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Matthew Wood

@thewoods.fi
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Canadian-Finnish economist with a love for bikes, trains, good policy, and trivia. Nova Scotian in Helsinki. "Mer finsk än finländarna själva" - HBL

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 23/08/2026
I've heard thousands of climate denial arguments over the last few decades. But do you know they all fall into one of 5 categories? 1. It's not real 2. It's not us 3. It's not bad 4. We can't fix it 5. You can't trust the info/experts Source: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A classification tree showing the breakdown of climate denial arguments.
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Jonesy @loanseyjonesy.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Get in loser, we’re becoming Finland (laudatory)
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Li Andersson @liandersson.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Kun eurooppalaiset johtajat eivät uskalla tuomita Trumpin laittomuuksia tai selkeästi puolustaa edes omia arvojaan, siirtyy raja aina vain kauemmaksi. On kyettävä sanomaan, että se mitä Trump nyt tekee on täysin tuomittavaa ja ettei kukaan voi tällaista tukea.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
In all the coverage of Trump’s tirades about Europeans it should be noted that they are dealing with a much longer, harder, bigger and more consequential war in their own backyard, in Ukraine – a war that they didn’t choose, and one that Trump’s war on Iran has made worse by enriching Russia.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Futurama Slurm Factory meme:
THAT'S THE META AI. YOU CAN ASK IT ANYTHING says Slurm tour leader.
ASK IT TO FUCK OFF says Prof Farnsworth.
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Matthew Wood @thewoods.fi · 20/11/2025
A reminder that after 200 bear attacks in seven months, you still check for cars first and second. The guy texting behind the wheel is still more likely to kill you than the 🐻.
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Jaws Slayer 🎃 @jesawyer.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
A lot of people assume that Amsterdam has been biketopia since time immemorial but it actually was car hell for decades before the citizens became fed up with car fatalities and forced the government to rebuild everything around mass transit and bikes. It took time and will, but they did it.
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Matthew Wood @thewoods.fi · 03/09/2025
@bikehfxlobby.bsky.social Hell yeah, get his ass www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Halifax mayor under investigation for allegedly breaching municipal code of conduct | CBC News
The mayor of Halifax is being investigated for possibly breaking the city's code of conduct, after an independent consultant decided complaints he had misled the public about governance at city hall h...
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Apu360 @apu360.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Halifax Wanderers on noussut tyhjästä ilmiöksi itäisessä Kanadassa.
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Kanadalainen jääkiekkokaupunki hurahti jalkapalloon | Aitio
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Matthew Wood @thewoods.fi · 06/06/2025
Halifax's dipshit mayor doing his absolute best to drag Halifax back to the 1950s (from the 1990s).
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Matthew Wood @thewoods.fi · 17/05/2025
www.hbl.fi/2025-05-17/v...
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LEDARE: Vill vi rädda centrum måste Brunnsgatan bli bilfri
En livskraftig stadskärna kräver heller inga dyra tunnlar.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
"I'm going to govern in econometrics" is a winning campaign slogan for the ages.
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Patrizio Lainà @patriziolaina.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Yritysten ja rikkaiden veronkevennysten sijaan köyhyyttä olisi hyvin helppo vähentää — ja se maksaisi vain murto-osan Orpon hallituksen suunnittelemista veronkevennyksistä.
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Matthew Wood @thewoods.fi · 17/04/2025
Tax cuts for the rich and service cuts for everyone. Does anyone remember how well trickle-down economics worked everywhere else? What's Liz Truss up to these days?
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 05/04/2025
"We have the government we deserve. The American age is over. And it ended because the American people were no longer worthy of it."
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The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
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Iikka Korhonen @iikkakorhonen.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Unfortunately reality is starting to look more like the assumptions of our trade war scenario from last week. Lose-lose. @suomenpankki.fi @bofitresearch.bsky.social www.bofbulletin.fi/en/2025/1/ho...
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 01/04/2025
The U.S is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should not have the highest rate of child poverty of nearly every major country on earth. We should have the lowest.   It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
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Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠 @drjacekdebiec.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
This speaks volumes: Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada. leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03... munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...
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Stanley from Yale to Toronto
Jason Stanley (philosophy of language, epistemology, political philosophy), Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, has accepted a senior offer from the University of Toronto, where he will be thr...
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Hannu Oskala @hannuoskala.fi · 24/03/2025
Lähetin Helsingin Sanomiin vastineen 20.3. pääkirjoitukseen. Vaikuttaa siltä että eivät vastinettani julkaise, joten laitetaan tänne internettiin! JÄTKÄSAAREN TUNNELI ON TURHA Jostain syystä Helsingin Kokoomusta ja Sdp:tä ei kiinnosta tunnelin hyöty/kustannus-arvio! #kuntavaalit2025 #helsinki
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/03/2025
Trudeau: "He talked about banking again today in a tweet, which doesn't make any sense because 16 banks are currently active in Canada holding about $113b worth of assets in this country... what he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy, because that'll make it easier to annex us."
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Hufvudstadsbladet [Unofficial] @hbl.fi.web.brid.gy · 21/02/2025
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Kanada vann finalrysare
Kanada vinner den prestigefyllda Four Nations-turneringen i Nordamerika genom finalvinst med 3–2 mot USA.
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Kacii Eleven @kaciieleven.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
It's snowing again and I have "Vuosaari on My Mind". Happy holidays🎄
An art piece called "Vuosaari on my Mind" by Kacii Eleven. It is a snowy landscape with the Helsinki red/orange metro, and a man walking on the side.
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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Vienna recently transformed 1.3km of Argentinierstraße, a central corridor in the heart of the City. By replacing some parking with seating & greenery, the street has been transformed into a place that prioritizes pedestrians & cyclists while welcoming cars as guests. 📸 @modacitylife.bsky.social
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Matthew Wood @thewoods.fi · 24/11/2024
The Helsinki region's new light rail line 15 is such an improvement to what we had before. Dedicated tracks, frequent service, high average speed, and great rolling stock. Plus, it comes with loads of AAA bike lanes along the length of the line!
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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
We should redesign cities for autonomous kids, not autonomous cars.
two kids, one pushing a bike, on a woonerf in Haarlem. grown ups sitting at a bar.
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Matthew Wood @thewoods.fi · 23/11/2024
After a long time on the other site it's time to finally try something new. Expect my love for Helsinki and Finland, urbanism, and dining cars on trains to shine through. Good to be here - please look at my bike.
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