John Doe 🍁
@fidelityalt.bsky.social
Long-time Canadian patriot, current Canadian nationalist
If you ask the average person why used car prices went vertical in covid, they will answer correctly "because we stopped making new ones"
But when it comes to housing, we have study after study showing the exact same thing, and it still isn't enough to convince the avg person
But when it comes to housing, we have study after study showing the exact same thing, and it still isn't enough to convince the avg person
Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
uhero.hawaii.edu
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you ask the average person why used car prices went vertical in covid, they will answer correctly "because we stopped making new ones"
But when it comes to housing, we have study after study showing the exact same thing, and it still isn't enough to convince the avg person
But when it comes to housing, we have study after study showing the exact same thing, and it still isn't enough to convince the avg person
🗣️ BLUE JAY
"I'd rather take them down."
It appears that star Japanese free-agent pitcher Tatsuya Imai wants to face the Dodgers, not join them 👀
It appears that star Japanese free-agent pitcher Tatsuya Imai wants to face the Dodgers, not join them 👀
Japanese star Tatsuya Imai makes strong statement against helping Dodgers win third straight title
Japanese star pitcher Tatsuya Imai made a strong statement against joining the Los Angeles Dodgers.
www.nbcsportsbayarea.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
🗣️ BLUE JAY
Wow so weird how this keeps happening. It's unreal how much shit the median rural/suburban Ontario voter loves to eat
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
The company’s CEO also worked closely with the wife of the minister in charge of the grant program at the time
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Wow so weird how this keeps happening. It's unreal how much shit the median rural/suburban Ontario voter loves to eat
None of these guys have *ever* had a real job lmao
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
None of these guys have *ever* had a real job lmao
WE DO IT AGAINE 🐦
NEWS: The Blue Jays are signing Dylan Cease to a seven-year, $210 million contract, sources tell The Athletic.
It's the largest pitching contract in franchise history.
It's the largest pitching contract in franchise history.
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
WE DO IT AGAINE 🐦
A lot of people dislike government for a lot of dumb reasons, but one very real reason is that $142M of DESIGN COSTS have been booked for one streetcar line. People feel like they're being scammed out of their tax dollars because they *are*
The estimated budget for the Waterfront East "LRT" (streetcar with tiny tunnelled section) is $2 billion?!?! Subway prices for 4km of streetcar. Glad we'll spend next year's municipal election talking about a made up crime surge.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A lot of people dislike government for a lot of dumb reasons, but one very real reason is that $142M of DESIGN COSTS have been booked for one streetcar line. People feel like they're being scammed out of their tax dollars because they *are*
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I really try to make jokes and find fun ways to spin terrible news on here, but I read this and the only thing I have to say about it is that Doug Ford is a piece of shit who shouldn't be running an Arby's, let alone a province. Fuck you, Doug. share.google/gPPqvtiuqD0O...
Ford tells protesters to 'go find a job' as controversial housing bill passes at Queen's Park | CBC News
Shouts and chants rained down upon politicians at the Ontario legislature Monday as the government passed a housing bill that critics say makes it easier for landlords to evict tenants.
share.google
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I really try to make jokes and find fun ways to spin terrible news on here, but I read this and the only thing I have to say about it is that Doug Ford is a piece of shit who shouldn't be running an Arby's, let alone a province. Fuck you, Doug. share.google/gPPqvtiuqD0O...
"shuttle buses are not operating"
What the fuck?
"Hi everyone, sorry the subway is down for planned work! No, you don't have another option to get around"
What the fuck?
"Hi everyone, sorry the subway is down for planned work! No, you don't have another option to get around"
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"shuttle buses are not operating"
What the fuck?
"Hi everyone, sorry the subway is down for planned work! No, you don't have another option to get around"
What the fuck?
"Hi everyone, sorry the subway is down for planned work! No, you don't have another option to get around"
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These new apartments would be great for local seniors to downsize into. This development would destroy zero housing.
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
These new apartments would be great for local seniors to downsize into. This development would destroy zero housing.
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You can't follow toronto city council closely and maintain good health.
