Henrik Bechmann (Toronto) 🇨🇦
@henrikbechmann.bsky.social
Retired software dev.
I sometimes discuss City of Toronto budget design and support issues.
IMO government is a collective enterprise, and should be fully transparent and forcefully managed for all, and for the health of the planet.
I sometimes discuss City of Toronto budget design and support issues.
IMO government is a collective enterprise, and should be fully transparent and forcefully managed for all, and for the health of the planet.
Pinned
I've published a new article:
The Fog Around the City of Toronto Operating Budgets — And What To Do About It
It's mostly about the need to change Toronto's budget accounting method, but covers a lot of other issues too.
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The Fog Around the City of Toronto Operating Budgets — And What To Do About It
It's mostly about the need to change Toronto's budget accounting method, but covers a lot of other issues too.
medium.com/@henrikbechm...
The Fog Around the City of Toronto Operating Budgets — And What To Do About It
Although the City of Toronto Operating Budgets are voluminous and detailed, there’s a lot of fog around them, which makes them hard to…
medium.com
Explore the design and support of the City of Toronto operating budgets in this article.
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Months overdue, but good to see this *finally* happening.
Canada poised to name its first foreign interference commissioner | CBC News
Canada is set to name its first foreign interference commissioner. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he informed opposition leaders Monday of the government's proposed candidate.
www.cbc.ca
January 27, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Months overdue, but good to see this *finally* happening.
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Record 9 tonnes of cocaine seized from ‘narco-sub’ by Portuguese police
Record 9 tonnes of cocaine seized from ‘narco-sub’ by Portuguese police
Four arrested after authorities intercept semi-submersible vessel bound for Europe
Portuguese police have made a record seizure of almost nine tonnes of cocaine after intercepting a “narco-sub” off the Azores carrying what is thought to be the largest shipment of the drug ever found on one of the Europe-bound, semi-submersible vessels.
The Portuguese Judicial police said its officers had confiscated the haul in a recent joint operation with the country’s navy and air force that had been conducted in coordination with the US Drug Enforcement Administration and the UK National Crime Agency. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Record 9 tonnes of cocaine seized from ‘narco-sub’ by Portuguese police
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For all the most recent information about updates and impacts to City services such as closures, operating hours, winter operations and other impacts, visit and bookmark http://toronto.ca/Winter
January 26, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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#Canada please read. This is excellent work and we should all have clarity on what this document means
Deep Dive: The Pentagon’s 2026 National Defense Strategy: What It Signals — and Why the World Should Be Alarmed
www.onestnetwork.com/post/deep-di...
www.onestnetwork.com/post/deep-di...
Deep Dive: The Pentagon’s 2026 National Defense Strategy: What It Signals — and Why the World Should Be Alarmed
The Pentagon’s 2026 National Defense Strategy marks a sharp break from the post-Cold War global order. This ONEST deep dive examines what the U.S. is promising, what it is enforcing, and how condition...
www.onestnetwork.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:24 PM
#Canada please read. This is excellent work and we should all have clarity on what this document means
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OTTAWA – Prime Minister Mark Carney is announcing a 25 per cent hike to the GST credit to help lower-income consumers deal with the high cost of groceries across the country.
Carney announces GST rebate boost to counter high cost of groceries
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Mark Carney is announcing a 25 per cent hike to the GST credit to help lower-income consumers deal with the high cost of groceries across the country.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 PM
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Mark Carney is announcing a 25 per cent hike to the GST credit to help lower-income consumers deal with the high cost of groceries across the country.
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Yet more evidence that the crucial Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC is weakening.
Bad news for our climate future.
More reason to finally get serious about ending fossil fuel use.
As fast as we can.
Bad news for our climate future.
More reason to finally get serious about ending fossil fuel use.
As fast as we can.
