I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

I’ve launched a plan to get more Londoners walking, cycling and wheeling through the capital - along with Transport fo London and @willnorman.co.uk, we’re making our streets safer🚶🏽

Avant (1970) / Après (2026) la métamorphose de la Rue des Martyrs dans le 9ème arrondissement de Paris. Les arbres au fond ont été plantés vers 2005, ceux au premier plan vers 2020.

Around 25 cyclists clear an intersection in the same time and less than half the space that 10 vehicles do. 📍Bloor & Shaw, Toronto

Dismal. But it seems irrelevant that even the best models are crap at marking. Why are you using them even if you think they work? Why teach at all if you can’t be bothered to mark your own students? Yes it can be tiring, but…it’s your actual job?

tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.

'"It's also just a beautiful example to show the city what you can do on a bicycle," said Zammit. Glassbourg said it aligns with his approach to gardening: "Not being wasteful, respecting the ecosystem and building the ecosystem." And it attracts clients who share that vision.'

Comparer les personnes en situation d’itinérance à des moufettes n’est pas qu’un « raccourci verbal maladroit ». C’est alimenter les préjugés envers une population vulnérable qui n’a pas choisi de vivre dans la rue. Je lui demande de se rétracter et de s’excuser. #polqc #villequébec

The companies selling legal and safe e-bikes need to be much more vocal about this, otherwise pedal-assist bikes that top out at, say, 18 mph are either going get swept up in a broad ban of all e-thingies or find themselves subject to licensing and registration, which would be a de facto ban.

coffee: the bean juice

Flore & JADE au Pantoum ce soir jeudi 28 mai. Je suis fière de notre fils!

there's always a little shit trying his best to make integrity passé because he has none

I find this shocking. 60% of Canadians say they feel forced to own a car to access their daily needs! There is HUGE pent-up demand for better transportation options. Paraphrasing @lorinah.bsky.social: people are just not all that jazzed about spending their days in a car. survey.mobilizingjustice.ca

If case you were wondering where Mark Carney's government currently stands on environmental issues, his Chief of Staff has a handy summary! youtu.be/2yGvijKA2QM?...

When one of the Liberals’ biggest climate champions feels he must leave the Liberal caucus in order to fight climate change, it says everything you need to know about the government’s sense of urgency on this file. There is none. PM Carney has abandoned climate action at our collective expense.

I keep thinking about one moment from last night's walk audit. Someone asked how disabled people deal with so much inaccessbility. Without missing a beat, a blind woman said, "I just don't go out. I stay home." When we ignore nondrivers we limit their mobility and cut off access to the world.

Steven Guilbeault: "If you look at our campaign platform during the last election, commitments that we made to Canadians, mentioned climate change 28x. It did not mention pipelines once. So I think rightfully so, some people are wondering what is happening."

Oui, la Motion de QS portant sur la condamnation de la violente attaque d’Israël sur le flottille visant à forcer le blocus de Gaza à été bloquée par la CAQ. Elle a eu au moins le mérite de forcer la CAQ à se prononcer et dénoncer les mauvais traitement infligés au tripulante de la cette flottille.

2/ C-22 drops the bar for police to "reasonable suspicion," the lowest threshold in Canadian criminal law, and forces your providers to keep a year of everyone's metadata. @mgeist.bsky.social calls it "a comprehensive surveillance map of virtually every Canadian."

1/ Right now, a bill called C-22 is moving through Parliament. It would let police pull information on who you talk to, when, and where, all without a warrant. It's at committee this week. 🧵

Oxford, the longest running continuous weather station in UK history, with temperature observations stretching back to 1815, has preliminarily broken its maximum temperature record for May yesterday by OVER 3ºC with a temperature of 33.7ºC. Unprecedented in its 211-year history.

Carney’s rhetoric not matching his government’s action once again. Germany just rejected Palantir in favour of a French company. London’s mayor blocked its police from contracting with Palantir. But Canada is still signing new deals with a company actively saying it exists to defend American power.

One expert suggested the links to Palantir could make government data vulnerable to a foreign government. “Palantir is being used to run analysis on Canadian military data,” she said. “That’s a pretty big piece of Canadian sovereignty data-exposure, to put it mildly.”

The Department of National Defence quietly inked a $3.7-million contract last year with American data giant Palantir, newly released documents show. It’s the latest in what some experts see as the government’s deepening links to the controversial U.S. tech firm.

