Long Branch Mike (LBM) 🇨🇦

Long Branch Mike (LBM) 🇨🇦

@longbranchmike.bsky.social

Managing Editor of LondonReconnections.com. Open to colabs. Opinions are mine own. EN/FR (he/him/il/lui) You know, I'm something of a foamer myself...

3,049 Followers 544 Following 2,276 Posts Joined Aug 2023
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What’s the future of net-zero trains? ‘No positive business case for hydrogen locomotives’ After years of political intrigue, pilot projects and public financing, hydrogen trains may be running out of track. At this year’s RailTech Europe, several rail industry figures suggested…

Was she aware of the growing realisation of hydrogen's impracticality? www.railtech.com/rolling-stoc...

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Looking at their Missions for the 5 lines, it could be that they forgot (or ran out of room) to include KW Line electrification. Because as you say, electrification had previously been slated for this line.

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Canada boycotted Target right out of our country!

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For many Black women, the Target boycott is not over. It may never be. A faith leader announced the end of a yearlong “Target fast,” but many Black women who helped launch the boycott say the movement wasn’t his to call off.

We spoke to Black women who started the Target boycott & who sustained it for a yr+. They'll likely never go back.

Teacher Laverne Mickens put it like this: “[Black women] will say if & when it’s over. And I can tell you right now: That will be the 15th of never ever.”
19thnews.org/2026/03/targ...

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2 hours ago

There’s nothing more obnoxious than when people celebrate being an asshole or “just saying what everyone’s thinking”

Yeah, dude, most people have edgy thoughts, and learn to keep them inside. It’s called control. What you’re doing is like being really proud of constantly shitting yourself.

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6 hours ago

Several years ago, Ford changed the law so that elected officials cannot be held accountable for their actions in a court of law.

Now, he's not even letting us see what those actions are.

This affects more than journalists. This affects everything in Ontario.

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2 days ago
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City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!
Community: Can we put in a protected mobility lane?
City: No, we'll lose parking spots

An emergency

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44 minutes ago

I speculate that there is some KW Line gauge limitation somewhere, like low bridge(s), that prevent electrification. As MX owns all of the line, they otherwise can do whatever is necessary to electrify this busy corridor.

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8 hours ago

@lonrec.bsky.social

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Get BARTmogged, gasmaxxers!!

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🚨 BREAKING: Tesla's "Unsupervised Robotaxis" (no safety drivers) were cut from 8 to 4.

Only 1 is in service while the others aren't operating.

"Supervised Robotaxis", with safety drivers had 14 crashes & are 4x less safe than humans.

Why launch the Cybercab if FSD isn't working properly?

$TSLA

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My employer purchased a Copilot license last year, and recently, a member of upper management insisted my team use it (over my vehement objections) in creating a big important annual report.

What is usually a 3-week process start-to-finish is about to enter week 6 this coming Monday.

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It makes zero logical sense to require speed limiters on e-scooters & e-bikes but not SUVs that weigh 100x more.

Useful research here.

findingspress.org/article/1587...

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I feel like the real trolley problem is the fact that many American cities used to have widespread trolley networks and then they were dismantled to build car infrastructure.

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The trolley problem is a conspiracy to turn people against public transit.

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Sim city 2000 advisor yelling THE REAL TROLLEY PROBLEM IS CAR POISONED ASSHOLES UNDERFUNDING MASS TRANSIT!!!
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1 day ago

Next @ttcriders.bsky.social need to advocate for the same TSP priority for our streetcars on rights of way!

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2 days ago
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u/Mayor_OliviaChow • 1h • Verified
Transit Signal Priority update
News
Hey r/toronto - I'm breaking the news here first.
We're bringing transit signal priority to lines 5 and 6, and as of today phase 1 is done!
That means a single car turning left won't hold up an LRT full of a hundred people.
But we're not done yet. In the coming months, we'll be making even more enhancements to ensure TTC vehicles get the green lights transit riders deserve.
These changes will make rides along Eglinton and Finch West faster. More to come on other routes.
And let me know if you notice the changes!
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Phase 1 of TSP on Line 5 & 6 is done!

No more left turning cars in front of LRTs according to @mayoroliviachow.ca on Reddit.

www.reddit.com/r/toronto/s/...

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Canadian Visits To U.S. Fell By Double Digits In February Canadians have increasingly bypassed U.S. travel for more than a year, and the boycott shows no sign of slowing down.

Thirteen months into a travel boycott of the U.S., the number of Canadian visitors slid by double digits again in February—marking what is already the most successful tourism boycott in memory.

www.forbes.com/sites/suzann...

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1 day ago

King Charles is being booed regularly for protecting his pedo, there's no way he should be on our bills.

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2 days ago

Col Sam Smith Park, nature reserve, & Lake Shore Yacht Club have been a major addition to the Etobicoke shoreline, going out into the Lake, attracting migratory birds, long gone flowers & plants. i agree that this could only be politically repeated at other parks, like Marie Curtis Park & others.

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@lonrec.bsky.social

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In response to popular demand after creating an arc diagram of rides between stations on the TTC’s Line 1, our Data Viz Lead has created one for Line 2 that displays which pairs of stations see the most trips, and which pairs have very few between them https://ow.ly/hjUa50YntwO

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2 days ago

Good Lord, what a complex mess, for passengers & for drivers. Make it simple!

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5 days ago
a blurry photo of a smiling young woman, holding a pet dog on the dockside in happier times. The only known photo of Madeleine. black and white photo of a single stack, ex-merchant RN vessel

To mark International Women's Day, meet Lt Cmdr. Madeleine Barclay. First Officer on HMS Fidelity.

To my knowledge, the first woman to officially serve as First Officer on a Royal Navy vessel deployed on combat duty. Achieving this involved a three-way war between Navy, SOE and the WRNS /1 🧵 #IWD

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@lonrec.bsky.social

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It's the American way.

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Apparently, Kegseth hasn’t destroyed their ability to drop truth bombs.

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@lonrec.bsky.social

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Under promise and over deliver!

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