Esthi Zipori
@esthizipori.bsky.social
Lover of streets, cats, and pasta.
Postdoc researcher at UBC SCARP. Opinions are my own. Post automobility, futures & systems
Postdoc researcher at UBC SCARP. Opinions are my own. Post automobility, futures & systems
Brilliant
Probably one of the best road safety adverts from TfL.
If you've never seen it before - I can guarantee you will watch it twice.
If you've never seen it before - I can guarantee you will watch it twice.
January 8, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Brilliant
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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I'm so fucking tired of so many people being killed in traffic crashes. I'm so fucking tired but I'm also so, so fucking angry.
I use obscene language because what is obscene is over 40,000 people/year dying in preventable crashes in the US, 7,000 or so who are merely walking, and society just 🤷🏻♀️
I use obscene language because what is obscene is over 40,000 people/year dying in preventable crashes in the US, 7,000 or so who are merely walking, and society just 🤷🏻♀️
December 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I'm so fucking tired of so many people being killed in traffic crashes. I'm so fucking tired but I'm also so, so fucking angry.
I use obscene language because what is obscene is over 40,000 people/year dying in preventable crashes in the US, 7,000 or so who are merely walking, and society just 🤷🏻♀️
I use obscene language because what is obscene is over 40,000 people/year dying in preventable crashes in the US, 7,000 or so who are merely walking, and society just 🤷🏻♀️
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A sad day for cyclists. Bill 60 - which prohibits the conversion of motor vehicle lanes to bike lanes (or any other prescribed purpose) - has passed Third Reading this morning which will kill various cycling projects in Toronto & across Ontario. #shame #BikeTO #BikeSky #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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💫 New panelist alert! We're thrilled to have @tomflood.bsky.social joining @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @thewaroncars.bsky.social THIS SATURDAY for Life After Cars in downtown Vancouver, hosted by the incredible @uytaelee.bsky.social.
A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
💫 New panelist alert! We're thrilled to have @tomflood.bsky.social joining @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @thewaroncars.bsky.social THIS SATURDAY for Life After Cars in downtown Vancouver, hosted by the incredible @uytaelee.bsky.social.
A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
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EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
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1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.
Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.
Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.
Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To
After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.
Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.
Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.
Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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I promise you, you’re not enraged enough about this horrific killing and maiming. The killer has no driver’s license, no insurance, and his vehicle was registered in Mississippi, but he managed to drive it through Manhattan during UN week with a novelty souvenir back plate.
German tourist killed in grisly hit-and-run was in NYC celebrating wedding anniversary with husband
Alexandra Sabine Lewalter Maric, 50, took a luxury cruise to New York with her husband, 55-year-old Udo Lewalter, for their 23rd anniversary – only to meet with tragedy, friend Udo Meixer said.
nypost.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I promise you, you’re not enraged enough about this horrific killing and maiming. The killer has no driver’s license, no insurance, and his vehicle was registered in Mississippi, but he managed to drive it through Manhattan during UN week with a novelty souvenir back plate.
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Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dutch late night TV has its take
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A 1937 photography project that aimed to illuminate the impacts of the Great Depression instead whitewashed the experience of rural America. Now, the once-excluded photos of Black Southerners will finally be displayed.
Reclaiming a Whitewashed History of the Great Depression
A new exhibition focuses on Black Southerners documented by photographers like Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and Ben Shahn.
hyperallergic.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A 1937 photography project that aimed to illuminate the impacts of the Great Depression instead whitewashed the experience of rural America. Now, the once-excluded photos of Black Southerners will finally be displayed.
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We're so excited to be hosting @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast hosts Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear for a conversation about their new book, Life After Cars!
6:30pm, Sat Nov 8th, Downtown Vancouver
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/life-after-cars/
6:30pm, Sat Nov 8th, Downtown Vancouver
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/life-after-cars/
Life After Cars
Vision Zero Vancouver proudly presents Life After Cars live in Vancouver with The War on Cars hosts Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear, and Vancouver City Councilor Lucy Maloney. Date: Saturday, Novemb…
visionzerovancouver.ca
August 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
We're so excited to be hosting @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast hosts Doug Gordon and Sarah Goodyear for a conversation about their new book, Life After Cars!
6:30pm, Sat Nov 8th, Downtown Vancouver
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/life-after-cars/
6:30pm, Sat Nov 8th, Downtown Vancouver
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/life-after-cars/
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Gazans are starving
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/gazans-are...
(And a reminder since there will be people who try to change the narrative of this cartoon: Criticizing the Israeli government and its policies is not antisemitic)
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/gazans-are...
(And a reminder since there will be people who try to change the narrative of this cartoon: Criticizing the Israeli government and its policies is not antisemitic)
July 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Gazans are starving
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/gazans-are...
(And a reminder since there will be people who try to change the narrative of this cartoon: Criticizing the Israeli government and its policies is not antisemitic)
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/gazans-are...
(And a reminder since there will be people who try to change the narrative of this cartoon: Criticizing the Israeli government and its policies is not antisemitic)
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Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds
A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.
thenextweb.com
July 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
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Tesla engineer admits Tesla didn’t maintain Autopilot crash records amid trial over fatal crash
Tesla engineer admits Tesla didn’t maintain Autopilot crash records amid trial over fatal crash
A Tesla engineer admitted in court that Tesla didn’t maintain Autopilot crash records before 2018, 3 years after launching the ADAS system, in a trial over the death of a bystander in a crash involving Autopilot.
more…
electrek.co
July 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Tesla engineer admits Tesla didn’t maintain Autopilot crash records amid trial over fatal crash
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"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
www.theatlantic.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:31 AM
"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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This political cartoon by Aislin was censored by the (Postmedia/U.S. hedge fund-owned) Montréal Gazette.
