Corey Burger
@burgundavia.bsky.social
Geographer, Bike Rider, Open Source Advocate, Gamer, Senior Data Monkey
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Milwaukee Road is a spectacular trail & one day I'd love to ride more of it. When the insanity south of the border ends...
December 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Milwaukee Road is a spectacular trail & one day I'd love to ride more of it. When the insanity south of the border ends...
Locally Oak Bay has lots of these too. They aren't affordable in any way, shape or form but often get held up as such
NYC is weird because we have a lot of market-rate co-ops, some worth millions of dollars, since that was just the structure that allowed individual apartments to be bought and sold before condos were common. Nothing decommodified about them, just kind of a weird condo predecessor we’re stuck with.
December 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Locally Oak Bay has lots of these too. They aren't affordable in any way, shape or form but often get held up as such
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“Bikelash is not something to resist or be afraid of, but rather to be embraced. …a sign your City is doing something right”. Amen.
#LifeAfterCars @thewaroncars.bsky.social
#LifeAfterCars @thewaroncars.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
“Bikelash is not something to resist or be afraid of, but rather to be embraced. …a sign your City is doing something right”. Amen.
#LifeAfterCars @thewaroncars.bsky.social
#LifeAfterCars @thewaroncars.bsky.social
Real cities (in this case the Victoria suburb of Esquimalt) clear their bike lanes, they don't need volunteers to do it
(Looking at you Portland)
(Looking at you Portland)
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Real cities (in this case the Victoria suburb of Esquimalt) clear their bike lanes, they don't need volunteers to do it
(Looking at you Portland)
(Looking at you Portland)
One of Victoria's biking success factors has been great support from several business groups for bike lanes. Seems that has come to an end. Wilson is Chamber CEO (and owner of Wilson's Transportation, a bus company)
December 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
One of Victoria's biking success factors has been great support from several business groups for bike lanes. Seems that has come to an end. Wilson is Chamber CEO (and owner of Wilson's Transportation, a bus company)
Right wing parties imploding due to infighting will never not be funny
Also, would any of this have happened if Rustad had eeked out a narrow win in the last election?
Also, would any of this have happened if Rustad had eeked out a narrow win in the last election?
Whelp! The BC Conservative party's Twitter account says Rustad has been removed as leader because he is "professionally incapacitated"
Unclear whether that's actually in line with the party constitution
Per the release, Trevor Halford selected to serve as interim leader #bcpoli
Unclear whether that's actually in line with the party constitution
Per the release, Trevor Halford selected to serve as interim leader #bcpoli
December 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Right wing parties imploding due to infighting will never not be funny
Also, would any of this have happened if Rustad had eeked out a narrow win in the last election?
Also, would any of this have happened if Rustad had eeked out a narrow win in the last election?
New book day is a good day. Three new books from @wesmars.bsky.social @humantransit.bsky.social @holz-bau.bsky.social courtesy of @islandpress.bsky.social sale
December 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
New book day is a good day. Three new books from @wesmars.bsky.social @humantransit.bsky.social @holz-bau.bsky.social courtesy of @islandpress.bsky.social sale
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Paint is not infrastructure.
"Vancouver’s painted lanes were associated with higher cyclist KSI; Calgary’s cycle tracks with fewer KSI."
KSI = Killed or seriously injured
doi.org/10.1016/j.aa...
"Vancouver’s painted lanes were associated with higher cyclist KSI; Calgary’s cycle tracks with fewer KSI."
KSI = Killed or seriously injured
doi.org/10.1016/j.aa...
November 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Paint is not infrastructure.
"Vancouver’s painted lanes were associated with higher cyclist KSI; Calgary’s cycle tracks with fewer KSI."
KSI = Killed or seriously injured
doi.org/10.1016/j.aa...
"Vancouver’s painted lanes were associated with higher cyclist KSI; Calgary’s cycle tracks with fewer KSI."
KSI = Killed or seriously injured
doi.org/10.1016/j.aa...
Good thread, with one huge problem: cities can & do regulate scooters. They are mostly not allowed to regulate cars (although I wish they could)
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Good thread, with one huge problem: cities can & do regulate scooters. They are mostly not allowed to regulate cars (although I wish they could)
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OpenAI themselves know it's mathematically impossible to stop hallucinations from their own research with the technology and modeling approach in use, so that's definitely out: www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
OpenAI themselves know it's mathematically impossible to stop hallucinations from their own research with the technology and modeling approach in use, so that's definitely out: www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
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I don't know who needs to hear this but making deals with Alberta and the oilpatch
doesn't
fucking
work
Just ask the last person who tried.
doesn't
fucking
work
Just ask the last person who tried.
As Carney-Smith pipeline deal looms, Catherine McKenna says oil companies can't be trusted. She would know
Justin Trudeau's first environment minister spoke with Canada's National Observer about misogyny, policy and broken promises.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this but making deals with Alberta and the oilpatch
doesn't
fucking
work
Just ask the last person who tried.
doesn't
fucking
work
Just ask the last person who tried.
I just *love* how all the yelling about banning bad actors like these is solving the housing problem
Yes, we should ban RealPage. We also need more housing
Yes, we should ban RealPage. We also need more housing
I think this is mostly San Francisco finally shrugging off the pandemic, but it is *really* funny that rent prices in San Francisco shot up *immediately* after the city banned RealPage and other algorithmic price setting software.
My pre trends are incredible!
My pre trends are incredible!
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I just *love* how all the yelling about banning bad actors like these is solving the housing problem
Yes, we should ban RealPage. We also need more housing
Yes, we should ban RealPage. We also need more housing
I like Avi. I usually vote NDP. But OMG, please stop with the one-sided housing takes. We need huge amounts of public housing, but we also need market housing too, and lots of it.
