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Cats, bikes, urban policy and evidence-based policy generally, environment, books, quilts, and lots of randomness. GenX. Canada. Let's try not to make things worse, shall we?

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Daniel A. Walker @danwalker9999.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The reality of Canada's residential schools does not require bones as proof The toll was exposed in contemporaneous reports (1905, 1906) by Peter Bryce, Chief Medical Officer of federal Depts of the Interior and Indian Affairs His anger bleeds through the yellowed pages archive.org/details/repo...
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Robyn is still here @r.kalda.ca · 29/09/2026
This is VERY GOOD NEWS. I'm so relieved.
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I hope whatever civil engineering firm lands this RFP is haunted at night by visions of the cyclists they'll be killing. I hope their iron ring they were given at graduation when they took an oath to the public starts to itch and weigh on their finger like an anchor.
What is certain, however, is that a vast sum of our money will be wasted, countless Torontonians will find themselves profoundly inconvenienced for extended periods, and, eventually, a cyclist will get struck by a car. But at least the congestion will be worse.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's your stupid president's constant threats to our sovereignty and attacks on our country that did this, not our decision to respond to them. www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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Canada's boycott forces the sale of a California winery
As California's wine industry struggles, a family-owned vineyard spanning 3,500 acres is for sale after its exports to Canada dropped 35% in a year.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 22/09/2026
Over the weekend, the Bradford campaign challenged the media to do this "scavenger hunt" to uncover supposed places where Olivia Chow frittered away the provincial New Deal money. Challenge accepted. From my newsletter this week, here’s what I found.
An infographic for a City Hall scavenger hunt titled 'Where did the Money Go?' showing eight locations throughout Toronto where city budget expenditures are hidden, with clues and dollar amounts for each stop, ending at the Mayor's Office, and promoting Brad Bradford's mayoral campaign.
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney pictured today using online app to translate French French to Canadian French.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NO evidence to support UCP & separatists (hateful) lies about immigrants. "The evidence on this point is consistent. Migrants in high-income countries are, on average, healthier than host populations and contribute more economically than they consume in services." healthydebate.ca/2026/04/topi...
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Alberta can’t rely on immigrant workers while denying them health care - Healthy Debate
Alberta cannot build a functioning health system by recruiting newcomers to sustain it while denying some the care they need to live, work and stay.
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m @cowboyadjacent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
i saw a post that showed a video of that cat that recently got discovered and it looked upset and the caption said "he's so mad that he got discovered" and i was like well yeah id be pissed if humans discovered me too bro leave me tf alone. thats what i would be like if i was that cat.
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Robyn is still here @r.kalda.ca · 20/09/2026
Riding is no colder than walking, and much faster. "But it's cold" is definitely a counterfactual claim.
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Robyn is still here @r.kalda.ca · 18/09/2026
Ooh, you do NOT want norovirus. Best toss these berries if you bought them. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alasko frozen raspberries recalled in 7 provinces over norovirus risk | CBC News
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning about a recall on certain Alasko brand frozen, whole raspberries sold in seven provinces, due to possible norovirus contamination.
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Poorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New guy.
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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
EU membership, now www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/w...
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At This French Marathon, Runners Make Pit Stops for Wine and Oysters
The Marathon du Médoc in Bordeaux is technically a race, but it’s meant to be savored.
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Robyn is still here @r.kalda.ca · 10/09/2026
Ah yes, a science centre without a science department. That's totally a thing. According to Doug, who wouldn't know science if he stepped in it www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Ontario Science Centre lays off entire science department as part of restructuring
Government is building a new $1-billion science centre at Ontario Place
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026
Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
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Robyn is still here @r.kalda.ca · 10/09/2026
What an utterly ghastly notion
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Robyn is still here @r.kalda.ca · 09/09/2026
I put grass seed down yesterday on the bare spots in my yard and yet today, still no grass! Toad and I are of one mind on this.
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Robyn is still here @r.kalda.ca · 09/09/2026
2&4. The cat hair is also black.
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Nicola Miller @nicmiller.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
An elderly lady (in her nineties she told me) sat at the next table in a cafe. Her daughter called her, presumably to see if she needed any shopping. No, she said. "I have gin, chocolate, and a new book to read when I get home." Habits are important. Hold onto them.
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Robyn is still here @r.kalda.ca · 03/09/2026
I can tell you why: 1. Toronto doesn’t have secondary routes that don’t meander insanely and that don’t have stops every block. 2. The places I’m going ARE ON THE MAIN STREETS. THAT’S WHY THOSE STREETS ARE MAIN.
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Less than an hour before the storm hit, taking trees down, flooding roads, bringing ping-pong sized hail, advisor to Toronto mayoral hopeful Brad Bradford, @warrenkinsella.bsky.social, went full weather truther. Wait until these guys hear about sunsets.
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Tara Goddard @drtaragoddard.com · 02/09/2026
The answer (to the headline) is no. Not when ebikes replace car trips, which they are more likely to do than regular bike trips. And research by @trecpdx.bsky.social and others has shown that ebike riders will ride more often and/or farther than regular bikes, making up for some or all lost effort.
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Robyn is still here @r.kalda.ca · 02/09/2026
I mean we knew this already, but it's good to see someone saying it out loud again www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/01/n...
