HamishB
@hamishbuchanan.bsky.social
Artist in Toronto.
Politics, the environment, urban affairs.
Homebody, pedestrian, cyclist & transit-user. Gay as a garden party but more garden than party.
I block people who don't have clearly individual profile introductions.
I block people who don't have clearly individual profile introductions.
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"Including base salaries, the current cost of Ford’s cabinet now amounts to $5.7 million compared to $3.3 million when his party first rose to power in 2018. Adding parliamentary assistants to that total comes to $6.9 million 2018 and $10 million in 2024 - a cost increase of 45 per cent." (Global)
December 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"Including base salaries, the current cost of Ford’s cabinet now amounts to $5.7 million compared to $3.3 million when his party first rose to power in 2018. Adding parliamentary assistants to that total comes to $6.9 million 2018 and $10 million in 2024 - a cost increase of 45 per cent." (Global)
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Just a reminder that if you’re interested in why we haven’t been more successful, and how we can be more successful, at actually realizing safe, protected bike infrastructure, it would be worth invest some time watching this video by #NotJustBikes if you haven’t yet.
WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand a BIG reason why cycling [aka riding a bike] is so dangerous in North America, and one of the biggest villains in the origin story of our unsafe status quo, invest some time watching this one, by NOT JUST BIKES (aka @theurbanistagenda.com here). Then share it.
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Just a reminder that if you’re interested in why we haven’t been more successful, and how we can be more successful, at actually realizing safe, protected bike infrastructure, it would be worth invest some time watching this video by #NotJustBikes if you haven’t yet.
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and this is *while they knew they were being studied*.
More than half of Toronto drivers in a Universtiy of Toronto study didn't look for people walking or on bikes before turning right. Study used eye-tracking tech.
Increasingly deadly vehicles, dumb laws, and irresponsible driving equal people being injured and killed.
www.utoronto.ca/news/more-ha...
Increasingly deadly vehicles, dumb laws, and irresponsible driving equal people being injured and killed.
www.utoronto.ca/news/more-ha...
December 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
and this is *while they knew they were being studied*.
One of the most unnerving aspects of our current political situation is realizing what percentage of those around us in public are batshit crazy, chronically partisan and hateful — even accounting for low vote turnouts. They walk and drive among us.
This isn't some kinda hyperbole or metaphor or crystal ball-tugging; buddy has said as much in no uncertain terms: your constitutional rights are safe wheresover they do not impede his ideological goals.
This is who he is. And *million* of our neighbours love him.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
This is who he is. And *million* of our neighbours love him.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
December 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
One of the most unnerving aspects of our current political situation is realizing what percentage of those around us in public are batshit crazy, chronically partisan and hateful — even accounting for low vote turnouts. They walk and drive among us.
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Scientists at Canadian institutions have long punched well above our weight despite low and stagnant funding. Spending a billion dollars on external recruitment while science here is starving is exactly what Harper got wrong about supporting research excellence in Canada.
Canada’s new government is investing big to attract world-class talent in science and technology — and become an innovation powerhouse.
December 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Scientists at Canadian institutions have long punched well above our weight despite low and stagnant funding. Spending a billion dollars on external recruitment while science here is starving is exactly what Harper got wrong about supporting research excellence in Canada.
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NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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December 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
Wondering if the new US customs rule asking for 5 years of visitors' social media history includes their dating and hook-up apps, too.
December 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Wondering if the new US customs rule asking for 5 years of visitors' social media history includes their dating and hook-up apps, too.
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if you cannot imagine how humans raised other baby humans prior to 2022 I would humbly submit you're too stupid to be allowed to spend trillions of other people's dollars
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
if you cannot imagine how humans raised other baby humans prior to 2022 I would humbly submit you're too stupid to be allowed to spend trillions of other people's dollars
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Harper indeed imported Preston Manning's populist Reform Party shitism into Canada, a populist shitism nobody in the country cared about, wanted or ever asked for - except for RW western Canadian wanna-be American nitwits who championed this ugly greasy ideologically based anti-Canadian crap.
December 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Harper indeed imported Preston Manning's populist Reform Party shitism into Canada, a populist shitism nobody in the country cared about, wanted or ever asked for - except for RW western Canadian wanna-be American nitwits who championed this ugly greasy ideologically based anti-Canadian crap.
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The future is building a humanoid robot at great cost to replace hiring a guy to hand out water bottles, then hiring a guy to remote control the robot handing out water bottles.
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The future is building a humanoid robot at great cost to replace hiring a guy to hand out water bottles, then hiring a guy to remote control the robot handing out water bottles.
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And, even if Carney loyalists trust him to only use this for good*, it establishes the practice for use by the Cons next time they're in power.
(* Yes, many are still this delusional)
(* Yes, many are still this delusional)
Giving ministers the power to exempt pet projects from any law on the books except for the Criminal Code isn’t nation-building. It’s a disaster waiting to happen.
The fact that they‘re trying to sneak this through without any explanation is particularly incriminating.
The fact that they‘re trying to sneak this through without any explanation is particularly incriminating.
Althia Raj: Mark Carney is quietly giving sweeping new powers to his ministers
Sneaking a change of this magnitude into a 600-page bill that will not get parliamentary scrutiny raises a red flag, Althia Raj writes.
www.thestar.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
And, even if Carney loyalists trust him to only use this for good*, it establishes the practice for use by the Cons next time they're in power.
(* Yes, many are still this delusional)
(* Yes, many are still this delusional)
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this is why liberals won't call for actual consequences. nothing trump is doing is something we didn't spend two decades doing throughout the middle east, central asia and africa during the war on terror. it's just that trump brags about it on social media too much
'Double strikes' allegedly used on Venezuelan boats accused of trafficking drugs were used extensively under Obama.
