Nell Saba

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker |8100km walked in 2024 | 6681 km walked in 2023. 6000 km walked in 2022| instagram: @nellen5 She/Her

[Nell Saba @nellen55]

Passive aggressive back-pack?#CarsRuinCities #yyj #Urbanism #CarDependency

[Nell Saba @nellen55]

This reads like satire to me.

[Nell Saba @nellen55]

@MStubington ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Nell Saba @nellen55]

If you hate traffic, you’ll love 15 minute cities.

[Nell Saba @nellen55]

@Im_Holybasil @reed_alissa Not sure why the benefit of the doubt is being given to the car driver who is illegally parked. It’s a slippery slope.

[Nell Saba @nellen55]

Contrary to popular belief, the sidewalk is NOT a parking spot.

[Nell Saba @nellen55]

@crd_bc is there an easy way to report violations of seasonal watering restrictions? These sprinklers were on at 12pm (on a very hot day) and half of the water was landing on the sidewalk. #yyj

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

Where's the rage about motorists sending 40,000 Americans to the morgue every year with no end in sight?

A bunch of you lose your minds over slow-rolling bicycles or other temporary interruptions.

[Avi Lewis @avilewis]

My father Stephen Lewis is spectacularly uninterested in social media, so I’m posting this myself (though he has read it and is prepared to suffer the indignity of all I'm about to reveal).

When he was Canada’s ambassador to the UN from 1984-88, Dad was truly shocked by the regularity of open, vitriolic antisemitism in the cocktail parties and ambassadorial receptions that surround that crucial but flawed institution.

For this reason (among others) he’s always been the one in our family with the deepest atavistic fear of antisemitism. He was sympathetic to the idea of Israel as a refuge longer than the rest of us.

This is no longer the case. Like so many Jews who for decades adopted the dominant narratives of Zionism, he can no longer defend the current actions of the state of Israel.

He now regards Israel as a rogue state, committing genocide and other crimes against humankind, which ought to be opposed by every tool and tactic in Canada's diplomatic arsenal.

To return to the personal, seven years ago my Dad was diagnosed with a vicious cancer and was given as little as 3 months to live. It’s a sublime understatement to say that he’s a fighter - but he has persevered in life with a tenacity familiar from his political, diplomatic and humanitarian pursuits.

Which brings us to this morning, when at 87 years old, he spent an hour standing at the side of the road in his old riding of Scarborough West. Standing up as a Jew against genocide. Standing up for justice for Palestine. Standing up on the right side of history, where the vast majority of humanity currently stands.

I’ve never been prouder, never more humble before the stubborn principle and insistent moral clarity of the guy I’m so lucky to call Dad.

People of Canada: don’t stop talking about Palestine.
Starvation as collective punishment can never be forgiven.
Burning and burying children alive can never be defended.
Stand up against genocide until we make it stop!

Thanks Dad.

And special thanks to @CharlieAngusNDP for shining his spotlight on Ted Schmidt and the other excellent folks who gather every Thursday at 8 am at the corner of Victoria Park and Kingston Road in Scarborough.

[SEAN ORR @seanorr]

“There’s this interesting thing that happens; when crime goes up that’s a justification for increasing police budgets, but when crime goes down it’s also a justification for increasing police budgets”. 1/

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

So many Americans are fighting to make cities look like this:

[Nell Saba @nellen55]

No mention that driver was also running a red light? Hence the dangerous left turn no doubt https://t.co/QjCpz0tjAF

[Mark R. Brown, AICP, CNU @CompletedStreet]

North America is weird.

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

This is a real headline.

[Andy Boenau @Boenau]

The people yelling "follow the rules of the road!" regarding bikes have zero interest in driving below the speed limit, parking 20 feet away from a stop sign, stopping for people in crosswalks, etc.

[SEAN ORR @seanorr]

We need more public washrooms across Vancouver

[Torrance Coste @TorranceCoste]

"Premier Eby has lost the plot on who he works for — the people who can barely afford rent right now, not the billionaires looking to exploit B.C.’s ecosystems."
-Lucero Gonzalez, Conservation and Policy Campaigner
#bcpoli #StopBill15

[Torrance Coste @TorranceCoste]

Reacting to the US trade war by tramping Indigenous rights and environmental regulations is the worst, most gutless kind of politics. The @bcndp should be ashamed of itself.

https://t.co/Ee1wg2an1D

[Rosa Saba @RosaJSaba]

Professional news, part 2: Today was my first day as a digital editor at the Globe and Mail. I'm really excited for this new chapter in my career ✨️

[COPE: Coalition of Progressive Electors @COPEVancouver]

We agree all govts need to take action & responsibility.

As Mayor elected on false promise to hire 100 mental health workers, he can start by looking in the mirror.

And reverse the cruel ban on supportive housing which includes mental health & other desperately needed supports.

[Nell Saba @nellen55]

@EvanDunfee Dude, you’re like an apostle? My religious knowledge is limited,

[Nell Saba @nellen55]

Have you heard the gospel of walking/cycling to work?