Convo at the grocery store: “Do you ride your bike every day?” “Most days.” “I see you with it. In my country, I wasn’t allowed to ride bikes. Because woman. I’m going to learn to ride. When I do, I’m going to tell you.” — Thanks for telling me your story, Bahar. (I live for these moments.)

"Pedestrianized streets are often evaluated economically, but their health benefits receive far less attention [...] "Measurements [...] showed that air pollution was typically about 70% higher when cars are present, while perceptible noise was about 50% higher." theconversation.com/car-free-str...

Car-free streets reduce noise and air pollution. More cities should have them

Pedestrianized spaces can help support local businesses, give public spaces back to people and retrieve them from cars.

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Vision Zero has had a mixed record in U.S. cities. Perhaps it's time to ask more fundamental questions about the purpose of our public spaces. The latest Infrastructure and Its Discontents essay is up: sethlajeunesse.substack.com/p/what-and-w...

What and Who is a Street For?

Infrastructure and Its Discontents, Essay No. 10

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“Rowling has not just become the perennial main character of anti-trans activism; she is driving it around the world [and] actively using the royalties gathered from brand partnerships like this to fund fighting human rights […]” xtramagazine.com/culture/tim-...

Tim Hortons and the no good very bad ‘Harry Potter’ collaboration | Xtra Magazine

Tim Hortons licensing “Harry Potter” in 2026 essentially means directly funding J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans crusade

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From 2025: Fire Weather: My @ricochetmedia.bsky.social conversation w/ @johnvaillant.bsky.social about the 21st century’s climate reality. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...

Our 21st century climate reality w/ John Vaillant

Podcast Episode · In Bed with the Elephant · April 24, 2025 · 28m

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Democracy Now!@democracynow.org · last wk.

France and Spain are battling catastrophic wildfires that have forced more than 350,000 people to evacuate their homes.

It’s official: starting today you can enjoy unlimited bus and tram journeys every weekend for the price of a single daily journey.

“Road fatalities in Calgary hit a record high in 2025. They have been rising for years here and in Edmonton [suggesting] a transportation system under stress [...] "The [province's] actions suggest officials are not trying to understand why or how to reverse them.” calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: The dangerous distraction of Alberta’s bike lane debate

Opinion:

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“We are given only a limited number of truly perfect summer days in our time on Earth. One of the more insidious cruelties of fossil fuel greed is how it slowly strips those days from us, more and more throughout our lifetimes, perhaps without us even realizing what we have lost.”

Another stolen summer day

What are we still waiting to learn?

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As a life-long cyclist, including as a year-round commuter, what I have noticed since the advent of protected bike lanes is the increasing number of people, including many couples, in their 50s,60s, and 70s riding bikes that I never saw before.

Cailynn Klingbeil@cailynn.bsky.social · 2w ago

I wrote about bike lanes for @theglobeandmail.com #yycbike #yegbike www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

"Somewhere along the way, politicians stopped talking about bike lanes as evidence-backed transportation infrastructure and started talking about them as though they were the transportation problem."

Cailynn Klingbeil@cailynn.bsky.social · 2w ago

I wrote about bike lanes for @theglobeandmail.com #yycbike #yegbike www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

“For my family, bike lanes are simply how we get around together. My kids chatter from the front box of the cargo bike […] It’s one of my favourite parts of the day. “Somewhere in Alberta, a gov employee is sorting through a spreadsheet of grievances about routes like the ones I take regularly.”

Cailynn Klingbeil@cailynn.bsky.social · 2w ago

I wrote about bike lanes for @theglobeandmail.com #yycbike #yegbike www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

“Someone recently told me: You speak about something that is highly technical in a way that is accessible. This has always been my ambition […] “It’s about reinstating a principle that international justice is in the public interest.” www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Canada has concluded trade negotiations with the UAE at a time when the UAE faces credible allegations of fuelling the horrific genocide in Sudan. Trade diversification matters but it cannot come at the expense of human rights and International law. nationalnewswatch.com/2026/07/24/c...

Canada, UAE conclude negotiations on a free-trade agreement

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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“When we hear on the news that someone survived […] often we assume a happy ending […] “Recovery can take months or years, [including] physical rehabilitation, chronic pain, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, […] trying to adjust to a life that may never be the same.” calgaryherald.com/news/untold-...

