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Oak Bay for All @oakbayforall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Planning to head down to ReconciliACTION Oak Bay's all candidate forum tonight. Not much candidate activity so far on Bluesky (but then 1 council candidate doesn't even have a website 🤷🏼‍♀️) - but we'll see if we can share out some key pieces for folks who couldn't make it! #yyjpoli #OakBayBC #bcpoli

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ebikes-international @ebikesinternatl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Another Huge Turnout of Cyclists for Critical Mass Ride in Toronto in Support of Bike Lanes #safecycling #saferroads tinyurl.com/4akerdcd

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Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It's so exciting to have a progressive mayoral candidate in Oak Bay! Sam Holland shares my values and priorities of attracting family doctors to our community, adding housing, and addressing climate change. oakbaynews.com/2026/09/17/n...

A photo of Sam Holland, a young white man with curly light brown hair and glasses. He is smiling and sitting in a casual, forward position. He's wearing jeans and a corduroy button-down open over a white t-shirt, and the backdrop of the photo is a plywood wall.

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Sarah Starkweather for Oak Bay @starkweatherforob.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thanks to my sign crew of one @canadarobin.bsky.social! 🙌🏼

A box bike with a pile of lawn signs in it. Blue signs read “Sarah Starkweather For Oak Bay Council.”

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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The myth Alberta 'subsidizes' the rest of Canada is the most powerful meme in the separatist armoury. But it's utterly false. I show that most Albertans get more back from federal programs than they personally pay in federal taxes, for @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026... #abpoli /2

thetyee.ca

No, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The Tyee

The vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give.

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Observing The City @observingthecity.ca · 02/09/2026

Brad Bradford says that 50% of roadway cannot be allocated to 1% of users. Good thing it isn't. Only about 1% of all of Toronto's road space is allocated to bike lanes. I showed my work, and used Danforth (the lanes he fought so hard to get added) as an example.

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Sarah Starkweather for Oak Bay @starkweatherforob.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’m going to be canvassing around Carnarvon Park this week, a significant public space that needs to be renovated But after years of discussion and with the design almost finalized, last week Council came very close to sending the project back to the drawing board. Let me tell you about it …

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Hey American friends, help spread the word: Canada has an immigration stream for HC workers. "For Tyson, the targeted recruitment worked. It took him just 3 months to get his B.C. nursing licence through a fast-track process, and 8 days to receive a provincial nomination for permanent residence."

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Bromptonymous 🇨🇦 @bromptonymous.ca · 13/09/2026

Most people don’t understand that we’re in a race to electrify everything and the winner will reap enormous economic benefits.

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Matthew Lewis -- living in the era of cults and consequences @mateosfo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

just heard gasoline is apparently quite expensive these days and was thinking, huh, maybe people should buy less of it? but then i check the top-selling vehicles in the US and am mystified. clearly, buying less gasoline is nobody's priority, least of all US car makers and their customers.

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the moon report 🌖 @seachanger.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

i don't think we spend enough imagining how quiet and idyllic life would be if we flipped the ratio of bike/transit : car infrastructure.

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Alex Colangelo @alexcolangelo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I always try to explain to my 9-year old what the various candidates for election stand for. "We won't be able to ride to the Kingsway anymore" makes summarizing Bradford's platform pretty easy.

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r o n y t h e b i k e c z a r @ronythebikeczar.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

What, like it's hard?

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Henderson the Purple Rain King @ericksoen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

What, like it’s hard?

A cyclist looks incredibly badass with ski goggles on and a powder coating of snow on his scarf and hat

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Dr. Lesley Barron, MD, MPhil, FRACS @drlesleybarron.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My hot take on drivers encountering any vulnerable road user is that even if cyclists/ pedestrians etc aren’t following the law they still don’t deserve to be hit/injured/killed or honked at and actually should be yielded to in most situations. This is unpopular opinion in our society sadly.

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Canadian Cycling Magazine @canadiancycling.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The bike advocacy group is inviting Doug Ford and Prabmeet Sarkaria to ride the neighbourhood streets they say could replace protected bike lanes on Bloor #BikeTO #OnPoli cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/new...

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Cycle Toronto wants Premier Ford to ride the side streets - Canadian Cycling Magazine

The bike advocacy group is inviting Doug Ford and Prabmeet Sarkaria to ride the neighbourhood streets they say could replace protected bike lanes on Bloor

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Bromptonymous 🇨🇦 @bromptonymous.ca · 09/09/2026

Victoria’s bike share is already exceeding Vancouver’s per capita in … checks notes … its first month. Protected bike lanes and reasonably dense development are the secret sauce to an effective bike transport system.

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you are in line to get into the American League postseason, STAY IN LINE

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Going car-free is great, but don't forget about families who could use a cargo bike (or minicar) as their second or third vehicle. The potential market is much, much bigger!

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This family of four put 1,000 km on a cargo e-bike instead of buying a second car

I’ve been working in the electric bike industry for nearly two decades, and publicly reviewing e-bikes for around half of...

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hey everybody. On the 25-year anniversary, we're reprinting the much revered 9/11 edition of The Onion and sending that free to every member this month. It's been 25 long years. Look back in anger.

