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Al Roberts

@freedom2008.bsky.social
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More bikes, fewer cars. Nature is god. Home is Saanich, B.C.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 20h
The president of Brazil has won a court case against Meta, after accusing them of restricting his posts and algorithmically favoring his opponent, Flavio Bolsonaro www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...
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Brazil’s Lula wins electoral court challenge against Meta for alleged pro-Bolsonaro algorithm bias
A judge ruled that the tech company must adopt measures to immediately secure equal treatment of the two presidential candidates ahead of an Oct. 25 runoff.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Here is Aly Van Wyck-Smart being arrested today. 🎥 dani3lp3rry
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Leo Spalteholz @leospalteholz.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Good deal through B.C. Hydro
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Tab C @drtcombs.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Forget #RightOnRed. Here, we go Straight on Red. #CarBrain
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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Today the Premier revealed his environmental platform: re-announcing a marine plan signed two years ago, a land target from 2023 and a data centre power cap that’s already in force. What he didn’t say, is that his own government admits B.C. will miss its climate targets.
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 08/10/2026
Elon Musk routinely inserts himself into Canadian politics. Despite this, Canada’s political class continues to use Twitter — legitimizing him and his far-right talking points. Canadian politicians need to make a choice: either they support Elon Musk, or their constituents. It can’t be both.
cultmtl.com
Why are Canadian politicians still using Twitter?
Why are Canadian politicians still using Twitter?
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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Vote early for municipal elections, BC. You're "just not into politics"? Your landlord is. Your employer is. Guy whose doorbell sas it's recording you every time you walk by, he votes. Folks who hate immigrants, they're "into" voting. You won't shape your city? They will. #bcpoli #yyj #yvr
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Corey Burger @burgundavia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Capital Bike has aggregated answers from this and other surveys (without any grading) here: capitalbike.ca/2026-municip... I find it gives a better picture for some candidates
capitalbike.ca
BC Municipal Election: Candidates’ Positions - Capital Bike Hub
We've compiled all the Rolling & Cycling answers from the Livable CRD survey without any of the grading. Read the candidates' nuanced responses here!
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Elections have a way of clarifying who matters to political parties (car owners) and whose priorities can wait for another day (transit advocates). My dispatch from Day 1 on David Eby’s four day mid-election road trip. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
ANALYSIS | Eby puts needs of car owners ahead of transit advocates in ruling out Metro Vancouver vehicle levy | CBC News
For the last 18 months, a vehicle levy has been talked about by TransLink as a potential way to create a more sustainable funding model, as revenue from fuel taxes continues to decline. But all that w...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This one is doing the rounds
A picture of Elon Musk, via the London Economic. The quote says “If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what the heck was wrong with it. When humans do it, we put them on the cover of Forbes.“ – Nathalie Robin Justice. 
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Lesley Ewing @lesleyewing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Capital Bike municipal candidate questionnaire: capitalbike.ca/2026-municip... Also, use AI to do your own research. e.g.Oak Bay candidates Hazel Braithwaite & Cairine Green have consistently voted AGAINST cycling improvements, not "supportive" as indicated below. Actions speak louder than words.
capitalbike.ca
BC Municipal Election: Candidates’ Positions - Capital Bike Hub
We've compiled all the Rolling & Cycling answers from the Livable CRD survey without any of the grading. Read the candidates' nuanced responses here!
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BCMECR spooky/pumpkin spice mode @b1kes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In Victoria, our city staff bow routinely modify streets to be safer without feeling the need for public consultation and endless pandering to evil morons. In Saanich, something as minor as installing three speed bumps and the painted outline of a bike gets months of public hearings.
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BC Green Party @bcgreens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
⚡️CANDIDATE ANNOUNCEMENT: Andrew Appleton for Oak Bay - Gordon Head! @aaoakbay.bsky.social bcgreens.ca/candidates-2...
Candidate Announcement: Andrew Appleton for Oak Bay - Gordon Head!
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Better Transit YYJ @bettertransityyj.ca · 26/09/2026
If Saskatoon can have bus lanes downtown, why can't we? #yyj #bctransit
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Wilderness Committee @wildernews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We've fought the "working forest model" before. Read our Forest Campaigner Sarafina Lewis-Henderson's take on the return of a long-dead strategy to put logging company profits over the protection of old-growth forests #bcpoli #oldgrowth www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/bc-gove...
