The study shows that bike lanes don’t hurt businesses, and that businesses need not be dependent on motorists.
#bikeyvr #bike #business #cardependencehttps://momentummag.com/do-bike-lanes-hurt-local-business-a-major-montreal-study-has-an-answer/
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Michael Geist: “Bill C-36 hands the entire private-sector privacy file to a Cabinet-appointed content-and-data commission while effectively removing the only independent federal privacy watchdog Canadians have ever had from the room. …it marks the end of the globally-respected Privacy Commissioner of Canada on private sector privacy law and the arrival of a super-regulator with astonishing powers that may be unmatched anywhere in the democratic world.”
#canpoli #privacyhttps://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/canadas-digital-super-regulator-bill-c-36-pushes-out-the-privacy-commissioner-and-hands-private-sector-privacy-to-an-overloaded-commission/
Just what the label on the box says, spellbinding!
#astrophotography #aurorahttps://petapixel.com/2026/07/06/this-spellbinding-4k-timelapse-of-aurora-lights-is-made-from-thousands-of-astronaut-photos/
Here are a couple of new fees that have helped raise your airline ticket prices when going to Japan. Japan’s International Tourist Tax (the departure tax) has tripled as of July 1 and the JESTA has increased substantially.
#Japan #travel #fees
https://unseen-japan.com/japan-departure-tax-visa-fees/
Good tips for anyone (not just groups) travelling to Japan for the first time.
#japan #tourism #travelhttps://blog.gaijinpot.com/why-group-travel-to-japan-is-so-difficult-and-tips-to-help/
That there is even an article like this, from a person of Jason Snell’s standing, shows how far Apple has fallen from the tree.
#AppleComputer #apple #enshittificationhttps://sixcolors.com/post/2026/07/always-choose-the-good-soap/
Digital sovereignty has been an issue for Canada for decades and we haven’t done anything about because of a lack of political will. With the USA no longer a trustworthy nation, that issue is more important to solve than ever.
#digitalsovereignty #canpoli
https://thewalrus.ca/america-doesnt-need-to-invade-canada-it-has-our-data/
The Liberals want to build a“… national surveillance database that would enable law enforcement to …reconstruct the digital movements of virtually any Canadian with a connected device. …the bill would also require providers to permanently embed surveillance capabilities into Canadian networks through secret ministerial orders, an approach [that] …doesn’t just threaten privacy, but …makes communications infrastructure less secure for everyone.”
#canpoli #surveillance
https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/04/the-lawful-access-debate-begins-canadians-should-pay-attention-to-what-the-government-isnt-saying/
Goodbye watashi. Hello boku!
“…Nakamura Momoko, a professor emeritus at Kanto Gakuin University and Japan’s leading scholar on language and gender, argues there’s a deeper dynamic at play. Boys, she says, will transition from “boku” to “ore” to armor themselves against male hierarchies. Girls, by contrast, switch from “watashi” to “boku” to escape the vulnerabilities tied to femininity, including unwanted sexualization.“
#Japan #japanese #language
“…486 affordable homes have been cancelled, 1,484 have been paused, and 1,533 are stuck in limbo.”
#bcpoli #housinghttps://thetyee.ca/News/2026/07/07/BC-Affordable-Homes-Budget-Cuts/
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@atomicker@mstdn.ca -
"Premier David Eby says 'if we didn't build LNG in British Columbia, the United States would build it in Alaska.' (CBC News)"
It's a race to the bottom!
How to build neighbourliness in dense housing:
#urbanism #housing #neighbourly
https://thewalrusca.substack.com/p/bad-housing-is-turning-us-into-bad
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@CycleWR@mstdn.ca if you pivot bike to work day/week, and call it go by bike day/week, as Vancouver’s HUB did, you will be more inclusive. Just sayin’.
Have fun with your celebration!
“…the Premier of British Columbia wants to suspend the human rights protections of Indigenous Peoples so his government can fight those same rights in court without the inconvenience of the law working as intended.”
#dripa #firstnations #bcpoli
https://khelsilem.substack.com/p/first-nations-leadership-council
Replying to
@JosephMenn@infosec.exchange A link to the Citizen Lab report about the Paragon spyware: https://citizenlab.ca/2025/03/a-first-look-at-paragons-proliferating-spyware-operations/
Pet photos of the year. You’ve seen some of these making the social media rounds already, here you can see more, and there’s a link in the article to all the winning photos.
#pets #photography
https://petapixel.com/2026/08/07/international-pet-photographer-of-the-year-has-an-incredible-portfolio/
