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brenda

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books, libraries, freeform crochet, books, visible mending, wool, handstitching, walking, trains, buses, dark skies, stillness and books born @ 319 ppm

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Collin 'Appears To Be A Typo' Woodard @collinwoodard.bsky.social · 11h
sometimes it's still hard to believe the government decided the license that lets you drive this fiat should be the same one that lets you drive this truck
photo of a GMC HD truck dwarfing my fiat
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Tessa Pekeles @tpekeles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My Halifax housing belief is that all car dealerships on the peninsula need to be turned into affordable housing
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Car Dependency Strikes Again! “The ethos of Park(ing) Day is to celebrate the use of urban public space for people and challenge the dominance of the automobile in cities." schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/news/u-of-t-... If we had the #PoliticalWill we'd have Park(ing) Day every single day! #TOpoli
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U of T students mark global day for public use of city streets by taking over Toronto parking spot - School of Cities
What started as a course assignment in urban landscapes and planning resulted in a real-life guerrilla installation by University of Toronto students that’s designed to bring attention to the need… Re...
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James Boxall 🇨🇦🍁 @jamesgis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I now have a headache and am cutting my day short, going home. In what universe is this allowed. Do I have any rights? If they come back I am going to try and video it. Please HRM/NSGov...fix this!!! @lecwhite.bsky.social I t's a daily ordeal & I know it's not just this part of Halifax.
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햏 @hehheh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
There should be bus lanes and protected bike lanes on Quinpool.
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dugaldingue ⓥ @greenandgrumpy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
That’s an amazing idea. Would #Halifax councillors consider doing the same thing?
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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · 01/10/2026
Clogging the arteries of our communities with more and bigger vehicles is a serious and fatal error Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
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Clogging the arteries of our communities with more and bigger vehicles is a serious and fatal error - Halifax Examiner
"Something that is not a car has to be an option."
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Person sipping wine 

reckless pedestrian written at top

I’ll wear back whenever the fuck I want
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Safe Kjipuktuk @safehrm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We desperately need a whole pedestrian street network downtown. Some peace and respite from the moving machines
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Urban Cycling Institute @urbancyclinginstitute.org · 29/09/2026
[𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛]: the alarming growth of private cars in height, width, length and weight at the expense of public space, the environment and overall safety.
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Safe Kjipuktuk @safehrm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
unreal what we permit on our roads whilst screaming at politicians to ban e scooters. www.thestar.com/life/autos/r...
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Ram’s new 777-horsepower super truck can launch its three-tonne frame to 96 km/h in just 3.5 seconds
Priced at $147,990, the 2027 TRX SRT lands at Canadian dealerships this fall with a supercharged V8 and luxury cabin.
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Mark Vossler, MD (he/him) @markvmd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I hate the term “environmentalist.” I hate seeing it used in the media to connote a fringe interest group as in “environmentalists are upset with the new EPA rule.” I prefer “people who care about the survival of the human species.”
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Senõr Mouse @bythor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So true: "Once our eyes are opened to all the ways we’ve prioritized cars over people, we can’t unsee it." Since I sold my car the way I see the world has changed. Cars everywhere. Fossil fuel burners (most of them, still), noise, smell, p-space they take, the priority they get at traffic lights. 🤓
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As we come to the end of another burning summer, here's your periodic reminder of what a genuine climate emergency plan looks like. Check out our 2026 12-minute video: youtu.be/HJdKqAVzG-I?...
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6 Markers of Climate Emergency
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Daniel 🦁 @eikonos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Cars are given priority over pedestrians and cyclists because cars are private property, and in this society private property is more important than human beings. One car is more important than 30 people on a public bus, or one person walking or one person cycling, because private property matters.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We know that mobility in cities is about space. More specifically, more trips in less space. We’ve seen lots of great images reinforcing that point. This one might be my favourite, from #Santiago, because it ALSO shows the inequality of having buses run in mixed traffic. Dedicated bus-only lanes.
