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Bernie Michalik @berniemichalik.ca · 1d

“Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so.” Bertrand Russell.
generative AI: hold my beer.

Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 1d

stop thinking right now

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Cars. Ruin. Everything.

‘Car Brain’ Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won’t Fix It.

A trio of new books argue that we need to confront the full range of costs that car-based living has imposed on our cities, our health and our society.

www.bloomberg.com

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Marta O'Brien @archhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for sharing your knowledge James!

James Taite @jamestaite.bsky.social · 1d

Quick 🧵 about false joints in stone arches:

Arches, in one sense, are just an answer to the limits of the material: how to bridge large spans with small stones. And when the spans are small or the stones large then you don’t really need to arch. They become a formal device, an aesthetic scheme.

James Taite @jamestaite.bsky.social · 3d

Benjamin Brown House, Forfar, ON, ca. 1849

yer typical late-Georgian vernacular, distinguished by the mushroom-cap lintels masquerading as semi-elliptical arches, notional voussoirs incised

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Mike Eliason @holz-bau.bsky.social · 1d

missed this but the first case study in the NYC quality affordable housing guidebook - it's a twinned point access block by RKTB Architects

www.nyc.gov/assets/desig...

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Dan Seljak @anotherglassbox.bsky.social · 2d

On the Annex FB page I tried to bring the temp down on this issue and, in the comments, offered to run the neighbourhood retail Jane’s Walk again to help boost the businesses that were leery of this change. Currently I am planning two walks, a session each on Oct 25/26. Stay tuned.

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More Neighbours Toronto @moreneighboursto.bsky.social · 2d

If you're around on October 25 or 26, consider a lovely autumn walk that will showcase local businesses and the residential communities that they are a part of.

Dan Seljak @anotherglassbox.bsky.social · 2d

A Jane's Walk so nice, we had to run it twice! And now...quadrice?

I'm retreading the steps I took with the folks from @moreneighboursto.bsky.social, but with a stronger emphasis on retail. This topic is being revisited by Council; we're going to win.

www.eventbrite.ca/e/neighbourh...

Neighbourhood Retail & Residential Tour

Join us for a lively discussion on the future of local businesses and residential living in Toronto's neighbourhoods.

www.eventbrite.ca

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Damien Moule @damienmoule.bsky.social · 1d

Some nice new mapping/charting of multiplex uptake from the Star. I liked the second one that looked at the ratio of new builds to renos. About 3/4s of multiplexes approved since the Multiplex Study By-law was passed have been renos.
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...

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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 2d

The world’s longest rainbow path. The 600 metre “Long Walk to Equality” by artist Travis Myers at Hanlan’s Point on Toronto Island … the location of Canada’s first Pride in 1971.

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Marta O'Brien @archhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Wish the rest of Ontario would get on him about this. His failures in health care alone should have everyone furious.

Anne Marie Aikins @femwriter.bsky.social · 1d

His meddling serves as a distraction from the bigger scandals

The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 2d

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Marta O'Brien @archhistory.bsky.social · 1d

This is great, especially for people who can't file their own return due to neuro differences or disabilities.

Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 1d

Canada’s new government is starting Automatic Federal Benefits. We’re going to pre-file taxes for up to 5.5 million low-income Canadians, so they get the benefits they are entitled to — money that would otherwise be left unclaimed.

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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. @drgorfinkel.bsky.social · 1d

Clinics are the one place patients should be SAFE

Colds, flus & coughs are the #1 reason why Canadians see a doctor

…so where did masking in healthcare go?

It’s political.

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 2d

How politics is putting patients and health care workers at risk www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @drgorfinkel.bsky.social @thestar.com

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

"Masks prevent the transmission of respiratory viruses. The science is clear," writes Iris Gorfinkel. "The standards are in place. A health policy that reacts to hospitalizations and deaths falls below the long-held standard of do-no-harm. Policies that are enacted only once hospitalizations are high do the opposite.

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David Rider @dmrider.bsky.social · 1d

Found this visitor take interesting, from Reddit yesterday. Lively dysfunction

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Marta O'Brien @archhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, some of them sit on City Council.

Marta O'Brien @archhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Purchases earn Canadian Tire Money that can be spent in the store or at their gas bars. Much valued by Canadians since 1958! 2/2

Bundles of colourful paper "money" printed by Canadian Tire for use in their stores.

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Marta O'Brien @archhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Not Canadian, eh? Canadian Tire's been around since 1922 when it started as a tire -- then primarily automotive parts -- store. Now also sells sports equipment, hardware, housewares (inlcuding small appliances), & seasonal stuff (garden centre in spring-summer). Over 500 stores across Canada. 1/2

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Jeremy Hopkin @jeremyhopkin.bsky.social · 2d

Oct 10, 1922: Outdated streetcars being loaded onto CNR flatcars at TTC Hanson Yard (Coxwell Ave. & Hanson St.) to be shipped to Northern Ontario, where they would serve as emergency housing after the Great Fire of 1922.

#OnThisDay #OTD #1920s #history #torontohistory #toronto #canada #jeremyhopkin

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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 2d

The safe and equitable movement of people in this city (with all due respect to the 26 people in council) goes far beyond e-scooters on sidewalks.

The city is car centric and car dependent.

There needs to be a recalibration of how space is allocated to prioritize people over cars. #PoliticalWill

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Norm Di Pasquale🇨🇦 @normsworld.bsky.social · 2d

Hospitals & police chiefs agree: speed cameras save lives. So why is Ford banning them?

Ford is putting kids & pedestrians at risk just to let reckless drivers off the hook.

Tell Ford to keep speed cameras & enforce speed limits. Sign here: www.progresstoronto.ca/petition-pro... #topoli #onpoli

Tell Ford Keep Speed Cameras: Protect Kids & Pedestrians — Progress Toronto

Doug Ford announced plans to ban speed cameras—making it easier to speed. This move puts children and pedestrians at risk. Tell Ford and Queen’s Park: keep the speed cameras and keep enforcing speed ...

www.progresstoronto.ca

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Marit Stiles @maritstilesndp.bsky.social · 2d

Two years ago, the RCMP launched a criminal investigation into Doug Ford’s Greenbelt Grab.

Two years later, it’s déjà vu — Labour Minister David Piccini admits he personally picked which of his friends got millions from the Skills Development Fund.

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Marta O'Brien @archhistory.bsky.social · 2d

An amazing place that too many people don't know about!

Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 2d

Yesterday I took my students on a field trip to the mothership: the Thomas Fisher rare book library at U of T (the head of Roberts’ brutalist peacock). Cool open to the public display drawing from collection. Atwood’s original Handmaid’s draft et al.

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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.bsky.social · 3d

"City leaders attribute this achievement to long-term, systematically implemented policies grounded in the Vision Zero philosophy, rather than any single initiative."

Yes, it's about both the technology and the downstream work.

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