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Leanne Ohlund

@lajonquille.bsky.social
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Cyclist, mass spectrometrist, optimist 🇨🇦 She/her

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Taras Grescoe 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 07/10/2026
Fun fact about PSPP, Quebec's new premier, who has promised to extend language laws to English CEGEPs (colleges), denying tens of thousands educational opportunities. He was educated—in English—at Oxford. And, oh yeah, at Montreal's McGill.
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Boise State Public Radio @boisestatepublicradio.org · 06/10/2026
With gas prices hitting an all time high, consumers are feeling the burn at the pump. But some commuters in Idaho are finding a cheaper, healthier way out. From saving money to skipping traffic jams, it seems the bicycle is becoming the ultimate urban escape from rising fuel costs.
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‘If I don't need to drive a car, I don't.’ Some Idahoans turn to bikes as gas prices spike
From saving money to skipping traffic jams, it seems the bicycle is becoming the ultimate urban escape from rising fuel costs.
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Markwayne Carney ☭ @barrhavenist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Roadblocks” is a funny way of saying “Liberal majority government”
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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Poor Péquistes, now that they’re officially a minority, they’ll have to discriminate against themselves
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I don’t think I’m ever going to get the appeal of pivoting to video for podcasts. I’ve been listening to podcasts for 20 years, and never once have I thought, my God, I need to SEE these people! I’m on a walk or doing the dishes, I don’t need video. 
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Cycling and walking to work were associated with better physical health, mental health, and life in general than driving." doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/10/2026
NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season. Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 23/09/2026
“I don’t think people realize how contagious this virus is,” Dr. Paul Offit says of the measles outbreak on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s watch.
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“Secretary of Measlesland”: Dr. Paul Offit Slams RFK Jr.’s Handling of Deadly Measles Outbreak
2026 is already the deadliest year for measles in the United States since the virus was declared eliminated in 2000. Four people died over the last month in Pennsylvania amid an ongoing outbreak in th...
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Montreal bike share offering free rides on provincial election day!
Free bike share rides on election day
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Buffalo Bills' home opener more than 60,000 NFL fans stood together as the iconic Canadian band Barenaked Ladies performed "O Canada", marking the first time in franchise history that the Canadian national anthem was performed at a Bills home opener.
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Leanne Ohlund @lajonquille.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BIXI adding extra service during World Cycling Championships in Montréal Sept 19-27. More bikes and 15 min more time per ride. montreal.citynews.ca/2026/09/08/b...
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BIXI boosting service as road closures planned in Montreal for cycling events
As Montrealers brace for street closures during the World Cycling Championship event later this month, BIXI announced it will boost its service to meet the expected surge in ridership. The bike-sharin...
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Leanne Ohlund @lajonquille.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
High up on list of things that make me happy on a daily basis: full bike racks at schools.
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Literacy crisis: everyone is mad at Ed Sheeran, but if you actually read his statement he specifically said he’s not complicit
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🔫🎃Scott Martian Invaders 🎃🛼 @youcaughtscott.com · 15/09/2026
NEW: Mark Carney’s International Investment Summit invites the richest investors in the world to stake their claim in Canadian public projects. Legacy news coverage completely omits the material outcomes of profit-oriented investments in our public works. @nolore.bsky.social joins to discuss.
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Normalizing Carney's Privatization Drive ft. Nora Loreto (Podcast)
Most critical coverage focuses on viability of foreign investment, not impacts
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This surgery can prevent a deadly cancer. Women need to know it’s an option. There is no effective screening for ovarian cancer, but removing fallopian tubes can help prevent it, by Dr. Leana Wen www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... via @postopinions.bsky.social
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Opinion | This surgery can prevent a deadly cancer. Women need to know it’s an option.
There is no effective screening for ovarian cancer, but this procedure can help prevent it.
