@weslincoln.bsky.social
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"Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era...The ability to criticize, question, protest, and even mock those in power is foundational to what America has always aspired to be." www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era
In wake of the Trump administration’s censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era...The ability to criticize, question, protest, and even mock those in power is foundational to what America has always aspired to be." www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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mods are asleep post ssingssing tiny desk concert
SsingSsing: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
youtu.be
September 4, 2025 at 3:19 AM
mods are asleep post ssingssing tiny desk concert
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If you live in Canada and believe you're immune from an Orwelian future, please be aware that the Edmonton School District just banned 200 books, including six of mine, from its school libraries.
August 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If you live in Canada and believe you're immune from an Orwelian future, please be aware that the Edmonton School District just banned 200 books, including six of mine, from its school libraries.
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“Trump’s march towards authoritarianism is so steady that it’s easy to become inured to it: you can’t be in a state of shock permanently. And besides, sober-minded people are wary of sounding hyperbolic or hysterical: their instinct is to play down rather than scream at the top of their voice.”
Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode | Jonathan Freedland
Trump’s dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. But now it’s time to call it what it is, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM
“Trump’s march towards authoritarianism is so steady that it’s easy to become inured to it: you can’t be in a state of shock permanently. And besides, sober-minded people are wary of sounding hyperbolic or hysterical: their instinct is to play down rather than scream at the top of their voice.”
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"What happens when the creation of that sense of failure, of the complete ineffectiveness of political action against the system, becomes the chief objective of those in power?"
Fascinating piece by the dearly departed David Graeber.
Fascinating piece by the dearly departed David Graeber.
A practical utopians guide to the coming collapse
What is a revolution? We used to think we knew. Revolutions were seizures of power by pop- ular forces aiming to transform the very nature of the political, social, and economic system in the country ...
davidgraeber.org
August 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
"What happens when the creation of that sense of failure, of the complete ineffectiveness of political action against the system, becomes the chief objective of those in power?"
Fascinating piece by the dearly departed David Graeber.
Fascinating piece by the dearly departed David Graeber.
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Archaeologists Are Finding Dugout Canoes in the American Midwest as Old as the Great Pyramids of Egypt. In the waterways connected to the Great Lakes, researchers uncover boats that tell the story of millennia of Indigenous history.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/arch...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/arch...
Archaeologists Are Finding Dugout Canoes in the American Midwest as Old as the Great Pyramids of Egypt
In the waterways connected to the Great Lakes, researchers uncover boats that tell the story of millennia of Indigenous history
www.smithsonianmag.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Archaeologists Are Finding Dugout Canoes in the American Midwest as Old as the Great Pyramids of Egypt. In the waterways connected to the Great Lakes, researchers uncover boats that tell the story of millennia of Indigenous history.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/arch...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/arch...
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Excellent article today in UrbanToronto regarding the King Street priority corridor. After 7 years of transit priority, the street remains unchanged, with no timeline for when improvements are coming. This is low hanging fruit and the city is failing big time. urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/08...
King Street: Toronto's Transit Inferiority Corridor | UrbanToronto
Long planned upgrades to Toronto's busiest streetcar line have gone off the rails once more, with anticipated improvements to the 504 King's Transit Priority Corridor notably absent from the recently rebuilt intersection of King and Church streets, and indicative of a failure to truly prioritize the street for moving people.
urbantoronto.ca
August 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Excellent article today in UrbanToronto regarding the King Street priority corridor. After 7 years of transit priority, the street remains unchanged, with no timeline for when improvements are coming. This is low hanging fruit and the city is failing big time. urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/08...
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American covert influence operations in Greenland, according to the Danish public broadcaster based on government sources
Report says Americans undertook influence operations in Greenland
YouTube video by CBC News
youtu.be
August 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
American covert influence operations in Greenland, according to the Danish public broadcaster based on government sources
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Dear Ron DeSantis:
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
1. The situation in Florida is growing more tense with the erasure of Pride crosswalks.
After state officials painted over the Pulse Memorial sidewalk in Orlando, Florida Citizens painted them back.
Now the state has sent 7 squad cars to stare at the crosswalk.
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After state officials painted over the Pulse Memorial sidewalk in Orlando, Florida Citizens painted them back.
Now the state has sent 7 squad cars to stare at the crosswalk.
Subscribe to support our journalism
Florida Deploys Police To Stare At Crosswalks, Stop Them From Being Painted Rainbow Colors
The move comes after citizens repainted the Pulse memorial sidewalk in Pride colors.
www.erininthemorning.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Dear Ron DeSantis:
Fuck you.
Fuck you.
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A City Is Not A Cake
There's no recipe to building a great city. So why are so many zoning and road design policies written like there is — and how can loosening standards make cities less car dependent?
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/08/26/o...
There's no recipe to building a great city. So why are so many zoning and road design policies written like there is — and how can loosening standards make cities less car dependent?
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/08/26/o...