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B.C. Government’s “working forest model” only works for logging companies
Under “no net loss” approach, land can only be added to protected areas if other protected land is rezoned for loggingIn the weeks before calling a snap election, the B.C. provincial government began ...
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Wendy Ad 🇨🇦🌈🐝 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🐾🐈🌻🇺🇦🍁🇦🇷 @muchogatos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
American newspaper suggests Canada is overreacting. Lol
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Anthony “Mayor Tony” @frattaro.li · 20/09/2026
Truly concerning stuff here from the SOS slate.
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From the VictoriaBC community on Reddit
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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I think Max Fisher's got an excellent take on this whole Canada-USA thing, and he rightly sees it with the severity that Canadians do -- this isn't a trade war; it's war. Excellent job by Max.
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The US-Canada War has begun
YouTube video by Max Fisher
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Dan @dantheman02.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
He just CAN'T STOP. 🤬🤬🤬
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The REAL war in cities has been a WAR ON WALKING. Pass it on. #WarOnWalking #UrbanTruth
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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Well whatta you know? Speed cameras in Oakland reduced speeding by about 80% on the treated corridors, essentially the same result as the speed cameras in San Francisco. Seems like a pretty successful policy, if you ask me.
Where speeding fell most along Oakland camera corridors
Share of drivers traveling 11 mph or more over the speed limit in summer 2024 and summer 2026, showing percentage-point (pp.) change
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 15/08/2026
I don’t think many Canadians realize how much Quebec has benefited at NL’s expense. Quebec gets 15% of its electricity from Churchill Falls and pays 0.2¢/kWh, denying NL significant revenue. Quebecers pay 8.3¢/kWh for power. Newfoundlanders pay ~15.8¢/kWh.
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‘A big change': New Churchill Falls deal would let N.L. sell power through Quebec’s network to other markets | CBC News
A longtime former civil servant says while the details of a Churchill Falls deal between Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec could be released soon, one proposed change is "very advantageous" for N.L...
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Seemed like this was worth re-upping:
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Very good column by my colleague @jameswsthomson.com. If we aren't willing to call out the obvious, what chance do we have of actually addressing it?#cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/07/o...
nationalobserver.com
The smoke that came from nowhere for no reason
The Globe and Mail published a jarring editorial that lamented our smoky summers without once pointing toward their cause. For Canada's paper of record, it's a serious omission of a reality the govern...
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This is genuinely astonishing: a piece by the Globe and Mail’s editorial board lamenting the “new normal” of wildfires and summer smoke and no mention whatsoever of a) climate change, or b) the burning of fossil fuels that causes it. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
theglobeandmail.com
Globe editorial: A summer season of fire, smoke, ashes and fear
The carefree feeling of summers past has been incinerated as wildfires rage across the country
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
70% felt he should be tarred and feathered
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Shocking.
NTSB graph showing the relationship between miles biked per person per year and cyclists killed per billion miles biked. There's an obvious negative trend (people bike more in place where it's safer to do so.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple.
Graphic showing a 9 m wide track for metros can move as many people as a 175 m wide, 7 lane road for cars.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Who is punching whom, Danielle
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Ben from New Mexico @bluefiddleguy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I miss negotiation announcements with prime minister Chrêtien, who would pronounce "focus" , like a good Quebecer, just like "f**k us", and would say. "I think the Americans will focus this time on manufacturing..."
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
If Mark Carney wants Canada to walk the same energy and climate path as Norway, he has to do a better job of equipping us for the journey. First and foremost: give clean energy the same financial and political support as fossil fuels are getting. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/21/o...
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Mark Carney wants to make Canada more like Norway. He has some work to do
The now-annual bouts of wildfire smoke are yet another reminder of the importance of reducing our use of fossil fuels and replacing them wherever possible with electrification. It's time for the prime...
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 17/07/2026
Meet the Canadian civil servant responsible for sending our wildfire smoke to the U.S.
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Meet the Canadian civil servant responsible for sending our wildfire smoke to the U.S.
