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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
People fighting transit and bike improvements pretend this isn't true, but wealthier people drive more and poorer people drive less. True fact
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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Walking with friends, exploring your neighbourhood, sweets and medals - Gezellig!
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Dutch children are unusually happy and healthy. Is it because of the Avondvierdaagse?
Once a year, Dutch kids, parents and teachers take part in a walking festival, heading out for four nights in a single week to explore their neighbourhoods, exercise and make friends. It’s a tradition...
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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
"The purpose of a system is what it does. Not what it says it does. What it actually does" venat.substack.com/p/the-purpos...
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The Purpose of the System is to Destroy Sneaky Dee’s
Toronto's Anti-Punk Land Use Planning System
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Liz Renzetti @lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This is a wild story, and everyone in Toronto should read it. A major American bank is behind the push to expand Billy Bishop airport. It has nothing to do with what people in the city want. This should be a HUGE election issue
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Lisa Stokes @lisastokes.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Council continues removing bike lanes, including the protected bike lanes on Howden Boulevard, despite staff advice and public consultation. If residents who support cycling stay silent, our cycling network will continue disappearing. lisastokes.ca/2026/05/i-am... #BikeBrampton
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I AM LIVID – Delegation to Council against Another Bike Lane Removal
Brampton Council has voted to remove bike infrastructure again — part of a growing pattern. The removals are accelerating, alongside a broader political environment increasingly hostile to active t…
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 21/05/2026
Memo to the global community: Canada has officially abandoned climate action. PM Carney has systematically dismantled all the insufficient policy we had in place. A clear-eyed and devastating piece by my brother, @sethdklein.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Canadian prime minister Mark Carney is not the climate guy you thought | Seth Klein
While Canada may be clinging to fossil fuels, much of the world is moving on
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 14/05/2026
From Safe Parkside: look what happened on Parkside Drive after Premier Doug Ford banned speed cameras.
Line chart showing vehicles exceeding 60 km/h on Parkside Drive from January to April, comparing enforcement periods with and without speed cameras. The data shows a dramatic increase in speeding violations after the camera ban in November 2025
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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The City of Ottawa posted the raw speed data from before and after Doug Ford banned speed cameras and the effect is so obvious it's not even necessary put a line marking when that happened. This chart shows the percentage of drivers going 15km/h or more over the posted limit.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 23/04/2026
In Ottawa a car flipped upside down in front of an elementary school where a speed camera had previously been installed. @cloelogan.bsky.social reports on the ripple effects of Ford's speed camera ban.
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Ontario municipalities face the consequences of Ford's speed camera ban
Car wrecks, speeding surges and financial messes: Six months into Ontario's speed camera ban, here's what cities and towns across the province are saying.
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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
1000% this.
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Todd Litman @toddlitman.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Bicycling increases and crash rates decline in cities that invest in cycling infrastructure. Ralph Buehler, J. Pucher, et al. (2026), "Cycling in New York, London, Paris, and Berlin" International Journal of Sustainable Transport (www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/15568318.2026.2649315)
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
It's the inconvenience that I enjoy.
carton of milk labeled 20 min drive
run out of milk?
With none of those annoying walkable stores, you get to drive 20 mins.
there's nothing more freeing than having to drive everywhere for everything.
ROVÉLO
CREATIVE
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
“What gas prices?” Better cities create choices. #UrbanTruth
Image of people riding in a busy protected bike-lane on a street that also has space for buses and cars. Mobility freedom comes from mobility choice. Text in graphic is the same as in the post. Graphic by the URBAN TRUTH COLLECTIVE.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
New from me at TVO, on Doug Ford's war on the car. www.tvo.org/article/anal...
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ANALYSIS: Is Doug Ford waging a war on cars? | TVO Today
Soaring gas prices. Worsening congestion. Fewer options. Are drivers better off than eight years ago?
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17/03/2026
They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨 London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.
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London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution
Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
If you, like many, were confused about what to make of last week's federal auto/EV strategy – was it another climate retreat or creative new strategy? – I highly recommend latest column by @chrishatch.bsky.social 👇 Canada’s auto strategy is driving blind www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/09/o...
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Canada’s auto strategy is driving blind
The most telling revelation about the announcement of the Canadian government's new auto strategy came during the technical briefing when government experts admitted they haven’t done the modelling ye...
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Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Devastating op ed by Vanessa Gentile in today's @thestar.com condemning the Ford government deliberately making our roads less safe: "Five years on, I am still writing because Alex cannot. And because no one else should have to." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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I fought for safer Toronto streets after my friend was killed five years ago. Now Doug Ford is undoing that work
Premier Doug Ford and Transportation Minister Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria are actively dismantling the very infrastructure that so many of us fought to put in place.
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Ontario Nature @ontarionature.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
🦇 It’s #BatWeek! Ontario is home to 8 bat species and heartbreakingly, 7 are now endangered. From pest control to pollination, bats keep our ecosystems in balance. Let’s protect the night’s unsung heroes. 🌙 Learn more here: onnaturemagazine.com/bat-guide.html #bats #OntarioNature
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
If crime is way down, why are Canadians so afraid of crime? And what are politicians funnelling money into? My latest -- they are boosting policing to police us ... not keep us safe (unless you're rich, which trust me, you are not.) noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-big-cr...
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The big crime lie
Crime is down but spending on cops and security is up. Why?
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
For our cities, police and any other voices of authority. Just want to get ahead of the kid shaming content that's coming this Halloween. @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
4 kids in halloween costumes Road safety is your responsibility not theirs
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Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
"This sorry episode demonstrates not just how Toronto forgets its past, but also how the city manages to forget how it forgets its past." @johnlorinc.bsky.social is rightly outraged at the way the new market building ignores the site's significant history spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
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How Toronto Forgets Its History (Again) - Spacing Toronto
The north portion of St. Lawrence Market is arguably the second most historic spot in the post-colonial city, after Fort York. A public market has been operating there continuously since 1803, which i...
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
It's that time of year again, welcome back to school kiddos! This week we're going to address Toronto's back to school/micro mobility campaign & ask that they direct all available resources at dangerous drivers who cause hundreds of serious injuries & deaths each year in TO. 📷 @tomflood.bsky.social
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Doug Ford: what can I do to get more drivers on the road? -add lanes attracting more drivers -don't finish major transit projects, give no info on why -rip out bike lanes -send all civil servants back to work 5 days a week
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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Brilliant column by @thekeenanwire.bsky.social which ridicules Doug Ford's pro-car policies. That along with forcing public servants in office, attacking #BikeTO lanes & fumbling transit projects and he's better off being called "pro-congestion". #TTC #TOpoli #ONpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Edward Keenan: On traffic congestion, Doug Ford has tried nothing — and he’s all out of ideas
The premier ignores the Fundamental Law of Road Congestion at every Ontario commuter's peril.
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Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
As Toronto's parks department searches for a new general manager of Parks while facing criticism from the Auditor General, landscape architect Fadi Masoud offers proposals for how to revitalize Toronto's green spaces. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
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Toronto Parks Need a Reboot - Spacing Toronto
Recent Auditor General reports exposed deep-rooted inefficiencies and systemic issues in Toronto’s Parks & Recreation (P&R) Division. Despite these challenges, P&R is staffed by many dedicated public ...
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John Lorinc @johnlorinc.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
#topoli #onpoli New from me in @spacing: Some reflections on @cycletoronto.bsky.social’s huge legal victory in the bike lane war with Ford Nation. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
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Bike Lanes: 2 - Ford Nation: 0 - Spacing Toronto
In an intriguing aside a third of the way into Justice Paul Schabas’ extraordinary decision (issued yesterday) in Toronto’s bike lane war with Premier Doug Ford, he reveals how, about a month ago, he ...
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 28/07/2025
Mark Carney wants economic growth at any cost. To achieve it, he’s going after tech investment and pushing hard for AI adoption. In the process, AI regulations are being thrown on the bonfire and tech harms are an afterthought. It’s a recipe for disaster.
