Bicycles deliver the freedom to tow my canoe down to the river without having to worry about parking or having to carry the canoe to the boat launch. Plus, there’s a nice café right near the river.

Sounds like hiring a personal taxi for your dinner isn’t a sustainable solution after all. www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...

Who is Likely Spam and why do they keep calling me?

Very cool to see this pop up on my feed the same day I crossed 7000 km on my Urban Arrow.

Drivers, please just come to a stop if there is someone in your path. Signed, everyone outside your vehicle.

I am more convinced than ever that the war in Iran is motivated primarily by stock market manipulation. Someone timing these ups and downs right is making a fortune.

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.

J’écouté le discours de victoire d’Avi Lewis et je trouve que son français est pas mal, un peu comme le mien. Il fait vraiment un effort et son français va s’améliorer vite. Contrairement à d’autres, il a essayé.

Il aura plein de temps pour apprendre le français 😉 www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...

I finally found something that makes drivers give me a little extra space when passing.

Je suis d’accord avec @sarahdorner.bsky.social : apprendre une langue est une question de priorité. Il faut se plonger dans la langue et accepter de faire des erreurs si on veut progresser. C’est difficile, bien sûr, mais ça en vaut la peine. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/s...?

I don’t know, but there would be no subsidy in areas with good transit and/or good bike lanes. Yes, this excludes most areas, but would be a good motivator to invest in these areas instead of subsidizing climate change.

“Every refinery fire and tanker strike is a reminder that fossil‑fuelled geopolitics is incompatible with a livable planet. This war shows, yet again, that the fastest way to supercharge the climate crisis is to let fossil fuel interests dictate foreign policy.”

Just saw gas at $1.72/L. While a vehicle can go ~15 km for that cost, I can fully charge my e-bike around 35 times. I can travel around 1750 km on that much charge. The inefficiency of motor vehicle travel is staggering.

The bike industry did its job. We now have models for all ages and abilities. It's time for our cities to do their job and build the infrastructure to match.

My Iranian grad students are incredible humans. The home of their families is being bombed and all communication has been cut off. Yet they carry on almost as if it’s a normal day. (Yes, I am checking in with them and letting them know it is ok not to be ok right now)

I’m glad to be riding my bike to work today, while my partner takes the electric car. Quitting gasoline over 5 years ago was a good call.

The TVP is definitely flooded. The water level at Springbank Park is 5.048 m.

I was told my faculty picture was getting too old, so I commissioned my 4-year-old to draw me a new one.

How fancy, Toronto. In London, bike lanes outside of downtown are not even intended to be plowed.

It feels that way because it’s true. Universities have no choice if they want to remain financially stable. They will not survive with current revenues. This problem sits squarely on Doug Ford’s government for refusing to reasonably fund post-secondary education. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Let’s not be thankful that Doug Ford has somewhat alleviated a problem he solely created.

It shows, based on how faculty workload has increased during the 10 years I’ve been doing this. I won’t make it another 10 if it continues like this.

I’m the kind of cyclist who _____________. Thinks that all those drivers who are able need to spend 6 months cycling to work or in town before they can get behind the wheel.

You must attend your Teams meetings from your desk in the office! Ffs. globalnews.ca/news/1161525...

It would be super great if official organizations like the Ontario Provincial Police could communicate travel advisory information via, oh, I don’t know, a WEBSITE, instead of only using Meta and X platforms!

We need to have city-wide snow days. All schools in London are closed but parents are still expected to go to work?

"The actual story of #ClimateChange is one about coordinated power, deliberate deception, and bought-off governments that repeatedly act to promote an industry that is poisoning humans and the environment for profit. It just so happens to be a real conspiracy" heated.world/p/its-time-t...

Cool, let’s make cities worse for the people that live in them and pay taxes to them, in case someone wants to drive there to access its amenities without paying for them.

Meanwhile in London Ontario, bike lanes are mostly used for snow storage.

I invested in Tesla stock more than 10 years ago because I believed electric cars would help reduce transport emissions. I made a lot of money. I sold everything last year because of the fascist CEO and the fact that I just don’t think robotaxis are a worthwhile goal. Tesla has lost the plot.

Québec City - Collecting garbage by cargo bike! Québec - Ramassage des déchets à vélo cargo !

The 2030 targets were always impossible (because we had no plan to come even close to meeting them). This puts 2050 in serious doubt as well.

Gonna check in on Canada, where politics is more normal... I see there is a convoy headed to Ottawa to avenge a flock of dead ostriches

Instead of speeders paying, now we all get to pay through our taxes (whether or not we speed or even drive) www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...

We are the worst province ever.

Canadians want help with cost of living and lower deficits. As far as I am aware the only way this is possible is by higher taxes. Increasing taxes across the board would negate any cost of living savings. Therefore I think Canadians want to tax the rich (rightly so). globalnews.ca/news/1150523...

Clock changes are ridiculous.

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Pro tips for a safe Halloween: If it’s raining, use an umbrella or raincoat, not a car, for protection. If it’s cold, use a coat or sweater, not a car.

Alexa explodes after Canadian replies to query with, “Oh, yeah, no, for sure.”

So, setting goals and taking minimal action to achieve them, does not in fact work.

The number of people who don’t believe those we rely on for services deserve to earn a decent living is deeply troubling.

Is Colonel Sanders at the Jays game?

I am becoming convinced that autonomous vehicles are designed to solve the problem of "I live in a wealthy suburb but have a horrible car commute and don't want to drive anymore but also hate trains and buses and refuse to ride a bike."

Spoiler alert - the problem is cars! unityhealth.to/2025/10/e-bi...

My 4-year-old just started a sentence with “Dad, I know how you like wine in a bag…” 🙃

Someone is doing to die after being hit by a driver of a vehicle at a location that used to have a speed camera. This will be on you, Doug.

The Ford government is openly and blatantly corrupt. Is anyone going to do something about it? Apparently not.