With wildfire smoke drifting down from Canada into Michigan, New York and other states, numerous Americans have once again taken to social media to complain about Canada ruining their summers and “sen...
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 13/07/2026
I don’t think Canadian politicians are obligated to make public statements or share their personal condolences when South Carolinian elected officials die of natural causes
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Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing half the population that the "manly" way to get around is on a giant rolling couch controlled by gently depressing your toe.
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Thomas Bamonte @thomasbamonte.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
The takeaway for cities: “The best bang for your buck is protected bike lanes,” Moran told Bike Talk‘s Nick Richert. “Really focus on bike infrastructure that’s protected. That’s how you grow ridership. That’s how you diversify ridership.” sf.streetsblog.org/2026/07/08/s...
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Study: Only Protected Bike Lanes Cause a Real Increase in Cycling - Streetsblog San Francisco
"The best bang for your buck is protected bike lanes... That's how you grow ridership. That's how you diversify ridership."
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Supriya Dwivedi @supriya.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
here’s my latest for TVO: “…foreign interference in the Alberta referendum is already taking place and Canadians should be very worried about hostile state actors like Russia as well as previously assumed to be friendly state actors like the United States.” www.tvo.org/article/anal...
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ANALYSIS: Is Alberta separatism entirely made in Canada? | TVO Today
Albertans get to discuss their future. We should be very worried If the U.S. is joining in.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Timely, since in a span of four days we’ve seen a would-be privately funded west-coast pipeline turn into a publicly funded one, and a pitch for a new Alberta-Ontario pipeline *start* from the premise that it might be publicly funded.
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
There’s always been a strain of Canadian politics that looks to the United States with admiration and even envy. Seeing many of them unfazed or even excited at the current direction of the country is genuinely chilling.
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James @jamesroberts.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
What about preventing all drivers from driving above the speed limit? Let's do it.
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Sarah Starkweather @sstarkweather.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Excellent letter. It was striking how the recent DVBA Annual Report pretended other regional retail centres don’t exist. #yyj
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Comment: DVBA is wrong to pursue West Shore and Peninsula residents
The Downtown Victoria Business Association should instead focus on its growing customer base — those who are already in the core.
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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 30/06/2026
“Pierre Poilievre claims to be a champion of affordability, but his voting record says otherwise. For over 20 years, he’s repeatedly voted against affordable housing initiatives. Poilievre is really corporate landlords’ best friend.”
cultmtl.com
Observations from Montreal
An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 30/06/2026
all the talking heads saying we need to show albertans that the rest of canada understands their concerns and make policy changes to prove it, when what they’re really saying is we need to give into an extreme right-wing minority in alberta by gutting climate policy to appease the oil industry
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 29/06/2026
All of these investments are designed to reduce your traffic. Car owners should be begging for this.
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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 24/06/2026
Speeding in school zones, brought to you by Doug Ford
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
If police are permitted to roll stop signs when it's safe to do so, they shouldn't be ticketing cyclists doing the same in High Park on the MGT or anywhere... Video taken on Monday.
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Canada Is All Hat, No Cattle When it Comes to Electrification CDN languishes with US, EU, while Asia roars into the future. Electrification %: Canada = 23 (no change for 25 yrs) BC = 17 AB = 7 ON = 25 QC = 40 China = 33% growing 1-1.5%/yr S Korea = 33% markhamhislop.substack.com/p/canada-is-...
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Canada Is All Hat, No Cattle When it Comes to Electrification
Canada languishes with the US and Europe, while Asia roars into future
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 19/06/2026
we must poison ourselves — for the economy!
cbc.ca
Carney government passes law allowing authorization of banned pesticides | CBC News
The federal government has brought in major changes to how pesticides are regulated in Canada, granting cabinet the power to authorize the use of pesticides — even ones that Health Canada has deemed u...
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Jane Cawthorne @other-jane.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Just spit-balling here, but I figure these pesticides were banned for a reason. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
cbc.ca
Carney government passes law allowing authorization of banned pesticides | CBC News
The federal government has brought in major changes to how pesticides are regulated in Canada, granting cabinet the power to authorize the use of pesticides — even ones that Health Canada has deemed u...
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