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SpaceX sued the National Labor Relations Board, arguing its structure was unconstitutional. It won, dealing a huge blow to US labor rights.

One other point: Given what's happening with law enforcement, it seems like a good time to remove traffic violations as an excuse for cops to pull someone over.

"These damn bicycles are taking over the streets!" NEW MCGILL STUDY: Data from world cities shows cars get lion's share of street space. Cars now get 79.6% of the infrastructure area (roads) in #Montreal. Pedestrians (sidewalks): 18.3% Micromobility (lanes for bikes, scooters etc.): 1.57% 🧵

Engagement for the alignment of the future Metrotown-North Shore BRT is OPEN 🚌 We're supporting option 1, and you can too: translinklistens.ca/... 1/2

Nice industry ya got there. Be a shame if morals and ethics destroyed it 🎻

Burnaby has set an important precedent of breaking with imperialist consensus and demanding Canada stop arming genocide. But we cannot only wait for governments. We will continue to organize to stop the flow of weapons enabling the Zionist genocide. Organize. Act. Escalate.

Burnaby just voted in favour of: advocating to federal govt to establish full two-way arms embargo with Israel and transform Gaza TRV program to support safe reunification of Gazan-Canadian families, and Burnaby become Apartheid-Free, breaking ties w/ Israeli apartheid regime.

I got the complaint in the horrific OpenAI self harm case the the NY Times reported today This is way way worse even than the NYT article makes it out to be OpenAI absolutely deserves to be run out of business

Canada defunded Canada World Youth and cut funding to Katimavik years ago. Those are actual youth service programs, unlike compulsory military service.

something we explore in Critical Indigenous Studies is fact that the settler government can break its own laws with impunity. Kill off an entire fish population? Slap on the wrist, maybe. But for Indigenous peoples the law is swift and punitive. Catch fish in your territory but DFO disagrees? Jail.

Decades ago, I supported mandatory helmet laws for people riding bikes. Then I was convinced by evidence and the bigger picture that such laws are actually counter-productive in many ways. This NZ article explains some. I support helmets, but not mandatory helmet laws. Build safe infrastructure.

two scandals here: VPD fuelled panic over stranger attacks even as they fell dramatically in 2022, and then refused to release records about them for 14 months, which is against the law

More crimes committed by those who are supposedly there to protect. Classic

Every tech update now is like: "Great news, the word processor you've relied on for twenty years has learned to juggle! Is it good at it? No! Does it help in any way? Of course not! Has it made it insufferable to use? Oh, absolutely."

Pedestrianized streets let kids be kids (and let parents relax a little)

A detailed recap of the mayor’s speech today at a bitcoin conference, which his office said he was doing in his personal capacity

The cooling towers of the Nottinghamshire coal power plant, which operated 1968-2019 and was responsible for approximately ~400 million tonnes (MtCO₂) going into the atmosphere (and which will remain there for 300 to 1,000 years) were demolished Aug 14th. Damage done. But satisfying to see this!

To summarize -waves are not seasonal -vaccines are waning -people are getting long covid -it’s still not an endemic disease -very young kids are at increased risk because they didn’t go through the initial vaccine series Oh and it turns out, Covid Cautious people have been right the whole time.

People are reading AI-generated synopses of books and then claiming they read 100 books in a week. This is how the abolition of books began in Fahrenheit 451: classics were condensed into five-minute summaries for those too busy to do the reading. Later came the burnings.

Count me in this group. Over three years of persistent symptoms post-covid. I've been on medical leave for over 6 months in that time and the rest of the time I work, exhausted with constant overlapping relapses, or risk losing my housing

I've tracked my rides for over a decade but never once thought that might be helpful in the case of a road crash. Good reminder that drivers are "believed" over cyclists in crashes all the time and this data could be helpful in validating what actually happened

"If Canada had upheld its promises... these matters would not be as complex or unresolved as they are now. This is why First Nations are — and always have been — the architects of certainty in British Columbia." - Good take from @khelsilem.bsky.social here. khelsilem.substack.com/p/the-truth-...

📣Thanks to the DigiBC Work Placement Program, we're hiring two students this fall! 🚀 If you're passionate about transit and have a creative streak, we want to hear from you. 🚌💡 See the job description for details on how to apply: movementyvr.ca/work-...

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

Electric cargo bikes are car replacers. It’s so great to see how many families can get to soccer practice this way (enabled by Minneapolis’ protected bike infrastructure).

