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Even among experts, the biases Joseph Merrill observed 99 years ago endure.

This was so well done! The #visionzero concept indeed was lost in the discussions over the reasons for bike lanes. Slowing down vehicular traffic! As a daily user of the Yonge bike lanes, I (anecdotally) confirm that the reduced speed is safer for all! Thanks @mbonsma.bsky.social

This film is required viewing for anyone who cares about justice in the occupied territories

HERE IT IS! I shot the awesome NYC Protest against Trump Admin attempting to cancel Congestion Pricing. It was awesome. I know people have been asking where it is this morning. As you can likely tell this edit took a lot of work and a sleepless night! www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-Ht...

DOGE is like if Fyre Festival was a government agency.

Here’s the thing — when a politician shows they can be bought & will sell out the public interest for their self-interest… and that they’ll easily lie when lives will be endangered & cities will be hurt…you know you can’t ever trust them. Every scandal has shown you can’t trust Doug Ford, Ontario.

“I spent hours with him and walked with him thru Auschwitz. I stood with him, looking at the nauseating heaps of hair, luggage, & shoes flooded with violet light meant to preserve it. Is Musk an antisemite? People, actually, it’s worse—he doesn’t care whatsoever…He was unmoved by the experience.”

Trump is “weak, weak, weak”The weakest strongman the world has ever seen www.theguardian.com

I’m begging the media to call Nazi salutes … “Nazi salutes.” You can write “he gave a Nazi salute.” That’s the proper journalism. Describe things as they are even if people get mad.

L’ex-hockeyeur Akim Aliu y va d’une charge à fond de train sans retenue contre PK Subban. « Every place you have played, no one liked you »

Elon Musk and his minions don’t have a clue how government works, but they think they’re qualified to remake it anyway. I was really happy to have @makenakelly.bsky.social on the show to make sense of everything that’s happened in recent weeks.

NEW: free trade is dead, the current agreement with 🇺🇸 is worthless, and it’s time to imagine a very different future, economists tell @taylornoakes.bsky.social 👇 www.readthemaple.com/time-to-thin...

Trump singled me out for ruining women’s sport. This is my response to him | Austin Killips

@fam4safestreets.bsky.social @familiesforsafestreets.org @transalt.org

Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone. Don't fall for it.

I learned the meaning of Valentines Day from the children who marched on Parliament Hill to force an end to the systemic denial of rights for Indigenous children. The Shannen's Dream movement has changed Canada. And the fight goes on to build a better Canada.

The city can just fuck right off: Toronto orders creator of tiny mobile homes for unhoused people to stop | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“Palestinians do not need President Trump to talk about Gaza as if it were an empty hotel room that needs redesigning,” Mosab Abu Toha writes. “What we need is for the rest of the world to hear about Gaza’s basic, immediate necessities.”

@parismarx.com A good interview?

I signed. So should you. If you want a pause in your anger and frustration towards the MAGA maggots, laugh at them for a bit. denmarkification.com

Danes offer to buy California

The use of the boycott has a long and powerful tradition of taking on tyranny. The grassroots Canadian boycott against Trump is having a serious effect. And we've only just begun.. Please read on how we can use our dollars to resist the gangster in Washington. substack.com/@charlieangu...

🇨🇦 + 🇲🇽 solidarity

RIP - Donald Shoup PhD Sad with the passing of our friend, Don Shoup. A few months ago he presented for 25 min as my guest on bi-weekly webinar #Cities4Everyone. He showed how low-cost & free parking damaged cities economically + many ways. Watch & share: bit.ly/3Q7zyEh

Sustainable urban planning! Is anyone at #CityOfTO paying attention?

“We found there’s this perfect one-to-one relationship. If a city increased its road capacity by 10% then driving went up by 10%.” Still one of the best articles on why building bigger roads leads to more driving. Understanding “The Unbreakabke Law Of Congestion” aka #InducedDemand. Via @wired.com

Sheltering in schools or hospitals won’t be possible for many of those returning to Northern Gaza amid the ceasefire, Bellingcat's @godin.bsky.social found that more than 80% of former shelters have been damaged or destroyed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/02...

The Reluctant Nationalist... open.substack.com/pub/davidmos...

In October 2023, a right-wing government swept to power in New Zealand on a wave of populist anger similar to Canada’s. The results so far? Government debt forecast to rise. The deficit got worse. Unemployment is increasing. Craig Renney writes.

You guys need to see this and take it in… Wise words from someone who is a target. And he’s been listening.

clarity.

Something good (and a long time coming) happened today. ndncollective.org/president-bi...

Toronto parents have to pay full daycare fees instead of $10/day because the Province cancelled thousands of school-based daycare spots! They want private operators, not non-profit ones. Note how the Ford government hid from this interview. www.thestar.com/life/most-pr... #topoli #onpoli