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Kim Moir

@kmoir.bsky.social
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Cat herder, mentor, cyclist, team 🍍 🍕 Moir rhymes with lawyer she/her

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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Roads in poor shape? Late for work bc of transit or congestion? Can’t register your kid for swimming or skating bc there aren’t enough spots or the arena closed bc of poor repair condition? Business struggling bc city red tape? Here’s why: decades of underfunded tax base, unsustainable investment 1/
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”
theguardian.com
How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets
Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance
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Kim Moir @kmoir.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was biking through the experimental farm this morning when a large group of cyclists merged ahead of me. As I passed them I chatted with them. They said they were visiting from Germany as part of a bike tour. Safe bike infrastructure matters for locals and attracts tourists too!
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is why more women don't come forward, and why more rapists aren't jailed. Because mostly-male cops and prosecutors find it more believable that a 20-yr-old would want to have sex with a room full of fraternity brothers than accept she was raped. What ever happened to common fucking sense?
jessica.substack.com
Carrying That Weight—Again
I can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case
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Kim Moir @kmoir.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yesterday I was canvassing for my city councillor. I met a lovely couple at the door who had been hosting refugees in their home for the past 30 years. What a tremendous impact on so many lives. Extraordinary public service.
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Laskinator @laskinator.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dear @en.ottawa.ca, the next time a large event like Nuit Blanche takes place in Byward Market, the streets need to be closed to drivers. It's absolutely ludicrous to invite thousands of people into one neighbourhood, and still allow cars.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You take our bike lanes, we take the road. Toronto showed up Friday night. 📸 @geoffreybercarich via Instagram
Cyclists taking the lane stretching kms of a city street
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Kim Moir @kmoir.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Saw this bumper sticker in a parking lot yesterday 🤔
Bumper sticker that says “you can’t drink data”
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Don Davies @donvdavies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A new PBO report confirms adding new tax brackets for the wealthiest 0.3% would raise over $1 billion a year. Instead of selling off Canada’s strategic public assets like airports, we should be asking those who have benefited most from our society to contribute their fair share.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’m so bored with all the discussion around AI. Can we talk about some useful technology, like heat pumps?
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Occasional Transpo @occtranspo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A 20-Point PowerPoint about the State of affairs of the political arena. Actually pretty good. As many have said across the Ottawa Sky feed, we're in Mickey mouse territory - and unfortunately that's giving Mayor Bloggins the lead.
reddit.com
From the EhBuddyHoser community on Reddit: A Special Rick Mercer PSA on the State of Ottawa Politics in 2026
Explore this post and more from the EhBuddyHoser community
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Kim Moir @kmoir.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Goldenrod and purple asters in College Ward, Ottawa
Goldenrod and purple asters in College Ward, Ottawa, Ontario
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 21/09/2026
I think it's ill-advised and anti-democratic to introduce an omnibus bill, cite a crisis, and rush major changes to labour and environmental law. It's going to provoke aggressive resistance and risks, ironically, slowing down the projects the government is so keen on. It's going to be a huge mess.
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bikeview.ca @bikeviewca.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
His 2.5% tax increases are not covering police budget increases at about 4.4% a year on average. 2026 was 6.7%? So what is the police budget going to be in 2027 with Sutcliffe in charge, and, where is he nickel and diming the other things we need in the name of “#SafetyTheatre”?
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Kim Moir @kmoir.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
These books are an extraordinary analysis of the current state of Canada. I’ve read the Social Safety Net and Corporate Control. Looking forward to reading the third book in the series 📖
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Cassie Smith (she/her) @cassiesmith.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's happening! It's happening! School Streets in Ottawa. It was so great to be able to open this street up for kids and families to get to school safely and actively. As one parent I chatted with this morning said, seeing kids prioritized like this - it gives me hope. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
cbc.ca
Elementary school in Vanier closes street to cars during morning drop off
Twice a week during morning drop off, a section of Alice Street outside Trille des Bois Public Elementary School will close to cars as part of a pilot program run by a local non-profit. The CBC’s Jodi...
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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We need to change the way we consult on city budgets, encouraging citizen participation before the ink is dry and things are more or less set in stone. Setting arbitrary tax increases before assessing our city’s real needs is leading to a downward spiral, fueled by austerity. We deserve better.
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Kim Moir @kmoir.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Me every time an Ottawa municipal candidate brags about low property taxes. *taps the sign*
Venn diagram of stable services low density and low taxes in municipal government - it does not exist.
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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
the tech bros telling you LLMs are conscious don’t think women are people.
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CTV News Ottawa @ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hidden Harvest gets overlooked food to those in need
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Hidden Harvest gets overlooked food to those in need
An Ottawa organization is ensuring that overlooked fruit and nuts on trees don’t go to waste and helps those struggling with food insecurity.
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scribbleghoul @scribblegurl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
YOU NEED THIS
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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Transit woes? Busted sidewalks? Closed rec centres? Long waiting lists for affordable and emergency housing? Parks without washrooms? Closed pools and beaches? Pot holes in roads? Want more of this? Then keep on supporting and voting for 2.5% caps like this.
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Don Davies @donvdavies.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Carney Liberals are pursuing straight Conservative policies: privatization, attacking labour, rolling back enviro policies, tax cuts for the wealthy, huge military spending, rolling back healthcare, bitumen pipelines… No wonder Jason Kenney’s cheering.
