state of disrepair, and bats also hack the planet #yyyy-mm-dd
Instead of spending at least $50 billion of public money on fueling more climate chaos, Canadians deserve a government that invests in building the green economy of tomorrow – creating good jobs, lowering costs, and protecting our future.
A story of cause and effect: Last November, Ontario banned cities from using speed safety cameras to issue tickets. Reckless speeding immediately surged in Toronto, Ottawa, Guelph, and cities throughout the province. A 🧵 about my latest in Bloomberg (gift link)
What Happens When Speed Cameras Get Shut OffIn 2025, Ontario banned automated traffic enforcement. Now the number of drivers exceeding the speed limit has surged, according to traffic data.www.bloomberg.com
"Tipping analyses focus on huge climate changes, often globally, over decades. Weather events are fast and local," writes Anders Levermann. "But look at the interplay between the two and it’s clear that the transition between one climate state and another is not smooth but extremely volatile." 🌎🧪
‘Climate free fall’: why the biggest risk to our economies is yet to be recognizedIncreasing instability of the ocean, ice and atmosphere threatens farming, finance and society. We all need to wake up to that fact.go.nature.com
Sometimes when doing genealogy research you stumble upon stuff that leaves you speechless.
So far the button does not allow you to report the entire site.
LinkedIn Introduces a 'Seems Like AI Slop' ButtonFollowing 404 Media's reporting on how LinkedIn is full of AI slop, the platform is giving users a chance to report it when they see it.www.404media.co
The trailer for Wicker (starring Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage, Elizabeth Debicki). “An outcast in a fishing village commissions a husband for herself made out of wicker.” Looks unhinged (complimentary). (via @skullsandsheets.bsky.social) [youtube.com]
WICKER | Official Trailer | Only In Theaters OctoberA hard man is good to find. Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Elizabeth Debicki, and Peter Dinklage star in #WICKER. Written for the Screen and Directed by Alex Huston Fischer & Eleanor Wilson. Only in theaters October.
An audacious comedic fable about sex, marriage, and the absurdities of sociwww.youtube.com
I recently had a conversation about this with a cult family member and they were stunned.
Probably the most difficult thing YIMBYs face -- really, anyone who lives in a city -- is that government-subsidized street parking is one of the single largest barriers to affordability, safe streets, and climate action. That's because drivers view it as an entitlement, like social security. 🧵
"Conspiracy theorist relieved that proposed local amenities have been voted against and will now be a 30 min drive away."
Two years ago, the Ford government abruptly shuttered the Ontario Science Centre (OSC), claiming the roof was at risk of imminently collapsing. This past winter, it withstood the biggest single-day snowfall in Toronto's history…
<Frank, from a cardboard recliner in The Great Beyond>: “Yes, yes, good. Just like my sketch.”
Toronto’s neighbourhood boundaries are fluid and sometimes hotly contested. Which neighbourhood do you think you live in, and which streets do you think delineate it? Use this fun tool to tell us! https://carte.utoronto.ca/neighbourhoods
Finally, the tactical Uno that will allow men to play Uno.
UNO x Blvck Playing Card | Blvck ParisShop the UNO™ x Blvck playing card deck — the iconic card game reimagined in all-black by Blvck Paris. A collector's must-have.blvck.com
While the Fields Medal celebrates the under-40s, the mathematician Joan Birman has, at the age of 99, solved a major open problem in representations of the Braid groups, a topic she has worked on for more than 60 years.
(I don’t personally want a city full of erotic biotic infrastructure but I think if other people do that’s great and they should be ~free to build one and I’ll just kinda work around it)