Op-Ed: A City Is Not A Cake — Streetsblog USA
There's no recipe to building a great city. So why are so many zoning and road design policies written like there is — and how can loosening standards make cities less car dependent?
usa.streetsblog.org
August 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A City Is Not A Cake
There's no recipe to building a great city. So why are so many zoning and road design policies written like there is — and how can loosening standards make cities less car dependent?
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/08/26/o...
There's no recipe to building a great city. So why are so many zoning and road design policies written like there is — and how can loosening standards make cities less car dependent?
usa.streetsblog.org/2025/08/26/o...
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The Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of this land a century ago. They sued, got their land back, and are using their sovereignty to ignore local zoning and build 6,000 new homes over the objections of NIMBY homeowners in the wealthy Kits Point neighborhood nearby.
Three towers of Sen̓áḵw (phase 1) rising above Kits 6 Reserve as reclaimed by the Squamish Nation near downtown Vancouver. senakw.com/place
Here emerging from trees on the Parkview Tower lot at the foot of the Burrard Bridge nearby (also formerly part of Kits 6). 1/
Here emerging from trees on the Parkview Tower lot at the foot of the Burrard Bridge nearby (also formerly part of Kits 6). 1/
August 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of this land a century ago. They sued, got their land back, and are using their sovereignty to ignore local zoning and build 6,000 new homes over the objections of NIMBY homeowners in the wealthy Kits Point neighborhood nearby.
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I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.
Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.
www.theatlantic.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.
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“Often, the people who have been on the land the longest are the first to get displaced.”
After Maui’s fires, native Hawaiian families face a new threat: foreclosure.
After Maui’s fires, native Hawaiian families face a new threat: foreclosure.
After Maui's fires, native Hawaiian families face a new threat: foreclosure
“Often, the people who have been on the land the longest are the first to get displaced.”
www.motherjones.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“Often, the people who have been on the land the longest are the first to get displaced.”
After Maui’s fires, native Hawaiian families face a new threat: foreclosure.
After Maui’s fires, native Hawaiian families face a new threat: foreclosure.
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Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
August 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.
In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.
This is why unions are vital.
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The year is 2027. Ontario is lagging behind all provinces in construction again. "My friends, we are going to fix this", Doug Ford says at a press conference. "Starting tomorrow, cottage bunkies and provincial park yurts will count as housing starts. It's all part of our Plan to Protect Ontario."
Canada isn’t in a housing slump — Ontario is, RBC analysis shows | Globalnews.ca
Ontario’s lag in housing construction was at 'the root of the housing crisis' in Canada, new analysis by the Royal Bank of Canada shows.
globalnews.ca
August 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The year is 2027. Ontario is lagging behind all provinces in construction again. "My friends, we are going to fix this", Doug Ford says at a press conference. "Starting tomorrow, cottage bunkies and provincial park yurts will count as housing starts. It's all part of our Plan to Protect Ontario."
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Good luck explaining to your grandchildren why we crossed known climate tipping points.
“Oh, we wanted to let big companies pollute for free,” won’t have much appeal.
“Oh, we wanted to let big companies pollute for free,” won’t have much appeal.
Earth’s climate is approaching irreversible tipping points
Scientists are racing to work out just how close they might be
www.economist.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Good luck explaining to your grandchildren why we crossed known climate tipping points.
“Oh, we wanted to let big companies pollute for free,” won’t have much appeal.
“Oh, we wanted to let big companies pollute for free,” won’t have much appeal.
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The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What”
The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
(Published April 2024)
The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
(Published April 2024)
The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What”: Climate Change is Already Forcing People From Their Homes
The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
www.propublica.org
August 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What”
The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
(Published April 2024)
The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.
(Published April 2024)
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The City of Toronto has contracted w Garda too - currently doing encampments secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
August 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The City of Toronto has contracted w Garda too - currently doing encampments secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
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I feel like a toddler* talking about bike lanes so much but the Premier of Ontario insists that's all we talk about.
(*unfair to toddlers they have many interests)
(*unfair to toddlers they have many interests)
The Ford government wants to dig one of the most expensive tunnels in the world under the 401 Highway. It's a joke, but the premier isn't laughing.
What's going on with these toddlers running the province?
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/the-ford-g...
What's going on with these toddlers running the province?
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/the-ford-g...
The Ford Government's 401 Tunnel Is A Joke. But The Premier Isn't Laughing.
I can't believe we're even talking about this thing. It's a multi-billion dollar boondoggle waiting to happen. But the governmnent says it's going ahead, one way or another.
www.davidmoscrop.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I feel like a toddler* talking about bike lanes so much but the Premier of Ontario insists that's all we talk about.
(*unfair to toddlers they have many interests)
(*unfair to toddlers they have many interests)
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#OpenStreets Work.
June 6-8
Do West Fest (Little Portugal) Dundas St W, from Shaw St to Lansdowne Av
July 19 & 20
BIG on Bloor: Dufferin to Lansdowne Av.
Festival of South Asia (Little India) Gerrard St E, Greenwood to Coxwell Av.
Ossfest & Beaches Jazz Fest
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/07/24/w...
