Cdngrandma🇨🇦🇺🇸
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Dual citizen Canada/US. Grandma, love camping in uncrowded places. Heartbroken about the US election result. Some of the same trends in Canada, too.
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
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We face a climate emergency, a housing/affordabikity/homelessness emergency, a public health emergency, an equity emergency, an infrastructure cost emergency, all tied to too low densities, not enough housing, & far too much car dependency.
What we DON’T face is a “community character” emergency.
What we DON’T face is a “community character” emergency.
Despite a well-recognized housing emergency in Puget Sounds, cities continue to wield their emergency powers in ways that are related to...anything but that crisis.
A latest example: Bellevue is considering an emergency control tonight to protect the "character" of Old Bellevue from development.
A latest example: Bellevue is considering an emergency control tonight to protect the "character" of Old Bellevue from development.
December 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
We face a climate emergency, a housing/affordabikity/homelessness emergency, a public health emergency, an equity emergency, an infrastructure cost emergency, all tied to too low densities, not enough housing, & far too much car dependency.
What we DON’T face is a “community character” emergency.
What we DON’T face is a “community character” emergency.
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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.
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On this day in 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. For 381 days people boycotted the buses. They walked, carpooled and organized every single day until segregation cracked. Nothing will change today without that same resolve. Freedom isn’t granted, it's taken one step at a time. #Resist
December 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
On this day in 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. For 381 days people boycotted the buses. They walked, carpooled and organized every single day until segregation cracked. Nothing will change today without that same resolve. Freedom isn’t granted, it's taken one step at a time. #Resist
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Myth: drivers deserve more space on roads than cyclists & pedestrians because they pay registration and gas taxes
Facts: (1) registration and gas taxes don’t cover all the costs of road construction and maintenance; (2) most bikers/peds also have a car (90% of US households owns one)
Facts: (1) registration and gas taxes don’t cover all the costs of road construction and maintenance; (2) most bikers/peds also have a car (90% of US households owns one)
November 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Myth: drivers deserve more space on roads than cyclists & pedestrians because they pay registration and gas taxes
Facts: (1) registration and gas taxes don’t cover all the costs of road construction and maintenance; (2) most bikers/peds also have a car (90% of US households owns one)
Facts: (1) registration and gas taxes don’t cover all the costs of road construction and maintenance; (2) most bikers/peds also have a car (90% of US households owns one)
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It's #Stunday. This black skimmer was feeding in the shallows of a pond in North Florida. I took some liberties with processing. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #birdsinflight
November 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
It's #Stunday. This black skimmer was feeding in the shallows of a pond in North Florida. I took some liberties with processing. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #birdsinflight
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November 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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A corral like this seems like a good solution to rental bikes left on footways.
And if folk complain about a change and the council, on reflection, consider their complaint to be unsubstantive e.g. "it takes up a parking space", there's really no need for them to act.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And if folk complain about a change and the council, on reflection, consider their complaint to be unsubstantive e.g. "it takes up a parking space", there's really no need for them to act.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Mind-boggling' e-bike parking pen to be moved from Nottingham road
The metal fencing has been bolted into a parking area at the side of a road, close to a junction.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
A corral like this seems like a good solution to rental bikes left on footways.
And if folk complain about a change and the council, on reflection, consider their complaint to be unsubstantive e.g. "it takes up a parking space", there's really no need for them to act.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And if folk complain about a change and the council, on reflection, consider their complaint to be unsubstantive e.g. "it takes up a parking space", there's really no need for them to act.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Heard this one? The City of Barcelona traded 3 lanes of vehicle traffic for an exceptional 4.7km green pedestrian corridor in the heart of the Eixample grid. Businesses sued, & eventually won in court. Then they admitted that they actually like the change.
Streets for people are good for business.
Streets for people are good for business.
The Legal Attack on Superblock Barcelona - City Lab Barcelona
In this blog post, I attempt to unpack what this court ruling is about, the legal arguments, and who is behind it. Did the city really do something wrong? What will happen to the Consell de Cent proj...
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November 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Heard this one? The City of Barcelona traded 3 lanes of vehicle traffic for an exceptional 4.7km green pedestrian corridor in the heart of the Eixample grid. Businesses sued, & eventually won in court. Then they admitted that they actually like the change.
Streets for people are good for business.
Streets for people are good for business.
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Posts about urban biking in Dutch cities are routinely replied to with comments like “well, they have the big advantage of being relatively flat.”
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Posts about urban biking in Dutch cities are routinely replied to with comments like “well, they have the big advantage of being relatively flat.”
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
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Why is the government doing this?
What’s the justification? How will the unhoused, the elderly, the disabled keep identifications up to date? Isn’t this another barrier? Why change prescription drug plan outlined in Bill 11? Why don’t they have answers for those things up front? #ABPoli #ABLeg
What’s the justification? How will the unhoused, the elderly, the disabled keep identifications up to date? Isn’t this another barrier? Why change prescription drug plan outlined in Bill 11? Why don’t they have answers for those things up front? #ABPoli #ABLeg
“Albertans who fail to renew their health card on time will lose AHCIP coverage.
“Insured services may be declined until coverage is reinstated. Emergency services are still provided, but the patient may be billed if uninsured,”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...
“Insured services may be declined until coverage is reinstated. Emergency services are still provided, but the patient may be billed if uninsured,”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Renewing health cards won't cost money, but failing to do so will cost coverage - Medicine Hat News
[email protected] The UCP government is proposing a set of changes to the Alberta health card under Bill 11, sweeping health-care legislation tabled Monday. Amendments to the Health Insurance...
medicinehatnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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ICE detains teenage student at Boston Airport—flying home to surprise family for Thanksgiving.
Despite judge's order expressly blocking deportation—agents took her to Honduras just hours later.
"It's Thanksgiving, we're supposed to be with our families. And yet she's taken away from her family."
Despite judge's order expressly blocking deportation—agents took her to Honduras just hours later.
"It's Thanksgiving, we're supposed to be with our families. And yet she's taken away from her family."
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
ICE detains teenage student at Boston Airport—flying home to surprise family for Thanksgiving.
Despite judge's order expressly blocking deportation—agents took her to Honduras just hours later.
"It's Thanksgiving, we're supposed to be with our families. And yet she's taken away from her family."
Despite judge's order expressly blocking deportation—agents took her to Honduras just hours later.
"It's Thanksgiving, we're supposed to be with our families. And yet she's taken away from her family."
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Vance loves to deploy fabricated racist fearmongering. First Haitians are eating the pets, now Indigenous people sacrificed children?! Sheesh.
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Vance loves to deploy fabricated racist fearmongering. First Haitians are eating the pets, now Indigenous people sacrificed children?! Sheesh.
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That’s a Hell of a Ratio!
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
That’s a Hell of a Ratio!
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"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Doug Ford's government claims the province isn’t privatizing water.
Experts aren't convinced.
pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
Experts aren't convinced.
pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
Ontario’s Government Claims the Province Isn’t Privatizing Water. Experts Are Not Convinced.
“The way that this act is written creates this slippery slope towards privatization”
pressprogress.ca
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Doug Ford's government claims the province isn’t privatizing water.
Experts aren't convinced.
pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
Experts aren't convinced.
pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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