"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).

This is why Zia was today claiming "equality means treating people the same". He's wrong. Equality is an OUTCOME, not about ignoring different needs. Else we wouldn't have disability ramps, Blue Badge, SEND, care visits for elderly & vulnerable or anything that ENABLES people to approach equality.

Join us at the next weekend's Kidical Mass after party at Riley Park 11am-1pm where you can taste test a "flotilla" of the best cargo bikes on planet earth. Show up for our kids! Enjoy a BakeBakeYYC cookie! Check out the latest in car replacement technology! #yycbike #KidicalMass

This is very true, and for the cost of owning a vehicle you can throw a high end cargo bike into the ocean at the end of every year and still come out even

Cargo bike racing down at East Village… here til 2! cyclefest.ca @youthenroute.bsky.social #yycbike

Les petits vélos à Le P’tit Vélo!

The last time the federal government issued an emergency order to protect a species was in February 2023 to save Canada’s last spotted owls. (That was Stephen Guillbeault.) Will they do it again for the piping plovers on Wasaga Beach (which Ontario has stripped of all protections)? #onpoli

A question people in Alberta should be asking: If the Alberta government can’t ensure people survive overdoses IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM then why is it partnering with Edmonton Police to dump unhoused people into drunk tanks for drug use? globalnews.ca/news/1187112...

the owner of one of these vehicles will be accused of being an elitist hell bent on social engineering your community

It is everyone's patriotic duty to make e-bike summer a thing this summer and for every summer that follows.

I was trying to explain what ChatGPT is to my mom (she thought it was a messaging app) and after my explanation and some thought, she volunteered, “Oh, so it’s the magic mirror in the beginning of Snow White when it only tells the queen what she wants to hear.” Perfect analogy.

Terrible news for #BikeTO! I got confirmation from @toronto.ca that the eglintonTOday Complete Street Project can no longer be completed because of changes to provincial legislation. Given the City had resurfaced that street last fall without bike lanes, it's on them too. #shame #TOpoli #ONpoli

solar is so cool man. I climbed up on my shed roof last week and installed a panel to charge my yard tools and now I’m mowing my lawn with power I stole from a fucking star

"We don't have room for those things!" You always do. Just look under the cars.

Can't pass up the kids eat free on Sundays at Dandy when we're in Inglewood. #yycbike

Even my race day has a cargo bike element… cargo bike cheering section along Kensington Rd 😂 #yycbike

🔥 Hot take 🔥 Amazon is going to be using these Rivian spin-offs called “quads” in bike lanes and I think they shouldn’t. This is what personal vehicle vehicles should have always been like. Just cause the car company is finally making one the right size doesn’t mean it goes in the bike lane.

The week @nationalobserver.com broke news about a Trump-linked US company hosting Albertans' electoral data, our site started suffering from massive outages. Our provider tells us their servers are under attack. We don't know if we're the target, but the timing is weird. Thanks for bearing with us!

The absolute painful irony that I had to drive to work today (well out of town) but I also had to park and walk down to one of my favorite bike commutes to take photos for a client. Please help me get more work IN the city

❌: Telling friend to buy a cargo bike. ✅: Cargo bike-pill their child and let them do it.

TIL

The UCP put out a statement claiming a special committee had voted to recommend a referendum question for this October, offering Albertans a choice on whether to remain in Canada. But the release went out while the committee was still meeting and hadn’t actually finalized anything.

the gang that can't even cheat straight

Last week, two UCP ministers said they didn’t support Danielle Smith’s plan to ignore the courts and force a referendum for her separatist friends. Today, they both “resigned” from cabinet. Danielle Smith serves only the separatists.

🚲 We’re Hiring at the Bike HUB! 🚲 We’re looking for enthusiastic bike mechanics with a little bit of knowledge and a whole lot of heart. Full-time and part-time positions available through mid-August / early September. [email protected]

Hey why don't we do this for cars. (Bonus off leash area that may actually be smaller than the pathway)

No big deal, just a dog in a @bunchbike.com enjoying the trail. Do you have a BARK Ranger who loves the Mount Vernon Trail? Make sure to pick up a MVT BARK Ranger tag at mountverontrail.org/barkranger

We like to use the terms "movement" and "staying active" vs "exercise" or "workout" because we do think it's healthier for us to use our bodies more but it does NOT need to be miserable or punitive or competitive or intimidating.

"Actors from US and Russia" can fuck right off. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Why is there a Deerfoot Divide in bicycle activity in Calgary? This is why👇 @ward9harrison.bsky.social @ward7calgary.bsky.social @yuleloveyyc.bsky.social

Calgary is the kind of place where they half build infrastructure, and when people continue to use it, they add more closed signs. Meanwhile instead of a perfectly serviceable, If narrow and unconnected sidewalk, you're forced to #yycbike down 4 switchbacks and across a busy freight railway.

read the article making this argument and it just reinforced the 3d printing analogy. the industry hype with AI is 100x larger, but the pattern was a similar "this is going to change humanity" to "this is going to revolutionize specific industries" to "this will be a fun hobby for eccentrics"

The biggest intangible benefit of biking/ taking transit is building bonds with people who live near you. The friendly waves and hellos during school drop off in the morning connect me to my community. It is a special kind of dopamine you can’t get from a car.

I hope non-First Nation Albertans understand what the First Nations in the province did for them here.

Bike lanes provide significant protection from *all* types of injury. Bike helmets do nothing to prevent accidents, and only provide some protection specifically from head injury.

Oh is the government triggered by people getting around without cars again? I guess we better get out there! See you soon #yycbike 🤠🚲

Not quite the 2 days advertised on Roads closures site, but cars and bikes are getting through this am on 5 St SW between 12 & 13 Ave’s #yycbike

I just got a full dental cleaning for $28 with the Canada Dental Care Plan 😭 Jagmeet Singh you were not the right leader for the NDP in so many ways but you got this right and I will never forget you for it dude

Other cities around the world like Jakarta and Bogotá do this on a weekly basis. New York City only does it a few times each summer. Summer Streets is one of NYC's most popular attractions. We should expand it into the spring, fall, and evenings! It's time for NYCiclovia.

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Had a wonderful weekend bike-packing with many Calgary bike friends. I’m new to it, with lots learned over the weekend, but wow, it’s at rhythm in which I thrive and an immensely gratifying experience already. Last photo by E. Mann.

I wrote this in 2021. Funding for Humanities + AI has one main purpose and that’s to offer a positive image for an antidemocratic project of power consolidation and upwards wealth transfer grounded in the use of this technology. theconversation.com/how-ai-is-hi...

Never forget, the “Alberta Separatist Movement” is a relatively small number of unhinged conspiracy nuts being fed a steady diet of Russian and US-made disinformation, normalized by media mostly following the wrong story, and boosted by political opportunists who think (wrongly) they can control it.

There is some good journalism happening with this key story in Alberta politics. The news outlets involved deserve public support. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/08/i...

Paris urban biking investment helps cut pollution in half: “Between 2005 & 2024, levels of nitrogen dioxide & fine particulate matter — 2 of the most harmful pollutants to health — have been slashed by 50% & 55%, respectively.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social Bike-lanes make better cities. #UrbanTruth

Hey, Canadian media. Can you please stop portraying Alberta as separatist? A minority of Albertans want to separate. The majority of us want to separate from the separatists. Report on that and the divisiveness the UCP has fomented.

Althia Raj is doing some of the most important reporting out there right now, exposing how Carney is dismantling any semblance of Canada’s progressive values. Pharmacare, child care, now the environment… Please, pay attention. He’s eviscerating environmental laws worse than Harper. Than HARPER!!!