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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness
fastcompany.com
Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane
Research from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of.
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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
OK, let;s be clear about this. The story here is not that privates have been defrauding the govt. The story here is that all the necessary information has been under the govt's nose for two years and they ignored it. In fact not only did they ignore it, the bastards used it as an excuse to cut OSAP
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/10/2026
You often hear that clean energy is not replacing fossil energy, only adding to total energy, and thereby not reducing emissions. ("There is no transition," they say.) It's nonsense. Read this post from @zekehausfather.com about how much FF has been displaced by renewable energy:
theclimatebrink.com
What if the world hadn't built wind and solar?
Clean energy does not simply “add to” global energy use; it displaces fossil sources that would otherwise get built.
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Until now, ending a legal strike required MPs to stand in the House and vote for it, in public, with their names recorded. That accountability was a guardrail. Bill C-39 removes this and calls the removal reinforcement. Parliament, and Canadians, should not accept the vocabulary." #CdnPoli
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“It’s not ALL men.” None of the 50+ men the Cornell rapists invited to come join them in raping a woman they’d drugged went to the authorities or tried to stop it. Not all men would rape an unconscious woman, but where are the men who’d try to stop it, or EVEN FUCKING OBJECT?
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Solar and wind generation meet record 80% of power demand on Australia’s national grid. Rooftop solar alone generates more than half of all power used, as clear sunny days and low demand drive record-breaking surge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Solar and wind generation meet record 80% of power demand on Australia’s national grid
Rooftop solar alone generates more than half of all power used, as clear sunny days and low demand drive record-breaking surge
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Canada’s Low Electrification Rate Threatens Its Future Prosperity Canada = 18% France = 26% Japan = 30.5% Brazil = 25% Turkey = 24% Indonesia: 19.6% If the future is electric, Canada is not highly electrified...or likely to be by 2050. #cdnpoli energi.media/markham-on-e...
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Canada’s Low Electrification Rate Threatens Its Future Prosperity Canada’s Low Electrification Rate Threatens Its Future Prosperity Thoughtful Journalism
The world is electrifying. Canada’s slow shift from fossil fuels to electric technologies could leave its economy less competitive by the 2030s.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This column by @althiaraj.bsky.social is a good summation of the red flags around this bill. And I say that as someone who has been raising alarms about our particular moment in history for a while. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
thestar.com
Althia Raj: Whatever good is in Mark Carney’s Building Canada Strong Act is poisoned by the toxic rest
The Mark Carney government frames this law as part of its “Canada Strong” plan — and frankly, some parts are good — but toxic with good is still bad.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Not a good look: arresting seniors calling on Mark Carney to not walk back our climate obligations. In my last 2 years as MP I ran a gauntlet of threat, swarming and harassment everyday from conspiracy ragers. House security and Ottawa police just watched. Seems instructions have been issued.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 22/09/2026
Funny, because the Truckers got three weeks to hang out before police lifted a finger. Interesting.
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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#DougFord destroyed this amazing place. So many kids - too many to even count - developed an interest in science because of the #OntarioScienceCentre. His greedy developer pals wanted the land, so Ford manufactured a lie to destroy it. Now it won’t even have *checks notes* A SCIENCE DEPARTMENT??
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Is this revenge for the roof not collapsing like it was told to?
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
There is a reason the Ford govt indemnified themselves against injuries/death caused by removed bike lanes. Very direct blood to hand link.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Doug Ford knew that banning speed cameras in Ontario would cost lives. He did it anyway. He also knows that banning and removing protected bike-lanes in Ontario will cost lives. He did it anyway. Every resulting life stupidly cut short is on him.
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Toronto needs to respond to this by (finally) using the tools it has to make cars less welcome — no more free parking, increase the cost at Green Ps and *start enforcing traffic laws.* Case in point, you wouldn’t think it was illegal to conceal your license plate. It is. And lower TTC fares.
thestar.com
Doug Ford’s government rejected Toronto’s proposals to restore traffic lanes and keep bike lanes: sources
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the province walked away from compromises to restore traffic lanes while keeping bike lanes on major streets.
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august 🍂 @auguststreet.ca · 09/09/2026
reminder that our premier, who sees himself as an anti-congestion champion in greater toronto, is doing everything in his power to cause more traffic: -building highway 413 & widening highways -removing bike lanes, which will also bring construction mayhem -historic cuts to GO train service
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is what Carney's new Digital Transformation Canada should be doing, not trying to find new ways to implement digital asbestos.
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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"The most surprising thing is the contrast between what the report says that we can expect for our future climate, and the level of action that the federal government and other governments in Canada are taking.” Ryan Ness, Canadian Climate Institute.
