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Kaja Jasińska 🇨🇦

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Developmental cognitive neuroscientist researching child development and learning in #global contexts at the University of Toronto; PI @bold-lab.bsky.social 🧠👩🏼‍🔬🐕 Cyclist who takes the lane 🚴🏼‍♀️

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
If only the pros outweighed the cons.
pros and cons list of Putting in protected mobility lanesPros reduce fatalities, reduce injuries, more people biking, less pollution, economic boost, less congestion, healthier population, kids biking/rolling to school, safer sidewalks, helps address the climate emergency, increase active transportation, more inclusive spaces. Cons: A driver might get mad.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Ontario to spend money to rip out bike lanes and speed cameras to disconnect people and hurt school children. 🙌
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people. Sound efficient? HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Graphic full of stats on vehicle inefficiencies.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
It's a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history. Please share it as much as you can.
Key quote from the great Lewis Mumford in 1955 — “Adding car lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.”
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Our kids are invisible on our streets in more than one way
a kid in front of a truck with a red backpack
Invisible 
The all-new 2026 child
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Kate Humphreys (she/her) @klhumphreys.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Vanderbilt University's Peabody College is hiring a TT Assistant Prof in Clinical Psychology (child/family focus) with expertise in AI methods (ML, NLP, LLMs, CV). 📅 Review begins Nov 15, 2025 👉 apply.interfolio.com/174418 Please share!
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Kaja Jasińska 🇨🇦 @kajajasinska.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Anyone else caught in these AI journal loops? Journal: “Your paper has been unsubmitted due to formatting reason x” Me: check paper for x, do not find issue x, clarify in cover letter, resubmit paper Journal: “Your paper has been unsubmitted due to formatting reason x” Me: rinse, repeat x 6 😩
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Renee de St. Croix @reneedsc.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
“The change shows how ambitious policymaking can directly improve health in large cities. Air pollution is often described by health experts as a silent killer. Both PM 2.5 and nitrogen dioxide have been linked to major health problems, including heart attacks, lung cancer, bronchitis and asthma.”
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Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs aren’t costs.
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One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
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Henry Grabar @henrygrabar.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
"moving from a less walkable (25th percentile) city to a more walkable city (75th percentile) increased walking by 1,100 daily steps, on average. These changes hold across different genders, ages and body mass index values, and are sustained over 3 months." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Countrywide natural experiment links built environment to physical activity - Nature
By analysing the smartphone data of 2,112,288 participants, in particular observing and comparing the activity of the same individual in two different environments, we find that increases in the walka...
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Kaja Jasińska 🇨🇦 @kajajasinska.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
The dog and I went on a multiday hike in the Algonquin backcountry. On our rest day, Otis enjoyed his time in the hammock with the lake view 🐕🏕️🥾
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Jay Cockburn @jaycockburn.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Toronto is becoming a cycling city whether Ford wants it to or not.
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Kaja Jasińska 🇨🇦 @kajajasinska.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
💯 although the daily attempts on my life by cars during my cycling commute stress me out, especially in the stretches without safe bike lanes
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Plain Kate @k8thek8.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
this is extremely cool and very Montreal
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Kaja Jasińska 🇨🇦 @kajajasinska.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Dogs enjoyed their weekend bike ride through the city #bikeTO #bikelife #toronto #cycling #dogs
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
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Graeme 🦋 @fatherhilarious.blog · 16/07/2025
I don't believe anyone should have to be brave to ride a bicycle.
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Last Friday of the month is near and that means another Critical Mass! Given the ongoing police harassment it's imperative that everyone who can make it out joins the mass. We keep us safe. Event details: facebook.com/events/s/cri...
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bikebike @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
It's the automobiles, stupid. www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
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SUVs Make Traffic Worse And Are More Dangerous Than Cars
Two new research papers show the downsides of upsizing our vehicles. SUVs have a disproportionate impact on traffic jams, and they injure more people than cars
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Kaja Jasińska 🇨🇦 @kajajasinska.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I had a wonderful (albeit very snowy) visit to the University of Winnipeg. Thank you @stefbugden.bsky.social for inviting me to give a talk and sharing all the exciting research underway at UofW.
Stephanie Bugden holding a sign that reads welcome to Winnipeg, Dr. Jasińska.
