Richard Campbell
@richardcampbell.net
Patiently persistent. Trails, nature, reconciliation, cycling, transit, walking, rolling, livable cities. Ban private jets, yachts, mansions & luxury vehicles.
On the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh & səlilwətaɬ Nations.
On the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh & səlilwətaɬ Nations.
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"Iowa City eliminated bus fares in August 2023 with a goal of lowering emissions from cars and encouraging people to take public transit...
Ridership has surpassed prepandemic levels by 18 percent. Bus drivers say they’re navigating less congested streets."
Ridership has surpassed prepandemic levels by 18 percent. Bus drivers say they’re navigating less congested streets."
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"Iowa City eliminated bus fares in August 2023 with a goal of lowering emissions from cars and encouraging people to take public transit...
Ridership has surpassed prepandemic levels by 18 percent. Bus drivers say they’re navigating less congested streets."
Ridership has surpassed prepandemic levels by 18 percent. Bus drivers say they’re navigating less congested streets."
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“Lives are at stake. And to suggest that policing is having that kind of impact on overdose deaths, when that is really not what evidence supports and is not what the data supports, is irresponsible and a real disservice to the public.”
#bcpoli #harmreduction
“Lives are at stake. And to suggest that policing is having that kind of impact on overdose deaths, when that is really not what evidence supports and is not what the data supports, is irresponsible and a real disservice to the public.”
#bcpoli #harmreduction
Vancouver mayor credits DTES task force with reducing overdoses. Here’s what public health experts say
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim continues to laud the impacts of a police-led task force focused on crime on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, claiming it led to a reduction in overdoses.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
“Lives are at stake. And to suggest that policing is having that kind of impact on overdose deaths, when that is really not what evidence supports and is not what the data supports, is irresponsible and a real disservice to the public.”
#bcpoli #harmreduction
“Lives are at stake. And to suggest that policing is having that kind of impact on overdose deaths, when that is really not what evidence supports and is not what the data supports, is irresponsible and a real disservice to the public.”
#bcpoli #harmreduction
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Another reason to stop eating red meat: A 47-year-old JetBlue pilot ate a hamburger and died because he had an allergy to red meat triggered by a tick bite.
After a Mysterious Death, a Family’s Quest for Answers Leads to a Tick
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Another reason to stop eating red meat: A 47-year-old JetBlue pilot ate a hamburger and died because he had an allergy to red meat triggered by a tick bite.
The only confusion over plant-based food labelling in Europe is exactly which shadowy livestock lobby is behind it. There’s no genuine, citizen-driven demand to ban veggie burgers or sausages – just a meat industry push to protect its profit margins from a rising tide of dietary change.-Scott-Halkes
Instead of banning the use of the name “veggie burger”, the world would be a better place if meat burgers were banned. 🙃
Ban on veggie ‘burgers’: plant-based products may lose meaty names in UK under EU law
Exclusive: Trade agreement means UK is subject to some food labelling rules, with vote on vegetarian food terms this week
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The only confusion over plant-based food labelling in Europe is exactly which shadowy livestock lobby is behind it. There’s no genuine, citizen-driven demand to ban veggie burgers or sausages – just a meat industry push to protect its profit margins from a rising tide of dietary change.-Scott-Halkes
The driver's seat on the Burnaby Mountain Gondola will be awesome! Can't wait.
From TransLink's great flyover video of riding in the gondola: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnnk...
From TransLink's great flyover video of riding in the gondola: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnnk...
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The driver's seat on the Burnaby Mountain Gondola will be awesome! Can't wait.
From TransLink's great flyover video of riding in the gondola: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnnk...
From TransLink's great flyover video of riding in the gondola: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnnk...
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Human Rights Watch calls for Israeli leaders, including PM Netanyahu, to be investigated on war crimes accusations.
Israel’s emptying of West Bank refugee camps amounts to war crimes: HRW
Human Rights Watch calls for Israeli leaders, including PM Netanyahu, to be investigated on war crimes accusations.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Human Rights Watch calls for Israeli leaders, including PM Netanyahu, to be investigated on war crimes accusations.
Stagnation during last 20 years entirely accounted for by oil sector. Higher oil prices made capital-intensive sources of oil like oil sands viable to extract on commercial scale. However, greater input required/barrel of oil slowed productivity growth oliverdl.com/files/cje_wp...
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Stagnation during last 20 years entirely accounted for by oil sector. Higher oil prices made capital-intensive sources of oil like oil sands viable to extract on commercial scale. However, greater input required/barrel of oil slowed productivity growth oliverdl.com/files/cje_wp...