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Mark Carney is going “elbows down” against Big Tech
Canada’s AI agenda ignores potential harms in the hope of short-term economic gain
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 25/07/2025
Op-ed from @davidmaccdn.bsky.social "...these cuts will easily be the biggest items in the fall budget. Any resultant “savings” will go toward more defence spending, as well as tax cuts for the middle and upper classes. It’s a brutal trade-off." @policyalternatives.ca www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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So much for ‘Canada strong’: Mark Carney’s cuts to the public service are a brutal trade-off
The Liberals are pondering cuts so deep, they’ll outdo the Harper government and rival Paul Martin.
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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
A new report from @sickkidsto.bsky.social found speed cameras reduce speeding and aggressive driving by almost half; thus making the streets safer for #BikeTO & #WalkTO. #TOpoli #VisionZero www.thestar.com/news/toronto...
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Toronto’s speed cameras have reduced speeding, aggressive driving by almost half: new SickKids report
Study looks at 250 different locations across Toronto from July 2020 and December 2022.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
What you need to know about the Ring of Fire. This is not a nation-building exercise. For many years as a politician I was a booster of this massive project in the fragile wetlands. I turned to doubt and then opposition over the huge impacts on the land. charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-breath...
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The Breathing Lands: Getting Burned by the Ring of Fire
With the Trump administration's threat to Canada, companies and politicians are falling over themselves to secure Prime Minister Carney's support for the next "nation-building" mega-project.
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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
This is the Way: Montreal and Toronto Shatter Bike Share Cycling Records. momentummag.com/montreal-and...
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Montreal and Toronto Shatter Cycling Records in Major Bike Boom
Canada's two largest bike share systems hit records this month, demonstrating their importance to the rest of the country and North America.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
absolutely brutal reporting from @jackhauen.bsky.social about the collapse in ambition of GO rail expansion happening under this government www.thetrillium.ca/news/the-tri...
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How Metrolinx’s plan to deliver European-style train service went off the rails
GO Expansion will still transform Greater Golden Horseshoe transit — but likely won’t be as ambitious as what was planned just three years ago
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Canada is on fire. The national media is focused on building pipelines for national unity. Oil production is at record levels. We are back of the pack in the G7 for failing all our environmental goals. My latest on Canada's oil obsession. charlieangus.substack.com/p/burn-the-p...
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Save the County by Burning the Planet
Canada's False National "Unity" Debate
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Protected bike lanes have a near-magical ability to produce cyclists. This new study of 28 US cities finds that census block groups w/protected bike lanes expanded bike commuting almost 2x faster than those w/standard bike lanes & >4x faster than those w/o new lanes. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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West End Phoenix @westendphoenix.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
It’s Friday, we’re in love 🖤 Have a great weekend Westenders!
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 23/05/2025
Canada needs a federal minister responsible for the prevention of violent crime, supported by a deputy minister with no other responsibilities. The successes in other countries suggest this approach could reduce serious crime by 50 per cent in the next five years, write two experts.
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How Carney Can Actually Reduce Violent Crime | The Tyee
Instead of overreliance on policing and incarceration, Canada’s new PM should lead with these proven and effective actions.
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brandonq.bsky.social @brandonq.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Ghibli films - thinking of Kiki's Delivery Service in particular. Apparently the city is meant to be "how the Japanese imagine an old European city." ghibli.fandom.com/wiki/Koriko
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Koriko
Koriko  (コリコ) is the city in Kiki's Delivery Service. It's the main setting of the film and the place where Kiki settles as a witch-in-training. It is spelled Corico in the film's official artbook, an...
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John Lorinc @johnlorinc.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
#topoli #onpoli Today on @spacing - How to dial back Ford’s bike land attacks with empirical policy research. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
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Reversing the Ford government's biking backlash - Spacing Toronto
At a time when Washington has launched a scorched earth attack on virtually all federal climate policies, the Ford government’s hyper-partisan campaign to tear out Toronto bike lanes feels, well, posi...
