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Andrew Kohan

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Bike mafia lobbyist DFO enthusiast One of the founders of Antifa

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Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · Dec 6

Six months ago this morning, I was out with my kids, on the way to the park. I knew the collection of police vehicles along Wellington Cres signaled tragedy on a dangerous stretch of road, but my heart sank when I saw Rob Jenner’s mangled bike laying alongside a stretch we traveled regularly.

Police vehicles block Wellington Cres at Grosvenor

Rob Jenner’s bike lays mangled along Wellington Cres with police evidence numbers placed on and nearby. The rear wheel is bent horribly out of shape.

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Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 4m

Totally appreciate the clarity of a driver being there and not turning unexpectedly, this is a big plus.

Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 6m

If you’re wondering who to vote for in the upcoming Elmwood-East Kildonan council byelection, you could do much worse than asking “who does Marty Gold oppose?”

Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 7m

It feels like it exists less for cyclist safety, and more to push the driver out of the way of other drivers who wish to go straight, so they don’t miss their light.

Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 11m

My main beef with this design is that it encourages cyclists to choose between a dangerous weave around the driver, or waiting and likely missing the light. And so often a driver takes the right turn position even when pedestrians queued for the crosswalk mean the driver will have to wait anyway.

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Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 17h

Dear Toronto: We will stop scoring runs this game if Doug Ford agrees to stop tearing out bike lanes. Until then, the runs will continue.

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Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 38m

Not sure I understand — cars coming from westbound Corydon while the driver in question is making a right on red, or cars coming from northbound Harrow?

Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 1h

Look at all that driver education!

Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 1h

I’m a big fan of immovable objects as a replacement for driver education (they also do some educating of their own, in a way).

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Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 1h

Ah, true - but I think they’re phasing out this traffic design because it’s so dangerous.

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Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 1h

But that’s not who would have the right of way — bikes going through the intersection have the right to do so before cars turning.

Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 1h

Why would you be looking left for cars? Left turns from the opposing lane?

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Families for Safe Streets @familiesforsafestreets.org · 1h

"The safety of children for any adult leader in a position of power should be a very high priority & to intentionally move backwards...in school zones or anywhere is a horrible thing to do," said Jessica Spieker of Friends & Families for Safe Streets Toronto www.torontotoday.ca/local/family...

Toronto parents form 'stroller circle' in support of speed cameras

The gathering was organised by Parents Against Speeding TO to demonstrate the group's support of the city's Speed Safety Camera program

www.torontotoday.ca

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 3h

Why would a billionaire want a functioning paper? Functioning papers cover shit like “did you know this billionaire makes his workers pee into bottles instead of taking a break” and “you pay way more tax than a guy with ten yachts”

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 19h

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1h

"Content moderation for me, not for thee."

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2h

Statement from AG Pam Bondi:

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Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 1h

The hazard of asking “how would you treat a crosswalk” when explaining driving rules about bike lanes is, of course, that most drivers don’t follow the law about yielding to crosswalks, either.

Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 1h

The analog is that the cross walk is also a parallel lane of travel for a different mode, and the requirement is to not turn across it until it is clear.

Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 1h

The analog is that the cross walk is also a parallel lane of travel for a different mode, and the requirement is to not turn across it until it is clear.

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Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 1h

Most of the new bike lane plans include physical barriers to prevent this, even where there isn’t separation during the rest of the road’s run, because you’re not supposed to do this - it drives bike traffic around into the road. The procedure is to wait to turn until the bike lane clears.

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Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 2h

This is also part of why they’re so committed to the Charlie Kirk thing, even though it doesn’t fit the narrative they’d like.

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Orla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 4h

eVeRy sInGle yEaR in mid oCtObEr: “increased indoor mixing”

… no, its not the people, its basic physics of colder weather, closed windows, & a build up of airborne pathogens

When disease is waterborne we fix the water supply, we don’t blame those drinking it!
www.europeans.today/2025/10/13/e...

England faces new COVID wave as NHS braces for winter strain

After 10 months of relative calm, COVID hospital admissions are rising sharply across England, driven by waning immunity and increased indoor mixing, official data show.

www.europeans.today

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

one response to this (correct) observation is to say “well, the cops will attack you no matter how you dress and behave.” that’s right. images of cops and ICE beating grandmas and kids in inflatable frog costumes is a win for the opposition.

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 5h

one of the reasons they're so mad at "no kings" is that they thought they were going to get a different kind of protest. they *want* the black bloc to be out there fighting with the cops. those are the images they've been trying to generate from "go." instead--

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over—and It Quickly Backfires on Trump

As Trump allies smear the coming protests, a good writer on MAGA skewers the absurdity of these attacks on large swaths of Americans—and explains why our best recourse will be to turn out in force.

newrepublic.com

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 4h

Yes it's annoying that conservatives are lying about and trying to suppress this weekend's rallies, but as far as I can remember there was virtually no mainstream or conservative media coverage in advance of the first one and now they're talking about it constantly. That's a good sign.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

They are terrified of the No Kings rallies and doing everything they can to discredit them.

If you're on the fence about going, just think of how much it'll piss off these assholes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Emmer: "We call it the 'Hate America' rally because you'll see the hate for America all over this thing when they show up. The rumor is that they can't end this shutdown because this small but very violent and vocal group is the only one that's happy about this."

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Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 3h

The other thing I see with alarming regularity is staring directly into a phone. No consciousness.

Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 3h

Every goddamn intersection needs a leading pedestrian and bike interval

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 14h

The executive is usurping a core Article I function, this should be treated with the same amount of alarm as if he declared he's disbanding Congress, because that's functionally what he's doing/done

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Andrew Kohan @akohan.bsky.social · 17h

Does this mean Noem was bragging about arresting a mop?