@pomeranian99 @pbwinston @AdamDasky I’d volunteer for that. Shouldn’t be any less comfortable than the average movie theatre.
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@pbwinston @AdamDasky Yeah that’s the question! It would be interesting to do some functional MRI studies to try and probe that
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Has anyone seen a study about how movie resolution relates to subjective traits? As you go from 1080P to 4k to 8k, does the movie get any funnier? Any more heartwarming? More scary? How much resolution is enough to tell basically any story involving humans? @pomeranian99
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@BrentToderian I wish this excellent discussion was encapsulated in a linkable article. I’d like people to see it but many of my friends won’t touch Twitter with a 3-meter pole any more.
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THREAD: I’m going to try this thread to clearly state my perspective on electric vehicles, car dependency and better cities, to those who frequently ask me, including media, elected leaders and many others. Here goes. Please share if you think it helps. 🧵#EVS
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Know that climate disasters this summer are only the beginning and they will get catastrophically worse until we end the fossil fuel industry. Everything humanity does depends on a livable climate. End fossil fuels rapidly and equitably. Switch into emergency mode
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BNN Bloomberg: “The federal government wants one in every five new vehicles to be electric by 2026 and one in two by 2030.”
Achingly unambitious.
#climatechangecanada @s_guilbeault
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(Why don’t they schedule the @Junos for round 3 or 4 when there are nights with no playoff games?) @cbcsports
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Man fined $80 for plugging electric vehicle into wall socket in Surrey lot
cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
> Brett Favaro was hoping to trickle charge while shopping to boost his battery range by a few kilometres
This is act. great publicity for e- vehicles! @LetsFishSmarter
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@fordnation This is fiscal insanity! What happened to the party of balanced budgets? What are we going to cut to pay for this?
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@timescolonist Sadly, too true. Usability, of both hardware & software, have both fallen. Does Apple even employ UE testers any more?
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The new Paris 2021-26 urban biking plan will invest €250 million to, among other things, make 52km of pandemic bike-lanes permanent; add 130km of new bike-lanes; add 130K new bike parking spots; & teach all elementary school students to bike.
Leadership.
paris.fr/pages/un-nouve…
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The writing of @acoyne is a gift to thinking, politically-engaged readers everywhere.
#notabot #maybepandering
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With everything we know about the public value of trees, there’s absolutely no excuse for new suburban subdivisions to have barely any street and yard trees. To be clear, this is a failure of municipal governments and their tree standards/requirements. #StreetsAreBetterWithTrees
Brent Bellamy@brent_bellamy
If the value of trees is obvious why does Winnipeg have: - new neighbourhoods that look like this? - 2/3 the urban forestry budget of Toronto’s? - 40,000 vacant tree planting sites? - only 19% of our removed trees replaced each year? - a 31 year pruning cycle when the goal is 7?
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@Chris_Bittle @GeraldKutney “Promising” to do something in 30 years is NOT a promise kept. Ongoing climate change requires real action, now. Quit ignoring the tarry sandy elephant in the room!
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Not one Conservative in the House or Senate voted in favour.
As the climate crisis continues, Erin O'Toole's Conservatives continue to lack any ambition to tackle the crisis. Never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
Jonathan Wilkinson 🇨🇦@JonathanWNV
The Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act has now received Royal Assent. That means net-zero emissions by 2050 is officially the law in Canada. And that Canada is one step closer to a healthier economy and environment. #PromiseMadePromiseKept
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@ElizabethMay Spending $1.3 Billion on a dirty hydrogen plant is an outrageous plan. (And Alberta still won’t vote Liberal!)
thestar.com/politics/2021/…
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