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criticalmass.yyc @criticalmassyyc.bsky.social · 4d

Calling all witches, goblins, ghosts and ghouls of #yycbike! Get ready for an extra spooky CRYPTICAL MASS this Halloween oooOOOooOoOo 👻

Cryptical Mass YYC event poster featuring Horse Guy skeleton on a bike. October 31 at 6:30pm. Meet at 1020 2 Ave NW.

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 10d

The God of the Road is pleased with today's sacrifice.

CTV News Kitchener @ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social · 10d

Pedestrian in hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries after being struck by driver in Mississauga - A man is in hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries after being struck by the driver of a vehicle in Mississauga on Sunday evening, Peel paramedics say.

Pedestrian in hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries after being struck by driver in Mississauga

A man is in hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries after being struck by the driver of a vehicle in Mississauga on Sunday evening, Peel paramedics say.

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Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 10d

ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.

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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 11d

War ravaged Portland:

A small child and family riding bikes through downtown Portland Oregon.One person is riding a cargo bike towing a trailer.

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Nathaniel Schmidt for Ward 8 @natefor8.bsky.social · 11d

Public spaces are essential to a thriving city.

Rec centres, parks, or even just places to gather with your friends and family for free.

They make us healthier and create stronger neighbourhoods.

With about 100,000 people, Ward 8 doesn't have nearly enough 1/

#yyc #yycc #calgary #yycelection

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Brett Bergie (she/her) @brettbergie.bsky.social · 12d

Another Friday night on the town with Sam.

People on bikes densely fill the car lane. The sun is nearly set. A sun flare rests on the image.

People on bikes densely fill the car lane. Downtown towers are directly ahead in the distance.

Sam and I chill out after the ride at a picnic table. The seasonal River Hall, set in the background, has hung lights and people and planters on its crowded patio.

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🇨🇦Peislandergirl (she/her) @peislandergirl.bsky.social · 11d

September @criticalmassyyc.bsky.social with thoughtfulness for our recently lost comrades - always, we ride together 💔 #criticalmassyyc #yycbikes

Critical Mass rides down Center Street taking space with a blue Calgary Tower nestled in high rises.

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criticalmass.yyc @criticalmassyyc.bsky.social · 11d

Happy people on bikes #yycbike

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Dave King @ideajoy.bsky.social · 12d

Was a beautiful Sept evening for @criticalmassyyc.bsky.social

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 12d

"When Calgary built the downtown cycle track network, that actually encouraged me to even bike through the winter, which before I would've considered crazy. Adding safer ways to bike encourages people to do it more. 'If you build it they will come.' That very much applies to bike infrastructure."

Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 21d

The data on #Bikelanes are clear & consistent: GREAT for cities in just about every metric you can think of. So why are politicians across Canada attacking them? We dig in with @bikecalgary.bsky.social's Doug Clark & Alyssa Quinney

PODCAST: www.podcastics.com/episode/3835...
#yyc #yyccc #yycbike

Divide & Conquer: The B.S. Against Bike Lanes

Build barriers between cyclists and cars, not between people and their neighbors.

www.podcastics.com

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Amanda Fenniak @theyarngeek.bsky.social · 12d

Coffee Outside with friends this morning. I’m thinking of Darren & all of the Edmonton Coffee Outside folks today as well. ❤️‍🩹 #yycbike #yegbike #coffeeoutside

A group of friends and their bikes having coffee in a park. The trees are turning yellow in the background.

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criticalmass.yyc @criticalmassyyc.bsky.social · 12d

Happy Critical Mass Friday to those who celebrate 🛸🤠 Tonight's ride will end at Eau Claire Plaza. Don't forget your lights and some warmer layers because it's fall y'all! SEE YOU SOON #yycbike

criticalmass.yyc @criticalmassyyc.bsky.social · Sep 6

Septembers are gorgeous in Calgary (if you're not breathing in smoke). Let's celebrate the end of summer the best way (on bikes!) #yycbike

Critical Mass YYC event poster. September 26 @ 6:30pm. Meet at 1020 2 Ave NW next to containR in Sunnyside. This month's poster features Horse Guy in overalls with a cute mouse in their pocket. A UFO looms in the background.

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Roberta Lexier @robertalexier.bsky.social · 20d

Love that constitutionally guaranteed human rights can be so easily overridden. Great job, guys.

CTV News Calgary @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social · 20d

Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on its three transgender laws: memo
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on its three transgender laws: memo

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith plans to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause this fall on three laws affecting transgender people.

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MeliBOO! (she/her) @melibee44.bsky.social · 20d

Trans rights are human rights and we all need to stand up.

Shannon Buchart 🇨🇦🍁 @sgbab.bsky.social · 20d

"Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office has directed officials to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender people, says a leaked government memo obtained by The Canadian Press."

