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I hope one thing leftists all take away from Mamdani’s campaign though is that it doesn’t matter how chill and wholesome you are, the dinguses are going to smear and trash you in increasingly unhinged ways anyway, so you might as well shoot for the moon and campaign on what makes your heart sing
August 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I hope one thing leftists all take away from Mamdani’s campaign though is that it doesn’t matter how chill and wholesome you are, the dinguses are going to smear and trash you in increasingly unhinged ways anyway, so you might as well shoot for the moon and campaign on what makes your heart sing
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Outstanding. Watch & share.
July 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Outstanding. Watch & share.
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“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability & quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
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My Canada Day plea to the PM...
If the Libs want to earn back the trust of young people, they must make a compelling & inspiring offer, & the Youth Climate Corps represents just that, write Bushra Asghar, Erin Blondeau, Lea Mary Movelle & Juan Vargas Alba 🧵👇 www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/11/o...
If the Libs want to earn back the trust of young people, they must make a compelling & inspiring offer, & the Youth Climate Corps represents just that, write Bushra Asghar, Erin Blondeau, Lea Mary Movelle & Juan Vargas Alba 🧵👇 www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/11/o...
If Carney wants to build, he should go big on a Youth Climate Corps
If the Liberals want to earn back the trust of young people, they must make a compelling and inspiring offer, and the Youth Climate Corps represents just that.
www.nationalobserver.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
My Canada Day plea to the PM...
If the Libs want to earn back the trust of young people, they must make a compelling & inspiring offer, & the Youth Climate Corps represents just that, write Bushra Asghar, Erin Blondeau, Lea Mary Movelle & Juan Vargas Alba 🧵👇 www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/11/o...
If the Libs want to earn back the trust of young people, they must make a compelling & inspiring offer, & the Youth Climate Corps represents just that, write Bushra Asghar, Erin Blondeau, Lea Mary Movelle & Juan Vargas Alba 🧵👇 www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/11/o...
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‘Nation-building’ projects should by more than 'stuff' like pipelines and infrastructure. They should include bolstering programs like medicare that reflect Canadian values like fairness and equity, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: ‘Nation-building’ projects should also reflect Canadian values
We can’t just focus on pipelines when health care and other soft-power initiatives are already our strengths
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
‘Nation-building’ projects should by more than 'stuff' like pipelines and infrastructure. They should include bolstering programs like medicare that reflect Canadian values like fairness and equity, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
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An awesome story about how solar microgrids kept the power on during Puerto Rico's latest blackouts.
This is bottom-up, power-to-the-people shit. Get excited!
This is bottom-up, power-to-the-people shit. Get excited!
Could Microgrids Be Puerto Rico's Answer to Endless Blackouts?
Meanwhile, feds redirect $365 million away from solar toward grid fixes
spectrum.ieee.org
June 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
An awesome story about how solar microgrids kept the power on during Puerto Rico's latest blackouts.
This is bottom-up, power-to-the-people shit. Get excited!
This is bottom-up, power-to-the-people shit. Get excited!
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If Prime Minister Mark Carney wishes to turn the page on past governments and stand up to US President Donald Trump, a green industrial strategy is serious forward-looking leadership, writes Nick Pearce www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/03/o...
“Build, build, build” needs workers — and a budget
If Prime Minister Mark Carney wishes to turn the page on past governments and stand up to US President Donald Trump, a green industrial strategy is serious forward-looking leadership.
www.nationalobserver.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
If Prime Minister Mark Carney wishes to turn the page on past governments and stand up to US President Donald Trump, a green industrial strategy is serious forward-looking leadership, writes Nick Pearce www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/03/o...
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I do hope at some point we start discussing a future for Canada that is about more than pulling things out of the ground and selling them.
The premiers and I want to make Canada a global energy superpower and build the strongest economy in the G7.
We’re working together to break down trade barriers across the country and get big, nation-building projects off the ground faster.