I really appreciate these before/after ride along videos @roysymons.bsky.social puts together for cycling projects. These videos are a valuable tool when trying to communicate, to a skeptical audience, why safety improvements are needed on our streets www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWpx...

In examining regional planning organizations @urbaninstitute.bsky.social, we've found that their boards rarely reflect the populations they represent proportionally: www.urban.org/urban-wire/m... In new research, we show that this has consequences: boards vastly overrepresent homeowners & drivers ⏬

SCOOP: HBC demands NDA in order to view catalogue of art & artifacts Canadian Heritage has neither means nor motivation to stop largest sale of Canadiana, ever Sacred Indigenous items to be auctioned; academics shut out Latest @ricochetmedia.bsky.social #cdnpoli ricochet.media/indigenous/d...

Evicting people for smoking fentanyl in public housing is bad policy that will kill people without making anyone safer. Smoking, rather than injecting, is a form of harm reduction that reduces overdose, infections, & deadly/costly complications. Ppl smoke inside because it’s illegal to do outside 🧵…

This is awesome, Toronto is a cycling city. The one area that has a connected grid (west end of old Toronto) has huge volumes of cyclists. Imagine if we replicated it city-wide.

If your building can’t ventilate fentanyl smoke from private units then your building is making people sick for many other reasons. High indoor CO2 concentrations have well-documented health effects. Ventilation would solve the fentanyl and all other ventilation problems better than drug prohibition

reasonably sure this is the first time a regional government agency has launched a new service with an elaborate broadway musical parody

Heads-up for BC / Canada's left-leaning parties! There are a whole lot of climate-concerned folks out here who were heavily leaning on the Carbon Tax as short-hand for: "at least something is being done to justify my continued support." Now that's gone. Do something soon. You're losing people!

This guy did the DRT, but for real. www.seattlebikeblog.com/2015/08/05/g...

YES! Tax Justice Network shows govts could raise US$2.6 trillion/year with modest wealth tax to the richest 0.5% of households & ending corporate tax abuse – enough to meet global climate finance needs & still leave most countries with billions to invest at home. www.theenergymix.com/the-climate-...

Liberals have been very concerned about mis- and disinformation in recent years, so when Mark Carney says carbon capture will allow for “decarbonized” oil, we should be clear that he’s engaging in active disinformation about climate change to please Danielle Smith and the Alberta oil industry.

“I asked Chat GPT” “I asked Grok” Ok well I asked Sappho and she said ……. ……. ..[b]osom

Hopeful, must read news, if you need a reminder of the progress we are capable of on the climate frontlines www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

I kind of love this weathered sign giving Life After Cars vibes at Kouchibouguac National Park. It makes sense in a park that has 60km of well-maintained crusher dust trails that make cycling easy and normal. 1/3

Growing anti-immigration sentiment in Canada is almost entirely driven by political leaders. It is not a grassroots-up issue that leaders are begrudgingly responding to. Leaders are whipping up resentment against immigrants, out of nowhere

After 104 days in a Louisiana immigration detention center, Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil has been released on bail.

The occupation of Iraq was justified through same rhetoric we hear now about Iran: weapons of mass destruction, saving women & queers, clash of civilizations etc the task of anti-imperialist left is not to litigate the veracity of these allegations, but to refuse racist premise for imperialist war

amtrak’s marketing team gets it

Elon Musk gutted the federal government, dismantled key institutions, and cut off food and medicine to some of the poorest people on the planet. By leaving DOGE, he’s trying to restore his reputation and rescue his struggling businesses. He should never be allowed to recover.

Canada exported $18.9 million of military goods to Israel in 2024, despite the Liberal government's "pause" on new export permits. Don't stay silent. Canada is arming a genocide. www.international.gc.ca/transparency...

The Nation building projects I want to see are clean water in all communities, vastly expanded public housing, and critical transit investments...all things the Feds should be doing collaboratively with First Nations and local governments. Don't fall for the crisis power grab #cdnpoli #bcpoli

AI is a massive drag on climate resiliency efforts, requiring boundless access to energy and outrageous volumes of water. We need to secure clean energy for life before we feed this monster

no you fucken don't. this is ridiculous. what are they including as a “bed”? all specialized housing? this is EXTREMELY misleading cc @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social @bethanylindsay.bsky.social @michellegamage.bsky.social @andreawoo.bsky.social @godfrey.bsky.social news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

This is what the street outside every school should look like. Far too many people insist on driving their kids to school because it's "not safe" to walk or cycle. But their driving is exactly what makes it unsafe for children to have freedom of mobility #Vancouver