Peak #CarBrain - seeing an SUV impaled on a giant yellow barrier and claiming that the barricades caused the crash and should be removed. I guess if it was a child under the car it would have caused less "traffic chaos".

https://twitter.com/jillreports/status/1639037832386998272?t=TP2h9FekcUq5-0iekh4vAQ&s=19

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**Christopher Porter** @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco · Mar 23, 2023, 17:14

**Christopher Porter** @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco · Mar 23, 2023, 17:14

Mar 23, 2023, 17:14

Christopher Porter @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco

BC offers up to $4,000 in additional rebates when you buy an EV.

Saskatchewan has no rebates and charges an extra $150/year to register an EV.

The effect of those policy decisions is pretty clear.

#electricvehicles #BC #Saskatchewan #Canada #ElectrifyEverything #evrebate

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**Christopher Porter** @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco · Mar 23, 2023, 16:50

**Christopher Porter** @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco · Mar 23, 2023, 16:50

Mar 23, 2023, 16:50

Christopher Porter @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco

Inspired by this piece in the Globe and Mail that names Squamish, BC as the electric vehicle hot spot in Canada, with Campbellton, Que not far behind.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-electric-vehicle-car-canada/

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**Christopher Porter** @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco · Mar 23, 2023, 16:48

**Christopher Porter** @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco · Mar 23, 2023, 16:48

Mar 23, 2023, 16:48

Christopher Porter @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco

Electric vehicle registrations in Canada by province and quarter.

BC - the clear leader
Quebec - the only other province ahead of the national average
Saskatchewan - the laggard
Alberta - doesn't report data for some reason

Data from Statistics Canada https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2021019-eng.htm

#electricvehicles #Canada #datanerd

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**Christopher Porter** · Mar 23, 2023, 03:38

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**Andrew Kurjata** @akurjata@mstdn.ca · Mar 23, 2023, 03:38

Mar 23, 2023, 03:38

Andrew Kurjata @akurjata@mstdn.ca

Today I got the poop emoji back when seeking comment on Twitter blocking users in India from seeing the accounts of high-profile Sikh Canadians critical of the Indian government https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/twitter-canada-india-rupi-kaur-jagmeet-singh-1.6787760

**Christopher Porter** · Mar 21, 2023, 01:58

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**Craig S. Kaplan** @csk@mathstodon.xyz · Mar 21, 2023, 01:58

Mar 21, 2023, 01:58

Craig S. Kaplan @csk@mathstodon.xyz

How small can a set of aperiodic tiles be? The first aperiodic set had over 20000 tiles. Subsequent research lowered that number, to sets of size 92, then 6, and then 2 in the form of the famous Penrose tiles. https://youtu.be/48sCx-wBs34 1/6

**Christopher Porter** · Mar 21, 2023, 22:56

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**Brent Toderian** @BrentToderian@mastodon.online · Mar 21, 2023, 22:56

Mar 21, 2023, 22:56

Brent Toderian @BrentToderian@mastodon.online

To ensure cars didn’t take back control of Paris streets as the pandemic was “ending,” (like they have in so many cities), #Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo made sure that 60k parking spaces and many streets were permanently transformed to seating for restaurants, people places and bike-lanes.

#cities #cars #streets #restaurants #urbanism

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**Christopher Porter** · Mar 19, 2023, 17:59

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**Taras Grescoe 🚇** @straphanger@urbanists.social · Mar 19, 2023, 17:59

Mar 19, 2023, 17:59

Taras Grescoe 🚇 @straphanger@urbanists.social

Now *that's* the way to arrive in a city.
19th-century São Bento train station, Porto, #Portugal,
decorated with 20,000 azulejo tiles.

