Dr. Young-Leslie {use alt-text, humans} ElbowsUp! 🇨🇦🚲
@ethnographer.bsky.social
Anthropologist, feminist, fietsster, research whisperer; settler in Amiskwaciwâskahikan aka Yeg🇨🇦 My research focussed on cultural responses to public health messages (MCH, HIV, COVID) Mostly skeet on bikes, climate∆, #FeministSky, just transition, urbanism
I feel like the way of dealing with such behaviour is to look these people right in the eye and say, very gently, "You think your right to park matters more than homes these children?" Then when they reply just repeat it with slightly different emphasis.
Hundreds slam proposals to turn car park into children's home in Bromley
Plans to build a children’s home on a car park in Bromley have been slammed by nearby residents who call the current parking situation “a…
newsshopper.co.uk
Many animals die in wildfires, some in the flames and smoke, but many more die after the fire is out, due to the loss of habitat and food sources.
Australia's fires 'killed or harmed three billion animals'
The recent bushfires were "one of the worst wildlife disasters in modern history", conservationists say.
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If you’re ever lost in the wilderness, just build a cycle path because someone is bound to pull up in their car and park in it.
“Spending $700 million to bail out the coal industry is like throwing a lifeline to a ship that has already sunk.”
In the United States, solar energy is outpacing coal for the first time ever
It now provides more than twice the share of electricity that it did five years ago.
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Somber day today: riding honour escort for a new ghost bike. Alfred Reisdorf, 65, was killed last Nov, while riding his bike. The family has been trying to get a 'Fatality sign placed, but the city bureaucracy is baffling. They contacted Bike Edmonton. 1 week later: www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
New ghost bike in Mill Woods 22nd such memorial installed in city since 2007
A plea for more attention to road safety comes as the city group that creates bike memorials to people who die while riding erected its 22nd over the last 19 years.
ctvnews.ca
I legitimately thought this was a parody of the FIFA statement. Yikes!
TSN@tsnofficial.bsky.social · 4w agoThe International Olympic Committee announces that it has provisionally lifted the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee which had been in effect since October 2023.
Other people are mere counters in their game. Oh whoops, you fell off the board. Never mind. Yet somehow these sick-minded people, who don't in any way reflect the attitude of the general population, come to dominate our politics and our media. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When the right denies the true danger of heatwaves, ask yourself this: whose children’s lives is it willing to risk? | George Monbiot
The class politics of extreme heat are very real and very dangerous – but that doesn’t stop the billionaire press from peddling its agenda, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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🇺🇦🙏 Zelensky: Damage has been recorded in more than 10 locations in Kyiv, including residential buildings. So far, 64 people have been rescued, including two children. As of now, it is known that, unfortunately, 11 people died as a result of this attack. About 60 more people were injured.
DITTO. With a chaser of anything from www.dramgood.ca #CDNpoli #CanadaSky
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Black Panther🍁💪🦫🇨🇦@blackpanther25.bsky.social · last mo.My message for Peter Hoekstra this morning. #Cdnpoli 🍁 #CanadaSky 🇨🇦
🇨🇦HAPPY CANADA DAY Edmonton!!🇨🇦 {*where *not one* #UCP politician has shown up --as is normal for politicians of all levels-- to serve at the traditional pancake breakfast. So far I've seen municipal, provincial, and federal political representatives, but no one from any conservative party}
Thanks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social for supporting the launch of this important, Canadian, book!
Dr. Young-Leslie {use alt-text, humans} ElbowsUp! 🇨🇦🚲@ethnographer.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhen a book launch on the heavy topic of GBV, trauma, public memory, justice & media-activism is simultaneously a celebratory reunion of community; @nicolettelittle.bsky.social 's fabulous new book, enabled that. 👏🏼 to @ubcpress.bsky.social for this important book. www.instagram.com/reel/DZaICH5...
When a book launch on the heavy topic of GBV, trauma, public memory, justice & media-activism is simultaneously a celebratory reunion of community; @nicolettelittle.bsky.social 's fabulous new book, enabled that. 👏🏼 to @ubcpress.bsky.social for this important book. www.instagram.com/reel/DZaICH5...