July 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This political cartoon by Aislin was censored by the (Postmedia/U.S. hedge fund-owned) Montréal Gazette.
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"The Nazis... imagined their targets would self-deport. Once the myth of self-deportation collapsed, they turned to more punitive measures. On Tuesday, Noem similarly noted the Everglades camp was meant to frighten immigrants into self-deporting. 'If you don’t,' she said, 'you may end up here.'"
Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.
This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.
www.msnbc.com
July 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"The Nazis... imagined their targets would self-deport. Once the myth of self-deportation collapsed, they turned to more punitive measures. On Tuesday, Noem similarly noted the Everglades camp was meant to frighten immigrants into self-deporting. 'If you don’t,' she said, 'you may end up here.'"
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Mark Carney’s decision to rescind Canada’s digital services tax is a cowardly move that shows Trump he can be pressured into making trade concessions.
It also shows how much Carney is willing to give into corporate demands, and particular those of the tech industry.
It also shows how much Carney is willing to give into corporate demands, and particular those of the tech industry.
Mark Carney caves to Trump and the tech industry
Canada’s decision to rescind its digital services tax shows it’s “elbows down” in US trade talks
www.disconnect.blog
June 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Mark Carney’s decision to rescind Canada’s digital services tax is a cowardly move that shows Trump he can be pressured into making trade concessions.
It also shows how much Carney is willing to give into corporate demands, and particular those of the tech industry.
It also shows how much Carney is willing to give into corporate demands, and particular those of the tech industry.
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Sound of Music is Critical Mass
Taking the whole ROAD ✔️
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
Textbook radical anti-car cyclists.
Distracted (singing) ✔️
No helmets ✔️
No lights ✔️
No reflective vests ✔️
Riding in a pack ✔️
Textbook radical anti-car cyclists.
May 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Sound of Music is Critical Mass
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“Starting today, adults are no longer permitted to be unique or to deviate from a narrow set of cultural norms while in the presence of a minor,” Gov. Greg Abbott said
theonion.com/texas-b...
theonion.com/texas-b...
Texas Bans Being Different Around Children
AUSTIN, TX—In a landmark piece of legislation designed to stifle individuality across the state, the Texas Legislature passed a bill Friday that legally banned being different around children. “Starting today, adults are no longer permitted to be unique or to deviate from a narrow set of cultural norms while in the presence of a minor,” Gov. […]
theonion.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“Starting today, adults are no longer permitted to be unique or to deviate from a narrow set of cultural norms while in the presence of a minor,” Gov. Greg Abbott said
theonion.com/texas-b...
theonion.com/texas-b...
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I don't get how anyone can possibly be okay with ending the WHI. This study has accrued decades of data from 42000 women and it is still going. It helps to address critical research gaps that have been allowed to go unfilled because of durable misogyny and provides invaluable insight into aging.
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I don't get how anyone can possibly be okay with ending the WHI. This study has accrued decades of data from 42000 women and it is still going. It helps to address critical research gaps that have been allowed to go unfilled because of durable misogyny and provides invaluable insight into aging.
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📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
April 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
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"This can help planners focus dollars on filling in the gaps...to better serve everyone in the community."
See APA's review of "When Driving is Not an Option", published in 2024: www.planning.org/planning/202...
Hear from the author, Anna Zivarts, at PSU on April 30: trec.pdx.edu/events/ann-n...
See APA's review of "When Driving is Not an Option", published in 2024: www.planning.org/planning/202...
Hear from the author, Anna Zivarts, at PSU on April 30: trec.pdx.edu/events/ann-n...
When Driving is Not an Option
It’s time to recognize and listen to the 25 percent of the U.S. population that doesn’t drive, says author Anna Letitia Zivarts.
www.planning.org
April 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"This can help planners focus dollars on filling in the gaps...to better serve everyone in the community."
See APA's review of "When Driving is Not an Option", published in 2024: www.planning.org/planning/202...
Hear from the author, Anna Zivarts, at PSU on April 30: trec.pdx.edu/events/ann-n...
See APA's review of "When Driving is Not an Option", published in 2024: www.planning.org/planning/202...
Hear from the author, Anna Zivarts, at PSU on April 30: trec.pdx.edu/events/ann-n...
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My ballot: Lander, Mamdani, Myrie, Ramos, Blake. YMMV, but don't rank Eric Adams or Andrew Cuomo.
One of the best things you can do right now is to tell everyone you know how ranked-choice voting works, why they need to fill in all five spots, and why it's important to leave Adams and Cuomo out.
One of the best things you can do right now is to tell everyone you know how ranked-choice voting works, why they need to fill in all five spots, and why it's important to leave Adams and Cuomo out.
NYC progressives want to beat Adams and Cuomo. Can they set aside their differences?
The path to victory means that left-leaning voters — and mayoral candidates — must coalesce around a slate of five choices.
gothamist.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
My ballot: Lander, Mamdani, Myrie, Ramos, Blake. YMMV, but don't rank Eric Adams or Andrew Cuomo.
One of the best things you can do right now is to tell everyone you know how ranked-choice voting works, why they need to fill in all five spots, and why it's important to leave Adams and Cuomo out.
One of the best things you can do right now is to tell everyone you know how ranked-choice voting works, why they need to fill in all five spots, and why it's important to leave Adams and Cuomo out.
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We are beyond excited to announce that Virginia has just made history by passing HB2096, the #StopSuperSpeeders bill—the first of its kind in the nation at the state level! 🎉
March 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We are beyond excited to announce that Virginia has just made history by passing HB2096, the #StopSuperSpeeders bill—the first of its kind in the nation at the state level! 🎉