Bilal Khan 🍉
@bilaalkhan.bsky.social
Bike lanes, public transit, climate change, etc.
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In the global electrification race China is marching ahead.
The US and Europe risk falling behind clinging on to yesterday's technologies.
The US and Europe risk falling behind clinging on to yesterday's technologies.
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
In the global electrification race China is marching ahead.
The US and Europe risk falling behind clinging on to yesterday's technologies.
The US and Europe risk falling behind clinging on to yesterday's technologies.
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"You cannot in good faith stand up on Monday and say, 'Stop building shelters!' And then stand up on Thursday and say, 'Get everybody out of the encampments.' It is REPREHENSIBLE to do that," says Councillor Gord Perks of Brad Bradford's motion.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
"You cannot in good faith stand up on Monday and say, 'Stop building shelters!' And then stand up on Thursday and say, 'Get everybody out of the encampments.' It is REPREHENSIBLE to do that," says Councillor Gord Perks of Brad Bradford's motion.
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Thanks @ttcriders.bsky.social for starting this campaign calling on @mark-carney.bsky.social & his #LPC government to protect and expand public transit funding in this year's budget. Please spread the word. #cdnpoli #TOpoli #CPC #NDP #GPC share.nwmd.social/s/GnWbVXo9
Tell your Federal Representatives: Protect federal funding for Public Transit in Canada's Budget unlisted
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November 13, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Thanks @ttcriders.bsky.social for starting this campaign calling on @mark-carney.bsky.social & his #LPC government to protect and expand public transit funding in this year's budget. Please spread the word. #cdnpoli #TOpoli #CPC #NDP #GPC share.nwmd.social/s/GnWbVXo9
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While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.
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Every government subsidizes something. The only difference is what the governments choose to subsidize.
In the US, we've chosen to subsidize the creation of trillionaires, through massive tax breaks. Not what I would choose, but hey. 🤷🏿♂️
We got an Elon. They got solar cells, batteries, and EVs.
In the US, we've chosen to subsidize the creation of trillionaires, through massive tax breaks. Not what I would choose, but hey. 🤷🏿♂️
We got an Elon. They got solar cells, batteries, and EVs.
November 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Every government subsidizes something. The only difference is what the governments choose to subsidize.
In the US, we've chosen to subsidize the creation of trillionaires, through massive tax breaks. Not what I would choose, but hey. 🤷🏿♂️
We got an Elon. They got solar cells, batteries, and EVs.
In the US, we've chosen to subsidize the creation of trillionaires, through massive tax breaks. Not what I would choose, but hey. 🤷🏿♂️
We got an Elon. They got solar cells, batteries, and EVs.
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Meanwhile in Canada, half of the country lives in provinces ruled by people who think solar is Evil and Unmanly, and the federal government is run by a man lacking both imagination and conviction when it comes to energy and climate policy.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Meanwhile in Canada, half of the country lives in provinces ruled by people who think solar is Evil and Unmanly, and the federal government is run by a man lacking both imagination and conviction when it comes to energy and climate policy.
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The Ask poster in action. 🔥🔥
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Ask poster in action. 🔥🔥
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Australia has so much solar that it’s offering everyone free electricity #auspol #cdnpoli electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Australia has so much solar that it’s offering everyone free electricity #auspol #cdnpoli electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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Not sure about everyone else, but I’m encouraged today (elated?) that we learned last night that we can beat candidates/parties of bullshit, AI slop, corruption, and authoritarianism without emulating them and without tacking towards a false center between us and them.
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Not sure about everyone else, but I’m encouraged today (elated?) that we learned last night that we can beat candidates/parties of bullshit, AI slop, corruption, and authoritarianism without emulating them and without tacking towards a false center between us and them.
"A great New Yorker once said that while you campaign in poetry, you govern in prose. If that must be true, let the prose we write still rhyme."
#ZohranMamdani
#ZohranMamdani
Turn the volume up: Mamdani sends a message to Trump right after winning Mayoral polls in New York
YouTube video by Mint
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"A great New Yorker once said that while you campaign in poetry, you govern in prose. If that must be true, let the prose we write still rhyme."
#ZohranMamdani
#ZohranMamdani
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#TalkAboutSudan:
"Children are not spared. Elderly people are not spared. Women are not spared.”
The crisis in #Sudan is catastrophic.
