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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD

@mbonsma.bsky.social

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Bikes + data, UofT biophys PhD, mom. I post about bikes and safe streets, local politics, and sometimes science. She/her.

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · Nov 20

I have removed
the bike lanes
that were in
the road

and which
you were probably
using
to get to work

Forgive me
they were delicious
so crunchy
and so cold

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 1d

I went on a group ride with the @cyclehoop.bsky.social folks at Velo-City and it was extremely fun. Highly recommend!

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Doctor Acula @doctoracularf.bsky.social · 1d

I like to keep my work in a superposition of "done" and "not done" by avoiding directly observing it

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 1d

When my partner's car died almost 11 years ago, we calculated that it would be cheaper to rent every other weekend than the spend the $$ on maintenance for his clunker. We've been #carfree ever since!

Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · 1d

About 5 years #carfree for us. Well north of £10k saved. I’m used to it now but ‘free’ is the right term. It honestly felt like having a weight lifted. No stressing about insurance, huge unexpected bills & money wasted at petrol pumps. Journeys are now fun. 🚆 🚊 🚃 🚌 🚲 🚶‍♀️

Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 2d

3+ years #carfree for me too 🚶🏻‍♀️🚲🚌🚖

Walk, ride, public transport, and the occasional car share (Co-Wheels) or taxi when needed. Honestly? It’s nowhere near as hard as we thought it would be

Still saving money, still getting places, still feeling good.
#CarFree #NoRegrets #ActiveTravel #BrumbyBike

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 1d

If I get a bad paper review I can mope about it for a week while I work on something else and then deal with it with some distance and perspective. I just could never maintain the composure required for sports!

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 1d

Or like if I was pitching and someone hit a home run on my very first pitch of the game, I would cry and lay on the ground and go home. Instead that guy pitched five more scoreless innings!

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 1d

I know I'm not cut out for sports because if I experienced a setback on the scale of a playoff game loss I would need more than one day to recover

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 1d

Arrghh! #BlueJays

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Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social · 2d

Toronto just hits different in October.

#photography

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 1d

I might feel differently if they win but you gotta hand it to them, this rocks

Two Seattle Mariners baseball players holding the home run trident, a large gold trident that looks cool as hell

A Mariners fan holds an inflatable yellow trident

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 1d

I respect the Mariners' trident. It's very cool.

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 3d

The workers redoing our building's fence were in awe of our cargo bike. As I was passing they stopped to stare and one of them called out, "I would have saved my allowance to ride in that!"

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 4d

We have truly not yet figured out how to cope with a person or institution that is "aware" of climate change, "accepts the science", but then decides to continue actively worsening it anyway

We don't even have a word or a phrase for this!

theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat

Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.

theconversation.com

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 5d

There's something in the air

bsky.app/profile/mbon...

Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 8d

Smug alert

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 8d

Smug alert

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 5d

Toronto is the greatest city in the world now. I don't make the rules

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 5d

Well, well, well. 👀

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 5d

illustration of a man looking into a window with his hands on the glass and saying “yes… ha ha ha… YES!”. his shirt says “sickos” on it. his head has been replaced by a toronto blue jays baseball mascot’s head

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 5d

You're welcome 🩳👑

Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 5d

We stan our short king! #LetsGoBlueJays

Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 5d

Can't stop chuckling at the contrast between the Kirk and Judge strike zones
#Jays

Catcher Alejandro Kirk at bat for the Blue Jays in ALDS game 4. Kirk is a short guy and the strike zone is nearly a square.

Aaron Judge at bat for the Yankees. He is a literal giant at 6'7" and his strike zone is very tall.

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 6d

I needed to see this, I am making a panel intro today and I must be BRIEF

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 6d

This one, on the other hand, is very good!

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 6d

Duchamp Flies, by Carmen Cicero, 2009, 📸 by Frank Franklin II

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 6d

I was just gobsmacked the first time I saw that ad. Then I saw it 15 more times and it's not getting better

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MTF @emteef.bsky.social · 7d

It has boggled my mind since I was sixteen that the moral hazard of driving does not weigh on literally everyone all the time.

I hate it! I don't want to risk ruining or ending someone's life just to get to the damn grocery store, but where I live, I have to, every day.

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 7d

You can be the safest, most attentive driver in the world and still pose a massive risk to other road users. That’s because cars and car dependency are inherently dangerous.

This doesn’t mean you’re a bad person if you drive, but I do think that drivers should acknowledge their role in this system.

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