Reposted by mike sIt's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Who's loser kid is this, Ottawa? 56624
mike s @mike259421921.bsky.social · 14/07/2026@arieltroster.com back of city hall. see that nice picnic table in the shade under the tree? what a nice area to hang out on a hot day. except that picnic table is no longer there. all the picnic tables are now behind the fence 😥 please ask to have 2 or 3 of these picnic table moved under the tree 100
mike s @mike259421921.bsky.social · 29/05/2026@tkavanaghbayward.bsky.social 👍👍 ~ “Turning green space into parking is not the answer,” Kavanagh said in a statement on Thursday. I encourage the fed gov to invest in alternative transportation options for their employees, including exploring purchasing bulk transit passes for fed public servants" 121
mike s @mike259421921.bsky.social · 31/03/2026@samseder.bsky.social, @emmavigeland.bsky.social youtu.be/gUl2mcMM-yA first time dem candidates excite voters and are able to turn out the voters, where establishment dem candidates failed miserably and got low turnout in 2024youtu.beA Blue Wave in Florida? What Two Dem Upsets Mean for FL’s Political Future | Amanpour and CompanyYouTube video by Amanpour and Company 000
Reposted by mike sDr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Quoted in this Globe piece, on our experience of raising a child that requires 24/7 care, and how the financial hit that families take falls almost entirely on mothers.theglobeandmail.comMothers of autistic children in Ontario earn significantly less than fathers, study findsResearch shows women often shoulder the caretaking responsibilities and their careers are disrupted by the hours spent navigating services for their kids 32710
mike s @mike259421921.bsky.social · 11/03/2026@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social you don't believe in anyone ever becoming a better person, learning, developing? Good people can become bad. Bad can become good. Good people can make mistakes, etc, etc, 4020
Reposted by mike sBike Ottawa @bikeottawa.bsky.social · 21/02/2026As people outside of cars, we’ve all been at the receiving end of right turns on red. How many near misses have you experienced or witnessed as a result? Yet City staff recommends against a blanket ban of right on reds. Oppose their recommendation. Take action now! 👇 bikeottawa.ca/2026/02/21/r... 1258
mike s @mike259421921.bsky.social · 07/02/2026@velo.qc.ca Votre site web affiche toujours l'itinéraire et les dates de 2025. Quand mettrez-vous à jour votre site web avec l'itinéraire pour 2026? #vélo #Montréal #Québec #veloQC 010
mike s @mike259421921.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Poll open only to US Nationals residing in Vermont. Do you support Vermont seceding from USA and joining Canada as an 11th province 1️⃣ Hell yeah 2️⃣ Thanks but no thanks 📊 Show results 111
Reposted by mike sSean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 25/01/2026There’s your Ontario-built equipment going up against an unarmed crowd. 54822
Reposted by mike sMichael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Lying about court decisions to fuel outrage isn’t “holding the system to account.” It’s poisoning it. Why Poilievre’s false claims about my client reveal a much bigger problem with grievance politics: www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/opinion...canadianlawyermag.comPoilievre's lies about my client illustrate a wider problem with grievance politicsConservatives have no qualms about undermining our courts or public institutions 03918
mike s @mike259421921.bsky.social · 09/01/2026@evansolomon.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/andy... Why does the Canadian government maintain an account and post to a pedofile platform? 010
mike s @mike259421921.bsky.social · 28/10/2025@ncc-ccn.gc.ca didn't even cross this guy's mind not to just drive and park right down the middle of the path in middle of morning rush hour, never mind there was no good reason for him to be there at all. if Black & McDonald employees are this inconsiderate, they're definitely not good 041
Reposted by mike sBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/09/2025What does it take to move 1000 people? Better infrastructure supporting mobility choices that don’t take up so much space (or produce so much emissions/pollution, cost so much public money, etc). Graphic via Seattle Subway based on a Sydney graphic I spread around years ago. 720075
Reposted by mike sEmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Severance (of car parking in Paris) 13731238
mike s @mike259421921.bsky.social · 28/08/2025@shawnmenard.bsky.social raising the issue of the home affordability crisis while celebrating reducing how many homes can be built in the same newspaper ?!?! 🤦☹️ 150
Reposted by mike sBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 27/08/2025It’s still amazing to me that we’ve basically let ourselves be tricked into buying that THIS is what “freedom” looks like. #CarDependency 16481108
Reposted by mike sGracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 07/07/2025"The argument against regulation is always the same: “It stifles growth and jobs.” But just as tax cuts for corporations have not trickled down, regulatory cuts have not benefited most people. Big companies enjoy bigger profits. Working people bear the costs." ~Robert Reich . 05322
Reposted by mike sFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 20/08/2025I recently submitted a Letter to the Editor to my city’s newspaper, making the case for supporting active infrastructure within their 300-word limit. My hope was simple. If just one person sees this topic in a new way, it’s worth it. And I’d encourage other advocates to do the same where they live. 820939
Reposted by mike sBrent 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.grist.orgOne mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 lossCopenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact. 14655277
Reposted by mike sNicole @nicamsterdam.eurosky.social · 14/08/2025Amsterdam through the tram window. On my way home from work tonight. 5529
Reposted by mike sbikebike @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Canada's national motoring association suggests building more safe, connected, and protected on-street bike lanes as one of the pillars to help ease congestion in cities. Ripping out bike lanes is not mentioned - ever. www.caa.ca/app/uploads/... 0318
Reposted by mike sFietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 12/08/2025PSA: This is an example of proper bike parking design. Staple rack, sunken fasteners not accessible at the surface by tools, good spacing from any solid obstacles. 1513913
