Michael Schwandt
@michaelschwandt.bsky.social
Public health physician in Vancouver. Antiracist ecoanxious xennial numtot. Healthy environments, equity, climate. Once posted a viral tw!tter thread on COVID prevention. Views mine. He/him.
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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
"Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week."
This is the direct and predictable result of policy decisions, not random happenstance.
#visionzero #publichealth
yle.fi/a/74-20174831
This is the direct and predictable result of policy decisions, not random happenstance.
#visionzero #publichealth
yle.fi/a/74-20174831
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Always refuse to play idiotic games
saw this clip of the NYC mayor debate and i had tears in my eyes, perhaps the most insane section of any debate ever
October 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Always refuse to play idiotic games
"For a rational civilization, there would be clear incentives to be much bolder in countering this existential crisis."
#climateemergency
#climateemergency
On my way to COP30 and thought I’d reshare this piece wrought out of the anger I felt leaving COP29.
Here’s hoping we move the needle forward this year
Here’s hoping we move the needle forward this year
We need to treat fossil fuels like Big Tobacco
To reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and stem disinformation that blocks effective climate action, a comprehensive ban on advertising, promotion and sponsorship of fossil fuel products and indust...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"For a rational civilization, there would be clear incentives to be much bolder in countering this existential crisis."
#climateemergency
#climateemergency
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On my way to COP30 and thought I’d reshare this piece wrought out of the anger I felt leaving COP29.
Here’s hoping we move the needle forward this year
Here’s hoping we move the needle forward this year
We need to treat fossil fuels like Big Tobacco
To reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and stem disinformation that blocks effective climate action, a comprehensive ban on advertising, promotion and sponsorship of fossil fuel products and indust...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
On my way to COP30 and thought I’d reshare this piece wrought out of the anger I felt leaving COP29.
Here’s hoping we move the needle forward this year
Here’s hoping we move the needle forward this year
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‘It will never ever ever be forgiven’: UN climate chief Simon Stiell as conflicts spread
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
‘It will never ever ever be forgiven’: UN climate chief Simon Stiell as conflicts spread
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
😞
Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for combating the climate crisis
“Solar panels are cheaper, they’re so competitive [compared with fossil fuel energy] that they are everywhere now. If you’re thinking of climate change, this is good"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“Solar panels are cheaper, they’re so competitive [compared with fossil fuel energy] that they are everywhere now. If you’re thinking of climate change, this is good"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis, says Cop30 chief
Brazil’s André Corrêa do Lago says countries should follow China’s lead on clean energy as conference begins
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
😞
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Is there “life after cars?” As authors always say, “you’ll have to read the book.”*
Congrats to @visionzerovancouver.ca on a great packed event last night with @sgoodyear.bsky.social & @brooklynspoke.bsky.social + guests @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @tomflood.bsky.social.
*spoiler: a BETTER life!
Congrats to @visionzerovancouver.ca on a great packed event last night with @sgoodyear.bsky.social & @brooklynspoke.bsky.social + guests @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @tomflood.bsky.social.
*spoiler: a BETTER life!
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Is there “life after cars?” As authors always say, “you’ll have to read the book.”*
Congrats to @visionzerovancouver.ca on a great packed event last night with @sgoodyear.bsky.social & @brooklynspoke.bsky.social + guests @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @tomflood.bsky.social.
*spoiler: a BETTER life!
Congrats to @visionzerovancouver.ca on a great packed event last night with @sgoodyear.bsky.social & @brooklynspoke.bsky.social + guests @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @tomflood.bsky.social.
*spoiler: a BETTER life!
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Goodbye, Vancouver! We had a wonderful time in this beautiful city. Thanks @visionzerovancouver.ca for hosting us this weekend. We finished our trip here in the best way possible: with a Canucks game and a ride back to the hotel on TransLink with lots of other hockey fans. On to Portland!
