Nadia Aubin-Horth
@naubinhorth.bsky.social
Professor #SOTL #bioRxiv affiliate. Citizen volunteer to make Québec city a happy city. Elected on Conseil de Quartier St-Louis & Vice-president of Table de Concertation Vélo de Québec ("Québec bike coalition"). Elle/she/her/ella
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A complete, connected, comfortable network of protected bike-lanes is a climate mitigation strategy. It’s a healthy cities strategy. It’s a social equity strategy. It’s an affordability strategy. It’s an economic devt strategy. It’s a smart mobility & space saving strategy.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A complete, connected, comfortable network of protected bike-lanes is a climate mitigation strategy. It’s a healthy cities strategy. It’s a social equity strategy. It’s an affordability strategy. It’s an economic devt strategy. It’s a smart mobility & space saving strategy.
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"Toronto neighbourhood wants to stop cheap homes so they can keep parking spaces"
A headline that truly unites the entire world. 🙏♥️
www.blogto.com/real-estate-...
A headline that truly unites the entire world. 🙏♥️
www.blogto.com/real-estate-...
Toronto neighbourhood wants to stop cheap homes so they can keep parking spaces
A Toronto neighbourhood is pushing back against plans to replace a well-used public parking lot in the community with a massive new housing developme…
www.blogto.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"Toronto neighbourhood wants to stop cheap homes so they can keep parking spaces"
A headline that truly unites the entire world. 🙏♥️
www.blogto.com/real-estate-...
A headline that truly unites the entire world. 🙏♥️
www.blogto.com/real-estate-...
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Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
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I'm just one of a handful of housing folks quoted in this Globe piece, all saying the same thing: "Federal budget falls short in addressing housing affordability, experts say".
Read here:
Read here:
Federal budget falls short in addressing housing affordability, experts say
Academics and builders’ associations says 2025 budget measures watered down from Liberal election pledges
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I'm just one of a handful of housing folks quoted in this Globe piece, all saying the same thing: "Federal budget falls short in addressing housing affordability, experts say".
Read here:
Read here:
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On dirait que tout ce que nos dirigeants savent faire, depuis qq décennies (à tous les paliers), c'est remettre tous les dossiers à plus tard. C'est... rien faire, finalement. Les cancres au pouvoir. Quand je me sens mal d'être improductive je pense à eux et je me console 😆
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
On dirait que tout ce que nos dirigeants savent faire, depuis qq décennies (à tous les paliers), c'est remettre tous les dossiers à plus tard. C'est... rien faire, finalement. Les cancres au pouvoir. Quand je me sens mal d'être improductive je pense à eux et je me console 😆
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😒 M. Carney n'a visiblement pas encore compris que Climat et Économie sont intimement liés : que le premier impact largement et négativement le dernier. Oh well. Un de plus.
#polmtl #polqc #polcan #CriseClimatiqueMondiale
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/193...
#polmtl #polqc #polcan #CriseClimatiqueMondiale
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/193...
Les changements climatiques coûtent des milliards à l’économie canadienne
En 2021, le PIB du Canada était inférieur de 0,8 % à ce qu'il aurait pu être sans les changements climatiques.
ici.radio-canada.ca
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
😒 M. Carney n'a visiblement pas encore compris que Climat et Économie sont intimement liés : que le premier impact largement et négativement le dernier. Oh well. Un de plus.
#polmtl #polqc #polcan #CriseClimatiqueMondiale
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/193...
#polmtl #polqc #polcan #CriseClimatiqueMondiale
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/193...
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UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
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me when the AI bubble bursts
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
me when the AI bubble bursts
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Guess who benefits from all the pro-business legislation and the new federal budget?
“Elbows up” feels more and more like WWE-style kayfabe.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“Elbows up” feels more and more like WWE-style kayfabe.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Mark Carney is flooding the zone. This is what he could be trying to distract us from
As ever, almost none of these dollars from major projects will “trickle down” to the vast majority of people across the country. Instead, let’s look at who really gains from
www.thestar.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Guess who benefits from all the pro-business legislation and the new federal budget?
“Elbows up” feels more and more like WWE-style kayfabe.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“Elbows up” feels more and more like WWE-style kayfabe.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Imagine coming off an incredible Election Day mandate from coast to coast and going 'you know what voters want? to be completely sold out by a bunch of craven cowards too pathetic to hold the line against a bunch of fucking weirdos'
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Imagine coming off an incredible Election Day mandate from coast to coast and going 'you know what voters want? to be completely sold out by a bunch of craven cowards too pathetic to hold the line against a bunch of fucking weirdos'
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Hey #BikeTO! @cycletoronto.bsky.social will be hosting a Bill 60 protest ride this Thursday. Leave 8 AM at Bloor & Spadina. #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero www.cycleto.ca/bill_60_prot...
