Laura Wall
@laurawall.bsky.social
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I hope people read and react to this idea: what if climate policy focused on flooding the planet with cheap, or free, solar panels? Globalize China and India's panel factories, buying panels by the boatload and just offloading them at every wharf on earth
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A Modest Proposal
What if we just flooded the planet with cheap or even free solar panels?
billmckibben.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I hope people read and react to this idea: what if climate policy focused on flooding the planet with cheap, or free, solar panels? Globalize China and India's panel factories, buying panels by the boatload and just offloading them at every wharf on earth
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-modest-p...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-modest-p...
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This is the important work of a city council and municipal government. It's rarely headline-grabbing, but making neighbourhoods safer, block by block, is what it's all about. Ashley is one of the best in North America at understanding this, and making needed change happen in Edmonton.
Creating safe and livable streets is one of the most consistent concerns I hear from community members across Ward Métis. It crosses generations and neighbourhood boundaries. Everyone should be able to move around their neighbourhood with confidence. #yeg #WardMétis
July 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is the important work of a city council and municipal government. It's rarely headline-grabbing, but making neighbourhoods safer, block by block, is what it's all about. Ashley is one of the best in North America at understanding this, and making needed change happen in Edmonton.
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This amazing PSA from 1973 could be used today in every City in Canada.
July 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This amazing PSA from 1973 could be used today in every City in Canada.
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Snapped this advert for colon cancer screening at a recent GP appt. Very well done @cancersociety.bsky.social! I have a faulty gene that causes cancer so I'm well-screened already, but embarrassment can put people off getting screened for colon cancer. Tests like these are key for #CancerPrevention
July 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Snapped this advert for colon cancer screening at a recent GP appt. Very well done @cancersociety.bsky.social! I have a faulty gene that causes cancer so I'm well-screened already, but embarrassment can put people off getting screened for colon cancer. Tests like these are key for #CancerPrevention
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Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Recently, my book THEY CALLED US ENEMY was banned – again – in Tennessee. Book bans are out of control. Huge parts of American history are being restricted. To join me in standing up for the freedom to read, go to pen.org/action. @penamerica.bsky.social @topshelfcomix.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com
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I don’t think people should have to share their personal stories to get elected officials to do the right thing, but I am open about my experience because I think it’s not widely understood how bikes are mobility aids. Here’s my letter to council about the mayor’s motion to stop bike lane progress.
June 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I don’t think people should have to share their personal stories to get elected officials to do the right thing, but I am open about my experience because I think it’s not widely understood how bikes are mobility aids. Here’s my letter to council about the mayor’s motion to stop bike lane progress.
Amazing 30 percent increase yr over yr for bikes this morning at #PedalPollSondoVelo with @velocanadabikes.bsky.social annual mobility count!
Excited to be part the @velocanadabikes.bsky.social #PedalPollSondoVelo this year! I've claimed my volunteer count shift to help collect crucial cycling data.
We need more safe places to ride and this is how we prove it. Sign up for your own shift & join the movement: velocanadabikes.org/pedalpoll/
We need more safe places to ride and this is how we prove it. Sign up for your own shift & join the movement: velocanadabikes.org/pedalpoll/
Pedal Poll/Sondo Vélo
Pedal Poll/Sondo Vélo 2024 is taking place June 4 to 9. The count is a chance to evaluate the state of cycling in our communities. Together we get a “snapshot” of what cycling looks like in communitie...
velocanadabikes.org
June 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Amazing 30 percent increase yr over yr for bikes this morning at #PedalPollSondoVelo with @velocanadabikes.bsky.social annual mobility count!
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Am I the only one who finds it slightly galling that premiers are pitching major projects to an open-eared prime minister right now -- including pipelines -- as a province burns around them and people are forced to evacuate?????
As a result of wildfires which are exacerbated by climate change???
As a result of wildfires which are exacerbated by climate change???
June 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Am I the only one who finds it slightly galling that premiers are pitching major projects to an open-eared prime minister right now -- including pipelines -- as a province burns around them and people are forced to evacuate?????
As a result of wildfires which are exacerbated by climate change???
As a result of wildfires which are exacerbated by climate change???
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The BEING BLACK IN PUBLIC survey report is out—a powerful act of testimony, care, and visioning, released on the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. Led with such honesty, rigour, and heart by my brilliant colleague @jaypitter.bsky.social. Dig in, reflect, share.
Today marks 5 years since George Floyd was murdered in a bike lane. My practice has launched the BEING BLACK IN PUBLIC Survey Report. All findings outline challenges & positive experiences reflecting Black people’s public space insights & priorities.
