spiralbody
@spiralbody.bsky.social
dancer, bicycle rider, summit seeker, sustainable transportation delivery agent
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If CBSA refuses to explain why it thought a *95 YEAR OLD* retired Princeton law professor and UN special rapporteur might be a threat to national security, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree should
Prominent legal scholar detained at Canadian border while on his way to a conference on Palestine | CBC News
A well-known academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If CBSA refuses to explain why it thought a *95 YEAR OLD* retired Princeton law professor and UN special rapporteur might be a threat to national security, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree should
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Randall Munroe, welcome to The War on Cars.
![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Randall Munroe, welcome to The War on Cars.
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Huge solidarity to @unifor.org local 88.
1,100 workers making EV delivery vans, laid off by GM.
Now they're saying, enough!
If GM comes for the machines, they'll occupy the plant.
1/
1,100 workers making EV delivery vans, laid off by GM.
Now they're saying, enough!
If GM comes for the machines, they'll occupy the plant.
1/
Union threatens to seize Cami auto plant if GM removes machinery
Mike Van Boekel, chairperson of Unifor Local 88, said they are also prepared to fight the company in court.
lfpress.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Huge solidarity to @unifor.org local 88.
1,100 workers making EV delivery vans, laid off by GM.
Now they're saying, enough!
If GM comes for the machines, they'll occupy the plant.
1/
1,100 workers making EV delivery vans, laid off by GM.
Now they're saying, enough!
If GM comes for the machines, they'll occupy the plant.
1/
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A rising cost of living—especially for housing—has caused the highest ever Metro Vancouver living wage.
This is the hourly rate that a full-time worker must earn to cover essential expenses for a basic, decent standard of living and to avoid chronic financial stress.
bcpolicy.ca/living-wage
This is the hourly rate that a full-time worker must earn to cover essential expenses for a basic, decent standard of living and to avoid chronic financial stress.
bcpolicy.ca/living-wage
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A rising cost of living—especially for housing—has caused the highest ever Metro Vancouver living wage.
This is the hourly rate that a full-time worker must earn to cover essential expenses for a basic, decent standard of living and to avoid chronic financial stress.
bcpolicy.ca/living-wage
This is the hourly rate that a full-time worker must earn to cover essential expenses for a basic, decent standard of living and to avoid chronic financial stress.
bcpolicy.ca/living-wage
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Rural Liberal voters and urban Conservative voters keep getting shut out even when they show up in huge numbers.
A system that rewards geography instead of voters is not a real democracy.
Proportional representation would finally make every vote count.
A system that rewards geography instead of voters is not a real democracy.
Proportional representation would finally make every vote count.
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Rural Liberal voters and urban Conservative voters keep getting shut out even when they show up in huge numbers.
A system that rewards geography instead of voters is not a real democracy.
Proportional representation would finally make every vote count.
A system that rewards geography instead of voters is not a real democracy.
Proportional representation would finally make every vote count.
The article doesn't mention health care costs. If insurance coverage maxes out, a single cannot turn to a partner's insurance to cover the difference. This can cost thousands annually for those of us with complex health realities. Canadians do not have truly universal pharmacare and singles pay
It's expensive to fly solo—and eat solo, and have fun solo. https://macleans.ca/economy/money-economy/the-secret-tax-on-being-single/
The Secret Tax on Being Single - Macleans.ca
More than 15 million Canadians are single. Why are we being charged for it?
macleans.ca
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The article doesn't mention health care costs. If insurance coverage maxes out, a single cannot turn to a partner's insurance to cover the difference. This can cost thousands annually for those of us with complex health realities. Canadians do not have truly universal pharmacare and singles pay
Put your money where your mouth is
"One central tension of the conference surrounded the fact that many of the business leaders lobbying for high-speed rail have also pushed back hard against tax hikes on corporations or the wealth they create for shareholders and executives."
"One central tension of the conference surrounded the fact that many of the business leaders lobbying for high-speed rail have also pushed back hard against tax hikes on corporations or the wealth they create for shareholders and executives."
Cascadia Innovation Corridor reaffirms commitment to building high-speed rail linking #Portland #Seattle #Vancouver.
Plan is to reduce travel times from four hours to 60 minutes.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/c...
Plan is to reduce travel times from four hours to 60 minutes.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/10/c...
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Put your money where your mouth is
"One central tension of the conference surrounded the fact that many of the business leaders lobbying for high-speed rail have also pushed back hard against tax hikes on corporations or the wealth they create for shareholders and executives."
"One central tension of the conference surrounded the fact that many of the business leaders lobbying for high-speed rail have also pushed back hard against tax hikes on corporations or the wealth they create for shareholders and executives."
