Terence Johnson
@terencejohnson.bsky.social
Entrepreneur, volunteer, student (again), Oxford graduate.
Sustainable development, intercity and rural public transport, affordable homes, social justice, and responsive government.
Sustainable development, intercity and rural public transport, affordable homes, social justice, and responsive government.
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Remember - if you're financially in a position to do so, skip the #BlackFriday deals online from big companies and shop instead from small and local businesses.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Remember - if you're financially in a position to do so, skip the #BlackFriday deals online from big companies and shop instead from small and local businesses.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
The big guns don't need your money, but for small traders it can be what keeps them going into 2026, so support your community instead.
Northern Ontario gets the short end of the stick again. Deposit Return for a wider range of containers - much like Quebec - would help it make sense for the grocery stores and reduce the amount of waste going to our already-full landfills.
New from me at TVO: as described, the settlement between grocers and brewers to preserve deposit return leaves some big questions unanswered. amp.tvo.org/article/analysis-does-the-new-empties-scheme-sell-out-northern-ontario
ANALYSIS: Does the new empties scheme sell out northern Ontario? | TVO Today
The grocers will pay off the Beer Store to continue to accept returns. That’s good news — if you can get to one.
amp.tvo.org
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Northern Ontario gets the short end of the stick again. Deposit Return for a wider range of containers - much like Quebec - would help it make sense for the grocery stores and reduce the amount of waste going to our already-full landfills.
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Trains can cause wildfires. (Sparks from wheels and brakes ignite dry brush.)
Trains can also put them out. CN has several fire-fighting trains, which they deploy to places roads can't reach.
And they have excellent names: Poseidon, Trident, Amphitrite, Oceanus...
www.cn.ca/en/stories/2...
Trains can also put them out. CN has several fire-fighting trains, which they deploy to places roads can't reach.
And they have excellent names: Poseidon, Trident, Amphitrite, Oceanus...
www.cn.ca/en/stories/2...
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Trains can cause wildfires. (Sparks from wheels and brakes ignite dry brush.)
Trains can also put them out. CN has several fire-fighting trains, which they deploy to places roads can't reach.
And they have excellent names: Poseidon, Trident, Amphitrite, Oceanus...
www.cn.ca/en/stories/2...
Trains can also put them out. CN has several fire-fighting trains, which they deploy to places roads can't reach.
And they have excellent names: Poseidon, Trident, Amphitrite, Oceanus...
www.cn.ca/en/stories/2...
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Let's put this into context:
There were 15,149 violent crimes in Winnipeg in 2024 (StatsCan).
284 of them took place on or near transit. That's 1/168,229 journeys.
Meanwhile the average risk of being involved in a violent crime in Winnipeg in any given day was 1/20,326.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
There were 15,149 violent crimes in Winnipeg in 2024 (StatsCan).
284 of them took place on or near transit. That's 1/168,229 journeys.
Meanwhile the average risk of being involved in a violent crime in Winnipeg in any given day was 1/20,326.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Winnipeg's rise in transit violence among the sharpest in Canada, data shows | CBC News
Winnipeg has seen one of the sharpest increases in violence on its transit network among Canadian cities, and although the number of reported incidents dipped slightly last year, violence across the s...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Let's put this into context:
There were 15,149 violent crimes in Winnipeg in 2024 (StatsCan).
284 of them took place on or near transit. That's 1/168,229 journeys.
Meanwhile the average risk of being involved in a violent crime in Winnipeg in any given day was 1/20,326.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
There were 15,149 violent crimes in Winnipeg in 2024 (StatsCan).
284 of them took place on or near transit. That's 1/168,229 journeys.
Meanwhile the average risk of being involved in a violent crime in Winnipeg in any given day was 1/20,326.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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1. Reform political systems to make them democratic; aligned with issue-based representation.
2. Expand climate awareness in everyday life; integrate it deeply into public dialogue & cultural norms.
3. Elect mayors who present concrete visions & actionable plans for climate & community resilience.
2. Expand climate awareness in everyday life; integrate it deeply into public dialogue & cultural norms.
3. Elect mayors who present concrete visions & actionable plans for climate & community resilience.
A huge 89% majority of global people [56% even in the United States] want stronger action to fight the #ClimateCrisis, but mistakenly believe they’re in a minority.
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
People want action. Smart cities are taking action. Nations should support city action.
#ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say
Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
1. Reform political systems to make them democratic; aligned with issue-based representation.
2. Expand climate awareness in everyday life; integrate it deeply into public dialogue & cultural norms.
3. Elect mayors who present concrete visions & actionable plans for climate & community resilience.
2. Expand climate awareness in everyday life; integrate it deeply into public dialogue & cultural norms.
3. Elect mayors who present concrete visions & actionable plans for climate & community resilience.
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The "climate realists" in the pundit class are being wildly delusional. Our current trajectory sets the world up for impacts from global warming that will imperil our global economy and civilization. @theatlantic.com @peterbrannen.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Our Almost-Apocalyptic Climate Future
By shooting for 3 degrees Celsius of warming, the world could slide toward a more cataclysmic 4 degrees.
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The "climate realists" in the pundit class are being wildly delusional. Our current trajectory sets the world up for impacts from global warming that will imperil our global economy and civilization. @theatlantic.com @peterbrannen.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
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Methane rules? Weakening. EV mandate? Paused. Oil & gas emissions cap? On the chopping block. New LNG plants? Back in fashion. Canada can still choose a better path. But it starts with honesty, accountability, and climate policy aligned with science, not petrostate logic.
November 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Methane rules? Weakening. EV mandate? Paused. Oil & gas emissions cap? On the chopping block. New LNG plants? Back in fashion. Canada can still choose a better path. But it starts with honesty, accountability, and climate policy aligned with science, not petrostate logic.
