Andréa Coutu
@andreacoutu.bsky.social
Consultant, author, MBA, serial entrepreneur, advocate, thorn in sides, media guest, parent, diverse supplier, Vancouverite returned to Vancouver Island.
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The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
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indeed, for every academic abuser and enabler: i promise there’s an amazing grad student out there who is doing work that’s as good or better.
we’ve let the myth of the lone genius guy carry on too long. it’s caused so much harm, in so many ways.
we’ve let the myth of the lone genius guy carry on too long. it’s caused so much harm, in so many ways.
I refuse to believe that Larry Summers' expertise and skills are indispensable in any way. Please find another economist and policy expert, @americanprogress.bsky.social. There are loads out there.
November 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
indeed, for every academic abuser and enabler: i promise there’s an amazing grad student out there who is doing work that’s as good or better.
we’ve let the myth of the lone genius guy carry on too long. it’s caused so much harm, in so many ways.
we’ve let the myth of the lone genius guy carry on too long. it’s caused so much harm, in so many ways.
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This is brilliant.
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is brilliant.
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Say goodbye to doctors’ sick notes! Effective immediately, employers can only ask for sick notes in limited cases, giving health-care providers more time for patients, not paperwork. 🙌🏼 And we’re not done… more work is underway to cut admin burden for doctors. ✍🏽
🔗 news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
🔗 news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Say goodbye to doctors’ sick notes! Effective immediately, employers can only ask for sick notes in limited cases, giving health-care providers more time for patients, not paperwork. 🙌🏼 And we’re not done… more work is underway to cut admin burden for doctors. ✍🏽
🔗 news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
🔗 news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
I spent a shockingly long period of my childhood thinking that Jim Croce was singing about a boy detective turned bad.
[filling out birth certificate]
Last name?
Brown.
First name?
Encyclopedia.
What?
Last name?
Brown.
First name?
Encyclopedia.
What?
October 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I spent a shockingly long period of my childhood thinking that Jim Croce was singing about a boy detective turned bad.
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A haunted house but every room is just two people you have to help use the printer and one is older than you and the other is younger than you
October 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A haunted house but every room is just two people you have to help use the printer and one is older than you and the other is younger than you
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Despite a huge growth in women's sports, female athletic footwear is still designed using molds from men's feet. Research from @runnerphysio.bsky.social suggests that the practice known in the industry as "shrink it and pink it" is not meeting the needs of female runners. ow.ly/Ig5W50XcHjg
October 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Despite a huge growth in women's sports, female athletic footwear is still designed using molds from men's feet. Research from @runnerphysio.bsky.social suggests that the practice known in the industry as "shrink it and pink it" is not meeting the needs of female runners. ow.ly/Ig5W50XcHjg
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This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
October 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
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Healthcare workers are following their hearts to Vancouver Island and across BC! 🇨🇦 Thanks to Nanaimo's @todmaffin.com for capturing the people, the place, and the pride we share in being Canadian and celebrating our public, universal healthcare system. t.co/mot9VDLmLl #bchealthcare #followyourheart
https://youtu.be/9k7OUowPPMQ
t.co
October 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Healthcare workers are following their hearts to Vancouver Island and across BC! 🇨🇦 Thanks to Nanaimo's @todmaffin.com for capturing the people, the place, and the pride we share in being Canadian and celebrating our public, universal healthcare system. t.co/mot9VDLmLl #bchealthcare #followyourheart
Hey, @jmcelroy.bsky.social, Mayor Krog is coming for you with this #Degrassi chart that may make @thatkevinsmith.bsky.social speak.
THE VIDEO IS OUT! Enjoy! 😁
youtu.be/9k7OUowPPMQ
youtu.be/9k7OUowPPMQ
I Am the Very Model of a Modern-Day Canadian
YouTube video by Tod Maffin
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Hey, @jmcelroy.bsky.social, Mayor Krog is coming for you with this #Degrassi chart that may make @thatkevinsmith.bsky.social speak.
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Hear me out: a new expensive kitchen gadget of the month club. Every month a new awesome kitchen gadget arrives at your door, and then you get to make it your whole personality for 30 days until it’s dead to you, then a new one shows up and you send the old one back without losing any counter space
October 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Hear me out: a new expensive kitchen gadget of the month club. Every month a new awesome kitchen gadget arrives at your door, and then you get to make it your whole personality for 30 days until it’s dead to you, then a new one shows up and you send the old one back without losing any counter space
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The Department of Homeland Security has begun targeting unaccompanied children in the immigration system with what they call a “voluntary option” to return to their countries of origin. via @laist.com
DHS begins targeting unaccompanied children with 'voluntary' deportation offer
Children asked to waive right to see a judge in exchange for $2,500
laist.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The Department of Homeland Security has begun targeting unaccompanied children in the immigration system with what they call a “voluntary option” to return to their countries of origin. via @laist.com
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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“DoorDash intends to send autonomous robots into bike-lanes.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social
Here’s what’s frustrating…who cares what they “intend?” It’s up to City Hall what’s allowed in bike-lanes, NOT COMPANIES!