The front page of The Onion's September edition from September 2001 featuring the headline "U.S. Vows to Defeat Whoever It Is We're At War With."

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

In honour of the current US-Canada trade war, I demand equal retaliatory bullshit umpire calls for all future games played in Canada.

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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A particularly infuriating aspect of this A.I. bullshit is that nobody seems to remember that we all got along just fine without it for centuries. How are we all suddenly incapable of reading and understanding written words? Of creating art? Of telling stories? It’s madness.

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Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Can we do this with all the racists and homophobes?

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

There are no valid reasons to oppose bike lanes. 🚴🏻‍♀️

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.

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Oak Bay for All @oakbayforall.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Cars/trucks are a lot bigger and heavier and dangerous than they were when we were kids. Let's work on getting safe crossings built for everyone.

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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I had no idea 🤷🏼‍♀️ they were all down.

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Ellie Saurus @elliesaur.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Reasons to ride a bike: - Bikes are fast and get you places on time - Gives you a nice butt - Most energy efficient way to travel - Get to go whee the whole time - Virtually immune to traffic - The going whee thing, but again

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Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Pure joy to see one of my favourite authors protecting her beautiful self and her community by wearing a respirator - in style! Thank you @seananmcguire.bsky.social for your wonderful writing and your real-life fabulousness too.

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Sara Bliss @urbanistmom.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

My daughter and I just visited Victoria and had a great time. It’s just a few hours from Seattle on the Clipper. You can take bikes with you or rent them there. We even saw an orca on the trip back!

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Headlines: Such-and-such technology may someday be as smart as human brains! Reminder: *We already have human brains.* Billions of them. Most of them living in poverty and being exploited for the obscene benefit of a tiny number of the worst people in the world.

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Philip Palermo @palermo.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.

A screenshot of an episode of The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart with captions that read:

Tim Miller: Well, it's a progressive outlet, so there are a couple of people wearing masks.

Jon Stewart: Oh, there's always two. And you always say, "Oh, are you sick?"

And they go, "Uh, I don't want to talk about it."

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Mike Rothschild @rothschildmd.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The Spokane fire conspiracy theories are almost identical to the Altadena fire conspiracy theories. These people have no understand of how fire works, how science works, or why some things burn. I'm writing a book chapter about it, but the people who need to read it don't read books.

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Mary Pustejovsky @mpusto.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy a cargo bike and that’s basically the same thing. 🤩 Happy 6th birthday to my Urban Arrow! Hit this milestone last night.

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Push The Needle @pushtheneedle.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Absolute gorgeous and that’s because it doesn’t fit the character or scale of the neighborhood which is a positive thing in architecture

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Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Please tell my son that Covid is not a threat to children. He has been in constant pain since his infection in 2023. He has missed over a year of school and can no longer play sports or do other extracurricular activities. He spends most of his time in bed.

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Robin Richardson she/her @canadarobin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Ernie Clement playing skee-ball with the third base bag! Love that dude. #BlueJays

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Okay but deadly serious if this is Gausman's last week and anyone here manages to run into him at the stadium and get an autograph for me I will dedicate something cool to you*, I am not handling this situation well *I don't know what yet but I promise it will be really cool, trust me bro trust me

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Jim Mayer 🇨🇦 @pentastich.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

1/ This Times Colonist letter is sadly typical of the uninformed nonsense that too many people seem to believe. Beyond the ignorance (nobody on Council has EVER suggested to "abolish street parking"), it denotes a kind of all-or-nothing reasoning that makes no sense to me. #yyj

A screenshot. It reads:

The age of automobile is not over yet

Victoria city council would like to abolish street parking. Council wants fewer cars on the streets of Victoria. Their reasoning does not make sense.

They compare Victoria with cities such as Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto, which have light rail transit.

These modes of transportation move people from airports, train stations and outlying areas quickly, therefore no need for a lot of cars. Victoria is a tourist city, people come from all over the Island and the world. How do these people get around from one place to another?

Sure, there are buses and bicycles, but you can’t expect elderly or disabled persons to bike ride.

If tourists want to visit other places on the Island, they will need a car.

We need to accommodate or lose local businesses due to the loss of tourists.

Barbara J. Desmond
Victoria

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Here’s a list of nature photographers who I promise are not using AI, post their own photos and really care about the wildlife. No unethical behaviors just to get a good shot. (3/?)

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MallOwO 🖤💀🎃 @frm777.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

As someone who likes cars (sorry) I am still happy about the idea of a car drifting into a bike lane being destroyed by barriers. Fuck you, get off the road if you can't handle the responsibility that should come with operating a speeding metal chunk of death. People riding bicycles are important

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Caroline @northernck.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

When you consider the potential for Canada to be a powerhouse in geothermal energy ($2.3T mkt), modular house building, energy conservation, EV auto manufacturing, cleantech, it’s depressing to see Cdn political leaders focus on a 20th C energy. Must read. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/15/a...

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Canada keeps backing the wrong megaprojects

History shows us energy megaprojects often have three things in common: underestimated budgets, exaggerated jobs and royalty claims, and foreign ownership.

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