Joseph Simons 🍁 🌱
@josephsimons.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy
I worry about democratic slide, urban and farming sprawl, all pollution, what we eat and how corps control us, and why our votes don't count.
I bike around town, grow […]
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@Techaltar The conclusion to draw is humans make mistakes.
And better to make a mistake on a 12 kg bike, than in a 2,500 kg SUV.
And better to make a mistake on a 12 kg bike, than in a 2,500 kg SUV.
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
@Techaltar The conclusion to draw is humans make mistakes.
And better to make a mistake on a 12 kg bike, than in a 2,500 kg SUV.
And better to make a mistake on a 12 kg bike, than in a 2,500 kg SUV.
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Wow. It's great to see a city taking risks to achieve their climate goals.
@transitnerd.bsky.social @etriders.bsky.social
@transitnerd.bsky.social @etriders.bsky.social
Iowa City lets everyone have a nice thing.
Surprise! Everyone likes it and the city is a nicer place to live.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Surprise! Everyone likes it and the city is a nicer place to live.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Wow. It's great to see a city taking risks to achieve their climate goals.
@transitnerd.bsky.social @etriders.bsky.social
@transitnerd.bsky.social @etriders.bsky.social
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BC ran a public consultation this year and invited submissions on electoral reform. The result was overwhelming. Ninety three percent supported proportional representation.
Our volunteers outside the BC NDP convention on Saturday heard the same. People want a better democracy.
Our volunteers outside the BC NDP convention on Saturday heard the same. People want a better democracy.
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
BC ran a public consultation this year and invited submissions on electoral reform. The result was overwhelming. Ninety three percent supported proportional representation.
Our volunteers outside the BC NDP convention on Saturday heard the same. People want a better democracy.
Our volunteers outside the BC NDP convention on Saturday heard the same. People want a better democracy.
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Centralised platforms shape the conversation to serve their interests.
Mastodon returns power to you. Here connections are authentic, communities set their own rules, and your voice isn’t for sale.
Help to power the servers, tools, and communities making […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Mastodon returns power to you. Here connections are authentic, communities set their own rules, and your voice isn’t for sale.
Help to power the servers, tools, and communities making […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Centralised platforms shape the conversation to serve their interests.
Mastodon returns power to you. Here connections are authentic, communities set their own rules, and your voice isn’t for sale.
Help to power the servers, tools, and communities making […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Mastodon returns power to you. Here connections are authentic, communities set their own rules, and your voice isn’t for sale.
Help to power the servers, tools, and communities making […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
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Huge moment in this interview with @frankdomenic.bsky.social.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Huge moment in this interview with @frankdomenic.bsky.social.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
NDP leadership candidate @avilewis.ca puts proportional representation on the national stage and makes it the non negotiable democratic reform we need.
When leadership contenders acknowledge the core issue, the national debate shifts.
Call on #Banks to stop funding #oilandgas in the #amazon
#ClimateAction
https://act.stand.earth/page/91053/petition/1
#ClimateAction
https://act.stand.earth/page/91053/petition/1
Call on banks to stop funding oil and gas in the Amazon
Deforestation caused by destructive industries like oil and gas in the Amazon has already sent the rainforest hurtling towards a tipping point. One of the largest oil and gas companies, Petrobras, is moving to drill in the mouth of the Amazon River, enabled by big banks. Will you join me and add your name and urge banks to stop capitalizing on the collapse of the Amazon?
act.stand.earth
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Call on #Banks to stop funding #oilandgas in the #amazon
#ClimateAction
https://act.stand.earth/page/91053/petition/1
#ClimateAction
https://act.stand.earth/page/91053/petition/1
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"Investment returns at $55 to $60 per barrel are not what they were at the same price five years ago because the best wells have been drilled"
The lies of the US oil industry are being revealed by low oil prices. The bigger lie (endless cheap oil and gas reserves) will also soon be revealed.
The lies of the US oil industry are being revealed by low oil prices. The bigger lie (endless cheap oil and gas reserves) will also soon be revealed.
www.reuters.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"Investment returns at $55 to $60 per barrel are not what they were at the same price five years ago because the best wells have been drilled"
The lies of the US oil industry are being revealed by low oil prices. The bigger lie (endless cheap oil and gas reserves) will also soon be revealed.
The lies of the US oil industry are being revealed by low oil prices. The bigger lie (endless cheap oil and gas reserves) will also soon be revealed.
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'Solar has seen prices fall a staggering 99.9% since 1975' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
'Solar has seen prices fall a staggering 99.9% since 1975' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
RE: https://mastodon.online/@electrek/115587581802913696
Super interesting ideas in this @electrek post.
Like: "In a world where everything runs on #electricity, electricity itself becomes the #currency of #civilization."
And: "By banning #crypto, #China simultaneously reclaimed its monopoly […]
Super interesting ideas in this @electrek post.
Like: "In a world where everything runs on #electricity, electricity itself becomes the #currency of #civilization."
