Étienne Lévesque
@etiennel.dev
Full stack web dev at Nexapp. Mainly interested in Elixir, gaming, ubanism and public/active transport.
@blond11516@hachyderm.io
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@blond11516@hachyderm.io
https://twitter.com/Blond11516
Get your "justifying trafic violence" bingo card ready, we got a strong one here!
- Dimly lit intersection
- Ped wearing dark clothing
- Driving near the speed limit
- Mostly cooperated with police
- Non-intoxicated
- Weak evidence that the light wasn't red despite video evidence showing it was
- Dimly lit intersection
- Ped wearing dark clothing
- Driving near the speed limit
- Mostly cooperated with police
- Non-intoxicated
- Weak evidence that the light wasn't red despite video evidence showing it was
This kind of reasoning drives me nuts. No, the driver did not set out to kill anyone with her car that night, but she did do something known to be incredibly dangerous with consequences anyone could have expected. Obviously she didn't intend to harm another person. But she also didn't intend not to.
December 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Get your "justifying trafic violence" bingo card ready, we got a strong one here!
- Dimly lit intersection
- Ped wearing dark clothing
- Driving near the speed limit
- Mostly cooperated with police
- Non-intoxicated
- Weak evidence that the light wasn't red despite video evidence showing it was
- Dimly lit intersection
- Ped wearing dark clothing
- Driving near the speed limit
- Mostly cooperated with police
- Non-intoxicated
- Weak evidence that the light wasn't red despite video evidence showing it was
La politique québécoise est bien triste en ce moment et malheureusement les 5 prochaines années ne s'annoncent pas roses non plus.
PSPP a appelé @titocurtis.bsky.social, un journaliste professionnel, sur son numéro personnel (que Chris ne lui a jamais donné, ils ne se sont jamais parlés avant) pour lui dire de retirer un tweet que le journaliste a écrit sur les politiques d'immigration du PQ.
therover.ca/opinion-the-...
therover.ca/opinion-the-...
Opinion: The Parti Québécois Has Become a Party of Cyberbullies under PSPP – The Rover
Sources describe online harassment, threats and professional reprisals following their public disagreements with the PQ leader.
therover.ca
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
La politique québécoise est bien triste en ce moment et malheureusement les 5 prochaines années ne s'annoncent pas roses non plus.
Je paye actuellement 10$/mois pour 6GB (avec 2 mois de rollover) chez Fizz (bonus inclus, minutes et textos à la carte). Déjà j'ai de la misère à imaginer ce que je ferais avec 20GB, 100 c'est juste absurde.
lp.ca/lMRlgN
lp.ca/lMRlgN
Téléphonie cellulaire | 90 % de votre facture payée dans le beurre | La Presse
Costco est le champion des formats géants qui se transforment parfois en achat insensé, parce qu’on est incapables de tout consommer à temps. Pensez à la barquette de mesclun à moitié mangé, mais déjà trop fripé. Ce gaspillage vous désole ? Il y a pire ! Si ça se trouve, chaque mois, 90 % de votre forfait cellulaire est payé dans le beurre.
lp.ca
November 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Je paye actuellement 10$/mois pour 6GB (avec 2 mois de rollover) chez Fizz (bonus inclus, minutes et textos à la carte). Déjà j'ai de la misère à imaginer ce que je ferais avec 20GB, 100 c'est juste absurde.
lp.ca/lMRlgN
lp.ca/lMRlgN
Jurer qu'un article de loi ne sera jamais appliqué mais refuser de le retirer, méchant gage de bonne foi...
Loi 2 | Québec recule sur la surveillance des médecins | La Presse share.google/QQdoeYX8V65t...
Loi 2 | Québec recule sur la surveillance des médecins | La Presse share.google/QQdoeYX8V65t...
Loi 2 | Québec recule sur la surveillance des médecins | La Presse
Dans l’espoir de ramener les fédérations médicales à la table de négociations, le gouvernement Legault fait marche arrière et jure qu’il n’appliquera pas de sanctions aux médecins qui diminueraient leur assiduité dans la foulée de la loi 2.
share.google
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Jurer qu'un article de loi ne sera jamais appliqué mais refuser de le retirer, méchant gage de bonne foi...
Loi 2 | Québec recule sur la surveillance des médecins | La Presse share.google/QQdoeYX8V65t...
Loi 2 | Québec recule sur la surveillance des médecins | La Presse share.google/QQdoeYX8V65t...
Passed my blue-green belt yesterday! After a year of doing karate I'm so happy I started. Most enjoyable way to work out for me, plus there's something uniquely rewarding about learning to do something with your body and seeing it become second nature.
