Julie Lapalme
@cuckoografik.bsky.social
Franco-Ontarienne / Lachinoise (Montréal) + BFA #NSCAD + MA @concordiau.bsky.social + Horticulture & Ecological Landscape Design @uofguelph.bsky.social + web @mcgill.ca 🚲 🌱 🐝 lapalma on @iNaturalist.bsky.social
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North America’s Most Bicycle-Friendly Cities: Québec Shines, Where is New York?
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North America's Most Bicycle-Friendly Cities: Québec Shines, Where is New York?
The 2025 Copenhagenize Index offers its clearest picture yet of how North America's most bicycle-friendly cities measure up.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
North America’s Most Bicycle-Friendly Cities: Québec Shines, Where is New York?
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I agree. Our kitchen table was my great-grandmother’s. We gather daily over its worn surface to chop vegetables & talk about our day as we prepare our meals, squeeze a dozen people around it over holidays, read, play cribbage, do crafts, pot plants… A social & creative space.
I have never liked kitchen designs with big kitchen islands that became continents and archipelagos, and I do like this retro trend to kitchen tables. lloydalter.substack.com/p/the-kitche...
The kitchen island gets tabled
The big old kitchen table makes a comeback.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I agree. Our kitchen table was my great-grandmother’s. We gather daily over its worn surface to chop vegetables & talk about our day as we prepare our meals, squeeze a dozen people around it over holidays, read, play cribbage, do crafts, pot plants… A social & creative space.
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Who benefits from #AI? This free #comicbook adapts Nobel Prize-winning economists’ book on how AI affects #workers. For #SharedProsperity societies must guide #innovation for the #wellbeing of society at large. How? Read on!
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#Ideas #Technology #NewBook #GoodJobs
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#Ideas #Technology #NewBook #GoodJobs
Who benefits from AI? New comic explores technology’s impact on labor | MIT Sloan
Download “Power and Progress: The Mini-Comic!” for free. A new comic book adapts MIT Nobel Prize-winning economists’ work on how AI affects workers and shared prosperity.
mitsloan.mit.edu
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Who benefits from #AI? This free #comicbook adapts Nobel Prize-winning economists’ book on how AI affects #workers. For #SharedProsperity societies must guide #innovation for the #wellbeing of society at large. How? Read on!
mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...
#Ideas #Technology #NewBook #GoodJobs
mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...
#Ideas #Technology #NewBook #GoodJobs
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Bluesky is at 40 million and the urbanism community on here seems to keep growing. Here’s my updated Starter Pack of Canadian planners, architects, advocates and urbanists. Some well known faces … and some you should get to know! Give them a follow! go.bsky.app/AEYL7FZ
November 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Bluesky is at 40 million and the urbanism community on here seems to keep growing. Here’s my updated Starter Pack of Canadian planners, architects, advocates and urbanists. Some well known faces … and some you should get to know! Give them a follow! go.bsky.app/AEYL7FZ
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for my @newyorker.com column this week, I wrote in praise of TextEdit and extremely simple software that just does what you tell it to in the era of over-helpful AI assistants and automation www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
TextEdit and the Relief of Simple Software
The bare-bones Mac writing app represents a literalist sensibility that is coming back into vogue as A.I. destabilizes our technological interactions.
www.newyorker.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
for my @newyorker.com column this week, I wrote in praise of TextEdit and extremely simple software that just does what you tell it to in the era of over-helpful AI assistants and automation www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
Love the telephone game and invasive species analogies. Insightful piece. Art is not just the end result. It’s a messy blend of inspiration, process, doubt, fits & starts, brooding, reevaluating, emotion & critical thought… Taking the process, & as you say the labour out of creativity drains it.
Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
AI’s Invasive Species
The slop is winning.
www.theatlantic.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Love the telephone game and invasive species analogies. Insightful piece. Art is not just the end result. It’s a messy blend of inspiration, process, doubt, fits & starts, brooding, reevaluating, emotion & critical thought… Taking the process, & as you say the labour out of creativity drains it.
