Joseph Simons 🍁 🌱
@josephsimons.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy
I worry about democratic slide, urban and farming sprawl, all pollution, what we eat and how corps control us, and why our votes don't count.
I bike around town, grow […]
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A federal judge Thursday decried what he said were “breathtaking” constitutional violations by senior Trump administration officials and called the president an “authoritarian” who expects everyone in the executive branch to “toe the line absolutely.” In remarks laced with outrage and disbelief […]
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c.im
January 16, 2026 at 1:21 AM
A federal judge Thursday decried what he said were “breathtaking” constitutional violations by senior Trump administration officials and called the president an “authoritarian” who expects everyone in the executive branch to “toe the line absolutely.” In remarks laced with outrage and disbelief […]
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Folks! On Tuesday, I'm talking with Andrew "Birchy" Birch, who started SolarAPP+, and Nick Josefowitz of Permit Power. We're going to talk everyone's favorite subject: solar power permitting and how to speed it the F up.
Got questions?
Got questions?
January 16, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Folks! On Tuesday, I'm talking with Andrew "Birchy" Birch, who started SolarAPP+, and Nick Josefowitz of Permit Power. We're going to talk everyone's favorite subject: solar power permitting and how to speed it the F up.
Got questions?
Got questions?
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I am an ebike rider and climate scientist. Going after ebikes and scooters while doing nothing about cars is political theater and climate arson
I am that lawmaker: CA lawmaker proposes legislation to restrict e-bike speed as safety concerns rise abc7news.com/post/califor...
CA lawmaker proposes legislation to restrict e-bike speed as safety concerns rise
Petaluma police are sounding the alarm about the dangers of e-bikes and e-motorcycles, posting a video on social media of a young rider blasting through stop signs. Now, lawmakers are eyeing new legis...
abc7news.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I am an ebike rider and climate scientist. Going after ebikes and scooters while doing nothing about cars is political theater and climate arson
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I know it’s just parking, but I feel like we work really hard to care for this block/community, and it’s really disheartening when the City doesn't meet us with a similar level of care.
January 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I know it’s just parking, but I feel like we work really hard to care for this block/community, and it’s really disheartening when the City doesn't meet us with a similar level of care.
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Proportional representation is not a leap into the unknown.
It is a proven system used around the world, and more Canadians are recognizing that we can make it work too.
It is a proven system used around the world, and more Canadians are recognizing that we can make it work too.
January 15, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Proportional representation is not a leap into the unknown.
It is a proven system used around the world, and more Canadians are recognizing that we can make it work too.
It is a proven system used around the world, and more Canadians are recognizing that we can make it work too.
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BC has a real opening to fix how our votes translate into power.
A Citizens’ Assembly is on the table. What happens next depends on public pressure.
Join our webinar to learn how proportional representation can move from recommendation to reality.
A Citizens’ Assembly is on the table. What happens next depends on public pressure.
Join our webinar to learn how proportional representation can move from recommendation to reality.
January 5, 2026 at 8:54 PM
BC has a real opening to fix how our votes translate into power.
A Citizens’ Assembly is on the table. What happens next depends on public pressure.
Join our webinar to learn how proportional representation can move from recommendation to reality.
A Citizens’ Assembly is on the table. What happens next depends on public pressure.
Join our webinar to learn how proportional representation can move from recommendation to reality.
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“Troops from Germany, France, Sweden, Norway taking part in a military exercise in Greenland. What kind of message is this sending to 🇺🇸?”
Republican Sen. Mullin: “I don’t think it’s a message to 🇺🇸, I think it’s a message to China and Russia.” 🤦🏻♂️ 🤡
These guys are really not bright, y’all
Republican Sen. Mullin: “I don’t think it’s a message to 🇺🇸, I think it’s a message to China and Russia.” 🤦🏻♂️ 🤡
These guys are really not bright, y’all
January 16, 2026 at 3:55 PM
“Troops from Germany, France, Sweden, Norway taking part in a military exercise in Greenland. What kind of message is this sending to 🇺🇸?”