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Goodbye, Vancouver! We had a wonderful time in this beautiful city. Thanks @visionzerovancouver.ca for hosting us this weekend. We finished our trip here in the best way possible: with a Canucks game and a ride back to the hotel on TransLink with lots of other hockey fans. On to Portland!
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It's @thewaroncars.bsky.social Week in PDX!
Mon @opb.org w @anomalily.net
Wed @bikeportland.org HappyHour
Thurs @powells.bsky.social (need $$$ ticket)
plus @shift2bikes.bsky.social Thurs 5:30P bike w @contraireclaire.bsky.social from Colonel Summer's to Powell's www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
Mon @opb.org w @anomalily.net
Wed @bikeportland.org HappyHour
Thurs @powells.bsky.social (need $$$ ticket)
plus @shift2bikes.bsky.social Thurs 5:30P bike w @contraireclaire.bsky.social from Colonel Summer's to Powell's www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
It's @thewaroncars.bsky.social Week in PDX!
Mon @opb.org w @anomalily.net
Wed @bikeportland.org HappyHour
Thurs @powells.bsky.social (need $$$ ticket)
plus @shift2bikes.bsky.social Thurs 5:30P bike w @contraireclaire.bsky.social from Colonel Summer's to Powell's www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
Mon @opb.org w @anomalily.net
Wed @bikeportland.org HappyHour
Thurs @powells.bsky.social (need $$$ ticket)
plus @shift2bikes.bsky.social Thurs 5:30P bike w @contraireclaire.bsky.social from Colonel Summer's to Powell's www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
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In a world where fossil fuels didn't exist, they'd be invented in fantasy as a fictional trope
oh yeah, of course the dominion of the evil sorceress powers their machines with black sludge that is literally made from death and decay, what else would they use?
oh yeah, of course the dominion of the evil sorceress powers their machines with black sludge that is literally made from death and decay, what else would they use?
November 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
In a world where fossil fuels didn't exist, they'd be invented in fantasy as a fictional trope
oh yeah, of course the dominion of the evil sorceress powers their machines with black sludge that is literally made from death and decay, what else would they use?
oh yeah, of course the dominion of the evil sorceress powers their machines with black sludge that is literally made from death and decay, what else would they use?
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Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists.
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists.
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
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I was really grateful for another motion passed by Council last night, moved by Cllrs @lisadominato.bsky.social & @petermeiszner.bsky.social to ask the BC Government to amend the Vancouver Charter to give the City power to set maximum safe indoor temperatures in residential buildings and amend the +
November 28, 2024 at 7:03 PM
I was really grateful for another motion passed by Council last night, moved by Cllrs @lisadominato.bsky.social & @petermeiszner.bsky.social to ask the BC Government to amend the Vancouver Charter to give the City power to set maximum safe indoor temperatures in residential buildings and amend the +
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“The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion: The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.”
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion
The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.
www.thenation.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion: The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.”
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
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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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18 tickets left, Vancouver!
💫 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 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
18 tickets left, Vancouver!
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Getting to see some of this amazing downtown Vancouver bike infrastructure for myself. It's wonderful!
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 4:03 AM
Getting to see some of this amazing downtown Vancouver bike infrastructure for myself. It's wonderful!
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After years of campaigning, the Youth Climate Corps was included in the federal budget.
Mixed feelings: it's MUCH less than the $1 billion needed to create enough public jobs for young people all across the country to work toward a true just transition.
www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/blog/budget2...
Mixed feelings: it's MUCH less than the $1 billion needed to create enough public jobs for young people all across the country to work toward a true just transition.
www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/blog/budget2...
Youth Climate Corps makes its way into Budget 2025 — The Campaign for a Youth Climate Corps
After many years of campaigning, we are relieved and heartened to see the Youth Climate Corps established in Budget 2025, with a commitment of $40 million over two years.
www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca
November 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
After years of campaigning, the Youth Climate Corps was included in the federal budget.
