nitroglycol.bsky.social

nitroglycol.bsky.social

@nitroglycol.bsky.social

Pragmatic leftwinger (socdem/demsoc), "grey" environmentalist (though I hate the term), urbanist. Canadian GenXer.

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nitroglycol.bsky.social
@nitroglycol.bsky.social

Today's #news roundup: nitroglycol.blogspot.com/2026/10/news... #Alberta #Albertaseparatism #referendum #DanielleSmith #HelenHaynes #Meta #Brazil #Lula #electioninterference #Bolsonaro #trees #treeprotection #ScottGillingham #flamingo #theft #animalcruelty #LasVegas

nitroglycol.blogspot.comNews roundup, 20 Oct 2026- The separatist referendum in Alberta appears to have been soundly defeated , with around 76% of voters voting to remain in Canada. This is...
nitroglycol.bsky.social
@nitroglycol.bsky.social

An unfortunate but necessary #realitycheck. #Ukraine #Russia #Yandex #datacentres

Rebecca Watson@skepchick.org

Ukraine took out Yandex, (aka Russia's Google). Contrary to viral posts, this did NOT reduce the number of far-right social media posts. That was just misinformation about misinformation. skepchick.org/2026/10/ukra...

skepchick.orgUkraine did not Stop the Russian BotsTranscript: No, Ukraine wiping out Russian data centers did not, in fact, lead to a direct reduction in the number of MAGA and other rightwing fascists’ posts on social media. Sorry. That did not h…

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Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social

Paris has been praised in recent years for their visionary, progressive city-building, but they don’t get enough credit for just being really pragmatic! Everything they’ve been doing is common sense. They’re moving a lot more people with less space while cleaning the air and cooling the city.

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Brent Toderian
@brenttoderian.bsky.social

“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”

theguardian.comHow Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streetsUnder Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance

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Scott Forbes🇨🇦
@theecologyprof.bsky.social

For those without a subscription, here's my piece on the need for 21st century leadership at MB Hydro in this morning's Winnipeg Free Press. #EnergyTransition #GasBackwards

nitroglycol.bsky.social
@nitroglycol.bsky.social

Today's #news roundup: nitroglycol.blogspot.com/2026/09/news... #TamaraLich #FreedomConvoy #clownvoy #BCConservativeParty #DavidEby #TorontoPoliceService #policecorruption #Australia #EVs #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #rats #beavers #rabies #KashPatel #FBI #bestiality

nitroglycol.blogspot.comNews roundup, 18 Sept 2026- Tamara Lich, one of the leaders of the so-called "Freedom Convoy", has been stymied in her attempt to get an exemption to the house arrest...