The untold stories behind Calgary's pedestrian-vehicle collisions

Experts share what can be done and the after affects of people getting hit by cars while walking on Calgary streets as the city hits record.

calgaryherald.com

Just took this measurement outside and it is definitely N95 respirator weather. #yyc

"[The fossil fuel industry's] plans demand that Ottawa assist them (including w huge financial subsidies) as they squeeze every dollop of bitumen from the ground—no matter how wildly fires rage across the country [...] "Alas, Carney has capitulated to these demands." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Linda McQuaig: Don’t be fooled, Big Oil is calling the shots, not Carney

Big Oil demands Ottawa help them squeeze every dollop of bitumen from the ground — no matter how wildly fires rage across the country and how Trumpishly orange the skies

thestar.com

I took another strange trip back home to check in on the independence movement during Stampede. What I found was a city that - outside the die-hards on other side - seems to want to pretend like none of this is real.

🚨 How to search for Parker on your property 🚨 Many people have asked what we mean when we ask residents to "check their property." In this video, Sergeant Chris Martin demonstrates how to properly search areas where Parker may seek shelter.

We continue to ask anyone in the Thorncliffe area who may have CCTV, residential security camera and dashcam footage from Thursday, July 16, 2026, to now, regardless of whether Parker is seen, to submit the footage to police through the upload link here: cps.ca.evidence.com/axon/communi...

CA26318270 Missing Person Parker

Calgary Police are looking for any CCTV that the public may have that may show Parker's whereabouts.

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It was March 2007. Apple had just debuted the iPhone. The Iraq War was raging. Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth had won two Oscars. And the prime minister of Canada was talking about “the exciting new technology called carbon capture and storage.” by @meyer.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/canada-carbo...

For 20 years, Canada’s leaders have promised a carbon capture fix | The Narwhal

It’s expensive and unproven at scale. From Stephen Harper to Mark Carney, Canadian politicians have made promises on carbon capture — yet to be delivered

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Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

"A complaint box returns complaints, no matter what the underlying reality is. Stand up a form asking whether something bothers you, and you will collect a pile of yeses, which the province can then hold up as a mandate" livewirecalgary.com/2026/07/19/p...

Perspectives: The Alberta government built a bike lane complaint box and wants to call it evidence

Devin Dreeshen wants to hear from you. Not about whether bike lanes work, but about whether they bother you. The province’s new Alberta Bike Lane Portal asks Albertans to report a lane if it’s creatin...

livewirecalgary.com

Thanks for the wonderful summer bike adventure, Bromptonauts! @bromptonleague.bsky.social #yycbike youtu.be/2kp1PNXqulU

10th Anniversary Foldie Fondo | Presented By Calgary Brompton League

YouTube video by BikeBike Rides

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There’s no easy answer if you use your bike for transportation and the air is toxic from wildfire smoke, but here are some ideas youtu.be/btz1vDl36H8

The mistakes I made riding my bike through wildfire smoke

YouTube video by Shifter

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🔎 UPDATE #5 - MISSING CHILD - PARKER 🔍 We continue to ask for the public's help in locating Parker, 11 & are providing an update on the extensive search & investigative efforts underway to find him.

Thanks to everyone who came out to today’s Foldie Fondo, our largest turnout ever. Thanks for the great conversation and friendly cheer the whole route through.🚲😎

Excited for this! @brettbergie.bsky.social organizes the best community #yycbike rides, and this one is always a summer highlight for me.

Calgary Brompton League@bromptonleague.bsky.social · 3w ago

F O L D I E F O N D O T O M O R R O W ! See you at 8:45 a.m. at the south side of the George C. King Bridge in East Village. Wheels roll at 9 a.m. 🚲🥰

F O L D I E F O N D O T O M O R R O W ! See you at 8:45 a.m. at the south side of the George C. King Bridge in East Village. Wheels roll at 9 a.m. 🚲🥰

A little rear hinge repair ahead of tomorrow’s Foldie Fondo. This interim work was a success, and I bought myself some time until I can get the spindle and bushings set fully replaced. Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow.🚲😎

NEW: The Calgary Police Service is asking the entire city of Calgary to check their yards and sheds for 11 y/o Parker. He was last seen yesterday in Thorncliffe. More than 200 officers are involved in the search.