jamesbicycle

jamesbicycle, 16 days ago to climate

In Saskatchewan, Canada, the provincial gov't actually penalizes EVs with a $150 extra fee. Symbolic. These rightwingers don't actually believe Sask should really do anything positive about much of anything.
https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2021/april/20/new-annual-fee-of-$150-on-electric-vehicles

#ClimateEmergency #climateChange #Saskatchewan #electricvehicles

jamesbicycle, 17 days ago to cycling

The only thing car drivers hate worse than cyclists who don't stop at stop signs is cyclists who do stop a stop signs.

#cycling #driving #transportation

jamesbicycle, 29 days ago to cycling

Someone gets killed on a bicycle a year ago in an intersection known to be dangerous, 10 yr old study, and they study it again and city admin recommend no change "at this time". The person killed had her kids with her (survived). I'm going to city council to talk about it on behalf of Saskatoon Cycles tomorrow, and I don't know if I should cry or shout or ??? in the 5 mins allocated. What's the life of one person in the life of a city?
#cycling #activeTransportation

jamesbicycle, 1 month ago to cars

"A desire for a loud car with a modified muffler is predicted by being a man and higher scores on psychopathy and sadism"
https://cipp.ug.edu.pl/A-desire-for-a-loud-car-with-a-modified-muffler-is-predicted-by-being-a-man-and-higher,162006,0,2.html
#driving #cars #noise #trucks #transportation #men

jamesbicycle, 3 months ago to Russia

Elon Musk is not a military strategist. Perhaps smart at some things. Idiotic and dangerous at many others.

Russia will lose. Just like it did in Afghanistan. Which caused its regime to crumble.

There is no other acceptable outcome. And it's inevitable.

#Russia #Ukraine #Putin #usefulIdiot #elonMusk

jamesbicycle, 3 months ago to science

Science, data, evidence, replication of findings. Reviewed by other subject matter experts. These are our friends.

Anecdotes, Dr Google, "I heard", I read- these are not our friends.

Research is not reading something on the internet.
Much of the internet is designed to lead you to buy something.

#evidencebased #science #Internet #research

jamesbicycle, 3 months ago to nature

They measured the effects of a walk in nature on cognitive functioning. Yes there's a positive effect.

"Taking time to simply look at clouds, trees, rivers or vast landscapes involves no decision-making and appears to allow the brain to relax, recover, and function more effectively afterwards."

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/nature-walk-focus-attention-1.7109264
#walking #nature #MentalHealth #cognition

timberwraith, 4 months ago to random

The police are, essentially, an organized crime ring that has been endorsed by the state to operate within its borders.

The police have been killing people in Mississippi and burying them in anonymous graves behind a jail.

This is what people's tax money buys: government endorsed, criminal violence.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/01/19/cops-kill/

thetyee, 4 months ago to mastodon

Post Canada's #OnlineNewsAct and Meta's ban on Canadian news content, sharing journalism on social media has been tough to say the least.

And yet The Tyee has seen much growth here on #Mastodon.

We want to see how far we can go. If you enjoy coming across Tyee stories on your Mastodon feeds, share our profile with your friends, or repost this toot, to help us get to 6,000 followers. 🐘🌟🗞

A pair of hands from the bottom right corner of the frame throws a folded newspaper — which reads "THE TYEE. News. Culture. Solutions. We put readers first!" — onto a beige surface. Another hand in the form of a thumbs-up appears enthusiastically from the left side of the frame.

jamesbicycle, 6 months ago to cycling

#cycling #walking #driving

ttpphd, 7 months ago to random

If something bleak happens, can we not use the label "black" to indicate that it was horrible? Please?

georgetakei, 7 months ago to random

It is simply not possible to evacuate over one million people in 24 hours from the zone of attack in Gaza. The answer to horrific atrocities by Hamas cannot be collective punishment upon an entire population, 50 percent of which are children.

stevesilberman, 7 months ago to random

Who could have predicted that Sarah Huckabee Sanders' "parental choice" voucher program would turn out to be a massive grift of taxpayer dollars to private Christian schools? https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/report-arkansas-voucher-program-gives

jamesbicycle, 7 months ago to cycling

Reasons to go on a bike ride.
#cycling

jamesbicycle, 7 months ago to Rabbits

Hello Sunday!
#rabbit #hare #wildlife #nature

vicgrinberg, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to cooking

A batch of black lentil stew for freezing and using whenever I don't have time to cook work lunches 😊

What's your favorite lentil dish? (Recipe links encouraged 😊)

#cooking #lentils #linsen

Free_Press, 7 months ago to Ukraine

Hit The Nail on the Head!

"We exist as long as we oppress others" - a Russian person explains how Russia works.

According to him, Russia's entire history consists of three recurring phases - preparation for war, war and reconstruction after the war. The empire cannot allow anyone to live better, so every country with a higher standard of living is an enemy.
#AureFreePress #Ukraine️ #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #news #Moscow #USA #UK #Germany #Poland #France #Turkey

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ans, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to Ukraine

#Moscow, Russia, tonight. 🚭 #Ukraine

jamesbicycle, 8 months ago to climate

The fossil fuel industry cannot claim it didn't know abt climate change - they commissioned the paper.

The 1968 "paper explained that the world’s use of fossil fuels was releasing carbon that had been buried for millennia, and “it is likely that noticeable increases in temperature could occur..That would mean warming oceans, melting ice caps, and sea levels that could rise by as much as four feet per decade, the report predicted"

https://e360.yale.edu/features/climate-lawsuits-oil-industry-research
#climateChange #oilAndGas #fossilfuels

malwaretech, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

For anyone unaware, Google Chrome is currently rolling out an update that track your interests based on browsing history, then share them with 3rd party websites. The notification page makes it sound like they added a new privacy feature, but in actuality they automatically enrolled you into their tracking system and you have to go and manually opt out.

jamesbicycle, 8 months ago to Canada

"A truck is not a speech
A horn is not a voice
An occupation is not a protest
A blockade is not freedom, it blocks the liberty of all
A demand to overthrow a government is not a dialogue
The expression of hatred is not a difference of opinion
A lie is not the truth"

Bob Rae, Canadian UN ambassador

#Canada #ottawa