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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

If you watch a lot of local TV news in the morning like I do, you really see how traffic violence is background noise in our daily lives. Crashes in the traffic report, stories about pedestrians being hit, cars into buildings, road rage. The danger on our roads is a constant feature.

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I have worn On sneakers nearly every time Ive left the house for about a decade and will continue to do so for as long as I live and they are still available for purchase. Just incredible shoes. And I sold shoes for a living for many of my younger years so Im VERY picky lol

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Materialist Gnostic @walmsley.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

oil may be destroying the environment, but it's important to remember that it's also driving conflicts and propping up some of the worst regimes in human history

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Yes, I agree, that's a good way to put it

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Perhaps there is a distinction between comfort game and cozy game that people should try to make. Like, Elden Ring is my go-to comfort game as an easy pick when my brain is tired (randomizer go brrr) but I don't think I can go so far as to call it cozy lol

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

So you decided the best way to counter the narrative of the whiney boomers who were being over dramatic and exhausting was to do exactly what they were doing over here as well? Nice 👍 way to go. You're clearly Not Like The Other Boomers.

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

A reminder that humans in cars - notably omitted from this thanks to motonormativity - kill 1.2m people every year

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Avery Edison @averyedison.com · 13/02/2026

one of the most frustrating things about there being “no jobs” is that we all walk around and see the work that needs to be done. our cities are crumbling, our people need help, our world is dying. there’s so much work to be done, if only it were good for the balance sheet

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Dan Nguyen @dancow.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

She fucking killed an entire family while speeding in her Mercedes SUV and they’re not going to even take her license away??

On Friday, realizing that Chan was considering a sentence that did not include prison time for Lau, the siblings of the two deceased parents pleaded for Lau to be ordered to home detention and
"meaningful" community service. They also asked the judge to consider revoking her driver's license.
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"It feels like we have no rights," said Diego's sister, Denise Oliveira, addressing the judge. "I feel deeply disrespected by this process. It doesn't feel like this is justice.

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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

WE WON. Celebratory gathering at 5pm @ Pattison HQ, to unpack our victory and next steps. Hootsuite ICE protest is ON as planned at 3pm, let’s crank up the heat🧊

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

This is bullshit, no Canadian company should be able to profit off of ICEs atrocities. Helping to provide them with a new concentration camp is outrageous and we should all be boycotting Jim Pattisons many businesses over this: www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

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ICE wants to buy Pattison building to use for ‘holding and processing’

The United States Department of Homeland Security is planning to buy a building owned by the property arm of Vancouver-based conglomerate Jim Pattison Group to use as an Immigration and Customs Enforc...

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

It's so depressing how many people have been lost to various kinds of internet madness over the years. And who knows how many can ever find their way back from it.

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I often wonder how many of these are bots, especially when they seem to have no other personality or talking points. But even if they're not, they might as well be and they deserve about as much of my attention. Either way they just seem like bait designed to waste peoples time and energy 😩

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Yes that is the reality of the situation but would all the millions of people who voted for him agree? Perhaps you can sleep on this and gain some insight into how people view their representatives and their actions differently based on if they agree with what they're doing or not.

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Would it help if they said "benevolent dictator" instead? Same idea. 🤷‍♂️ We all like the people who quickly do the things we want. We simply don't all agree on what those things should be. Some people like Trump because he does their things fast and we like Mamdani because he does ours.

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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

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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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.

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BikeMN @bikemn.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

The solution is never going to be placing blame on pedestrians for being hit. Proven solutions: -Narrow roadways -Short crossing distances -Protected infrastructure -Auto-enforcement cameras -Pedestrian islands -Curb bumpouts -4to3 conversions -Bollards -Boulevard 🌳🌳🌳 -Speed limiters on 🚗 🚙 🛻

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Agreed - Tucker Carlson is the most terrifying potential option that comes to my mind.

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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I will never accept one persons anecdote over years and years of studies and research regarding the net positives 🤷‍♀️ i don't actually care if something inconveniences you personally vs the greater good for society.

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Sending much love from Canada. We often get too comfortable up here thinking it could never happen to us. I would rather learn from your grassroots resistance example to be better prepared to fight for our own freedoms just as hard as you're fighting for yours 🩷

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

This person said we all think "driving is a moral failing" and that's not how I view things. I am mad that we have created a system where many people have to drive, or think driving is the only safe or efficient option to get where they need to go. (If you drive a lifted Ram though, fuck you)

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

It's not that every individual driver is a murderous asshole (I'm not!). It's that car dependency as a whole is dangerous. It's that cars are deadly when they hit people. It's that our society prioritizes drivers above all else. It's about a system that is dangerous for anyone not in a car.

