Greg Blee
@gregblee.ca
Retired engineer & writer. Charting baffled, bemused middle course to make sense of the world. Cyclist, punctuation lover, former adventurer. Minimizing importance of politics in my life. Gulf Island dweller, treatied Snuneymuxw FN land, BC, Canada
Must be fear of the political shitstorm that would erupt with a measles vaccine mandate that keeps them from acting. Just look at the recent ostrich soap opera. BC’s is not a population easy to govern.
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Must be fear of the political shitstorm that would erupt with a measles vaccine mandate that keeps them from acting. Just look at the recent ostrich soap opera. BC’s is not a population easy to govern.
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
I’ll have what she’s having.
November 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I’ll have what she’s having.
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3. Fossil fuels must be phased out, period.
@joellegergis.bsky.social, climate scientist & a lead author of IPCC's AR6, emphasizes the "scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels"
The fossil fuel era must end. There is no other way around it
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@joellegergis.bsky.social, climate scientist & a lead author of IPCC's AR6, emphasizes the "scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels"
The fossil fuel era must end. There is no other way around it
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels | Joëlle Gergis
History tells us that polite incrementalism and political kowtowing will prevail at Cop30 – even as catastrophe unfolds around us
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
3. Fossil fuels must be phased out, period.
@joellegergis.bsky.social, climate scientist & a lead author of IPCC's AR6, emphasizes the "scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels"
The fossil fuel era must end. There is no other way around it
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@joellegergis.bsky.social, climate scientist & a lead author of IPCC's AR6, emphasizes the "scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels"
The fossil fuel era must end. There is no other way around it
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In other provinces, journalists can use anti-SLAPP legislation to challenge lawsuits when they believe they are groundless or undermine the public interest
Alberta has no such laws, leaving journalists vulnerable to long and expensive legal battles
I believe that is fundamentally bad for democracy
Alberta has no such laws, leaving journalists vulnerable to long and expensive legal battles
I believe that is fundamentally bad for democracy
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
In other provinces, journalists can use anti-SLAPP legislation to challenge lawsuits when they believe they are groundless or undermine the public interest
Alberta has no such laws, leaving journalists vulnerable to long and expensive legal battles
I believe that is fundamentally bad for democracy
Alberta has no such laws, leaving journalists vulnerable to long and expensive legal battles
I believe that is fundamentally bad for democracy
Thanks for your efforts to maintain at least a shred of accountability for politicians and their “secrets.”
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Thanks for your efforts to maintain at least a shred of accountability for politicians and their “secrets.”