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🌈dancer, bicycle rider, summit seeker, sustainable transportation delivery agent libraries are liberation ✊📚

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Join us September 30 on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation for live coverage with hosts Dennis Ward and Tiar Wheatle. See the latest and learn more here: www.aptnnews.ca/ourstories/r...
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Remembering the Children | APTN News
For 160 years, Indigenous children were taken and put into institutions across Canada. September 30 is a day to remember the children.
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On Friday night nearly 1000 people on bikes rode west to the site of Ford's first incoming bike lane removals, Bloor just east of Islington. Strength in numbers. #criticalmass
1000 bikes take up an entire road lane in defence of bike lanes in toronto
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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A new research paper out of UBC examined the effect of purchase rebates (tiered by income) on ebike adoption, and found that ebike adopters reduced their travel costs by 12% and increased their physical activity by 14% with other benefits being enjoyment and general wellbeing.
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A residential street near a highway gets blocked off to car traffic and turned into a bike route. (1re Ave, Montreal)
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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Arrested for trespassing? In a publicly accessible part of Parliament Hill? For a passive protest? I think we need an explanation here.
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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · 21/09/2026
"The seven transgressed boundaries are: climate change, change in biosphere integrity, land system change, freshwater change, modification of biogeochemical flows, introduction of novel entities, and ocean acidification." @pik-potsdam.bsky.social www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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Planetary Health Check 2026 finds mounting pressures across Earth’s life support systems
21.09.2026 – Seven breached Planetary Boundaries continue to worsen as record ocean heat, droughts, floods, wildfires and extreme heat reveal an Earth system under strain, according to the latest Plan...
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Don Davies @donvdavies.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Liberals’ new bill allows the Minister to violate workers’ right to strike based solely on her opinion after taking into account any consideration she wants. That’s not guardrails at all - it’s pure discretion.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 18/09/2026
There's a reason previous Liberal governments looked at privatizing airports and didn't go through with it. Private investors don't want a stake in our public assets to make them better. They’re in it to make as much money as possible for themselves - while workers and passengers pay the price.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Australia’s dependence on gas for power during the evening, when the grid is under the most pressure, has fallen by almost nearly 70% over the past year as batteries surged in, replacing the fossil fuel." 70% over the past year. Just wow.
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Australia’s dependence on gas generation during evening energy peak falls by almost 70%
Batteries now meet almost half of the grid’s dispatchable power needs during hours of highest demand
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Livable Cville @livablecville.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Many thanks to @thewaroncars.bsky.social for diving deep into a sneakily complicated topic: bike helmets. We high recommend listening to this episode - it’ll leave you better equipped to make your community a safer place for all modes of transportation.
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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Recommended listen ahead of Carney’s firesale investment summit next week podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
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Carney’s investment summit is putting Canada on the auction block
Podcast Episode · The Breach Show · September 10 · 28m
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 08/09/2026
All else aside there is nothing I want or need genAI to do for me. I like reading. I like doing research. I like playing around in spreadsheets. I like interviewing people. I like writing. I like doing these things for myself because I take pleasure in the doing and they make me a better thinker.
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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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spiralbody 🍉 @spiralbody.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I wish we didn't need to keep hosting critical mass protests because politicians would rather let folks die. That said, can't deny the Toronto energy is like no other. Miss that city. Love seeing the community stand up to Ford's anti bike lane crusade ✊
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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
If Trump wants a trade war, make the rich pay for it Carney was right to walk away from Trump’s sweetheart deal. Now he needs to treat this as a national emergency — taxing wealth while investing in Canadian public enterprise. NEW from @christoaivalis.bsky.social: ricochet.media/politics/if-...
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If Trump wants a trade war, make the rich pay for it
Carney was right to walk away from Trump’s sweetheart deal. Now he needs to treat the economic fight as a national emergency — taxing wealth and corporate windfalls while investing in Canadian public ...
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
From British Columbia, encouraging findings about the impact of e-bike rebates: "E-bike rebate recipients reduced their weekly travel costs by 12% after 1 year of ownership and had a net increase to their physical activity during travel by 14%." doi.org/10.1016/j.ur...
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Matthew Remski @matthewremski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Asking Shannon Devine and Leah Gazan about just how grossed out regular people are about spending our billions on pipelines while the forests burn, and why the NDP wants the Carney admin to stop aiding and abetting genocide.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It is possible to right-size vehicles for cities.