Side-by-side comparison of a Santiago Street, on the left with vehicles, and on the right with the people they carry, showing how much space single occupancy cars take up on our streets in cities. Noteworthy is a cluster of people in the middle where the full bus is sitting stuck in traffic among all those cars with just one person each in them.
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Judy Trinh @judytrinh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Seniors who were protesting Mark Carney’s Bill c39 and fast tracking of environmental reviews arrested and charged with trespassing on Parliament Hill.
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Tom Moffatt @solarab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Climate convoy reaches Ottawa #cdnpoli www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/...
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Seniors will 'risk arrest' to deliver climate-impact photos to MPs and Mark Carney - Halifax Examiner
"We will be persistent, we will not be violent, but we aren't going to turn around and go home easily."
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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026
This is the best post on Bluesky I’ve seen in two weeks.
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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 22/09/2026
Together w/ @crashcoalition.bsky.social & @movementyvr.bsky.social, we're calling upon the Chief Coroner, Dr. Baidwan to assess the greater fatality risk of pickups and large SUVs on road safety, and to make recommendations to address these dangers. Read more: visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/09/21/o...
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Oversized Vehicles. Oversized Danger.
British Columbia has become the latest province in Canada where the Chief Coroner is being asked to investigate the growing danger to pedestrians, cyclists, and other vulnerable road users from pic…
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 19/09/2026
I gave a talk yesterday at a clean tech in incubator, and this was literally my thesis.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Wear a construction vest when walking”
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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The "War on Walking" is a great reframing of baked-in car dependency, and I'm sure I'll be using some of these images in future public talks
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nikki muthafunka @coleskiiiiii.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Mmmmm! Mm hmm!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 The people I grew up inspired by (via my family’s thought and politics) were always for the end of oppression for all people.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is cool— apparently @adamtranter.bsky.social transformed a street parking space into a parklet (mini park/public space), but the municipality removed it because it wasn’t a mother vehicle. So he did this. Nice job. And dumb interpretation by city hall. Via Marco Te BrommelStroet on LinkedIn.
Pictures of a mini trucka-like vehicle with a little park/park bench on the flatbed in the back. So essentially a mini park on top of a vehicle.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
* "The costs of climate change increasingly exceed the benefits of fossil fuels." For example, for BC, climate costs are 5.27 times higher than fossil fuel revenues for the federal government and 4 times higher than revenues for BC.
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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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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is amazing; everything is very stupid. futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 04/09/2026
This kind of report should be accompanied by a press conference—not with some low-level bureaucrat, but with the prime minister. Flanked by all of his ministers. In prime time, with technical briefings. This report says we're facing unimaginable disaster, yet we didn't even get a briefing.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The REAL war in cities has been a WAR ON WALKING. Pass it on. #WarOnWalking #UrbanTruth
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I honestly think we have strong data on the negative impacts of cars. But where the challenge lies is getting people to understand the systemic harms. The average person will complain about "reckless drivers" but we need to get them to understand how car dependency as a whole hurts *everyone*
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Socially Conscious 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 @enough-already.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
ALL Canadian coffee shops should immediately rename their Americano to Canadiano coffee. Just saying. Boycott any American foods or drinks.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Mark Critch - 🤣🤣🤣💯👍 Lake Ontario will never be Lake America. #cdnpoli
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Both are city vehicles, but... Only one demands minimal space, doesn't threaten lives, and causes zero wear on our roads. Yet the cargo bike has to beg for every single scrap of safe infrastructure, while the massive SUV is just handed the entire city by default.