Reposted by mike sChris Griffith @cbgriffith.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Paris is planting varities that can survive 50° at maturity. Read about Paris and its tree planting initiative here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comParis Plans to Plant Trees That Can Survive Climate ChangeAs part of a new urbanism plan for a “bio-climatic” city, officials hope to plant species that will be more resistant to heat. 0527
Reposted by mike sBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/08/2025According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050. Just the start. Common sense. 261621458
Reposted by mike sAshton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Just imagine if a Muslim Democrat said things like this. 916742
Reposted by mike sBikeLoudPDX @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social · 04/08/2025We want to live in a city where all of us can thrive: with enough places to call home, with clean air & water, with trees & nature, with safe streets, where we help our neighbors. That future looks brighter when we can choose to go by bicycle. We share @yonahfreemark.com's definition of abundance. 0356
Reposted by mike sMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 08/08/2025Shout out to decorated boxes. Gotta be one of my favorite architectural genders. 1321914
Reposted by mike sRachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 05/08/2025The fact that CBC was too cowardly to film this is indicative of a much bigger problem in media. When layoffs come, they tend to target journalists who are "problems" for management, who question authority. This is what you lose when you only keep the journalists who are deferential to authority: 11592180
Reposted by mike sLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 05/08/2025The British media outlet ITV also went on a Jordanian airdrop and simply ignored the Israeli government’s illiberal demands: www.itv.com/news/2025-08... 241043494
Reposted by mike sGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Drivers always minimize speeding by saying things like, "Oh, I was only going 10 mph over the speed limit." But those 10 miles per hour can literally be the difference betwen life and death for a pedestrian or bicyclist. Source: nextstl.com/2022/04/in-a... 1326071
Reposted by mike sThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Can't you just smell the freedom? 413716
Reposted by mike sSarah 🌱🌈🚴♀️🚩 @megasassa.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Being new on Bluesky and finding out my video went a bit viral here as well is nice :) Critical Mass Bergen will go live on Bluesky soon! 430364
Reposted by mike sBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/08/2025“While Mayor, I was often asked ‘how have you been able to afford bike-lanes in #Copenhagen?’ I’d reply, ‘how have you been able to NOT afford it? 25 years ago we were a few days away from going bankrupt. So the city invested in the cheapest infrastructure… bicycling.’” — @mortenkabell.bsky.social 4423139
Reposted by mike sStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 31/07/2025An amazing thing about New York is that you simply do not need to pull over for an ambulance if it would inconvenience you. A cop actually walked right in front of this without doing a thing. 4756
Reposted by mike sHannu Oskala @hannuoskala.fi · 30/07/2025HUGE NEWS FROM HELSINKI, FINLAND Helsinki, a city of 690 000 people, has now had a full year without any traffic fatalities. None. No pedestrian, cyclist, scooter user or car deaths. This is a huge achievement for a city of our size. 💪🏻 A little background 🧵 1/ yle.fi/a/74-20174831yle.fiHelsinki goes a full year without a traffic deathA city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design. 241803567
Reposted by mike sParis Marx @parismarx.com · 28/07/2025Mark Carney wants economic growth at any cost. To achieve it, he’s going after tech investment and pushing hard for AI adoption. In the process, AI regulations are being thrown on the bonfire and tech harms are an afterthought. It’s a recipe for disaster.disconnect.blogMark Carney is going “elbows down” against Big TechCanada’s AI agenda ignores potential harms in the hope of short-term economic gain 24475154
Reposted by mike sRuth Malone, RN, PhD @remalone.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Somebody just sent this to me via an email listserve and it is SUCH a zinger. ABSOLUTELY TRUTH RIGHT HERE 9607273
Reposted by mike sNesrine Malik @nesrinemalik.bsky.social · 28/07/2025All that is not action is noise. This week's column on Gaza as politicians rinse and repeat statements of concern without meaningful pressure on Israel. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comProtesting over Gaza’s starvation feels like screaming into a void – but we mustn’t stop | Nesrine MalikPolitical platitudes and a few trucks of aid won’t save the children dying now. But they show leaders can’t ignore public opinion for ever, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik 312753
Reposted by mike sMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 27/07/2025Broadly, planners need to reclaim our authority over urban public space from traffic engineers who are monomaniacally obsessed with maximizing motorist convenience and utilities companies that don’t care about urban design or quality of life. Further, we need to fund street tree planting and care. 19212
Reposted by mike sAndrew Blum @ablum.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Ironic that drivers constantly harp on the need to teach ebike kids the rules of the road when the #1 rule I teach my kid about riding our ebike is drivers are chaos muppets who you can never trust to follow the rules of the road. 4568
Reposted by mike sDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Me when I hear people say that the ocean produces 50% of the oxygen we breathe. 1128636
Reposted by mike sDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 10/03/2025As expected, public approval of congestion pricing in New York is following the same trajectory it followed in London, Stockholm and everywhere else it was tried. One would hope we could learn a lesson from such things! 21605328
Reposted by mike sDaniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 11/03/2025🚲🚲 How to Turn Cities Into Biketopias 🚲🚲? Make it Harder to Drive There 👇👇 www.wired.com/story/new-yo... 0347
Reposted by mike sDaniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 18/03/2025The Arrogance of space 🚗 🚲 🚶♀️👇 By Karl Jilg 0112
Reposted by mike sBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 23/07/2025“Over 40k people die in car crashes in the US every year. Entire neighborhoods are carved up by high-speed traffic. Kids can’t walk to school safely. But don’t worry – someone saw a teenager run a stop sign on an e-bike, so the real crisis must be those darn batteries on two wheels.”electrek.coIf you think electric bikes are bad, there’s a much bigger menace hitting our roadsElectric bikes are a menace. They go almost as fast as a car (if the car is parking), they’re whisper... 541998
