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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 8h
To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...
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One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center
A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Last week's violent demonstration on Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc reserve by a white nationalist hate group underscores the urgent need for all public officials to take action and respond to the surge in hate crimes against Indigenous people. (1/3)
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In '09, Carleton's then president (who was both our first ever woman president and a professor in women's studies) threatened to sue me for the activism I was doing on campus re: sexual assault. She also rearranged the entire convocation ceremony so she wouldn't have to acknowledge an award I'd won
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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This should scare the hell out of patriotic Quebecers who are the majority! Don’t let the PQ fool you they are too close to Trump regime to take the risk on voting for their “change” mandate. Charlie Angus and I discuss on 🇨🇦The OShow youtu.be/etd1-WWmlk4?si… #Quebec #PQ #CndPoli
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump's 2018 "zero tolerance" policy was denounced on both sides of the political aisle as inhumane, and a federal court ruled it illegal. Now the Trump administration is separating families again, only this time more quietly, and away from the border.
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Everyone should be fighting for Universal Healthcare and disability rights. Health is fragile. You can become disabled or chronically ill in an instant. It’s not a moral failing. It can wipe out your savings and leave you destitute. Healthcare is a basic human right.
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Doctors, nurses and other front-line workers gathered for a news conference at University Avenue and Gerrard Street to explain the risks of a lack of proper road infrastructure for cyclists, pedestrians and drivers — and to tell stories of those impacted by road violence." #BikeTO #ToPoli #OnPoli
Toronto family physician Samantha Green, who is also the co-founder of the provincial advocacy coalition Doctors for Safe Cycling, told CBC Toronto it’s clear the decision to remove bike lanes is "not based on evidence."\

"Bike lanes save lives," she said. "It's clear that the public, that the community here in Toronto wants to keep the bike lanes."
About 650 health-care workers have signed a letter calling on the province to back down on its plans, Doctors for Safe Cycling said in a news release Monday.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 24/09/2026
The new land-use plans — a mandatory step to figure out how to protect endangered caribou — have one goal above all, and it's not protecting caribou. It's doubling oil and gas production.
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Oil and gas ambitions outshone caribou protection in Alberta land-use planning: experts
Scientists, conservationists and legal experts say the plans, which were first mandated by the federal government in 2012 to protect woodland caribou, lack the modelling, recovery goals and science-ba...
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Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti... ‘The study…found that since Ontario has started outsourcing more key procedures, wait times for these medical imaging services and surgeries are actually going up.’ @alonghurst.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca
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Wait times increasing for some medical procedures outsourced to for-profit clinics in Ontario: report
Outsourcing surgeries and imaging to private for-profit clinics has not resulted in a drop in wait times for most procedures, according to a new study released Monday.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
People aren’t faking their disabilities, they’re faking being well. We know society hates us. We know we will be judged for using assistive devices. Many of us take years to get the courage to lean in to accommodations. Stop judging. Help us build a more inclusive world.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Every time I return to Paris, I notice they've done more to reclaim streets from drivers and cars, including removing on-street parking, protecting cyclists from drivers, and prioritizing pedestrians and cyclists in shared spaces. Other cities can learn a lot from Paris.
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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
After putting overpriced and backordered bandaids, kleenex, pencils, markers, duotangs, and photocopy paper in my cart, I had a few dollars left over, so I thought I'd buy a few binders for our Strong Start program. I looked in the "Clearance" section of the Staples teacher portal.
Binder for $22.49 on clearance at staples
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Car dependency wasn’t an inevitability. It was a choice. And once it was made, it didn’t become an inescapable trap, although it can feel that way. It just takes making different choices, that are hard at first (because that’s what dependency does), but that get easier. It takes vision and will.
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
People really love pedestrianized places.