Republican Sen. Mullin: “I don’t think it’s a message to 🇺🇸, I think it’s a message to China and Russia.” 🤦🏻♂️ 🤡
These guys are really not bright, y’all
Republican Sen. Mullin: “I don’t think it’s a message to 🇺🇸, I think it’s a message to China and Russia.” 🤦🏻♂️ 🤡
These guys are really not bright, y’all
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Goodbye, Stellantis.
Hello, BYD!
🇨🇦🇨🇳✊️😎🇨🇦🇨🇳😎
Hello, BYD!
🇨🇦🇨🇳✊️😎🇨🇦🇨🇳😎
At first glance, the outline of 🇨🇦’s trade deal with China just reached is an economic block buster for 🇨🇦 & especially for SK. 🇨🇦 gets re-access to the China market for $4B in canola, +peas, LNG, oil & uranium.
The “price” is … 1/
The “price” is … 1/
January 16, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Goodbye, Stellantis.
Hello, BYD!
🇨🇦🇨🇳✊️😎🇨🇦🇨🇳😎
Hello, BYD!
🇨🇦🇨🇳✊️😎🇨🇦🇨🇳😎
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In this week’s episode of Fat and Jobless, Season 2: Dr. Evil upgrades himself to full room possession after the previous occupant goes off to university, and declines to pay rent.
#caturday
#caturday
January 10, 2026 at 4:38 PM
In this week’s episode of Fat and Jobless, Season 2: Dr. Evil upgrades himself to full room possession after the previous occupant goes off to university, and declines to pay rent.
#caturday
#caturday
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But then, there's also this ... "Canadians more polite than Americans on Twitter, study says" 😂 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
January 15, 2026 at 3:55 PM
But then, there's also this ... "Canadians more polite than Americans on Twitter, study says" 😂 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Sorry, but I’m not pulling punches on this one. Being “anti-ICE” is the only possible “good messaging” that anyone that wants to be on the right side of history can have. Many issues have room for nuance, but this one doesn’t. You’re either anti-ICE or you’re wrong, and likely an awful human being.
i don't really give a shit if consultants think being anti-ICE is "good messaging" or whatever when people are actively being shot, beat, gassed and jailed.
January 15, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Sorry, but I’m not pulling punches on this one. Being “anti-ICE” is the only possible “good messaging” that anyone that wants to be on the right side of history can have. Many issues have room for nuance, but this one doesn’t. You’re either anti-ICE or you’re wrong, and likely an awful human being.
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follow up from a Canadian perspective.
Denmark sets a military tripwire. (Canada says… its considering…)
by CBC's Defense Correspondent Murray Brewster. (who, given his decades of experience following conflict and tensions around the world must be completely flabbergasted at the turn of events […]
Denmark sets a military tripwire. (Canada says… its considering…)
by CBC's Defense Correspondent Murray Brewster. (who, given his decades of experience following conflict and tensions around the world must be completely flabbergasted at the turn of events […]
Original post on mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
January 15, 2026 at 6:17 PM
follow up from a Canadian perspective.
Denmark sets a military tripwire. (Canada says… its considering…)
by CBC's Defense Correspondent Murray Brewster. (who, given his decades of experience following conflict and tensions around the world must be completely flabbergasted at the turn of events […]
Denmark sets a military tripwire. (Canada says… its considering…)
by CBC's Defense Correspondent Murray Brewster. (who, given his decades of experience following conflict and tensions around the world must be completely flabbergasted at the turn of events […]
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The photo is blurry and small, but it is an important one.
This wolverine moving through a secret location in Alberta's Bow Valley. Wolverines are a rare sight, and spotting one near a town as busy as Canmore is almost unheard of.
But this recent photo proves something vital >>
This wolverine moving through a secret location in Alberta's Bow Valley. Wolverines are a rare sight, and spotting one near a town as busy as Canmore is almost unheard of.