The WA government made a tourism ad for the Kimberley, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative! 👉 Write to Environment Minister Murray Watt 🥧 www.environskimberley.org.au/minister_watt
Honest Government Ad | Visit the Kimberley!
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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🤯 Do parliamentary offices not have some kind of standard for replying to letters sent to them?
Leah ProudLakota (she/her)@leahgazan.bsky.social · 2mo ago“Gazan says on July 24th last year, after thousands of wildfire evacuees had taken refuge in Winnipeg, she had sent a letter to Minister Gull-Masty with an urgent request for action to uphold the safety and dignity of those displaced." (1/2)
3/ Prime Minister Carney ran on a promise to protect Canadians from Donald Trump and stand up for Canadian sovereignty. He cannot sit on the fence while Doug Ford hands more power to Wall Street.
2/ Read the full statement from NDP Leader Avi Lewis here: ndp.ca/news/ndp-statement-anniversary-1984-sikh-genocide-1
NDP statement on the anniversary of the 1984 Sikh Genocide
Canada’s NDP Leader Avi Lewis made the following statement on the anniversary of the 1984 Golden Temple invasion:
ndp.ca
To every volunteer, donor, organizer and NDP member who helped power this history-making movement: thank you. We are building a new foundation for our party, and we are ready to come roaring back on the Canadian political stage. Let’s get to work!
🇨🇦 When Canadians vacation in Canada, the money stays closer to home. Hotels, restaurants, tour guides, gas stations, small shops, airports, museums, and local workers all benefit. Choosing Canada is not only about scenery — it is also about supporting communities during a tough economy. ♥️🇨🇦
Oh it's about way more than just your mad king's tariffs. We don't like or trust y'all anymore.
Canada is quickly being welcomed into the EU orbit. Oil, Aluminum, Critical minerals, Potash, Uranium, cheap steel, lumber, will be redirected away from US supply lines. Trumps statement "We need nothing from Canada" will be tested. But don't worry what are the odds of Trump getting it wrong?
The tourists will not be returning we have found better and more welcoming places to go. That ship has sailed. Next mistake will be the USA not committing to revising CUSMA. Canada is quickly aligning away from the US and Americans have no concept of the economic pain this will cause.
Standing room only, spilling out into the street ( @avilewis.ca had to do 2 speeches, 1 inside, 1 out). 🧡🧡🧡🧡 @heathermcpherson.bsky.social is here. #TenilleJohnson is here. {But where is @naheednenshi.bsky.social?? Where is @abfedlabour.bsky.social? }
Details about #Edmonton's Ride of the FANCY WOMEN (please share across socials): @fancywomenbikeyeg.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DZFnEUtp568/ www.facebook.com/share/p/18Yp... 2026 Date: Jun 14 •Meet @ 11:30, café in Louise McKinney Park •RSVP: www.eventbrite.ca/e/ride-of-th... #bikesky #yeg
"Why a bicycle is a the key to your city" Toronto's wonderful Yvonne Bambrick's TEDx talk (2016).Yvonne is a visual artist, social innovator, author of The Urban Cycling Survival Guide & helped found Toronto Cyclists Union (now Cycle Toronto). Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=D72G... #WomenRideBikes
Why a bicycle is the key to your city | Yvonne Bambrick | TEDxTheAnnexWomen
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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@geodarcy.bsky.social We were talking about lighting and a gendered lens on night cycling. I really like this particular essay on the subject: genderedcity.org/feminist-urb... #bikesky
"Bad Light" is a Common Enemy.
Between Biodiversity & Feminism
genderedcity.org
The Rocky Mountains towns, including the two in UNESCO 🇨🇦national parks 🇨🇦, would be opting for that staying-in-Canada status too.
trevorrobb.bsky.social@trevorrobb.bsky.social · 2mo ago“With our treaty partners, we can make the case to the federal government that because our population does not want to separate from Canada, there can be some special status afforded to municipalities who don’t want to participate,” said Paquette. #yegcc #abpoli edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
I DEMAND TO LIVE IN THE DUCHY OF EDMONTON.
trevorrobb.bsky.social@trevorrobb.bsky.social · 2mo ago“With our treaty partners, we can make the case to the federal government that because our population does not want to separate from Canada, there can be some special status afforded to municipalities who don’t want to participate,” said Paquette. #yegcc #abpoli edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
