Kelsey
@kelseylian.bsky.social
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Earnestly online, product design
Where is my solarpunk future?
Earnestly online, product design
Where is my solarpunk future?
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Every year, my city has the landscaping swapped in our planter protected bike lane to reflect the current season.
We just switched from autumn mums to a festive holiday theme, and it adds so much enjoyment to my commute.
Infrastructure can be beautiful at the human scale.
We just switched from autumn mums to a festive holiday theme, and it adds so much enjoyment to my commute.
Infrastructure can be beautiful at the human scale.
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Every year, my city has the landscaping swapped in our planter protected bike lane to reflect the current season.
We just switched from autumn mums to a festive holiday theme, and it adds so much enjoyment to my commute.
Infrastructure can be beautiful at the human scale.
We just switched from autumn mums to a festive holiday theme, and it adds so much enjoyment to my commute.
Infrastructure can be beautiful at the human scale.
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$1 billion data centre to maybe create 100 jobs. That's likely an overstatement.
It is truly not worth draining the living word for this vampiric tech and people are starting to realize it.
www.wisn.com/article/meta...
It is truly not worth draining the living word for this vampiric tech and people are starting to realize it.
www.wisn.com/article/meta...
Meta plans $1 billion data center in Beaver Dam
The facility is expected to be completed in 2027 and will support 100 jobs, according to state officials.
www.wisn.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
$1 billion data centre to maybe create 100 jobs. That's likely an overstatement.
It is truly not worth draining the living word for this vampiric tech and people are starting to realize it.
www.wisn.com/article/meta...
It is truly not worth draining the living word for this vampiric tech and people are starting to realize it.
www.wisn.com/article/meta...
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Sixty-five years ago today, four first-graders desegregated New Orleans's public schools: Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School, and Leona Tate, Tessie Provost, and Gail Etienne at McDonogh 19 Elementary School. They faced violent mobs and threats to their lives. They were 6 years old. 🗃
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sixty-five years ago today, four first-graders desegregated New Orleans's public schools: Ruby Bridges at William Frantz Elementary School, and Leona Tate, Tessie Provost, and Gail Etienne at McDonogh 19 Elementary School. They faced violent mobs and threats to their lives. They were 6 years old. 🗃
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Ken Sim (Feb 25 2025): “i think transparency is incredibly important. this is something that shouldnt be feared. we talk about transparency all the time. if we support transparency, I think we support it everywhere. you cant pick and choose.”
October 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Ken Sim (Feb 25 2025): “i think transparency is incredibly important. this is something that shouldnt be feared. we talk about transparency all the time. if we support transparency, I think we support it everywhere. you cant pick and choose.”
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15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner.
Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner.
Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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It’s awesome to see this — but seriously, it’s so damn frustrating that we have to fight this fight in every city when the science couldn’t be clearer. Get the cars out, make more money for local shops, and build cities that are exciting, healthy, and happy for everyone.
It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
November 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
It’s awesome to see this — but seriously, it’s so damn frustrating that we have to fight this fight in every city when the science couldn’t be clearer. Get the cars out, make more money for local shops, and build cities that are exciting, healthy, and happy for everyone.
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Editorial: The greatest danger to our children getting to school is parent drivers
Editorial: The greatest danger to our children getting to school is parent drivers
The healthiest option for kids is walking or biking to school, but they shouldn't have to worry about dodging late-for-work parents while doing so
dlvr.it
September 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Editorial: The greatest danger to our children getting to school is parent drivers
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Betrayal of humanity.
ICYMI: Google removes net zero goal from website.
Google quietly removes net-zero carbon goal from website amid rapid power-hungry AI data center buildout — industry-first sustainability pledge moved to background amidst AI energy crisis
Google's goal to be net-zero in carbon emissions by 2030 is still apparently company policy, it's just not broadcasting it anymore
www.tomshardware.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Betrayal of humanity.
The more I think about it the more certain I am that public transit gondolas are a REALLY good idea here, actually
Like, just go over the rivers? Just go over the pinch points? Minimal footprint? …It would work so well, am I missing something?
Like, just go over the rivers? Just go over the pinch points? Minimal footprint? …It would work so well, am I missing something?
August 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The more I think about it the more certain I am that public transit gondolas are a REALLY good idea here, actually
Like, just go over the rivers? Just go over the pinch points? Minimal footprint? …It would work so well, am I missing something?
Like, just go over the rivers? Just go over the pinch points? Minimal footprint? …It would work so well, am I missing something?
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Helsinki hasn't had a traffic fatality in a year: "Helsinki's current traffic safety strategy, covering 2022–2026, is nearing completion. It has focused on improving safety for children, youth, pedestrians and cyclists with safer crosswalks and smarter intersection design."
Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
yle.fi
July 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Helsinki hasn't had a traffic fatality in a year: "Helsinki's current traffic safety strategy, covering 2022–2026, is nearing completion. It has focused on improving safety for children, youth, pedestrians and cyclists with safer crosswalks and smarter intersection design."
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QUICK everyone post a picture of Starfleet officers in a turbolift so as everyone scrolls up the officers also go up, heading for the bridge. Just inexplicably numerous posts of officers waiting patiently in the turbolift for you to shoot them upward
July 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
QUICK everyone post a picture of Starfleet officers in a turbolift so as everyone scrolls up the officers also go up, heading for the bridge. Just inexplicably numerous posts of officers waiting patiently in the turbolift for you to shoot them upward
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We don’t want lower taxes, we want a better city. It’s literally in your name.
Vancouver City Council has endorsed Mayor Ken Sim's push to explore a property tax increase as low as 0% for the 2026 operating budget.
