If we designed roads for cars in the same way we design bike paths, we'd never have to worry about speeding again. Problem solved.

This is a completely random point, but I’ve never really liked the term “members of the public.” It gets used by city planners & city halls a fair bit. I’ve always thought it sounds odd & kinda begs the question “are there some of the public that aren’t members?” Anyway, I just say “the public.”

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"C'est lui, là-bas, il t'a traité de crâne de piaf !" #memecredi

I encourage every Albertan (and Canadian really) to listen to what UCP MLAs have to say about the notwithstanding clause, it boils down to something very simple: We support the Canadian Constitution, and that includes the notwithstanding clause, because we believe those rights were never […]

[academia crowd-source grant question] Does anybody know of grants that could help support a Europe-based PhD student doing research on satellite pollution? This student currently has no funding and needs it badly to keep doing excellent (and much-needed research work). I'm not Europe-based so […]

@DavidM_yeg @picardonhealth I don’t know either (but I had the same question). From the article “Beyond the demand for applicants’ personal information, the other shocking overreach by the committee is their demand for the public release of peer reviews, scores, deliberation notes of granting […]

@picardonhealth 2. “and how the allocation of federal dollars can promote excellence. What happened instead was a mugging by a small group of parliamentarians with a seemingly odious agenda.” /3

@picardonhealth 3. “The committee…adopted the following motion: That the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), “provide it with the disaggregated […]

It means that more Edmontonians will enjoy safer communities. It means less pressure on workers in our libraries and public spaces. And it means that we’re building a stronger Edmonton, together, by supporting those who need it the most. #yeg #yegcc

Today, the council unanimously approved my motion to improve & expand access to emergency day shelters & dedicated day shelter spaces for the winter of 25/26 What does this mean? It means that people experiencing homelessness will now have more places to go during the day to receive support & care

At a very minimum, pivoting from nonprofit to for-profit should require paying all backtaxes for the entire lifetime of the organization as if it had never been a nonprofit, and reimbursing all donations ever made under the pretense of being a nonprofit.

So while her minions were busy stripping Albertans of fundamental Charter rights, Danielle Smith was doing the important work of consulting over oil and gas in Saudi Arabia - an actual absolute monarchy - and the UAE - the people funding the current slaughter in Sudan’s Darfur region that can be […]

Turnout for the Lethbridge election dropped from a 30-35% average turnout to a dismal 19.5%. Many factors and decisions at play, including the decision to go from 19 polls to 3 ‘superpolls’ to contain the ballooning costs of new the mandated measures. But in the end it all boils down to and […]

I wish I got to go on Quirks and Quarks and talk about a less depressing topic, but hey, this is SUCH a great opportunity to teach a *lot* of people in Canada about the terrible things that are happening in orbit, and in the upper atmosphere, and on the ground due to the wildly unregulated […]

Highest Canadian nerd achievement UNLOCKED I'M SO EXCITED!!!! QUIRKS AND QUARKS!!!!!!!! And that was all because of Mastodon, thanks all! (Especially @mayintoronto whose comment got a Quirks and Quarks producer to get in touch with me via BlueSky-Fedi bridge. Wild. WILD.)

@sundogplanets Here's the podcast link; Sam's space mirror interview is first up: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-51-quirks-and-quarks/clip/16179093-sleuthing-scientific-fraud-more... Best phrase for me was, "hideous column of light" for those watching the sky outside of the mirror's […]

There’s a sort of Dunning-Kruger effect happening where people who read widely, consider various perspectives, and put in effort to understand views they disagree with worry that they don’t do that enough, while people who don’t do any of that accuse others of being in a bubble and call it a day.

I know a young person experiencing and learning to adapt to life with POTS They are exploring mobility aids, but have very limited resources, so I’m looking for advice on rollators vs wheelchair for function, utility, flexibility, comfort, and because cost. In general they experience symptoms on […]

In US first, #newmexico launches #free #childcare for all Saturday NM became the first #us state to offer free child care to all residents in a bid to boost its #economy & lift #education & #childwelfare levels… NM Gov Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) told reporters #child #care was "the backbone of […]

This is how Dems need to respond Rep Joe Neguse reframes a "Why aren't Dems...." question into an accurate question about the Trump admin and the GOP

Have a spooktacular evening!

A word to organized labour in Alberta and beyond: The last time there was a general strike in Canada, it wasn’t the result of months of talks and careful planning, it followed a steadily worsening situation, only a few weeks of individual separate strikes, and then coalesced within hours but […]

Very disappointed by today’s ‘announcement’ by Gil McGowan representing the AFL and the Common Front. Alberta needs action and needs action NOW. Not just conversations, not just talk. Maybe a general strike can’t happen this week, but *something* needs to happen this week, and something as big […]

Edmonton, AB - Former Deputy Premier and MLA Thomas Lukaszuk presents 456,365 signatures to Elections Alberta from Albertans supporting the petition saying yes, Alberta should remain in Canada. Under Alberta’s Citizen Initiative Act, just under 300,000 […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

A reminder to Albertans that Danielle Smith hasn’t been divinely ordained to be Premier (we already have a King, comfortably impotent across an ocean). She holds her position by keeping the support of a slight majority of MLAs. Any of them could have voted against this law, any of them can […]

Using the notwithstanding clause to stop legal challenge to back-to-work legislation is a nuclear event for all unions. Will it lead to a general strike in Alberta? It certainly should lead to the Supreme Court establishing Constitutional limits to the clause, or else we have no rights and freedoms.