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Ryan Singh @singhisking.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A 2,000 foot chunk of glacier snapped off and dropped 4,000 feet in Nepal. The flash flood killed 98 people. 391 tourists are missing. 47 Americans unaccounted for. 19 bridges gone. This isn't a natural disaster. This is climate breakdown.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"should cyclists wear helmets" discourse is such a good one because the arguments for both positions are totally common-sense and unassailable, everyone just digs in.
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Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I am fed up with our tax dollars fighting Indigenous peoples in court so that their rights to shelter and potable water can be continued to be denied. If the federal government wants nation building projects, start here. www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
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Canada won't disclose cost of fighting First Nations in court on water, housing | CBC News
The federal government refuses to disclose how much money Canada has spent fighting First Nations in court over their right to safe drinking water and housing on reserve, which analysts call undue sec...
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Madi Carlson @familyride.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Someone in the neighborhood FB group called these new guys “Temu chicanes” and omg if that isn’t perfect.
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NDP @ndp.ca · 24/08/2026
Avi and Stephen are doorknocking in North Vancouver—Capilano on Wednesday — will you be there? 🫵 With only a few days until election day, we need all hands on deck to get out the vote. Join Avi and Stephen for our mass canvass this Wednesday at 5:30 PM. RSVP now: ndp.ca/aug-26-canvass-nvc
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NDP @ndp.ca · 24/08/2026
Haven't voted yet? Today's your LAST CHANCE to go vote early! Advance polls are open in Beaches—East York, Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, and North Vancouver—Capilano until 9pm tonight! 👉Find your voting location at elections.ca
TODAY'S THE LAST DAY TO VOTE EARLY
Polls are open until 9PM!
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spiralbody 🍉 @spiralbody.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I voted today in North-Vancouver Capilano! Quick and easy. Don't let summer distract you and miss your opportunity to send a message to Ottawa
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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bro. People are cool as fuck.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Approximately 74% - 80% of drivers ticketed by New York City's speed camera ticket do not receive a second one. Speeding dropped by 94 percent reduction in locations where cameras were installed. www.nyc.gov/html/dot/htm...
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Michael Geist @mgeist.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
France's Macron congratulated Canada for "joining the movement" when Bill C-34's social media ban was introduced. Last week, France's Constitutional Council ruled its ban is unconstitutional on privacy and expression grounds. Bill C-34 has the same vulnerabilities www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/08/than...
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Thanks For Joining the Movement: French Constitutional Council Strikes Down Kids’ Social Media Ban - Michael Geist
French President Emmanuel Macron has been the global leader in promoting a ban on social media for kids, consistently welcoming countries that propose such measures with a “thanks for joining the move...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/08/2026
14 hours later and my mentions are still full of angry treatises about badly behaved cyclists. Bike lanes are not a reward for good cyclist behavior! They are infrastructure proven to make cities safer for ALL ROAD USERS. Whatever way cyclists have wronged you is irrelevant to the discussion!
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Lloyd Alter @lloydalter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Justice Grant Huscroft wraps himself in the Charter and then doesn't stay in his lane. He sticks his nose into the merits of bike lanes. He demeans @shoshannasaxe.bsky.social . He blames cyclists for their own injuries and deaths by choosing to ride in traffic.
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Quelle surprise: Court says Doug Ford can rip out Toronto bike lanes
I expected this. I did not expect what the justice said next, sounding like a car-brained jerk with a serious bias.
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Michael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Human rights are frequently inconvenient to maximizing profits, after all. Career investment bankers are very very good at helping capital maximize profits. That's Carney's dominant skill set. He has no experience in defending human rights or evident interest in even attempting to do so. 2/
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
That's right.
Graphic that says "In this house, we believe: cars ruin cities, streets are for people, accessibility is a human right, honking won't help, you'd be happier biking, there is life after cars."
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.
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Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 15/08/2026
Would be darkly funny if Canada holds the line on dairy but negotiates away sovereignty over military procurement and natural resources.
