@DrJenGunter There has been a mass exodus to an alternative that begins with Blue and ends with Sky.
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@gimblerocket.bsky.social
@gimblerocket
Research aficionado, PhD in psychology, statistics nerd, musician. Interested in juror decision making, police interrogation, and deception detection. She/her.
Toronto, ON Присоединился Ocak 2014
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This is it. I’m done here. This is barely Truth Social Lite. This was for some time the greatest aggregator of news in real time. I made some amazing friends. But it’s time. I mean look at the venom?!
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@RachelCharleneL If we get to make choices about other people's bodies, I hope they didn't enjoy having testicles.
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few things more terrifying to me rn than seeing gen z boys increasingly and gleefully commenting “your body, my choice” on young women’s tiktoks
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Looks like lots of folks are departing this place, so I've set myself up where people seem to be going. See you there?
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The harder the darkness presses in, the more valuable the tiniest light. Be angry. Be horrified. And then take that, and please try to do what I’ve been begging for a couple years now: be kinder than society says you can get away with.
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Finland more or less eliminated private schooling, and they've led the world on most educational metrics.
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@RightSideofMB @LisaCahill12 @dan_morgan88 @jen_keesmaat But that's not what she was arguing. If you keep the suburban and rural people still driving, do you want 12 Toronto residents riding bikes or sitting in 12 cars in front of you?
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@LisaCahill12 @dan_morgan88 @jen_keesmaat It doesn’t actually.
Adding bike lanes doesn’t change the numbers or needs of suburban and rural people to travel into the city core
It makes ZERO logical sense to force those people into alternative transport systems for the occasional trip into the downtown they need to make.
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Cars move people but bikes move more people - and need less space to do it. Which is why bikes, not cars, make sense in cities.
Observing The City@observinthecity
Bloor St rush hour, November 2024. 12 bikes occupying the same amount of distance as 3 cars.
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@dan_morgan88 @Bluehairisnice @jen_keesmaat Even if that's true, their driving experience isn't going to be better if most Toronto residents are also driving.
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Israel tells @UN it’s canceling UNRWA operations in Israel, occupied West Bank, & Gaza.
.@UNRWA exists because Israel shirked its responsibilities as an occupier under 4th Geneva Convention. Israel must provide housing, education, healthcare.
#UNseatIsrael Invoke Article 6
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QME
@am968426 @jackhauen I love the licensing and insuring idea! If there are that many cyclists, that’s a huge revenue stream for insurance companies !
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If you heard Doug Ford say only 1.2% of Torontonians bike to work and thought, "That can't be true" — you're right.
The real number is around 10%.
Add in errands & socializing: 44%.
Add in all cycling: 70%.
And growing.
🔓 No paywall
#onpoli
thetrillium.ca/news/municipal…
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No clip-in shoes. No spandex kit. Just a middle-aged guy in Blundtstones, with a laptop bag over my shoulder, on part of my daily trip to/from work. Because it’s faster than the bus. Because it’s cheaper than operating and parking a car. And yes, because it makes me feel good.
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On cycling, will Doug Ford stay in his lane?
My latest for @YesEverythingCA:
Sign the petition by @CycleToronto
cycleto.ca/ilovebikelanes
Comment on the government's proposal:
ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-9266
yeseverything.ca/blog/on-cyclin…
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Sharing for those who want to be involved in more direction actions against Bill 212. This one is organized by UofT students: fightforbikes.org
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@webdevjeffus @kilday_morgan @WendyShamblin Who said anything about this deciding anyone's vote? I already said I'd vote for her if I was eligible to vote.
My comment is that its kinda hard to collaborate productively with someone who reacts like this in a discussion. And she's not alone in having that reaction.
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@gimblerocket @kilday_morgan @WendyShamblin If you’re the kind of person who decides how you’re going to vote because something a rando in Twitter said hurt your feelings, there’s not much I can say that will sway you. It’s your vote, do what you want. We’ll save democracy without you, if you insist.
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Babe, I'm here to tell you as an "old" that it's not a candidate's job to earn your vote. It's your job as a voter to pick the candidate who's policies best align with your values.
This ain't the batchelorette and we're not handing out roses. We're hiring someone to do a job.
sloane@skipper
It’s an emotional election and clearly getting the best of everyone - myself included. My last statement here is votes are earned, not deserved. I will not harbor any guilt if Kamala loses because it was her responsibility to win over voters and her campaign was like
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@webdevjeffus @kilday_morgan @WendyShamblin She could say things *in public* about those policy changes. She could say she disagrees with what Biden is doing currently.
Sounds like she finally started to do it this evening. That's good. I wish she had done it a month ago.
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@gimblerocket @kilday_morgan @WendyShamblin Except she’s not doing that. That’s what Trump, Putin and Stein want you to believe, though. She’s not the president at the moment, but she’s made it clear to Bibi in private that there will be changes in policy if she’s elected.
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@webdevjeffus @kilday_morgan @WendyShamblin Why should I stay in a coalition with someone who says they "don't give a flying fuck" what I want if I don't do what they say?
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Morgan ❤️💜💛🐝@kilday_morgan
@gimblerocket @webdevjeffus @WendyShamblin If you need people to suffer and die in this country to punish them for not being sufficiently outraged about people dying abroad, then I don't give a flying fuck what you need in order to vote.
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@gimblerocket @kilday_morgan @WendyShamblin Yes, but so is staying in the coalition even if you don’t get everything you want every time. The far left has no pull in the Democratic Party because they’ve shown over and over that they are VERY unreliable voters. No one gets EVERYTHING they want—politics is about compromise.
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@AvniHLDardanet @jKerrm @trainguy89 And if my destination isn't on a secondary road?
And why is it so vital to have two lanes for cars on roads that all have subways underneath?
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@gimblerocket @jKerrm @trainguy89 I m not denying your ride a bike Im just saying bikes should be on secondary roads, we must have two lanes for cars,
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@bartorment @AshleyGWinter That's your take-away here, rather than the whole cancer thing?
I mean, do you think that people who are currently 20 are having the same type of reaction as those of us who were teenagers when his most popular show was on?
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My elder millennial heart is breaking.
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