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Peter Norton

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Historian; author of Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City, and of Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving.

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Nick Cunningham @nickcunningham.bsky.social · 2d

“By 2028, an average family in the region will be paying around $70 a month extra on their electricity bills because of forecasted data center growth”

I'm once again asking why ratepayers are subsidizing AI titans?

www.eenews.net/articles/dat...

Data center boom sparks sticker shock for PJM ratepayers

New analyses show that costs passed on to utility customers to guarantee future electricity demand are rising rapidly.

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 2d

Mr Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr, writing for a unanimous Supreme Court, reminds us all, including the White House, that false shouts of “fire!” are dangerous and can be lethal.

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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 3d

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:

This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 4d

Within two days, Goulet and other volunteers had collected 400 signatures on a petition demanding measures to slow drivers down and improve conditions for walking.

On January 26, volunteers paraded in the crosswalk, blocking motor traffic for about an hour and forcing police to reroute drivers.

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 4d

A motorist struck them both, killing Patrick and seriously injuring his mother.

One resident, Jim Goulet, told a reporter: “No one stops. they even just blow their horns at people in the crosswalk.”

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 4d

Like many other Canadians, Jim Goulet fought for walkable streets.

In Surrey, BC, busy 108th Ave divides apartments from the shops that serve residents’ everyday needs.

On Jan 24, 1974, Patricia McCallum and her 4-year-old son Patrick were crossing 108th at Oriole Drive in a marked crosswalk. ...

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 5d

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 5d

On September 14 “the mothers cut off traffic between 8:00 and 9:05 am.”

Hours later, they won an agreement to station a crossing guard at the site.

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 5d

Canadians fought for walkable streets.

Scarborough (Toronto), September 1965:

“For a year they have been trying to get a permanent crossing guard at the corner.”

Then, on September 5, six-year-old Brian Jones, walking in the company of other children, was killed there. ...

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 5d

But the result is an illusion. Waymo “works” – but only by “burning billions.” They won’t even admit how much they lose per ride.

Gold leaf “works” as an anticorrosion treatment for steel bridges. There's a reason why we don’t use it.

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 5d

You remember correctly, @ezmckinney.bsky.social . It's expensive to proceed cautiously because no one wants to ride in a hyper-cautious car. One way out is to take risks, like Uber did – until it killed a woman. The other way is “burning billions,” so being owned by Alphabet helps.

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Simon Pirani @simonpirani.bsky.social · 6d

"Let's think of mobility as a right." - a report of our @farefreelondon.bsky.social conference on Saturday. www.farefreelondon.org/posts/public... @danielsantini.bsky.social @carolinerussell.bsky.social @fuelpovertyaction.bsky.social @tippingpointuk.bsky.social

Conference: How to Build Support for Free Public Transport 27 Sept 2025

“Let’s think of mobility as a right”, Daniel Santini of the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil told Fare Free London’s event on Saturday 27 September. Take a look at the slides Daniel presented at the...

www.farefreelondon.org

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 7d

6. Must be read in light of the fact that the president has included millions of US citizens among “the enemies of our country.”

7. Requires us to remember Hugh Thompson Jr (1943-2006), whose comments on it, if he could offer them, are sorely needed and can be surmised.

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 7d

3. Repudiates solemn international commitments by the US under the Geneva Conventions.

4. Betrays and reverses previous administrations’ efforts to earn international trust and build our country’s reputation.

5. Impairs national security by estranging allies. ...

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 7d

— the Secretary of Defense, September 30, 2025.

This statement:
1. Is a green light to personnel who would commit atrocities or war crimes.

2. Is the kind of statement that our prosecutor at Nuremberg, Robert Jackson, cited to convict war criminals. ...

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 7d

“We also don’t fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement – just common sense, maximum lethality and authority for warfighters.” ...

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 8d

“Conservative” is the wrong word.

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 8d

Like many Canadians, Tammy MacDonald fought for walkable streets.

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 9d

Ternent “spent her time in jail doing sitting-up exercises,” according to a reporter. “‘When I got tired of that I started counting bricks on the wall. There are 185 in case anyone is interested.’”

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 9d

Among them, Mavis Ternent was arrested, and her placard was taken from her. Charged and released after three hours in jail, she went home, made a new placard, and returned to the picket line.

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 9d

Like many Canadians, Mavis Ternent fought for walkable streets.

In 1966, children attending Doon Public School near Kitchener, Ontario, had to cross a new 50-mph bypass highway. When demands for safer walking conditions failed, 15 volunteers picketed the dangerous crossing. ...

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 10d

South Hill, Toronto, 1973:

Canadians fought for walkable streets.

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 11d

No, @benbradleyca.bsky.social, I haven't.

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 11d

Volunteers marked the site with crosses and picketed the street, demanding slower driving and safer conditions for people walking and biking.

Peter Norton @norton.bsky.social · 11d

Canadians fought for streets people can bike on.

In Calgary, 12-year-old Peter Grant Jonassen rode his bike to school. On Elbow Drive, on the morning of October 23, 1968, a motorist killed him. ...