Daniel

Genuinely fascinated by this "emergency shovelers" concept. This is... maybe what it looks like when your city gives a shit about the sidewalks being cleared too, not just the roads? 🤔

Don’t give Winnipeg city council any ideas.

YouTube video by Tim Fennell Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham's Inner Circle Cuts Roadway Safety Budget

Mayor's inner circle votes unanimously to cut $2.5 million from the Roadway Safety Budget #winnipeg #wpgpoli

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Roadway Safety and Splash pad budgets cut by $2.5 million each.
#winnipeg #wpgpoli

its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further

This is the kind of thing Evan Duncan wants to make punishable by a $5,000 fine, per person

Vigil for woman run over by vehicle temporarily shuts down Winnipeg bridge | CBC News More than 100 people showed up to a vigil on the Winnipeg bridge where a woman was run over and killed almost three weeks ago, demanding answers.

Evan Duncan and Scott Gillingham consider this a nuisance

I wonder what the NDP MLAs who helped kill The Protection of Critical Infrastructure Act when they were in opposition think of the Safe Access to Vulnerable Infrastructure By-law.

“The chaos that is unfolding south of us right now is a clear indicator that it’s coming our way and if we don’t put these things in place to stop that, it’s going to be your neighborhood next”

Is Duncan saying Winnipeg is banning actions similar to the Twin Cities resistance to ICE violence? WHY

Evan Duncan’s intent is to limit protest. He wants to be able to do what Trump is doing without the dissent. That’s why he’s proposed the most extreme version of this by-law in all of Canada.

a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, everything was totally fucked up. this is the story of three losers, a wolfman, and their two robot friends

More great video from yesterday’s unity ride in Minneapolis, from Recovery Bike Shop.

This one has a clip of our city council president, @elliottpayne.org , corking an intersection to keep other riders safe.

Minneapolis is a special place.

🚲 ❤️

A New York federal judge dismissed murder and weapons charges against alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione, a major blow to prosecutors that means Mangione no longer faces a possible death penalty if convicted reut.rs/45Fin56

Aspect of Charon with Apollo is peak

Jonathan the Tortoise (left) and friend

Happy Birthday (Observed) to the uncontested KING Jonathan The Tortoise, estimated to be 192 years old

192 MORE YEARS! 192 MORE YEARS!

Every time you see that the government is trying to raise our military spending to 5% of GDP, think about the fact that our total elementary and secondary school spending is 3.9% of GDP.

I don't really think Osborne should be open to traffic...

Wouldn't it make more sense if that entire stretch from confusion corner to Assiniboine or even Broadway was just a pedestrian thoroughfare?

I'm not a city planner. I don't know the logistics of this, but it's what I would like to see.

I calculated change in access to jobs by transit before and after Winnipeg's bus network redesign. 🚍

The median resident experienced an increase of 4% in access to jobs within 45 minutes, according to my analysis in R.

The redesigned network gets more people to more places within the same time.

My favourite sentence in the #winnipeg budget (so far):

"The City's next multi-year budget cycle includes significant tax supported shortfalls starting at around $150 million in 2028 to $174 million in 2031. The next Council to be elected in 2026 will tackle this challenge. ”

#wpgpoli

If you’re wondering whether we still need these changes, a driver hit Rob’s ghost bike THIS MORNING

Friendly Kruger

Fun fact: trans people who have had related surgery have a certificate saying we don't have donkey brains.

Do YOU have such a certificate?

If only the chair of the public works committee realized we need more connections like Wellington Cres. They should talk to this Janice Lukes person.

The City has known for years that the library needs safer infrastructure on the 4th floor. They know Community Connections and safety hosts have a proven record of improved safety and deescalation. They are consciously withholding funding for adequate maintenance and staffing of the library.

The shuttering of community connections being a single sentence buried deep in the article is a travesty. There need to be very clear lines drawn between a line item in the budget and this man’s death.

A good reminder that Community Connections was killed by Scott Gillingham and Evan Duncan not for failing, but for succeeding at something they didn’t want — making Millennium Library more welcoming to, and a better service for, poor and marginalized Winnipeggers. They *want* to push people away.

In a june council meeting, city staff told the standing policy committee on community services there was "no partnership" between Millennium Library and DCSP.

And thats if those appointment-based crisis workers even functionally exist!

He pointed to existing safety investments, including an enhanced security system and metal detector, community crisis workers available by appointment and the Downtown Community Safety Partnership working in the former Community Connections space.

If Gillingham had any compassion for this man, or for the staff and patrons traumatized by his death, it’s hard to see evidence in his blame-shifting. None of these things address the concerns raised, or would help anyone in crisis. “Community crisis workers available by appointment” is a sick joke.

Someone at @winnipegfreepress.com was just looking for an angle to make Millennium seem dangerous in a particular kind of way, when we keep seeing evidence that the most significant dangers there are to marginalized people, and due to low staffing and removal of community supports