Island And E-Bikes

The Busiest Place You’ve Never Seen

Nick Schönfeld & Julia Gunther | NPR | 4th April 2026

Dispatches from Tristan da Cunha, the Scottish island in the South Atlantic roughly midway between South Africa and South America. 221 people live there in a single village called Edinburgh of the Seven Seas — descendants of sailors, settlers and shipwreck survivors. Extreme isolation has made the island a study in egalitarian self-reliance. Skills, tasks and stores are shared daily (4,100 words)

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Menace On The Streets

Caitlin Walsh Miller | Maclean’s | 6th April 2026

E-bikes are causing a spike in accidents in Canada. In theory, they are ideal for urban areas: cheap, quiet and clean. Many cities have partnered with companies to launch scooter-rental programmes. Young people and delivery workers love them. But they’re much faster than bargained for (“from 0 to 100 in four seconds”) and blur the boundary between street and pavement, causing chaos everywhere (5,400 words)