Zoe Selena
@zoeselena.bsky.social
Baby, buses, books, getting mad about zoning laws. I used to be American but now I’m Canadian
Vancouver,BC
Vancouver,BC
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Ok hell yeah. Some kid (presumably) put their whole ass into this public education campaign. I’ve seen multiple stapled on poles near my house. I love the energy.
November 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Ok hell yeah. Some kid (presumably) put their whole ass into this public education campaign. I’ve seen multiple stapled on poles near my house. I love the energy.
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Innovative juvenile corrections program is growing roots. Story via The Cap Times.
Innovative juvenile corrections program is growing roots
The Grow Academy near Fitchburg hopes to expand its program for boys as evidence shows the alternative to incarceration works.
captimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Innovative juvenile corrections program is growing roots. Story via The Cap Times.
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This is a small snow plow for sidewalks
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is a small snow plow for sidewalks
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
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Mamdani will win even harder if he promises that he will hire Adams on to just give daily press conferences where he can ramble about rat Jedis and how telekinesis is a problem in the dog community and such
September 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Mamdani will win even harder if he promises that he will hire Adams on to just give daily press conferences where he can ramble about rat Jedis and how telekinesis is a problem in the dog community and such
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You can't enable emergency services with narrow bike lanes. Build them wide and eliminate the gridlock caused by the inefficient geometry of cars in cities.
Les pompiers passent très bien sur la VL2👌
September 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
You can't enable emergency services with narrow bike lanes. Build them wide and eliminate the gridlock caused by the inefficient geometry of cars in cities.
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[BILL ALERT] SB 79, which broadly legalizes more homes near high quality transit stops, has passed the Senate floor! The bill is now on the Governor’s desk. Learn more: cayimby.org/legislation/...
SB 79 (Wiener): Transit-Oriented Development and Upzoning
SB 79 will make it faster and easier to build multi-family housing near transit stops, like train and rapid bus lines, by making it legal for more homes to be built in these areas and streamlining exi...
cayimby.org
September 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
[BILL ALERT] SB 79, which broadly legalizes more homes near high quality transit stops, has passed the Senate floor! The bill is now on the Governor’s desk. Learn more: cayimby.org/legislation/...
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I had a professor of Jewish Studies at UChicago who made the administration very angry because every year he made a proposal for the university to create an on-campus memorial to the worldwide victims of the UChicago economics department.
August 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I had a professor of Jewish Studies at UChicago who made the administration very angry because every year he made a proposal for the university to create an on-campus memorial to the worldwide victims of the UChicago economics department.
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People get tired if you post about “banning cars” all the time, so I try to balance it with lighter topics like “here’s a wonderful thing we can all enjoy if we ban cars.”
Cars create dead space in cities. Brussels is learning it’s better to fill that space with life.
August 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
People get tired if you post about “banning cars” all the time, so I try to balance it with lighter topics like “here’s a wonderful thing we can all enjoy if we ban cars.”
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BREAKING: A new experiment in Philly shows cash rental assistance slashed homelessness rates by 57–67%.
August 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
BREAKING: A new experiment in Philly shows cash rental assistance slashed homelessness rates by 57–67%.
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[writing the constitution]
Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"
Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that
Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"
Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that
Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
August 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
[writing the constitution]
Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"
Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that
Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
Benjamin Franklin: Write down "no dumb fucks as president"
Alexander Hamilton: Stop saying that
Benjamin Franklin: I'm tellin' you. You're gonna regret not writing that down
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this is The Way
The entire substance of the Senakw zoning bylaw is less than half a page
partii-partiii.fng.ca/fng-gpn-ii-i...
partii-partiii.fng.ca/fng-gpn-ii-i...
August 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
this is The Way
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Tired of waitlists for EVERYTHING in Vancouver?
The issue: Structural ageism.
The solution: Organize, write, call, show up, be loud in between elections! And join us at! #vanpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #ageism www.vanmag.com/city/general...
The issue: Structural ageism.
The solution: Organize, write, call, show up, be loud in between elections! And join us at! #vanpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #ageism www.vanmag.com/city/general...
The Waitlist Generation: Why Vancouver Parents Are Competing for Spots in Everything from Day Camp to Swim Lessons - Vancouver Magazine
Thanks to a scarcity of family resources, Vancouver parents of all income levels are fighting for “everything.” Is there a solution in sight?
www.vanmag.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Tired of waitlists for EVERYTHING in Vancouver?
The issue: Structural ageism.
The solution: Organize, write, call, show up, be loud in between elections! And join us at! #vanpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #ageism www.vanmag.com/city/general...
The issue: Structural ageism.
The solution: Organize, write, call, show up, be loud in between elections! And join us at! #vanpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #ageism www.vanmag.com/city/general...
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I think it would be wise to make this elected Democratic discussion on the fossil fuel industry and electricity costs related to Republicans' anti-science agenda go viral.
Curious about tiktok edits anyway #EnergySky:
youtu.be/VN9OaaKHH5Q?...
Curious about tiktok edits anyway #EnergySky:
youtu.be/VN9OaaKHH5Q?...
Sens. Whitehouse and Heinrich Explain How the GOP Budget Bill Will Raise Your Energy Prices
YouTube video by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
youtu.be
August 7, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I think it would be wise to make this elected Democratic discussion on the fossil fuel industry and electricity costs related to Republicans' anti-science agenda go viral.
Curious about tiktok edits anyway #EnergySky:
youtu.be/VN9OaaKHH5Q?...