Canadians don’t need more platitudes or private market incentives, they need real solutions.
We can't rely on the market to fix what it broke. We need a massive, wartime-level investment in affordable public housing.
Housing is a human right. Let's start acting like it.
We can't rely on the market to fix what it broke. We need a massive, wartime-level investment in affordable public housing.
Housing is a human right. Let's start acting like it.
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I like Avi. I usually vote NDP. But OMG, please stop with the one-sided housing takes. We need huge amounts of public housing, but we also need market housing too, and lots of it.
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Inclusionary zoning is not just terrible policy. It’s also extremely neoliberal policy that outsources a key state function—providing subsidized housing for poor people—to private, market-based actors and shifts the financial burden for the subsidies from wealthy homeowners to middle class renters.
It's also the most '90s Third Way-ish policy idea imaginable, which is why it is both bemusing and frustrating that so many leftists embrace it with such vigour. "Let's solve affordable housing with technocratic, market based incrementalism" really isn't all that progressive!
So-called “inclusionary zoning” is a tax on new housing that reduces the amount of housing that gets built, worsening the housing shortage and driving up rent. It is bad, counterproductive policy and we should stop doing it.
November 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Inclusionary zoning is not just terrible policy. It’s also extremely neoliberal policy that outsources a key state function—providing subsidized housing for poor people—to private, market-based actors and shifts the financial burden for the subsidies from wealthy homeowners to middle class renters.
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If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: Carter Lavin on Better Streets, Transit, and Communities.
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If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: Carter Lavin on Better Streets, Transit, and Communities
When it comes to transforming our streets, we need more voices that are as sharp, passionate, and strategic as Carter Lavin’s.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
If You Want to Win, You’ve Got to Fight: Carter Lavin on Better Streets, Transit, and Communities.
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"the federal government could consider nationalizing production to ensure supply meets demand and shore up the supply chain, so Canadian parents aren't at the mercy of U.S. production stoppages, recalls or shipping delays."
PM Carney should make this a national priority.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
PM Carney should make this a national priority.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'Something is terribly wrong': Baby formula among most stolen food items as costs spiral, researcher says | CBC News
The price of baby formula in Canada has risen roughly 84 per cent since 2017, according to Statistics Canada, driving some parents to turn to strangers on social media for help. One researcher says fo...
www.cbc.ca
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"the federal government could consider nationalizing production to ensure supply meets demand and shore up the supply chain, so Canadian parents aren't at the mercy of U.S. production stoppages, recalls or shipping delays."
PM Carney should make this a national priority.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
PM Carney should make this a national priority.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Imagine being mayor of West Vancouver and thinking, yep, other munis will join me in my crusade against the province, instead of seeing me as a cartoon villain www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
West Vancouver mayor says he won’t back down from standoff on provincially mandated housing targets | CBC News
The B.C. government says West Vancouver has shirked its responsibility to build housing and meet set targets. But the district mayor says he fundamentally disagrees with the province's approach. As th...
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Imagine being mayor of West Vancouver and thinking, yep, other munis will join me in my crusade against the province, instead of seeing me as a cartoon villain www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Not the first bike roundabout, but I'd love to see some research into how well they work, remove conflicts, etc
Final paving of the Kenilworth Trail and Midtown Greenway intersection—complete with bike trail roundabout!—is underway now.
Cannot wait for this to finally be completed.
Cannot wait for this to finally be completed.
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Not the first bike roundabout, but I'd love to see some research into how well they work, remove conflicts, etc
This is a really interesting case if muni liability with who-knows what sorts of side effects based on how it gets decided
New from me at TVO: Ontario's highest court has issued a decision that could impact how municipalities build for cyclist safety — just not the decision you're thinking of. www.tvo.org/article/anal...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is a really interesting case if muni liability with who-knows what sorts of side effects based on how it gets decided
Ugh. This failure is 100% on our public health leadership & politicians for failing to confront anti-vaxxers & their lies during the pandemic
It's official: Canada has lost its measles elimination status because of an outbreak that has persisted for more than 12 months. Country can regain status only if on-going spread is of measles interrupted for more than a year. www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Ugh. This failure is 100% on our public health leadership & politicians for failing to confront anti-vaxxers & their lies during the pandemic
QR codes are a security nightmare & should not be used
Stay alert: Fake QR codes are sometimes posted on Ottawa Pay & Display machines that link to a fraudulent PayByPhone site. Never scan! If you see one, call 311. If you fall victim, call Ottawa Police at 613-236-1222 and your credit card provider.
November 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
QR codes are a security nightmare & should not be used
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David Horsey, Seattle Times
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
David Horsey, Seattle Times
DULF did what safe supply should've been. So of course they got punished for it
(And before you come at me with "drugs are bad" garbage, alcohol is fully legal, gov makes lots of money on it & it ruins lives, including direct family members of mine)
(And before you come at me with "drugs are bad" garbage, alcohol is fully legal, gov makes lots of money on it & it ruins lives, including direct family members of mine)
DULF co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum were found guilty of possession with the intent to traffic this morning for meth, heroin and cocaine.
My full story on @thetyee.ca
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My full story on @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
DULF Founders Guilty of Drug Trafficking | The Tyee
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum didn’t have permission to sell tested drugs despite good intentions, court finds.
thetyee.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
DULF did what safe supply should've been. So of course they got punished for it
(And before you come at me with "drugs are bad" garbage, alcohol is fully legal, gov makes lots of money on it & it ruins lives, including direct family members of mine)
(And before you come at me with "drugs are bad" garbage, alcohol is fully legal, gov makes lots of money on it & it ruins lives, including direct family members of mine)