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Ontario Nature @ontarionature.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
We've joined Bluesky to connect to everyone who loves nature. For our inaugural post on #EndangeredSpeciesDay, we encourage everyone to sign our petition to tell Premier Ford to strengthen, don't scrap, the Endangered Species Act. Stop Bill 5. ✍️ ontarionature.org/bill-5-alert Please share widely!
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Wildlands League @wildlandsleague.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
🛑 Stop Ford’s reckless power grab 🛑 As Trump threatens us, Ford’s response is to grab Trump-like powers. #Bill5 has little to do with tariffs & everything to do with clearing the legislative & regulatory paths for development. Say NO to Bill 5: buff.ly/3ieIi9C
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Wildlands League @wildlandsleague.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
"The substance of [Bill 5] does not protect Ontario; it pulverizes it" Check out @tanyatalaga.bsky.social ’s opinion piece on Ford’s latest attack on the environment, Indigenous rights & democracy—and how it mirrors the very threat he claims to be defending Canadians against: bit.ly/435jDvZ
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Wildlands League @wildlandsleague.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
#Bill5 has little to do with Trump tariffs & everything to do with recklessly clearing legislative & regulatory paths for development. It creates vague “special economic zones” exempt from laws. Say NO to Ford’s dangerous deregulation path: buff.ly/3ieIi9C #stopbill5 #onpoli #protectnature
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brandonq.bsky.social @brandonq.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Also obscures that wealthier people own more cars, drive more often. Now they have more incentive to drive more, congest roads, and buy less fuel efficient vehicles. Wealthy will probably save much more, whereas the poorest will save nothing or very little.
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brandonq.bsky.social @brandonq.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Some quick math: 155,303 million VKT in Ontario 2022 /11,164,837 licensed drivers = 13,910 per driver about 10M registered vehicles, so about 15k - just over 1000 km per month. Assuming 2 car household still leaves 1000km short. Also, avg household only owns 1.5 cars. www.ontario.ca/files/2024-0...
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Environmental Defence Canada @environmentaldefence.ca · 08/05/2025
. @canadagray.bsky.social: Premier Ford ran for a third term laser-focused on promising to save us all from Donald Trump. So why now does it seem that protecting us from the U.S. involves slashing environmental laws and giving special powers to his friends? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Doug Ford said he would protect Ontario, so why is he doing the opposite?
Rather than saving us from the threat of Trump, Ford's Bill 5 actually mirrors the U.S. Administration's play to slash environmental protections and exempts companies from all labour, occupational hea...
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Cars, trucks & SUVs have become driver weapons. Sometimes intentionally, sometimes in the way streets & vehicles are designed. We should admit that we are very much OK w a certain amount of death & life-changing injuries in order to not inconvenience driving. My column this week. Pls read n share.
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Shawn Micallef: Vehicles have become weapons by design — and public space is in their crosshairs
A culture like ours weaponizes vehicles — from the way they are designed to the way the roads they run on are designed.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 02/05/2025
listening to carney’s first press conference, and god damn that guy has such a right-wing policy program: cutting immigration, cracking down on criminals, deregulation, cutting government spending, more subsidies for private sector, and it goes on. even getting the king over is pretty conservative.
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Ontario Coalition for the Rights of Homeless People (OCRHP) @ocrhp.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Ontario has reintroduced Bill 6, which will punish encampments even though people have nowhere else to go. That's why we've formed the Encampment Justice Coalition. We're asking Ontario to rescind Bill 6 and commit to housing — not punishment. Read more: tinyurl.com/EJC-Bill6
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
​More evidence that car bloat is killing people: New metaanalysis examined 600k+ crashes over 35 years. Conclusion: Cyclists/pedestrians were 44% more likely to be killed if struck by an SUV/pickup than by a smaller car, and children were 82% more likely. injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/earl...
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
A silent majority of the world’s people wants stronger climate action. It’s time to wake up www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A silent majority of the world’s people wants stronger climate action. It’s time to wake up | Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
About 89% of the public want their governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis – but don’t know they’re the majority
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