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A menace to society. Abolish_This on bird app. Kjipuktuk, Mi'kmaki. He/him
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Did this trip for the 3rd time today and I love it so much. It feels like a bit of faff to load/unload my wheelchair to go for a short stroll, but it’s also nothing compared to the headache of driving downtown and looking for parking.
I love my mobility options!
I love my mobility options!
One of my first tweets as bike mayor was about how my bike is my mobility aid. Some old crank replied that I can’t be disabled if I ride a bike. Anyway, I achieved peak mobility aid today when I transported my electric wheelchair on my e-trike so I could *finally* enjoy Halifax’s Public Gardens.
September 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Did this trip for the 3rd time today and I love it so much. It feels like a bit of faff to load/unload my wheelchair to go for a short stroll, but it’s also nothing compared to the headache of driving downtown and looking for parking.
I love my mobility options!
I love my mobility options!
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Israeli import records state Canada continues to supply ammunition and military parts to Israel. And we have no trade sanctions in place.
Write your MP
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Write your MP
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Four journalists among 15 dead in Israeli strike on hospital, Gaza officials say
The strikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis are said to have killed journalists working for international media.
www.bbc.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Israeli import records state Canada continues to supply ammunition and military parts to Israel. And we have no trade sanctions in place.
Write your MP
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Write your MP
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Nature Nova Scotia’s posts from today:
August 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Nature Nova Scotia’s posts from today:
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The province: We don't need the coastal protection act because cities will protect coasts.
Halifax: We're gonna protect the coast.
The province: How about go fuck yourself.
Halifax: We're gonna protect the coast.
The province: How about go fuck yourself.
August 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The province: We don't need the coastal protection act because cities will protect coasts.
Halifax: We're gonna protect the coast.
The province: How about go fuck yourself.
Halifax: We're gonna protect the coast.
The province: How about go fuck yourself.
Current fire-closure status: we don't 100% know if COLT closed, BLT is closed, I called 311 to ask about e.g. the Barrington St greenway & they said they've been getting a lot of calls and they have no idea, and their only advice they can give is to not try anything until the province says something
August 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Current fire-closure status: we don't 100% know if COLT closed, BLT is closed, I called 311 to ask about e.g. the Barrington St greenway & they said they've been getting a lot of calls and they have no idea, and their only advice they can give is to not try anything until the province says something
The logical conclusion to continually wasting money harrumphing about why bike lanes cost money
Purdy, who doesn't like when the city wastes money, wants to hold a plebecite on Morris street (not even a referendum!)
August 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The logical conclusion to continually wasting money harrumphing about why bike lanes cost money
Taking Morris slower every day. Feels good to not hurry, actually
One note on this, the motion is gooing to look for alternative routes for bike riders, but bike riders can still legally ride in car lanes so a lot of us, especially folks like me, won't use shit alterntatives and will continue to slow down truck traffic on Morris.
August 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Taking Morris slower every day. Feels good to not hurry, actually
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You can’t have a “good working relationship” with someone who is operating on threats.
He says they need to re-establish a good working relationship with the province and that is why he’ll support the rescission.
August 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
You can’t have a “good working relationship” with someone who is operating on threats.
The Canadian government responded to its own news of an upcoming pause on permits for weapons exports to Israel by fast-tracking those permits to bridge the pause without a gap in continuous shipments.
armsembargonow.ca/report/
armsembargonow.ca/report/
Arms Embargo Now!
Canada’s secret arms trade with Israel, exposed: This hard-hitting report exposes the damning data—hundreds of shipments, hundreds of thousands of bullets—and the Canadian government’s web of lies tha...
armsembargonow.ca
July 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The Canadian government responded to its own news of an upcoming pause on permits for weapons exports to Israel by fast-tracking those permits to bridge the pause without a gap in continuous shipments.
armsembargonow.ca/report/
armsembargonow.ca/report/
If you don't know the news about Chris Smalls right now, I recommend looking that one up. I'm really not sure what kind of radical thing I can say about this that's not already obvious
July 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
If you don't know the news about Chris Smalls right now, I recommend looking that one up. I'm really not sure what kind of radical thing I can say about this that's not already obvious
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The universe is an unjust and cold place, but it does have incredible comedic timing some days.