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🚆 In 2019 Transport for London introduced a ban on junk food advertising.
Despite facing fierce lobbying, Sadiq Khan pushed ahead with the ban to protect public health. 🍎
So - why are harmful polluting industries still able to advertise across London? 🧐 🧵 1/5
Despite facing fierce lobbying, Sadiq Khan pushed ahead with the ban to protect public health. 🍎
So - why are harmful polluting industries still able to advertise across London? 🧐 🧵 1/5
Fossil Ads — Badvertising
www.badverts.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🚆 In 2019 Transport for London introduced a ban on junk food advertising.
Despite facing fierce lobbying, Sadiq Khan pushed ahead with the ban to protect public health. 🍎
So - why are harmful polluting industries still able to advertise across London? 🧐 🧵 1/5
Despite facing fierce lobbying, Sadiq Khan pushed ahead with the ban to protect public health. 🍎
So - why are harmful polluting industries still able to advertise across London? 🧐 🧵 1/5
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NEW: Over 60 Vancouver businesses have signed an open letter to council, asking the city not to make cuts to the Department of Planning, Urban Design and Sustainability.
vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2025/1...
#StopTheCuts #vanpoli
vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2025/1...
#StopTheCuts #vanpoli
Vancouver businesses urge city to protect climate initiatives
Over 60 Vancouver businesses have signed an open letter to council, asking the city not to make a controversial budget cut to the Department of Planning, Urban Design and Sustainability. Shailee Shah ...
vancouver.citynews.ca
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
NEW: Over 60 Vancouver businesses have signed an open letter to council, asking the city not to make cuts to the Department of Planning, Urban Design and Sustainability.
vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2025/1...
#StopTheCuts #vanpoli
vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2025/1...
#StopTheCuts #vanpoli
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Speaker #631 - the last word from public speakers to Council!
There's still time to take action to stop Ken Sim's cuts!
Send a letter: www.votecope.ca/stopsim
Budget vote coming up Nov. 25th.
#StopTheCuts #vanpoli
There's still time to take action to stop Ken Sim's cuts!
Send a letter: www.votecope.ca/stopsim
Budget vote coming up Nov. 25th.
#StopTheCuts #vanpoli
November 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Speaker #631 - the last word from public speakers to Council!
There's still time to take action to stop Ken Sim's cuts!
Send a letter: www.votecope.ca/stopsim
Budget vote coming up Nov. 25th.
#StopTheCuts #vanpoli
There's still time to take action to stop Ken Sim's cuts!
Send a letter: www.votecope.ca/stopsim
Budget vote coming up Nov. 25th.
#StopTheCuts #vanpoli
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Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana the size of Manhattan — while Meta runs ads about how small towns love their data centers, we found furious locals who plan to leave town completely.
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana the size of Manhattan — while Meta runs ads about how small towns love their data centers, we found furious locals who plan to leave town completely.
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Burning fossil fuels will release more CO2 than ever before this year. But thanks to investment in renewables:
🌍Emissions have increased less quickly over the past decade
⚡Fossil fuel use in generating electricity has flatlined
Our efforts are making a difference. But we must do so faster.
🌍Emissions have increased less quickly over the past decade
⚡Fossil fuel use in generating electricity has flatlined
Our efforts are making a difference. But we must do so faster.
Fossil fuel emissions rise again - but renewables boom offers hope for climate
Carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels are forecast to reach a new high in 2025 but could soon peak.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Burning fossil fuels will release more CO2 than ever before this year. But thanks to investment in renewables:
🌍Emissions have increased less quickly over the past decade
⚡Fossil fuel use in generating electricity has flatlined
Our efforts are making a difference. But we must do so faster.
🌍Emissions have increased less quickly over the past decade
⚡Fossil fuel use in generating electricity has flatlined
Our efforts are making a difference. But we must do so faster.
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I just had a plate of lovely pierogi. At 150 km/h.
And this is why train travel is superiour to any other mean of travel. :-)
(Together with coffee I paid about 11 euro).
And this is why train travel is superiour to any other mean of travel. :-)
(Together with coffee I paid about 11 euro).
November 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I just had a plate of lovely pierogi. At 150 km/h.
And this is why train travel is superiour to any other mean of travel. :-)
(Together with coffee I paid about 11 euro).
And this is why train travel is superiour to any other mean of travel. :-)
(Together with coffee I paid about 11 euro).
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I wish he wasn’t just providing cover for the many exploitative projects he’s about to push through Indigenous lands, but I think he is just providing cover for the many exploitative projects he’s about to push through Indigenous lands.