Watch as Michael Lawson, Humanitarian Representative to #Canada, updates Parliament. #cdnpoli
"Children are not spared. Elderly people are not spared. Women are not spared.”
The crisis in #Sudan is catastrophic.
Watch as Michael Lawson, Humanitarian Representative to #Canada, updates Parliament. #cdnpoli
November 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
#TalkAboutSudan:
"Children are not spared. Elderly people are not spared. Women are not spared.”
The crisis in #Sudan is catastrophic.
Watch as Michael Lawson, Humanitarian Representative to #Canada, updates Parliament. #cdnpoli
"Children are not spared. Elderly people are not spared. Women are not spared.”
The crisis in #Sudan is catastrophic.
Watch as Michael Lawson, Humanitarian Representative to #Canada, updates Parliament. #cdnpoli
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"About a third of the world’s billionaires—1,135—were in the US and their fortunes accounted for 43% of the collective wealth, according to Altrata, a wealth-intelligence firm. China came in second with 321 billionaires holding about 10% of the world’s wealth."
How U.S. Billionaires Stack Up With the Rest of the World
There are 3,508 billionaires on the planet. Americans dominate their collective wealth.
www.wsj.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"About a third of the world’s billionaires—1,135—were in the US and their fortunes accounted for 43% of the collective wealth, according to Altrata, a wealth-intelligence firm. China came in second with 321 billionaires holding about 10% of the world’s wealth."
"Not long ago, Paris was known for its traffic jams, not its bike culture. The city’s grand boulevards were lined with honking taxis, delivery vans ...
Fast forward to today, and the transformation is astonishing. The French capital has become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world."
Fast forward to today, and the transformation is astonishing. The French capital has become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world."
“Paris is an incredible example of how a city can transform when political will meets smart data,” says one of the report’s lead authors. “We wanted to understand exactly which factors made this happen.”
momentummag.com/new-study-pa...
momentummag.com/new-study-pa...
New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution
Cycling through central Paris meant weaving between buses and scooters—a bold choice reserved for the fearless few.
momentummag.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"Not long ago, Paris was known for its traffic jams, not its bike culture. The city’s grand boulevards were lined with honking taxis, delivery vans ...
Fast forward to today, and the transformation is astonishing. The French capital has become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world."
Fast forward to today, and the transformation is astonishing. The French capital has become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world."
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All the more reason why we need to ensure Amber Morley gets re-elected. No sitting councillor has gotten the level of abuse she has been getting with this, the Bloor bike lanes, and all.
October 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
All the more reason why we need to ensure Amber Morley gets re-elected. No sitting councillor has gotten the level of abuse she has been getting with this, the Bloor bike lanes, and all.
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I wish these modern bubbles were on something like Dutch tulips, or even anything that doesn’t burn the planet down.
"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."
America is now one big bet on AI
It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy
www.ft.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I wish these modern bubbles were on something like Dutch tulips, or even anything that doesn’t burn the planet down.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
Meanwhile, in South Asia, the two nuclear-armed countries that came close to a nuclear war a few months ago are now once again threatening to erase each other from the map.
www.dawn.com/news/1946566...
www.dawn.com/news/1946566...
‘New normal of response’: Army warns future Pak-India conflict might lead to ‘cataclysmic devastation’
ISPR slams “delusional, provocative and jingoistic statements" coming from highest levels of Indian security establishment.
www.dawn.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Meanwhile, in South Asia, the two nuclear-armed countries that came close to a nuclear war a few months ago are now once again threatening to erase each other from the map.
www.dawn.com/news/1946566...
www.dawn.com/news/1946566...
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Thanks to some digging from @thestar.com, we now know which #BikeTO lanes Doug Ford wants removed first. Bloor from Resurrection to Clissold and Yonge from Merton to Millwood. Surprised it wasn't in The Kingsway where the source of the hostilities are. #TOpoli #ONpoli www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...
These are the bike lanes Doug Ford’s government wants to take out first, according to internal documents
Documents obtained by the Star via a freedom of information request describe “priority removal sections” for the Bloor and Yonge street bike lanes.
www.thestar.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Thanks to some digging from @thestar.com, we now know which #BikeTO lanes Doug Ford wants removed first. Bloor from Resurrection to Clissold and Yonge from Merton to Millwood. Surprised it wasn't in The Kingsway where the source of the hostilities are. #TOpoli #ONpoli www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...
