• An EV in Winnipeg. In the Winter?

    I suppose this is the inevitable follow-up to my So I bought a PHEV post from 2021. In September, I bought a Hyundai Kona EV. The number one question/concern I received from most people is how the hell I was planning on surviving in Winnipeg’s notoriously cold and brutal winters in a battery car. The…

  • Reblog of Dan Gillmor:

    Reblog via Dan Gillmor Are we paying attention yet‽ The only reason for the US government to surveil and interrogate travelers before they arrive  in the US is in order to try control their departure from foreign countries. This is an impermissible assertion of extraterritorial jurisdiction, an attempt at prior restraint of the right to…

  • Winnipeg: You’re Denser Than You Think

    Winnipeg might be denser than you think, and that’s a good thing. Earlier this week, I got in a bit of a tiff on r/winnipeg about Winnipeg’s embarrassing lack of trains. In which, the OP insisted that Winnipeg did not have the population density to support an LRT. This led me down a rabbit hole,…