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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 8h

Cousin (Consanguineous) Marriage % By Country

Data for all countries on map: brilliantmaps.com/consangui...

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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 10h

Halifax council votes in favour of bylaw to restrict infilling at Dartmouth Cove

reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social

Halifax council votes in favour of bylaw to restrict infilling at Dartmouth Cove - Halifax Examiner

More than two dozen people attended hearing at City Hall Tuesday night.

www.halifaxexaminer.ca

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Active Towns @activetowns.bsky.social · 8h

ICYMI: In honor of Walk ’n Roll to School Day today, here’s my special profile of Denver’s Park Hill Elementary Bike Bus and Crossing Guard Experience featuring Liz Brodahl and Nicole McSpirit, respectively, that I released yesterday. @bikebusworld.bsky.social
youtu.be/xlu8sCCQAFU

DENVER: Park Hill Elementary Bike Bus & Crossing Guard Experience

YouTube video by Active Towns

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Hugh Millward @hmillward.bsky.social · 9h

Third Harbour crossing is necessary and 50 years overdue.

Deny Sullivan @denysullivan.bsky.social · 1d

10% increase in traffic on already congested bridges.

If you hate traffic, this has added over 10,000 vehicles per day, vehicles that clogging up the roads. Vehicles that *literally* weren’t willing to pay $1 to make their trip

Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 2d

Bridge traffic up 10% since tolls removed

Story by me

www.halifaxexaminer.ca/transportati...

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Josh White @jwhiteyvr.bsky.social · 18h

Vancouver City Council approved establishment of standardized apartment zoning districts today, as well as a significant City initiated rezoning in the Broadway Plan and Cambie Corridor areas. I delivered these remarks in closing during the item at Council:

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 16h

The largest 25 countries in Europe in 2000 and 2025. Russia still the biggest but shrank by two million people.

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Hugh Millward @hmillward.bsky.social · 10h

www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/tc01-mapp...

Mapped: Canada’s Busiest Ports

See Canada’s busiest ports by container volume, highlighting Vancouver’s lead and a decade of growth, using government data.

www.visualcapitalist.com

Hugh Millward @hmillward.bsky.social · 10h

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Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.com

Hugh Millward @hmillward.bsky.social · 10h

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EverWind seeks approval for largest wind project in Nova Scotia | CBC News

A company that wants to build a green hydrogen plant in Nova Scotia has filed for environmental assessment for what would be the largest onshore wind farm in the province.

www.cbc.ca

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 2d

Based on the first map, where would you expect major cities to be at? The second map shows that your guess was spot on!

HT @undertheraedar

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Hugh Millward @hmillward.bsky.social · 2d

Popn map is densities?

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 2d

Ok, that’s the legal drinking age across the world as visualized by @xruiztru but what’s the actual time you first drank in your country? I think it’s probably around two years below legal drinking age?

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 2d

The Venn diagram of urban density and average household GHG emissions is pretty much a circle. Interesting study on “Mapping household GHG emissions in the Greater Golden Horseshoe” from the University of Toronto School of Cities schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/mapping-hous...

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Hugh Millward @hmillward.bsky.social · 2d

Common? Geographers seldom use it, unless forced to by Google Maps. Only real use is for navigation(since all straight lines are lines of constant bearing).

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Hugh Millward @hmillward.bsky.social · 2d

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Inside Nova Scotia's $60-billion wind gamble to power Canada’s clean energy future

Some industry players say this is the most difficult time in more than a decade to launch offshore wind projects, both politically and financially

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Hugh Millward @hmillward.bsky.social · 2d

Correlates to housing costs www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-where...

Mapped: Where Rent Subsidies Are Highest, by U.S. State

Discover where rent subsidies are highest and lowest across America and why federal aid differs so widely for low-income renters.

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Hugh Millward @hmillward.bsky.social · 2d

Utah and Idaho stand out. www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-extre...

Mapped: Extreme Poverty in America by State

We show rates of extreme poverty in America, as the federal government implements sweeping cuts to food assistance and housing programs.

www.visualcapitalist.com

Hugh Millward @hmillward.bsky.social · 2d

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Province Identifies 9 Key Sites, Including Woodlawn and Downsview Malls, for Major Housing Push

Provincial release: The Province is taking more action to support housing growth in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), issuing new orders and moving policies forward. The measures include Municipal ...

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Steve Brace @stevebracegeog.bsky.social · 3d

#Geographer Matthias Huss on glacial retreat and climate change

#Geographerinthenews

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Before and after images show glaciers vanishing before our eyes

They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 3d

This video is a long time coming.

People always ask me: what makes Montreal so ambitious on urbanism? (At least for bikes and pedestrians.)

I've been thinking through this and asking Montrealers, and in this video I want to cover *part* of the answer.

The Secret of Montreal’s Urbanism Success

YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 3d

Hopefully your city isn’t listed in this “worst air quality” ranking.

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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 3d

Largest Religion In Europe Excluding Atheists

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 4d

Daytime and nighttime population in England and Wales. You see the employment centers pop out clearly. Source: buff.ly/eSqwqsP

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Gil (Guillermo) Penalosa @penalosag.bsky.social · 3d

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 3d

Before looking at this chart have a guess at what share of the population in your European country are migrants. So, how close was your guess?

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