June 6-8
Do West Fest (Little Portugal) Dundas St W, from Shaw St to Lansdowne Av
July 19 & 20
BIG on Bloor: Dufferin to Lansdowne Av.
Festival of South Asia (Little India) Gerrard St E, Greenwood to Coxwell Av.
Ossfest & Beaches Jazz Fest
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/07/24/w...
July 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#OpenStreets Work.
June 6-8
Do West Fest (Little Portugal) Dundas St W, from Shaw St to Lansdowne Av
July 19 & 20
BIG on Bloor: Dufferin to Lansdowne Av.
Festival of South Asia (Little India) Gerrard St E, Greenwood to Coxwell Av.
Ossfest & Beaches Jazz Fest
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/07/24/w...
June 6-8
Do West Fest (Little Portugal) Dundas St W, from Shaw St to Lansdowne Av
July 19 & 20
BIG on Bloor: Dufferin to Lansdowne Av.
Festival of South Asia (Little India) Gerrard St E, Greenwood to Coxwell Av.
Ossfest & Beaches Jazz Fest
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/07/24/w...
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I wrote about shade, which is surprisingly hard to come by.
featuring: the National Shade Map, @samkbloch.bsky.social's book, LA's ridiculous tree-planting regulations, the genius of Olmsted, and a shade-themed bible study by @laura-m-hartman.bsky.social
slate.com/business/202...
featuring: the National Shade Map, @samkbloch.bsky.social's book, LA's ridiculous tree-planting regulations, the genius of Olmsted, and a shade-themed bible study by @laura-m-hartman.bsky.social
slate.com/business/202...
It’s a Natural Resource We Don’t Think About Often. Public Health Depends On It More Than Ever.
As extreme heat becomes deadlier, cities are rethinking trees, awnings, and shaded spaces as essential infrastructure.
slate.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I wrote about shade, which is surprisingly hard to come by.
featuring: the National Shade Map, @samkbloch.bsky.social's book, LA's ridiculous tree-planting regulations, the genius of Olmsted, and a shade-themed bible study by @laura-m-hartman.bsky.social
slate.com/business/202...
featuring: the National Shade Map, @samkbloch.bsky.social's book, LA's ridiculous tree-planting regulations, the genius of Olmsted, and a shade-themed bible study by @laura-m-hartman.bsky.social
slate.com/business/202...
Not really a measure of foot traffic, then. Residential and retail are significant in downtown Toronto.
"estimates the number of office workers entering the central business districts of cities. It does not include residential and retail foot traffic."
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
"estimates the number of office workers entering the central business districts of cities. It does not include residential and retail foot traffic."
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Downtown foot traffic is still far below prepandemic levels, despite push to boost in-office hours: data
Recovery of activity in urban cities has flatlined despite stricter return-to-work mandates
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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In analysis of fossil pollen records over 600k yrs, study found "vegetation was able to respond at timescales from 100s to 10s of 1000s of yrs, but not at timescales less than ~150 yrs." IOW at current rates of change, there's no way ecosystems will be able to adapt.🌏 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Coupled, decoupled, and abrupt responses of vegetation to climate across timescales
Climate and ecosystem dynamics vary across timescales, but research into climate-driven vegetation dynamics usually focuses on singular timescales. We developed a spectral analysis–based approach that...
www.science.org
July 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
In analysis of fossil pollen records over 600k yrs, study found "vegetation was able to respond at timescales from 100s to 10s of 1000s of yrs, but not at timescales less than ~150 yrs." IOW at current rates of change, there's no way ecosystems will be able to adapt.🌏 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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NEW: Paris reopens the Seine River to public swimming after a century-long ban! “About 1,000 swimmers a day will be allowed to use 3 public bathing sites after €1.4bn clean-up program.” 14 more bathing spots beyond the city are planned.
Big, bold leadership.
@annehidalgo.bsky.social @paris.fr
Big, bold leadership.
@annehidalgo.bsky.social @paris.fr
Paris reopens River Seine to public swimming after century-long ban
About 1,000 swimmers a day will be allowed to use three bathing sites after €1.4bn clean-up programme
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
NEW: Paris reopens the Seine River to public swimming after a century-long ban! “About 1,000 swimmers a day will be allowed to use 3 public bathing sites after €1.4bn clean-up program.” 14 more bathing spots beyond the city are planned.
Big, bold leadership.
@annehidalgo.bsky.social @paris.fr
Big, bold leadership.
@annehidalgo.bsky.social @paris.fr
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"Ontario’s shortage of wildland firefighters, equipment +staff is worse than previously understood...These shortages have left the province scrambling to fight dozens of fires burning simultaneously, including one that is now 2nd biggest fire in Ontario’s history..."
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Firefighter understaffing in Ontario is worse than previously understood, these numbers show
As dozens of fires burn simultaneously, including one that is now the second biggest fire in the province's history, Ontario is calling on other provinces for help.
www.thestar.com
July 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"Ontario’s shortage of wildland firefighters, equipment +staff is worse than previously understood...These shortages have left the province scrambling to fight dozens of fires burning simultaneously, including one that is now 2nd biggest fire in Ontario’s history..."
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...