"The cost of living in our city has reached a breaking point." #vanpoli #vanre #vancre
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
"The cost of living in our city has reached a breaking point." #vanpoli #vanre #vancre
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim targets 0% property tax increase in 2026 | Urbanized
Vancouver City Council has approved Mayor Ken Sim's motion to explore a 2026 property tax increase as low as zero per cent.
dailyhive.com
June 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
We don’t want lower taxes, we want a better city. It’s literally in your name.
This is infuriating. There are not enough pools and not enough services in the city, home ownership is near impossible, and he wants to get rid of probably tax? Wtf?
Vancouver City Council has endorsed Mayor Ken Sim's push to explore a property tax increase as low as 0% for the 2026 operating budget.
"The cost of living in our city has reached a breaking point." #vanpoli #vanre #vancre
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
"The cost of living in our city has reached a breaking point." #vanpoli #vanre #vancre
dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim targets 0% property tax increase in 2026 | Urbanized
Vancouver City Council has approved Mayor Ken Sim's motion to explore a 2026 property tax increase as low as zero per cent.
dailyhive.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is infuriating. There are not enough pools and not enough services in the city, home ownership is near impossible, and he wants to get rid of probably tax? Wtf?
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You've probably seen our yellow stickers around town, but have you ever wondered where the numbers come from and why we put them up? We talk about it here!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/06/11/h...
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/06/11/h...
Have you seen our stickers around town?
If you’ve been walking around the Lower Mainland over the past couple years, chances are you’ve seen one of our yellow “crash number” stickers on a telephone pole. Have you wondered where we get th…
visionzerovancouver.ca
June 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
You've probably seen our yellow stickers around town, but have you ever wondered where the numbers come from and why we put them up? We talk about it here!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/06/11/h...
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/06/11/h...
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Protests work when they are large & non-violent
The historical record is clear: protests “move votes, & they even dislodge dictators. Surprisingly, they are even more effective than armed revolution. But the details matter—not all protests are equal.”
www.betterconflictbulletin.org/p/does-prote...
The historical record is clear: protests “move votes, & they even dislodge dictators. Surprisingly, they are even more effective than armed revolution. But the details matter—not all protests are equal.”
www.betterconflictbulletin.org/p/does-prote...
June 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Protests work when they are large & non-violent
The historical record is clear: protests “move votes, & they even dislodge dictators. Surprisingly, they are even more effective than armed revolution. But the details matter—not all protests are equal.”
www.betterconflictbulletin.org/p/does-prote...
The historical record is clear: protests “move votes, & they even dislodge dictators. Surprisingly, they are even more effective than armed revolution. But the details matter—not all protests are equal.”
www.betterconflictbulletin.org/p/does-prote...
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This isn't the @thebeaverton.com or @theonion.com
This article by @collinwoodard.bsky.social in @jalopnik.bsky.social is probably the scariest truth bomb my new Infrastructure and Environment Committee Chair here in Toronto has ever seen.
What is it like to prioritize the safety of VRUs?
This article by @collinwoodard.bsky.social in @jalopnik.bsky.social is probably the scariest truth bomb my new Infrastructure and Environment Committee Chair here in Toronto has ever seen.
What is it like to prioritize the safety of VRUs?
June 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This isn't the @thebeaverton.com or @theonion.com
This article by @collinwoodard.bsky.social in @jalopnik.bsky.social is probably the scariest truth bomb my new Infrastructure and Environment Committee Chair here in Toronto has ever seen.
What is it like to prioritize the safety of VRUs?
This article by @collinwoodard.bsky.social in @jalopnik.bsky.social is probably the scariest truth bomb my new Infrastructure and Environment Committee Chair here in Toronto has ever seen.
What is it like to prioritize the safety of VRUs?
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People who commute to work by either walking or cycling are significantly happier with their commutes even when lacking safe infrastructure.
We crave walkable spaces because they allow us to move and exercise without even thinking about it.
We crave walkable spaces because they allow us to move and exercise without even thinking about it.
June 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
People who commute to work by either walking or cycling are significantly happier with their commutes even when lacking safe infrastructure.
We crave walkable spaces because they allow us to move and exercise without even thinking about it.
We crave walkable spaces because they allow us to move and exercise without even thinking about it.
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Recommended for ages 9 and up.
You can see the first part of it for free:
You can see the first part of it for free:
Social Media Simulator - Critikid
A mock social media feed for children to practice spotting misinformation and manipulation in a controlled setting.
critikid.com
May 31, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Recommended for ages 9 and up.
You can see the first part of it for free:
You can see the first part of it for free:
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Teach your kids to spot misinformation and manipulation in a safe and controlled environment before they face the real thing.
May 31, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Teach your kids to spot misinformation and manipulation in a safe and controlled environment before they face the real thing.
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One reason more developers should add a Kids Playroom to their amenity package: it doesn't take much money or space to be top 5% in amenity category
This is 1000sf and cheap FFE
Compare that to a gym, where you'll spend high 6 figures and 10,000SF to be even in top half
This is 1000sf and cheap FFE
Compare that to a gym, where you'll spend high 6 figures and 10,000SF to be even in top half
May 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
One reason more developers should add a Kids Playroom to their amenity package: it doesn't take much money or space to be top 5% in amenity category
This is 1000sf and cheap FFE
Compare that to a gym, where you'll spend high 6 figures and 10,000SF to be even in top half
This is 1000sf and cheap FFE
Compare that to a gym, where you'll spend high 6 figures and 10,000SF to be even in top half
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MCELROY
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May 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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