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Ian Irving
@ianirving.bsky.social
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Freelance People Driven Software Developer Ruby/Rails; JS (Vue/Ember); Toronto; Always learning; www.falsepositives.com https://github.com/iirving
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ianirving.bsky.social
@city4all.bsky.social watching your "why Public transport shouldn't have to Pay for itself" youtube video (youtu.be/XRlyypbzHA8?...) you didn't mention Property Development as a funding option.
Why Public Transport Shouldn’t Have to Pay for Itself
YouTube video by City for All
youtu.be
June 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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rmtransit.bsky.social
Probably the most important blog post I'll write in a long time. Read it now and please share!

open.substack.com/pub/nexttoro...
The Sliding State of the TTC.
One of the most important posts I will write.
open.substack.com
April 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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bill-comeau.bsky.social
Elections Canada: "By law, everyone who is eligible to vote must have three consecutive hours to cast their vote on election day. If your hours of work do not allow for three consecutive hours to vote, your employer must give you time off."
www.elections.ca/content2.asp...
FAQs – Time off to vote – Elections Canada
FAQs – Time off to vote, 2025
www.elections.ca
April 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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rmtransit.bsky.social
Really proud to have written a piece in the Globe and Mail with @wklumpen.bsky.social about why investing in transit is a great approach to soften the blow of the trade war!

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: Canada’s real comparative advantage is public transit. That should be our trade-war strategy
This country stands head-and-shoulders above the United States when it comes to urban transportation, and the trade war offers a powerful opportunity
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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rmtransit.bsky.social
First ever piece in the Toronto Star on the Brampton LRT tunnel, needed to preserve the "historic" downtown - it's something that does not make sense, which tracks with our transit policy much of the time.

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Doug Ford and his tunnel obsession are about to ruin a rare GTA transit success story
Brampton's new LRT is now set to be buried, despite the fact that other buried LRT lines are much-delayed and significantly over budget.
www.thestar.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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rmtransit.bsky.social
Creating a YouTube channel is definitely my biggest achievement so far, but all good things have to come to an end. It's been an absolute pleasure getting to know people in public transit, and I'm really excited to see what the future holds. Please check this out:
youtu.be/JDxa9F0NSTg?...
The End...?
YouTube video by RMTransit
youtu.be
December 31, 2024 at 2:41 PM
ianirving.bsky.social
Why isn't everyone doing this : Multiple builds targeting different browsers

medium.com/homeday/mult...
Multiple builds targeting different browsers
Building different versions of our applications targeting different browsers so each browser downloads only the “fallbacks” it needs.
medium.com
December 31, 2024 at 1:47 AM
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hypatia.bsky.social
Can’t seem to find audio online of one of the greatest April Fools pranks ever: Michael Enright’s 2001 hoax interview with a Jimmy Carter where he calls him a “washed up peanut farmer from Hicksville”

Here’s the Globe and Mail’s story about falling for it: www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nationa...
CBC listeners and Globe fall for on-air hoax
The Globe and Mail offers the most authoritative news in Canada, featuring national and international news
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 30, 2024 at 4:46 AM
ianirving.bsky.social
Toronto Mayor Doug Ford cancels Santa Claus parade after NHL team ditches bus and walks to Scotiabank Arena amid gridlock

www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/...
Amid traffic, Utah walked to Leafs' arena pregame
The Utah Hockey Club said players were forced to walk to a game against the Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena while their bus sat in Toronto traffic Sunday because of a parade, and the team posted video...
www.espn.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:16 AM
ianirving.bsky.social
Day two of #VueConfToronto2024 with Barley and @danielroe.dev #vue #vueconf
November 20, 2024 at 2:14 PM
ianirving.bsky.social
Christophe Marchadour on performance #vue #Vueconf #vueConfToronto gave me food for thought
VueConf Toronto
November 19, 2024 at 4:45 PM
ianirving.bsky.social
#vueConf @evanyou.me #Toronto #VueConfToronto
November 19, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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jonathanpienews.bsky.social
Fuck.
November 13, 2024 at 11:38 AM
ianirving.bsky.social
I am very happy to hear praise about #WhenThePigCameHome on CBC's metro morning from @Suresh with respect to Fridays Feb 23rd Toronto #PattyDay!

#JunctionTO’s
#JamaicanPatties @TorontoJunction #TorontoJunction
February 22, 2024 at 9:26 PM
ianirving.bsky.social
I live in an toronto neighbourhood designated parcel and approve of the idea of gentle residential intensification on major streets. #YIMBY Yes to the Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods (EHON) initiative

www.toronto.ca/city-governm...
December 6, 2023 at 8:36 PM
ianirving.bsky.social
telling everyone that your product will cause the extinction of humanity may be a breach of fiduciary responsibility.  Hence the firing. #SamAltman #OpenAi
November 18, 2023 at 4:26 AM
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cstross.bsky.social
Found on mastodon (originally from phdcomics.com ): seems legit!
Infographic comparing marriage to the process of getting a PhD. (It's a table, so rather hard to do alt text, but amusing enough. Especially the row label "culminates in a ceremony where you walk down an aisle dressed in a gown" (ticks in both columns).)
October 24, 2023 at 9:42 AM
ianirving.bsky.social
#Veilid Secure Peer to peer distributed , no special nodes, network framework, for apps that flips off the surveillance economy .
theregister.com/2023/08/12/vei...
August 14, 2023 at 3:49 PM