Simon
@depaneuse.bsky.social
Expert en logiciel, amateur de ⚽️, papa deux fois.
Lives in beautiful Vancouver, cycles, screams at clouds.
Lives in beautiful Vancouver, cycles, screams at clouds.
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Another example of the absurdity of our system of zoning and neighbourhood control is when NIMBYs can fight and block *daycares* in neighbourhoods.
A daycare within walking distance is the best thing ever.
A daycare within walking distance is the best thing ever.
Sophie Ngo and her husband spend three hours every day driving between Richmond and Vancouver just to drop off their two kids at different daycares. It is the only way they can find care. "I don’t know why it’s so hard," she says. She is right.
vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
January 19, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Another example of the absurdity of our system of zoning and neighbourhood control is when NIMBYs can fight and block *daycares* in neighbourhoods.
A daycare within walking distance is the best thing ever.
A daycare within walking distance is the best thing ever.
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When countries get hooked on US tech, their governments are constrained in reining in tech’s harms while most of the economic benefits accrue to the United States.
It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.
It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.
Escaping the trap of US tech dependence
Canada needs real digital sovereignty, not our own digital colonizers
disconnect.blog
January 16, 2026 at 5:38 PM
When countries get hooked on US tech, their governments are constrained in reining in tech’s harms while most of the economic benefits accrue to the United States.
It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.
It’s time to break out of that trap — but that means challenging the Silicon Valley model, not creating our own digital colonizers.
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After 20 years of having the absolute worst rental vacancy rate in Canada, the return of a healthy rental market in Victoria is absolutely blowing peoples' minds right now
January 15, 2026 at 12:45 AM
After 20 years of having the absolute worst rental vacancy rate in Canada, the return of a healthy rental market in Victoria is absolutely blowing peoples' minds right now
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Elder Punk Rocker Pisses Off Society The Only Way Left - Driving Defensively & Obeying Every Rule Of The Road.
January 12, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Elder Punk Rocker Pisses Off Society The Only Way Left - Driving Defensively & Obeying Every Rule Of The Road.
Urbanism
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin on Saturday announced an initiative to install more public bathrooms across the city.
January 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Urbanism
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Un « cordon sanitaire médiatique » pour faire barrage à l’extrême droite
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/221...
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/221...
Un « cordon sanitaire » pour barrer l’extrême droite
En Belgique francophone, la création du cordon sanitaire médiatique a barré la route à l'extrême droite, notamment en interdisant les entrevues en direct.
ici.radio-canada.ca
January 11, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Un « cordon sanitaire médiatique » pour faire barrage à l’extrême droite
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/221...
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/221...
Canada is not immune to this epidemic level of death and injury. We will follow the US’s “lead” unless something is done.
Actual causes of the US road safety crisis:
🔹 Car bloat
🔹 Failure to enforce traffic laws
🔹 Fast urban roads
🔹 Suburbanization of poverty/jobs
Blaming smartphones is lazy thinking.
🔹 Car bloat
🔹 Failure to enforce traffic laws
🔹 Fast urban roads
🔹 Suburbanization of poverty/jobs
Blaming smartphones is lazy thinking.
US Traffic Safety Is Getting Worse, While Other Countries Improve
The rising rate of road deaths in the US continues to defy global trends. Here’s what traffic planners in other nations could teach their American counterparts.
www.bloomberg.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Canada is not immune to this epidemic level of death and injury. We will follow the US’s “lead” unless something is done.
Very interesting to read about how the catastrophic water outages happened in Calgary.
It could happen to your city too. The current vancouver administration is expert at taking no decision and referring back for more study.
www.sprawlcalgary.com/bearspaw-wat...
It could happen to your city too. The current vancouver administration is expert at taking no decision and referring back for more study.
www.sprawlcalgary.com/bearspaw-wat...
How ‘strategic amnesia’ led to Calgary’s water pipe disasters | The Sprawl
A costly example of a common pattern.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Very interesting to read about how the catastrophic water outages happened in Calgary.
It could happen to your city too. The current vancouver administration is expert at taking no decision and referring back for more study.
www.sprawlcalgary.com/bearspaw-wat...
It could happen to your city too. The current vancouver administration is expert at taking no decision and referring back for more study.
www.sprawlcalgary.com/bearspaw-wat...
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Tonight’s #UrbanismBookClub offering is “The Design Of Childhood” by @langealexandra.bsky.social. A GREAT book by an author who WON THE PULITZER PRIZE for a series of articles on the same broad subject in @opinion.bloomberg.com Citylab! Alexandra interviewed me for the book on Vancouver’s work. 6/
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Tonight’s #UrbanismBookClub offering is “The Design Of Childhood” by @langealexandra.bsky.social. A GREAT book by an author who WON THE PULITZER PRIZE for a series of articles on the same broad subject in @opinion.bloomberg.com Citylab! Alexandra interviewed me for the book on Vancouver’s work. 6/
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The concept of posting “Canada is not considering a ban of X” as a QUOTE of your post condemning deepfake sexual abuse happening **ON X** of women and kids………….
