Michael Schwandt
@michaelschwandt.bsky.social
Public health physician in Vancouver. Antiracist ecoanxious xennial numtot. Healthy environments, equity, climate. Once posted a viral tw!tter thread on COVID prevention. Views mine. He/him.
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Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
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"Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week."
This is the direct and predictable result of policy decisions, not random happenstance.
#visionzero #publichealth
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This is the direct and predictable result of policy decisions, not random happenstance.
#visionzero #publichealth
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i wish a clanker would
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
i wish a clanker would
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Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
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We are living in a real-life episode of Black Mirror: an app dispatches workers, monitors their every move, while riders - some using rented identities - risk abuse, exhaustion and invisibility.
“We are a very modern kind of slave.”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“We are a very modern kind of slave.”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Life as a food delivery worker: ‘Sometimes men open the door naked’
To earn a living as a delivery rider, some work 10-12 hour days, contending with low pay, exhaustion, accidents, injuries and harassment. Is this a new form of modern slavery?
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We are living in a real-life episode of Black Mirror: an app dispatches workers, monitors their every move, while riders - some using rented identities - risk abuse, exhaustion and invisibility.
“We are a very modern kind of slave.”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“We are a very modern kind of slave.”
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Banning street hockey in Canada?
This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.
This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.
Get outside kids, enjoy the fresh air with your friends!
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
Just kidding, stay the F inside.
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Banning street hockey in Canada?
This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.
This isn’t about protecting kids. It’s about protecting drivers from having to think about kids.
“Meritocracy.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
“Meritocracy.”
'Space is a harsh environment: a vacuum with freezing temperatures, super high ultraviolet radiation and, of course, almost no oxygen. But Japanese researchers have found a type of moss that doesn’t really care about much of that.'
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Interesting that mosst survived.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
🌿🤩
Interesting that mosst survived.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
This moss survived 9 months outside the International Space Station in the harshness of space | CBC News
Space is a harsh environment: it's a vacuum with freezing temperatures, super high ultraviolet radiation and, of course, almost no oxygen. But Japanese researchers have found a type of moss that doesn...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
'Space is a harsh environment: a vacuum with freezing temperatures, super high ultraviolet radiation and, of course, almost no oxygen. But Japanese researchers have found a type of moss that doesn’t really care about much of that.'
🌿🤩
Interesting that mosst survived.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
🌿🤩
Interesting that mosst survived.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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"I'm on the train eating lobster by candlelight /
You're driving with your knee, trying to eat a sandwich, right? /
Taking bites but just making a mess /
I'm treating public transit like a private jet"
✅
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmUL...
"I'm on the train eating lobster by candlelight /
You're driving with your knee, trying to eat a sandwich, right? /
Taking bites but just making a mess /
I'm treating public transit like a private jet"
✅
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmUL...
MC EDDY - SKYTRAIN (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by MCEDDY420
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November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🎧🎶
"I'm on the train eating lobster by candlelight /
You're driving with your knee, trying to eat a sandwich, right? /
Taking bites but just making a mess /
I'm treating public transit like a private jet"
✅
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmUL...
"I'm on the train eating lobster by candlelight /
You're driving with your knee, trying to eat a sandwich, right? /
Taking bites but just making a mess /
I'm treating public transit like a private jet"
✅
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmUL...
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MC EDDY - SKYTRAIN (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by MCEDDY420
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Global civil society took note, and handed Canada a “Fossil of the Day.” A signal that our credibility is slipping just as climate disasters escalate. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
Carney’s calamitous course causes consternation at climate summit
Canada arrived at COP30 with empty hands, expressly moving backwards on almost every climate policy we’ve put in place since Paris.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Global civil society took note, and handed Canada a “Fossil of the Day.” A signal that our credibility is slipping just as climate disasters escalate. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
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#COP30 - Canada is showing up with… well, not much. And Dr. @jvipondmd.bsky.social isn’t mincing words about it. In his new opinion piece, he outlines how a country once welcomed back at COP21 is now rolling back nearly every climate policy we’ve built since Paris.
November 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
#COP30 - Canada is showing up with… well, not much. And Dr. @jvipondmd.bsky.social isn’t mincing words about it. In his new opinion piece, he outlines how a country once welcomed back at COP21 is now rolling back nearly every climate policy we’ve built since Paris.
