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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 16h

When I was a student here over twenty years ago, this was four lanes exclusively for cars.

Now children play here while parents go shopping.

And for the ‘but Toronto has winter!’ people, this is Montreal. Which is colder than Toronto.

Photo of St. Catherine Street in Montreal in 2025.

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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 17h

I like my car, always have and need it for much of my work; that doesn’t stop me from advocating for better transit, better #PlacesForPeople and cycling spaces and wishing/hoping that my city was less car dependent and better at commuting #CarFree

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17h

Just one more lane.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

This Is Fascism

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Nadia Aubin-Horth @naubinhorth.bsky.social · 1d

Oui messieuuuuur

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 2d

CNN reports that Israel has refused to release two abducted Palestinian doctors, renowned pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan Al Hams, deliberately excluding them from the ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement.

A digital poster features two Palestinian doctors, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan Al-Hams, against a blurred background of destruction and smoke. Text at the top reads in bold yellow letters: “They are not coming home.” Below, in white and yellow text, it says: “Israel denies release of abducted Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and Dr. Marwan Al-Hams in deal.” Both men appear serious—Dr. Abu Safiya in a white medical coat, and Dr. Al-Hams in dark clothing with a stethoscope around his neck.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 1d

Fun fact: despite the enormous land mass, the population-weighted density of Canada — basically the density experienced by the average person — is the same as Denmark and close to the Netherlands.

Canada and Denmark are 3,000 people per km², while the Netherlands is 3,400/km².

Mapping Population Density Across the Globe

Explore the detailed geography of population across the globe with interactive mapping and statistics. Identify global megacity regions and the growth and diversity of urban forms. Data is from the Gl...

luminocity3d.org

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Amanda Kolson Hurley @amandakhurley.bsky.social · 1d

antifascist only one more syllable, just saying

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 1d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Saint Vice @savic.bsky.social · 3d

BBC decided to cancel a podcast on heat pumps deeming the topic "controversial" because it presented that the technology could contribute to net zero reducing carbon emmissions.

In 2025 an anti-science posture is not only valid, but required in any debate to be considered "balanced" 😬

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Jubblejubble @jubblejubble.bsky.social · 3d

I painted it!

Watercolor painting of a protester in an inflatable frog suit facing off with ICE and police in Portland

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Nadia Aubin-Horth @naubinhorth.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah but Québec french :) so « ah tab… »

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Nadia Aubin-Horth @naubinhorth.bsky.social · 1d

Hum not in French I think :)

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Nadia Aubin-Horth @naubinhorth.bsky.social · 1d

F you scrabble

A scrabble letter board with m q w r t z y

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Mobilisation 6600 Parc-Nature MHM🌿 @mobili6600.bsky.social · 1d

🎉 Réjouissons-nous de cette nouvelle victoire citoyenne et de la protection de notre territoire! 🥳
😃 Hier, par communiqué, @transitionmontreal.bsky.social annonçait l'appuie à nos demandes.
😃 Aujourd'hui, @projetmontreal.org fait de même.
#polmtl #Montréal
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/219...

Élections : deux partis protègeraient à perpétuité les boisés près de Ray-Mont Logistiques

Projet Montréal et Transition Montréal promettent de transférer dans une fiducie d’utilité sociale les boisés près de Ray-Mont Logistiques.

ici.radio-canada.ca

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Alexandre Shields @alexandreshields.bsky.social · 1d

Non seulement l’étalement urbain, l’agriculture et l’artificialisation généralisée du territoire ont grugé la majorité des milieux naturels méridionaux du Québec, mais le gouvernement Legault continue d’autoriser des projets nuisibles à la biodiversité. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...

Le Québec tiraillé entre protection et destruction de la biodiversité

Le gouvernement veut conserver plus de territoire tout en autorisant des projets qui nuisent à la nature.

www.ledevoir.com

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Médicos Sin Fronteras España @msfespana.bsky.social · 1d

Médicos Sin Fronteras las acompañamos y les brindamos atención médica, protección y apoyo.

💜 Porque todas las niñas deberían poder crecer sanas, libres y sin miedo.

#DíaInternacionalDeLaNiña

📷 Foto de Nava Jamshidi/MSF

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Médicos Sin Fronteras España @msfespana.bsky.social · 1d

👧🏾👧🏼En muchos lugares del mundo, ser niña significa enfrentarse cada día a la desigualdad, la violencia o el matrimonio forzado.

Significa no poder ir a la escuela, no tener acceso a atención médica o ver cómo sus derechos más básicos se desvanecen en contextos de conflicto.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 6d

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

― George Orwell, 1984

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

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A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 2d

Like how many people at this conference have experienced being catcalled and harassed on the street? Just this morning, I got catcalled while passing a group of dudes, and it flustered me to the point that I accidentally almost ran a red light trying to get away from them. It was a busy street...

A. Zivarts @nondriver.bsky.social · 2d

At a transportation research conference that is still probably about 90% dudes. We miss so much in planning and engineering our communities when everyone in the room has similar experiences of how people interact with you in public space.

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Dans les médias @danslesmedias.bsky.social · 2d

«Ils répètent les mots du pouvoir» Claire Ross, responsable de la rédaction et cofondatrice de @pivot.quebec critique le travail de certains médias en entrevue avec @mlarsenault.bsky.social
#danslesmédias | Revoyez l’émission en ligne sur le site de @telequebec.bsky.social

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Rachel @rachelcinema.bsky.social · 2d

Je ne peux pas croire qu'on parle encore du 3e lien, en évoquant, qui plus est, le pont de l'Île d'Orléans à un prix exorbitant pour 7000 personnes. Au Québec, ce désengagement face à la beauté d'un lieu me sidère. Et que la notion de trafic induit ne soit pas mentionnée me sidère tout autant.

Troisième lien | Le tracé de la CAQ rejeté en bloc à Lévis

Les 160 000 Lévisiens devront choisir entre trois candidats d’expérience le 2 novembre pour remplacer Gilles Lehouillier. Même si les trois ont des visions différentes pour leur ville, ils s’entendent...

lp.ca

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

I don't think it's going to work out in the way they think because what they are doing is to actually promote the protest and the date in a way that the organizers can't on their own. So lots of people will now be searching: October 18 protest who would have had no clue before.

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Toula Drimonis @mtltoula.bsky.social · 3d

As a Montrealer, this makes me so proud! 🙌
“Though other cities offer bike-sharing programs, “Montreal revolutionized the trend,” TIME wrote, calling Bixi’s technology “the backbone” of bike-sharing services in cities including London and New York.”
montrealgazette.com/news/bixi-bi...

Bixi bike-sharing program among the top 25 inventions in 25 years, TIME Magazine declares

The list also includes the iPhone and the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator.

montrealgazette.com

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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 2d

The #ceasefire in #Gaza “is an important first step, but it has to be sustainable,” our Jonathan Fowler tells TRT World.

There must be an unimpeded flow of aid, including the lifesaving supplies waiting in UNRWA warehouses.

People in Gaza need everything.

Lift the siege.

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