Bill 60 Protest Ride
www.cycleto.ca
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Hey #BikeTO! @cycletoronto.bsky.social will be hosting a Bill 60 protest ride this Thursday. Leave 8 AM at Bloor & Spadina. #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero www.cycleto.ca/bill_60_prot...
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MJ Hélie, ex candidate PCQ, pense que nos mères/grands-mères accouchaient par amour de la Nation, alors qu’en réalité, elles n’avaient aucun choix: Pas de contraception/droits/autonomie économique, juste la pression du curé!
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
MJ Hélie, ex candidate PCQ, pense que nos mères/grands-mères accouchaient par amour de la Nation, alors qu’en réalité, elles n’avaient aucun choix: Pas de contraception/droits/autonomie économique, juste la pression du curé!
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The vast majority of Canadians agree that the COVID-19 vaccine should be free — except Conservatives:
🔴 LPC: 90%
🟠 NDP: 91%
⚜️ BQ: 79%
🔵 CPC: 44%
🔴 LPC: 90%
🟠 NDP: 91%
⚜️ BQ: 79%
🔵 CPC: 44%
Large majority of Canadians agree that the COVID-19 vaccine should be free
A large majority of Canadians agree that the COVID-19 vaccine should be free. Alberta and Quebec have begun charging for the vaccine.
cultmtl.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The vast majority of Canadians agree that the COVID-19 vaccine should be free — except Conservatives:
🔴 LPC: 90%
🟠 NDP: 91%
⚜️ BQ: 79%
🔵 CPC: 44%
🔴 LPC: 90%
🟠 NDP: 91%
⚜️ BQ: 79%
🔵 CPC: 44%
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"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
How Catastrophic Is It If the AI Bubble Bursts? An FAQ.
The AI industry's most important product is not a chatbot or a video generator; it's the story the AI industry is telling about itself
www.theringer.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
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Modest proposal:
in the same way that you should no longer be permitted to deem yourself a feminist if you're racist / gc / right wing, you should no longer be permitted to deem yourself a writer if you use commercial genAI for anything.
in the same way that you should no longer be permitted to deem yourself a feminist if you're racist / gc / right wing, you should no longer be permitted to deem yourself a writer if you use commercial genAI for anything.
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Modest proposal:
in the same way that you should no longer be permitted to deem yourself a feminist if you're racist / gc / right wing, you should no longer be permitted to deem yourself a writer if you use commercial genAI for anything.
in the same way that you should no longer be permitted to deem yourself a feminist if you're racist / gc / right wing, you should no longer be permitted to deem yourself a writer if you use commercial genAI for anything.
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Un article à propos de moi dans La Presse aujourd’hui ⬇️
C’est comme si, une fois que tu es suffisamment riche, on te dit: «Félicitations! Vous avez gagné au capitalisme. En échange, on vous donne des cadeaux fiscaux. Vous n’avez plus besoin de payer d’impôts sur 50 % de votre revenu.» C’est complètement ridicule
www.lapresse.ca/contexte/202...
www.lapresse.ca/contexte/202...
Un café avec… Claire Trottier | L’ultrariche la plus atypique du Québec
Membre du 1 % des plus riches au Québec, Claire Trottier milite pour payer plus d’impôt parce qu’on assiste, déplore-t-elle, à une « accumulation de richesse et de pouvoir absolument hors contrôle ». ...
www.lapresse.ca
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Un article à propos de moi dans La Presse aujourd’hui ⬇️
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Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
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A wealthy safe streets advocate could do the most good by paying a team of maybe a half dozen journalists to aggressively and comprehensively report every single traffic death in every major city. Depicting the horrifying human cost, FOIing PDs and DOTS, contextualizing it in policy choices, etc.
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A wealthy safe streets advocate could do the most good by paying a team of maybe a half dozen journalists to aggressively and comprehensively report every single traffic death in every major city. Depicting the horrifying human cost, FOIing PDs and DOTS, contextualizing it in policy choices, etc.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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Ça fait vraiment, vraiment dur d'avoir une ex-apparatchik de Harper et de la CAQ, visiblement membre du 1%, qui fait passer ses intérêts de classe pour de l'analyse politique, À LA TÉLÉ PUBLIQUE.
www.concordia.ca/ucactualites...
www.concordia.ca/ucactualites...
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Ça fait vraiment, vraiment dur d'avoir une ex-apparatchik de Harper et de la CAQ, visiblement membre du 1%, qui fait passer ses intérêts de classe pour de l'analyse politique, À LA TÉLÉ PUBLIQUE.
www.concordia.ca/ucactualites...
www.concordia.ca/ucactualites...
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"[U]niversities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically."
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
"[U]niversities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically."
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A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
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David Horsey, Seattle Times
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
David Horsey, Seattle Times
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