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Hey Media! want to talk to a Canadian physician working hard to make change at COP30?
There are five of us!
Learn more about what we are doing there, and how to reach us, in the link below.
There are five of us!
Learn more about what we are doing there, and how to reach us, in the link below.
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) Delegation at COP30 to protect people’s health and confront climate disinformation - CAPE
The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) delegation of physicians and program team will be in Bélem from November 11 to 20. While the federal budget 2025 may have fallen short...
cape.ca
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Hey Media! want to talk to a Canadian physician working hard to make change at COP30?
There are five of us!
Learn more about what we are doing there, and how to reach us, in the link below.
There are five of us!
Learn more about what we are doing there, and how to reach us, in the link below.
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“During wildfires, floods and heatwaves, false information spreads faster than facts, leaving people unable to protect themselves. Like toxic air and water pollution, information pollution threatens our health and safety. “ @drmelissalem.bsky.social
Cop30 live: ‘literally insane’ that we are letting global heating happen, says Al Gore
Former US vice-president also critical of Donald Trump and Bill Gates as negotiations begin in earnest
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“During wildfires, floods and heatwaves, false information spreads faster than facts, leaving people unable to protect themselves. Like toxic air and water pollution, information pollution threatens our health and safety. “ @drmelissalem.bsky.social
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Oh, Canada.
How embarrassing.
We won due to our substantial rollbacks of climate policies such as the consumer carbon price, the EV mandate, and threats to our oil and gas emissions cap and our greenwashing legislation.
On top of recent fastracking of two LNG plants.
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How embarrassing.
We won due to our substantial rollbacks of climate policies such as the consumer carbon price, the EV mandate, and threats to our oil and gas emissions cap and our greenwashing legislation.
On top of recent fastracking of two LNG plants.
2/
November 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Oh, Canada.
How embarrassing.
We won due to our substantial rollbacks of climate policies such as the consumer carbon price, the EV mandate, and threats to our oil and gas emissions cap and our greenwashing legislation.
On top of recent fastracking of two LNG plants.
2/
How embarrassing.
We won due to our substantial rollbacks of climate policies such as the consumer carbon price, the EV mandate, and threats to our oil and gas emissions cap and our greenwashing legislation.
On top of recent fastracking of two LNG plants.
2/
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“The best that can be said of Canada’s presence at COP so far is that it’s not as actively harmful as Prime Minister Carney’s major projects agenda back home. But we need better."
Read our network's analysis of Canada's performance at COP so far, & how Canada can step up in the final week. ⬇️
Read our network's analysis of Canada's performance at COP so far, & how Canada can step up in the final week. ⬇️
As week two of COP30 kicks off, Canada is missing in action - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)
Belém, Brazil, 17 November 2025:
As COP30 enters its second week, Canada is missing in action.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Julie Dabrusin attended COP last week, along with Canadian Iden...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“The best that can be said of Canada’s presence at COP so far is that it’s not as actively harmful as Prime Minister Carney’s major projects agenda back home. But we need better."
Read our network's analysis of Canada's performance at COP so far, & how Canada can step up in the final week. ⬇️
Read our network's analysis of Canada's performance at COP so far, & how Canada can step up in the final week. ⬇️
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This new legislation is terrifying—not just because of the environmental destruction these laws will accelerate, but because of the ways our sovereign rights get watered down to “economic reconciliation,” a mere assimilation into a failing economy built on our dispossession and genocide.
Canada’s new fast-track laws are sidelining Indigenous consent and gutting environmental protections—then calling it “reconciliation.”
@janellelapointe.bsky.social breaks down why Indigenous communities—and everyone else in Canada—must reject this false promise.
breachmedia.ca/canadas-new-...
@janellelapointe.bsky.social breaks down why Indigenous communities—and everyone else in Canada—must reject this false promise.
breachmedia.ca/canadas-new-...
Canada’s new fast-track laws double down on false promise of ‘economic reconciliation’ ⋆ The Breach
A swathe of new legislation across Canada threatens to weaken Indigenous rights and environmental protections
breachmedia.ca
July 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This new legislation is terrifying—not just because of the environmental destruction these laws will accelerate, but because of the ways our sovereign rights get watered down to “economic reconciliation,” a mere assimilation into a failing economy built on our dispossession and genocide.
