If only the pros outweighed the cons.

Ontario to spend money to rip out bike lanes and speed cameras to disconnect people and hurt school children. 🙌

A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people. Sound efficient? HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social

It's a goal of mine to help make this the most famous, well-known and UNDERSTOOD quote about cities in history. Please share it as much as you can.

Our kids are invisible on our streets in more than one way

Vanderbilt University's Peabody College is hiring a TT Assistant Prof in Clinical Psychology (child/family focus) with expertise in AI methods (ML, NLP, LLMs, CV). 📅 Review begins Nov 15, 2025 👉 apply.interfolio.com/174418 Please share!

Anyone else caught in these AI journal loops? Journal: “Your paper has been unsubmitted due to formatting reason x” Me: check paper for x, do not find issue x, clarify in cover letter, resubmit paper Journal: “Your paper has been unsubmitted due to formatting reason x” Me: rinse, repeat x 6 😩

“The change shows how ambitious policymaking can directly improve health in large cities. Air pollution is often described by health experts as a silent killer. Both PM 2.5 and nitrogen dioxide have been linked to major health problems, including heart attacks, lung cancer, bronchitis and asthma.”

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath Some costs aren’t costs.

"moving from a less walkable (25th percentile) city to a more walkable city (75th percentile) increased walking by 1,100 daily steps, on average. These changes hold across different genders, ages and body mass index values, and are sustained over 3 months." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The dog and I went on a multiday hike in the Algonquin backcountry. On our rest day, Otis enjoyed his time in the hammock with the lake view 🐕🏕️🥾

Toronto is becoming a cycling city whether Ford wants it to or not.

💯 although the daily attempts on my life by cars during my cycling commute stress me out, especially in the stretches without safe bike lanes

this is extremely cool and very Montreal

Dogs enjoyed their weekend bike ride through the city #bikeTO #bikelife #toronto #cycling #dogs

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

I don't believe anyone should have to be brave to ride a bicycle.

Last Friday of the month is near and that means another Critical Mass! Given the ongoing police harassment it's imperative that everyone who can make it out joins the mass. We keep us safe. Event details: facebook.com/events/s/cri...

It's the automobiles, stupid. www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...

I had a wonderful (albeit very snowy) visit to the University of Winnipeg. Thank you @stefbugden.bsky.social for inviting me to give a talk and sharing all the exciting research underway at UofW.

📚 New research from rural Côte d’Ivoire: 🔴 Higher maternal stress, anxiety, and food insecurity predict harsh discipline. 🟢 Parents' educational aspirations for children are protective. 🔍 A call for reducing poverty & consequent poor mental health + stress. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Responding to reviews

Meanwhile, in #Canada. The church in my neighborhood has put up this sign.

New resource to address car bloat: This toolkit offers nuts-and-bolts guidance for taxing oversized vehicles by weight, height, length, or width. www.transportforqualityoflife.com/wp-content/u...

The “cover” of today’s Globe & Mail, Canada’s national newspaper. #StrongAndFree

"Despite multiple attacks by the eagle, the goose remained unbowed. The raptor, defeated, flew off." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

You can’t overstate the historic importance of today’s speech to both American and Canadian citizens by Canada’s Prime Minister. Please watch it and share it wherever you live, but especially if you’re in the United States. You need to know what Trump is doing, and why. youtu.be/wz_42pckM7w

Displacement doesn’t just affect where children live—it changes how their brains develop. 🧠 Our new study on Syrian refugee children finds that early & prolonged displacement reshapes brain networks, highlighting the lasting impact of war & instability #Refugees www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Bsky child development scientists: can anyone point me to language, cognitive, or reading assessments that started in a lab and scaled to schools? I'm thinking of something like @gaablab.bsky.social's EarlyBird or @jyeatman.bsky.social's ROAR? Are there others I'm missing? Thanks!

good morning cyclists who take the lane

These dogs love the snow ❄️❄️

Two very happy, very snowy dogs #canadianwinter

Amazing how it’s foreign leaders speaking to Americans to make it clear the consequences of this administration and not, say, the Democrats.

Hey #BikeTO! @cycletoronto.bsky.social has launched a campaign shaming Stantec Consulting Ltd for being retained to do work associated with Doug Ford's bike lane removal efforts. Please sign & spread the word. #TOpoli #ONpoli #VoteFordOut www.cycleto.ca/shame_on_you...

Meanwhile in Toronto, the fourth most populous city in North America, we're being gaslit that the solution to moving more people more efficiently is ripping out ~19 km of bike lanes.

New preprint: the developmental timing of displacement in refugee children relates to neural network organization. Varied age and duration of displacement were used to examine the timing of adversity. Early and prolonged displacement is linked with reduced small worldness. osf.io/preprints/ps...

Dear visual neuroscientists, our department of Medical Neuroscience at Dalhousie University (in beautiful Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) is seeking an Assistant Professor in visual sciences. Ad below. Please repost. #neuroscience 🧪 dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/16403

A person on a bicycle is by far the most energy-efficient among animals and machines per distance traveled relative to body weight. The bicycle is magic. www.jstor.org/stable/24923...