Jim Mike
@whatfuntimes.bsky.social
Toddler dad and middle aged undergrad. Studies political science and environmental studies. Interests include climate resilience, national defence, urbanism, social equality, healthcare, Airedales, and plenty more. Canadian.
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"'I love not owning a car,' said Teal Burns of Halifax. Many others said the same thing in slightly different ways. Those who previously owned a car say they don't miss the cost and hassle of owning a car or the stress of driving." Same. www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
Why some Canadians love living without a car | CBC Climate Change News
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we share the experiences of people across Canada who don't own a car; track China's progress on cutting emissions; and check out an efficient way to remo...
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"'I love not owning a car,' said Teal Burns of Halifax. Many others said the same thing in slightly different ways. Those who previously owned a car say they don't miss the cost and hassle of owning a car or the stress of driving." Same. www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
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Is not a bad time to point out that Australia just made it illegal to refuse remote work with out a legitimate reason. And a court has ruled that “face to face time is important to our office culture” is not legitimate. Nor is “productity is higher when everyone is on the office”.
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Is not a bad time to point out that Australia just made it illegal to refuse remote work with out a legitimate reason. And a court has ruled that “face to face time is important to our office culture” is not legitimate. Nor is “productity is higher when everyone is on the office”.
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The Silent War Before COP30: How Corporations Are Weaponising the Law to Muzzle Climate Defenders www.globalissues.org/news/2025/11...
The Silent War Before COP30: How Corporations Are Weaponising the Law to Muzzle Climate Defenders
BELÉM, Brazil, November 10 (IPS) - As the world prepares for the next COP30 summit, a quieter battle is raging in courtrooms. Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) are the fossil-f...
www.globalissues.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The Silent War Before COP30: How Corporations Are Weaponising the Law to Muzzle Climate Defenders www.globalissues.org/news/2025/11...
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
I love learning about the existence of weird technology. I had some early digital cameras during this period, but I definitely never saw one of these things.
This is from the oughts. I'm almost certain it was taken with this camera.
November 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I love learning about the existence of weird technology. I had some early digital cameras during this period, but I definitely never saw one of these things.
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There are lots of things that the bible sends mixed messages on - it's why theological debate exists.
But the one thing the christian bible is pretty consistent on is, "fuck them rich people."
But the one thing the christian bible is pretty consistent on is, "fuck them rich people."
November 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
There are lots of things that the bible sends mixed messages on - it's why theological debate exists.
But the one thing the christian bible is pretty consistent on is, "fuck them rich people."
But the one thing the christian bible is pretty consistent on is, "fuck them rich people."
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
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I don't give a DAMN what your political inclinations are, behaviour like this is completely and utterly unacceptable!
Grow the hell up!
Uderstand that there is a time and a place to express your displeasure. A Remembrance Day Ceremony honouring our fallen is neither!!!
Grow the hell up!
Uderstand that there is a time and a place to express your displeasure. A Remembrance Day Ceremony honouring our fallen is neither!!!
November 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I don't give a DAMN what your political inclinations are, behaviour like this is completely and utterly unacceptable!
Grow the hell up!
Uderstand that there is a time and a place to express your displeasure. A Remembrance Day Ceremony honouring our fallen is neither!!!
Grow the hell up!
Uderstand that there is a time and a place to express your displeasure. A Remembrance Day Ceremony honouring our fallen is neither!!!
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Scotlands oldest commercial wind farm has been repowered with half the number of wind turbines and an output 5 times greater than the turbines they replace.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Scotlands oldest commercial wind farm has been repowered with half the number of wind turbines and an output 5 times greater than the turbines they replace.
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In Germany, the sale of heat pumps have surpassed those of gas boilers for the first time.
Like Germany, Ontario gets most of our gas from outside the country (in our case, most of the gas coming into Ontario comes from the U.S.)
Yet Ontario has no credible decarbonization plan.
Like Germany, Ontario gets most of our gas from outside the country (in our case, most of the gas coming into Ontario comes from the U.S.)
Yet Ontario has no credible decarbonization plan.
A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
In Germany, the sale of heat pumps have surpassed those of gas boilers for the first time.
Like Germany, Ontario gets most of our gas from outside the country (in our case, most of the gas coming into Ontario comes from the U.S.)
Yet Ontario has no credible decarbonization plan.
Like Germany, Ontario gets most of our gas from outside the country (in our case, most of the gas coming into Ontario comes from the U.S.)
Yet Ontario has no credible decarbonization plan.
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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A must read:
Smart people are not infallible.
Genius in one area does not translate into all areas.
Smart people are not infallible.
Genius in one area does not translate into all areas.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
A must read:
Smart people are not infallible.
Genius in one area does not translate into all areas.
Smart people are not infallible.
Genius in one area does not translate into all areas.
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This is a good article, worth reading.
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-tobacco playbook could help turn the US public against their beloved oversized cars.
