Reposted by Emory ShawMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/02/2026It’s your city, from the sidewalk to the skyline. The David Dinkins Municipal Building’s rooftop is open & free to everyone, starting this June. 171101751393
Reposted by Emory ShawLuc Turgeon @lturgeon.bsky.social · 02/02/2026pivot.quebecLE PETIT PETIT QUÉBECLe mouvement souverainiste se ratatine. 031
Emory Shaw @emtl.bsky.social · 29/01/2026"Disenshittification Nation" Original post: mastodon.social/@elasticsoul... 000
Reposted by Emory ShawArthur Charpentier @freakonometrics.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Greens, in England 2127
Reposted by Emory ShawMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/01/2026More public restrooms across our city? Relief for all New Yorkers. 1216924787
Reposted by Emory ShawKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 15/01/2026On the $3/meal thing: I went through a weird period where I tried to be really frugal and would try to limit my grocery budget to $50/week. I am single and educated. It was really hard and ultimately something I gave up, because it made me miserable. 3587186
Reposted by Emory ShawAnh Khoi Do @anhkhoido.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Selon une étude de Re/Max, 75 % des Québécois voient la maison unifamiliale en banlieue ou en campagne comme la résidence idéale. Or, ils ignorent que leur vision mène à la perte de terres agricoles et à l'étalement urbain.journaldemontreal.com«C’est quand même spectaculaire»: le prix des unifamiliales bondit de 17% à QuébecÀ Québec, le prix des maisons unifamiliales a bondi de 17% en 2025, un sommet en plus de 20 ans, soit deux fois la hausse observée à Montréal (8%). 021
Reposted by Emory ShawMontréal Antifasciste @montrealantifa.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Mesdames et messieurs, le SPVM. Des budgets records année après année, ça donne ça : tous les mangeurs de beignes à 10km à la ronde accourent pour se désennuyer de leur basic bullying, tellement excités qu'ils se rentrent dedans en char, s'autopoivrent et tirent tout croche. Cue la 🎵 de Benny Hill. 124214
Reposted by Emory ShawKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Trump's obsession with making Greenland part of the United States because it looks big on a map and is colored differently from the states is a classic case of Mercator Projection 355892
Reposted by Emory ShawSteve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Inclusionary zoning is a way of transfering the cost of social housing from the general public to new condo buyers. In some circumstances it might just be the cost of doing business. But it's not especially progressive. 2428
Reposted by Emory ShawRosalie Readman @rosaliereadman.bsky.social · 30/11/2025La crise du logement représente une perte de 4,2 milliards pour le Québec www.lapresse.ca/affaires/mar... #assnat #polqclapresse.caLa crise du logement représente une perte de 4,2 milliards pour le QuébecLa crise du logement a coûté 4,2 milliards à l’économie québécoise en 2021. 131
Reposted by Emory ShawMasse Critique Montréal @massecritiquemtl.jasette.facil.services.ap.brid.gy · 28/11/2025La Masse Critique de novembre c'est demain, on vous attend en grand nombre au monument à Sir George-Étienne Cartier du Mont-Royal! The November Critical Mass happens tomorrow, we look forward to seeing many of you at the Mont Royal's Sir George-Étienne Cartier monument. 144
Reposted by Emory ShawJarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 27/11/2025A large share of public transit accidents are actually car accidents. 311311
Reposted by Emory ShawMarco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Was it really worth doubling the cost to bury the buses 3 stories underground, where they might never end up going? 3303
Reposted by Emory ShawMontréal Antifasciste @montrealantifa.bsky.social · 25/11/2025ledevoir.comL’hiver sera chaud, car la CAQ a déclaré la guerre à la société civileDes droits que nous pensions acquis au Québec sont mis à mal par des décisions politiques. 082
Reposted by Emory ShawMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Trump also just posted these photos to Truth Social, including the one with Mamdani standing next to a portrait of FDR. Trump mentioned Mamdani asked if he could have his picture taken there. "It's an amazing portrait in the cabinet room," Trump said. "So he's a big fan of the New Deal, I guess..." 711627263
Reposted by Emory ShawIris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 19/09/2025🧵 Thread with my favourite quotes from: 📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 1/🧵doi.orgAgainst the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in AcademiaUnder the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col... 4219119
Reposted by Emory ShawPrayingForRain @prayingforrain.bsky.social · 17/11/2025I think it's actually more of: people move around and some cities are a lot more popular than others. 241
Reposted by Emory ShawJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 12/11/2025New: A judge in Washington has ruled images from Flock surveillance cameras are public records and that anyone can request them. Highlights the pervasiveness of this tech and just how much surveillance is being done. Very notable ruling www.404media.co/judge-rules-...404media.coJudge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By AnyoneA Washington judge said images taken by Flock cameras are "not exempt from disclosure" in public record requests. 16883363
Reposted by Emory ShawJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 12/11/2025This account is very instructive of the fucked up incentives on Meta platforms, and how Facebook pushes this kind of content and literally pays for it. For the last ~8 months, it has been posting AI immigration slop 331830
Reposted by Emory Shawseugrof 🏴 @seugrof.bsky.social · 29/09/2025« la Section des crimes majeurs du SPVM. Considérée comme une unité d’élite dans l’univers policier […] Cette fois-ci, la « crème de la crème » va enquêter sur le profil des jeunes qui étaient présents lors de l’assassinat de Nooran » 032
Reposted by Emory ShawMarco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 05/11/2025I've done something that I don't do very often. I wrote a short, quick polemic post. It was prompted by a discussion in here. It's about why I'm still skeptical about ALTO's HSR project and why there is no way around transparency in public projects. open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...open.substack.comWhy I’m still skeptical about ALTO’s HSR projectA reality check and a plea for transparency. 34210