And: "By banning #crypto, #China simultaneously reclaimed its monopoly […]
Original post on mstdn.ca
mstdn.ca
November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
RE: https://mastodon.online/@electrek/115587581802913696
Super interesting ideas in this @electrek post.
Like: "In a world where everything runs on #electricity, electricity itself becomes the #currency of #civilization."
And: "By banning #crypto, #China simultaneously reclaimed its monopoly […]
Super interesting ideas in this @electrek post.
Like: "In a world where everything runs on #electricity, electricity itself becomes the #currency of #civilization."
And: "By banning #crypto, #China simultaneously reclaimed its monopoly […]
Finally.
#ClimateAction #climatecrisis
ttps://bsky.app/profile/rpallanuk.bsky.social/post/3m5y7cn3y2s2l
#ClimateAction #climatecrisis
ttps://bsky.app/profile/rpallanuk.bsky.social/post/3m5y7cn3y2s2l
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Finally.
#ClimateAction #climatecrisis
ttps://bsky.app/profile/rpallanuk.bsky.social/post/3m5y7cn3y2s2l
#ClimateAction #climatecrisis
ttps://bsky.app/profile/rpallanuk.bsky.social/post/3m5y7cn3y2s2l
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Today, @washingtonpost.com is hosting a Global Women’s Summit.
Meanwhile, the @postguild.bsky.social is protesting and raising awareness about the fact that the Washington Post illegally fired me, its only Black woman opinion columnist, for doing my job.
Salute to the Guild.
Shame on the Post.
Meanwhile, the @postguild.bsky.social is protesting and raising awareness about the fact that the Washington Post illegally fired me, its only Black woman opinion columnist, for doing my job.
Salute to the Guild.
Shame on the Post.
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Today, @washingtonpost.com is hosting a Global Women’s Summit.
Meanwhile, the @postguild.bsky.social is protesting and raising awareness about the fact that the Washington Post illegally fired me, its only Black woman opinion columnist, for doing my job.
Salute to the Guild.
Shame on the Post.
Meanwhile, the @postguild.bsky.social is protesting and raising awareness about the fact that the Washington Post illegally fired me, its only Black woman opinion columnist, for doing my job.
Salute to the Guild.
Shame on the Post.
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The John Janzen is temporarily closed, so I've been hosting their beehive in our backyard. The colony outgrew their living arrangement, so here’s a time-lapse of me moving them into their observation hive.
#bees #beekeeping #beehive #urbanbeekeeping #urbanagriculture #yeg
#bees #beekeeping #beehive #urbanbeekeeping #urbanagriculture #yeg
July 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The John Janzen is temporarily closed, so I've been hosting their beehive in our backyard. The colony outgrew their living arrangement, so here’s a time-lapse of me moving them into their observation hive.
#bees #beekeeping #beehive #urbanbeekeeping #urbanagriculture #yeg
#bees #beekeeping #beehive #urbanbeekeeping #urbanagriculture #yeg
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Canada usually just copies the US with traffic safety, but they could break away and take the safety of people outside of cars as seriously as they do for the safety of people in cars.
Vehicle sizes restrictions, GPS-based speed enforcement, and banning car ads would also make massive impacts.
Vehicle sizes restrictions, GPS-based speed enforcement, and banning car ads would also make massive impacts.
“Among the moves most concerning to safety advocates are those related to automatic emergency braking [AEB], a technology that detects possible collisions and forces vehicles to slow down or stop"
The USDOT should be embarrassed that the US doesn't have pedestrian AEB testing a decade after the EU
The USDOT should be embarrassed that the US doesn't have pedestrian AEB testing a decade after the EU
NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Canada usually just copies the US with traffic safety, but they could break away and take the safety of people outside of cars as seriously as they do for the safety of people in cars.
Vehicle sizes restrictions, GPS-based speed enforcement, and banning car ads would also make massive impacts.
Vehicle sizes restrictions, GPS-based speed enforcement, and banning car ads would also make massive impacts.
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#Canadian economic #resistance is NOT bending. The #boycott continues to put ENORMOUS pressure on the US economy, resulting in $5.7 BILLION in tourism losses this year.
In this episode, @meidascanada.ca examines the impending impact of the #SnowbirdExodus 🇨🇦 #Cdnpoli #ABpoli
youtu.be/PG9WTXQdGfQ?...
In this episode, @meidascanada.ca examines the impending impact of the #SnowbirdExodus 🇨🇦 #Cdnpoli #ABpoli
youtu.be/PG9WTXQdGfQ?...
THE SNOWBIRD BOYCOTT HAMMERS MAGA !!!
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
#Canadian economic #resistance is NOT bending. The #boycott continues to put ENORMOUS pressure on the US economy, resulting in $5.7 BILLION in tourism losses this year.
In this episode, @meidascanada.ca examines the impending impact of the #SnowbirdExodus 🇨🇦 #Cdnpoli #ABpoli
youtu.be/PG9WTXQdGfQ?...