But this recent photo proves something vital >>
January 15, 2026 at 6:23 PM
The photo is blurry and small, but it is an important one.
This wolverine moving through a secret location in Alberta's Bow Valley. Wolverines are a rare sight, and spotting one near a town as busy as Canmore is almost unheard of.
But this recent photo proves something vital >>
This wolverine moving through a secret location in Alberta's Bow Valley. Wolverines are a rare sight, and spotting one near a town as busy as Canmore is almost unheard of.
But this recent photo proves something vital >>
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Being recognized as a top place for filmmakers shows the strength of Edmonton’s creative sector and the importance of our diverse economy.
When we invest in a range of industries, we create jobs, attract talent, and build long-term prosperity.
Very exciting news @edmontonscreen.bsky.social
When we invest in a range of industries, we create jobs, attract talent, and build long-term prosperity.
Very exciting news @edmontonscreen.bsky.social
Big news for Edmonton’s film community! Our city has been named one of MovieMaker’s Top 25 Best Places to Live and Work as a Moviemaker in North America.
Full announcement: edmontonscreen.com/news/edmonton-named-a-top-25-place-for-moviemakers-in-north-america
Full announcement: edmontonscreen.com/news/edmonton-named-a-top-25-place-for-moviemakers-in-north-america
January 15, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Being recognized as a top place for filmmakers shows the strength of Edmonton’s creative sector and the importance of our diverse economy.
When we invest in a range of industries, we create jobs, attract talent, and build long-term prosperity.
Very exciting news @edmontonscreen.bsky.social
When we invest in a range of industries, we create jobs, attract talent, and build long-term prosperity.
Very exciting news @edmontonscreen.bsky.social
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EVERYONE!! Fomalhaut is at it again!! Crashing its planetesimals together and making dust clouds!!!!
I am very excited because I and others wrote papers saying that this would happen: if Fomalhaut b (the first directly imaged "exoplanet" oops) was actually a dust cloud, it should fade away and […]
I am very excited because I and others wrote papers saying that this would happen: if Fomalhaut b (the first directly imaged "exoplanet" oops) was actually a dust cloud, it should fade away and […]
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mastodon.social
January 13, 2026 at 8:19 PM
EVERYONE!! Fomalhaut is at it again!! Crashing its planetesimals together and making dust clouds!!!!
I am very excited because I and others wrote papers saying that this would happen: if Fomalhaut b (the first directly imaged "exoplanet" oops) was actually a dust cloud, it should fade away and […]
I am very excited because I and others wrote papers saying that this would happen: if Fomalhaut b (the first directly imaged "exoplanet" oops) was actually a dust cloud, it should fade away and […]
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In case it somehow wasn't already obvious how completely repellent the administration's legal harassment of Becca Good (Renee Good's widow) is, *six* senior career prosecutors in the local US Attorney's office resigned today because they wanted no part of it.
SIX.
SIX.
January 13, 2026 at 8:57 PM
In case it somehow wasn't already obvious how completely repellent the administration's legal harassment of Becca Good (Renee Good's widow) is, *six* senior career prosecutors in the local US Attorney's office resigned today because they wanted no part of it.
SIX.
SIX.
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These men love that they are officially sanctioned to abuse women.
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 9:04 PM
These men love that they are officially sanctioned to abuse women.
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It's great to see charges laid - but let's not forget that this almost certainly would not have happened had the @cityofedmonton.bsky.social used the $100M for bike lanes to build safe infrastructure instead of just slightly widening a sidewalk.
edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/01/12/c...
edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/01/12/c...
Charges laid in crash that killed dog walker in north Edmonton
Charges have been laid in connection with a fatal pedestrian collision that happened in northeast Edmonton in November last year. On Sunday, the Edmonton police charged a 36-year-old woman with failur...
edmonton.citynews.ca
January 13, 2026 at 8:48 PM
It's great to see charges laid - but let's not forget that this almost certainly would not have happened had the @cityofedmonton.bsky.social used the $100M for bike lanes to build safe infrastructure instead of just slightly widening a sidewalk.
edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/01/12/c...
edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/01/12/c...
