Katie Babcock
@katiebabcock.bsky.social
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The circle of cycling life is complete - adding a high vis jacket to my fall/winter/spring gear!
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The circle of cycling life is complete - adding a high vis jacket to my fall/winter/spring gear!
Retouched some memorials today and it was great to see the completed protected intersection at St. George and Bloor St. It’s so sad that so many ghost bikes are in one condensed area. These memorials were installed by Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists.
August 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Retouched some memorials today and it was great to see the completed protected intersection at St. George and Bloor St. It’s so sad that so many ghost bikes are in one condensed area. These memorials were installed by Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists.
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Very cool to see Google Maps rolling out better bike route information! It now presents options: “Best route” “less traffic” and “more bike lanes.” It also has light green for basic bike lanes and dark green for trails and protected bike lanes (no color change from blue for neighborhood greenways)
June 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Very cool to see Google Maps rolling out better bike route information! It now presents options: “Best route” “less traffic” and “more bike lanes.” It also has light green for basic bike lanes and dark green for trails and protected bike lanes (no color change from blue for neighborhood greenways)
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Bikeshare has launched on the Toronto Islands as of today with 4 docks!!
More info here: bikesharetoronto.com/toronto-isla...
More info here: bikesharetoronto.com/toronto-isla...
May 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Bikeshare has launched on the Toronto Islands as of today with 4 docks!!
More info here: bikesharetoronto.com/toronto-isla...
More info here: bikesharetoronto.com/toronto-isla...
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BREAKING NEWS: We’ve been granted an injunction that will ensure that the bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge, and University will remain in place until the judge presiding over our Charter challenge makes his decision.
April 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
BREAKING NEWS: We’ve been granted an injunction that will ensure that the bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge, and University will remain in place until the judge presiding over our Charter challenge makes his decision.
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Thanks to the roughly 100 people who showed up for today's Rally for Justice hosted by @cycletoronto.bsky.social. Look forward to attending tomorrow's court challenge. #BikeTO #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero
April 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Thanks to the roughly 100 people who showed up for today's Rally for Justice hosted by @cycletoronto.bsky.social. Look forward to attending tomorrow's court challenge. #BikeTO #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero
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Listen to a snippet of Episode 11 of Future Mending Radio where a friend and I listen to common Ontario bird calls and share jokes, facts and identification tips.
Why not put bird songs in your brain alongside pop songs?
Why not put bird songs in your brain alongside pop songs?
March 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Listen to a snippet of Episode 11 of Future Mending Radio where a friend and I listen to common Ontario bird calls and share jokes, facts and identification tips.
Why not put bird songs in your brain alongside pop songs?
Why not put bird songs in your brain alongside pop songs?
Amazing episode
Delighted to be back on @radiolab.bsky.social to talk about AIR-BORNE. Listen here: radiolab.org/podcast/reve...
Revenge of the Miasma
Today we uncover an invisible killer hidden, for over a hundred years, by reasonable disbelief. Science journalist extraordinaire Carl Zimmer tells us the story of a centuries-long ba...
radiolab.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Amazing episode
No cycling today or likely this week. If I were a fast cyclist I would take the lane, but that’s not the case! #toronto #wintercycling
February 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
No cycling today or likely this week. If I were a fast cyclist I would take the lane, but that’s not the case! #toronto #wintercycling
Ed Yong is the best!
On the cutting room floor is the bit where the host introduced their interview series, The Interview, and I asked how long it took to come up with the name. Anyway, here’s me talking about birds and science and burnout and moving through the world. The photo’s nice! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Ed Yong is the best!
Such an amazing movie
February 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Such an amazing movie
I think it’s melting? Maybe a good time to get my bike tuned up and focus on walking for the next week #Toronto #WinterCycling
February 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I think it’s melting? Maybe a good time to get my bike tuned up and focus on walking for the next week #Toronto #WinterCycling
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Advance polls are OPEN in Ontario starting today
You don’t need a voter card if you didn’t receive one yet
Bring ID and get out there vote
You don’t need a voter card if you didn’t receive one yet
Bring ID and get out there vote
February 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Advance polls are OPEN in Ontario starting today
You don’t need a voter card if you didn’t receive one yet
Bring ID and get out there vote
You don’t need a voter card if you didn’t receive one yet
Bring ID and get out there vote
This was yesterday’s walk into work - you can’t see the depth, but this is on top of a snowbank! The plows pushed the snow onto the sidewalk and nobody cleared it. Took the main roads home and they were in much better shape.
February 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This was yesterday’s walk into work - you can’t see the depth, but this is on top of a snowbank! The plows pushed the snow onto the sidewalk and nobody cleared it. Took the main roads home and they were in much better shape.
Won’t be riding today 😊
February 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Won’t be riding today 😊
Adventurous cycling today. Some bike lanes were good, some not so good, but glad I made it to my destination. #Toronto #wintercycling #cycletoronto
February 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Adventurous cycling today. Some bike lanes were good, some not so good, but glad I made it to my destination. #Toronto #wintercycling #cycletoronto
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This map shows which cycling routes have been plowed in Toronto, and how recently. There is even an option to show "cycling plows" www.toronto.ca/services-pay...
February 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This map shows which cycling routes have been plowed in Toronto, and how recently. There is even an option to show "cycling plows" www.toronto.ca/services-pay...
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After a heavy snow one is really reminded of how little Toronto cares about pedestrians. The roads are basically passable but the sidewalks are still a mess
February 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
After a heavy snow one is really reminded of how little Toronto cares about pedestrians. The roads are basically passable but the sidewalks are still a mess
Drier conditions today but definitely colder! Not sure which is better? #cyclingtoronto #wintercycling #toronto
February 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Drier conditions today but definitely colder! Not sure which is better? #cyclingtoronto #wintercycling #toronto
It was a messy cycling day but hoping for drier conditions tomorrow 🤞 #toronto #torontocycling #wintercycling
February 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM
It was a messy cycling day but hoping for drier conditions tomorrow 🤞 #toronto #torontocycling #wintercycling
February 7, 2025 at 3:57 AM