🤜🫷
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October 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Passed my blue-green belt yesterday! After a year of doing karate I'm so happy I started. Most enjoyable way to work out for me, plus there's something uniquely rewarding about learning to do something with your body and seeing it become second nature.
🤜🫷
🤜🫷
Also worth noting that the photo uses much higher contrast on the "bright" side.
You know what actually has pretty good contrast? Someone wearing dark clothes in a well-lit, not dark environment.
You know what actually has pretty good contrast? Someone wearing dark clothes in a well-lit, not dark environment.
This is harmful not just because it's victim blaming, but that it creates a false equivalence in terms of the responsibility of drivers and pedestrians: "bright clothes, headlights on."
Drivers have *much more* responsibility to keep road users safe! And that includes not speeding.
Drivers have *much more* responsibility to keep road users safe! And that includes not speeding.
Hey Marylanders! Darker evenings don’t mean more danger on our roads. Just a little extra caution — bright clothes, headlights on — can make a huge difference.
Let’s keep each other safe. Be the difference!
Let’s keep each other safe. Be the difference!
October 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Also worth noting that the photo uses much higher contrast on the "bright" side.
You know what actually has pretty good contrast? Someone wearing dark clothes in a well-lit, not dark environment.
You know what actually has pretty good contrast? Someone wearing dark clothes in a well-lit, not dark environment.
J'espère que ça va inclure de l'argent pour la construction immobilière, parce que s'"adapater" aux changements climatiques va de plus en plus souvent vouloir dire "déménager", soit parce que ta maison est détruite, inhabitable, ou pas assurable.
Le gouvernement Legault veut mettre plus d'argent dans l'adaptation des citoyens aux impacts des changements climatiques et moins dans la réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre qui les causent, révèle un document du ministère de l’Environnement. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/219...
Québec change de stratégie face aux changements climatiques
Québec veut mettre plus d'argent dans l'adaptation plutôt que dans la lutte contre les changements climatiques, révèle un document ministériel.
ici.radio-canada.ca
October 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
J'espère que ça va inclure de l'argent pour la construction immobilière, parce que s'"adapater" aux changements climatiques va de plus en plus souvent vouloir dire "déménager", soit parce que ta maison est détruite, inhabitable, ou pas assurable.
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
The environmental impacts themselves are high and very concerning, but maybe rising electricity costs are what's going to get people to start questioning the GenAI hype cycle.
Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers
It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously
One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously
One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring
Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.
www.bloomberg.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The environmental impacts themselves are high and very concerning, but maybe rising electricity costs are what's going to get people to start questioning the GenAI hype cycle.
Hier j'ai participé à Ça roule Doc, une randonnée vélo/pédestre organisée par Santé Urbanité. C'était ma première fois dans un événement de ce genre mais ce ne sera certainement pas la dernière!
www.journaldequebec.com/2025/09/20
www.journaldequebec.com/2025/09/20
September 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Hier j'ai participé à Ça roule Doc, une randonnée vélo/pédestre organisée par Santé Urbanité. C'était ma première fois dans un événement de ce genre mais ce ne sera certainement pas la dernière!
www.journaldequebec.com/2025/09/20
www.journaldequebec.com/2025/09/20
Pourquoi sécuriser les corridors scolaires quand on peut instrumentaliser les enfants y la place? 🙃
Ça fais des beaux articles des initiatives comme ça mais ça change pas les habitudes des gens.
www.lenouvelliste.ca/actualites/j...
Ça fais des beaux articles des initiatives comme ça mais ça change pas les habitudes des gens.
www.lenouvelliste.ca/actualites/j...
Un radar vivant pour garder les enfants en vie
Le Service de police de Trois-Rivières tenait une activité en ce début d'année scolaire afin de sensibiliser les usagers de la route à l'importance de respecter la limite de vitesse de 30 km/h en zone scolaire.
www.lenouvelliste.ca
September 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Pourquoi sécuriser les corridors scolaires quand on peut instrumentaliser les enfants y la place? 🙃
Ça fais des beaux articles des initiatives comme ça mais ça change pas les habitudes des gens.
www.lenouvelliste.ca/actualites/j...
Ça fais des beaux articles des initiatives comme ça mais ça change pas les habitudes des gens.
www.lenouvelliste.ca/actualites/j...
Great video detailing a very sensible approach to biking! I follow the same principles basically exactly.
What Rules Should Cyclists Actually Follow? youtu.be/cs2YqC4iazk
What Rules Should Cyclists Actually Follow?
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Great video detailing a very sensible approach to biking! I follow the same principles basically exactly.
