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Thom McVeigh @thomasmcveigh.com · 1d

Stares at the Alexandria Bridge angrily.

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Thom McVeigh @thomasmcveigh.com · 1d

Schiff is there. Look again.

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 3d

As we covered in @thenarwhal.ca this week, it's worth looking at the credentials of the people who claim Indigenous rights are a threat to your own — it turns out a lot of them are representing corporate interests, not yours! thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-b...

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Thom McVeigh @thomasmcveigh.com · 1d

Can we just stop maintaining a bunch of the roads too? Might save a tiny bit of money.

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Chris Taggart 🏡 ⚡️ 🔌 @christaggart.bsky.social · 1d

Just in time for Hallowee’en, the scariest thing to see if you try to get around the city outside of a car. #autowa

Perfectly functional pedestrian bridge staircase on November 1st locked and gated just in case it needs sanding/salting/shovelling

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 1d

What we are going to have to do in the coming years is build out a whole lot of parallel institutions that can do the work previously assigned to the state, most especially civic education.

Eventually I will find my way to excitement for that project but right now the prospect exhausts me

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Thom McVeigh @thomasmcveigh.com · 1d

And the contempt for its citizens.

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David Reevely @davidreevely.bsky.social · 1d

The contempt the city has shown for this expensive and genuinely impressive piece of art it bought and proudly installed is just perfectly symbolic of how it treats both the public realm and its own investments.

ottawacitizen.com/news/artist-...

Artist fears Lansdowne installation may become '$2 million of scrap metal'

The final Lansdowne 2.0 report recommends decommissioning the art installation Moving Surfaces because there's no budget to restore it.

ottawacitizen.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10d

The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.

And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.

No more.

My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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Thom McVeigh @thomasmcveigh.com · 9d

Beer o’clock

Picture of stemless glass filled with a beautiful home brewed stout with 1/2” of head.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 11d

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10d

Doug Ford’s Ontario Govt plan to ban bike lanes “is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list…Ford’s war on bikes is more than a vendetta—it’s a gift to corporate lobbyists.”

It’ll make Ontario’s cities weaker, less competitive, more polluted, & more dangerous for everyone. AND the traffic worse.

Ontario’s plan to ban bike lanes is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list ⋆ The Breach

Buried in a new omnibus bill, the latest salvo in Doug Ford’s war on bikes is more than a vendetta—it’s a gift to corporate lobbyists

breachmedia.ca

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Thom McVeigh @thomasmcveigh.com · 10d

It’s market manipulation, not an actual response to anything. Much as the 75 million would be better served in almost any way, Trump is going to Trump.

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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 10d

Imagine if we held a Christmas market in… the ByWard Market and made it a vibrant #PlaceForPeople, saw attendance and retail sales bloom and built on this success to create a #BetterByWard

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10d

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.

There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis

City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.

www.forbes.com

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Thom McVeigh @thomasmcveigh.com · 11d

Dred Scott and Peoples United are in the lead for dumbest, but that one is top ten I think.

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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 12d

Nothing says “meh” like a green PVC roof as “nod to the parliament buildings”

Talk about grasping for straws. (Flips desk)

@alexbozikovic.bsky.social

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 15d

No notes

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Thom McVeigh @thomasmcveigh.com · 20d

Am I the only one who thinks that the part the Republicans are afraid of with the Trump/Epstein files isn’t who is in them, but who funded the operation. Those two jackasses had a *lot* of money sent their way to make this operation work.

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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 23d

Count me in.

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Toon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 25d

Imagine if #OttCity invested in e-bike rebate (say, $1000 per bike, x 1000/year); that’s a rounding error in the city budget but would lift 1000 ppl per year with better transit options; make income based; create secondary stream for youth; add cargo bikes; expand w/better bike infra and bike share

Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 25d

since denver launched its e-bike rebate program - the have sold 10,000 e-bikes and reduced an estimated 1,000,000 car trips - replacing millions of VMTs and reducing air pollution

there are no climate silver bullets... but damn - e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are close

denvergov.org/Government/A...

Denver Celebrates 10,000 E-Bike Rebates

Since its inception in April 2022, Denver has distributed over 10,000 electric bikes (e-bikes) to community members through its pioneering e-bike rebate program. As the first U.S. city to implement su...

denvergov.org

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29d

the best answer i got for this:

awaitsync on Threads writes: "Metrognome"

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 28d

"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes"

We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Highlights
For marginalised street users mode separation is the key to human-scale movement.
Streets conducive to walking and cycling have functional, safe and accessible design.
Professionals must approach street design, regulation and user behaviour holistically.
Combinations of influencing factors persuade people to either use or avoid a street.
There are no easy fixes to the public realm that will work for all non-drivers.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28d

For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.

Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.

We can’t afford to NOT do it.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 28d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Thom McVeigh @thomasmcveigh.com · 28d

And the front lawn is the best place to play frisbee downtown.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · Sep 30

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · Sep 29

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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