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spiralbody 🍉 @spiralbody.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I've been in conversations in BC about whether firms operating across the country who go along with this should be avoided for contract awards here. I am angry at these eng firms preaching about safe streets while another division is going after these dangerous contracts *cough*STANTEC*cough*
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Alt Bureau of Labor Statistics @domesticshoggoth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
the fact that doing lots of routine, basic mental labor seems to offset cognitive decline blunts my AI enthusiasm significantly
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BicycleDutch @bicycledutch.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A solar eclipse in the Netherlands. The biggest since 1999. And people cycled to the best places to watch. ‘’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
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spiralbody 🍉 @spiralbody.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Joyful to watch...great music too. Carfree streets are so much more peaceful ✨
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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 07/08/2026
Again and again, people have been asking for a national map. So we made one. Other maps exist, yes. But they're either out of date or woefully overinclusive. I don't need to see every hospital's tiny datacentre. stopthedatacentre.ca/map
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Datacentre proposals map · Stop the Datacentre
Interactive map of active datacentre proposals and local campaigns across Canada.
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spiralbody 🍉 @spiralbody.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Welcome to the war on cars, CSIS (I guess?!)
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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This ruling has been a long time coming but I'll be surprised if BC changes the legislation within 6 months The fall sitting is short (5 weeks) and the spring sitting doesn't start til Feb usually
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
STORY: BC firefighters used to be able to trust that an old burn scar will slow or top a new blaze. That's no longer the case and it's forcing a major tactical readjustment by the province's wildfire generals. thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...
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As Forests Burn Again, BC Is Changing Tactics ‘On the Fly’ | The Tyee
Battle plans are shifting as previously burned areas fail to slow BC infernos.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 05/08/2026
Breaking News! Code: Bonkers! El Nino continues to spike towards an all-time record high anomaly, with the Nino 3.4 sea surface temperature more than 2.6°C above the 1991-2020 baseline as of August 4th, and more than 1.0C° above the previous August 4th record set in 1997.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 04/08/2026
As I received this news today here in British Columbia, the wildfire smoke blankets the sky, our eyes are burning and our kid is complaining of a sore throat from it. And we’re the lucky ones. 🧵 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Carney government moves toward listing West Coast pipeline as national interest project | CBC News
Canada’s federal government is advancing the process to designate the Alberta government’s proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast as a project of national interest. A notice published in the Canada G...
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The editor of the Clinton Lariat, the town's tiny newspaper, happens to be former Vancouver newspaper reporter Kelly Sinoski. If you want to know what life's been like there the last two weeks, there's no one better to hear from. So we got her to write about it: thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
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Inside the Fight to Save Clinton | The Tyee
As flames approached, residents rallied to save their town. A special dispatch from the editor of the Clinton Lariat.
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 31/07/2026
Opened in March 2026, the multi-storey bicycle parking facility at Shahe Metro Station is the first of its kind in China. Located in Beijing’s Changping District, with a daily passenger flow of 95,000, the Dutch-inspired design provides a seamless connection to public transport for 8,000 (e-)bikes.🧵
Photos of the multi-storey bike parking facility at Shahe Metro Station in Beijing. The building contains spaces for 8,000 (private and shared) bikes and e-bikes.Photos of the multi-storey bike parking facility at Shahe Metro Station in Beijing. The building contains spaces for 8,000 (private and shared) bikes and e-bikes.Photos of the multi-storey bike parking facility at Shahe Metro Station in Beijing. The building contains spaces for 8,000 (private and shared) bikes and e-bikes.
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 30/07/2026
Welcome to the resistance: meet the workers dodging (and sabotaging) their employer's AI mandates: aftermath.site/ai-resistance-...
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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
ABC Vancouver told reporters that the Villages plan was “disrespectful”, that city staff went too far, and that they were protecting residents from the sins of bureaucracy. But who told city staff to come up with a transformative plan? Here’s the receipts.
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Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Mark Carney promised "elbows-up" nation-building. What Canadians are getting instead is a carve-out economy—where environmental protections, Indigenous rights, and labour standards are treated as obstacles to growth, write @shirip.bsky.social and Eve Saint.
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The new rules of Carney’s carve-out economy
It has been one year since Mark Carney introduced the Building Canada Act in Parliament. Since then, a succession of new laws has hollowed out legal protections for the environment, Indigenous rights,...
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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The only taxidermied blue whale in the world, 1865 CE, now housed at the Natural History Museum in Sweden. The public was allowed to enter the whale up until a couple was found having sex inside it. Now the whale’s jaws are opened only for special occasions, such as Swedish election days.
Malm whale in Sweden
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