Andy "Marginal Gains" Mac

If you’ve not seen this before, it’s well worth 2 minutes of your day. One take drone footage. Also a great soundtrack. #Bikes

VOICEOVER: in the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate, yet entirely opposite, groups: the police, who are afraid of sandwiches, and sandwich wielders, armed with food consisting of two pieces of bread filled with meat, cheese, and vegetables. these are their stories.

SHARE OF GLOBAL POPULATION BY INCOME VS SHARE OF CONSUMPTION-BASED CO2 EMISSIONS, 2023 TOP 10% (TOP 1% WITHIN) The richest 10% are responsible for 48% of emissions MIDDLE 40% The middle 40% are responsible for 44% of emissions 50% BOTTOM (10% WITHIN) The poorest 50% are responsible for 8% of emissions Source: Oxfam

“a person from the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than the poorest 50% emit all year”
A stark visual from ‘Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster’ by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social

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Dry grasses cloudy sky with a patch of blue and a path at my feet heading into the distance.

Morning walk in the coulees

Here are the songs that helped make it happen #TheFilthyFifteen

YQL

Flaaaaat

What chicanery is this?!?

Arrived.

journalists could also ask people without housing if they have any concerns about the proposed location rather than repeating the bigotry-based fear-mongering of unrepentant dickheads

The cruelty is the point

China Agrees To Purchase 11 U.S. Soybeans

Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."

A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.

Our Halloween message from Vision Zero Vancouver! 🎃 A little hard to hear, ironically because of all the cars

The scariest part of Halloween is drivers — yet police departments blame bikes and kids For pedestrians, the message is common-sense — wear bright and reflective clothing, don’t dart into traffic, watch where you’re going — but in its tunnel vision, the overall impression veers into vict...

My column today, on how police departments' car-first attitude makes them say the darnedest things. Like "leave your e-bike at home."

Shot of gang ramp at Abbotsford airport. Runway in the background.

Current status. NOT speed skating related. 👍

OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.

Yes yes yes yes yes

Can the Jays just stop with the cellies.... Until you win the actual World Series?

This is how you lose the big prize. 😬

#WarRavagedPortland

Having one right now on the Skytrain. They are so awesome /s

I’m not advocating ignoring it all, but remember to take time out every now and then ❤️

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl 20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow

You can also listen to John Lithgow read it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXR5...

Let’s be clear about what just happened: Jimmy Kimmel, a prominent late-night comedian, was just taken off the airwaves because the Trump administration didn’t like what he had to say — and threatened his employer until they shut him up. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/fryLLE

Did you see the recent report showing that Seattle added ~80k people over X yrs but only added ~3k vehicles in the same period? It gave me hope. And then immediately had to correct folks bitching about cycling infra re: safety and spending stats. 🙄

Attn @msnwimby.bsky.social

More please. Nice antidote to the crazy world rn.

Been doing that for a few years now. Wheeee. 😜

Some new street art spotted in DC 🤣

A fine paid before you can offload. A few of those will maybe sink in.

Uh oh. What happened?!