Doug_305
@dhboyd305.bsky.social
urban adventurer, avid reader, lover of patios, foodie
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Car free living can save a person an average of $12,000 annually, making living in expensive cities more attainable. Cities also save money by investing in bicycling and pedestrian infrastructure. Win-win. #bikesky #yyjbike #bikeyvr
The Virtuous Cycle | The Tyee
What started as a cost-saving measure to ride my bike more often became a highlight of daily life. Third in a series from a new book by Steve Burgess.
thetyee.ca
December 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Pedestrian fatalities reach 17-year-high. This trend could be why
Fifty-one pedestrians had been killed on the state’s roads this year as of Saturday – the most in any calendar year since 2008.
www.theage.com.au
December 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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“Even if you don’t use the safe bike and roll network, there are thousands and thousands of your neighbours that do.
…a huge thank you to Victoria’s councils — 5 of them — who have made it possible for so many people to bike or roll around our city safely & efficiently.
You have changed my life.”
…a huge thank you to Victoria’s councils — 5 of them — who have made it possible for so many people to bike or roll around our city safely & efficiently.
You have changed my life.”
Comment: How Victoria’s bike and roll network changed my life
Even if you, or your friends, don’t use the safe bike and roll network, there are thousands and thousands of your neighbours that do.
www.timescolonist.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“Even if you don’t use the safe bike and roll network, there are thousands and thousands of your neighbours that do.
…a huge thank you to Victoria’s councils — 5 of them — who have made it possible for so many people to bike or roll around our city safely & efficiently.
You have changed my life.”
…a huge thank you to Victoria’s councils — 5 of them — who have made it possible for so many people to bike or roll around our city safely & efficiently.
You have changed my life.”
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Who needs a village when you can have parking lots?
December 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Who needs a village when you can have parking lots?
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Full throated Nazi shit. I’m begging Canadian leaders to withdraw support for this abhorrent regime and take a stand for human rights, it’s the only correct response.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Full throated Nazi shit. I’m begging Canadian leaders to withdraw support for this abhorrent regime and take a stand for human rights, it’s the only correct response.
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My video was taken at the 360 immersive experience at the English Heritage Visitor Centre at Stonehenge. It shows the midwinter solar alignment at the monument. At sunset the sun is framed between the two uprights of the Great Trilithon.
More info: www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places...
More info: www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places...
What is the Winter Solstice?
What is the Winter Solstice? Discover more about the science behind this astronomical phenomenon and its link with the ancient monument of Stonehenge.
www.english-heritage.org.uk
December 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
My video was taken at the 360 immersive experience at the English Heritage Visitor Centre at Stonehenge. It shows the midwinter solar alignment at the monument. At sunset the sun is framed between the two uprights of the Great Trilithon.
More info: www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places...
More info: www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places...
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Fracking to extract gas is expensive. New pipelines are expensive. Supercooling gas into liquid (LNG) is expensive. LNG tankers are expensive. #Climate disasters are expensive. Solar and batteries are cheap. See the problem with Eby's #LNG schemes? www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/b... #bcpoli
Batteries now cheap enough to make dispatchable solar economically feasible
Energy think tank Ember says utility-scale battery costs have fallen to $65/MWh outside China and the United States, enabling solar power to be delivered when needed.
www.pv-magazine.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Fracking to extract gas is expensive. New pipelines are expensive. Supercooling gas into liquid (LNG) is expensive. LNG tankers are expensive. #Climate disasters are expensive. Solar and batteries are cheap. See the problem with Eby's #LNG schemes? www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/b... #bcpoli
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star
December 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star
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Did you know that Catastrophic floods that swamped much of southern British Columbia in 2021 were at least twice as likely because of burning fossil fuels? Did you know that fracked gas exported as LNG is as dangerous for the climate as coal? globalnews.ca/news/8622139... #bcpoli #bcflood
Climate change made B.C. floods at least twice as likely, study suggests | Globalnews.ca
The study concludes that the likelihood of similar events in the future will only increase as global warming continues to upend normal weather patterns.
globalnews.ca
December 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Did you know that Catastrophic floods that swamped much of southern British Columbia in 2021 were at least twice as likely because of burning fossil fuels? Did you know that fracked gas exported as LNG is as dangerous for the climate as coal? globalnews.ca/news/8622139... #bcpoli #bcflood
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Alberta can't wait for an election to stop Danielle Smith's dismantling of public healthcare. Her two-tier bill will dramatically reshape healthcare into a US-style system.
The federal government needs to act now before this disastrous approach spreads.
notwotier.ca/canadahealth...
#ableg #abpoli
The federal government needs to act now before this disastrous approach spreads.
notwotier.ca/canadahealth...
#ableg #abpoli
URGENT: Stop Two Tier Care. Prime Minister Mark Carney Must Act Now.
