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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Mike Rogers has the audacity to lie to you about his plan like he didn't vote 4 times to stop you from getting cheaper medication from Canada, take $1M from Big Pharma, and vote 19 times to keep prescription drug prices higher. GTFOH.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.

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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.

In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam

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Myles Russell @voterussell.ca · 23/09/2026

The only thing worse than not having a reliable transit system is having a transit system that disappears. Having zero redundancy and zero plan is not great. The mayor's comments are laughable when they themselves approved single source private managed Transit with no redundancy. Mayor is a 🤡

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The changes to the Canada Labour Code in this new bill are “without precedent in Canadian law and they’re without precedent even amongst our trading partners in the G7.” “It provides the complete and unlimited discretion to the federal minister to decide who gets to go on strike and who does not.”

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.

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Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.

Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The European Union is tightening the regulatory backdoor through which US automakers have been quietly importing around 7k large SUVs and pickup trucks/year. “The revised rules, expected to launch in 2027, are designed to close loopholes that Brussels says allow unsafe vehicles onto European roads.”

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Too big for Europe: America's pickup trucks became a trade war flashpoint - EUROPE SAYS

America loves its pickup trucks. The Ford F-150, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500, the Ram 1500: these are not merely vehicles. They are cultural monuments on

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026

this is a bit of an obsession of mine especially here in charlottesville. the cost of commercial real estate is prohibitive if you want to experiment and the city seems categorically opposed to small lots and small units that could allow people to start businesses without a huge capital investment

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The world’s largest battery-electric aircraft flew for the first time on the 12th of August, a 27-minute test flight over upstate New York that cost about five dollars in electricity. Heart Aerospace’s 30-seat prototype is a big step toward a commercial version. buff.ly/i3f0PhR #ShareGoodNewsToo

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The largest all-electric plane ever flew for 27 minutes, on $5 of electricity

Heart's X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes from a regional airport in upstate New York, running on battery power the entire time. The aircraft reached 1,100 feet...

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Calgary and Edmonton are just too spread out for public transit? Edmonton pioneered modern LRT in North America. Calgary’s C-Train was the highest ridership LRT among all cities in the US and Canada for 2025, beating out systems in much bigger cities.

Annual ridership for LRT systems in North America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_American_light_rail_systems

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Myles Russell @voterussell.ca · 20/09/2026

A new St. John's suburb has 11 lots/ha. Car dependent hell. No transit or no bike lanes. It'll lose the city 70M$ in 50yrs. Another mid city area has bike lanes, transit AND 100% car access but is 50 lots/ha but makes money even with single D's. Cara can be a part but it can't be the only option.

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Myles Russell @voterussell.ca · 20/09/2026

Delivery and freight sometimes need space, but in all reality, most driver infractions are not penalized so drivers continue to break the law. Remove a drive lane. Until vehicle's get repo'd, licenses revoked, and proportional to income fines levied, change won't happen fast enough.

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Well, it happened: Prime Minister Mark Carney announced plans to open up Canada’s four largest airports to private investment. So....privatization. That's not the only thing he pledged to a room of obnoxiously rich people. I talked to economists and a top labour leader to break this down:

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Myles Russell @voterussell.ca · 17/09/2026

I have a 14km drive to work (bus doesn't go there) and the time to travel is fully dependent on a traffic light, not my speed. Inside North American cities, every local street could be reduced to 20/hr and it'd only add 2-4mins to commutes but it would increase safety on 85% city streets.

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Speeding doesn't actually save you meaningful time. All it really accomplishes is aggressively increasing the chances that you kill yourself or someone else outside your vehicle. It's a mathematically flawed, entirely selfish risk.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

With our kids now #BackToSchool, never forget that we ARE the traffic that we’re afraid of. If more kids walked, biked or rode transit to school, it would erase a LOT of car trips each day, and our kids would be safer, healthier and better at school as a result. HT Ian Lockwood. Spread the word.

Cartoon of a mom and dad with a kid in front of a minivan. The parents are saying “there is too much traffic for Billy to walk to school, so we drive him.” The caption at the bottom says “traffic inducing traffic.” Let kids walk and bike to school, and tell your leaders to make that trip safe and enjoyable for kids and families. #LetKidsWalk #LetKidsBike

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Myles Russell @voterussell.ca · 12/09/2026

Bring European Cars to Canada and start penalizing large trucks and SUVs from the US as the lethal weapons that they are. You think the US can handle losing 15% of its truck and SUV market? That's 150,000 us jobs gone. That's 7 plants shuttered. That's an industry upheaval.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

kids are the worst

kids biking on street

Annoying kids force drivers to lightly tap a pedal directly below their foot to engage mysterious and unused brake function.

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Myles Russell @voterussell.ca · 05/09/2026

Cars that have an overabundance of safety warnings that just make beeping noises are essentially noise and are often ignored. There's a reason aircraft have different words and sounds for different warnings.

