Even in the bike utopias driving is still a perfectly acceptable social norm. 60% of households and over 80% of families with kids in Denmark have a car. The Netherlands has 513 cars per thousand people; Canada has 677. The threat to drivers, such as it is, is mostly imagined.

Tech did not peak in the 90s.

Tech has not peaked yet.

We still haven't even figured out how to not destroy the environment, or fund Black women.

In the '90s, just like the 2020s, we trust alt-right libertarians to control how tech is funded, and then we act confused by the inevitable results?🤷🏿‍♂️

"You cannot in good faith stand up on Monday and say, 'Stop building shelters!' And then stand up on Thursday and say, 'Get everybody out of the encampments.' It is REPREHENSIBLE to do that," says Councillor Gord Perks of Brad Bradford's motion.

Every government subsidizes something. The only difference is what the governments choose to subsidize.

In the US, we've chosen to subsidize the creation of trillionaires, through massive tax breaks. Not what I would choose, but hey. 🤷🏿‍♂️

We got an Elon. They got solar cells, batteries, and EVs.

All the more reason why we need to ensure Amber Morley gets re-elected. No sitting councillor has gotten the level of abuse she has been getting with this, the Bloor bike lanes, and all.