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Jen Stewart
@jstewgie.bsky.social
Riding bikes, reading books, petting dogs, trying to improve the world in Victoria, BC. Proofreader and editor. Past lives in law and QA. Swearmonger.
I feel confident that everyone in the 9% are assholes.
Polling Canada@canadianpolling.bsky.social · 5h ago"Would you like Canada to become the 51st state of the United States?" No: 85% Yes: 9% Leger / August 31, 2026
Cyclists were the primary force behind organized political pressure for better, paved roads before the arrival of cars and drivers. Drivers now think they own the road and oppose safe infrastructure for all other road users. What if tanks started using roads and were crushing cars and people?
Backstory: How Bikes Built Our Highways | The Saturday Evening Post
Urban elites with a fancy hobby teamed up with rural farmers in a movement that transformed the country.
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All these lanes for ONE CAR? Common sense says obviously this road is underused, should be ripped out. #YYJ
Vancouver Island Traffic Cams@vitrafficcams.bsky.social · 20h ago📷 Hwy 14 at West Shore Parkway - N — Hwy 14 📍 Langford ☁️ Overcast, 15°C 💨 Wind 1 km/h · 💧 72% #VancouverIsland #Langford
I've seen everyone sharing that US Dialect Quiz so I decided to make my own, much crappier, CANADIAN DIALECT QUIZ to guess where in Canada you're from
There is some model of EV in my neighbourhood that makes a noise (like an electronic hum to tell you it's there), and it took me ages to put my finger on what it sounds like, but yesterday I did: The opening notes to Bohemian Rhapsody. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9r...
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Video Remastered)
YouTube video by Queen Official
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This kind of report should be accompanied by a press conference—not with some low-level bureaucrat, but with the prime minister. Flanked by all of his ministers. In prime time, with technical briefings. This report says we're facing unimaginable disaster, yet we didn't even get a briefing.
Canada's National Observer@nationalobserver.com · yesterdayEnvironmental groups say there’s a reason why the federal government quietly released its latest climate report, which finds that average temperatures in Canada are set to go up by at least 3.5 C by the end of the century.
I can't imagine loving quarterlies and oil and gas profits this much more than your own children
Canada's National Observer@nationalobserver.com · yesterdayEnvironmental groups say there’s a reason why the federal government quietly released its latest climate report, which finds that average temperatures in Canada are set to go up by at least 3.5 C by the end of the century.
No. Shit. Honestly, I'd be happy if cops would stop all the bullshit they're into and just go back to ticketing bad drivers again. Until 20 years ago, you'd REGULARLY see someone pulled over, getting a ticket.
CHEK News@cheknews.ca · yesterdayA recent RCMP traffic enforcement blitz resulted in 40 tickets being handed out, which leads a CHEK reader to theorize it shows that there isn't enough regular enforcement. https://cheknews.ca/comment-collection-not-enough-traffic-enforcement-contributing-to-driver-poor-behaviour-1345919/
All these unused car lanes! What we clearly need here is a BUS lane for the sole visible human. #YYJ
Vancouver Island Traffic Cams@vitrafficcams.bsky.social · yesterday📷 Admirals-McKenzie - S — Hwy 1 📍 Saanich ☁️ Overcast, 11°C 💨 Wind 3 km/h · 💧 91% #VancouverIsland #Saanich
New Equal Earth map just dropped. Countries now depicted with their true relative size.
Look at all this infrastructure for only two cars! What do they need their own lanes for? #YYJ
Vancouver Island Traffic Cams@vitrafficcams.bsky.social · 2d ago📷 Tillicum - S — Hwy 1 📍 Saanich ☀️ Clear sky, 12°C 💨 Wind 8 km/h · 💧 77% #VancouverIsland #Saanich
Fuuuuuuuuuuuck. Remind me again, why are we doubling down on fossil fuels when we have charts like this screaming at us what a bad idea that is? #CdnPoli
Robb Barnes 🇨🇦@robb-barnes.bsky.social · yesterdayThis is from Environment Canada's new report on climate impacts. This report was quietly released today, with the minister not available for comment. This should be required reading for everyone in Canada. The climate crisis is here. Every action we take matters.
Today (so far) has been a day of good news: a friend doing something great for our community; construction finally seems imminent on the school that should have been built in our Vancouver neighbourhood 20 years ago; and the local park now welcomes off-leash dogs. Yay!
“Canadians are happier than they've been in years” is not a headline I expected to see in the National Post. Pierre Poilievre must be crying into his log.
Canada, meanwhile, just did some performative song-and-dance about how if these companies don't be nice, we'll be vewwy vewwy cwoss wid dem.
Clayton Tucker@claytontuckertx.com · 3d agoMore than 70% of Texas data centers refused to answer a state-mandated inquiry about their water use. These Corrupt Bigshots want our water while keeping Texans in the dark about how much they're taking.
Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death.
I love the dedication in My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinhem
Your teen asking you for advice is like having a deer come up to eat out of your hand.
Erin Fogg says Free Link@criminalerin.bsky.social · 2d agoTeens asking parents for advice IS A GIFT!!! NOT A BURDEN!!!!!!!
Mr. @mark-carney.bsky.social please legalize this in Canada to own the Americans, thank you
Yonah Freemark@yonahfreemark.com · last wk.Mexico unveiled the cargo version of its ultra light electric car that it will begin selling next year for about $10,000. The Mexican government has been leading project development. EV sales in Mexico have been skyrocketing in recent months.
Maybe instead of forgoing tax revenue, we could limit petro corps' profiteering? And use the taxes to build resilient sustainable systems? Please? #CdnPoli
Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · 3d agoLower costs at the pump. More money in your pocket.