SHARE!!!
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SHARE!!!
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May 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The BEING BLACK IN PUBLIC survey report is out—a powerful act of testimony, care, and visioning, released on the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. Led with such honesty, rigour, and heart by my brilliant colleague @jaypitter.bsky.social. Dig in, reflect, share.
Excited to be part the @velocanadabikes.bsky.social #PedalPollSondoVelo this year! I've claimed my volunteer count shift to help collect crucial cycling data.
We need more safe places to ride and this is how we prove it. Sign up for your own shift & join the movement: velocanadabikes.org/pedalpoll/
We need more safe places to ride and this is how we prove it. Sign up for your own shift & join the movement: velocanadabikes.org/pedalpoll/
Pedal Poll/Sondo Vélo
Pedal Poll/Sondo Vélo 2024 is taking place June 4 to 9. The count is a chance to evaluate the state of cycling in our communities. Together we get a “snapshot” of what cycling looks like in communitie...
velocanadabikes.org
May 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Excited to be part the @velocanadabikes.bsky.social #PedalPollSondoVelo this year! I've claimed my volunteer count shift to help collect crucial cycling data.
We need more safe places to ride and this is how we prove it. Sign up for your own shift & join the movement: velocanadabikes.org/pedalpoll/
We need more safe places to ride and this is how we prove it. Sign up for your own shift & join the movement: velocanadabikes.org/pedalpoll/
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Deliberate strategy. Measurable gains. Public space reclaimed for people, not pollution. Paris didn’t just hope for clean air—it redesigned for it.
Good design leads to good policy. Good policy leads to good outcomes, and justice.
Trading a car focus for a people focus is a good trade, indeed.
Good design leads to good policy. Good policy leads to good outcomes, and justice.
Trading a car focus for a people focus is a good trade, indeed.
Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years as a result of a deliberate strategy. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
April 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Deliberate strategy. Measurable gains. Public space reclaimed for people, not pollution. Paris didn’t just hope for clean air—it redesigned for it.
Good design leads to good policy. Good policy leads to good outcomes, and justice.
Trading a car focus for a people focus is a good trade, indeed.
Good design leads to good policy. Good policy leads to good outcomes, and justice.
Trading a car focus for a people focus is a good trade, indeed.
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Building a tariff-proof future means building a resilient workforce and setting the next generation up for success. The post-secondary cuts in yesterday’s budget are a devastating blow, and they will be felt in communities across the province. #onpoli #onPSE
"If Ontario’s colleges and universities sector was looking for a lifeline from the province to help stabilize its financial state, the 2025 Ontario budget doesn’t contain one." — @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social #onpoli
ANALYSIS: Ontario’s colleges and universities need a lifeline. It’s not in the budget | TVO Today
The sector became reliant on foreign students. Now it’s struggling to stay afloat
amp.tvo.org
May 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Agreed. Beg buttons are not how to build walkable cities.
May 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Agreed. Beg buttons are not how to build walkable cities.
This is a crucial moment to speak up and make it clear that Prime Minister Carney must put the public good ahead of corporate profit. I just sent him and my MP a letter using 350 Canada's quick tool. Add your voice now!
win.newmode.net/350org/carney
win.newmode.net/350org/carney
New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore
win.newmode.net
May 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This is a crucial moment to speak up and make it clear that Prime Minister Carney must put the public good ahead of corporate profit. I just sent him and my MP a letter using 350 Canada's quick tool. Add your voice now!
win.newmode.net/350org/carney
win.newmode.net/350org/carney
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Last year, Bologna adopted a 30km/h speed limit and has seen its first year without pedestrian fatalities since 1991. The change also significantly increased the number of people choosing the bike.
Read how they did it: buff.ly/YSiKhvJ
Read how they did it: buff.ly/YSiKhvJ
April 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Last year, Bologna adopted a 30km/h speed limit and has seen its first year without pedestrian fatalities since 1991. The change also significantly increased the number of people choosing the bike.
Read how they did it: buff.ly/YSiKhvJ
Read how they did it: buff.ly/YSiKhvJ
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Carney’s brain vs. Trump’s lies.
May 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Carney’s brain vs. Trump’s lies.
Omg
I used to work for charities in Canada and knew that both volunteerism and charitable work in Continental Europe at least was very different as in “less” but thinking now it’s perhaps because their collective socialist culture was “more”
I used to work for charities in Canada and knew that both volunteerism and charitable work in Continental Europe at least was very different as in “less” but thinking now it’s perhaps because their collective socialist culture was “more”
Are people in other countries under constant bombardment to "donate today" or do their societies function better?
