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Mary Louise Pigott 🇨🇦

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In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will be singing. – Bertolt Brecht #hamont

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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 16h
Every conservative candidate these days: "Everything is broken. Elect me to to fix it, even though It may not actually be broken and I haven't layed out a plan for how to fix it." (I'm lookin' 'specially at you, Brad Bradford.)
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Civicplan @civicplan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Chedoke Golf Course Lands Review is an opportunity to rethink a major civic greenspace in Hamilton. Civicplan is a partner in the Rethinking Chedoke Creek project which proposed a big idea for this space – Daylighting the buried creek and transforming the area with trails and amenities.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
READ: If you haven’t seen this yet, please take a look. Motonormativity ("car brain") is a bias that stops people from making rational judgements about driving. This study co-authored by @ianwalker.bsky.social looks at where this bias comes from & how it works. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Screetshot of study title “Why Do Cars Get A Free Ride?” #CarBrain #Motonormativity
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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
READ: Time to end the REAL war in our cities! “The road lobby’s war on walking, cycling, and transit have continued profitably for more than a century. The time has come for peace.” A NEW article on the #WarOnWalking by @grantennis.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social, and @tomflood.bsky.social
transportxtra.com
A time for peace: End the war on walking, cycling, and trans
The war on the motorist and 15-minute conspiracy theories are fiction. The truth is that there is a war on walking, cycling, and transit that has made a one-hou
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm honestly kind of surprised we haven't seen this Margaret Thatcher quote deployed by referendum critics more often (this was during the first Brexit vote when the UK Conservatives were pro Europe)
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Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯🤔...
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 29/09/2026
No matter what happens in the upcoming midterm elections or even the 2028 presidential contest, Canadians will not forget how they are being treated right now — or how some Americans react when we fight back, @maxfawcett.bsky.social writes.
nationalobserver.com
America still doesn't understand how deep the rift goes
Memo to our friends (and yes, our enemies) to the south: the problem isn’t just Donald Trump. It’s you
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Paris has been praised in recent years for their visionary, progressive city-building, but they don’t get enough credit for just being really pragmatic! Everything they’ve been doing is common sense. They’re moving a lot more people with less space while cleaning the air and cooling the city.
People riding bikes in a full separated bike-lane in Central Paris.Cars jamming a street in central Paris.
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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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🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Posted this morning by my good friend and celebrated writer Allan Stratton.
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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 19/09/2026
When we invest in walking, wheeling and cycling infrastructure we transform communities. Less congestion, less air pollution and safer streets benefits us all. 🙌
scotsman.com
More bikes than cars recorded on Edinburgh rush hour route for first time
Highest figures also notched up on major Glasgow cycle routes too
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
She deserves that dog: 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
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Stephen Lautens @stephenlautens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
One of Canada's advantages is that we know a lot about the US. We follow their news and politics, get their TV channels, travel there. But Americans know nothing about us. They don't understand our politics, history or values. They constantly misjudge us, but we understand them completely. #cdnpoli
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This was the last lake of its kind in #Canada. Now it's gone. In a polar epishelf lake, freshwater floats on seawater, creating a unique ecosystem www.cbc.ca/news/science...
cbc.ca
Canada just lost its last ice shelf lake — and scientists say climate change is transforming the Arctic | CBC News
Canada's last epishelf lake — made up of freshwater floating on saltwater — is gone, along with the unique ecosystem it supported, scientists confirm. Here's what made the lake special, and what it di...
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Mary Louise Pigott 🇨🇦 @mlpigott.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Lisa Leda Jackson Palmer profile declaring “love, kindness, empathy, compassion, gratitude, nature and strength are my religion.”
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
kids are the worst
kids biking on street 