"The results also indicate that current #climate models underestimate the magnitude of the observed changes. This is caused most likely by a too simplistic representation of deep mixing processes in the ocean in numerical models"
#AMOC
#FasterThanExpected
#AMOC
#FasterThanExpected
Ventilation of the North Atlantic is Weakening
20 January 2026 / Kiel. The renewal of deep waters in the North Atlantic has slowed markedly over the past three decades. This is shown by a new study from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Resear...
www.geomar.de
January 26, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Yet more evidence that the crucial Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC is weakening.
Bad news for our climate future.
More reason to finally get serious about ending fossil fuel use.
As fast as we can.
Bad news for our climate future.
More reason to finally get serious about ending fossil fuel use.
As fast as we can.
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Mary Trump saying the Republicans aren’t afraid of the 🍑 baffoon. They are in sync with him! 🤬
January 26, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Mary Trump saying the Republicans aren’t afraid of the 🍑 baffoon. They are in sync with him! 🤬
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hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
And what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
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1,173 people were shot dead by "law enforcement" in the USA last year.
In the UK, it was 2.
The US population is 6x that of the UK, so go ahead and multiply the second figure by 6.
Then explain to me why this massively disproportionate rate of killing is so.
In the UK, it was 2.
The US population is 6x that of the UK, so go ahead and multiply the second figure by 6.
Then explain to me why this massively disproportionate rate of killing is so.
January 25, 2026 at 11:55 PM
1,173 people were shot dead by "law enforcement" in the USA last year.
In the UK, it was 2.
The US population is 6x that of the UK, so go ahead and multiply the second figure by 6.
Then explain to me why this massively disproportionate rate of killing is so.
In the UK, it was 2.
The US population is 6x that of the UK, so go ahead and multiply the second figure by 6.
Then explain to me why this massively disproportionate rate of killing is so.
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Government documents indicate the Iranian government killed over 36,500 people over the two days of massive protests, making it the largest massacre of protesters in history. That’s 36,500 Renee Goods, Alex Prettis, and Keith Porters. In two days.
Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal
More than 36,500 Iranians were killed by security forces during the January 8-9 crackdown on nationwide protests, making it the deadliest two-day protest massacre in history, according to documents re...
www.iranintl.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Government documents indicate the Iranian government killed over 36,500 people over the two days of massive protests, making it the largest massacre of protesters in history. That’s 36,500 Renee Goods, Alex Prettis, and Keith Porters. In two days.
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This is insane…
US Dollar share of global reserve currency has fallen to its lowest levels this century.
It’s literally unprecedented.
US Dollar share of global reserve currency has fallen to its lowest levels this century.
It’s literally unprecedented.
January 25, 2026 at 2:00 PM
This is insane…
US Dollar share of global reserve currency has fallen to its lowest levels this century.
It’s literally unprecedented.
US Dollar share of global reserve currency has fallen to its lowest levels this century.
It’s literally unprecedented.
"The Carney doctrine"
The tariff threat over the Canada-China deal is a first test of the Carney doctrine, and Canada-US relations more generally.
Are we able to make independent decisions or are we a tributary?
Are we able to make independent decisions or are we a tributary?
January 24, 2026 at 9:17 PM
"The Carney doctrine"
A truly fascinating conversation among some of the leading minds in the finance world, providing insights into their mindsets.
(the so-called "clash" is the title was the least of it)
youtu.be/uKNK0TT5fW0?...
(the so-called "clash" is the title was the least of it)
youtu.be/uKNK0TT5fW0?...
FULL DISCUSSION: BlackRock, Citadel & Lagarde Clash Over $38 Trillion U.S. Debt, AI & Market Risks
YouTube video by DRM News
youtu.be
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 PM
A truly fascinating conversation among some of the leading minds in the finance world, providing insights into their mindsets.
(the so-called "clash" is the title was the least of it)
youtu.be/uKNK0TT5fW0?...
(the so-called "clash" is the title was the least of it)
youtu.be/uKNK0TT5fW0?...