Reposted by Emory ShawFurry Found Footage ➡️ FURPOC @furryfootage.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Start downloading and now because your favorite old media is about to be turned into the equivalent of this 3023151128
Reposted by Emory ShawOh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 03/11/2025A quick explainer on Montreal’s election: The urbanist Projet Montréal party of outgoing mayor Valérie Plante has lost the election to the opposition Ensemble Montréal. Projet deserves a *lot* of credit for Montreal’s transformation in the past 10 or 15 years to be more bike/pedestrian-friendly. 928847
Reposted by Emory Shaw𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 01/11/2025I thought so! Bicycle riding and maintenance will keep you alive (and active) past the age of 100. Keep wheelin’ ! ⚙️ 13110
Reposted by Emory ShawYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 01/11/2025Essential research shows that particulate pollution—generated from motor fuels exhaust, tire wear, wildfires, factories, etc—is associated with dementia. More evidence that it is in the interest of public health to reduce pollution. (Gift link)nytimes.comWhat the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain 7229104
Reposted by Emory Shawali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 11/10/2025this piece by @workshops4gaza.bsky.social is worth reading. still profoundly disappointed with SIGCHI for having CHI in hawai`i in 2024, and a lot of this resonates across conferences and disciplines (especially the specious claims of being socially conscientious, or engaging w/indigenous knowledge)workshops4gaza.substack.comAgainst Colonial ConferencingA W4G screed against the phenomenon of academic conferences in general 0208
Reposted by Emory ShawBlen @blenblanchard.bsky.social · 09/10/2025“Sending money voluntarily does not solve the problem! Taxes should require those who have profited the most from investments in education, infrastructure, healthcare, etc. to reinvest back into the economy & ensure those services stay well funded.” 042
Reposted by Emory ShawThe Economist @economist.com · 09/10/2025As the use of bicycles rises, and cities do more to make riding them pleasant, bikes are polarising people and setting off culture warsecon.stForget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transportPedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war 4192
Reposted by Emory ShawYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 09/10/2025Across the US & Canada, cities are replacing aging library complexes with combined apartment + library buildings. It's a promising way to fund new public facilities while adding housing. A new database & details of best practices @urbaninstitute.bsky.social: www.urban.org/urban-wire/a... 110217
Reposted by Emory ShawScott Markley @snmarkley.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Glad to see this new piece on quantification, counter-data, "evidence," and what we call "authoritarian counting" out now in @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social with @itspangler.bsky.social, @emtl.bsky.social, and @marxist.af! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 062
Reposted by Emory ShawTransition Montréal @transitionmontreal.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Notre candidat à la mairie, Craig Sauvé, promet la construction de deux-cent-cinquante toilettes publiques d'ici 2029. En prime, M. Sauvé vise le retapage d'une toilette sous la Place d'Armes inaugurée dans les années 1930 et fermée depuis 1979. www.lapresse.ca/actualites/e...lapresse.caTransition Montréal | Un « Réseau express toilettes » proposéAprès le Réseau express vélo, place au « Réseau express toilettes » ? Le chef de Transition Montréal, Craig Sauvé, s’engage à ajouter environ 250 toilettes publiques d’ici 2029, dont plusieurs seraien... 011
Reposted by Emory ShawJulie Patenaude @juliepatenaude.bsky.social · 18/09/2025"La guerre à l’auto est une guerre imaginaire. Dans un revirement orwellien, l’automobiliste est devenu la victime." lactualite.com/societe/comm...lactualite.comSécuriser nos rues tout en réduisant la congestionLe nombre de véhicules en circulation explose, mais l'espace est limité. Il faut repenser l'aménagement de nos rues. 093
Reposted by Emory ShawMatthieu Dugal @matthieudugal.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Si t'as une analyse à lire sur l'accélération de déliquescence du contenu produit par les IA génératives laissées à elles-mêmes qui monopolisent monstrueusement ressources cognitives et matérielles, il faut lire la grande chercheure @katecrawford.bsky.social. Brillant. www.e-flux.com/architecture...e-flux.comIntensification - Kate Crawford - Eating the Future: The Metabolic Logic of AI SlopAI slop isn’t invested in the order of events or even looking like reality. The slop is not the territory: it just smothers it in synthetic goop. It’s flooding the zone with AI shit. 2239
Reposted by Emory ShawMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025I have found a lot of use for Melinda Cooper’s concept of the anti-social state: a government that exists only to extract wealth and inflict violence, and dismantles all its pro-social and life-enabling functions. www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...dissentmagazine.orgTrump’s Antisocial State - Dissent MagazineThe administration is attempting to incapacitate the redistributive and social protective arms of the state, while exploiting its vast bureaucratic powers to silence, threaten, and deport. 171558441
Emory Shaw @emtl.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Notre gouvernement illettré www.ledevoir.com/opinion/edit...?ledevoir.comUn troupeau de mastodontes souffreteuxLe fiasco SAAQclic affiche de plus en plus les contours d’une numérisation viciée jusqu’à l’os. 000
Emory Shaw @emtl.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Improve walkability and transit is the conclusion www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The 1970s Gave Us Industrial Decline. A.I. Could Bring Something Worse. 000
Reposted by Emory ShawPossessed opossum @possessedopossum.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Immortalizing my old pet budgie as a Beast Of Yore 🧡 746271036