Mixed feelings: it's MUCH less than the $1 billion needed to create enough public jobs for young people all across the country to work toward a true just transition.
www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/blog/budget2...
Mixed feelings: it's MUCH less than the $1 billion needed to create enough public jobs for young people all across the country to work toward a true just transition.
www.goodgreenjobsforall.ca/blog/budget2...
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it’s funny seeing canadian media present zohran as a “democratic socialist” like it’s some shocking thing and not just the left flank of the ndp
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
it’s funny seeing canadian media present zohran as a “democratic socialist” like it’s some shocking thing and not just the left flank of the ndp
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Can't stop thinking about the fact that the government is literally slashing public service jobs while bringing in AI for use in the public service.
They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.
Pretty gross!
They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.
Pretty gross!
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Can't stop thinking about the fact that the government is literally slashing public service jobs while bringing in AI for use in the public service.
They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.
Pretty gross!
They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.
Pretty gross!
Passport Canada, Canada Revenue Agency, Citizenship and Immigration Canada -- many of us have spent time on the phone or in offices with hardworking federal employees.
And the plan, apparently in large part, is to replace the good jobs of these human beings with AI slopbots? During a jobs crisis??
And the plan, apparently in large part, is to replace the good jobs of these human beings with AI slopbots? During a jobs crisis??
Can't stop thinking about the fact that the government is literally slashing public service jobs while bringing in AI for use in the public service.
They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.
Pretty gross!
They are literally doing, as a government, what we scream at tech bros for doing to their employees.
Pretty gross!
November 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Passport Canada, Canada Revenue Agency, Citizenship and Immigration Canada -- many of us have spent time on the phone or in offices with hardworking federal employees.
And the plan, apparently in large part, is to replace the good jobs of these human beings with AI slopbots? During a jobs crisis??
And the plan, apparently in large part, is to replace the good jobs of these human beings with AI slopbots? During a jobs crisis??
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Someone in my neighborhood got FED. UP.
October 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Someone in my neighborhood got FED. UP.
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“His campaign promises included raising taxes on the richest New Yorkers and using the money to make city buses free and provide free, universal child care. He has also promised to freeze rent for people living in about one million rent-regulated apartments.”
www.cbc.ca/news/world/n...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/n...
Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, elected mayor of New York City | CBC News
Democrat Zohran Mamdani made history in New York Tuesday, elected as the city's first Muslim mayor, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an Independent, and Repubican Curtis Sliwa.
www.cbc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“His campaign promises included raising taxes on the richest New Yorkers and using the money to make city buses free and provide free, universal child care. He has also promised to freeze rent for people living in about one million rent-regulated apartments.”
www.cbc.ca/news/world/n...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/n...
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Zohran Mamdani: We have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the final time I utter his name.
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Zohran Mamdani: We have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life, but let tonight be the final time I utter his name.
'We need to make sacrifices [to your health] in order to make investments [in tax cuts].'
Nothing new on pharmacare or dental care.
New tax deductions (and even 'super-deductions') for corporations.
Tax breaks on planes and yachts over $250,000.
Etc.
#cdnpoli
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/pol...
Nothing new on pharmacare or dental care.
New tax deductions (and even 'super-deductions') for corporations.
Tax breaks on planes and yachts over $250,000.
Etc.
#cdnpoli
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/pol...
What’s missing from the Carney government’s first federal budget
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first federal budget represents a shift in policy from Justin Trudeau as the Liberals bet that major investments in an economic transformation will pay off with much-neede...
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
November 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
'We need to make sacrifices [to your health] in order to make investments [in tax cuts].'
Nothing new on pharmacare or dental care.
New tax deductions (and even 'super-deductions') for corporations.
Tax breaks on planes and yachts over $250,000.
Etc.
#cdnpoli
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/pol...
Nothing new on pharmacare or dental care.
New tax deductions (and even 'super-deductions') for corporations.
Tax breaks on planes and yachts over $250,000.
Etc.
#cdnpoli
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/pol...