thisisanillusion.bsky.social

thisisanillusion.bsky.social

@thisisanillusion.bsky.social

Into cycling, history, and life-long learning

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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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Charlie Angus
@charlieangus104.bsky.social

California company accused of shipping pesticide laden berries to Canada. We can't trust American product we should be able to trust that our government has adequate numbers of inspectors in place to protect us. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

cbc.caWhistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC NewsA whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri...
thisisanillusion.bsky.social
@thisisanillusion.bsky.social

Yea. Really. If you are not going to make drastic changes this time, why bother voting. Your country is currently so messed up. Get money out of campaigns, fix gerrymandering permanently removed, reduce executive power, and do something about the Supreme Court.

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Ian Moody
@ianmoody.bsky.social

High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds. EVs with 90,000 to 120,000 miles on the clock are more likely to pass MOTs than petrol models of the same age. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.comHigh-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study findsEVs with 90,000 to 120,000 miles on the clock are more likely to pass MOTs than petrol models of the same age
thisisanillusion.bsky.social
@thisisanillusion.bsky.social

“Hurrah,” says Planet Earth

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Battery electric vehicle share of the car market rose past 30% in the EU in August beating any suggestion that appetite for EVs is waning. There were 203,000 electric cars registered in 16 of EUs key markets, a 54% increase on the same month in 2025 www.electrifying.com/blog/article... #ActOnClimate

electrifying.comOne in three new cars in Europe are now EVs, beating industry forecastsElectric share of the new car market in Europe passed 30% in August this year

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Jeanine 💙
@madammaleficent.bsky.social

If your business requires me to create an account, verify my email, accept seventeen cookies, download an app, and solve a captcha just to buy one thing, I no longer want the thing.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸
@nothoodlum.bsky.social

Massie exposes the hypocrisy: Some members get to vote against bills they know will pass, giving them a convenient campaign talking point without changing the outcome.

thisisanillusion.bsky.social
@thisisanillusion.bsky.social

Serious wimp. Trump will squash him after of course he gets something from this appeaser

Charlie Angus@charlieangus104.bsky.social

For crying out loud Pierre - you've been MIA from the get go. You let Jamil Jivani undermine us and run interference. But Canadians have this. We are hunkering down to defend our nation - solid and determined. The last thing we need is you making a nuisance in MAGALand. Buzz off.