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Someone needs to explain to Ford the meaning of words like: "network," "urban planning," and "Complete Streets."
www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...
These are the bike lanes Doug Ford’s government wants to take out first, according to internal documents
Documents obtained by the Star via a freedom of information request describe “priority removal sections” for the Bloor and Yonge street bike lanes.
www.thestar.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Someone needs to explain to Ford the meaning of words like: "network," "urban planning," and "Complete Streets."
www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...
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I signed @leadnowca.bsky.social's campaign calling on @mark-carney.bsky.social & @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social to protect the Gaza flotilla participants and to sanction Israel. Please spread the word. #cdnpoli #SanctionsNow leadnow.ca/campaigns/fl...
Protect the Global Sumud Flotilla Participants and Sanction Israel - Leadnow
leadnow.ca
October 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I signed @leadnowca.bsky.social's campaign calling on @mark-carney.bsky.social & @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social to protect the Gaza flotilla participants and to sanction Israel. Please spread the word. #cdnpoli #SanctionsNow leadnow.ca/campaigns/fl...
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🚸🚲🚲🚸 🥰
via @cbcnews.ca : " @bikebusedmonton.bsky.social is a new community-led initiative that has launched its first "" #bikebus."" The program offers a fun and social way for children to commute to school together."
#bikeyeg #yegbike #edmonton
via @cbcnews.ca : " @bikebusedmonton.bsky.social is a new community-led initiative that has launched its first "" #bikebus."" The program offers a fun and social way for children to commute to school together."
#bikeyeg #yegbike #edmonton
All aboard! A look at Edmonton's new bike bus initiative
YouTube video by CBC News Alberta
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🚸🚲🚲🚸 🥰
via @cbcnews.ca : " @bikebusedmonton.bsky.social is a new community-led initiative that has launched its first "" #bikebus."" The program offers a fun and social way for children to commute to school together."
#bikeyeg #yegbike #edmonton
via @cbcnews.ca : " @bikebusedmonton.bsky.social is a new community-led initiative that has launched its first "" #bikebus."" The program offers a fun and social way for children to commute to school together."
#bikeyeg #yegbike #edmonton
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China’s cycling resurgence can best be admired at street level, where cities like Kunshan are building infrastructure of incredibly high quantity and quality.
Cohesive networks that offer both practical connectivity and inviting usability; with abundant width, shade, protection, and natural beauty.
Cohesive networks that offer both practical connectivity and inviting usability; with abundant width, shade, protection, and natural beauty.
September 29, 2025 at 3:38 AM
China’s cycling resurgence can best be admired at street level, where cities like Kunshan are building infrastructure of incredibly high quantity and quality.
Cohesive networks that offer both practical connectivity and inviting usability; with abundant width, shade, protection, and natural beauty.
Cohesive networks that offer both practical connectivity and inviting usability; with abundant width, shade, protection, and natural beauty.
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In NYC, proposed 3-pronged plan for e-bikes in bike lane: "Regulate delivery app comps so their incentive structures don’t punish workers... widen bike infra to include passing lanes ...ban sale of e-bikes that go above 32 km/h" -- good pts, Tammy Thorne! www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Toronto is failing bike riders in the city but I have a plan
Toronto’s recent micro-mobility campaign doesn’t meet the mark, because it has no aim.
www.thestar.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In NYC, proposed 3-pronged plan for e-bikes in bike lane: "Regulate delivery app comps so their incentive structures don’t punish workers... widen bike infra to include passing lanes ...ban sale of e-bikes that go above 32 km/h" -- good pts, Tammy Thorne! www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Thanks to all who joined our 2nd annual Islington Bike Day. Our volunteer mechanics tuned-up 40 bikes, our ride/parade highlighted need for safe connections to Bloor, we affixed dozens of new bells, generated lots of smiles & enjoyed visits from both MPP Fairclough + DeputyMayor Morley #biketo
September 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Thanks to all who joined our 2nd annual Islington Bike Day. Our volunteer mechanics tuned-up 40 bikes, our ride/parade highlighted need for safe connections to Bloor, we affixed dozens of new bells, generated lots of smiles & enjoyed visits from both MPP Fairclough + DeputyMayor Morley #biketo