A busy pedestrianized street
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Hell yes. Now we can finally put up "Motorist Dismount" signs and force drivers to exit their trucks and slowly walk them through mixed-use zones, exactly like cities constantly force people on bikes to do.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
so very creepy
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Nelle from Magandjin @nelle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Exhibit 1. Jaywalking. Jaywalking, a legislated illegal act, was 100 years old in 2025.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If walking costs you $1, we all pay $0.01. If biking costs you $1, we all pay $0.08. If bussing costs you $1, we all pay $1.50. If driving costs you $1, we all pay $9.20. Via study that still underestimates climate cost. This isn’t about choice. It’s about who pays for your choice. #citymakingmath
Detailed math as shared in the post. “How much does your commute cost (or save) society? Source is Discourse Media.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"Eugenia" is making raisins in Kern county CA. Workers must walk on hot sandy ground and pick enough grapes to fill a tub. They spread out a sheet of paper on the hot sand and put the grapes on the paper to dry. They get paid 36 cents a sheet for this difficult work. #WeFeedYou
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Ryan Jespersen @ryanjespersen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A network of deceptive, AI-generated websites is promoting Alberta separatism, and the people behind it are trying to influence more than just human readers. @supriya.bsky.social digs into @nationalobserver.com's troubling exposé. 👀 FULL: rtrj.info/090826Supriya 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/090826 #cdnpoli
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 07/09/2026
On this Labor Day, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#weekwithoutdriving #disability #accessibility #transit
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem. My God, what a loss. 💔 A full life dedicated to women's rights. Her fingerprints across so many victories. She is needed now more than ever and we must do everything we can to continue her legacy. I could never read the dedication of her memoir without weeping. I mean, oooof 😭
This book is dedicated to Dr John Sharpe of London who in 1957, a decade before physicians in England could legally perform an abortion for any reason other than the health of the woman, took the considerable risk of referring for an abortion, a 22-year-old American on her way to India.

knowing only that she had broken an engagement at home to seek an unknown fate, he said "you must promise me two things. first, you will not tell anyone my name. Second, you will do what you want to do with your life."

Dear Dr Sharpe, I believe you, who knew the law was unjust, would not mind if I say this so long after your death I've done the best I could with my life. This book is for you. 
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Ariel Troster @arieltroster.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
People with serious addictions and mental health issues are not getting the help they need. The city is scrambling to send paramedics, police and outreach workers to deal with the every day crises on our streets. We need all levels of government to treat this as a true emergency.
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Eric Klinenberg @ericklinenberg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Researchers in Chicago tracked neighborhood-level tree canopy over two decades and discovered something startling: “Each year-to-year percent increase in canopy was associated with around a 10 percent reduction in mortality." Keeping mature trees alive can help keep people alive -and cooler, too.
nytimes.com
Climate: Saving Old Trees Might Save Lives
We know that trees are good for cities. A new study finds that mature trees are especially good.
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Kate Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 21/08/2026
Also - for the alcohol—free folks there’s so many great non alcoholic coolers, liquors, and ABV beers made in Canada right now. Let’s show em’ this is how we do it.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Fewer gas guzzlers --> Healthier kids "The proportion of children in London whose lung capacity was deemed "clinically impaired" (suggesting lung damage resulting in coughs or breathlessness) fell from 14% to 9%"
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Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone
Children's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows.
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The Overhead Wire @theoverheadwire.com · 18/08/2026
You might not be following this because it's not about cities per say, but the administration just repealed the 2001 roadless rule in National Forests. They want to open up for more logging and more building which messes with everyone's drinking water. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/c...
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Trump Administration Moves to Allow Logging in Pristine National Forests
The move to repeal the ‘roadless rule’ would pave the way for road construction and logging in nearly 45 million acres of untouched back country.
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John Bowker @johnbowker.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
When a catastrophic tire fire inevitably occurs, remember this was a deliberate policy choice by the Ford government, which lowered recycling targets even as the tire companies increased consumer fees to pay for the recycling that is not happening www.thestar.com/business/thi... #onpoli
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Why millions of tires are piling up across Ontario — and why some haulers fear a disastrous repeat of history
Thunder Bay tire hauler Janice Woodbeck fears looming wildfires in Ontario's north. 'If they come close to these towns, once the tires go up, there’s going to be no putting them out.'
