Frédéric Demers

Les joies de vivre près d'une autoroute en milieu urbain...

On sait depuis des années comment filtrer la pollution et le bruit, et pourtant on ne fait rien !

C'est pour quand le verdissement des abords d'autoroute au Québec ?

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#polqc #polmtl #urbanisme

There's no reason for Iran to attack NATO nation Turkey—but a drone did. Iran denies sending it.

There's no reason for Iran to attack a UK base in Cyprus—but a drone did. Iran denies sending it.

Now Azerbaijan has been attacked. Iran denies involvement.

I think this is Israel.

The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. The online advertising industry has built a massive surveillance machine, and the government can co-opt it to spy on us.

Online behavioral advertising isn’t just creepy–it’s dangerous. eff.org/deeplinks/2...

I’ve unmasked a white nationalist fight club in my city: Montreal.

After weeks of work (with help!), I can reveal an Olympian as a member of the Frontenac Active Club — one who, unbeknownst to the owners, brought them to a local gym for training and propaganda photos.

Here’s my investigation:

YouTube video by Not Just Bikes Suburbia is Subsidized: Here's the Math [ST07]

WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown and all the urban parts of your city, watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes with #Urban3 & @strongtowns.bsky.social. And PLEASE SHARE it as much as possible.

I’ve sent it to a LOT of politicians.

Graphic showing all the many costs of suburban brawl, explaining how many costs are hidden and indirect costs, and sharing stats and data. Prepared by the Sustainable Prosperity Institute.

Suburban Sprawl may seem cheap, but even the costs we CAN count are far too high, and we ALL pay them.

HT Smart Prosperity Institute #UrbanTruth institute.smartprosperity.ca/library/publ...

BREAKING

Former ICE agent:

On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

“Urban Truth Collective” graphic

Next week is the official introduction and launch of the Urban Truth Collective. Follow this account, as well as our accounts on Instagram and LinkedIn, for more information about what this initiative is for, what we will do, and how you can get involved. #UrbanTruth

To add some perspective to the free bus debate, these are the opex per pessamger trip of different modes in the Greater Montréal area from an STM presentation.

The metro has by far the lowest unit opex, while buses can be up to 10x more expensive in the case of suburban ones (Exo bus)

ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.

BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.

This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

En 1924 on imagine une série de grands boulevards avec la rue Sainte-Catherine, l'avenue du Mont-Royal et Ville Mont-Royal au centre de se développement qui heureusement, ne verra jamais le jour.

Park Service removes slavery exhibit at Independence Park in Philadelphia Park staff dismantled an exhibit about George Washington’s slave ownership amid a wider push to remove information on racism, sexism and climate change.

Because it presents slavery in a negative light, and the official position of the Trump administration is that slavery was a wonderful thing and very beneficial to the slaves, too. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Comment GardaWorld est devenue un partenaire majeur de Trump La firme québécoise a obtenu des contrats pour détenir des migrants aux États-Unis, a découvert Radio-Canada.

ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/222...

Plus le prix du stationnement sera élevé, plus il sera possible de se stationner facilement ! #Demandeinduite

Amazon adds controversial AI facial recognition to Ring - CyberGuy Amazon Ring now recognizes familiar faces at your door. Smarter alerts sound helpful but critics warn this AI feature crosses a line.

“Today’s feature to recognize your friend at your front door can easily be repurposed tomorrow for mass surveillance,” EFF’s @mariotrujillo.bsky.social told Cyberguy. “It is important for state regulators to investigate.” cyberguy.com/ai/amazon-a...

ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.

Camps where tens of thousands of politically disfavored people will be concentrated.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Terrorgram : infiltration au cœur du terrorisme néonazi Cette enquête vidéo raconte comment le journaliste Ricardo Parreira a infiltré « Terrorgram », un réseau néonazi incitant à massacrer des minorités.

Off Investigation et @reflets.info proposent en avant-première à leurs abonnés cette enquête vidéo qui raconte comment le journaliste Ricardo Parreira a infiltré « Terrorgram », un réseau néonazi incitant à massacrer des minorités ⤵️

- All social media accounts from the last 5 years - All your biometrics: face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris - All your phone numbers from the last 5 years - All your email addresses from the last 10 years - IP addresses and metadata from your submitted photos - Names of your family members (parents, spouse, siblings, children) - All your family members' phone numbers from the last 5 years - Your family members' dates of birth - Your family members' places of birth - Your family members' residencies - All your business phone numbers from the last 5 years - All your business email addresses from the last 10 years

NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.

The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.

Below is the full, mind-blowing list.

🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨

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PROOF EXCLUSIVE: The Timeline of Pro-Trump January 6 Pipe Bomber’s 21 Bomb-Component Purchases Reveals An Unmistakable Pattern A former federal criminal investigator reveals details about Brian Cole you haven’t heard, including how his bomb-component purchases reveal a motive—one that the FBI falsely claims remains unclear.

(🚨) PROOF EXCLUSIVE: The Timeline of Pro-Trump January 6 Pipe Bomber’s 21 Bomb-Component Purchases Reveals An Unmistakable Pattern

You are going to need a drink for this. Trust me.

On parle souvent du coût du café par jour mais ceci-ci est mon préféré.

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La légende du melon de Montréal Le Nutritionniste urbain Bernard Lavallée tente de ressusciter ce fruit disparu.

Dans le Micromag de samedi dernier, Bernard Lavallée tente de ressusciter le melon de Montréal, pour faire revivre une partie de notre culture agricole. 🍈

https://urbania.ca/micromag/mythe-melon-de-montreal-bernard-lavallee-micromag-134

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Voici une carte interactive fascinante partagée cette semaine à Moteur de recherche par notre collaboratrice Annie Levasseur, prof-chercheure à @etsmtl.bsky.social: les échanges et l'intensité carbone des réseaux électriques en temps réel. app.electricitymaps.com/map/live/fif...

Chaque kilomètre à pied rapporte plus qu’on ne le croit à la société - ADEME Infos Marche : de quoi parle-t-on ? Derrière un geste aussi simple que marcher se cachent en réalité plusieurs formes de mobilité, que l’étude de l’ADEME a pris soin de distinguer pour mieux les mesurer. La...

Une étude partagée à Moteur de recherche cette semaine: en France en une année seulement les bénéfices engendrés par les gens qui marchent équivalent à 57 milliards d'euros (c'est plus de 93 milliards CAN$ par année). Si on marchait 25% de + on ajouterait 35 milliards d'euros de bénéfices par an.

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