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alberta looks to use notwithstanding clause on its 3 transgender laws: memo | CBC News

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office has directed officials to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender people, says a leaked government memo obtai...

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 21d

@criticalmassyyc.bsky.social #yyc #yyccc

Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 21d

The data on #Bikelanes are clear & consistent: GREAT for cities in just about every metric you can think of. So why are politicians across Canada attacking them? We dig in with @bikecalgary.bsky.social's Doug Clark & Alyssa Quinney

PODCAST: www.podcastics.com/episode/3835...
#yyc #yyccc #yycbike

Divide & Conquer: The B.S. Against Bike Lanes

Build barriers between cyclists and cars, not between people and their neighbors.

www.podcastics.com

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BikeBike In Calgary @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social · 25d

Another person on a bike killed by a driver in the last few months in Calgary. This didn't have to happen. 😭😡 #yycbike #yyccc

BikeBike In Calgary @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social · 26d

Fuck.
Image looks like a high speed left hook 😥 #yycbike

CTV News Calgary @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social · 26d

Calgary police say a cyclist was critically injured on Friday after being hit by a vehicle.

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sidewalkbobyyc.bsky.social @sidewalkbobyyc.bsky.social · 27d

Hey Calgary,

Today (Thursday September 11th) 👇

PM2.5 concentration is currently 2.3 times the World Health Organization annual PM2.5 guideline value.

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Bentley @bigclimate.bsky.social · 29d

Just imagine you and every Calgarian breathing #AllThatSmoke last week & your big takeaway is #Calgary needs to rescind its #ClimateEmergency & rip out #ClimateSolutions like #BikeLanes. It's only possible so long as the #ClimateMajority stays quiet. We must #DrawTheLine. #yyc #yyccc #ClimateChange

Composite image: Top shows Calgary city council chamber with text ‘Calgary city council to debate rescinding climate emergency declaration.’ Bottom shows four Calgary city councillors (one a mayoral candidate) smiling for a campaign-style photo.”

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criticalmass.yyc @criticalmassyyc.bsky.social · 28d

Manifesting this for every pro-traffic politician ☺️

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28d

How could the bike lanes do this to Josh Kraft!?

When city election returns finally finished trickling in around 1 a.m. Wednesday, they showed Wu clinching a decisive margin that leaves Kraft on the back foot for the final two months of the campaign. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Wu had drawn 71.6 percent support to Kraft’s 23.3 percent — a staggerin

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Ghouly Hoye 🇨🇦 👻 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 29d

Another banger video on redevelopment from @calgarysfuture.bsky.social:

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 29d

This is bad. Like, I profiled Alberta separatism for HuffPost back in 2018.

And it is fundamentally irresponsible to report on Alberta separatism past and present without the context of how deeply intertwined it is with Christian nationalism and white supremacy.

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Alberta's New Separatists - Macleans.ca

Canada’s most renegade province has been threatening to go it alone for more than a century. Now they mean it more than ever.

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BikeBike In Calgary @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social · 29d

"Police say the cyclist collided with a 67-year-old man in a 2014 GMC"

What? How did the GMC not protect him???

Also, CTV: Do you employ news editors? #motornormativity
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Life-altering injuries suffered in crash involving cyclist

A 59-year-old woman is recovering from life-altering injuries following a collision while cycling in Rundle.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 29d

In Ontario, criminal vigilantism works and will influence gov't policy.

Keep that in mind.

‘Get rid of the speed cameras,’ Doug Ford warns municipalities after several cut down in Toronto overnight

Premier Doug Ford says he plans to take matters into his own hands if Ontario municipalities don’t “get rid of the speed cameras” in short order.

www.ctvnews.ca

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criticalmass.yyc @criticalmassyyc.bsky.social · 29d

For anyone who has actually been involved in women's sports, you know how ridiculous this shit is. It opens the door for even more scrutiny and policing of women's bodies, what a woman "should" look like. It's another distraction tactic and punching down while our province burns.

Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 29d

‘Purely transphobic’: teen athlete calls out provincially mandated form requiring confirmation of sex at birth #Alberta
#SmithIsAnti-LGBTQS+

“I’m not trans, I’m not queer in any way shape or form. But I know that this is terrifying for people who are,” said Elzinga.

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‘Purely transphobic’: teen athlete calls out provincially mandated form requiring confirmation of sex at birth

Back to school is looking different for girls playing sports this year as they are being given a provincially mandated form requiring them to confirm their sex at birth.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Matthew the Matticus @matticusssss.bsky.social · Sep 8

#yycbike detour alert - Edworthy south pathway closed for slope stabilization. Starts tomorrow!

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