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Can't wait to fly on Amazon Canada Airlines where the pilots pee in jars on back to back flights because it's more cost effective and maximizes shareholder values to fully unlock Canada's airport valuation potential! www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Canada's 4 largest airports to be opened up to private investment, Carney says | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will open up Canada's four largest airports to private investment, but that Ottawa will maintain ownership of "underlying land and assets."
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is the day! A journey that Astra and I started as an essay in The Guardian is now officially out in the world. End Times Fascism – And the Fight for the Living World is in bookstores now. If you are inclined, please buy one from an indie bookseller or borrow it from your local library.
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Ed@Retired In CrazyTimes @ed-retired.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. It’s worse in states with abortion bans. floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/14/r...
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Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. It’s worse in states with abortion bans. • Florida Phoenix
The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data have drawn littl...
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F-O Loignon @foloignon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Voici les modes de transport de 4 circonscriptions où le PQ lutte pour tasser QS. Ce serait intéressant d’entendre les candidats péquistes expliquer au 30-50% de leurs électeurs qui ne se déplace pas en auto comment une baisse temporaire du prix de l’essence va leur diminuer le coût de la vie. 🙃
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Fresh evidence that car touchscreens are a giant step backwards for road safety: "For all tasks, the touchscreen was associated with increased visual distraction." doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I'm thinking of creating a one-off web page where I post costs of common grocery items that people send me from receipts they randomly find. Just to see how fast these prices have shot up. Would you send me your receipts?
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.
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Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)
The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.”
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
At least 35,000 excess deaths recorded in Europe’s back-to-back heatwaves. True figure likely to be much higher as it only covers about half of continent and does not include August totals, by @jonhenley.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/... via @theguardian.com #ClimateChange
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At least 35,000 excess deaths recorded in Europe’s back-to-back heatwaves
Figure only covers about half of continent and does not include August totals
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
No one ever said there was a constitutional right to bike lanes – just a right to fundamental justice. Ford government’s decision to remove Toronto bike lanes should be subject to Charter scrutiny, by @acoyne.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Opinion: No one ever said there was a constitutional right to bike lanes – just a right to fundamental justice
Ford government’s decision to remove Toronto bike lanes should be subject to Charter scrutiny
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I love bike share. What an amazing idea. You take a bike wherever and whenever you want. And leave it wherever you want. It’s not the fastest or most fitted bike to you. But it’s incredible flexibility. Bike to transit and not worry about theft. Go for a run and bike back. See rain, take a bike.
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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Doesn't seem like we're gonna crack 50,000 trips a day this year while MTL hits 80,000. Lots of reasons (more bike lanes for starters), it's also apparent MTL prioritises station density for network connections.
Toronto bike share mapMontreal bike share map
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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Danube River is so low that a whole fleet of sunken Nazi battleships are visible.
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The Danube River's water is dropping so low that World War II ships are emerging
In the middle of the river separating Serbia and Romania near the Serbian port of Prahovo, a rusty hull is now visible along with a broken mast where the Nazi flag used to fly.
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Ben Neely @benneely.com · 05/08/2026
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you want keywords from proteins that recently got pruned from UniProtKB, you can use Unisave. I wrote this post which has an associated github repo to help. OR just switch over to 2026_02 ASAP. They told us it was coming. neely.github.io/recovering-u...
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Recovering UniProt Keywords for deleted accessions
If you searched against a pre-June 2026 UniProt database, some of your identified proteins no longer exist in the current release — and that means no keywords.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 05/08/2026
Carney vows to fast-track West Coast Pipeline before entire West Coast burns to the ground
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Carney vows to fast-track West Coast Pipeline before entire West Coast burns to the ground
OTTAWA - Mark Carney has officially given notice that his government will be designating Danielle Smith’s West Coast pipeline a project of national interest, allowing the massive oil and gas project t...