In this episode, @meidascanada.ca examines the impending impact of the #SnowbirdExodus 🇨🇦 #Cdnpoli #ABpoli
youtu.be/PG9WTXQdGfQ?...
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The myth that there are "hundreds of thousands" of vacant units wasn't true when local NIMBYs said it in 2024 and it's not true when the Attorney General of Ontario says it today. Tenants shouldn't have their rights weakened because of the Ford government's failure to build.
October 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The myth that there are "hundreds of thousands" of vacant units wasn't true when local NIMBYs said it in 2024 and it's not true when the Attorney General of Ontario says it today. Tenants shouldn't have their rights weakened because of the Ford government's failure to build.
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No offense but to me it's a big red flag if people use religion as reason to be good
It's kinda saying they would be shit otherwise
So ill pass
It's kinda saying they would be shit otherwise
So ill pass
November 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM
No offense but to me it's a big red flag if people use religion as reason to be good
It's kinda saying they would be shit otherwise
So ill pass
It's kinda saying they would be shit otherwise
So ill pass
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Trump is now calling for the executions of Democratic veterans who reminded the military of their duty to disobey “ILLEGAL” orders.
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Trump is now calling for the executions of Democratic veterans who reminded the military of their duty to disobey “ILLEGAL” orders.
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The sheer scale of it shows that these people know they can get away with anything. The Environment Agency has been reduced to a chihuahua, sent out to do battle with rottweilers. It can yap, but can't land a bite. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
River close to engulfing Oxfordshire waste mountain, MP warns
Waste from a 150m (490ft) long fly-tip is beginning to float towards the River Cherwell, an MP says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The sheer scale of it shows that these people know they can get away with anything. The Environment Agency has been reduced to a chihuahua, sent out to do battle with rottweilers. It can yap, but can't land a bite. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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GIS nerds, has anyone mapped the protected bike lane network against these results to see how closely they match? Bike lane density vs. votes for Knack, by neighbourhood for example?
@geodarcy.bsky.social
@geodarcy.bsky.social
Based on this map from r/edmonton Knack won every neighbourhood with a protected on street bike lane. #yegbike
A few more thoughts:
A few more thoughts:
November 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
GIS nerds, has anyone mapped the protected bike lane network against these results to see how closely they match? Bike lane density vs. votes for Knack, by neighbourhood for example?
@geodarcy.bsky.social
@geodarcy.bsky.social
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Yet another example of how clever nature is: Some ocean bacteria have adapted to break down plastic. According to @AnthropoceneMag, a team of researchers found that more than 75% of water samples they took in a global study contained an enzyme that degrades PET, one of the most common types of […]
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flipboard.social
November 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Yet another example of how clever nature is: Some ocean bacteria have adapted to break down plastic. According to @AnthropoceneMag, a team of researchers found that more than 75% of water samples they took in a global study contained an enzyme that degrades PET, one of the most common types of […]
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@lyz.bsky.social is right: one thing the Epstein fiasco has demonstrated clearly is that #MeToo did not go nearly far enough.
#MeToo Didn't Go Far Enough | Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz
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November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
@lyz.bsky.social is right: one thing the Epstein fiasco has demonstrated clearly is that #MeToo did not go nearly far enough.
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Today at City Hall, we honour the foundational contributions of the Métis people to our city, and we celebrate the legacy of Louis Riel - a leader who gave his life in the fight for Métis rights and identity.
#yeg #yegcc #metisweek
#yeg #yegcc #metisweek
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Today at City Hall, we honour the foundational contributions of the Métis people to our city, and we celebrate the legacy of Louis Riel - a leader who gave his life in the fight for Métis rights and identity.
#yeg #yegcc #metisweek
#yeg #yegcc #metisweek
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80 countries insist that #COP30 must deliver concrete steps to move away from fossil fuels.
Btw the number 30 in COP30 means that there really were already 30 of these.
No joke.
Btw the number 30 in COP30 means that there really were already 30 of these.
No joke.
NEWS 🔥🔥🔥
Auf der #COP30 fordert ein breites Staatenbündnis gemeinsam, dass der politische Beschluss dieser Konferenz konkrete Schritte zur Abkehr von fossilen Energien enthalten muss. Zuvor hatte die COP-Präsidentschaft einen eher wachsweichen Textentwurf veröffentlicht.
Auf der #COP30 fordert ein breites Staatenbündnis gemeinsam, dass der politische Beschluss dieser Konferenz konkrete Schritte zur Abkehr von fossilen Energien enthalten muss. Zuvor hatte die COP-Präsidentschaft einen eher wachsweichen Textentwurf veröffentlicht.
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
80 countries insist that #COP30 must deliver concrete steps to move away from fossil fuels.
Btw the number 30 in COP30 means that there really were already 30 of these.
No joke.
Btw the number 30 in COP30 means that there really were already 30 of these.
No joke.