(This is the street the province declared all of four days ago must remain open to two-way traffic, or else the provincial economy will spiral to nothing).
(This is the street the province declared all of four days ago must remain open to two-way traffic, or else the provincial economy will spiral to nothing).
Morris has been reduced to one lane for water work. I assume the port has shut down and ambulances are refusing to even try answering calls in the area.
July 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The universe is an unjust and cold place, but it does have incredible comedic timing some days.
(This is the street the province declared all of four days ago must remain open to two-way traffic, or else the provincial economy will spiral to nothing).
(This is the street the province declared all of four days ago must remain open to two-way traffic, or else the provincial economy will spiral to nothing).
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Really really do this! Especially if you have a PC MLA! Even one in cabinet or a “safe” PC seat! The more noise MLAs hear about how bad this looks & how much people hate it the more nervous they’re going to get. Houston & Fillmore are relying on creating the impression that everyone’s on their side.
Think the strong mayor concept is bullshit? Write your MLA, Premier Houston and Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing John Lohr, urging them to abandon "strong mayor" powers
ecologyaction.ca/NoMoreBS-ns-...
(I screenshotted the photo from the @halifaxexaminer.ca I hope that's okay.)
ecologyaction.ca/NoMoreBS-ns-...
(I screenshotted the photo from the @halifaxexaminer.ca I hope that's okay.)
July 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Really really do this! Especially if you have a PC MLA! Even one in cabinet or a “safe” PC seat! The more noise MLAs hear about how bad this looks & how much people hate it the more nervous they’re going to get. Houston & Fillmore are relying on creating the impression that everyone’s on their side.
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Folks… it’s time for the internet to show up: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
July 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Folks… it’s time for the internet to show up: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Critical Mass is back! FRIDAY JULY 25.
Meet at Grand Parade (City Hall) 6:00pm, rolling out at 6:30
Meet at Grand Parade (City Hall) 6:00pm, rolling out at 6:30
July 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Critical Mass is back! FRIDAY JULY 25.
Meet at Grand Parade (City Hall) 6:00pm, rolling out at 6:30
Meet at Grand Parade (City Hall) 6:00pm, rolling out at 6:30
You know, if the province just decided they were going to flatten the entire city to turn it into roads and parking lots, at least then it would be over. But council getting threats over and over again from the premier over a single fucking bike lane that's been approved multiple times since 2014...
July 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
You know, if the province just decided they were going to flatten the entire city to turn it into roads and parking lots, at least then it would be over. But council getting threats over and over again from the premier over a single fucking bike lane that's been approved multiple times since 2014...
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"Places that allow for children’s play can create dynamic neighbourhoods, intergenerational encounters, and meaningful participation in urban spaces – if only we let it happen."
This is about kids and play, but it's also about all of us. We all need places to connect with other people.
This is about kids and play, but it's also about all of us. We all need places to connect with other people.
Alarming finding from case studies of urban play projects.
“Because of a range of aggressive behaviour from adults, children’s use of streets and public spaces were consistently restricted. A common statement from dissenters was ‘children can go elsewhere.’ The reality is they can’t.”
“Because of a range of aggressive behaviour from adults, children’s use of streets and public spaces were consistently restricted. A common statement from dissenters was ‘children can go elsewhere.’ The reality is they can’t.”
How to give children the freedom to play all across the city – not just in playgrounds
Play should be promoted in cities to bolster children’s right to play anywhere.
theconversation.com
July 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
"Places that allow for children’s play can create dynamic neighbourhoods, intergenerational encounters, and meaningful participation in urban spaces – if only we let it happen."
