mmarginet
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mmarginet
@mmarginet.bsky.social
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Publisher at Great Plains Press, sustainable transpo with Green Action Centre, creating theatre with TBTR. Strong Towns!
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All year long, Christophe Waggoner scours Texas thrift stores for children’s Halloween costumes.

His hard work is worth it in the fall when he hosts an event in which anyone can pick out a costume — for free.
This man thrifts all year to create free Halloween costumes for kids
Christophe Waggoner hosts a yearly event for kids — plus adults and dogs — to pick out free Halloween costumes he gathers and mends.
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Congratulations Emma! It was a delightful campaign to volunteer with.

Congrats to #WINNIPEG on having a great councillor at the table.
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I wouldn't quite say "we did cars to ourselves", there was a pretty coordinated attack on public transit by automotive companies. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General...
General Motors streetcar conspiracy - Wikipedia
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You know what doesn't work? Spending hundreds of millions of dollars to widen a short stretch of road.

🧐 #wpgpoli #Kenaston @cityofwinnipeg
“Toderian says it’s easy to be distracted by futuristic innovations…‘The real solutions are a lot less sexy and a lot more common sense,’ he says. ‘It’s not about utopia. It’s about practicality in the context of the real challenges we face. Tech won’t save us if we get the fundamentals wrong.’
A world without traffic? Three urban experts rethink how cities move
Gridlock is costing us billions, but bold solutions like bus-only lanes, congestion charges and flexible work hours could get cities moving again
www.theglobeandmail.com
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I’m old enough to remember Fox News freaking the fuck out about a vegetable garden on the grounds of the White House
The danger of AI isn't just the creation of fake videoss, it's also manipulation of people to deny real video.

A disaster is upon us, and governments are like 🤷.
Trump: "They cheated on a commercial. Ronald Reagan loved tariffs and they said he didn't. And I guess it was AI or something. They cheated badly. Canada got caught cheating on a commercial. Can you believe it?"
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Game 1 blowout for the Blue Jays, just like Ronald Reagan predicted.
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This is the ad Donald Trump woke up furious about.

Would be a shame if it went viral.
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Americans seeking cheaper housing are sprawling into Sun Belt flood and fire zones. Billion-dollar disasters doubled since 1980s.

Allow townhomes and small apartments in safer established areas so people can afford housing without risking disasters
An expanding bull’s-eye: How sprawl puts people in natural hazard zones and how smart growth can help - Smart Growth America
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Who wants to imagine what Carney was saying about Ford last night...
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A Fox channel calling Reagan's words fake on behalf of the toddler in chief. We're through the looking glass.
VARNEY: Trump announced all trade talks with Canada have been cut off because of a fake ad showing Reagan badmouthing tariffs.

HASSETT: The president I'm sure has his reasons. Sometimes when you're frustrated a timeout is the right call. It's probably a good time to take a break.
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Under these rocks and stones, OBVIOUSLY.
Saying the quiet part out loud for anyone paying attention.
Trump: "We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again. We just can't let that happen. I know Kash is working on it, everybody is working on it. And certainly Tulsi is working on it. We can't let that happen again to our country."
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New in PN: Trump shits on us. Why doesn’t the media care?

"Millions exercised their rights & Trump’s response was burying them in virtual feces. At best it's juvenile; at worst an ugly attack on the democratic spirit. Either way, it’s very offensive. You’d think journos would want to talk about it"
Trump shits on America. Why doesn’t the media care?
For many news orgs, Trump’s fascist coalition is uniquely legitimate.
www.publicnotice.co
Transportation folks: I remember a freeway closure in the US a year or two ago where the traffic was managed through upping transit. Can anyone remember where that was?

#transit #publicTransportation
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The Speaker of the House: “Trump isn’t a King yet, but he should be if you want the government to function!”
Mike Johnson: "The irony was that they called it the No Kings Rally, but if President Trump was a king, the government would be open. If President Trump was a king, he would've closed the nationals parks and the National Mall so they couldn't of had the rally out here."
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“In Ireland, data centers consume more than 20 percent of the country’s electricity. In Chile, precious aquifers are in danger of depletion. In South Africa, where blackouts have long been routine, data centers are further taxing the national grid.”

NOBODY WANTS THIS SHIT
“By 2035, data centers globally are projected to use about as much electricity as India…according to the International Energy Agency. A single data center can also use more than 500,000 gallons of water a day, nearly as much as an Olympic-size swimming pool.”

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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
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“Similar concerns have surfaced in Brazil, Britain, India, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore and Spain.”
Haha, no worries! What I like about my li'l shop is they email you to let you know when the shots are in so you can make an appointment. Good reminder!