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Joe Gnarlathotep
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He/Him. Halifax/Kjipuktuk, NS, Mi’kma’ki. Solarpunk. Community planning. Labour organizing. Tabletop Roleplaying Games.
If people are still being killed just trying to get around, TSC should be meeting until the fatalities are reduced to zero, which we know is achievable.
Our next Transportation Standing Committee meeting is cancelled due to lack of agenda items. Our annual road safety report is presented to Council on Tuesday as an "information only" item
I wrote to councillors requesting action appropriate to address a safety crisis
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Adopt Vision Zero, create a plan to get there
Personal communication regarding item 15.2, RC meeting of 18 November: Adopt Vision Zero, create a plan to get there Dear Councillors, I cannot attend this meeting but write to; (a) Request that w...
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November 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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At the invitation of Mi’kmaw land defenders and water protectors, we’ve planned a rally stand up together, shoulder to shoulder, to say a mighty Nova Scotia NO to Houston’s extraction agenda.

TODAY AT NOON!
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes"

We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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#Halifax has launched a new civilian team to help people in distress in the Dartmouth area as an alternative to calling police.

The 2-year pilot project called CARE — Crisis Assistance & Response — began Monday
#NovaScotia

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Halifax launches new civilian mental health crisis team | CBC News
Halifax has launched a new civilian team to help people in distress in the Dartmouth area as an alternative to calling police. The pilot project called CARE — Crisis Assistance and Response — began Mo...
www.cbc.ca
October 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Bollards.
September 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Haligonians, you should watch Siege.
bonus: 1983's "Siege" aka "Self-Defense," about a group of polite Canadian kids forced to use Home Alone tactics to defend their apartment from a gang of armband-wearing hate crime enthusiasts during a Nova Scotia police strike. Low budget proto-Green Room that plays like ACAB Assault on Precinct 13
August 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Maybe this will reach car-brained decision-makers.

"The Canadian Automobile Association (CAA), Cervin notes, recommends bike lane networks as a low cost approach to improve traffic congestion."
www.caa.ca/app/uploads/...

www.halifaxexaminer.ca/transportati...
'Look at clear evidence': Nova Scotia physicians' group advocating for bike lanes, active transportation infrastructure - Halifax Examiner
"If we invest in bike lanes, we will reduce our traffic congestion and improve everyone's health," said Dr. Catherine Cervin.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
August 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I’ve been stuck in traffic on north street for forty minutes but yeah it’s the bicycle lanes what are doing it
August 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I didn’t notice Vince has Morse code until now. Halifax, it’s your thoughtful little details.
June 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Emergency officials have responded to TWENTY FIVE different incidents of people being struck by a driver while crossing one of Halifax’s many unsafe streets less than 3 months in to 2025. Four of those people have tragically had their lives cut short. All of these incidents were preventable.
‘Its not getting any better’: Concern over rising pedestrian-vehicle collisions in Halifax
There have been 25 vehicle-pedestrian collisions in the Halifax area so far this year.
www.ctvnews.ca
March 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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FDR once bragged to a massive crowd at Madison Square Garden that the richest people in the nation hated him and “I welcome their hatred.”

Just weeks later, he was re-elected with 61% of the vote in a 523-8 blowout in the Electoral College.

Voters *like* politicians who make the right enemies.
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Ontario aware bike lane removals may not reduce congestion, could make people less safe: internal documents
#FordFailure #Ontario #onpoli #BikeLanes

Engineering report done for the province says collisions for all road users could increase by 54%

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario aware bike lane removals may not reduce congestion, could make people less safe: internal documents | CBC News
Ontario’s premier and transportation minister have said for months that removing bike lanes is a necessary measure to reduce traffic in the GTA. But hundreds of pages of internal ministry documents, r...
www.cbc.ca
March 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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I can’t emphasize enough how much accessibility benefits everyone. Ramps, elevators, ventilated air, automatic doors. You caring about accessibility is literally caring about your future. You will become disabled unless you die young. Investing in the disability community is investing in yourself.
March 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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This electric vehicle is a freedom-fighter not a fascism-funder.
March 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Halifax Water better be looking into this
RFK says fluoride is toxic, but in 2011 Calgary took fluoride out of drinking water, and the number of children receiving IV antibiotics for dental infections at Alberta Children’s Hospital increased by 700% from 2011 to 2018. Calgary is now bringing back fluoride.

www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
This city took fluoride out of the water. Now it’s putting it back in
Calgary, which has endured ten years of worsening dental health and is reversing its decision, is a cautionary tale for Robert F Kennedy Jr
www.thetimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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December 22, 2024 at 12:59 AM
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#BikeHfx 🚲 – a Dalhousie MPlan student is looking for kids and families to complete an online survey about their perspectives on cycling in Halifax
November 26, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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Check out Kun'tewiktuk: A Mi'kmaw Adventure by Green Robot Studios on @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/gre...
Kun'tewiktuk: A Mi'kmaw Adventure
A fantasy adventure video game inspired by Mi'kmaw legend and folklore.
www.kickstarter.com
June 21, 2024 at 1:02 AM