Reposted by John NearyCrawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caAlberta ‘failed’ Cargill workers amid COVID-19 outbreak with inaction, overconfidence: report | CBC NewsA new report says a number of factors converged to produce a “preventable tragedy” in which two workers and four close contacts died after a massive COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill’s beef processing plan... 194
Reposted by John NearyOctober’s Awesomer (Kevin McLaughlin) @voilakevin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Without a word of context, The Star covers this story as a triumph. And e-bikes are getting so dangerous. What the actual Fuck www.thestar.com/life/autos/r...thestar.comRam’s new 777-horsepower super truck can launch its three-tonne frame to 96 km/h in just 3.5 secondsPriced at $147,990, the 2027 TRX SRT lands at Canadian dealerships this fall with a supercharged V8 and luxury cabin. 1519230
Reposted by John NearyCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10/10/2023About to get thrown out of here for obvious reasons 252248815817
Reposted by John NearyMichelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 26/09/2026It's been a rough week, and ranting is my therapy. I wrote about the seemingly COVID conspiracist-inspired shooting at my local synagogue and the simultaneous promoting of COVID conspiracism by Jesse Brown. medium.com/@michelle.co...medium.comGuns, Threats, and the Clown King of Jewish SafetyIt’s been a bad week. It’s been a weird week. I awoke Monday to photos of bullet holes in the beautiful stained-glass windows of my local… 716856
Reposted by John NearyMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 26/09/2026"The central lesson of this cycle is not that Charlie Brown should stop trusting Lucy. It is that Charlie Brown must do a better job explaining why trusting Lucy remains the responsible choice." buff.ly/X2RjqP5buff.ly“Charlie Brown Must Stay the Course”: A Football Kick Autopsy Report by the Democratic Party“While Charlie Brown did once again accelerate toward the ball, miss the ball entirely as Lucy pulled it away, flip backward through the air, and land violen... 8901243
Reposted by John NearyNick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 25/09/2026This is what we've warned municipal councils about across the country. A developer can say they're building one thing, but legislatively there is nothing to stop them from building a very different thing. That's the whole banana. Thank you once again @its.small.patatas.ca for reporting this. 1218
John Neary @jddneary.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Not a content expert, but this seems like an extremely unserious response from Health Canada. If there were unsafe practices at that site (and I suspect there were), then there were likely unsafe practices at many other sites, which remain open. 2115
Reposted by John Nearyjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026i mean, just look at how the populists talked about the railroad barons and others like them. "The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes, unprecedented in the history of the world, while their possessors despise the republic and endanger liberty." 513356645
Reposted by John NearyGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comDriving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George MonbiotIn towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 1151581494
Reposted by John NearyDamn tired 🍁 @ohcarolinian.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Jesus Christ. Hey - here's an idea. Let's follow the recommendations of the Krever inquiry. FFS 011
Reposted by John NearyCycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Ontario Society Of Professional Engineers (OSPE) continues to speak out against the province's reckless and arbitrary scheme to rip out 19 km of protected bike lanes. Now will engineering firms heed this message before bidding on Ontario's RFP?ospe.on.caOSPE Statement: Where Things Stand on Bill 212 and Toronto's Bike LanesExplore the OSPE Statement on Bill 212 and its impact on Toronto's bike lanes and transportation planning. 413650
Reposted by John NearyAlex Says Stuff @alexsaysstuff.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The operative word in "Protect our women!" is not "women" but "our". 141497420
Reposted by John NearyDavid Fisman. @dfisman.bsky.social · 13/04/2025canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/04/13/w...canadahealthwatch.caWhat makes a good public health leader?Canada is searching for a new Chief Public Health Officer. Leadership matters, especially in a crisis. 1613967
John Neary @jddneary.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"why are Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana never seen in the same place" 140
Reposted by John NearyPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026No, you can’t. The line on immigration is exactly what fuels the fascists. The line is ‘immigrants are bad’. That’s a fascist line. 161078211
Reposted by John NearyMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Vaccine conspiracism is overwhelmingly clustered among the religious, white and affluent. It’s a function of conservative ideology and bad faith media. Being nicer to MAHA types will not ‘bring them into the fold,’ it will only increase their sense of entitlement. 534296790
Reposted by John NearyThe Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Glad Toronto Police spent the last 2 weeks blitzing vulnerable road users like e-bikers/e-scooters. Resources well spent. Meanwhile the real traffic issue on our roadways, dangerous drivers: Killed 2 pedestrians in 24 hours & another nearly killed Friday. When is this City going to get serious? 27322
Reposted by John NearyAlex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Here is my letter to the MacDonald Laurier Institute on the subject of their appalling research. Use as you will. I recommend sending something of your own, though. And if you know anyone associated with MLI - and Board directors, say - send it to them, too.docs.google.comAlex Usher email to Brian Lee Crowley(text of an email sent to Brian Lee Crowley of the MacDonald Laurier Institute on September 2, 2026) Dear Brian, I am writing to you and your board with respect to the publication “The equity excelle... 32311120
Reposted by John NearyJohanne Boucher @johanneboucher.bsky.social · 02/09/2026“…tinting your front windshield can have serious, unintended consequences for other drivers and even pedestrians who cannot make eye contact with the driver before crossing the street,” “and even pedestrians”, the lowest in his hierarchy of important people. 🙄 011
Reposted by John NearyDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026New from me: The academic summer discourse was dominated by the Arday case. Defenders of his accuser cited academic freedom. The Trump administration agreed, even as it and red state governments dismantle academic freedom at home in much more profound ways.🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/which-stor...donmoynihan.substack.comWhich stories about academia matter?The Arday affair got more attention than systematic assaults on academic freedom 4260113