We have to defend and promote Universal Public Healthcare before it's too late.
notwotier.ca
December 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Alberta can't wait for an election to stop Danielle Smith's dismantling of public healthcare. Her two-tier bill will dramatically reshape healthcare into a US-style system.
The federal government needs to act now before this disastrous approach spreads.
notwotier.ca/canadahealth...
#ableg #abpoli
The federal government needs to act now before this disastrous approach spreads.
notwotier.ca/canadahealth...
#ableg #abpoli
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This piece, to be specific.
The Paris climate treaty changed the world. Here’s how | Rebecca Solnit
There’s much more to do, but we should be encouraged by the progress we have made
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This piece, to be specific.
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Last night, 8-month-old Rahaf died of exposure after her family’s tent in Gaza was flooded.
No parent should have to bury their child, yet this horror is the reality for countless Palestinians displaced by Israel’s genocide.
Canada’s complicity must end. Sanction Israel now.
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No parent should have to bury their child, yet this horror is the reality for countless Palestinians displaced by Israel’s genocide.
Canada’s complicity must end. Sanction Israel now.
shorturl.at/5I3i8
Baby dies of exposure after storm Byron floods Gaza tents, medics say | CBC News
Torrential rain swept across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, flooding hundreds of tents sheltering families displaced by two years of war and leading to the death of a baby girl due to exposure, local hea...
shorturl.at
December 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Last night, 8-month-old Rahaf died of exposure after her family’s tent in Gaza was flooded.
No parent should have to bury their child, yet this horror is the reality for countless Palestinians displaced by Israel’s genocide.
Canada’s complicity must end. Sanction Israel now.
shorturl.at/5I3i8
No parent should have to bury their child, yet this horror is the reality for countless Palestinians displaced by Israel’s genocide.
Canada’s complicity must end. Sanction Israel now.
shorturl.at/5I3i8
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Is it:
- the sun? No, it's not getting brighter
- the orbit? No, it's not changing
- volcanoes? No, they have a temporary cooling effect
- natural variability? No, noise can't explain a century-long trend
- cosmic rays? Are you serious
- aliens? No
- us? Yes. Believe us, we checked.
- the sun? No, it's not getting brighter
- the orbit? No, it's not changing
- volcanoes? No, they have a temporary cooling effect
- natural variability? No, noise can't explain a century-long trend
- cosmic rays? Are you serious
- aliens? No
- us? Yes. Believe us, we checked.
December 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Is it:
- the sun? No, it's not getting brighter
- the orbit? No, it's not changing
- volcanoes? No, they have a temporary cooling effect
- natural variability? No, noise can't explain a century-long trend
- cosmic rays? Are you serious
- aliens? No
- us? Yes. Believe us, we checked.
- the sun? No, it's not getting brighter
- the orbit? No, it's not changing
- volcanoes? No, they have a temporary cooling effect
- natural variability? No, noise can't explain a century-long trend
- cosmic rays? Are you serious
- aliens? No
- us? Yes. Believe us, we checked.
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Just a reminder if you are hosting this holiday season. Consider borrowing from The Dish Library to reduce waste.
December 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Just a reminder if you are hosting this holiday season. Consider borrowing from The Dish Library to reduce waste.
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“The earth is not dying, it is being killed.
And the people who are killing it have names and addresses.”
-- Utah Phillips
(And many of them now post every day)
And the people who are killing it have names and addresses.”
-- Utah Phillips
(And many of them now post every day)
December 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“The earth is not dying, it is being killed.
And the people who are killing it have names and addresses.”
-- Utah Phillips
(And many of them now post every day)
And the people who are killing it have names and addresses.”
-- Utah Phillips
(And many of them now post every day)
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A Tyee investigation has found that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s admiration for the popular and polarizing psychologist Jordan Peterson went well beyond her affinity for him as a fellow conservative culture warrior.
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports. #abpoli #canpoli
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports. #abpoli #canpoli
Jordan Peterson’s School Isn’t Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta’s Help | The Tyee
The premier met with the controversial psychologist and tried to help his business, finds a Tyee investigation.
thetyee.ca
December 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A Tyee investigation has found that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s admiration for the popular and polarizing psychologist Jordan Peterson went well beyond her affinity for him as a fellow conservative culture warrior.
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports. #abpoli #canpoli
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports. #abpoli #canpoli
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"My animals drink the water, my mother drinks the water. So I'm not a guy flying in from L.A. on a private jet. I am a sixth generation rural Albertan, and I'm just trying to keep the water clean."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Country singer Corb Lund gets OK to launch anti-coal petition drive in Alberta | CBC News
Alberta singer Corb Lund has been given the go-ahead to start collecting signatures for a petition to ask the province to pass a law banning new coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountain...