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Frank Domenic @frankdomenic.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
My city council rezoned my neighbourhood to allow for AI Data Centers and then used ChatGPT to respond to concerns #burlingtonontario #burlon #ontario #frankdomenic🍁
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Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"Canadians should be concerned because this is their information...We're now going to have what has been a Canadian data-processing company that has access to everybody's purchasing habits available to other governments." Why are Canadian banks selling out Canadians? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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A Canadian payment giant is being sold to U.S. private equity. Is your digital privacy at risk? | CBC News
Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal are selling payment processor Moneris Solutions Corp. to San Francisco-based investment firm Francisco Partners. Some analysts are raising concerns around wha...
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optimisticsoap.bsky.social @optimisticsoap.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now?
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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
THREAD. Contrary to what you are being told, 40 years of polling have established that shifting money away from police/prisons toward social services is one of the most popular public policies among *all* political demographics. But it's not just that, it goes way deeper.
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. @drgorfinkel.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The mere SUGGESTION of separating the MMR vaccine into 3 different shots will: ⬆️Spread of all 3 diseases ⬆️Misinformation ⬆️Fear of vaccines Trump's vaccine shake-up goes against DECADES of SOLID evidence ...& is selfish & tragic www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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WHO says Trump vaccine shake-up goes against ‘decades of evidence’
The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that Donald Trump’s bid to overhaul child vaccination in the United States went against “decades of evidence”.
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Nature @nature.com · 12/08/2026
Half of Afghanistan's population continues to be overlooked by the international community. This is shameful. go.nature.com/4wsxkCb
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The forgotten 20 million: why is the world neglecting Afghanistan’s girls and women?
It is shameful that half the country’s population continues to be overlooked by the international community.
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If you live in a city you shouldn't have to own a car.
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
is this motherfucker really doing a politics PSA centered around the legal test for employees vs independent contractors lmfaoooo
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Library funding is tied to usage.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/08/2026
America’s air safety is apparently now in the hands of gamers
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/08/2026
El-Sayed: "Imagine if instead of paying that to your health insurance company, whose CEO makes $20m a year, you paid a little bit more in taxes for healthcare you wouldn't lose. I think all of us would a lot more interested in that system if we knew our healthcare would be free at point of care"
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Normies: "We'Re NoT aMsTeRdAm!" Chicago & Minneapolis: You're right. Amsterdam doesn't have neighborhood cat tours that host hundreds of people on foot just walking around and looking at cats.
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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This is true: and we should be grateful the @ncc-ccn.gc.ca does so much to make #OttCity such a liveable place. (Gift article) 1/ www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/6921292...
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Swimmable cities are better cities
Swimming in a city – which is where most of us live these days – makes your relationship with water more intimate
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 04/08/2026
What are Canadians supposed to do when their provincial government undermines their healthcare system? On the latest episode of Sources, we're sharing a recording of a virtual health panel we held last month on the subject of ‘when provinces go rogue.' 🎧 pressprogress.ca/canadian-hea...
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Canadian Healthcare: When Provinces Go Rogue
Guest panelists discuss the ways provinces are undermining Canada's healthcare system
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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
before withdrawing support or arguing for it, know that UK libel laws mean if you have enough money, you can sue someone into bankruptcy amnesty likely had to calculate how many people would die if they fought this versus how many would die if they didn’t either way sux for refugees & trans people
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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 30/07/2026
Back in 2020, as a pediatric hematologist married to a physician, we signed up to volunteer in a field hospital for patients with COVID. We wrote our wills and worried about getting our kids sick. I posted about terrifying outcomes in kids and received death threats. Fauci is a goddamn hero.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Thank you Mexico ❤️
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Waving Mexico Flag
Alt: Waving Mexico Flag’s
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Jordan Moffatt @jordanmoffatt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The research I do relies on the bound volumes of the bylaws and minutes of the City of Ottawa, dating back over a century. I’ve spent hours in the Main Branch Ottawa Room with these books (pictured). Sadly, this resource was recently “discarded” by the library. It’s a loss for local history.
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