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Myles Russell @voterussell.ca · 04/09/2026

My biggest issue cycling in St. John's is the lack of safety; being forced to vehicular cycle. Next issue is the lack of secure racks to lock an e-bike. The anxiety of checking to see if someone is stealing it is too damn high. My old employer would not put in a bike rack. I put it in my office

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Myles Russell @voterussell.ca · 04/09/2026

Our EV had to go in the shop cause a kid hit our car. Our rental is a Toyota soft hybrid, not even a PHEV. The only positive is the car has real buttons for everything. I fkin hate touchscreen everything cars. Both EVs we've had are a nightmare to use without looking away from the road.

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Myles Russell @voterussell.ca · 04/09/2026

For people who use 'self driving' features in your car, you clearly don't want to drive so might I suggest public transit? Government adapts too slowly. We need autonomous driving banned inside Canadian cities. We also need to ensure companies like Tesla can't sell their data like flock does.

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Myles Russell @voterussell.ca · 03/09/2026

It's absolutely the correct safe thing to do. In most major NA cities, local streets are rarely more than 800m from a collector/ arterial/ highway. Reducing from 50km/hr to 20km/hr for 1600 total metres is only about 3 minutes longer in a vehicle but can make 85% of roads safer. Smart safe policy

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Fight For Safe Streets. Thank you to everyone who came out and everyone who shared footage of this incredible protest ride. @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @cycletoronto.bsky.social @lanrickbennett.bsky.social

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Myles Russell @voterussell.ca · 02/09/2026

The Ontario government should be held liable for every single injury this causes. They should be sued into oblivion for essentially ruining safe road access.

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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

FUN FACT If we switched to all renewable energy, the number of ships crossing the ocean would fall almost in half, slashing global CO2 emissions. Because those ships are JUST carrying coal, oil and gas. ~ Bill McKibben SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES!

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Myles Russell @voterussell.ca · 02/09/2026

I'm the kinda guy that discusses the ponzi scheme of urban sprawl when the driver and patrons of a car company body works rental shop talk about bad roads. The driver said 'it's hard to win an election on properly funded maintenance'. Oh don't I know 😝

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Stop trying to solve urban transportation with different types of cars. Cars aren't the solution, they're the problem itself.

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 02/09/2026

Bikes aren’t the reason why traffic is bad. Cars getting in the way of other cars are. The best way to reduce traffic is to give people other options to get around. That means bikes. And transit. And pedestrian-first streets.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.

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Myles Russell @voterussell.ca · 31/08/2026

If you drive 130km/h on the highway and complain about gas prices, you're an absolute moron.

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Myles Russell @voterussell.ca · 30/08/2026

I Just saw Come From Away in Gander. It was amazing! We didn't have as many planes land in Deer Lake back in 2001 but pretty much all of my family in Gander housed over a dozen people between them all. I do love me a musical and it was so well performed and produced. 😍

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Myles Russell @voterussell.ca · 26/08/2026

My 20 year career has been: 3 years taking transit 1 year biking 11 years driving a company vehicle (heavy civil) 3 years driving a personal vehicle 2 years WFH Not in that order. When I drive other than work, it's 70% 3+ people. Many friends don't have a license. Glad to take them along 😊

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Myles Russell @voterussell.ca · 25/08/2026

Speed cameras save lives. Regulated government owned speed cameras are a public good. They are not private equity funded privacy breaching data mining tech bro backed flock cameras. Speed cameras are good.

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Myles Russell @voterussell.ca · 23/08/2026

Doc Brown driving 88MPh through a small town's historic downtown core was pretty reckless IMO. No one talks about how dangerous that was for pedestrians.

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Doc Brown Back To The Future

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Myles Russell @voterussell.ca · 20/08/2026

I'm suggesting we stop building car lanes 😅

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Helmets are often misinterpreted as the solution to safety. Put simply, they aren't. Helmets protect your head from an uncontrolled fall. Proper infrastructure is what protects you from multi-ton vehicles. Don't conflate the two, they are worlds apart.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Just wrapping up a contract and have some time and space for new work/clients. Also booking in 2027 talks/lectures. Can reach me here or through my site creativebyrovelo.com if interested.

Kid biking in a painted lane next to a truck.

Smoking tables next to non-smoking tables used to be considered normal too

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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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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers. These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR. We need a data center moratorium — now.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

What are other good examples of province/state-level governments elected by the suburbs clearly trampling on cities? Like Doug Ford and Toronto’s bike lanes.

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Clarence Eckerson Jr./Streetfilms @streetfilms.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This is a great interview and - of course - idea!

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Myles Russell @voterussell.ca · 12/08/2026

I went up to my partner's work, set up our telescope in the parking lot and showed a bunch of their colleagues, the partial solar eclipse. 😊 Glad I had the gear from the 2024 total solar eclipse in NL. "You're into this kinda stuff aren't ya?"

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Obviously Snape from Harry Potter

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

“Here’s what we found: Every additional 100kg of vehicle weight was associated with a 6% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality. Every additional 10cm of height was associated with an 11% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality. The relationship was even stronger in lower-speed environments.”

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Big US-style trucks are killing more pedestrians in Australia – our research proves it

Pedestrians are more likely to be killed by heavier cars – and even more so if the vehicle is taller, Australian-first research has found.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Private equity is price gouging firefighters now. Yes, you read that right. Firefighters. Is this the most evil thing they've done yet?

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