's keep things in perspective. AI usage is a drop in the bucket compared to car pollution.
Let's keep things in perspective. AI usage is a drop in the bucket compared to car pollution.
AI adoption in US adds ~900k tons of CO₂ annually, study finds [Discussion]
AI adoption in US adds ~900k tons of CO₂ annually, study finds
AI adoption in US adds ~900k tons of CO₂ annually, study finds
techxplore.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This is about the same amount of CO₂ that ~184,000 typical cars in the US produce in a year, which is just 0.06% of the ~300M US vehicles.
Let's keep things in perspective. AI usage is a drop in the bucket compared to car pollution.
Let's keep things in perspective. AI usage is a drop in the bucket compared to car pollution.
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Unbelievable provincial overreach.
"As a 20-something who moved to Toronto after graduate school my priorities included, among others, access to strong transit options to avoid a hefty car purchase that would strain my early-career income."
#OnPoli #ToPoli #BikeTO #GiftLink 🎁
"As a 20-something who moved to Toronto after graduate school my priorities included, among others, access to strong transit options to avoid a hefty car purchase that would strain my early-career income."
#OnPoli #ToPoli #BikeTO #GiftLink 🎁
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Sunday (Nov16) forecast for Closing the Loop ride: 10C. Join us for 50km ride along part of Loop, as part of campaign to close remaining gaps along larger route. Meet 10am, The Well, Front & Spadina. In front of Fix Coffee + Bikes. Email us to register: [email protected] #biketo
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sunday (Nov16) forecast for Closing the Loop ride: 10C. Join us for 50km ride along part of Loop, as part of campaign to close remaining gaps along larger route. Meet 10am, The Well, Front & Spadina. In front of Fix Coffee + Bikes. Email us to register: [email protected] #biketo
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Cars might work fine in California or Florida, but they’re not practical here in Canada. We have winter.
More than 300 collisions reported as early season snow slams parts of Ontario
YouTube video by CTV News
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Cars might work fine in California or Florida, but they’re not practical here in Canada. We have winter.