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Max from #UNFTR digs into the recent #GDPreport. GOVERNMENT data show U.S. #GDP GREW in the third quarter at an annualized rate of 4.3%. Digging into the numbers reveals the TRUE nature of our K-Shaped economy with luxury spending, AI investments, military spending
youtu.be/gitqIqNkXQs?...
youtu.be/gitqIqNkXQs?...
Trump SCAM REPORT Quickly FALLS APART as Reality HITS HARD
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
youtu.be
December 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Max from #UNFTR digs into the recent #GDPreport. GOVERNMENT data show U.S. #GDP GREW in the third quarter at an annualized rate of 4.3%. Digging into the numbers reveals the TRUE nature of our K-Shaped economy with luxury spending, AI investments, military spending
youtu.be/gitqIqNkXQs?...
youtu.be/gitqIqNkXQs?...
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"A new ten-year study... show that bike lanes can reduce injuries and increase bicycling rates.
But only if they’re protected.
According to the study, painted bike lanes showed an actual increase in bicycling injuries, as well as either only slight increases in bicycling rates."
But only if they’re protected.
According to the study, painted bike lanes showed an actual increase in bicycling injuries, as well as either only slight increases in bicycling rates."
Protected bike lanes boost biking rates, induced demand works for bikes too, Calbike calls for restoring Active Transportation and ebike incentive funding, and ebike gaslighting as a government skill: bikinginla.com/2026/01/12/p... #bikeLA
Protected bike lanes boost biking rates, induced demand works for bikes too, and ebike gaslighting as a government skill - BikinginLA
A new ten-year Canadian study shows that bike lanes can reduce injuries and increase bicycling rates. But only if they're protected.
bikinginla.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:44 AM
"A new ten-year study... show that bike lanes can reduce injuries and increase bicycling rates.
But only if they’re protected.
According to the study, painted bike lanes showed an actual increase in bicycling injuries, as well as either only slight increases in bicycling rates."
But only if they’re protected.
According to the study, painted bike lanes showed an actual increase in bicycling injuries, as well as either only slight increases in bicycling rates."
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Maybe you have wanted to run an errand, meet up with a friend, or go to an event. You look at your bike and wonder if there will be parking.
Urban advocacy organizations in #yeg are hoping to tackle this known barrier to entry. Can you help?
Learn more on our blog, #yegbike:
buff.ly/kencJi5
Urban advocacy organizations in #yeg are hoping to tackle this known barrier to entry. Can you help?
Learn more on our blog, #yegbike:
buff.ly/kencJi5
Volunteers Needed to Crowdsource a Bike Parking Map
Gears are Turning - and We Need Your Help!
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Maybe you have wanted to run an errand, meet up with a friend, or go to an event. You look at your bike and wonder if there will be parking.
Urban advocacy organizations in #yeg are hoping to tackle this known barrier to entry. Can you help?
Learn more on our blog, #yegbike:
buff.ly/kencJi5
Urban advocacy organizations in #yeg are hoping to tackle this known barrier to entry. Can you help?
Learn more on our blog, #yegbike:
buff.ly/kencJi5
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Ich werde diese Woche in München sein und würde ganz gerne an einem der Abende dort essen gehen. Kann mir jemand ein gutes veganes Restaurant empfehlen?
(oder eines mit guten veganen Optionen)
#münchen #vegan #restaurant #empfehlung
(oder eines mit guten veganen Optionen)
#münchen #vegan #restaurant #empfehlung
January 12, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Ich werde diese Woche in München sein und würde ganz gerne an einem der Abende dort essen gehen. Kann mir jemand ein gutes veganes Restaurant empfehlen?
(oder eines mit guten veganen Optionen)
#münchen #vegan #restaurant #empfehlung
(oder eines mit guten veganen Optionen)
#münchen #vegan #restaurant #empfehlung