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Want to point out that if the point is to achieve resilient decisions that withstand scrutiny through honest engagement then the only people for whom this decision is resilient were the empowered neighbourhood busybodies. The rest of the public who pay for it got a completely unreasonable outcome.
Toronto Parks’s consultation manager: “resilient decisions“ must get buy-in from a handful of loud neighbours. If that takes 20x as long and the project costs 3x as much, no problem.
Not the slightest worry that a project might get cancelled for being very late or way over budget.
Not the slightest worry that a project might get cancelled for being very late or way over budget.
January 24, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Want to point out that if the point is to achieve resilient decisions that withstand scrutiny through honest engagement then the only people for whom this decision is resilient were the empowered neighbourhood busybodies. The rest of the public who pay for it got a completely unreasonable outcome.
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The feds murdered an unarmed man committing no crime on his knees in broad daylight.
The guy in grey disarms the man on the ground being beaten—BEFORE shots were fired
January 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The feds murdered an unarmed man committing no crime on his knees in broad daylight.
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Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."
January 24, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Sayre: "My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine. What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people."
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I am a climate scientist and this is correct.
As the planet warms, storms like the one today are getting stronger… and as the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the mid latitudes, it increases the risk of the “freezer door” swinging open.
Technical explanation here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
As the planet warms, storms like the one today are getting stronger… and as the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the mid latitudes, it increases the risk of the “freezer door” swinging open.
Technical explanation here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 24, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I am a climate scientist and this is correct.
As the planet warms, storms like the one today are getting stronger… and as the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the mid latitudes, it increases the risk of the “freezer door” swinging open.
Technical explanation here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
As the planet warms, storms like the one today are getting stronger… and as the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the mid latitudes, it increases the risk of the “freezer door” swinging open.
Technical explanation here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Fascinating discussion with Gabriel Zucman (albeit a bit technical) mostly about the extreme power of the super rich.
Notably: the super rich are systematically buying and influencing a majority of large media enterprises.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-XU...
Notably: the super rich are systematically buying and influencing a majority of large media enterprises.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-XU...
January 24, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Fascinating discussion with Gabriel Zucman (albeit a bit technical) mostly about the extreme power of the super rich.
Notably: the super rich are systematically buying and influencing a majority of large media enterprises.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-XU...
Notably: the super rich are systematically buying and influencing a majority of large media enterprises.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-XU...
How Canada’s Carney is taking on Trump | The Global Story Podcast
YouTube video by BBC News
youtu.be
January 24, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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An outbreak of the flesh-eating New World screwworm has killed seven people and infected at least 1,190 more across Mexico and South America, and now the CDC is alerting health workers of its northward spread.
www.sciencealert.com/devastating-...
www.sciencealert.com/devastating-...
'Devastating' Flesh-Eating Parasite Is Spreading Toward The US, CDC Warns
An outbreak of the flesh-eating New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) has killed seven people and infected at least 1,190 more across Mexico and South America, and now the US Centers for Disea...
www.sciencealert.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:20 AM
An outbreak of the flesh-eating New World screwworm has killed seven people and infected at least 1,190 more across Mexico and South America, and now the CDC is alerting health workers of its northward spread.
www.sciencealert.com/devastating-...
www.sciencealert.com/devastating-...
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QUÉBEC – Almost 10,000 federal public servants have received notices in the past week warning them that their jobs may be cut, say the unions representing them.
Almost 10,000 federal workers were told this week they may be laid off: unions
QUÉBEC – Almost 10,000 federal public servants have received notices in the past week warning them that their jobs may be cut, say the unions representing them.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:02 PM
QUÉBEC – Almost 10,000 federal public servants have received notices in the past week warning them that their jobs may be cut, say the unions representing them.
It Will All Come Down to Us
Why Mass Resistance Will Decide Democracy's Fate
barbarafwalter.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Time to move the UN out of New York. Montreal?
The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
January 23, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Time to move the UN out of New York. Montreal?