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#30DayMapChallenge
Day 16 - Global Rat Distribution Map
Is it true that Alberta is a rat-free prov? Is there really a Rat Patrol? We find out the truth behind the province’s rat hating reputation
h/t @terriblemapshq.bsky.social @secretlifeofcanada.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Day 16 - Global Rat Distribution Map
Is it true that Alberta is a rat-free prov? Is there really a Rat Patrol? We find out the truth behind the province’s rat hating reputation
h/t @terriblemapshq.bsky.social @secretlifeofcanada.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
November 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
#30DayMapChallenge
Day 16 - Global Rat Distribution Map
Is it true that Alberta is a rat-free prov? Is there really a Rat Patrol? We find out the truth behind the province’s rat hating reputation
h/t @terriblemapshq.bsky.social @secretlifeofcanada.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Day 16 - Global Rat Distribution Map
Is it true that Alberta is a rat-free prov? Is there really a Rat Patrol? We find out the truth behind the province’s rat hating reputation
h/t @terriblemapshq.bsky.social @secretlifeofcanada.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Street Art - Ireland
A roadside vertical post aka bollard painted as a blue octopus with tentacles extending across the pavement, using the curb and cobbles to suggest movement. I love the use of multiple colors and the eyes & brows are wonderful!! 😁
#StreetArt #Ireland #ArtSky #Octopus #Graffiti
A roadside vertical post aka bollard painted as a blue octopus with tentacles extending across the pavement, using the curb and cobbles to suggest movement. I love the use of multiple colors and the eyes & brows are wonderful!! 😁
#StreetArt #Ireland #ArtSky #Octopus #Graffiti
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Street Art - Ireland
A roadside vertical post aka bollard painted as a blue octopus with tentacles extending across the pavement, using the curb and cobbles to suggest movement. I love the use of multiple colors and the eyes & brows are wonderful!! 😁
#StreetArt #Ireland #ArtSky #Octopus #Graffiti
A roadside vertical post aka bollard painted as a blue octopus with tentacles extending across the pavement, using the curb and cobbles to suggest movement. I love the use of multiple colors and the eyes & brows are wonderful!! 😁
#StreetArt #Ireland #ArtSky #Octopus #Graffiti
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There are few things that turn regular people into wretched selfish creatures than parking.
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
There are few things that turn regular people into wretched selfish creatures than parking.
"The climate crisis is a health crisis."
Great statement by Dr. Joe Vipond on a key set of necessary actions.
👏🔊
@cape-acme.bsky.social
Great statement by Dr. Joe Vipond on a key set of necessary actions.
👏🔊
@cape-acme.bsky.social
Dr Joe’s COP30 diary Day 4:
Health day!
Why?
The climate crisis is a health crisis.
Health day!
Why?
The climate crisis is a health crisis.
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"The climate crisis is a health crisis."
Great statement by Dr. Joe Vipond on a key set of necessary actions.
👏🔊
@cape-acme.bsky.social
Great statement by Dr. Joe Vipond on a key set of necessary actions.
👏🔊
@cape-acme.bsky.social
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Dr Joe’s COP30 diary Day 4:
Health day!
Why?
The climate crisis is a health crisis.
Health day!
Why?
The climate crisis is a health crisis.
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Dr Joe’s COP30 diary Day 4:
Health day!
Why?
The climate crisis is a health crisis.
Health day!
Why?
The climate crisis is a health crisis.
“A lot of people worked for a long time to achieve that measles elimination status, and to lose it in one year because of a failure of government action … for a disease that’s totally preventable, it just makes me sad.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
“A lot of people worked for a long time to achieve that measles elimination status, and to lose it in one year because of a failure of government action … for a disease that’s totally preventable, it just makes me sad.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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did you know you can quantify the amount that a community is failing to provide transit options simply by measuring how frequently its tech bros reinvent the bus?
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
did you know you can quantify the amount that a community is failing to provide transit options simply by measuring how frequently its tech bros reinvent the bus?
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Progressive millennial mayor elected in Seattle. youtu.be/YDA1fAq1k1Y?...
Katie Wilson gains 'virtually' unbeatable lead in Seattle mayor's race
YouTube video by KING 5 Seattle
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Progressive millennial mayor elected in Seattle. youtu.be/YDA1fAq1k1Y?...