Adventures & tales of the pedestrian life. I tweet about walking (& bus riding & cycling). Car free since 2010. I RT walk/bike/etc tweets
Edmonton, Alberta, Treaty Six
Joined April 2018
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"Every operator has their breaking point." trib.al/LH8FjTV
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The proposal calls on the university to refuse research and sponsorship collaborations with companies which are:
1) Developing new fossil fuel infrastructure.
2) Exploring for new FF reserves.
or
3) Lobbying against science based climate legislation.
footslogger (alison) 🏳️🌈🌈 retweeted
BREAKING: @Cambridge_Uni to become the first university in the world to hold a democratic vote of academics on a proposal to refuse research funding and other partnerships with companies violating key climate criteria.
Full @nytimes story here 👇🏿
nytimes.com/2022/08/16/clima…
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If you list your city hall as a redevelopment site in your housing element, that should be grounds for immediate disincorporation. You don't want a city government anymore? Okay, deal!
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Every other street in Los Angeles should be car-free with wide sidewalks, rapid shared transit, shade trees, housing, and bike lanes! @StreetsblogCal @streetsforall @StreetsblogLA @StreetsblogUSA @EntitledCycling @bikinginla @TheWarOnCars @KillTheCars
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Pedestrians, you’re up next! ;)
Was on @JeremyVineOn5 talking to @theJeremyVine about @grantshapps latest proposals for new legislation for cyclists. As I`ve been saying for a long time, we need tougher laws, such as compulsory number plates for cyclists, to make roads safer for ALL users #cyclists
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Great news #CTRiders! We’ve selected @transitapp as our official mobility-as-a-service trip planning app! And you’ll automatically be upgraded to Transit Royale, Transit’s subscription service. Download the app today at transitapp.com/download.
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Not all paths are self evident. Not all journeys have a destination. Sometimes it is enough to be lost in the company of good friends.
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Vast New Study Shows a Key to Reducing Poverty: More Friendships Between Rich and Poor nytimes.com/interactive/2022…
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This is the story behind Singapore's very successful affordable housing program.
#citylabarchive trib.al/894f08g
There's a guy (currently walking) grumbling that the "no right turn on red" signs for cars at Edmonton's pedestrian scramble intersections are unfair b/c they only really NEED to not turn while the pedestrians are walking.
Uh. Except cars haven't been good at doing that, my guy
The @CityofEdmonton and @takeETSalert are also making it harder to use bus tickets on the LRT.
What are we supposed to do if the ticket stamping machines are broken or missing??
#yegtransit
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I’m proud (in every sense of the word) of this personal essay I wrote and excited to share it with all of you.
"The inaccessibility of local Pride events somehow makes me feel less queer, like an echo of how I felt before I truly accepted myself.”
cbc.ca/radio/nowornever/acce…
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The most powerful prescription I could write as an ER doctor is an apartment for someone homeless.
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Hot misery. Nasty heat sizzles from Arctic to US to Asia to Europe. That's only with 2 dF warming. What about 4dF in future? 'I literally cannot imagine how bad that will be' says @AndrewDessler apnews.com/article/science-u…
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We are not ready (and by we, I include me) to accept that casual, reliable business or air travel is over. It's not coming back. It is going to take some time to accept. We're only at stage 1 or 2 (denial, anger) or at most 3 (bargaining w airlines on Twitter) of Kübler-Ross
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New data: Reinfection was found to substantially increase the risk of death, hospitalization, and adverse health outcomes, making strategies preventing reinfection critical.
Summary 🧵 1/9
ALT A key missing information has been understanding the impact of repeat infections. We know there are risks of developing long-Covid and other post-acute issues later down the road even with a single infection, but we have wondered for a while if these risks increase with repeat infections. We finally have some data on this question. Reinfection was found to substantially increase the risk of death, hospitalization, and adverse health outcomes, making strategies preventing reinfection critical.