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 27/08/2026
Every time someone tries to ban something like an e-scooter because of a serious accident, I want to scream out loud that automobiles kill over 1.5 million people every year. Here in Canada, automobiles kill five people *every day*
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The PikaSue 🇨🇦 @thepikasue.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
@todmaffin.com highlighting small Canadian businesses. Support #Canada, #BuyCanadian ❤️🇨🇦
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Canadian businesses hit by the U.S. tariffs that you can support #BuyCanadian
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The act of riding a bicycle is undeniably simple but also a radical thing. People who ride for transit KNOW that there are many trips that simply don't require a costly, dangerous motor vehicle to be done. And they know if more people realized the same, their community and the world would be better.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Always a good reminder from David Cochrane. “America isn't the way it is because he's president. He's president because America is the way it is” — David Cochrane CBC Power and Politics
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Sara F.L. Kirk @sflkirk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Mayor of Como has banned bikes in the city centre for "public safety" after being hit by an e-bike. Now let's apply the same logic to cars - we'd have pedestrianised half of Europe by now. If you struggle to understand #motonormativity, here's an example! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #CarBrain
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Como mayor hit by electric bike and issues blanket ban in Italian city
Alessandro Rapinese said the prohibition was for public safety, adding "I know what it's like to be hit by one of these beasts".
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Fixating on plastic lids instead of deadly street design is exactly why this dangerous status quo has lasted for decades. Victim blaming only worsens the problem with our urban spaces. Solid infrastructure is the priority. Leave the misguided helmet debate at home.
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Vision Zero Kjipuktuk-Halifax @visionzerokh.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Words matter. The language we use to describe traffic crashes shapes how the public understands road safety, who is held accountable, and what solutions are considered possible. Our latest #VisionZero post provides an overview of @visionzerovancouver.ca's excellent new media style guide 🎯👏 1/2
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Challenging the assumption that road deaths are the price of mobility
Words matter. The language we use to describe traffic crashes shapes how the public understands road safety, who is held accountable, and what solutions are considered possible.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A small, used bookstore in Lunenburg #NovaScotia is getting more attention for one unique reason. It opens in the evening and doesn't close until customers stop coming, even if that means keeping the lights on into the early morning. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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Why this Lunenburg bookstore stays open late into the night
A small, used bookstore in Lunenburg, N.S., is getting more attention for one unique reason. It opens in the evening and doesn't close until customers stop coming, even if that means keeping the light...
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World BEYOND War @world-beyond-war.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Military air shows consume public money to glorify weapons while communities absorb the noise, pollution, crash risks, and environmental damage. worldbeyondwar.org/ban-military...
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Ban Military Air Shows - World BEYOND War
Military planes are weapons of mass murder and destruction. Air shows are used to advertise them. #WorldBEYONDWar
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Yellow Dot Studios @yellowdotstudios.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
You might want to hold your breath before reading this headline: The CO2 that Exxon, Chevron, and the rest of Big Oil keeps pumping into the air is now starting to de-calcify our bodies, just like it's doing to the oceans. And... inhale!
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Scientists detect a surprising shift in human blood as atmospheric CO2 rises
Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may be leaving a measurable imprint inside the human body. Researchers analyzing more than two decades of U.S. health data found that blood bicarbonate levels h...
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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
“When all else fails, give up and go to the library.” (Stephen King, Dallas '63)
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James Boxall 🇨🇦🍁 @jamesgis.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Whoever said the climate crisis didn't have a serious price people will pay was not paying attention. Good god... one month! Sad to say the least.. sadder still that its going to be regular... normalized. Don't turn away
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Sara F.L. Kirk @sflkirk.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
"...the best thing to keep us safe will always be one another, collectivism over individualism. But here we are, driving around in Batmobiles, thinking ourselves heroes, blithely unaware we just might be the baddies". The scourge of big SUVs #CarCult #CarBrain www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It’s the SUV tyranny: where have all the normal family cars gone? | Coco Khan
They rule the roads and, in their wake, even old-style saloons have been supersized. It’s an illusion of consumer choice, says writer and podcaster Coco Khan
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We're constantly told to "make eye contact" or "share the road", but this is the deadly, ego driven bullshit we're up against and it's costing people their lives. Make these vehicles illegal to modify.
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
For the drivers celebrating, a primer on congestion via @wearetvo.bsky.social Drivers w/o cycling infrastrucre on Univeristy Av, Bloor St & Yonge St your communtes will be longer & you'll purposely be putting vulnerabe road users in danger. What is induced demand? www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Dn...
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What is induced demand?
YouTube video by TVO Today
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