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“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”
The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
October 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”
The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
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Bixi bike-sharing program among the top 25 inventions in 25 years, TIME Magazine declares
Bixi bike-sharing program among the top 25 inventions in 25 years, TIME Magazine declares
The list also includes the iPhone and the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Bixi bike-sharing program among the top 25 inventions in 25 years, TIME Magazine declares
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It’s time for one of the easiest things you can do for wildlife: just #LeaveTheLeaves! Leaves are vital homes & winter shelter! 🐝
🍂 Follow our easy tips & meet the animals you’ll be saving ➡️ xerces.org/blog/leave-t...
🪧 Get your own yard sign, now available in English & Spanish ➡️ xerces.org/gifts
🍂 Follow our easy tips & meet the animals you’ll be saving ➡️ xerces.org/blog/leave-t...
🪧 Get your own yard sign, now available in English & Spanish ➡️ xerces.org/gifts
Leave the Leaves!
One of the most valuable ways to support pollinators and other invertebrates is to provide them with the shelter they need to survive the winter. Thankfully, all you need to do is do less yard work.
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October 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It’s time for one of the easiest things you can do for wildlife: just #LeaveTheLeaves! Leaves are vital homes & winter shelter! 🐝
🍂 Follow our easy tips & meet the animals you’ll be saving ➡️ xerces.org/blog/leave-t...
🪧 Get your own yard sign, now available in English & Spanish ➡️ xerces.org/gifts
🍂 Follow our easy tips & meet the animals you’ll be saving ➡️ xerces.org/blog/leave-t...
🪧 Get your own yard sign, now available in English & Spanish ➡️ xerces.org/gifts
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In her last interview before she died, Jane Goodall issued an urgent call to safeguard the Earth, warning that "humans are not exempt from extinction.”
In Her Final Interview, Jane Goodall Issues Urgent Call to Protect the Planet
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October 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
In her last interview before she died, Jane Goodall issued an urgent call to safeguard the Earth, warning that "humans are not exempt from extinction.”
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Reposted by Julie Lapalme
Reposted by Julie Lapalme
Smart cities know that, as hot as they already are, they’re just going to keep getting hotter. Greening the city not only cools it down, it cleans the air, quiets the noise, improves mental health & happiness, saves public money, & more. Strand Aldwych, London. 2021 vs. 2025. Via @modacitylife.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Smart cities know that, as hot as they already are, they’re just going to keep getting hotter. Greening the city not only cools it down, it cleans the air, quiets the noise, improves mental health & happiness, saves public money, & more. Strand Aldwych, London. 2021 vs. 2025. Via @modacitylife.com
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You too can urge the 🇨🇦 federal gov’t to adopt these criteria! Takes 1 min to add your name, 2 min more if you personalize the letter (DO IT DO IT): www.wcel.org/blog/nationa...
September 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
You too can urge the 🇨🇦 federal gov’t to adopt these criteria! Takes 1 min to add your name, 2 min more if you personalize the letter (DO IT DO IT): www.wcel.org/blog/nationa...
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Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
www.theatlantic.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
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Walkability saves lives.
Individuals who exceed 7000 steps per day see a;
♥️25% lower risk of cardiovascular disease
🏥37% lower risk of dying from cancer
🧠38% lower risk of dementia
🙂22% lower risk of depression
🩺28% lower risk of falls
www.remainplaces.com/post/living-...
Individuals who exceed 7000 steps per day see a;
♥️25% lower risk of cardiovascular disease
🏥37% lower risk of dying from cancer
🧠38% lower risk of dementia
🙂22% lower risk of depression
🩺28% lower risk of falls
www.remainplaces.com/post/living-...
The 7,000-Step Solution: How Walkable Neighborhoods Save Lives
For years, the magic number of 10,000 steps a day has been touted as the path to a healthier life. However, recent research published in The Lancet Public Health provides strong new evidence that even...
www.remainplaces.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Walkability saves lives.