Reposted by John Nearypixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Tiny Tim was no angel 723889405
Reposted by John NearyAndrew (🎃) @athomashemlock.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This is literally the difference between Saruman and Gandalf. Tolkien is very clear about the necessity to go out into the world and yap with strangers, preferably while smoking and drinking. 121326237
Reposted by John NearyJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Starting my Sunday with an email to the NIH Director about his shocking, but sadly not surprising, comments about the measles deaths in PA on Fox News. 1/2 614330
Reposted by John NearyJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 15/03/2026my editor told me that people were calling Trump’s foreign policy the Jolene doctrine bc he’s taking things “just because he can” and I said it was unfair to Jolene to name a doctrine after a motivation a third party projected on her and he got annoyed and said I should “go tweet that” 201292216
Reposted by John NearyThe Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026HAMILTON FRIENDS: We represent a 17 year-old cyclist who suffered a spinal fracture after being hit by a motorist on Aug 25, 6 p.m, Mohawk Rd & East 37th. Driver did not call police to the scene (our client was in shock) so we don't have contact information for witnesses who stepped in to assist. 32315
Reposted by John NearyDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/08/2026Did I miss the big open letter signed by a hundred academics opposing this? 171276306
Reposted by John NearyAdam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Pahahahahah Cofnas 33687127
Reposted by John NearyTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 23/08/2026solemnly penning “First they came for the neo-Nazis,” 571158
Reposted by John NearyTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Me, a US-based academic: I don’t care what any scholar believes, we all need to stand up publicly whenever someone’s academic freedom is threatened Me, continuing: also, the first time this has happened, motivating me to sign my first ever open letter, is in late 2026, to a race scientist, in Ghent 172690470
Reposted by John NearyMadeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Wow I can't believe they would put it on a sign like that 416816
Reposted by John Nearypublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 24/08/2026i’m dying. i’m dead 814725687
Reposted by John NearyTiny Beaches @tinybeaches.bsky.social · 20/08/2026“Justice Huscroft huffs that cyclists don’t have to use the roads that put them at risk. That’s not the point. The point is that in going about a lawful activity, people should not have their lives needlessly imperilled by the government. I emphasize: needlessly.” - Andrew Coyne, G&M Columnisttheglobeandmail.comOpinion: No one ever said there was a constitutional right to bike lanes – just a right to fundamental justiceFord government’s decision to remove Toronto bike lanes should be subject to Charter scrutiny 1321249
Reposted by John NearyJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 20/08/2026>imperial concubine controls national security >court eunuchs are ceaselessly fighting for internal influence >the viziers are scheming over who replaces the leader >the leader fritters away all his time repeatedly replacing the grass on the lawn >the palace debt grows greater by the day 481711335
Reposted by John NearyAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/08/2026perfect synopsis of modern Republicanism 2859265316038
Reposted by John NearyJason O. Gilbert @gilbertjasono.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Someone tell the New York Post they are free to use the headline "Natalie Imbroglio" 351676242
Reposted by John Nearycmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Reminds me a lot of some of the claims that @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social has been making about what the real use of AI is -- deferment of responsibility and the broad filibustering of the basic functions of civil society. 1479141
Reposted by John NearyJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026New: An "expert witness" in a $61 million lawsuit over an industrial explosion that killed three people and destroyed 200 homes used ChatGPT to write his report for the court. He prompted ChatGPT to "show how 3M is 0% at fault for the explosion at Watson Grinding" www.404media.co/show-how-3m-... 10154581824
Reposted by John NearyStewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 15/08/2026Would be darkly funny if Canada holds the line on dairy but negotiates away sovereignty over military procurement and natural resources. 36712
Reposted by John NearyColleen @cbailey6.bsky.social · 15/08/2026"At least you have the power to remove Ford." Actually, that power lies with people in Newmarket and Peterborough. 2582
John Neary @jddneary.bsky.social · 15/08/2026@mattjelly.bsky.social this is like your bus lane map 111
Reposted by John NearyDouglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Sophie Cunningham botching the world's most wide open layup leading to a Dallas Wings 3 pointer by Odyssey Sims to tie the game is the funniest sequence to have happened tonight 61020136
Reposted by John NearyHeidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 13/08/2026A really good and important read from Masha Gessen: What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us Allnytimes.comOpinion | What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All (Gift Article)Is Kansas just the beginning? 19845
Reposted by John NearyShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I'm glad we / @spacing.bsky.social published that Op Ed. Nice to have people on the record. spacing.ca/toronto/2020...spacing.caBRADFORD OP-ED: Bike lanes are the path to main street recovery on the Danforth and across the city - Spacing TorontoToronto has approved the installation of 40 kilometres of cycling infrastructure across the city, including a significant portion along Danforth Avenue, in the community I represent as city councillor... 913945
Reposted by John NearyNaomi Saphra @nsaphra.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Vast and Trunkless Leg of Stone, Standing in the Desert from classic poem Ozymandias. 9955311132
Reposted by John NearyNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Every six months a writer goes on parental leave, is driven insane by watching 10,000 hours of Paw Patrol, and writes another one of these articles, and they're always great. 12782001567
Reposted by John NearyThanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I am so triggered by RJK Jr's comment about ICU's being empty during #COVID. I re-read what I wrote after one of the surges. How do others forget. The trauma was--and is--real.huffpost.comI'm An ICU Doctor. I’m Haunted By What I’ve Seen During The Recent COVID-19 Surge.“I can’t stop thinking about the 40-something man who told me, ‘I can’t die like this. I just got engaged and have a 6-month-old baby.’ I encouraged him to be positive, but that didn’t stop him from d... 611800624