Trump’s boat bombings: How the US has long used ‘double-tap’ strikes
'Double strikes' allegedly used on Venezuelan boats accused of trafficking drugs were used extensively under Obama.
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
this is why liberals won't call for actual consequences. nothing trump is doing is something we didn't spend two decades doing throughout the middle east, central asia and africa during the war on terror. it's just that trump brags about it on social media too much
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Things PM Carney’s office prefers not to admit to Cdns, as it dismantles our climate regs, policies.
Chevron’s own docs note their CCUS captured 2.66% of carbon emissions from this project.
Tracks to global study which shows CCUS’ avg capture rate at ⬇️ 30%.
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-large...
Chevron’s own docs note their CCUS captured 2.66% of carbon emissions from this project.
Tracks to global study which shows CCUS’ avg capture rate at ⬇️ 30%.
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-large...
reneweconomy.com.au
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Things PM Carney’s office prefers not to admit to Cdns, as it dismantles our climate regs, policies.
Chevron’s own docs note their CCUS captured 2.66% of carbon emissions from this project.
Tracks to global study which shows CCUS’ avg capture rate at ⬇️ 30%.
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-large...
Chevron’s own docs note their CCUS captured 2.66% of carbon emissions from this project.
Tracks to global study which shows CCUS’ avg capture rate at ⬇️ 30%.
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-large...
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The cynical take that there wasn't a Finch West Express bus because it would have absolutely smoked these trams is seeming more and more likely.
For too long the Toronto transit advocacy sphere was so hand wavy about speed, other stuff matters, but people really do want to get places quickly!
For too long the Toronto transit advocacy sphere was so hand wavy about speed, other stuff matters, but people really do want to get places quickly!
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The cynical take that there wasn't a Finch West Express bus because it would have absolutely smoked these trams is seeming more and more likely.
For too long the Toronto transit advocacy sphere was so hand wavy about speed, other stuff matters, but people really do want to get places quickly!
For too long the Toronto transit advocacy sphere was so hand wavy about speed, other stuff matters, but people really do want to get places quickly!
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Donald Trump, in the form of Pr Ford, trying to pass the buck on elementary schools kids who have only know Ford as their premier.
Follow the math of 7 yrs in power, Premier. You’re the poster boy of poor math skills dampening Ontario economy and future.
Follow the math of 7 yrs in power, Premier. You’re the poster boy of poor math skills dampening Ontario economy and future.
December 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Donald Trump, in the form of Pr Ford, trying to pass the buck on elementary schools kids who have only know Ford as their premier.
Follow the math of 7 yrs in power, Premier. You’re the poster boy of poor math skills dampening Ontario economy and future.
Follow the math of 7 yrs in power, Premier. You’re the poster boy of poor math skills dampening Ontario economy and future.
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The upside is the force's mentality and approach to cyclists is not hidden.
Chapter 886-15: "No person shall operate or stop a vehicle other than a bicycle or large cargo-power assisted bicycle in any cycle track... Exemptions: Ambulances, police or fire service vehicles or any other vehicle actively engaged in responding to an emergency"
Is a McDonald's run an emergency?
Is a McDonald's run an emergency?
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The upside is the force's mentality and approach to cyclists is not hidden.
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Not one fucking word from any quoted health expert on cleaning classroom air.
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
Children’s hospitals face flood of flu visits as physicians urge Canadian families to get vaccinated | CBC News
An early start to Canada’s flu season is hitting children hard, sending a flood of young patients into multiple pediatric hospitals as medical teams warn that emergency visits and admissions could kee...
www.cbc.ca
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Not one fucking word from any quoted health expert on cleaning classroom air.
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
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More than anything else classism is that if you lose your company half a million you get fired, but if Zuck loses Meta 77 billion he gets paid $28 million.
Meritocracy doesn't fail due to DEI, if fails becaues we can't ever let a rich nimrod suffer consequences for any level of screwup.
Meritocracy doesn't fail due to DEI, if fails becaues we can't ever let a rich nimrod suffer consequences for any level of screwup.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
More than anything else classism is that if you lose your company half a million you get fired, but if Zuck loses Meta 77 billion he gets paid $28 million.
Meritocracy doesn't fail due to DEI, if fails becaues we can't ever let a rich nimrod suffer consequences for any level of screwup.
Meritocracy doesn't fail due to DEI, if fails becaues we can't ever let a rich nimrod suffer consequences for any level of screwup.
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How can anyone take seriously the claims of national "taxpayer federation" with 5-6 members, does not disclose its finances/donors, and has zero transparency - yet demands transparency from others. It is time to investigate the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
December 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
How can anyone take seriously the claims of national "taxpayer federation" with 5-6 members, does not disclose its finances/donors, and has zero transparency - yet demands transparency from others. It is time to investigate the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
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This is precisely Putin’s line about Europe. It’s now US strategy
NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY DROPPED
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This is precisely Putin’s line about Europe. It’s now US strategy
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It's a bit surprising that Pete Hegseth asked for two shots when he usually asks for four or five.
December 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It's a bit surprising that Pete Hegseth asked for two shots when he usually asks for four or five.
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Start with reviewing Ford Government cuts to public education that has stripped away resources and stacked kids up to the rafters in classrooms.. deliberately creating an environment for worse results and outcomes.. next comes the part where they blame teachers for it..
lfpress.com/news/local-n...
lfpress.com/news/local-n...
Ontario orders review after weak standardized test scores
The results show inadequate progress in reading, writing and especially math, the education minister said.
lfpress.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Start with reviewing Ford Government cuts to public education that has stripped away resources and stacked kids up to the rafters in classrooms.. deliberately creating an environment for worse results and outcomes.. next comes the part where they blame teachers for it..
lfpress.com/news/local-n...
lfpress.com/news/local-n...