Category: Culture
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Car Co-op Experiment
Well, not yet. Not literally. Winnipeg’s Peg-City Car Co-op has been on my mind recently for one reason or another. I’ve come to the conclusion that if they opened a station on my street I would probably immediately get rid of my car! When I say “my street” I literally mean my street. There are…
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On Social Networks and Twitter
I have been extremely online since the late 1990s. I’ve been using The Internet socially since I was a teenager, so the concept of a “social network” has always seemed a little reductive to me. For me and my peers, a social network is maybe a more connected and organized internet experience. A simplification and…
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The False Dichotomy of Bikes v. Cars
I’ve been engaging with a lot of anti-bike folks on twitter over the past few months. Observations and Thoughts. [Note: these people are sometimes pejoratively called “carbrains” but that’s unfair, I think at lot of people share these views, even if they are not against bikes] 1. The built environment is immutable. When someone says…