**Christopher Porter** @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco · Mar 19, 2023, 17:17

**Christopher Porter** @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco · Mar 19, 2023, 17:17

Mar 19, 2023, 17:17

Christopher Porter @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco

My guess is passenger trains will terminate in Surrey with connections to Vancouver served by SkyTrain.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2009/06/01/RailFix/print.html

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**Christopher Porter** @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco · Mar 19, 2023, 17:16

**Christopher Porter** @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco · Mar 19, 2023, 17:16

Mar 19, 2023, 17:16

Christopher Porter @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco

Looks like the answer is no. But the Federal Government has been studying a replacement for the swing bridge built in 1904!

https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/biens-property/construction/new-westminster-eng.html

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**Christopher Porter** @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco · Mar 19, 2023, 16:50

**Christopher Porter** @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco · Mar 19, 2023, 16:50

Mar 19, 2023, 16:50

Christopher Porter @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco

Does the Patullo Bridge replacement include a new train crossing? Asking for someone currently waiting on an Amtrak train delayed 30 minutes due to problems crossing the Fraser River.

#train #amtrak #PatulloBridge #bcpoli #bctransport

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**Christopher Porter** · Mar 18, 2023, 11:24

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**TᴀᴄᴋᴇʀTᴀᴄᴋᴇʀ 🐰** @TackerTacker@mastodon.gamedev.place · Mar 18, 2023, 11:24

Mar 18, 2023, 11:24

TᴀᴄᴋᴇʀTᴀᴄᴋᴇʀ 🐰 @TackerTacker@mastodon.gamedev.place

Hey #screenshotsaturday 👋
Made this prototype today, I call it Conway's game of breakout 😜

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**Christopher Porter** · Mar 16, 2023, 01:39

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**Jason Yip** @jchyip@mastodon.online · Mar 16, 2023, 01:39

Mar 16, 2023, 01:39

Jason Yip @jchyip@mastodon.online

Almost Half of All US Job Postings Include Salary Information Now https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-14/equal-pay-day-almost-half-of-all-us-job-postings-include-salary-information-now

**Christopher Porter** · Mar 15, 2023, 14:24

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**Peter Gleick** @petergleick@fediscience.org · Mar 15, 2023, 14:24

Mar 15, 2023, 14:24

Peter Gleick @petergleick@fediscience.org

Twitter vs. Mastodon
I posted this graph on Twitter (to 95,000 followers) & Mastodon (with 1/10th the followers).
I got double the likes/boosts on Mastodon. On Twitter I got dozens of ugly replies from climate deniers & trolls. On Mastodon I got polite & interesting questions.

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**Christopher Porter** · Mar 14, 2023, 19:14

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**Farhad** @faab64@venera.social · Mar 14, 2023, 19:14

Mar 14, 2023, 19:14

Farhad @faab64@venera.social

A female #falcon was equipped with a satellite tracking system in #SouthAfrica before migrating to #Finland. Image shows tracker data. In just 42 days, she flew over 10.000 km, at an incredible average of 230 km per day and nearly in a straight line.

#Animals #Nature #Birds

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**Christopher Porter** · Mar 14, 2023, 08:39

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**Kees van der Leun** @Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy · Mar 14, 2023, 08:39

Mar 14, 2023, 08:39

Kees van der Leun @Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy

Renewable electricity on a roll in Great Britain: from a share of 8% just ten years ago to 38% now!
Via @drsimonevans@mastodon.energy

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**Christopher Porter** @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco · Mar 14, 2023, 18:22

**Christopher Porter** @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco · Mar 14, 2023, 18:22

Mar 14, 2023, 18:22

Christopher Porter @cdnveggie@mastodon.eco

This is absolutely amazing. We're still fighting over basic infrastructure in Canada, and Norway is building tram and bike tunnels filled with beautiful art. 😍

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/03/07/car-free-future-europes-longest-cycle-tunnel-aims-to-cut-traffic-in-this-norwegian-city

#cycling #Norway #biketunnel #seperatedbikelane #Bergen

**Christopher Porter** · Mar 14, 2023, 14:58

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**Downshift 🇺🇦** @Downshift@mstdn.ca · Mar 14, 2023, 14:58

Mar 14, 2023, 14:58

Downshift 🇺🇦 @Downshift@mstdn.ca

#Alberta's #bigoil and #gas industry likes to blame #environmentalists and the #federal #government for its inability to build more #pipelines. But as the latest #oilsands spill and resulting campaign of silence show, its biggest enemy is itself, writes Max Fawcett.