Lesley Ewing
@lesleyewing.bsky.social
Pedestrian, cycling, good governance, urbanist, grandparent, contrarian.
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So much wrong in such a short story:
1. Pedestrian crash makes it sound like 2 people walked into each other.
2. Driverless BMW?
3. It shouldn't matter if they were in a crosswalk
1. Pedestrian crash makes it sound like 2 people walked into each other.
2. Driverless BMW?
3. It shouldn't matter if they were in a crosswalk
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
So much wrong in such a short story:
1. Pedestrian crash makes it sound like 2 people walked into each other.
2. Driverless BMW?
3. It shouldn't matter if they were in a crosswalk
1. Pedestrian crash makes it sound like 2 people walked into each other.
2. Driverless BMW?
3. It shouldn't matter if they were in a crosswalk
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Two pages apart in the @thestar.com : 9 year old killed by driver of SUV jumping curb, and Ontario bans speed cameras. Yes they are related, because Doug Ford inculcates a culture that the world is made for drivers, but kids and cyclists? Too bad.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Two pages apart in the @thestar.com : 9 year old killed by driver of SUV jumping curb, and Ontario bans speed cameras. Yes they are related, because Doug Ford inculcates a culture that the world is made for drivers, but kids and cyclists? Too bad.
Listening to CBC re: Granville Island & its desire to revitalize. (problem: too many cars)
Simply copy North Van's Lonsdale Quay: car-free, plenty of free activities for kiddies, market, food, shopping, excellent transit connections, music. It's a simple formula.
Simply copy North Van's Lonsdale Quay: car-free, plenty of free activities for kiddies, market, food, shopping, excellent transit connections, music. It's a simple formula.
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Listening to CBC re: Granville Island & its desire to revitalize. (problem: too many cars)
Simply copy North Van's Lonsdale Quay: car-free, plenty of free activities for kiddies, market, food, shopping, excellent transit connections, music. It's a simple formula.
Simply copy North Van's Lonsdale Quay: car-free, plenty of free activities for kiddies, market, food, shopping, excellent transit connections, music. It's a simple formula.
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
West Van Mayor, (also a lawyer) suspended from the BC Law Society for 2 yrs due to estate mismanagement, hopes to win next election by picking fight with the Prov. 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...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
West Van Mayor, (also a lawyer) suspended from the BC Law Society for 2 yrs due to estate mismanagement, hopes to win next election by picking fight with the Prov. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back
The Guardian has no billionaire or corporate owner: funded by readers, our fierce independence is guaranteed
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November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back
"The spectacle outside Universal Ostrich Farms was a pathetic stepchild of the so-called “freedom convoy,”
All the Ostriches Must Die: How the plight of a few hundred birds in Canada became an all-out fight, by @engber.bsky.social. (This article in The Atlantic is rich with fascinating tidbits.) www.theatlantic.com/science/2025... via @theatlantic.com
All the Ostriches Must Die
How the plight of a few hundred birds in Canada became an all-out fight for freedom
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November 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"The spectacle outside Universal Ostrich Farms was a pathetic stepchild of the so-called “freedom convoy,”
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Our rally against Bill 60 is coming up
🚲 Bring your bikes
🪧 Bring a protest sign
📣 Spread the word
Details (slight change)
City Hall - side of the building
Thursday, November 13
8:30am
See you on Thursday!
🚲 Bring your bikes
🪧 Bring a protest sign
📣 Spread the word
Details (slight change)
City Hall - side of the building
Thursday, November 13
8:30am
See you on Thursday!
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Our rally against Bill 60 is coming up
🚲 Bring your bikes
🪧 Bring a protest sign
📣 Spread the word
Details (slight change)
City Hall - side of the building
Thursday, November 13
8:30am
See you on Thursday!
🚲 Bring your bikes
🪧 Bring a protest sign
📣 Spread the word
Details (slight change)
City Hall - side of the building
Thursday, November 13
8:30am
See you on Thursday!
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Note the organizer is the owner of a gym on the Westshore neighbourhood of Victoria, BC.
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MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d at secretive neo-Nazi event in B.C. | CBC News
This summer in Vancouver, dozens of people gathered to attend a conference organized and attended by some of Canada’s most prominent white supremacist organizations. CBC’s visual investigations team l...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Note the organizer is the owner of a gym on the Westshore neighbourhood of Victoria, BC.
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@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social let's hope mayor sims dresses more appropiately this year.
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social let's hope mayor sims dresses more appropiately this year.
Note the organizer is the owner of a gym on the Westshore neighbourhood of Victoria, BC.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d at secretive neo-Nazi event in B.C. | CBC News
This summer in Vancouver, dozens of people gathered to attend a conference organized and attended by some of Canada’s most prominent white supremacist organizations. CBC’s visual investigations team l...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Note the organizer is the owner of a gym on the Westshore neighbourhood of Victoria, BC.
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There’s a genre of TikTok comment, usually on American politics videos but also things like frosh weeks, that is “I’m too European for this. What is going on?” Here is is in column form
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
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November 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
There’s a genre of TikTok comment, usually on American politics videos but also things like frosh weeks, that is “I’m too European for this. What is going on?” Here is is in column form
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
So my friend met Lech Walesa in
Vancouver this past week. Epic.
Vancouver this past week. Epic.
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
So my friend met Lech Walesa in
Vancouver this past week. Epic.
Vancouver this past week. Epic.
Overwhelming support for proposed cycling infra. upgrades in Oak Bay, yet the municipality is still dumbing down the improvements because of minority opposition. Just disgusting.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Overwhelming support for proposed cycling infra. upgrades in Oak Bay, yet the municipality is still dumbing down the improvements because of minority opposition. Just disgusting.
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Really great interview, should be watched. The known benefits for bike lanes on main streets are being espoused by those retailers who work on those streets. Excellent.
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 ...
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November 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Really great interview, should be watched. The known benefits for bike lanes on main streets are being espoused by those retailers who work on those streets. Excellent.
FFS. Tell me this is a joke. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Starbucks apologizes for its bear cup drama. What's behind the 'Bearista' frenzy? | CBC News
Coffee chain Starbucks released a $43.95 "Bearista" glass cold cup Thursday as part of its new holiday collection, and not only did the hat-topped tumbler sell out almost immediately, but videos circu...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
FFS. Tell me this is a joke. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
No words for this in USA.
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
No words for this in USA.
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Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
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Paris Sets Another Record Logs 21,817 Bicycle Trips in a Single Day on One Route.
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Paris Sets Another Record Logs 21,817 Bicycle Trips in a Single Day on One Route
Paris broke yet another series of cycling records, underscoring what many residents already feel in their daily commute.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Paris Sets Another Record Logs 21,817 Bicycle Trips in a Single Day on One Route.
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Cargo biking, 99 years ago. Came across this in a photo archive, unfortunately with no info on who or where, just the year, 1926. But it made me think of @lauragmitchell.com and her lovely feed of her commutes to school and around town with her children.
November 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Cargo biking, 99 years ago. Came across this in a photo archive, unfortunately with no info on who or where, just the year, 1926. But it made me think of @lauragmitchell.com and her lovely feed of her commutes to school and around town with her children.
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A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Some brighter news for our US friends.
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It’s clear why Zohran Mamdani is leading in the New York mayoral race | Margaret Sullivan
There’s a clarity about Mamdani’s message that stands in sharp contrast to most Democratic politicians
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November 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Some brighter news for our US friends.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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