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BOLD Lab @UofT @bold-lab.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
📚 New research from rural Côte d’Ivoire: 🔴 Higher maternal stress, anxiety, and food insecurity predict harsh discipline. 🟢 Parents' educational aspirations for children are protective. 🔍 A call for reducing poverty & consequent poor mental health + stress. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Predictors of harsh discipline practices among rural households in Côte d'Ivoire
Harsh discipline is associated with adverse child outcomes across diverse contexts, but research is limited in sub–Saharan Africa. We assess the preva…
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Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Responding to reviews
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a woman says " the work is mysterious and important " in front of a white background
ALT: a woman says " the work is mysterious and important " in front of a white background
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Kaja Jasińska 🇨🇦 @kajajasinska.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Meanwhile, in #Canada. The church in my neighborhood has put up this sign.
Church outdoor sign that says “keep the faith Canada, there’s only one lord and he’s not orange!”
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
New resource to address car bloat: This toolkit offers nuts-and-bolts guidance for taxing oversized vehicles by weight, height, length, or width. www.transportforqualityoflife.com/wp-content/u...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The “cover” of today’s Globe & Mail, Canada’s national newspaper. #StrongAndFree
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Randy McIntosh @ar0mcintosh.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
"Despite multiple attacks by the eagle, the goose remained unbowed. The raptor, defeated, flew off." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice
Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
You can’t overstate the historic importance of today’s speech to both American and Canadian citizens by Canada’s Prime Minister. Please watch it and share it wherever you live, but especially if you’re in the United States. You need to know what Trump is doing, and why. youtu.be/wz_42pckM7w
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Watch Trudeau speak directly to Trump during blistering speech
YouTube video by CNN
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Kaja Jasińska 🇨🇦 @kajajasinska.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Displacement doesn’t just affect where children live—it changes how their brains develop. 🧠 Our new study on Syrian refugee children finds that early & prolonged displacement reshapes brain networks, highlighting the lasting impact of war & instability #Refugees www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Kaja Jasińska 🇨🇦 @kajajasinska.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Bsky child development scientists: can anyone point me to language, cognitive, or reading assessments that started in a lab and scaled to schools? I'm thinking of something like @gaablab.bsky.social's EarlyBird or @jyeatman.bsky.social's ROAR? Are there others I'm missing? Thanks!
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derek van vliet @derek.bike · 26/02/2025
good morning cyclists who take the lane
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Kaja Jasińska 🇨🇦 @kajajasinska.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
These dogs love the snow ❄️❄️
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Kaja Jasińska 🇨🇦 @kajajasinska.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Two very happy, very snowy dogs #canadianwinter
Two dogs in a snow bank
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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Amazing how it’s foreign leaders speaking to Americans to make it clear the consequences of this administration and not, say, the Democrats.
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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Hey #BikeTO! @cycletoronto.bsky.social has launched a campaign shaming Stantec Consulting Ltd for being retained to do work associated with Doug Ford's bike lane removal efforts. Please sign & spread the word. #TOpoli #ONpoli #VoteFordOut www.cycleto.ca/shame_on_you...
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Shame on you, Stantec
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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Meanwhile in Toronto, the fourth most populous city in North America, we're being gaslit that the solution to moving more people more efficiently is ripping out ~19 km of bike lanes.
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Kaja Jasińska 🇨🇦 @kajajasinska.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
New preprint: the developmental timing of displacement in refugee children relates to neural network organization. Varied age and duration of displacement were used to examine the timing of adversity. Early and prolonged displacement is linked with reduced small worldness. osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Dear visual neuroscientists, our department of Medical Neuroscience at Dalhousie University (in beautiful Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) is seeking an Assistant Professor in visual sciences. Ad below. Please repost. #neuroscience 🧪 dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/16403
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Assistant Professor of Visual Neuroscience (Designated Position)
The Department of Medical Neuroscience (https://medicine.dal.ca/departments/department-sites/medical-neuroscience.html) and the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (https://medicine.dal.ca...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
A person on a bicycle is by far the most energy-efficient among animals and machines per distance traveled relative to body weight. The bicycle is magic. www.jstor.org/stable/24923...
A graph titled "Cost of Transport" showing the relationship between body weight (in kilograms) and energy consumption for distance traveled (calories per gram per kilometer) for various animals and machines. It highlights that a person on a bicycle ranks first in efficiency.
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