Mark Carney becomes the first sitting prime minister to attend event commemorating anniversary of Métis leader Louis Riel's execution.
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
APTN News Brief: November 18, 2025—Carney becomes first sitting PM to attend event marking Métis leader Louis Riel's execution
Our lead story: at a ceremony in Manitoba, Mark Carney becomes the first sitting prime minister to attend event commemorating anniversary of Métis leader Louis Riel's execution by the Canadian state.
pod.fo
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
I wish he wasn’t just providing cover for the many exploitative projects he’s about to push through Indigenous lands, but I think he is just providing cover for the many exploitative projects he’s about to push through Indigenous lands.
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Over 600 people signed up to speak to Vancouver council on the proposed 2026 budget, demanding transparency & protections for health, climate safety, & community wellbeing. Sign your name to the open letter from CAPE BC & our friends at @cane-bc.bsky.social & @womentcities.bsky.social !
Letter to Vancouver Council Urging Rework of Budget 2026
Please sign this open letter from healthcare professionals and community advocates to Vancouver’s Mayor and Council regarding the proposed 2026 budget cuts. The letter highlights the serious health, e...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Over 600 people signed up to speak to Vancouver council on the proposed 2026 budget, demanding transparency & protections for health, climate safety, & community wellbeing. Sign your name to the open letter from CAPE BC & our friends at @cane-bc.bsky.social & @womentcities.bsky.social !
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Ridership on Paris region transit systems is now generally at or higher than pre-pandemic levels. Bike use is much higher than pre-pandemic.
At the same time, car traffic in Paris and on its ring highway is substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
At the same time, car traffic in Paris and on its ring highway is substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Ridership on Paris region transit systems is now generally at or higher than pre-pandemic levels. Bike use is much higher than pre-pandemic.
At the same time, car traffic in Paris and on its ring highway is substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
At the same time, car traffic in Paris and on its ring highway is substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
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ICYMI - A rare inside view of the UCP push to embed the private for-profit surgery industry in Alberta - no matter the cost, even to cancer patients.
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing | The Tyee
The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation.
thetyee.ca
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
ICYMI - A rare inside view of the UCP push to embed the private for-profit surgery industry in Alberta - no matter the cost, even to cancer patients.
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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It's live! Impacts of Deep-sea Mining on Migratory Species: Review and Knowledge Gaps.
In English, French, and Spanish. Annex I is the actual report.
www.cms.int/document/dee...
In English, French, and Spanish. Annex I is the actual report.
www.cms.int/document/dee...
25.2.3 Deep-Sea Mining | Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
www.cms.int
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It's live! Impacts of Deep-sea Mining on Migratory Species: Review and Knowledge Gaps.
In English, French, and Spanish. Annex I is the actual report.
www.cms.int/document/dee...
In English, French, and Spanish. Annex I is the actual report.
www.cms.int/document/dee...
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Today’s episode of “there is a better way.” Helsinki went a full year without a car-related fatality. For the 90th million time, we ask-why not here? Why can’t we have the healthy, safe, secure, efficient, civilized goods others have: schools free of mass shootings, safe sidewalks, health care…
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 18, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Today’s episode of “there is a better way.” Helsinki went a full year without a car-related fatality. For the 90th million time, we ask-why not here? Why can’t we have the healthy, safe, secure, efficient, civilized goods others have: schools free of mass shootings, safe sidewalks, health care…
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Wow! Over 2,000 new supporters signed up overnight - let’s build this campaign by spreading the word: www.labourstartcampaigns.net/show_campaig...
Guatemala: Stop persecution of union leader Lesbia Xiomara Conde Pacheco
Please support this LabourStart urgent action campaign and spread the word.
www.labourstartcampaigns.net
November 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Wow! Over 2,000 new supporters signed up overnight - let’s build this campaign by spreading the word: www.labourstartcampaigns.net/show_campaig...
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It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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NEW: Peter Thiel has blinked. Yesterday, I posted an article about the "Great AI Bubble". And today, we find out that he's bailed on the market.
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Peter Thiel Gets Out of Dodge
Yesterday, I published on "Great AI Bubble". Today, Silicon Valley's Dr Evil dumps his stock
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
NEW: Peter Thiel has blinked. Yesterday, I posted an article about the "Great AI Bubble". And today, we find out that he's bailed on the market.
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
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So...He's just saying, publicly, that it's a bubble...
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
So...He's just saying, publicly, that it's a bubble...