AuToNoMoUs CaRs ArE BeTtEr FoR bIkInG #lolnope

Some facts:

Alaska - with no safe supply or decrim - just surpassed BC for deaths per 100k.

ktoo.org/2024/04/26/las…

Alberta - with 'treatment-based approach' - on its way to pass BC as well.

Alaska +45% Death rate: 47/100k

Alberta +17% - 44/100k

BC +5% - 46/100k

#bcpoli

Don't mean to namedrop, but I might have run into Emerson today.

Ultimately, denialism in Syria, Ukraine and Gaza all the look the same to me, and if they don't to you then you need to check your biases and priorities.

Absolutely insane.

Wait let me get this straight: 100 students were arrested because the uni claimed they had yelled “kill the Jews”. Then it turns out the student who yelled that was holding an Israeli flag, trying to unsuccessfully bait the crowd and was booed in return

thedailybeast.com/pro-israel-agi…

Detective tools

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Bobby Fijan Austin’s “luxury” housing is cheaper than an 100-year old apartment that is in a dilapidated Manhattan building.

Turns out that luxury is just a marketing buzzword and prices are dictated by supply and demand

I can understand why people find YIMBYs annoying for saying this over and over... BUT it's also verifiably, undeniably true.

We keep saying it b/c so many people - including policymakers - refuse to accept it.

'It’s worth recognizing, too, that exclusionary zoning has its roots in both paranoia and racism. In turn, those anti-housing policies have engendered more paranoia and racism.'
bugeyedandshameless.com/p/the-wonderfu…

Love to pick my wife up at the airport on this bad boy

Victoria is a cool medium city.

The porn bots don't bug me at all, I just generally don't see them on twitter. What I do see are people proudly self-describing as nazi's in their bio because musk made twitter a safe space for them.

Heavy private vehicles should be banned. You should require an additional, professional licence to drive anything heavier than 2t.

V Pat push the needle

In relation to my last tweet thread on Stephen Harper's IDU, holy shit you have to read this (thanks taslim):

breachmedia.ca/stephen-harper…

Like people getting up early to watch the sunrise at the Grand Canyon, I got up before dawn today to catch the first light on Ricardo Bofill’s Les Espaces d'Abraxas (1978-1983) in the Paris suburb of Noisy-le-Grand.

A primary school, primary FFS. And we’re the radical ones trying to create safe spaces for kids in our cities.

EV street parking is probably an even larger threat to progress on climate and safe streets than the current political vibe.

If you think drivers are violent about defending subsidized street parking now, wait until it’s the only place they can charge their car.

The transformation in Paris over the last decade has been amazing. They simply ignored everyone who said it couldn't be done or how the city didn't have a cycling culture. Any city can do this and have it be a success, you just have to actually be bold and do it.