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here’s a version where the POV is blacked out whenever the driver takes their eyes off the road
August 31, 2025 at 12:07 AM
here’s a version where the POV is blacked out whenever the driver takes their eyes off the road
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A man and his e-bike provided an essential lifeline in the Texas floods: electrek.co/2025/07/14/h...
How one man with a hacksaw and an e-bike became a Texas flood 'hero'
Locals call him the “Bicycle hero,” but Texas man Evan Wayne says he’s just doing what he can to help...
electrek.co
July 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A man and his e-bike provided an essential lifeline in the Texas floods: electrek.co/2025/07/14/h...
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'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
July 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
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Il faut qu'on parle de Québecor.
pivot.quebec/2025/05/15/i...
pivot.quebec/2025/05/15/i...
Il faut qu’on parle de Québecor – Pivot
PKP demande du financement public alors même que ses chroniqueur·euses alimentent la haine et l’intimidation.
pivot.quebec
May 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Il faut qu'on parle de Québecor.
pivot.quebec/2025/05/15/i...
pivot.quebec/2025/05/15/i...
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This is HUGE: Apple can no longer charge the "Apple Tax" on web transactions.
Epic fought up against this anticompetitive practice; took Apple to court and scored a clear and decisive victory.
Apple cannot collect a 27% tax on web purchases. Not for Epic, not for others.
Epic fought up against this anticompetitive practice; took Apple to court and scored a clear and decisive victory.
Apple cannot collect a 27% tax on web purchases. Not for Epic, not for others.
May 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This is HUGE: Apple can no longer charge the "Apple Tax" on web transactions.
Epic fought up against this anticompetitive practice; took Apple to court and scored a clear and decisive victory.
Apple cannot collect a 27% tax on web purchases. Not for Epic, not for others.
Epic fought up against this anticompetitive practice; took Apple to court and scored a clear and decisive victory.
Apple cannot collect a 27% tax on web purchases. Not for Epic, not for others.
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"Down with the BRT, long live the bus."
I've just published an unusually polemical, argumentative post on my Substack explaining why I think Bus Rapid Transit is a failed planning concept.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
I've just published an unusually polemical, argumentative post on my Substack explaining why I think Bus Rapid Transit is a failed planning concept.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
Down with the BRT, long live the Bus
Why Bus Rapid Transit is a failed planning concept
open.substack.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"Down with the BRT, long live the bus."
I've just published an unusually polemical, argumentative post on my Substack explaining why I think Bus Rapid Transit is a failed planning concept.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
I've just published an unusually polemical, argumentative post on my Substack explaining why I think Bus Rapid Transit is a failed planning concept.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
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New video showing a cyclist cycling over a Tesla Cybertruck parked in a bus lane.
March 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
New video showing a cyclist cycling over a Tesla Cybertruck parked in a bus lane.
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40 changes in Paris in 2 minutes, a video I did in 2023. Bluesky has just increased the video time limit, so now I can post it in full ! ;) Notice how many "after" images still have very little green, as the changes were recent at the time. A good reason to make a new version later !
March 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
40 changes in Paris in 2 minutes, a video I did in 2023. Bluesky has just increased the video time limit, so now I can post it in full ! ;) Notice how many "after" images still have very little green, as the changes were recent at the time. A good reason to make a new version later !
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There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
March 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵
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Cities should be designed for:
❌ A̶u̶t̶o̶n̶o̶m̶o̶u̶s̶ C̶a̶r̶s̶
✅ Autonomous Kids
❌ A̶u̶t̶o̶n̶o̶m̶o̶u̶s̶ C̶a̶r̶s̶
✅ Autonomous Kids
It is perfectly possible for very young children to cycle through a city to primary school together, as long as you ensure that city has cycle infrastructure that makes it safe for them to do so. This also frees up their parents to be elsewhere and avoid the stresses of fitting the school run in
February 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Cities should be designed for:
❌ A̶u̶t̶o̶n̶o̶m̶o̶u̶s̶ C̶a̶r̶s̶
✅ Autonomous Kids
❌ A̶u̶t̶o̶n̶o̶m̶o̶u̶s̶ C̶a̶r̶s̶
✅ Autonomous Kids
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My favorite fact about the NYC subway is that there are way more daily riders (about 4 million) than the number of people who fly in the US out of all airports every day (~2.5 million). The scale is hard to get a grasp on.
Max capacity passengers per hour:
* Boring Co’s Vegas Loop: 4,500
* NYC subway 6 train: 105,000
* Boring Co’s Vegas Loop: 4,500
* NYC subway 6 train: 105,000
January 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
My favorite fact about the NYC subway is that there are way more daily riders (about 4 million) than the number of people who fly in the US out of all airports every day (~2.5 million). The scale is hard to get a grasp on.