Curious about tiktok edits anyway #EnergySky:
youtu.be/VN9OaaKHH5Q?...
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Most North American cities that have a “Vision Zero” declaration have not actually done the work. Vision Zero works, but it’s not going to happen if we’re too afraid to inconvenience a single motorist.
“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.”
City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.
I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero
City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.
I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero
Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
yle.fi
July 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Most North American cities that have a “Vision Zero” declaration have not actually done the work. Vision Zero works, but it’s not going to happen if we’re too afraid to inconvenience a single motorist.
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Reem Badwan was killed at 3 years old.
Khaled Nabhan held up the lifeless body of his 3-year-old granddaughter, Reem, kissed her eyes and called her the “soul of my soul.” She was killed in a strike alongside her brother, Tariq, 5, in November 2023. wapo.st/3UCiAjn
Khaled Nabhan held up the lifeless body of his 3-year-old granddaughter, Reem, kissed her eyes and called her the “soul of my soul.” She was killed in a strike alongside her brother, Tariq, 5, in November 2023. wapo.st/3UCiAjn
July 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Reem Badwan was killed at 3 years old.
Khaled Nabhan held up the lifeless body of his 3-year-old granddaughter, Reem, kissed her eyes and called her the “soul of my soul.” She was killed in a strike alongside her brother, Tariq, 5, in November 2023. wapo.st/3UCiAjn
Khaled Nabhan held up the lifeless body of his 3-year-old granddaughter, Reem, kissed her eyes and called her the “soul of my soul.” She was killed in a strike alongside her brother, Tariq, 5, in November 2023. wapo.st/3UCiAjn
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A new paper by Vincent Rollet at MIT replicates Li's 2022 finding that new construction reduces rents within a 500-foot radius in NYC vrollet.github.io/files/city_s...
July 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
A new paper by Vincent Rollet at MIT replicates Li's 2022 finding that new construction reduces rents within a 500-foot radius in NYC vrollet.github.io/files/city_s...
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The subway risk chart you've been waiting for (Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is where Sean Duffy is from). Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
July 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The subway risk chart you've been waiting for (Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is where Sean Duffy is from). Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Coming as I do from a BBC comedy background, I have a shitload of suggestions for how to make great television programmes more cheaply (such as not budgeting them at $10m+ per episode) none of which anyone is interested in.
They don’t want cheaper TV. They want cheaper people.
They don’t want cheaper TV. They want cheaper people.
Netflix boss Ted Sarandos says they used generative AI for the first time to cut costs on their sci-fi show 'The Eternaut'
"AI represents an incredible opportunity to help creators make films and series better — not just cheaper"
"AI represents an incredible opportunity to help creators make films and series better — not just cheaper"
July 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Coming as I do from a BBC comedy background, I have a shitload of suggestions for how to make great television programmes more cheaply (such as not budgeting them at $10m+ per episode) none of which anyone is interested in.
They don’t want cheaper TV. They want cheaper people.
They don’t want cheaper TV. They want cheaper people.
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Our campaign is calling on the city to implement *immediate* safety improvements on Rainier. There have been 1,500 injury and fatality crashes on this street over the last decade. This is unacceptable. South Seattle deserves safe streets.
July 15, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Our campaign is calling on the city to implement *immediate* safety improvements on Rainier. There have been 1,500 injury and fatality crashes on this street over the last decade. This is unacceptable. South Seattle deserves safe streets.
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Gavin Newsom Sits Down For Podcast With Serial Killer Who Targets Homeless
Gavin Newsom Sits Down For Podcast With Serial Killer Who Targets Homeless
SACRAMENTO, CA—Promising his podcast listeners an engaging and enlightening conversation, California Gov. Gavin Newsom reportedly sat down Tuesday with a serial killer who targets the homeless populat...
theonion.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Gavin Newsom Sits Down For Podcast With Serial Killer Who Targets Homeless
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It is becoming increasingly unpleasant to be the customer of a giant corporation in the United States.
Every new technology seems to be used to further protect corporations from the rage of their customers, thus allowing the management to care less.
Thread 1/
Every new technology seems to be used to further protect corporations from the rage of their customers, thus allowing the management to care less.
Thread 1/
July 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It is becoming increasingly unpleasant to be the customer of a giant corporation in the United States.
Every new technology seems to be used to further protect corporations from the rage of their customers, thus allowing the management to care less.
Thread 1/
Every new technology seems to be used to further protect corporations from the rage of their customers, thus allowing the management to care less.
Thread 1/
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There's something called the Autocrat's Dilemma--autocracies are by nature inefficient because the main qualification for civil servants is loyalty, not competence. This is exacerbated by the autocrat's tendency to play his government departments against each other as they all compete for his favor.
July 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
There's something called the Autocrat's Dilemma--autocracies are by nature inefficient because the main qualification for civil servants is loyalty, not competence. This is exacerbated by the autocrat's tendency to play his government departments against each other as they all compete for his favor.
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"Because reactionary centrists do not really have values, they struggle to understand the motivations of those who do."
www.thebulwark.com/p/when-moder...
www.thebulwark.com/p/when-moder...
When Moderation Becomes Appeasement
If your chief goal is to find a middle ground with the far right on social issues, you’ll end up condoning its values—just ask Keir Starmer.
www.thebulwark.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"Because reactionary centrists do not really have values, they struggle to understand the motivations of those who do."
www.thebulwark.com/p/when-moder...
www.thebulwark.com/p/when-moder...