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
You can't follow toronto city council closely and maintain good health.
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Like many things good in Toronto and environs, it succeeds in spite of itself
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Like many things good in Toronto and environs, it succeeds in spite of itself
Two things are true:
1) living today in a developed country is scary/uncertain and we are backsliding
2) since I've been born, I've witnessed the greatest improvement in worldwide quality of life in history
The people who want to go back to some "golden age" are full of shit
1) living today in a developed country is scary/uncertain and we are backsliding
2) since I've been born, I've witnessed the greatest improvement in worldwide quality of life in history
The people who want to go back to some "golden age" are full of shit
The enormous progress in reducing global poverty was led by increases in income to a large number of countries all over the world. But to make further progress, we'll need to figure out what to do in the remaining countries that have seen no significant growth for a long time.
November 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Two things are true:
1) living today in a developed country is scary/uncertain and we are backsliding
2) since I've been born, I've witnessed the greatest improvement in worldwide quality of life in history
The people who want to go back to some "golden age" are full of shit
1) living today in a developed country is scary/uncertain and we are backsliding
2) since I've been born, I've witnessed the greatest improvement in worldwide quality of life in history
The people who want to go back to some "golden age" are full of shit
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This will not be news to regular readers, but it's worth noting whenever Toronto council debates housing (or transportation or neighbourhood amenities) that just three of the 25 wards absorbed three-quarters of the city's population growth between 2016 and 2021
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This will not be news to regular readers, but it's worth noting whenever Toronto council debates housing (or transportation or neighbourhood amenities) that just three of the 25 wards absorbed three-quarters of the city's population growth between 2016 and 2021
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Almost everywhere in the City of Toronto has fewer people that it did 50 years ago
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Almost everywhere in the City of Toronto has fewer people that it did 50 years ago
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In my brief block by block encounters with crossing guards I see how drivers menace them, inching towards. What a whole shift must be like.
The Premier and other politicians, Toronto Police, other forces, have taken the lid of all this. A death drive amid other bs rhetoric of public safety.
The Premier and other politicians, Toronto Police, other forces, have taken the lid of all this. A death drive amid other bs rhetoric of public safety.
A crossing guard was killed by the driver of a dump truck yesterday. absolutely heartbreaking.
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In my brief block by block encounters with crossing guards I see how drivers menace them, inching towards. What a whole shift must be like.
The Premier and other politicians, Toronto Police, other forces, have taken the lid of all this. A death drive amid other bs rhetoric of public safety.
The Premier and other politicians, Toronto Police, other forces, have taken the lid of all this. A death drive amid other bs rhetoric of public safety.
Your elected officials loudly hate when their wards are successful, culturally or economically. This is why Toronto is where it is
Your elected official would rather save 3 minutes on their commute than make their ward an interesting/good place to live, and that is not an exaggeration
Your elected official would rather save 3 minutes on their commute than make their ward an interesting/good place to live, and that is not an exaggeration
Councillor Shan moves to exclude three streets in his ward. He worries the retail spaces created won't just be small shops selling ice cream to locals, but things like "beef patties that are so popular that people from the 905 will come to get it." That'll just add to traffic problems, he says.
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Your elected officials loudly hate when their wards are successful, culturally or economically. This is why Toronto is where it is
Your elected official would rather save 3 minutes on their commute than make their ward an interesting/good place to live, and that is not an exaggeration
Your elected official would rather save 3 minutes on their commute than make their ward an interesting/good place to live, and that is not an exaggeration
Small government conservative wants to define a list of what stores can sell so they don't accidently sell zany things with little value
Really love how much conservatives care about small government and cutting red tape
Really love how much conservatives care about small government and cutting red tape
Councillor Holyday worries about retail stores that "sell some zany thing that has very little value." He wants to know if council could define a list of what stores can sell.
Staff say they can regulate things like size, noise and property standards, but generally not what stores sell.
Staff say they can regulate things like size, noise and property standards, but generally not what stores sell.