This is about kids and play, but it's also about all of us. We all need places to connect with other people.
This is about kids and play, but it's also about all of us. We all need places to connect with other people.
They just showed up with security and told the shelter they have 30 minutes to pack up and get out. The whole shelter. All operations, everything. No warning.
Just when you think the Nova Scotian provincial government can’t get any worse
'We didn't see this coming,' says shelter operator dropped by province | CBC News
Out of the Cold, which abruptly lost its contract with the province to run two shelters in the Halifax area, says it was caught off guard and is left speculating about the reasons why.
www.cbc.ca
July 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
They just showed up with security and told the shelter they have 30 minutes to pack up and get out. The whole shelter. All operations, everything. No warning.
People who don't drive are causing too many cars to be on the road so we need to be punished by changing the structure of our democracy to allow someone to take away a minor piece of infrastructure that doesn't exist
Asked what problem he's trying to solve by considering strong mayor powers, Tim Houston says: "traffic," and specifically faults the one-waying of Morris Street.
July 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
People who don't drive are causing too many cars to be on the road so we need to be punished by changing the structure of our democracy to allow someone to take away a minor piece of infrastructure that doesn't exist
We need to apply the brakes to avoid driving off a cliff, but that'll be a sudden jolt so we don't want to go crazy and brake quite yet
Cuttell asked how we're gonna have enough money because there's a lot of needed money, and not a lot of money going in to the reserve funds.
Staff say we can raise taxes or what have you, but it'd be a large increase due to the unsustainability of Halifax, so we didn't want to go crazy to start
Staff say we can raise taxes or what have you, but it'd be a large increase due to the unsustainability of Halifax, so we didn't want to go crazy to start
July 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We need to apply the brakes to avoid driving off a cliff, but that'll be a sudden jolt so we don't want to go crazy and brake quite yet
Poll: would you allow your hypothetical 5-year-old to bike on the existing parts of the bike network that are "tactical" (i.e., flexposts)?
Steele is asking if the tactical would be AAA? Yes say staff.
July 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Poll: would you allow your hypothetical 5-year-old to bike on the existing parts of the bike network that are "tactical" (i.e., flexposts)?
So in my previous thing where I said maybe Hendsbee didn't hear the person talking about having someone die in the arms in a painted bike lane, I guess I underestimated the possibility that Hendsbee loves brutal killings
David Hendsbee is now asking why children on bikes need to be protected from large trucks
July 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
So in my previous thing where I said maybe Hendsbee didn't hear the person talking about having someone die in the arms in a painted bike lane, I guess I underestimated the possibility that Hendsbee loves brutal killings
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As Hackney’s Cabinet Member for Transport, I delivered the largest number of LTNs in the U.K.
In return, I was abandoned by my colleagues, got deaths threats, and received the largest number of complaints of any Cllr in the U.K in 2020.
It was worth it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
In return, I was abandoned by my colleagues, got deaths threats, and received the largest number of complaints of any Cllr in the U.K in 2020.
It was worth it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’
Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
As Hackney’s Cabinet Member for Transport, I delivered the largest number of LTNs in the U.K.
In return, I was abandoned by my colleagues, got deaths threats, and received the largest number of complaints of any Cllr in the U.K in 2020.
It was worth it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
In return, I was abandoned by my colleagues, got deaths threats, and received the largest number of complaints of any Cllr in the U.K in 2020.
It was worth it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Proper bike infrastructure is accessibility infrastructure in so many critical ways
If you ever want feel-good tears, go read the reviews of electric tricycles.
There are so many great stories and photos of people regaining mobility, reconnecting with their spouse/friends/family, and just having fun.
There are so many great stories and photos of people regaining mobility, reconnecting with their spouse/friends/family, and just having fun.
July 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Proper bike infrastructure is accessibility infrastructure in so many critical ways