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No proof will ever be enough for the denialists but here’s yet another example of the thing they say isn’t happening - children’s remains being returned to their families. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
After 8 decades, Alma Beaulieu, who died at an N.W.T. residential school, is home | CBC News
For generations, the family of five-year-old Alma Beaulieu didn’t know what happened when she died at St. Joseph’s Residential School in Fort Resolution, N.W.T. More than 80 years later, Alma's sister...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
No proof will ever be enough for the denialists but here’s yet another example of the thing they say isn’t happening - children’s remains being returned to their families. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
100% agree. I will gladly pay more taxes to invest in our social support structures. Not a cent more needs to be spent on policing or militarization. We are long overdue for a significant funding allocation course correction to nurture a more compassionate society centering care not punishment
I am so willing to pay a bit more tax for youth bus passes and bike & roll infrastructure. However, I am concerned that the police budget seems to keep taking a bigger and bigger slice of the pie. More police and bylaw officers is not an effective or ethical response to homelessness. #yyj
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
100% agree. I will gladly pay more taxes to invest in our social support structures. Not a cent more needs to be spent on policing or militarization. We are long overdue for a significant funding allocation course correction to nurture a more compassionate society centering care not punishment
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Sidewalks should be spacious enough for greetings to become gatherings.
October 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Sidewalks should be spacious enough for greetings to become gatherings.
9 years ago today Leonard Cohen drew his last breath. I wonder what he would be writing, if here today #Democracy youtu.be/DU-RuR-qO4Y?...
Leonard Cohen - Democracy (Official Video)
YouTube video by LeonardCohenVEVO
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November 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
9 years ago today Leonard Cohen drew his last breath. I wonder what he would be writing, if here today #Democracy youtu.be/DU-RuR-qO4Y?...
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BREAKING: The BC Labour Relations Board has ruled that all research assistants at Simon Fraser University are workers and members of the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU).
TSSU successfully organized research assistants twice over the last six years.
www.tssu.ca/grad-student...
TSSU successfully organized research assistants twice over the last six years.
www.tssu.ca/grad-student...
GRAD STUDENT RAs ARE WORKERS AND TSSU MEMBERS! - TSSU
www.tssu.ca
November 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
BREAKING: The BC Labour Relations Board has ruled that all research assistants at Simon Fraser University are workers and members of the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU).
TSSU successfully organized research assistants twice over the last six years.
www.tssu.ca/grad-student...
TSSU successfully organized research assistants twice over the last six years.
www.tssu.ca/grad-student...
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Good news! Not only is Sydney’s new Oxford Street cycleway doing numbers (3,000+ trips p/d) the other *five lanes* of traffic everyone was *so worried* about appear to be *just fine*(!)
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Good news! Not only is Sydney’s new Oxford Street cycleway doing numbers (3,000+ trips p/d) the other *five lanes* of traffic everyone was *so worried* about appear to be *just fine*(!)
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Carney is Making Greenwash Great Again. Serious question for the legal eagles: what (if anything?) is left of the anti-greenwashing law after they take this away? (text is from Annex 5 of yesterday's budget document).
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Carney is Making Greenwash Great Again. Serious question for the legal eagles: what (if anything?) is left of the anti-greenwashing law after they take this away? (text is from Annex 5 of yesterday's budget document).
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On Nov 5, join me and @libbydavies.bsky.social–who spent 18 yrs fighting against neoliberal parties—to talk about how we win on big ideas with the NDP.
If you're fired up this week, join us. And join the party.
lewisforleader.ca/budget-townh...
If you're fired up this week, join us. And join the party.
lewisforleader.ca/budget-townh...
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 AM
On Nov 5, join me and @libbydavies.bsky.social–who spent 18 yrs fighting against neoliberal parties—to talk about how we win on big ideas with the NDP.
If you're fired up this week, join us. And join the party.
lewisforleader.ca/budget-townh...
If you're fired up this week, join us. And join the party.
lewisforleader.ca/budget-townh...
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tired: leaders throw folks under the bus
wired: leaders invite folks on the bus in a dedicated lane
wired: leaders invite folks on the bus in a dedicated lane
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
tired: leaders throw folks under the bus
wired: leaders invite folks on the bus in a dedicated lane
wired: leaders invite folks on the bus in a dedicated lane
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I appreciate Andrew Nikiforuk at @TheTyee for highlighting the continuing science of COVID and the importance of prevention.
The virus keeps reshaping health and society — we can still choose to act wisely.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The virus keeps reshaping health and society — we can still choose to act wisely.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough | The Tyee
We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.
thetyee.ca
November 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I appreciate Andrew Nikiforuk at @TheTyee for highlighting the continuing science of COVID and the importance of prevention.
