Sean G
@twogoblinsinacoat.bsky.social
Former Alberta farm kid, recently moved to Halifax from Edmonton. Late and self-diagnosed autistic and parent of 2 autistic kids.
Urban gardening, cargoBike
He/him
Also at sgranigan@mstdn.ca
Urban gardening, cargoBike
He/him
Also at sgranigan@mstdn.ca
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Cleary, Deagle Gammon, Fillmore, Gillis, Purdy, and Young all voted not to get more information about how they could improve transit reliability on 3 overloaded routes this year.
February 12, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Cleary, Deagle Gammon, Fillmore, Gillis, Purdy, and Young all voted not to get more information about how they could improve transit reliability on 3 overloaded routes this year.
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Fillmore says he’s focussed on eliminating non-core services & transit is one of them.
He doesn’t support it however because he says it wont bring affordability and they don’t have the money. Fuck the poors who take the bus I guess?
He doesn’t support it however because he says it wont bring affordability and they don’t have the money. Fuck the poors who take the bus I guess?
February 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Fillmore says he’s focussed on eliminating non-core services & transit is one of them.
He doesn’t support it however because he says it wont bring affordability and they don’t have the money. Fuck the poors who take the bus I guess?
He doesn’t support it however because he says it wont bring affordability and they don’t have the money. Fuck the poors who take the bus I guess?
I had to drive a car in downtown Halifax today, and it was the worst experience I've had in the 2 years since moving here.
Anyone who wants to bring MORE cars into the peninsula is insane #ZeroVisionHFX
Anyone who wants to bring MORE cars into the peninsula is insane #ZeroVisionHFX
February 10, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I had to drive a car in downtown Halifax today, and it was the worst experience I've had in the 2 years since moving here.
Anyone who wants to bring MORE cars into the peninsula is insane #ZeroVisionHFX
Anyone who wants to bring MORE cars into the peninsula is insane #ZeroVisionHFX
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
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hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 7, 2026 at 3:53 AM
hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this
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Staff: Roads are getting so bad so fast that we have to spend a whole AAA bike networks' worth of money on potholes every year just for roads to degrade slightly slower
February 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Staff: Roads are getting so bad so fast that we have to spend a whole AAA bike networks' worth of money on potholes every year just for roads to degrade slightly slower
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zooming in was more of a treat than I anticipated
February 3, 2026 at 12:10 PM
zooming in was more of a treat than I anticipated
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The CAO admitting there’s a risk of doing so much can kicking in the name of austerity during a time of growth that the city becomes uninhabitable, and that past council has been misleading the public by saying projects are “2 years away” every 2 years 👀
January 30, 2026 at 7:41 PM
The CAO admitting there’s a risk of doing so much can kicking in the name of austerity during a time of growth that the city becomes uninhabitable, and that past council has been misleading the public by saying projects are “2 years away” every 2 years 👀
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Halifax! There is a trial of an inhaled vaccine for COVID that you can enrol in right now!
Phase 2 Clinical Trial Evaluating an Inhaled Aerosol COVID-19 Vaccine
Study description
www.ccfv.ca
January 29, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Halifax! There is a trial of an inhaled vaccine for COVID that you can enrol in right now!
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"During the last 12 years of construction on the bike lane network, Halifax spent $900 million on road maintenance."
We are optimizing spending on a small fraction of our budget while ignoring the largest part? That's doing the most work for the least gain.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
We are optimizing spending on a small fraction of our budget while ignoring the largest part? That's doing the most work for the least gain.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
Halifax council votes in favour of two cheaper bike lane alternatives - Halifax Examiner
Novalea Drive and Welsford Street bikeway get yes votes, while Sam Austin asks to keep original plan for Victoria Road and Highfield Park Drive.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
January 29, 2026 at 4:26 PM
"During the last 12 years of construction on the bike lane network, Halifax spent $900 million on road maintenance."
We are optimizing spending on a small fraction of our budget while ignoring the largest part? That's doing the most work for the least gain.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
We are optimizing spending on a small fraction of our budget while ignoring the largest part? That's doing the most work for the least gain.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
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The Shingles vaccine and reduction of dementia: a new natural experiment from Canada replicated 3 others and adds to this week's link to slowing of biological aging.
erictopol.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
erictopol.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
Spotlight on the Shingles Vaccine—Again!
Two new studies add to a remarkable body of evidence for benefit
erictopol.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:24 AM
The Shingles vaccine and reduction of dementia: a new natural experiment from Canada replicated 3 others and adds to this week's link to slowing of biological aging.
erictopol.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
erictopol.substack.com/p/spotlight-...
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Yeah for people not up to date on the back story, the conservative war on "Gender Ideology" actually started as a response to Gender Theory, and specifically the impact of Judith Butler's "Gender Trouble" at the United Nations summit for women in 1995.
This is more directly about trans people but "gender ideology" has always kind of meant "the abominal idea that men and women can be equal"
January 22, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Yeah for people not up to date on the back story, the conservative war on "Gender Ideology" actually started as a response to Gender Theory, and specifically the impact of Judith Butler's "Gender Trouble" at the United Nations summit for women in 1995.