Le groupe Flore & JADE dont fait partie mon fils sort son EP et le lance au Pantoum jeudi le 28 mai. Entrevue à Radio-Can ce matin, ce qui est très cool ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...

Yesterday Israel murdered at least 31 people in Lebanon. They also blocked paramedics & rescue crews from rescuing people trapped under the rubble.

Before (2020) / After (2026) the greening of Rue de Suez, Paris 18. Trees were planted in 2023. Note it is in a small area of Paris with a strong African diaspora presence, where right-wing YouTubers shoot videos to excite their viewers. But they won’t show the greening of this street and others ;)

“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness

That train starts in Québec city!

Before (1970) / After (2026) Boulevard Raspail in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. The ’70s touch is of course the way these people are dressed, but also all the cars parked on the pedestrian median strip in the background ;)

Smart cities know that, as hot as they already are, they’re just going to keep getting hotter. Greening the city not only cools it down, it cleans the air, quiets the noise, improves mental health & happiness, saves public money, and more. Strand Aldwych, London. 2021 vs 2025. Via @modacitylife.com

À l'étude des crédits de la Santé, la ministre Sonia Bélanger affirme que le Dossier santé numérique est resté dans les budgets. En rappel, le budget du DSN a nécessité une rallonge de 136 M$ (52% de plus) parce que la formation avait été oubliée ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/217...

Sept fois plus cher que prévu, un autre projet informatique en santé « explose » au Québec. L'orchestrateur de rendez-vous devait coûter 18 M$, mais il dépasse 126 M$. Un document confidentiel évoque « une perte de contrôle sur les coûts ». ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/225...

The exodus out of Massachusetts did not materialize. It won’t occur if we do this at the federal level.

On devrait prendre la rue pour payer nos taxes! Je ne veux pas de congé de taxes. On m’évite de payer 100$ pour me retirer des services qui sont 10 fois plus chers. On nous donne des congés de taxes pour ensuite nous vendre qu’on ne peut plus se payer cet état providence. Cela m’épuise.

Montreal Canadiens coach Marty St. Louis & Montreal Victoire Walter Cup champion coach Kori Cheverie

La game est pas commencée, il est 20:15, je suis prête pour mon pyjama, help

Israel kidnapped our citizens but don’t worry, Minister Anand has given them SUCH A LOOK, that’ll show ‘em

Patriotic Millionaires Canada sont un groupe d'ultra-riche qui VEUT taxer les riches. Claire Trottier explique notre mission sur Zone économie.

Let me get this straight: Canada ‘chastised’ Israel for raping and torturing our citizens… by reiterating Israel’s “right to self-defence”? You truly can’t make this shit up. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/read...

Réduction de 50% de la taxe sur l'immatriculation des véhicules.... Rappelons que la TIV est une contribution perçue par la SAAQ pour financer le transport collectif. Le TC aide les personnes qui n'ont pas les moyens de posséder une voiture... www.lapresse.ca/affaires/eco...

“Bus passenger numbers in Auckland are back to levels not seen since before the Covid epidemic, due in part to the ongoing fuel crisis.” “Public transport advocates said the city & the gov’t should be capitalising on the chance to make the change permanent.” To be clear, EVERY CITY SHOULD DO THAT.

Fashion designer Jeremy Scott delivers commencement speech to Kansas City Art Institute graduates. Wait for it…

We're delighted to announce Sarah Sanderson (McGill University) as the winner of the 2025 Louis Bernatchez Memorial Prize for the best student-led paper in Evolutionary Applications! Congratulations, @sarahsanderson.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

We now go live to Caroline Mulroney leaving Doug Ford's government.

On vas tu être pognés pour prendre pour l’Avalanche?

Nous organisons une balade à vélo dans notre quartier le samedi 30 mai pour le mois du vélo! Nous avons invité les conseillers municipaux de nos quartiers et nous avons différents points de départ dans Ste-Foy, Sillery et Cap-Rouge pour nous rendre au marché public de Sainte-Foy.

Ça me rappelle ce prof d'université à Midi Info qui trouvait que des épiceries publiques c'était une mauvaise idée parce que l'État est pas bon dans la vente au détail.

Our adult kid took the family car to go to a party outside the city, and of course they have not reappeared so early on a Sunday morning, so we went grocery shopping by bike. 15C, sunny, chatting with husband on the way, will do this for the rest of the summer, even with the car in the driveway :)

Street safety boosters in Astoria want to bring low-traffic neighborhoods to the Big Apple — and their corner of the city in the particular.