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Ford's bike lane removal likely to make Toronto traffic worse, dangerous: analysis
A clearer picture of Toronto’s cycling network, shaped by expert interviews and a Canada’s National Observer analysis of City of Toronto documents, suggests the Ford government’s move to rip bike lane...
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I find this so infuriating for a couple of reasons. First is that for adults, e-bikes are often car replacements! Second is that e-bikes are about *mobility* and it shouldn't matter what level of exertion someone has, even if they're riding recreationally. There's so much ableism in this POV.
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Robyn is still here @r.kalda.ca · 01/09/2026
If he doesn't like bike lanes he should take the fucking subway so he doesn't have to see them
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
If I could say one sentence to cats and make them understand it, it would probably be "If you are going to puke, please do it on a hard surface."
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Robyn is still here @r.kalda.ca · 29/08/2026
A very solid lineage indeed. I suspect my Oxford comma % is also substantial. Perhaps we are distant relatives.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Has there ever been a more iconic entrance? Rest in peace, Tim Curry.
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Robyn is still here @r.kalda.ca · 27/08/2026
I would *only,* *maybe* be okay with this if car parking fines were equivalent amounts and also increased with repeated offences, and if car parking was actually subject to an equivalent level of enforcement www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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GO Transit, UP Express fare evasion fines increase from $35 to $200 for 1st offences | CBC News
Metrolinx is increasing its fare evasion fines for GO Transit and UP Express riders starting Sept. 8.
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Robyn is still here @r.kalda.ca · 27/08/2026
xkcd.com/3290/
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Trade
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Kendra, normal version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people
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Tab C @drtcombs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The number of pearls being clutched by people posting photos and videos they've taken *while driving their car* of cyclists they have decided are not being safe would pay for entire cities' worth of actual protected bicycle infrastructure.
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Robyn is still here @r.kalda.ca · 26/08/2026
Noooooo not Tim Curry!! Wrong 80-year-old yet again!
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Robyn is still here @r.kalda.ca · 25/08/2026
This is straight-up human trafficking www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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A Reverse Ellis Island
A city at the southern tip of Mexico has become the place where migrants’ dreams go to die.
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Robyn is still here @r.kalda.ca · 25/08/2026
Hear, hear. DO IT NOW pluralistic.net/2026/08/24/e... @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy
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Pluralistic: How Canada can help Americans and defeat America (23 Aug 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Evelyn X @evelynecks.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Via Jacon Pfund at Memehotep's Mummy Memes, a comic featuring characters from the 1999 cinematic masterpiece "The Mummy", starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz.

Dr. Bey: Paper has 6 sides but we can only use 2 of them effectively
Evie (smiling broadly): The other 4 are for bloodshed
Dr. Bey reacts with a wide-eyed expression of shock.
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Robyn is still here @r.kalda.ca · 24/08/2026
This is wonderfully honest and forthright. Go, Melanie!
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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The way people assume that all disabled people can, do and must get around by car somehow but assume that any disability must necessarily be an insurmountable obstacle to cycling safely or at all and refuse to listen to disabled cyclists telling them otherwise.
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Robyn is still here @r.kalda.ca · 20/08/2026
So here’s what we should do: sell all the stuff we’ve already bought and have been paying to store. But don’t buy more.
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Robyn is still here @r.kalda.ca · 19/08/2026
It was the first CD I ever bought
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Robyn is still here @r.kalda.ca · 18/08/2026
It warms my heart also.
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Yes, I have seen the "smut doesn't count as reading" post and yes, it is bullshit. Take it from your friendly, neighborhood, smut-loving librarian. All reading counts as reading. Stop worrying about tallies and totals and what other people think about your reading. Enjoy yourself.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
hi, musicologist here: this is a cars problem not a music problem
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Observing The City @observingthecity.ca · 18/08/2026
Morning commute on a bike lane that Doug Ford wants to rip out. 21 bikes and 4 cars clearing an intersection in 23 seconds. Which mode fights congestion?
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CGT Environnement @cgt-environnement.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Un collectif de scientifiques et de personnalités réclame une « loi d’urgence climatique ». Ils proposent d’interdire tout nouveau projet fossile et de créer un crime de « globocide » contre les atteintes aux « conditions mêmes d’habitabilité de la planète ». 👉 www.publicsenat.fr/actualites/s...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 16/08/2026
Every conversation about bike lanes is like: "Car crashes kill a huge number of people every day, including pedestrians, cyclists, & car occupants. Good bike infrastructure has been shown to make everyone safer (& doesn't increase congestion)." "But sometimes cyclists break rules & hit people!"
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Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Do bike lanes really cause more traffic congestion? Here's what the research says Global studies show bike lanes can ease congestion, reduce emissions and are a boon to businesses www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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Do bike lanes really cause more traffic congestion? Here's what the research says | CBC News
While many people, including Ontario's Premier Doug Ford, say that bike lanes increase traffic congestion, research from around the world shows that's not the case.
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Toronto Mike @torontomike.com · 14/08/2026
The thing about ripping out bike lanes is it doesn't stop us from biking, it just makes it more dangerous. And if I feel unsafe, I take the lane.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14/08/2026
You don't have to be racist shitballs to do a capitalism www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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US firms that kept DEI policies despite ‘go woke, go broke’ threats thrived
Exclusive: Companies that kept policies did just as well financially, even after Trump’s executive order, as those that didn’t
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