jdavey_2
@jdavey.bsky.social
Just a guy with a thing for transportation options.
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International piracy.
“We’re going to be very strongly involved in it,” Trump says about the future of Venezuela’s oil industry on Fox News
January 3, 2026 at 2:56 PM
International piracy.
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“You’re able to get yourself into a position where you’re most of the way through the intersection, or at the very least, extremely visible before drivers are even meant to start moving […] Visibility is a big factor in safety.”
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Giving pedestrians a head start on vehicles improves safety, has no effect on traffic, Winnipeg finds
City staff are working to expand pedestrian head starts to locations further from the core.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:08 PM
“You’re able to get yourself into a position where you’re most of the way through the intersection, or at the very least, extremely visible before drivers are even meant to start moving […] Visibility is a big factor in safety.”
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
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This is why they want us talking about day care scams.
December 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This is why they want us talking about day care scams.
Continue to make character assessments of current and aspiring politicians who comfortably engage with X.
X/grok creating and platforming sexually explicit material of children isn’t just a lapse, it’s criminal.
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Grok Posts Sexual Images of Minors After ‘Lapses in Safeguards’
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said “lapses in safeguards” led to the generation of sexualized images of minors that it posted to social media site X.
www.bloomberg.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Continue to make character assessments of current and aspiring politicians who comfortably engage with X.
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Japanese artist Hiroshi Nagai, famous for his illustration work for City Pop album covers (by extension the “city pop” aesthetic), has had his art used without permission by the official USA Department of Homeland Security Twitter account to promote mass deportations.
January 2, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Japanese artist Hiroshi Nagai, famous for his illustration work for City Pop album covers (by extension the “city pop” aesthetic), has had his art used without permission by the official USA Department of Homeland Security Twitter account to promote mass deportations.
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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Israel is barring 30 humanitarian organizations
The world watches & enables this collapse of humanity
Global institutions & govts continue to fail in their responsibility, allowing Palestinians to be subjected to decades of violence, terrorism, deprivation, & death in full view of the world
The world watches & enables this collapse of humanity
Global institutions & govts continue to fail in their responsibility, allowing Palestinians to be subjected to decades of violence, terrorism, deprivation, & death in full view of the world
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Israel is barring 30 humanitarian organizations
The world watches & enables this collapse of humanity
Global institutions & govts continue to fail in their responsibility, allowing Palestinians to be subjected to decades of violence, terrorism, deprivation, & death in full view of the world
The world watches & enables this collapse of humanity
Global institutions & govts continue to fail in their responsibility, allowing Palestinians to be subjected to decades of violence, terrorism, deprivation, & death in full view of the world
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A good review of what to expect in our warming world as climate shocks are more frequent and severe. 2025 was only the beginning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Heat, drought and fire: how extreme weather pushed nature to its limits in 2025
National Trust says these are ‘alarm signals we cannot ignore’ as climate breakdown puts pressure on wildlife
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
A good review of what to expect in our warming world as climate shocks are more frequent and severe. 2025 was only the beginning.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Yet another version of the same tragic story, @stevenmackinnon.bsky.social.
“The driver drove for another 20 feet before she slowed down enough for the skateboarder to fall off the front of the Dodge Ram truck. “He went under the truck and then he rolled 20 times or more before he hit the curb,”.
“The driver drove for another 20 feet before she slowed down enough for the skateboarder to fall off the front of the Dodge Ram truck. “He went under the truck and then he rolled 20 times or more before he hit the curb,”.
December 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Yet another version of the same tragic story, @stevenmackinnon.bsky.social.
“The driver drove for another 20 feet before she slowed down enough for the skateboarder to fall off the front of the Dodge Ram truck. “He went under the truck and then he rolled 20 times or more before he hit the curb,”.
“The driver drove for another 20 feet before she slowed down enough for the skateboarder to fall off the front of the Dodge Ram truck. “He went under the truck and then he rolled 20 times or more before he hit the curb,”.