Individuals who exceed 7000 steps per day see a;
♥️25% lower risk of cardiovascular disease
🏥37% lower risk of dying from cancer
🧠38% lower risk of dementia
🙂22% lower risk of depression
🩺28% lower risk of falls
www.remainplaces.com/post/living-...
Individuals who exceed 7000 steps per day see a;
♥️25% lower risk of cardiovascular disease
🏥37% lower risk of dying from cancer
🧠38% lower risk of dementia
🙂22% lower risk of depression
🩺28% lower risk of falls
www.remainplaces.com/post/living-...
Last day: Hairy & metallic blue - Fall webworm moth (Hyphantria cunea) & Common blue mud dauber wasp (Chalybion californicum). #NCCBioBlitz
August 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Last day: Hairy & metallic blue - Fall webworm moth (Hyphantria cunea) & Common blue mud dauber wasp (Chalybion californicum). #NCCBioBlitz
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Le pari laineux de la viticulture régénératrice
Le pari laineux de la viticulture régénératrice
Le Soleil est à son paroxysme et plombe sur les terres viticoles de Simon Naud. L’heure du dodo n’est pas arrivée, mais on compte tout de même les moutons... ceux qui désherbent entre deux rangées de vignes.
www.lesoleil.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Le pari laineux de la viticulture régénératrice
Day 7: Gray Hooded Owlet Moth (Cucullia florea) caterpillar drinking dew / feasting / sleeping on fleabane… #NCCBioBlitz
August 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Day 7: Gray Hooded Owlet Moth (Cucullia florea) caterpillar drinking dew / feasting / sleeping on fleabane… #NCCBioBlitz
Day 6: Dog days of summer. Dog-Day Cicada (Neotibicen canicularis) & Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta). #NCCBioBlitz
August 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Day 6: Dog days of summer. Dog-Day Cicada (Neotibicen canicularis) & Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta). #NCCBioBlitz
Day 5: Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) & Purple-flowered Raspberry (Rubus odoratus) #NCCBioBlitz
August 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Day 5: Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) & Purple-flowered Raspberry (Rubus odoratus) #NCCBioBlitz
Day 4: Vision in yelllow. Eastern Giant Swallowtail (Heraclides cresphontes) nectaring on Bee Balm (Monarda fistulosa). #NCCBioBlitz
July 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Day 4: Vision in yelllow. Eastern Giant Swallowtail (Heraclides cresphontes) nectaring on Bee Balm (Monarda fistulosa). #NCCBioBlitz
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BioBlitz observations help track how ecosystems change over time. Scientists rely on YOUR photos to see what’s thriving and what’s at risk. Get involved this year: brnw.ch/21wUqSm #NCCBioBlitz
July 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
BioBlitz observations help track how ecosystems change over time. Scientists rely on YOUR photos to see what’s thriving and what’s at risk. Get involved this year: brnw.ch/21wUqSm #NCCBioBlitz
Day 3: some observations after the rain… Long-legged fly (Condylostylus caudatus) & North American Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus lineolaris). #NCCBioBlitz
July 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Day 3: some observations after the rain… Long-legged fly (Condylostylus caudatus) & North American Tarnished Plant Bug (Lygus lineolaris). #NCCBioBlitz
Amazed that my wee Milkweed patch in backyard has attracted monarchs (Asclepias incarnata, A. syriaca). Also joy in daily ritual of watching caterpillars grow. Happy to support monarch butterfly conservation by collecting observations.
#NCCBioBlitz & #MonarchBlitz
#NCCBioBlitz & #MonarchBlitz
July 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Amazed that my wee Milkweed patch in backyard has attracted monarchs (Asclepias incarnata, A. syriaca). Also joy in daily ritual of watching caterpillars grow. Happy to support monarch butterfly conservation by collecting observations.
#NCCBioBlitz & #MonarchBlitz
#NCCBioBlitz & #MonarchBlitz