We’re working together to break down trade barriers across the country and get big, nation-building projects off the ground faster.
June 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I do hope at some point we start discussing a future for Canada that is about more than pulling things out of the ground and selling them.
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Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved public transit, not only did it TRANSFORM the city’s public life and economic success, but the car traffic got better.
The car traffic got BETTER.
The car traffic got BETTER.
May 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved public transit, not only did it TRANSFORM the city’s public life and economic success, but the car traffic got better.
The car traffic got BETTER.
The car traffic got BETTER.
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Venture capital firms are now reaching out to scientists who have faced funding cuts due to Trump/Musk/Doge and offering them funding.
A very shrewd move on their part but of course this means their discoveries from this funding will be owned privately instead of by the American people.
A very shrewd move on their part but of course this means their discoveries from this funding will be owned privately instead of by the American people.
May 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Venture capital firms are now reaching out to scientists who have faced funding cuts due to Trump/Musk/Doge and offering them funding.
A very shrewd move on their part but of course this means their discoveries from this funding will be owned privately instead of by the American people.
A very shrewd move on their part but of course this means their discoveries from this funding will be owned privately instead of by the American people.
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Last year federal legislation was passed to create Employee Ownership Trusts as a promising new vehicle for workers to achieve more control in their workplaces.
Michael MacKenzie, Simon Pek and @1alexhemingway.bsky.social explain how this can be achieved.
bcpolicy.ca/2025/05/06/r...
Michael MacKenzie, Simon Pek and @1alexhemingway.bsky.social explain how this can be achieved.
bcpolicy.ca/2025/05/06/r...
Want a more resilient Canadian economy?
Double down on democratic employee ownership!
bcpolicy.ca
May 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Last year federal legislation was passed to create Employee Ownership Trusts as a promising new vehicle for workers to achieve more control in their workplaces.
Michael MacKenzie, Simon Pek and @1alexhemingway.bsky.social explain how this can be achieved.
bcpolicy.ca/2025/05/06/r...
Michael MacKenzie, Simon Pek and @1alexhemingway.bsky.social explain how this can be achieved.
bcpolicy.ca/2025/05/06/r...
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If they want it, Indigenous people should get the whole damn Hudson's Bay Company. That would be very fitting.
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
First Nations orgs lobby to stop Hudson's Bay from selling artifacts
First Nations organizations are calling for the Hudson's Bay Company to stop the sale of any Indigenous items in its possession.
www.aptnnews.ca
May 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
If they want it, Indigenous people should get the whole damn Hudson's Bay Company. That would be very fitting.
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
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Building on the thread above, it’s great to see one of the biggest 🇨🇦 federal sector unions, the Canadian Association of Professional Employees @cape-acep.bsky.social now calling for Canada’s Public Sector Pension Plan to divest from Tesla! What are other unions across Canada waiting for? 9/x
CAPE calls for Canada’s Public Sector Pension plan to divest from Tesla
CAPE calls for Canada’s Public Sector Pension plan to divest from Tesla
Today, the Canadian Association of Professional Employees is calling on the Canadian Public Sector Pension Investment Board, and all pension funds in Canada, to divest from all Tesla holdings.
www.acep-cape.ca
April 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Building on the thread above, it’s great to see one of the biggest 🇨🇦 federal sector unions, the Canadian Association of Professional Employees @cape-acep.bsky.social now calling for Canada’s Public Sector Pension Plan to divest from Tesla! What are other unions across Canada waiting for? 9/x
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BREAKING: Nation’s biological clocks breathe sigh of relief
April 29, 2025 at 5:13 AM
BREAKING: Nation’s biological clocks breathe sigh of relief
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"Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift." (Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass)
April 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift." (Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass)
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“Our public transit isn’t failing; it’s being intentionally starved.”
Pitch-perfect messaging and framing from @elisejoshi.bsky.social. Transit advocates everywhere: watch this video, learn from it, apply to your local contexts, repeat.