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Its concerning when one of the nations most successful schemes for getting people out of their cars is treated this way by those we put in charge of designing out cities!
I remember being struck by the venom Keesmaat had back in the day for the Go Train even
December 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Its concerning when one of the nations most successful schemes for getting people out of their cars is treated this way by those we put in charge of designing out cities!
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Hey, remember when Doug Ford was outraged about resale prices for World Series tickets and was totally going to do something about scalping?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
World Cup tickets in Toronto are expensive to begin with. Ontario's resale regulations don't help | CBC News
With tickets to next year's six World Cup games in Toronto selling out as quickly as they're released, the only option for most soccer fans is the resale market. But a 2019 decision by the Ontario gov...
www.cbc.ca
December 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Hey, remember when Doug Ford was outraged about resale prices for World Series tickets and was totally going to do something about scalping?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Canada will announce this by March.
UK plans to boost ranks of armed forces by offering young people paid military experience amid growing Russian threats.
UK youth to be offered military ‘gap year' in bid to boost defence: Report
UK plans to boost ranks of armed forces by offering young people paid military experience amid growing Russian threats.
www.aljazeera.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Canada will announce this by March.
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“Pairing free buses with paid parking says we value people in motion more than cars at rest,” writes Nicolas Rohatyn.
Opinion | The Way to Pay for Free Buses Is to End Free Parking
Free buses would be transformative not only for riders, but for the ecosystem of the city as a whole.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“Pairing free buses with paid parking says we value people in motion more than cars at rest,” writes Nicolas Rohatyn.
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Two of the most powerful ways of reducing ghg emissions: drive less and fly less.
By building more walkable, lovable neighbourhoods, we can help people do both!
www.instagram.com/p/DSA4xweAab...
By building more walkable, lovable neighbourhoods, we can help people do both!
www.instagram.com/p/DSA4xweAab...
World Resources Institute on Instagram: "🌎A recent WRI paper analyzed 19 climate-friendly behaviors to reveal which ones reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions the most.
When it comes to c...
In a recent WRI study, 19 climate-friendly behaviors were analyzed to determine which ones have the greatest impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Learn about the most effective ways to make a ...
www.instagram.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Two of the most powerful ways of reducing ghg emissions: drive less and fly less.
By building more walkable, lovable neighbourhoods, we can help people do both!
www.instagram.com/p/DSA4xweAab...
By building more walkable, lovable neighbourhoods, we can help people do both!
www.instagram.com/p/DSA4xweAab...
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In related news Ubisoft Halifax downsizes their entire studio to a prompt "engineer".
61 workers at Ubisoft Halifax have formed the first North American union at Ubisoft.
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/ubi...
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/ubi...
December 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
In related news Ubisoft Halifax downsizes their entire studio to a prompt "engineer".
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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And I'll just put this here for further consideration:
theconversation.com/learning-wit...
theconversation.com/learning-wit...
Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search
Doing the mental work of connecting the dots across multiple web queries appears to help people understand the material better compared to an AI summary.
theconversation.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
And I'll just put this here for further consideration:
theconversation.com/learning-wit...
theconversation.com/learning-wit...
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A big part of being a historian is being a detective! Who did this? Why? Where? Why does it matter in the grand scheme of things? You have to learn how to probe, how to uncover, how to read against the grain, how to find unusual sources, how to interpret those sources. How to piece together a puzzle
It also robs students of learning *how* to research.
December 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A big part of being a historian is being a detective! Who did this? Why? Where? Why does it matter in the grand scheme of things? You have to learn how to probe, how to uncover, how to read against the grain, how to find unusual sources, how to interpret those sources. How to piece together a puzzle
Reminder: Winter cycling may not be for everyone, but with equivalent road maintenance that motorists get, the number of people that it is realistic for, is surprisingly high! #HamOnt
December 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Reminder: Winter cycling may not be for everyone, but with equivalent road maintenance that motorists get, the number of people that it is realistic for, is surprisingly high! #HamOnt