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In the far flung Northern suburbs of Calgary, a man stopped his vehicle to talk to me. His eyes wistful, he told me how as a kid his dad had a bicycle like mine, and they both rode it to do odd jobs around St. Johns. How seeing me took him back.
I am so grateful for this shared moment.
#yycbike
I am so grateful for this shared moment.
#yycbike
January 22, 2026 at 8:57 PM
In the far flung Northern suburbs of Calgary, a man stopped his vehicle to talk to me. His eyes wistful, he told me how as a kid his dad had a bicycle like mine, and they both rode it to do odd jobs around St. Johns. How seeing me took him back.
I am so grateful for this shared moment.
#yycbike
I am so grateful for this shared moment.
#yycbike
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Dear #BikeHFX, it sure looks like we’ve been Doug Forded by Fred Tilley and Tim Houston. 🪦 RIP to the bike network planned for the Halifax Peninsula (at least until we can vote out the NSPCs).
January 22, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Dear #BikeHFX, it sure looks like we’ve been Doug Forded by Fred Tilley and Tim Houston. 🪦 RIP to the bike network planned for the Halifax Peninsula (at least until we can vote out the NSPCs).
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Someone should write a story tallying all the times that Poilievre, Smith and other conservative politicians compared Alberta vs BC drug poisonings using false numbers.
Here’s what was actually going on:
Here’s what was actually going on:
January 23, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Someone should write a story tallying all the times that Poilievre, Smith and other conservative politicians compared Alberta vs BC drug poisonings using false numbers.
Here’s what was actually going on:
Here’s what was actually going on:
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1. CPP premiums are not taxes and if you pretend to write a financial column and don’t know that well I just can’t 2. If you don’t know this history of the CPP and why that matters for performance then don’t actually write a financial column to
a man in a robe is holding a pile of papers in his hand .
Alt: a man in a robe is holding a pile of papers in his hand .
media.tenor.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:24 AM
1. CPP premiums are not taxes and if you pretend to write a financial column and don’t know that well I just can’t 2. If you don’t know this history of the CPP and why that matters for performance then don’t actually write a financial column to
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In #TOpoli @toronto.ca are we planning to follow the lead of the folks in Halifax?
h/t @hfxgov.bsky.social
Cc: @sflkirk.bsky.social @lukelebrun.ca
globalnews.ca/news/1112162...
h/t @hfxgov.bsky.social
Cc: @sflkirk.bsky.social @lukelebrun.ca
globalnews.ca/news/1112162...
January 14, 2026 at 11:26 AM
In #TOpoli @toronto.ca are we planning to follow the lead of the folks in Halifax?
h/t @hfxgov.bsky.social
Cc: @sflkirk.bsky.social @lukelebrun.ca
globalnews.ca/news/1112162...
h/t @hfxgov.bsky.social
Cc: @sflkirk.bsky.social @lukelebrun.ca
globalnews.ca/news/1112162...
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"A new ten-year study... show that bike lanes can reduce injuries and increase bicycling rates.
But only if they’re protected.
According to the study, painted bike lanes showed an actual increase in bicycling injuries, as well as either only slight increases in bicycling rates."
But only if they’re protected.
According to the study, painted bike lanes showed an actual increase in bicycling injuries, as well as either only slight increases in bicycling rates."
Protected bike lanes boost biking rates, induced demand works for bikes too, Calbike calls for restoring Active Transportation and ebike incentive funding, and ebike gaslighting as a government skill: bikinginla.com/2026/01/12/p... #bikeLA
Protected bike lanes boost biking rates, induced demand works for bikes too, and ebike gaslighting as a government skill - BikinginLA
A new ten-year Canadian study shows that bike lanes can reduce injuries and increase bicycling rates. But only if they're protected.
bikinginla.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:44 AM
"A new ten-year study... show that bike lanes can reduce injuries and increase bicycling rates.
But only if they’re protected.
According to the study, painted bike lanes showed an actual increase in bicycling injuries, as well as either only slight increases in bicycling rates."
But only if they’re protected.
According to the study, painted bike lanes showed an actual increase in bicycling injuries, as well as either only slight increases in bicycling rates."
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For the record, we saw this shit early in romance, too. There’s a reason @devinharnois.bsky.social had to make a button saying something like “M/M is for gay men, too.”
January 11, 2026 at 9:31 PM
For the record, we saw this shit early in romance, too. There’s a reason @devinharnois.bsky.social had to make a button saying something like “M/M is for gay men, too.”
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How healthy are Nova Scotians? Stats say 64 healthy years is the average for newborns
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
How healthy and long-lived are Nova Scotians? Stats say 64 healthy years is the average for newborns
New healthy living stats are 'a more complete picture of population health than life expectancy alone'
www.saltwire.com
January 10, 2026 at 11:00 AM
How healthy are Nova Scotians? Stats say 64 healthy years is the average for newborns
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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A group of young kestrels is startled by the presence of a butterfly. 🤣🤣🤣
January 9, 2026 at 5:36 PM
A group of young kestrels is startled by the presence of a butterfly. 🤣🤣🤣