May 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Omg
I used to work for charities in Canada and knew that both volunteerism and charitable work in Continental Europe at least was very different as in “less” but thinking now it’s perhaps because their collective socialist culture was “more”
I used to work for charities in Canada and knew that both volunteerism and charitable work in Continental Europe at least was very different as in “less” but thinking now it’s perhaps because their collective socialist culture was “more”
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Allow me to address the elephant in the room: The decades-long outsourcing of domestic manufacturing to China was not an insidious Chinese conspiracy for dominance but the greedy strategy of the American ruling class to explode its profit margins by exploiting global inequality.
May 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Allow me to address the elephant in the room: The decades-long outsourcing of domestic manufacturing to China was not an insidious Chinese conspiracy for dominance but the greedy strategy of the American ruling class to explode its profit margins by exploiting global inequality.
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If you review the CPC platform, there is no new funding noted for next year for any of these programs below, which means they will NOT be renegotiated year over year, they will be cut after 1 year. No childcare, no pharmacare, no dentalcare.
I warned everyone. #FederalElection #Canada #cdnpoli
I warned everyone. #FederalElection #Canada #cdnpoli
So only those who currently have dental, pharmacare or child care would keep the national care, anyone that does not have it set up, would not get it.
#Canada
Never vote conservative, these details are on page 19 of the pdf canada-first-for-a-change.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/20250418_CPC...
#Canada
Never vote conservative, these details are on page 19 of the pdf canada-first-for-a-change.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/20250418_CPC...
April 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If you review the CPC platform, there is no new funding noted for next year for any of these programs below, which means they will NOT be renegotiated year over year, they will be cut after 1 year. No childcare, no pharmacare, no dentalcare.
I warned everyone. #FederalElection #Canada #cdnpoli
I warned everyone. #FederalElection #Canada #cdnpoli
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The courts have granted an injunction against the ripping out of bike lanes.
This likely means that no bike lanes will be able to be legally removed until after the courts have made a decision on whether or not eliminating the lanes violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
This likely means that no bike lanes will be able to be legally removed until after the courts have made a decision on whether or not eliminating the lanes violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
#Breaking: Court grants injunction pausing bike lane removals on Bloor, University and Yonge
Court grants injunction pausing bike lane removals on Bloor, University and Yonge
The pause on any bike lane removals will continue until the judge in the Charter challenge case issues his decision.
www.thestar.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The courts have granted an injunction against the ripping out of bike lanes.
This likely means that no bike lanes will be able to be legally removed until after the courts have made a decision on whether or not eliminating the lanes violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
This likely means that no bike lanes will be able to be legally removed until after the courts have made a decision on whether or not eliminating the lanes violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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@maddow.msnbc.com
My dad is 98, WWII USNavy Veteran. Showed up for democracy in San Diego today. "I fought for it once, I'll fight for it again!" 💙🇺🇸💙 THIS is what democracy looks like!!!!
My dad is 98, WWII USNavy Veteran. Showed up for democracy in San Diego today. "I fought for it once, I'll fight for it again!" 💙🇺🇸💙 THIS is what democracy looks like!!!!
April 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
@maddow.msnbc.com
My dad is 98, WWII USNavy Veteran. Showed up for democracy in San Diego today. "I fought for it once, I'll fight for it again!" 💙🇺🇸💙 THIS is what democracy looks like!!!!
My dad is 98, WWII USNavy Veteran. Showed up for democracy in San Diego today. "I fought for it once, I'll fight for it again!" 💙🇺🇸💙 THIS is what democracy looks like!!!!
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SOLIDARITY FOREVER!
Inspired by @mark-carney.bsky.social and Canadians everywhere. We’re all fighting back on our home ice!
April 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
SOLIDARITY FOREVER!
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There is something I find profoundly annoying about the fact that Alberta is the richest province in Canada in terms of both GDP per capita and market income per capita, and yet somehow they constantly act like they're getting the short end of the stick.
April 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
There is something I find profoundly annoying about the fact that Alberta is the richest province in Canada in terms of both GDP per capita and market income per capita, and yet somehow they constantly act like they're getting the short end of the stick.
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Posted by @vatniksoup.bsky.social on another platform.
March 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Posted by @vatniksoup.bsky.social on another platform.
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Thank you, Canada. And we’re so sorry about him.
January 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Thank you, Canada. And we’re so sorry about him.