The virus keeps reshaping health and society — we can still choose to act wisely.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The virus keeps reshaping health and society — we can still choose to act wisely.
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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A Waymo stops in the middle of an intersection in San Francisco, preventing a trolley —public transit—from moving. Its software reports that the intersection is blocked.
The Waymo is what’s blocking it.
The city comes to a standstill thanks to this idiocy.
www.youtube.com/shorts/8ltYK...
The Waymo is what’s blocking it.
The city comes to a standstill thanks to this idiocy.
www.youtube.com/shorts/8ltYK...
Welcome to San Francisco! #waymo #selfdrive #techgadgets
YouTube video by Mia McCarthy
www.youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A Waymo stops in the middle of an intersection in San Francisco, preventing a trolley —public transit—from moving. Its software reports that the intersection is blocked.
The Waymo is what’s blocking it.
The city comes to a standstill thanks to this idiocy.
www.youtube.com/shorts/8ltYK...
The Waymo is what’s blocking it.
The city comes to a standstill thanks to this idiocy.
www.youtube.com/shorts/8ltYK...
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How can the NDP reconnect with voters?
Scrap the focus-tested messaging. Communicate directly with passion and substance. And start advocating for solutions as big as the crises we face in ways people can understand.
#cdnpoli
Scrap the focus-tested messaging. Communicate directly with passion and substance. And start advocating for solutions as big as the crises we face in ways people can understand.
#cdnpoli
October 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
How can the NDP reconnect with voters?
Scrap the focus-tested messaging. Communicate directly with passion and substance. And start advocating for solutions as big as the crises we face in ways people can understand.
#cdnpoli
Scrap the focus-tested messaging. Communicate directly with passion and substance. And start advocating for solutions as big as the crises we face in ways people can understand.
#cdnpoli
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It's not that every individual driver is a murderous asshole (I'm not!). It's that car dependency as a whole is dangerous. It's that cars are deadly when they hit people. It's that our society prioritizes drivers above all else. It's about a system that is dangerous for anyone not in a car.
October 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It's not that every individual driver is a murderous asshole (I'm not!). It's that car dependency as a whole is dangerous. It's that cars are deadly when they hit people. It's that our society prioritizes drivers above all else. It's about a system that is dangerous for anyone not in a car.
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“Recent studies show that between 80% — 89% of the world’s population wants to see climate action. Many would even contribute 1% of their income to make that happen, even tho people vastly underestimate their peers’ desire for change. Members of this “silent majority” come from all walks of life…”’
‘I worry about the future of my daughter’: the ‘silent majority’ who care about the climate crisis
Readers who are part of the 80-89% of the population who want to see climate action tell us their ideas on how to make their voices heard
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“Recent studies show that between 80% — 89% of the world’s population wants to see climate action. Many would even contribute 1% of their income to make that happen, even tho people vastly underestimate their peers’ desire for change. Members of this “silent majority” come from all walks of life…”’
Nothing worse than a party that refuses to acknowledge good ideas from other council members just to be petty and not give anyone else a chance for positive "wins". Especially egregious when the safety of children is the focus #VisionZero
Honestly gobsmacked by ABC's referral of my road safety motion to staff.
Halloween is the most dangerous night of the year for CHILDREN.
This was an attempt to use an existing process to keep CHILDREN safe, and ABC punted it to staff w/o offering an alternative.
Really, guys?
Halloween is the most dangerous night of the year for CHILDREN.
This was an attempt to use an existing process to keep CHILDREN safe, and ABC punted it to staff w/o offering an alternative.
Really, guys?
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Nothing worse than a party that refuses to acknowledge good ideas from other council members just to be petty and not give anyone else a chance for positive "wins". Especially egregious when the safety of children is the focus #VisionZero
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Remarkable case of false balance. Trump is disappearing people, blowing up boats, musing about third term. Mamdani wants rent freeze and free buses. “Extremes“
October 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Remarkable case of false balance. Trump is disappearing people, blowing up boats, musing about third term. Mamdani wants rent freeze and free buses. “Extremes“
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October 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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The economy is built not just on roads and ports, but on paid and unpaid care for each other. AFB 2026 makes the investments necessary to strengthen Canada’s physical and social infrastructure. Gender equality is key to this goal. Demand better. Read our rec's for #budget2025: bit.ly/48RGuzY
Alternative federal budget 2026: Gender equality - CCPA
What the Canadian government should do on gender equality. Because true independence needs a new economic model.
bit.ly
October 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The economy is built not just on roads and ports, but on paid and unpaid care for each other. AFB 2026 makes the investments necessary to strengthen Canada’s physical and social infrastructure. Gender equality is key to this goal. Demand better. Read our rec's for #budget2025: bit.ly/48RGuzY