Jasmine Liska - migrating slowly to Mastodon

Editor, Kayaker, Runner, Ultimate Player

Checking in here less. Find me on mastodon and, to a lesser extent, instagram.

[Jasmine Liska - migrating slowly to Mastodon @jliska]

@Bertrand_SK If drivers can't behave themselves and not threaten people's lives, we should definitely create vehicle-free zones and and lower speed limits in larger areas around schools. Kids should be able to bike and walk safely to and from school, not be threatened by drivers just because.

[Jasmine Liska - migrating slowly to Mastodon @jliska]

@Bertrand_SK Our bylaws only restrict pedestrian movement when within 1 block of a traffic signal and on Circle Dr. Even the section cited from the act notes "Nothing in this section relieves the driver of a vehicle from the duty to exercise due care for the safety of pedestrians."

[Sean Tuff @Sean_Tuff]

Saturday, I took a man in his mid-60's on an ebike test ride.

At the end of the ride he says, "I've been complaining about bike lanes for years. I guess I'll have to go home and eat my words to my wife, because this thing is incredible."

#ebike rides are persuasive advocacy

[Jasmine Liska - migrating slowly to Mastodon @jliska]

@BikeBikeYYC Guesses are that it's to distract from a massive lawsuit: https://t.co/68yYE0Dy2p

[Dr. Adam Ogieglo 🇨🇦 @AOgieglo]

Is it wise to treat COVID like any other respiratory illness?

In past 4 weeks in SK there have been:
- Hospital admissions 317 COVID vs 3 Influenza
- ICU admissions 25 COVID vs 1 Influenza
- Deaths 36 COVID vs 0 influenza

[Jasmine Liska - migrating slowly to Mastodon @jliska]

@hinz_tamara They couldn't even provide people with real masks when they did require them, and now they're going to drop them as the levels of the most contagious virus we know of are increasing, vaccine immunity is waning, and there are no other protections. Just...awesome.

[Tamara Hinz @hinz_tamara]

I’m sure this is fine 🫠💀

[Jasmine Liska - migrating slowly to Mastodon @jliska]

@yqraction That really sucks. The farmers' market in the plaza felt like the beginning of a more community-focused downtown. This is just one more blow to downtown.

[Global Institute for Water Security @usask_water]

#Saskatoon's viral RNA load this week is considered "high" because it is above the range (>20,000 ≤ 100,000; ∆C <100%) considered as the high level in Saskatoon. #COVID19 #COVID19SK #WastewaterTesting #PublicHealth

[Tara Moriarty @MoriartyLab]

Canadian COVID Forecast
Apr 2-8, 2023

SASKATCHEWAN: SEVERE

About 1 in every 39 people is infected.

[big_pedestrian @big_pedestrian]

Politician wants residents who travel by transit/foot to sacrifice their time, comfort, health, safety and lives* so that suburban drivers can conveniently pilot and store 3-ton motorized living rooms through America’s most walkable city.

*55% of NYC road deaths are pedestrians.

[Tara Moriarty @MoriartyLab]

@BIRcovidhealth Canadian COVID Forecast
Apr 2-8, 2023

CANADA: SEVERE

About 1 in every 24 people is infected.

[Tara Moriarty @MoriartyLab]

From @BIRcovidhealth

Studies show even mild COVID can have long term effects on heart health.

Be aware of short breath, chest pain and abnormally fast, slow or skipped heart beats.

Follow @BIRcovidhealth for more fantastic graphics about how COVID can affect your health.

[Tara Moriarty @MoriartyLab]

The Apr 2-8 Canadian COVID Forecast and associated data are now live.

SEVERE: CAN, BC, NB, ON, SK
VERY HIGH: NL, NS, PEI
ELEVATED: AB, MB, QC, North

About 1 in 24 people in Canada is CURRENTLY infected.

Full weekly report: https://t.co/OOsUlutBc4

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

Dear friends: @OutrchCatholic is deeply honored to publish Walter Brueggemann, one of the world's leading Biblical scholars, on how the Book of Amos shows that God's "emancipatory embrace" includes LGBTQ people. https://t.co/ItuH4WY8xa

[Carlton Reid @carltonreid]

Laudato Si’, a 2015 encyclical from Pope Francis, urged people to walk and cycle.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

WATCH: The most amazing thing about this remarkable car commercial, is that it didn’t seem to realize, or didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn cars. HT @javiermalagon

[Jasmine Liska - migrating slowly to Mastodon @jliska]

@Zack_MacGregor I wonder what the rules would be around creating a bike-mounted lemonade stand and riding it around Meewasin throughout the summer. If it's possible (legally and with your bike), it would mean that you wouldn't be asking people for money; you'd be letting them pay for lemonade.

[Jasmine Liska - migrating slowly to Mastodon @jliska]

@PaulDechene And that is treated like a normal vehicle and purchasers would be eligible for an EV rebate, but silent, human-scaled e-bikes and e-cargo bikes are treated as threatening by municipalities and not eligible for federal rebates. Cool and normal!