January 11, 2026 at 5:51 AM
The concept of posting “Canada is not considering a ban of X” as a QUOTE of your post condemning deepfake sexual abuse happening **ON X** of women and kids………….
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A golf course next to the Fraser River in northeast Metro Vancouver will be transformed into a public park with sport and playing fields.
It is part of the City of Maple Ridge's strategy to build a new major aquatic & community centre. #vanpoli #vanre
dailyhive.com/vancouver/ma...
It is part of the City of Maple Ridge's strategy to build a new major aquatic & community centre. #vanpoli #vanre
dailyhive.com/vancouver/ma...
Metro Vancouver golf course to become a park as new aquatic centre advances | Urbanized
Maple Ridge Golf Course will be transformed into a public park with outdoor recreational uses, as part of a broader new aquatic centre plan.
dailyhive.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:35 PM
A golf course next to the Fraser River in northeast Metro Vancouver will be transformed into a public park with sport and playing fields.
It is part of the City of Maple Ridge's strategy to build a new major aquatic & community centre. #vanpoli #vanre
dailyhive.com/vancouver/ma...
It is part of the City of Maple Ridge's strategy to build a new major aquatic & community centre. #vanpoli #vanre
dailyhive.com/vancouver/ma...
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Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
Elon Musk’s X must be banned
Regulators need to stop cowering before the richest man in the world
disconnect.blog
January 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
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With everything awful & scary going on in the United States & the world, we might momentarily forget that here in Canada, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre STILL REFUSES to apply for the normal security clearance that EVERYONE else in his position has.
It’s reasonable to assume he can’t pass it.
It’s reasonable to assume he can’t pass it.
January 8, 2026 at 12:45 AM
With everything awful & scary going on in the United States & the world, we might momentarily forget that here in Canada, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre STILL REFUSES to apply for the normal security clearance that EVERYONE else in his position has.
It’s reasonable to assume he can’t pass it.
It’s reasonable to assume he can’t pass it.
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30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.
"Who on earth gives that advice?"
www.sfgate.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
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The concern trolls who claim every bike lane is a threat to public safety are typically silent on this kind of stuff.
The FDNY's response to a five alarm fire in the Bronx was delayed by drivers who parked their cars in front of three fire hydrants closest to the blaze. Two firefighters and one civilian were injured.
Illegally Parked Cars Delayed FDNY Response to Five-Alarm Fire - Streetsblog New York City
First responders call out scofflaws blocking hydrants for delaying the response to a five alarm fire in the Bronx.
buff.ly
January 6, 2026 at 2:09 PM
The concern trolls who claim every bike lane is a threat to public safety are typically silent on this kind of stuff.
Wouldn’t you want to live close by?
I know I would!
I know I would!
Admittedly the first one is a little jarring, but with a reasonable plan I'm sure we'll get there. #newwest
January 4, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Wouldn’t you want to live close by?
I know I would!
I know I would!
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Current state of Canada’s elbows:
January 3, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Current state of Canada’s elbows:
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Canada must stand up for the principle of sovereignty now before it is our sovereignty at stake.
Please see my statement on the situation in Venezuela:
January 3, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Canada must stand up for the principle of sovereignty now before it is our sovereignty at stake.
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“The immature extremists are inexplicably ungrateful for the bold and ambitious commitments made by city leaders. By the time these kids have kids their age they may be able to use over 10% of streets in their city.”
"Annoying 8 year olds keep wanting to walk and bike to school despite city's best efforts to make it too dangerous."
creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord
creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord
December 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
“The immature extremists are inexplicably ungrateful for the bold and ambitious commitments made by city leaders. By the time these kids have kids their age they may be able to use over 10% of streets in their city.”
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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After last nights protest ride with close to 100 cyclists and a herculean effort from local advocates, organizers, and sympathetic councillors, the City of Guelph has reversed course on plans to close bike lanes this winter!
CTV piece here: www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...
CTV piece here: www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...
Cyclists ride through downtown Guelph to protest seasonal bike lane closures
Council is expected to meet Tuesday morning to discuss the motion.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
After last nights protest ride with close to 100 cyclists and a herculean effort from local advocates, organizers, and sympathetic councillors, the City of Guelph has reversed course on plans to close bike lanes this winter!
CTV piece here: www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...
CTV piece here: www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...