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If I was a Carney government flack and I wanted to bury an important report without making it so obvious that the burying of the report became a whole story itself, how would I do it? Well, let's use the Carney government's just released major climate report as a case study. Read on... #CdnPoli
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Ontario govt took $60M out of public education and handed it to Staples. Tomorrow, 80K elementary teachers each get $750 of the misappropriated money to buy overpriced classroom supplies at an 🇺🇸 corporation. Please remember this the next time Captain Canada tells you to #BuyCanadian. #OntEd
A chart of school supplies showing the price difference between ordering through the school board or ordering from Staples. Staples is always more expensive.A chart of school supplies showing the price difference between ordering through the school board or ordering from Staples.

The total for the school board is $290.38.
The total for Staples is $668.98.
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"We need to eliminate federal greenhouse gas emissions standards for Canadian-made vehicles and exempt tariff-impacted sectors from federal emissions performance standards." No, no we don't.
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Brainiac Kim 🇨🇦 @brainiackim.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Disturbing. Legitimate media have laws & regulations of their professions. A rogue partisan party that stalks female politicians in a foreign country, on a private vacation, w/o her knowledge is unacceptable. Taxpayers' money is not for stalking, it's for policymaking to help taxpayers. #ONpoli
cbc.ca
'Stuff happens': Ford says he was unaware party allegedly followed former Liberal leader to Jamaica | CBC News
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he was unaware until yesterday of the Progressive Conservative Party spending money to allegedly surveil former Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie in Jamaica in 2023.
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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I see a lot of references these days to the ”new normal” regarding climate impacts. Trouble is, that suggests something stable. Until we stop emitting greenhouse gases as if there were no tomorrow, there will be no new normal, just worsening impacts. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
washingtonpost.com
We’ll soon get a glimpse of future temperatures, thanks to this record El Niño
It will act like a climate time machine, temporarily pushing temperatures to levels that otherwise might not be felt for a decade or so.
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Climate Justice Victoria @climatejusticeyyj.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"Canada’s public financing for fossil fuels has been topping $18 billion per year, the highest amount in the G20. By contrast, Canada... provided $975 million per year for renewable energy — 19 times less" @chrishatch.bsky.social @nationalobserver.com #cdnpoli #bcpoli #bcwildfire
nationalobserver.com
The fiscal fantasy of fossil fuels
Governments spend billions fighting fires, rebuilding communities, compensating disaster victims and treating the growing health burden from climate change. Then those same governments spend billions ...
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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I am tired of the silence from our leaders when pedestrians are killed. seanmarshall.ca/2026/07/21/w...
seanmarshall.ca
Where’s the outrage when pedestrians are killed?
Birchmount Road and Lawrence Avenue East, Scarborough On Friday, July 10, the driver of a westbound Toyota RAV4 SUV drove through a red light on Lawrence Avenue East and struck another vehicle trav…
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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Canada shares the US mentality: Great time to build pipelines.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/07/2026
Virtually every country in the world *except* for the US is responding to the Iran War in a rational way -- ie, trying to reduce their reliance in imported fossil fuels.
bloomberg.com
How the Iran War Is Driving Demand for Clean Energy
For decades, the case for clean energy was rooted primarily in climate policy. Today, it is just as much about geopolitics.
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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Scientists say more firefighters won't stop worsening wildfire seasons. They argue cutting fossil fuel emissions remains essential. As Canada pursues pipelines and AI data centres, how do we balance economic growth with environmental responsibility? CBC brings evidence to the debate.
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Sharon Schmidt @skaysmall.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Once again #FordFailedOntario
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Emmerson Jull @emmersonj.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Today for @nationalobserver.com: Why critics are saying Ford’s promise to “spare no expense” fighting Ont fires doesn’t make up for this year’s $150mil budget.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 16/07/2026
TTC ran a “pilot project” to track the number of cars illegally passing streetcars at stops: “Preliminary data indicates that near-miss incidents may be very pervasive and that there is likely merit to developing a technology-based solution to this problem” Shocker. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
Dashboard showing observed illegal passing incidents on Toronto streetcars from December 2025 to March 2026, including geographic distribution map, hourly trends peaking at 3 PM with 15 incidents, route breakdown with Route 501 having the most violations at 40 incidents, and period-based statistics across different time windows.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We are experiencing the world's worst air quality, and we're getting absolutely no response from leadership other than announcements about building more pipelines. Do not normalize this.
A screengrab of the weather app showing a Yellow Heat Warning for Ottawa and the headline that Ontario faces world's worst air quality
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
If you think Canada Post managers were supposed to be making CP profitable, then yeah, these bonuses make no sense. But if you assume these managers were supposed to destroy CP because the conservative Liberal government wants to privatize delivery in Canada, they've 100% earned these bonuses.
ctvnews.ca
Canada Post management given $30.8 million in performance pay despite record losses
Despite record losses, Canada Post handed its executives and managers $30.8 million in performance-based payments in 2025.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 13/07/2026
"Corridor zoning" amounts to jamming low-income residents into big, bland apartment buildings alongside stroads, where they can serve as a buffer, absorbing all the noise & air pollution cars produce, protecting the precious single-family homes that dominate everywhere around them. It's abominable.