November 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Small government conservative wants to define a list of what stores can sell so they don't accidently sell zany things with little value
Really love how much conservatives care about small government and cutting red tape
Really love how much conservatives care about small government and cutting red tape
Imagine working for Metrolinx.
I would get fired if I printed an incorrect number on page 48 of our investor reporting package, meanwhile these guys get to fuck up all day, every day, while getting taxpayer money, hide their mistakes from the taxpayers, and nothing ever happens
I would get fired if I printed an incorrect number on page 48 of our investor reporting package, meanwhile these guys get to fuck up all day, every day, while getting taxpayer money, hide their mistakes from the taxpayers, and nothing ever happens
Internal documents obtained by the NDP reveal Metrolinx covered up serious problems tunnelling under Highway 401 for the Scarborough Subway Extension, forcing highway lane closures & months of repairs that were not disclosed to the public globalnews.ca/news/1152183... #onpoli
Metrolinx struggled to tunnel under Hwy. 401, forcing lane closure and repairs | Globalnews.ca
Since early 2023, a tunnel boring machine has been slowly making its way south from Sheppard Avenue and McCowan Road, digging out a route for the Scarborough Subway Extension.
globalnews.ca
November 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Imagine working for Metrolinx.
I would get fired if I printed an incorrect number on page 48 of our investor reporting package, meanwhile these guys get to fuck up all day, every day, while getting taxpayer money, hide their mistakes from the taxpayers, and nothing ever happens
I would get fired if I printed an incorrect number on page 48 of our investor reporting package, meanwhile these guys get to fuck up all day, every day, while getting taxpayer money, hide their mistakes from the taxpayers, and nothing ever happens
Holyday absolutely fucking loves taxes
"I've had smaller developers mention to me that, you know, what a burden the DCs are on them kicking off their project, because they'd like to see it financially viable. And my response is, 'That's not my problem,'" says Holyday
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Holyday absolutely fucking loves taxes
This is really bad, actually
Formally introducing the Planning & Housing items on the agenda, committee chair Councillor Gord Perks highlights a factoid: "As of today, 65% of all housing under construction in the City of Toronto is either led by the City of Toronto or has the City of Toronto as a partner."
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This is really bad, actually
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This has been my gripe for a long time now. If you took the words seriously, rigorously, if we established a clear right to housing in the Charter, then you'd basically nuke municipal zoning nearly in its entirety — certainly as it's practiced in Ontario.
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This has been my gripe for a long time now. If you took the words seriously, rigorously, if we established a clear right to housing in the Charter, then you'd basically nuke municipal zoning nearly in its entirety — certainly as it's practiced in Ontario.
It is a massive, massive problem that I make as much money as the MAYOR OF TORONTO
I move numbers around a spreadsheet and have few direct reports. The mayor of Toronto manages... Toronto
The mayor should be pulling 7-digits
I move numbers around a spreadsheet and have few direct reports. The mayor of Toronto manages... Toronto
The mayor should be pulling 7-digits
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It is a massive, massive problem that I make as much money as the MAYOR OF TORONTO
I move numbers around a spreadsheet and have few direct reports. The mayor of Toronto manages... Toronto
The mayor should be pulling 7-digits
I move numbers around a spreadsheet and have few direct reports. The mayor of Toronto manages... Toronto
The mayor should be pulling 7-digits
I'm going to become the joker. A normal lead and the play *isn't even close* and the Jays are WS champions
Unbelievable
Unbelievable
IKF might have made it with a reasonable leadoff
(pointed out by @chriskirschner.bsky.social)
(pointed out by @chriskirschner.bsky.social)
November 3, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I'm going to become the joker. A normal lead and the play *isn't even close* and the Jays are WS champions
Unbelievable
Unbelievable
Working downtown and 50% of people had Jays jerseys on, the other 50% had hats
The city is ELECTRIC
The city is ELECTRIC
October 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Working downtown and 50% of people had Jays jerseys on, the other 50% had hats
The city is ELECTRIC
The city is ELECTRIC
Vlad hitting a ball into space while wearing this
October 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Vlad hitting a ball into space while wearing this