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really interesting article on active transit: Beyond Copenhagen: Walking & cycling success stories from cities worldwide escholarship.org/uc/item/7194...
Beyond Copenhagen: Walking & cycling success stories from cities worldwide
Author(s): Millard-Ball, Adam; Reginald, Monisha; Yusuf, Yasmina; Bian, Christopher; Ng, Willa | Abstract: Walking and cycling are the ultimate in sustainable transportation. From a societal perspecti...
escholarship.org
June 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
really interesting article on active transit: Beyond Copenhagen: Walking & cycling success stories from cities worldwide escholarship.org/uc/item/7194...
Get Ready To Pay In ZuckBucks www.levernews.com/get-ready-to...
Get Ready To Pay In ZuckBucks
The GENIUS Act isn’t just a crypto giveaway — it could turn tech giants into unregulated banks.
www.levernews.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Get Ready To Pay In ZuckBucks www.levernews.com/get-ready-to...
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Some of the study results suggest that we are “seeing fundamental changes to the environments around us.”
from @theguardian.com via @climatedesk.org
from @theguardian.com via @climatedesk.org
Bird populations are declining all across North America
They are "like the canary in the coal mine," one researcher cautions.
www.motherjones.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Some of the study results suggest that we are “seeing fundamental changes to the environments around us.”
from @theguardian.com via @climatedesk.org
from @theguardian.com via @climatedesk.org
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Let’s not kid ourselves: the election results show Canada is in great danger www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by me.
Let's not kid ourselves: the election results show Canada is in great danger - Halifax Examiner
Forty-one percent of my fellow citizens voted for the politics of fear and resentment.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
April 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Let’s not kid ourselves: the election results show Canada is in great danger www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by me.
Cloud security analyst says Canada’s reliance on American cloud services is a national vulnerability www.halifaxexaminer.ca/world/canada...
Cloud security analyst says Canada’s reliance on American cloud services is a national vulnerability - Halifax Examiner
An Ontario-based cloud security analyst says the services Canada uses to store data could be a a serious vulnerability to its sovereignty. Most Canadian data is stored on public cloud services, like M...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
April 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Cloud security analyst says Canada’s reliance on American cloud services is a national vulnerability www.halifaxexaminer.ca/world/canada...
Disturbing ICE actions on the Amtrak train Empire Builder within Havre, Montana, 200 miles from the Canadian border. The Empire Builder is a domestic train. ICE agents questioning train passengers about their citizenship, shades of fascist Germany . . www.havredailynews.com/story/2025/0...
ICE questions Amtrak passengers in Havre about citizenship
Updated at 12:50 p.m. Thursday, April 17, 2025 A judge and attorney from North Dakota said today that he was one of possibly all the passengers on an Amtrak Empire Builder train questioned by Immigrat...
www.havredailynews.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Disturbing ICE actions on the Amtrak train Empire Builder within Havre, Montana, 200 miles from the Canadian border. The Empire Builder is a domestic train. ICE agents questioning train passengers about their citizenship, shades of fascist Germany . . www.havredailynews.com/story/2025/0...
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I blame Woody Allen personally for the increase in pedestrian deaths www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by me
I blame Woody Allen personally for the increase in pedestrian deaths - Halifax Examiner
Every U.S. state adopted right turn on red by 1980. I don't know when right turn on red came to Nova Scotia, but Ontario adopted its right-on-red law in 1984.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
April 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I blame Woody Allen personally for the increase in pedestrian deaths www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by me
Denmark needs to rethink its multilateral engagement - www.diis.dk/en/research/...
Denmark needs to rethink its multilateral engagement
www.diis.dk
April 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Denmark needs to rethink its multilateral engagement - www.diis.dk/en/research/...
Anyone know whether there is going to be a Hands Off Protest on Saturday April 5th in front of the US Consulate in Halifax? It would seem to be a good reminder that Donald Trump and Musk need to keep their hands off Social Secuirty, expat's rights to vote and off of Canada.
April 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Anyone know whether there is going to be a Hands Off Protest on Saturday April 5th in front of the US Consulate in Halifax? It would seem to be a good reminder that Donald Trump and Musk need to keep their hands off Social Secuirty, expat's rights to vote and off of Canada.
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‘It’s just dumb': Hillary Clinton slams Trump administration on Signalgate.
'It’s just dumb': Hillary Clinton slams Trump administration on Signalgate
The op-ed in The New York Times called the Signalgate controversy dangerous and “dumb.”
www.politico.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
‘It’s just dumb': Hillary Clinton slams Trump administration on Signalgate.
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BREAKING: DOGE is starting to put together a team to migrate the SSA's computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk.
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
www.wired.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
BREAKING: DOGE is starting to put together a team to migrate the SSA's computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk.
Fossil Record www.monbiot.com/2025/03/07/f...
Fossil Record
Could Trump and Musk be seeking to end our time on Earth?
www.monbiot.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Fossil Record www.monbiot.com/2025/03/07/f...
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The process of completing assigned coursework helps students develop a crucial skill: the power of clear thinking. The trouble with generative AI, writes author Troy Jollimore, is that it short-circuits that process entirely. thewalrus.ca/i-used-to-teach-...
March 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The process of completing assigned coursework helps students develop a crucial skill: the power of clear thinking. The trouble with generative AI, writes author Troy Jollimore, is that it short-circuits that process entirely. thewalrus.ca/i-used-to-teach-...
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Recycled Virgin, by @dabble58.bsky.social, our first book. "The former Blessed Virgin Mary has had enough. She's spent the past two thousand years looking after others, only to find that her true story has been erased." eBook and paperback, available online. #booksky #mariology
March 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Recycled Virgin, by @dabble58.bsky.social, our first book. "The former Blessed Virgin Mary has had enough. She's spent the past two thousand years looking after others, only to find that her true story has been erased." eBook and paperback, available online. #booksky #mariology