The anti-car brigade is really fucking weird.

The way they act like someone who drives regularly kills babies and kicks old ladies down the stairs is really fucking bizarre.

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Rory Bikes @rozd.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

My in-laws were bemoaning the cost of their cars. They live in urban sprawl where there is little around them. On one income, which is about $40k a year they have their insurance due for their two cars. $2700. Cars keep people poor and kill cohesive communities

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Too many of us are waaay too confident that we're not just one bad election behind you guys. We should be learning from the grassroots movements you're building instead of being smug assholes. But also, get that lady an offline hobby STAT

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

My Canadian ass is filled with second hand embarrassment 😭 sorry!! Not all of us are "good ones" either, clearly

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Mihai Cirstea @mihai-cirstea.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

New billboard in town 👀

Billboard reads: "There will never be a bell loud enough, a helmet strong enough, or clothing bright enough to make up for poor infrastructure. Join us in fighting for safer streets. Vision Zero Vancouver and Rovelo Creative." Beside the text, a picture of a child riding a bike in a painted bike lane.

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tatiana 🌈 @caterwaul.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

my kid was telling me about their RDR2 horses and obviously i had to send them @cassmarshall.bsky.social's hall of fame post about Hayseed, who "is not a friend" but "a sin" (they loved it) www.polygon.com/2019/2/28/18...

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Everyone hates my big stupid horse in Red Dead Online

He is my friend

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Chris Rywalt @crywalt.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

This is the solution to the Paradox of Tolerance: It's a contract, not a rule. If you break the terms of the contract, it no longer applies to you. If you won't be tolerant, you don't get to be tolerated.

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jtunes6.bsky.social @jtunes6.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I like this illustration by Swedish artist Karl Jilg showing how much public space we reserve for cars.

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I really, really wanted to like it and Id already booked 2 weeks off work for it 😭

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I played through Veilguard twice and, in the end, personally found it to be disappointing and underwhelming - I'm also happy for the people who felt differently about it 🤷‍♀️ find joy wherever you can

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 23/09/2025

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

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Nissa Mitchell @nissamitchell.com · 16/09/2025

Human beings are not cognitively or psychologically equipped to safely and responsibly operate cars. The fact we have normalized it is truly wild.

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Cass @cassmarshall.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

in 2019 i wrote a piece that was like "uhhh world of warcraft has a world-ending threat every year in its timeline? pretty improbable lol!!!" and I would just like to say: I'm sorry for that particular take. History has humbled me there

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

nope, not even a little. do some actual research on the topic! you might come away with a new perspective. I recommend the YouTube channels CityNerd and NotJustBikes 👍

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Incredible stuff, very happy to see it

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

10% of all trips and growing rapidly as the infrastructure improves doesn't seem like "not many" to me. 🤷‍♀️ We're tax paying citizens too and bringing more business to the downtown core. Don't you want less cars on the road "getting in your way"? No one hates cars and traffic more than other drivers.

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I'll hold judgment until the trade negotiations are finalized. We don't currently know what this may have bought us behind the scenes in exchange. As much as I support taxing the hell out of these bastards, this might not have been the hill to die on when compared to the whole trade war. 🤷‍♀️

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Believing you to be absolving Israel's crimes seems a fair extrapolation of your statements thus far. You do seem determined to be a Zionist propagandist on this point so why not all the others as well 🤷‍♀️

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Apparently it's justifiable when Israel does it, no?

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I am so tired of drivers in their giant vehicles who treat everyone else like second-class citizens & who suck up all the resources in our society & cause everything good to be paved and ugly. This rant brought to you by the lady who made direct eye contact as she refused to let me cross the street.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

If we’re being honest, the biggest threat to urban livability isn’t density or height. It’s the noise, danger, pollution, and wasted space that comes from prioritizing cars above all other modes of transport.

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Cars dont buy things, people do. Businesses close to bike infrastructure see higher customer counts, this has been studied and proven over and over again. Also, you want to know what actually creates car congestion? Not giving people the option to do anything but drive everywhere.

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Alex @affrayer.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Glad to hear we do agree on many points.

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