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Front-end view of the snowy first-day of service of the REM line to Deux-Montagnes.
#Montréal ‘s elevated automated light metro adds 14 stations this week. I’ll be getting a sneak-peek tomorrow. (This video from my man on the scene. Thanks, Dan!)
#Montréal ‘s elevated automated light metro adds 14 stations this week. I’ll be getting a sneak-peek tomorrow. (This video from my man on the scene. Thanks, Dan!)
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Front-end view of the snowy first-day of service of the REM line to Deux-Montagnes.
#Montréal ‘s elevated automated light metro adds 14 stations this week. I’ll be getting a sneak-peek tomorrow. (This video from my man on the scene. Thanks, Dan!)
#Montréal ‘s elevated automated light metro adds 14 stations this week. I’ll be getting a sneak-peek tomorrow. (This video from my man on the scene. Thanks, Dan!)
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Glad to see some campaigns to reform academic publishing.
Allowing corporations to stand between research and the people who need it is the worst kind of unproductive, innovation-discouraging activity.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Allowing corporations to stand between research and the people who need it is the worst kind of unproductive, innovation-discouraging activity.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Universities in 'battle of the century' with journal publisher Elsevier
One New Zealand university told its staff all universities in New Zealand and Australia would "lose some degree of access" to the publisher's 1600 titles from the start of next year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Glad to see some campaigns to reform academic publishing.
Allowing corporations to stand between research and the people who need it is the worst kind of unproductive, innovation-discouraging activity.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Allowing corporations to stand between research and the people who need it is the worst kind of unproductive, innovation-discouraging activity.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Climate knowledge has been taken hostage to prevent climate action.
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Climate knowledge has been taken hostage to prevent climate action.
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
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“We’re afraid of walkable distances now?” I was one of the first to go after the liars & conspiracy theorists who targeted the “15 Minute Cities” message. Here’s my interview with Aussie National Radio with @greenj.bsky.social — give it a listen, and think about how we should push back on ALL lies.
'We're afraid of walkable distances now?' — conspiracies and the '15-minute city' - ABC listen
The polite world of urban planning has become the latest target of conspiracy theorists. In recent weeks, the 15-minute city concept — where neighbourhoods provide life's essentials in 15 minutes by f...
www.abc.net.au
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
“We’re afraid of walkable distances now?” I was one of the first to go after the liars & conspiracy theorists who targeted the “15 Minute Cities” message. Here’s my interview with Aussie National Radio with @greenj.bsky.social — give it a listen, and think about how we should push back on ALL lies.
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Cheers to all those repeating the “cars are freedom” propaganda from the oil industry!
October 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Cheers to all those repeating the “cars are freedom” propaganda from the oil industry!
High speed trains whose journeys continue beyond the high speed line and connect additional cities are often better than making passengers change trains.
October 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
High speed trains whose journeys continue beyond the high speed line and connect additional cities are often better than making passengers change trains.
When in Britain, get a BritRail pass…
October 19, 2025 at 8:57 AM
When in Britain, get a BritRail pass…
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This is my antifa membership card.
October 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This is my antifa membership card.
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Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
Very happy to be part of this meeting today. We are getting closer to having the fast and reliable modern railway that Canada needs.
This evening Transport Action met with the Alto High Speed Rail team in Toronto, with members from BC to Nova Scotia also joining online. We appreciate Alto's willingness to engage with us and enjoyed a candid discussion ranging from community impacts to systems engineering.
October 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Very happy to be part of this meeting today. We are getting closer to having the fast and reliable modern railway that Canada needs.
Making America the Great Depression Again.
When farmers suffer and the banks swoop in, they’re not coming to ensure food security…
When farmers suffer and the banks swoop in, they’re not coming to ensure food security…
Then why are you providing a $20 billion bailout to Argentina and helping them cut deals with China that crush American soybean farmers?
October 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Making America the Great Depression Again.
When farmers suffer and the banks swoop in, they’re not coming to ensure food security…
When farmers suffer and the banks swoop in, they’re not coming to ensure food security…
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You pay, they profit, they leave a mess, you pay again. Repeat as necessary www.theenergymix.com/any-new-oil-... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #ClimateChange
Any New Oil Pipeline Will Need Massive Taxpayer Subsidies, Analyst Warns
With a “flashing red warning light” heralding years of low oil prices, and a major Canadian fossil company joining its international peers in laying off hundreds of workers, a Simon Fraser University ...
www.theenergymix.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
You pay, they profit, they leave a mess, you pay again. Repeat as necessary www.theenergymix.com/any-new-oil-... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #ClimateChange
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I like when a writer distills an idea I figured everybody knew but does it so that I still take things away. one of the harder tricks in the book springbett.substack.com/p/the-produc...
The product of the railways is the timetable
A railway moves people around, not trains
springbett.substack.com
September 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I like when a writer distills an idea I figured everybody knew but does it so that I still take things away. one of the harder tricks in the book springbett.substack.com/p/the-produc...
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Listen to someone who has been through it under Putin.
September 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Listen to someone who has been through it under Putin.
Great, now release the Epstein Files.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump to declassify files of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart
The story of Earhart, who vanished in 1937 while flying over the Pacific Ocean, "has captivated millions", the US president says.
www.bbc.com
September 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Great, now release the Epstein Files.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sure, I could drive to meetings in Toronto, but where would be the fun in being stuck in traffic rather than tucking in to dinner? #viarail
September 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Sure, I could drive to meetings in Toronto, but where would be the fun in being stuck in traffic rather than tucking in to dinner? #viarail