Pitch-perfect messaging and framing from @elisejoshi.bsky.social. Transit advocates everywhere: watch this video, learn from it, apply to your local contexts, repeat.
April 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“Our public transit isn’t failing; it’s being intentionally starved.”
Pitch-perfect messaging and framing from @elisejoshi.bsky.social. Transit advocates everywhere: watch this video, learn from it, apply to your local contexts, repeat.
Pitch-perfect messaging and framing from @elisejoshi.bsky.social. Transit advocates everywhere: watch this video, learn from it, apply to your local contexts, repeat.
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The COVID-19 pandemic offered new insights around the impact of the built environment on mental health, with the prevalence of the car in our cities and lives severely limiting our ability to create restorative spaces. Here are three takeaways for planners wanting to promote better mental health...🧵
April 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The COVID-19 pandemic offered new insights around the impact of the built environment on mental health, with the prevalence of the car in our cities and lives severely limiting our ability to create restorative spaces. Here are three takeaways for planners wanting to promote better mental health...🧵
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs less to house people.
It costs less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
April 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs less to house people.
It costs less to house people.
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Mark Carney's office opened 90% of emails our supporters sent about basic income, from liberals and non-liberals alike.
Many brought up an important idea: UBI should be a dividend from things we own in common, like natural resources and the rent of land.🧵
Many brought up an important idea: UBI should be a dividend from things we own in common, like natural resources and the rent of land.🧵
April 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Mark Carney's office opened 90% of emails our supporters sent about basic income, from liberals and non-liberals alike.
Many brought up an important idea: UBI should be a dividend from things we own in common, like natural resources and the rent of land.🧵
Many brought up an important idea: UBI should be a dividend from things we own in common, like natural resources and the rent of land.🧵
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We need to talk about @rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Our democracy is not going to make it without strong journalists. Let me begin by stating the obvious: these thoughts are mine alone. They do not speak for my employers. They are personal and, at this moment, angry. #cdnmedia
tinyurl.com/mwtpfbze
Our democracy is not going to make it without strong journalists. Let me begin by stating the obvious: these thoughts are mine alone. They do not speak for my employers. They are personal and, at this moment, angry. #cdnmedia
tinyurl.com/mwtpfbze
We need to talk about Rachel
Because our democracy is not going to make it through the next years without strong journalists.
tinyurl.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
We need to talk about @rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Our democracy is not going to make it without strong journalists. Let me begin by stating the obvious: these thoughts are mine alone. They do not speak for my employers. They are personal and, at this moment, angry. #cdnmedia
tinyurl.com/mwtpfbze
Our democracy is not going to make it without strong journalists. Let me begin by stating the obvious: these thoughts are mine alone. They do not speak for my employers. They are personal and, at this moment, angry. #cdnmedia
tinyurl.com/mwtpfbze
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A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵
April 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵
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What I’d like to see the NDP talk more about and focus on:
1. Industrial policy, especially now
2. Building an economy where enterprises are increasingly owned and controlled by workers (related to 1)
3. Building things (which workers like to do, related to 1 and 2)
1. Industrial policy, especially now
2. Building an economy where enterprises are increasingly owned and controlled by workers (related to 1)
3. Building things (which workers like to do, related to 1 and 2)
March 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
What I’d like to see the NDP talk more about and focus on:
1. Industrial policy, especially now
2. Building an economy where enterprises are increasingly owned and controlled by workers (related to 1)
3. Building things (which workers like to do, related to 1 and 2)
1. Industrial policy, especially now
2. Building an economy where enterprises are increasingly owned and controlled by workers (related to 1)
3. Building things (which workers like to do, related to 1 and 2)
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RIP McBarge
1986-2025
You were too pure for this world
1986-2025
You were too pure for this world
March 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM
RIP McBarge
1986-2025
You were too pure for this world
1986-2025
You were too pure for this world