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LittleMxSurly @littlemxsurly.yharnam.singles · 16/09/2026
I keep seeing threads about people disrespecting the knowledge of AI experts and… there are also expert chiropractors. Sometimes you’re just an expert at being a quack ¯\_( ˘͡ ˘̯)_/¯
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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I always hesitate to lean too heavily into New York City exceptionalism. Lots of cities around the world are great and many of them do plenty of things better than us. But this @anildash.com essay gets at what I do think is exceptional about New York, especially at this particular moment in time.
anildash.com
At 25, we are all New Yorkers, again - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
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Occasional Transpo @occtranspo.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you get sick, disabled, can't work or your job dies out, that's largely on you and you have to survive on poverty dollars. If your wealth producing business gets inconvenienced, the government is here with a bailout. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Ontario expands business eligibility for tariff support funding | CBC News
Ontario is expanding eligibility for financing programs to protect jobs and businesses in sectors impacted by the U.S.-Canada trade war, Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If someone suggested putting this into a dystopian, post apocalyptic fascist sci-fi movie, it would be rejected for being too on the nose. 
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 10/09/2026
A Toronto teen struck near the site of a removed speed camera suffered a brain injury. Now his family is suing the province mrf.lu/2jpTy
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 10/09/2026
The family of a teenager injured by a car outside his Toronto school is suing, alleging the removal of a nearby speed camera contributed to the crash. According to the statement of claim, the 15-year-old suffered a traumatic brain injury, skull fractures and ongoing cognitive effects.
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Bike Ottawa @bikeottawa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“Protected bike lanes and safe sidewalks are essential public safety infrastructure, not luxury amenities.” #ottawa #onpoli #ottbike fitisafeministissue.com/2026/09/09/b...
fitisafeministissue.com
Bike Lanes are Beautiful. Why Would People Want to Rip Them Out?
I rode about 14 km total in Toronto last week, most on bike lanes. The total distance was less than 10 km, since I rode much of the same route going to and from my destination. A good chunk was on …
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Plain Kate @k8thek8.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Perfect, no notes (the comments are also gold)
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Kim Moir @kmoir.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This Labour Day I’m thinking of the people are employed but don’t have enough for essentials and need to visit food banks. Or get injured on the job and live on the meager rates for ODSP which is way below the poverty line.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Prime Minister has a full, standalone minister dedicated to AI but not one for labour. That minister for AI was also fired from the CBC for sketchy art deals that benefitted his friends including *drum roll* Mark Carney. Anyway, just something to think about on Labour Day! NBD!
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Vision Zero Ottawa @visionzeroottawa.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
A deeply unserious proposal from a Mayoral Candidate. All municipal candidates would do well to read this. Tl;dr; Higher congestion and pollution, less safe roads. Free parking is never free. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Shown is Author Donald Shoup’s book on the high cost of deee parking. Shoup was a renowned economist whose work described how free parking is greatly subsidized and has costly externalities
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Kim Moir @kmoir.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
There is an existing agency that was announced under Trudeau to improve and modernize federal services. The Canadian Digital Service. digital.canada.ca Why the need for a new one under Carney?
digital.canada.ca
Canadian Digital Service
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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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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ford voters have been convinced that without bike commuters on the road they’d be able to whizz through the streets of Toronto, through a major metropolis, as though the 4th most populous city in North America, were a rural highway.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026
This is demonstrably, measurably improving the health of the people who live there. Most notably, it increases the respiratory *& cognitive* health of children. They literally do better in school. If this country really gave a shit about children, this would be at the top of the public-policy list.
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
Map showing Lower Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I WAS NOT EMOTIONALLY READY FOR THIS SO EARLY IN THE MORNING
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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Imagine this leadership to make Bank street, Carling or Baseline work in #OttCity; imagine getting things done. #Leaderahip
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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
OMG, we did! Incredible photos by Richard Seck: www.richardseck.com/criticalmass...
A photo by Richard Seck of Friday's critical mass bike ride in Toronto showing the Bloor Viaduct bridge packed with people on bikes from end to end
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.” What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.
theprogressplaybook.com
Copenhagen Cycling Revolution: Lessons for Cities
Close to two-thirds of the city’s residents commute by bike to school or work every day.
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Kim Moir @kmoir.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Would love to see a pilot on Ottawa for bus shelters with green roofs. Waiting at Tunneys, Baseline Hurdman and other locations is sweltering during the summer. It also provides an area for rain to be absorbed. www.begiant.ca/stories/idea...
begiant.ca
The futuristic bus shelters giving commuters a cooler place to wait
How rooftop greenery is providing natural insulation during Montreal's sweltering summers
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Urban Cycling Institute @urbancyclinginstitute.org · 28/08/2026
Finally, a road safety innovation that makes sense. High visibility, low maintenance, and erasing kinetic energy for the vulnerable user. Every crosswalk needs a "Crossing Fence." Brilliant marketing, produced by SAAQ Pedestrian Safety Campaigns, planned under Quebec’s Road Safety Action Plan.
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Fietser Brandon @americanfietser.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The American mind could never comprehend such an enabling and accommodating system of transportation. 📍Finland 🇫🇮
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
HG Wells is alleged to have remarked "Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race”. You could see this shocking chart as an index of civilisation. A country which gets this issue so badly wrong is likely to fail in many other ways.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I wrote about Dolly Parton in my latest @nytopinion.nytimes.com column. Thank you. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Greatest Story Dolly Parton Ever Wrote Was Herself (Gift Article)
She didn’t see herself as a saint; she identified as something we needed even more: a writer.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
in a world of JK Rowlings be a Dolly Parton
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton was universally loved because she was a rich person who knew what it was like to be poor, stayed down to earth, and spent her life giving back to others who were less fortunate. The oligarchs who don’t understand why everyone hates them probably won’t learn from this. But they should
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