Stop acting like tech companies should be able to do whatever they want in cities.
Here’s what’s frustrating…who cares what they “intend?” It’s up to City Hall what’s allowed in bike-lanes, NOT COMPANIES!
Stop acting like tech companies should be able to do whatever they want in cities.
DoorDash Plans to Send Autonomous Robots into Bike Lanes | Momentum Mag | Momentum Mag
DoorDash has begun rolling out Dot, its new autonomous delivery robot — a sleek, all-electric bot that can hit speeds of up to 20mph.
momentummag.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
“DoorDash intends to send autonomous robots into bike-lanes.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social
Here’s what’s frustrating…who cares what they “intend?” It’s up to City Hall what’s allowed in bike-lanes, NOT COMPANIES!
Stop acting like tech companies should be able to do whatever they want in cities.
Here’s what’s frustrating…who cares what they “intend?” It’s up to City Hall what’s allowed in bike-lanes, NOT COMPANIES!
Stop acting like tech companies should be able to do whatever they want in cities.
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This is a reminder that in 1997 they had a dancing baby make a guest appearance on a popular TV show and it’s all anybody talked about for a year and good god I miss when things like that were a big deal
September 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is a reminder that in 1997 they had a dancing baby make a guest appearance on a popular TV show and it’s all anybody talked about for a year and good god I miss when things like that were a big deal
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I recommend everyone watches this
September 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I recommend everyone watches this
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Will there be an announcement when things get bad enough that we can all stop making car payments or like how’s that gonna work
September 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Will there be an announcement when things get bad enough that we can all stop making car payments or like how’s that gonna work
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Greetings from Toronto, fellow bollard aficionados
September 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Greetings from Toronto, fellow bollard aficionados
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Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
usa.streetsblog.org
September 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces.
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces.
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
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This isn’t an impoverished regional school – this is the University of Chicago. Devastating.
August 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This isn’t an impoverished regional school – this is the University of Chicago. Devastating.
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Sometimes I measure how crazy things are by pretending we’re in a Star Wars movie that was released a few years ago and imagining how long the opening crawl would have to be to catch everybody up
August 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Sometimes I measure how crazy things are by pretending we’re in a Star Wars movie that was released a few years ago and imagining how long the opening crawl would have to be to catch everybody up
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Never forget, when you’re being asked to prove that safe bike-lanes or pedestrian crossings across currently unsafe conditions are ‘needed,’ it's hard to justify a bridge by the number of people swimming across a raging river.
#TheTruthAboutTraffic
#TheTruthAboutTraffic
August 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Never forget, when you’re being asked to prove that safe bike-lanes or pedestrian crossings across currently unsafe conditions are ‘needed,’ it's hard to justify a bridge by the number of people swimming across a raging river.
#TheTruthAboutTraffic
#TheTruthAboutTraffic
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Remember these? Still probably my favourite bollards/barriers I’ve seen anywhere in the world. They aren’t just cute and fun (and extra seating) — they’re REALLY heavy. Cars should NOT try messing with these sheep! I took this pic while working for Christchurch NZ years ago. #CityOfSmiles
August 5, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Remember these? Still probably my favourite bollards/barriers I’ve seen anywhere in the world. They aren’t just cute and fun (and extra seating) — they’re REALLY heavy. Cars should NOT try messing with these sheep! I took this pic while working for Christchurch NZ years ago. #CityOfSmiles
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I look in the mirror. It's October 1947. I'm test pilot Chuck Yeager, and in a few hours I'll become the first human to exceed the speed of sound.
"Oh boy," I exclaim, before heading to the bank to deposit all of my liquid assets into a high interest savings account in the name of Dr. Sam Beckett.
"Oh boy," I exclaim, before heading to the bank to deposit all of my liquid assets into a high interest savings account in the name of Dr. Sam Beckett.
August 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I look in the mirror. It's October 1947. I'm test pilot Chuck Yeager, and in a few hours I'll become the first human to exceed the speed of sound.
"Oh boy," I exclaim, before heading to the bank to deposit all of my liquid assets into a high interest savings account in the name of Dr. Sam Beckett.
"Oh boy," I exclaim, before heading to the bank to deposit all of my liquid assets into a high interest savings account in the name of Dr. Sam Beckett.