Annoying kids force drivers to lightly tap a pedal directly below their foot to engage mysterious and unused brake function.
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Vanelle 🦋🇨🇦 🎹🎤 & Buy Canadian Warrior @vanellemusic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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quokkafella.bsky.social @quokkafella.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Between 1920 and 1936, the war game most regularly conducted by officers at the United States Army staff college was War Plan Crimson - the full scale invasion of Canada. Only in 1936 did War Plan Rainbow 1 to 5 - for war against Japan and Germany - take priority.
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026
You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Yes, the only country that has ever attacked Canada was the USA. The only times one of our nations mobilized to defend the other was ALWAYS when Canada defended US military interests, not the other way around. And the only time NATO article 5 was enacted was for Canada et al to defend the USA.
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Eric V @ericviau.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Canada won’t forget this garbage and the lack of pushback from Americans. We shall remember.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
There are no valid reasons to oppose bike lanes. 🚴🏻‍♀️
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
These snivelling cowards. Canadians will not forget that America treated Putin's Russia like its best friend and us like an enemy. Ever.
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Proof of Delivery
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Mary Louise Pigott 🇨🇦 @mlpigott.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Don’t tell Trump or he’ll rename it East America.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
First Paris, then London. Who’s next?
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Mary Louise Pigott 🇨🇦 @mlpigott.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is real
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Mary Louise Pigott 🇨🇦 @mlpigott.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hey France, can we get that nuclear sub back?
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Mary Louise Pigott 🇨🇦 @mlpigott.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
So you’ll follow the president’s preposterous orders. Got it.
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Mary Louise Pigott 🇨🇦 @mlpigott.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Signed in pencil, no doubt.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invested €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Images of striking Dutch bike infrastructure
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Mary Louise Pigott 🇨🇦 @mlpigott.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
What, this didn’t work?
Michael Scott bankruptcy meme with the words “I declare Lake America “
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“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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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.
Miss Piggy and Dolly Parton in fancy dresses posing together photo of Tim Curry surrounded by muppets, smiling for a photo. A quote from curry is added “it didn’t go very well. It didn’t survive the shoot. She felt I wasn’t being faithful to her” it’s him discussing his ill fated affair with miss piggy
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Democracy takes many forms, and giving the bus its own lane so 40 people on a bus can sail by a handful of people driving alone in private cars is one of them.
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Karen Baskins 🇨🇦 @karen1.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
He has no idea (and no one in the administration does) about how much we’re willing to endure to be permanently unbound from American trade fuckery. We will never trust an American administration of any stripe. We saw with the last election how easily another idiot like Trump can gain the presidency
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mcfarl.bsky.social @mcfarl.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Please let me know when the US has provided Canada security? Please let me know how many wars the US has joined to help Canada? The answer is 0. The only country threatening Canada is the US.
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Tiny Beaches @tinybeaches.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
“Justice Huscroft huffs that cyclists don’t have to use the roads that put them at risk. That’s not the point. The point is that in going about a lawful activity, people should not have their lives needlessly imperilled by the government. I emphasize: needlessly.” - Andrew Coyne, G&M Columnist
theglobeandmail.com
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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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Cyclists' attitudes: "We'd like the road to be safer for all users. Here's 56 studies about safety and economic benefits." Drivers' attitudes: "No I need everyone to make me feel like The Road's Most Special Boy even if it makes us all less safe." www.peopleforbikes.org/statistics/e...
peopleforbikes.org
Protected Bike Lanes Statistics | PeopleForBikes
Economic benefits ...
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Miser @misernyc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I'm honestly just so tired of the excuses for why we can't do anything about car dominance
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Mary Louise Pigott 🇨🇦 @mlpigott.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Which one of our #HamOnt candidates would be most likely to do this?
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Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 14/08/2026
EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.
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Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"Say goodbye to all of this... and hello to oblivion!" 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' made its debut in UK cinemas on this day in 1975.
The "Distracted Boyfriend" meme, but the boyfriend is now Brad Majors from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975). The object of his attention is Dr. Frank N. Furter, who, I'm led to believe, is just a sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania. Brad's girlfriend, Janet Weiss, doesn't look too happy with Brad, but I reckon she'd quite like a go on Frank herself.
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The last time men forced women back into the kitchen we put shrimp in Jello. We’ll do it again!
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“The city’s transition away from the car, tho fantastically chaotic, has become a global role model. Under mayor Anne Hidalgo, Paris was ‘the most influential city in the world’ says Canadian urbanist Brent Toderian. Hidalgo, stepping down after 12 yrs, exulted: ‘The bike beat the car.’”
ft.com
How Paris beat the car
Though chaotic, the city’s transition has become a global role model
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
People have been taking off their shoes at airport security for 20 years because one guy brought some liquid gel aboard. Not a thing can be done about car & driver. There, here.
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Mary Louise Pigott 🇨🇦 @mlpigott.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
static.klipy.com
Moira Rose
Alt: Moira Rose if that’s not cause for alcohol I don’t know what is
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Mary Louise Pigott 🇨🇦 @mlpigott.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
No wonder he hates us. Sorry not sorry
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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. What about 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
usa.streetsblog.org
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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