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
UBS 2026 Global Wealth Report confirms the typical (ie. median) Canadian is 2x wealthier than the median American. Cda ranks 7th on median wealth, US 28th. Galactic hoards of Musk, Bezos, et al inflate the US average but virtually none flows to most Americans. #canlab #cdnecon /2
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
It is truly incredible how some of these male leftists who correctly criticize the police and court system will turn around and say a rape allegation can’t be taken seriously unless it passes through the cops and courts
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 08/07/2026
❌ climate action ❌ digital sovereignty ✅ letting US big tech burn the planet to power AI fantasies
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Important story. I won't share the outlet breaking it. And Pembina is silent. "If Meta is confirmed as the customer, Alberta’s AI data-centre strategy would shift from policy pitch to operating model, with natural gas becoming the bridge between hyperscale computing demand & grid constraints"
thedeepdive.ca
Meta is Pembina’s unnamed customer of Alberta’s gas-fired AI data centre
Meta is reportedly behind an Alberta AI data centre tied to Pembina’s $4.6B, 932 MW gas-fired Greenlight power project.
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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It benefits the world to have the Strait of Hormuz closed as long as possible. The longer it’s closed, 1) the greater the November demise of Trump’s world-endangering party; 2) The faster markets shift to electric private transportation, the most crucial climate-rescue act
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/07/2026
"A new report has revealed that 90 per cent of utility-scale renewable energy capacity added in 2025 was cheaper than the lowest-cost new fossil fuel alternative, helping to avoid an estimated $480 billion in fossil fuel costs by year’s end."
reneweconomy.com.au
Renewables remain cheapest new power option, and avoided $US480bn in fossil fuel costs in 2025
Renewables described as not only the cheapest new power source around the world, but also a “prime geopolitical shock absorber” in new report.
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I'm pulling Ford's msging here to show how ON is jumping on the bandwagon to further the schema that... pipelines = protecting Canadian jobs pipelines = a public good pipelines = a patriotic duty Oil & gas are literally killing us & our pols are trying to poison our brains with propaganda, too.
But there is no private-sector proponent or price tag for the new scheme, which is currently the subject of a feasibility study being led by Infrastructure Ontario.

“Our plan to build the Northern Shield Energy Corridor is a plan to protect workers in Ontario, Alberta and every part of the country,” Ford said in a written statement.

“We’re going to keep working to build a more secure, united and resilient Canadian economy, so we can keep Canadian workers on the job, make life more affordable for Canadian families and help get Canadian energy to new markets across the country and around the world.”
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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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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
It would be very good if there was a law that would put law enforcement officials in prison for 10+ years when they lie under oath. Nothing is more corrosive to a society than police corruption.
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ProjectAllende.org / ProjectAllende @ substack @projectallende.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
60% of Argentines are concerned about climate change but they only think they are one person in four
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
If Doug Ford announced he was abandoning climate targets the day before Canada Day you'd all correctly understand that timing isn't what you'd choose because you're proud of your decision and you want everyone to pay attention to it.
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Amanda Kolson Hurley @amandakhurley.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Incredible chart from @propublica.org. If you don’t follow enviro stuff closely, your instinct might be that the hold-your-nose solution (carbon capture from fossil fuels) would be the “pragmatic” one versus covering Earth in solar panels, which seems utopian. In fact it’s the opposite
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Chandra Pasma @chandrapasma.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The Ford govt spent over $55 mil of your taxpayer $ on ads to convince you that life is affordable and the economy is great. That money could have gone into hiring doctors and nurses, lowering hospital wait times, more EAs in schools, mental health supports for students, or cutting tax on groceries.
thetrillium.ca
Finance ministry spent $21.4M on ‘Protect Ontario’ and affordability-focused ads in 2025-26
Three ministries spent more than $55 million on ads last year
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Local man says millions spent on ads is money well spent because ads give people something to watch during their 22-hour wait in local ERs.
thestar.com
Iris Gorfinkel: Doug Ford’s ‘Protect Ontario’ ads are a scam trying to hide the damage he’s doing
Doug Ford’s Protect Ontario ads are a lie
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
"The group that represents all 444 of Ontario’s municipalities says Doug Ford’s push to appoint regional chairs is undemocratic and needs to be reversed." #OnPoli
The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) is publicly denouncing the move, releasing a letter the group's president has written to the province’s municipal affairs minister. In it, Robin Jones says the appointments erode accountability and undermine local politicians' work to represent their communities and deliver services.
"We are very concerned that Bill 100 is the latest in a series of decisions that continues to remove authority from local officials and the voters they serve in favour of concentrating decision making at Queen’s Park," Jones writes.
"These changes weaken accountability to voters and erode the trust underpinning our democracy."
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Random reminder that Toronto Council timidly suggested once that they might, might trim the police budget and in response the police implemented a decade-long refusal to enforce traffic laws.
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