Alberta has just veered off the cliff into full-on authoritarianism, stripping workers of fundamental rights, it is an inflection point for our country, but it isn’t sudden… this is the dark heart of the “new conservative” movement. This movement is absolutely at its core a supremacist movement […]

Every time a government in Canada uses the Notwithstanding Clause it is thumbing its nose at democracy, our constitution, and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. #fascism https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-teachers-back-to-work-bill-9.6955558

CONFIRMED: The UCP is invoking the Notwithstanding Clause against the teachers. This is a direct attack on ALL worker's Charter Right to Association. We need to stand up now. Contact your MLA: https://www.assembly.ab.ca/members/members-of-the-legislative-assembly […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

“McGowan compared this moment to the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, or Operation Soloidarity of 1983 in British Columbia, where unions united to battle the Social Credit government’s austerity plan.” #ableg #abpoli #generalstrike https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/unions-react-to-bill-2

Personally, I think the Lieutenant Governor should refuse to sign a bill with such momentous consequences until it has been referred to the Supreme Court, but I’m not expecting that to happen. #abpoli

Important to note that as the #ucp blows up Labour rights for Canadians, Premier Smith is in the UAE and will be all week. Seems like she doesn’t think Alberta workers or teachers are important enough to face directly. #abpoli #Labour #notwithstanding

The Alberta #ucp has just blown up a century of labour action and worker’s rights hard won against coercive and exploitative employers. They - the employer - have just unilaterally imposed a contract on teachers in clear contravention of their constitutional and Charter rights, and have invoked […]

When I try to engage people on this topic a huge obstacle is the trivialization of the role of social media in most people’s minds. Consider how there was (and for some there still is) a debate about if a President should tweet at all. Social media is seen as an arena for vain, unserious […]

Social media is important. It’s not pointless gossip or just a waste of time. It’s the news and information distribution system of our world. We can build things like the wikipedia, like the fedi OR we can keep pretending it’s all just a side game, unserious and not worth the effort of making […]

Interesting… a thermodynamic cycle without hydrofluorocarbons using phase changes that could be used in cooling/heating… but I’m not clear how the coolant cycles between the “warm side” and the “cool side” of the appliance if it is solid at one end of the cycle? […]

Question for anyone out there versed in Canadian law… The Alberta government has plans to put citizenship status on driver’s licenses, specifically by marking as Canadian citizens those who are and leaving others unmarked. We know this is a tool they intend to use to oppress non-citizens, but […]

I hope it’s abundantly clear to the majority now that projection is the main reason for the Qanon / MAGA panics over child trafficking rings, basement torture / murder rooms, concentration camps, secret medical experimentation, not to mention assaults, ropes, murders, and the more mundane […]

Nicholaides sure is peeved and has a *lot* of complaints against the very legislation *his* party and *his* government passed, and that *he himself* votes for! Mr. Nicholaides: if this legislation is so flawed, why did you vote for it? #abpoli #recall #nicholaides

News from the US: They’re doing [bad thing]. Not only is this [bad] because it’s [bad], but it will also make [already bad] worse, and [old bad] happen faster, and [new bad] much much worse, and many more people will experience [all the bads]. This is the final and definitive post in #uspol

Deflection, finger-pointing, finger-pointing, deflection, with a small dose of “there was too much politics for us to notice what we were doing” combined with finger-pointing, and deflection. that’s Carrie Tait doing the persistent questioning as the moderator […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Premier Smith says, “There is still time for the teachers to” … what? Capitulate to the province’s terms? The province hasn’t offered anything meaningfully different in months. “The pre-condition is getting kids back into school” she says, admitting that the province isn’t negotiating in good […]

Recall petition can go ahead for Nicolaides 🎉 Meanwhile Nicolaides says: “A recall of an MLA should not proceed when the stated reason is dissatisfaction with legitimate government policy rather than a failure in the member's core duties,” And also: “Recalls should be reserved for breaches […]

I too find it a bit rich that people in the movement middle seem more animated by the destruction of a building than by the litany of cruelties but you also don't get to choose which symbolic moments animate people, you just need to take full advantage of them when you get the chance.

Some images from the teacher rally today. Estimates 35,000 people in attendance as Danielle Smith glared from her office window. #ableg #abpoli

Get ready for Tuesday’s day of action. Danielle Smith is going to force the teachers back to work by overriding their Charter right to association by using the notwithstanding clause. If you’re a worker in Alberta of any profession, this just became personal for all of us. #ableg #abpoli