Stewart Midwinter
midtoad.bsky.social
Stewart Midwinter
@midtoad.bsky.social
Multilingual lifelong student. So much to learn, so little time!
It's inexplicable that the Alberta government doesn't even want solar panels in its dry southeastern area, where this technology could improve power generation as well as animal habitat.
www.ecoticias.com/en/on-the-ti...
On the Tibetan plateau, China has installed a 16-17 GW mega solar plant that is turning an alpine desert into a “micro-oasis”: more moisture, more grass, and soils with more carbon under 64 km² of pan...
High on the Tibetan Plateau, a vast field of solar panels is not only feeding China’s power grid. According to new research, it is also gently reshaping a
www.ecoticias.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:10 PM
The rise of electric vehicles is now clearly unstoppable.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs...
Analysis: EVs just outsold petrol cars in EU for first time ever - Carbon Brief
Sales of battery electric vehicles (EVs) overtook petrol cars in the EU for the first time in December 2025.
www.carbonbrief.org
January 31, 2026 at 8:52 PM
@calgarytransit.com

Having now become a ♿️ user, I find that public transit provides me with freedom, flexibility, and even fun! Please keep doing preventative maintenance on the wheelchair ramps on your buses.

#Takethebus
January 18, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Nenad Georgievski (@nenadgeorgievski)
Winter barcode
substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Garbage collection in Beijing, 2008.
#cargobike
November 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/new...

Moral of the story? A smart cyclist always carries a bottle of wine in his or her backpack.

#Cycling #bikes #survival
French cyclist survives three days on wine after falling into ravine - Canadian Cycling Magazine
A particularly wild commute
cyclingmagazine.ca
November 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
www.edie.net/number-of-pu...
#Electricvehicles

The adoption of EVs is unstoppable, and accelerating.
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UK's Chargepoint Network Grows: 100k More Planned
Discover how the UK's EV charging network grew 23% with 15,000 new chargepoints, making electric travel more practical. Charge in 33 mins nationwide.
www.edie.net
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Smoky skies today from the fires in NWT. We have nothing to complain about here, our homes are safe.
#Forestfires
September 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
www.threads.com/@lprins/post...

The global north is not all important.
Lucas Prins (@lprins) on Threads
No matter how often I see this statistic, it continues to baffle my brain.
www.threads.com
August 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Not a good day to be exercising or even sitting outside in Calgary, Alberta.
June 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I saw a lot of these cargo bikes in Beijing when I was there. July 2008.

#cargobikes #Beijing
May 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
@bsky.app it's way too difficult to add an account to a list. You provide only 1 nonobvious method.

If I see an interesting post by a user, I'm given an option to add them to a list… But only to an existing list. Right there at that moment, there needs to be an option to create a new list.
March 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Climate – WX
January 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Let's put the "fun" back in fundamentalism.
November 16, 2024 at 6:04 PM