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This is a good article, worth reading.
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
Gigantic SUVs are a public health threat. Why don’t we treat them like one?
The anti-smoking playbook is worth studying and learning from, and is completely applicable to oversized cars.
Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in @vox.com #CarBloat
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Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
November 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.
It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.
Since then, it’s only gotten worse.
Do the steps sound familiar?
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
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Every time a Conservative MP crosses the floor, another bell rings on Poilievre’s sinking ship. ⚓️
CBC caught the cracks forming in his caucus — and the hypocrisy behind his “defund the CBC” crusade.
🎥 r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
#SaveTheCBC #cdnpoli #SSPoilievre
CBC caught the cracks forming in his caucus — and the hypocrisy behind his “defund the CBC” crusade.
🎥 r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
#SaveTheCBC #cdnpoli #SSPoilievre
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Every time a Conservative MP crosses the floor, another bell rings on Poilievre’s sinking ship. ⚓️
CBC caught the cracks forming in his caucus — and the hypocrisy behind his “defund the CBC” crusade.
🎥 r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
#SaveTheCBC #cdnpoli #SSPoilievre
CBC caught the cracks forming in his caucus — and the hypocrisy behind his “defund the CBC” crusade.
🎥 r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
#SaveTheCBC #cdnpoli #SSPoilievre
If diesel emissions issues are out of the way does this mean we’ll get them in Canada?
(Almost certainly not)
(Almost certainly not)
Toyota reportedly set to unveil battery electric HiLux ute thedriven.io/2025/11/05/t...
Toyota reportedly set to unveil battery electric HiLux ute
Reports and official teasers suggest we may soon be getting a look at the first battery electric Toyota HiLux, which could launch as early as next year.
thedriven.io
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
If diesel emissions issues are out of the way does this mean we’ll get them in Canada?
(Almost certainly not)
(Almost certainly not)
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This Ghost is a serious machine with long travel, Magura brakes, dropper post and full suspension. Been sending it hard on the trails, nearing 40 kilometers today.
#eMTB is a proper workout tool when used like this. Rolls smooth on asphalt too. A perfect day out!
#eMTB is a proper workout tool when used like this. Rolls smooth on asphalt too. A perfect day out!
November 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This Ghost is a serious machine with long travel, Magura brakes, dropper post and full suspension. Been sending it hard on the trails, nearing 40 kilometers today.
#eMTB is a proper workout tool when used like this. Rolls smooth on asphalt too. A perfect day out!
#eMTB is a proper workout tool when used like this. Rolls smooth on asphalt too. A perfect day out!
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Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Energy retailers to be directed to offer free power three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
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Fire departments also argue against some #roadsafety improvements that would slow down cars and make our neighbourhoods safer. Why? Because they like their big trucks and don't want to replace them with smaller trucks. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
There's a push for single-stair apartments in Canada. Calgary firefighters want the city to reject it | CBC News
Calgary’s firefighters union is trying to prevent what it calls a dangerous housing trend — in which multi-storey housing buildings are being constructed with only one stairwell — from making its way ...
www.cbc.ca
November 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Fire departments also argue against some #roadsafety improvements that would slow down cars and make our neighbourhoods safer. Why? Because they like their big trucks and don't want to replace them with smaller trucks. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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This picture tells a story about who we are as humans:
we're monkeys that want to see the view from the hill, because it might be pretty, surprising, or neat.
We're driven by discovery, novelty, curiosity.
But you'll also notice how uniform the patterning is.
Let's talk about Desire Paths.
we're monkeys that want to see the view from the hill, because it might be pretty, surprising, or neat.
We're driven by discovery, novelty, curiosity.
But you'll also notice how uniform the patterning is.
Let's talk about Desire Paths.
November 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This picture tells a story about who we are as humans:
we're monkeys that want to see the view from the hill, because it might be pretty, surprising, or neat.
We're driven by discovery, novelty, curiosity.
But you'll also notice how uniform the patterning is.
Let's talk about Desire Paths.
we're monkeys that want to see the view from the hill, because it might be pretty, surprising, or neat.
We're driven by discovery, novelty, curiosity.
But you'll also notice how uniform the patterning is.
Let's talk about Desire Paths.
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Now is a good time to remind Canadians our corporate tax rate is 15%, 6 percentage points below that of the US, at 21%.
Esp as corp execs, their lobbyists, Mr Hyder & other business/trade reps are seeking greater corp tax “fairness”.
Esp as corp execs, their lobbyists, Mr Hyder & other business/trade reps are seeking greater corp tax “fairness”.
November 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Now is a good time to remind Canadians our corporate tax rate is 15%, 6 percentage points below that of the US, at 21%.
Esp as corp execs, their lobbyists, Mr Hyder & other business/trade reps are seeking greater corp tax “fairness”.
Esp as corp execs, their lobbyists, Mr Hyder & other business/trade reps are seeking greater corp tax “fairness”.
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