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Toronto the Politics the Show @torontothepolitics.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear from the War on Cars podcast explain the myriad of benefits provided by congestion pricing. @thewaroncars.bsky.social @brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social #toronto #topoli #urbansim #nycsubway
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Bike lanes aren’t a problem to be solved – they’re how people get around. Cycling lanes need to be treated as transportation infrastructure, not a transportation problem, by @cailynn.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Opinion: Alberta’s bike lanes aren’t a problem to be solved – they’re how people get around
I bike most days in Calgary, often with my two children
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I spent some time on the Rad Book Club show and talked about how corporations in Canada are calling all of the shots, and we're expected to just shut up and accept it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSOm...
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Canada's Corporate Takeover | Nora Loreto | Author Q&A
YouTube video by The Rad Book Club
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Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith @mewefree.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Two people tried to enter a screening of The Odyssey without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse. 😂😂😂
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 19/07/2026
Over the past month, New York has welcomed the world. From neighborhood watch parties to the stadium, we’ve celebrated the communities that make our city the global capital of the beautiful game. Today, we close out a historic World Cup, proud of how New Yorkers showed up every step of the way.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
To make my weekend easier & relaxing, my first @thestar.com column back from vacation is about transportation identity politics. Keeping people divided is useful for some political interests & ambitions. Maybe it’s good to resist that.
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Shawn Micallef: I’m a cyclist, I’m a driver, I’m a TTC rider. Stop making me pick sides, just make it easier to get around
Cyclists, drivers, TTC riders and pedestrians can unite in service of a better commute
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 17/07/2026
Convoy leader Pat King is going to jail Ontario's court of appeal overturned King's earlier sentence, agreeing a conditional house arrest sentence was too lenient
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Convoy leader Pat King loses at appeal court, to be resentenced | CBC News
Pat King, a key figure in the 2022 convoy protests, will be re-sentenced after the Ontario Court of Appeal sided with Crown prosecutors who argued his original punishment was too lenient.
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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Think this wildfire season is bad? A "super El Niño" has formed, with ocean temps up to 4C higher than normal. Peaking from Oct to Dec, it means a milder, drier winter in Canada -- tinderbox conditions. Boiling the oceans, cooking the planet. #climatechange #wildfires www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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El Niño is here, and it’s already looking like it could be 'mind-blowing' | CBC News
Temperatures in the El Niño region in the Pacific Ocean are the warmest they've been on record at this time of year. And the peak is still months away.
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Acab!!!
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 17/07/2026
According to Teamsters Canada, the CN Rail workers trapped in that train engulfed in flames ended up having to flee through the burning forest on foot: “They ran for a mile or two ... It’s crazy that they have to go through that. But the train should not have been there in the first place”
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Regulators investigating why CN workers were forced to flee wildfires on foot
Officials working to determine if there were Railway Safety Act, Labour Code violations, Transport Canada says
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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come.
A photo of the wildfires in canada. Fire rages through forest area with vright orange flame and dark gray smoke.
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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Paris Grew Cycling by 240% in Just Five Years: North American Cities Should Pay Attention. momentummag.com/paris-cyclin...
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15/07/2026
These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
An apocalyptic scene unfolded on Highway 11 in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, this evening as the sky turned deep red and nearly black. 🎥 Credit WeatherMonitors on 𝕏
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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I've just seen about 40 kids sneak into watch 'The Odyssey' without paying by hiding in a giant wooden coat.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 15/07/2026
830 wildfires burning across Canada right now. And you know what’s going to make it worse in the future? More oil pipelines. This is why our voice and our vote matters.
A NASA map of the wildfires burning across Canada right now.
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Momentum Magazine @momentummag.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Do Bike Lanes Hurt Local Business? A Major Montreal Study Has an Answer. Anti-bike zealots might not like it much. momentummag.com/do-bike-lane...
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Leanne Ohlund @lajonquille.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Exactly! Ticketing cycling infractions in Montréal is an exercise in lazy safety enforcement. Handing out tickets to cyclists with an earbud or not wearing a helmet on an eBiXI is not effective. It doesn’t change behaviour. www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
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Over 9,500 tickets handed out to Montreal cyclists
Biking is booming in Montreal, and so are the number of tickets handed out to riders. Some cycling advocates, however, say the focus is on the wrong offences.
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