Derek Simon
@dartmouthderek.bsky.social
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The Number of Regular People Being Arrested for Protesting Data Centers Is Astounding
The Number of Regular People Being Arrested for Protesting Data Centers Is Astounding
All over the United States, ordinary people are risking their freedom to take a stand against data centers in their communities.
futurism.com
New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo
She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.
Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.
wapo.st
The indicted an innocent man without conducting a proper investigation, and misled a grand jury about the evidence, all so they could bootstrap a lie that Trump told to the American people.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 5d ago🚨 BREAKING: The DOJ is moving to dismiss the indictment against David Hearn in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool case and is admitting the damage was the result of a flawed, botched installation job, not vandalism.
🚨 BREAKING: The DOJ is moving to dismiss the indictment against David Hearn in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool case and is admitting the damage was the result of a flawed, botched installation job, not vandalism.
DOJ Seeks to Dismiss Charges Against Olympian It Indicted for "Vandalizing" the Lincoln Memorial.
meidasnews.com
This was a tough read. The person who was injured by a motorcyclist while riding their bike near the Macdonald bridge speaks out about the physical, financial, and emotional toll. Police have gotten a few tips. “I hope they have success in finding this guy because he has no place on these roads.”
‘I was in shock:’ Halifax e-bike rider rattled after alleged hit-and-run
One week after a motorcyclist allegedly intentionally hit a man on an e-bike while driving on the Macdonald Bridge in Dartmouth, N.S., the e-biker rider is left with questions and fears.
ctvnews.ca
Brandon Klayme’s wrongful conviction is the second for Crown prosecutor Melanie Perry Morning File by me
Brandon Klayme's wrongful conviction is the second for Crown prosecutor Melanie Perry - Halifax Examiner
The wrongful conviction literature is replete with instances of individual cops and individual prosecutors being the loci of multiple wrongful convictions.
halifaxexaminer.ca
Look at how terrible this socialism is: “The windfall of tips comes after a city law cracking down on deceptive tipping practices by app-based delivery companies took effect in January … Since taking office, Mayor Mamdani has directed DCWP to vigorously enforce the laws.”
NYC Delivery Workers Earned $104M Extra in Tips Under New City Law
According to a new city report, enforcement of New York City’s tip transparency law has led to an average of about $2,287 in additional tips for each of the city’s 70,000 app-based delivery workers.
documentedny.com
Hurray hurray, I am finally doing this work where I live. If you’d like to take your place in my first in-person Women’s Circle drop me a message or email. Hosting this circle is my gift to myself this Fall, so don’t be shy.
Very sad news. An extremely talented musician and song writer who also did a lot of great work in the community. RIP Glen. www.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
Oscar-winning musician Glen Hansard dies in Dublin motorcycle crash
Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died overnight in a motorcycle crash in Dublin’s Lucan.
independent.ie
Very cool that Shopify’s CEO thinks the poor should have far less of a vote than the rich. Still worth that ad read money, folks?
Instead metro transit has spent vast sums of money on farebox technology that was never delivered or doesn’t work
Halifax ReTales@halifaxretales.bsky.social · 2w agoDYK Since 2021 you could use your phone to take transit in the Valley! Using Hotspot The same app HRM uses already for parking
DYK Since 2021 you could use your phone to take transit in the Valley! Using Hotspot The same app HRM uses already for parking
Guess who had the integrity not to accept $1 million to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival last year?
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Turned Down Million-Dollar Offer to Perform in Saudi Arabia: ‘I Don’t Need to Take Any Money if It Makes Me Feel Icky’
'Weird Al' Yankovic revealed he turned down a seven-figure offer to perform at the state-sponsored Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.
variety.com
Asked about Trump's threats to bomb civilian infrastructure in Iran, Marco Rubio says "it looks like they're not ready to make a deal. So they're gonna continue to pay a price. And every night the price gets higher and higher." (This is a war crime.)
JFC. Stealing art and destroying books at the same time.
Boing Boing@boingboing.net · 2w agoAI companies are buying up old print books to escape the AI slop clogging the web. Train on the sludge and you get 'model collapse' — so now they want text from before the flood.
Subsidies for the ferry cost the government about $21m per year to move fewer people per season than the MacDonald Bridge Bikeway.
The Chronicle Herald@thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 2w ago'We believe in that service': No new contract yet, premier says Nova Scotia committed to international ferry www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
New Episode Available! @dartmouthderek.bsky.social and @halifaxdave33.bsky.social look back at our point on the road in Calgary, the TFC match, our new signing and more! Check it out wherever you get your podcasts! Pics courtesy of The CPL #cpl #coyw #canadianpremierleague #cansoccer
A beautiful metaphor for America here at Glacier National Park: a bunch of people standing under a melting glacier that could collapse onto them at any moment despite all the signs warning them.
There is one thing governments in this province are consistently good at, and that is passing the buck.
Neovagina Evangelion@gammarae.design · 2w agoI hate this province and this stupid city too.
But at least our high cost of living gets us a well run, liveable, walkable city with good transit and top notch health care, right? Right?
Safe Kjipuktuk@safehrm.bsky.social · 2w ago"Halifax’s cost of living has been ranked as “extreme” in an index ranking cities’ typical monthly income, rent prices, and costs of essential food" www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
The main problem with the bridge wrt cyclists is we’ve never fixed the North St. approach. Want to prevent people from using the pedestrian side? make the bike side not stupid.
Jillian@bikehfxlobby.bsky.social · 2w agoGenuinely asking, where on the bridge bike lane is there a posted speed of 25km/hr?
Dal prof. Nouman Ali was killed after being doored by a pickup truck driver on Friday afternoon while cycling. HRP are still investigating but issued the driver a ticket for inspection issue. But for cycling advocates, this incident a symptom of larger problems in HRM. globalnews.ca/news/1197415...
Cycling advocates urge stronger safety measures after Halifax man dies in ‘dooring’ incident - Halifax | Globalnews.ca
The death of a 71-year-old Halifax cyclist who collided with a vehicle door is renewing calls for improved safety measures on the road.
globalnews.ca
A summary offence ticket for taking another person’s life. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Cyclist, 71, dies after driver opened door in bike's path | CBC News
Halifax Regional Police said it was reported that the driver of the pickup truck opened the vehicle's door into the path of a cyclist travelling on Strawberry Hill Street. The driver was issued a summ...
cbc.ca
"Most of Canada has legislation about dooring" Advocacy by Dr Sara Kirk from 2017 We still do not have dooring legislation. Cyclists cannot avoid being doored, and our ability to "take the lane" well away from dooring hazards is not clear. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Cyclist 'catapulted into the road' prompts call to make dooring illegal | CBC News
A cycling advocate is calling on Nova Scotia to punish drivers who open their doors without looking after her friend was injured earlier this week in Halifax.
cbc.ca
Traffic pretty much at a standstill between Halifax and Truro. Can we please teach Nova Scotia drivers how to merge, and require road contractors to actually plan their worksites properly to minimize disruption
tl;dr: The United States has repeatedly violated the USMCA. In order to address this problem, Canada stands ready to renegotiate the USMCA, which the United States has repeatedly violated.
Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · 2w agoMy statement on the United States administration’s intention to impose new tariffs on Canadian goods:
