Cats, bikes, urban policy and evidence-based policy generally, environment, books, quilts, and lots of randomness. GenX. Canada.
Let's try not to make things worse, shall we?
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Yes. Yes, minors have a right to privacy.
bookriot.com/minors-right...
There were over 46k Bike Share rides in Toronto yesterday, more than the average ridership of the Queen streetcar. The cost to the city to operate that streetcar was over $50k/day in 2015. Bike share costs the city $8k/day. 6x as cost efficient. Smart cities invest in cycling.
Does this street look closed to you?
We shouldn’t need to host the #WorldCup in order to open streets for people.
#UrbanTruth #Vancouver
For 2 weeks the newspapers have been full of letters to the editor praising the Toronto cops for beating up on scofflaw cyclists for “blowing through stop signs.” Here’s why they are wrong; this is not a legal problem, it is a design problem. open.substack.com/pub/lloydalt...
Parallel play date! Excellent. Fully in favour. (I'm married though, so leave this idea for others)
Une mauvaise nouvelle, c'est sûr ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/226...
Combination of 2 & 3
Kudos to CBC for this headline, which avoids the tired and inaccurate "road closed" trope www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
I understand why news editors omit them, but I hate it when articles like this don't link to the fundraiser mentioned. Anyway, this kid needs a professional flute www.cbc.ca/news/indigen... and the fundraiser is here www.gofundme.com/f/my-flute-c... if you're inclined to contibute (I did)
As an IT worker, I beg you to turn your computer off and then turn it on again before calling IT.
DD Ward ..."Sapphic Dr. DOOM"
Several states have attempted to strip minors of their rights to privacy in public libraries in this era of censorship.