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"My animals drink the water, my mother drinks the water. So I'm not a guy flying in from L.A. on a private jet. I am a sixth generation rural Albertan, and I'm just trying to keep the water clean."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Pedestrian commercial streets are wildly popular in every corner of the globe.
December 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Pedestrian commercial streets are wildly popular in every corner of the globe.
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"A 2018 pilot project in Washington, D.C. saw dramatic reductions in conflicts, including a 97 per cent decrease in vehicle-to-vehicle conflicts and a 92 per cent drop in failures to yield to pedestrians."
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"The City’s own data indicate that conflicts involving right-turning vehicles are among the most common types of pedestrian collisions ... If adopted, these changes would mark one of the most significant intersection-safety reforms in Vancouver in years."
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
Ban right turns on red at intersections, proposes Vancouver city councillor | Urbanized
OneCity councillor Lucy Maloney is pushing for a ban on right turns during the red-light traffic signal at intersections across Vancouver.
dailyhive.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"A 2018 pilot project in Washington, D.C. saw dramatic reductions in conflicts, including a 97 per cent decrease in vehicle-to-vehicle conflicts and a 92 per cent drop in failures to yield to pedestrians."
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The genocide has not stopped. Israel must be treated as the pariah it clearly strives to be but Eurovision FIFA etc etc
BREAKING: At least seven Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in Gaza City and northern areas as Israel continues attacks across the so-called yellow line truce demarcation.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p5c13r
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p5c13r
December 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The genocide has not stopped. Israel must be treated as the pariah it clearly strives to be but Eurovision FIFA etc etc
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More on the guy that refused to wear a Canadian jersey when he was our ceremonial captain.
Hey Wayne, we know who you are.
You belong in Florida with the convicted felon who continues to threaten our nation.
Ps. your wine sucks.
Hey Wayne, we know who you are.
You belong in Florida with the convicted felon who continues to threaten our nation.
Ps. your wine sucks.
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
More on the guy that refused to wear a Canadian jersey when he was our ceremonial captain.
Hey Wayne, we know who you are.
You belong in Florida with the convicted felon who continues to threaten our nation.
Ps. your wine sucks.
Hey Wayne, we know who you are.
You belong in Florida with the convicted felon who continues to threaten our nation.
Ps. your wine sucks.
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The Frankenparty stitched together by Jason Kenney spawns a separatist monster in its ranks. albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/the-...
The Frankenparty stitched together by Jason Kenney spawns a separatist monster in its ranks - Alberta Politics
The Frankenparty stitched together in 2017 by Jason Kenney from the Wildrose Party and the Progressive Conservatives has spawned a monster. Hard-line Alberta separatists who were tolerated by Mr. Ken...
albertapolitics.ca
November 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The Frankenparty stitched together by Jason Kenney spawns a separatist monster in its ranks. albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/the-...
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The results are clear. Painted lanes lead to more cyclists being killed or seriously injured. Cycle tracks (i.e. protected lanes) are much safer and lead to huge increases in cycling.
This is data from Vancouver. Our politicians should stop ignoring it.
This is data from Vancouver. Our politicians should stop ignoring it.
November 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The results are clear. Painted lanes lead to more cyclists being killed or seriously injured. Cycle tracks (i.e. protected lanes) are much safer and lead to huge increases in cycling.
This is data from Vancouver. Our politicians should stop ignoring it.
This is data from Vancouver. Our politicians should stop ignoring it.
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Carney’s deal with Danielle Smith is the sellout of the century: scrapping climate legislation for a pipeline that will never be built.
We need powerlines, not pipelines. Our path is through climate leadership & building good jobs in the clean economy.
We need powerlines, not pipelines. Our path is through climate leadership & building good jobs in the clean economy.
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Carney’s deal with Danielle Smith is the sellout of the century: scrapping climate legislation for a pipeline that will never be built.
We need powerlines, not pipelines. Our path is through climate leadership & building good jobs in the clean economy.
We need powerlines, not pipelines. Our path is through climate leadership & building good jobs in the clean economy.
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Carney just signed a deal with Alberta that lays out conditions for a new oil pipeline.
In doing this, he managed to piss off one of his own cabinet ministers (who promptly resigned), coastal First Nations, the B.C. government, the Green Party and the Bloc Québécois.
But uh, here's what he got:
In doing this, he managed to piss off one of his own cabinet ministers (who promptly resigned), coastal First Nations, the B.C. government, the Green Party and the Bloc Québécois.
But uh, here's what he got:
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Carney just signed a deal with Alberta that lays out conditions for a new oil pipeline.
In doing this, he managed to piss off one of his own cabinet ministers (who promptly resigned), coastal First Nations, the B.C. government, the Green Party and the Bloc Québécois.
But uh, here's what he got:
In doing this, he managed to piss off one of his own cabinet ministers (who promptly resigned), coastal First Nations, the B.C. government, the Green Party and the Bloc Québécois.
But uh, here's what he got: