John Lorinc
@johnlorinc.bsky.social
Toronto journalist & editor. Contributor to Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, Corporate Knights, Walrus, Spacing. Co-editor: Messy Cities (Coach House, 2025). Author: No Jews Live Here, A Memoir. https://chbooks.com/Books/N/No-Jews-Live-Here.
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John Lorinc
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No Jews Live Here
A stolen sign, ‘No Jews Live Here,’ kept John Lorinc’s Hungarian Jewish family alive during the Holocaust.From pre-war Budapest to post-war Toronto, journalist John Lorinc unspools four generations of...
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#booksky New from me, No Jews Live Here, a memoir from @coachhousebooks chbooks.com/Books/N/No-J...
Canadian Stocks Seen Outperforming US Stocks in 2026 on Economy
December 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Canadian Stocks Seen Outperforming US Stocks in 2026 on Economy
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Our Holiday Sale continues: all books at www.chbooks.com are 17% off today!
Today we're recommending poetry for the techy people who think they hate poetry. Perfect for your cousin who's always up on the latest tech and your brother-in-law who loves tech bro podcasts: chbooks.com/Collections/...
Today we're recommending poetry for the techy people who think they hate poetry. Perfect for your cousin who's always up on the latest tech and your brother-in-law who loves tech bro podcasts: chbooks.com/Collections/...
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Our Holiday Sale continues: all books at www.chbooks.com are 17% off today!
Today we're recommending poetry for the techy people who think they hate poetry. Perfect for your cousin who's always up on the latest tech and your brother-in-law who loves tech bro podcasts: chbooks.com/Collections/...
Today we're recommending poetry for the techy people who think they hate poetry. Perfect for your cousin who's always up on the latest tech and your brother-in-law who loves tech bro podcasts: chbooks.com/Collections/...
Apparenntly evicting the Pentagon press corps didn’t stop the leaks…
Trump Administration Live Updates: Hegseth Faulted by Pentagon Investigator Over Signal Chat www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Hegseth Faulted by Pentagon Investigator Over Signal Chat www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Hegseth Faulted by Pentagon Investigator Over Signal Chat
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Apparenntly evicting the Pentagon press corps didn’t stop the leaks…
Trump Administration Live Updates: Hegseth Faulted by Pentagon Investigator Over Signal Chat www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Hegseth Faulted by Pentagon Investigator Over Signal Chat www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
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Olivia Chow's new 'luxury tax' is a silly political distraction with little financial upside for the city, writes senior editor @johnlorinc.bsky.social.
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
#ONpoli #TOpoli
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#ONpoli #TOpoli
LORINC: Mayor begins to reveal her election cards - Spacing Toronto
I’m not especially interested in carrying the beer (or wine) for a bunch of people who can buy super expensive homes. But Mayor Olivia Chow’s proposal to hike the municipal land transfer tax, which la...
spacing.ca
December 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Olivia Chow's new 'luxury tax' is a silly political distraction with little financial upside for the city, writes senior editor @johnlorinc.bsky.social.
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
#ONpoli #TOpoli
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
#ONpoli #TOpoli
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16% off today!
Experts say books are probably the best gift to give.
Experts say books are probably the best gift to give.
Our picks for today are books that make Toronto look actually kind of nice for those new to the city. Perfect reads for those on your list who are new to Toronto, or for those Torontonians you know who love the city (...or maybe WANT to love the city): chbooks.com/Collections/...
December 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
16% off today!
Experts say books are probably the best gift to give.
Experts say books are probably the best gift to give.
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Happy holidays from our coach house!
Today, all books (in all their formats, including paperback, special edition hardcover, audiobook, and ebook) are on sale for 16% off — and all orders are eligible for free Canadian shipping.
CHBOOKS.COM
Today, all books (in all their formats, including paperback, special edition hardcover, audiobook, and ebook) are on sale for 16% off — and all orders are eligible for free Canadian shipping.
CHBOOKS.COM
December 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Happy holidays from our coach house!
Today, all books (in all their formats, including paperback, special edition hardcover, audiobook, and ebook) are on sale for 16% off — and all orders are eligible for free Canadian shipping.
CHBOOKS.COM
Today, all books (in all their formats, including paperback, special edition hardcover, audiobook, and ebook) are on sale for 16% off — and all orders are eligible for free Canadian shipping.
CHBOOKS.COM
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It’s an annual tradition over in @spacingradio.bsky.social: we’re talking transit! @graphicmatt.com and Tricia Wood join me to talk about the TTC, backlogs and logjams, the federal budget, and, of course, the Eglinton Crosstown. Check it out: spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
PODCAST: Episode 91, Talking Transit 2025 - Spacing Toronto
This year has been one of major change. But what doesn’t change here is talking about transit. It’s the return of Tricia Wood (York University urban geography professor and Spacing contributor) and Ma...
spacing.ca
December 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It’s an annual tradition over in @spacingradio.bsky.social: we’re talking transit! @graphicmatt.com and Tricia Wood join me to talk about the TTC, backlogs and logjams, the federal budget, and, of course, the Eglinton Crosstown. Check it out: spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
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Hot take: bike lanes aren't big enough to take all the things people want to put in them. Either keep them for bikes or make them a lot wider
DoorDash Plans to Send Autonomous Robots into Bike Lanes.
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DoorDash Plans to Send Autonomous Robots into Bike Lanes | Momentum Mag | Momentum Mag
DoorDash has begun rolling out Dot, its new autonomous delivery robot — a sleek, all-electric bot that can hit speeds of up to 20mph.
momentummag.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Hot take: bike lanes aren't big enough to take all the things people want to put in them. Either keep them for bikes or make them a lot wider
#cndpoli A useful reminder that Trump has 0 qualms about interfering in other countries’ politics but when we run an ad on US TV, that hypocrite & his enablers react like someone had set off a bomb at the White House (Trump Becomes the Wild Card in Honduras Election.) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/w...
Trump Becomes the Wild Card in Razor-Thin Honduras Election
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
#cndpoli A useful reminder that Trump has 0 qualms about interfering in other countries’ politics but when we run an ad on US TV, that hypocrite & his enablers react like someone had set off a bomb at the White House (Trump Becomes the Wild Card in Honduras Election.) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/w...
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Messy Cities: Why We Can't Plan Everything (ed. @johnlorinc.bsky.social, @dylanreid.bsky.social, Leslie Woo, and Zahra Ebrahim) on @canadianarchitect.bsky.social's Best Books for Canadian Architects 2025 list!
www.canadianarchitect.com/best-books-f....
www.canadianarchitect.com/best-books-f....
www.canadianarchitect.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Messy Cities: Why We Can't Plan Everything (ed. @johnlorinc.bsky.social, @dylanreid.bsky.social, Leslie Woo, and Zahra Ebrahim) on @canadianarchitect.bsky.social's Best Books for Canadian Architects 2025 list!
www.canadianarchitect.com/best-books-f....
www.canadianarchitect.com/best-books-f....
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'Tis the season for a HOLIDAY SALE!
For the first day of our Holiday Sale, all titles (including our newest releases and recent award winners) are 15% off and eligible for free Canadian shipping!
🎁🌟 chbooks.com🌟🎁
For the first day of our Holiday Sale, all titles (including our newest releases and recent award winners) are 15% off and eligible for free Canadian shipping!
🎁🌟 chbooks.com🌟🎁
December 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
'Tis the season for a HOLIDAY SALE!
For the first day of our Holiday Sale, all titles (including our newest releases and recent award winners) are 15% off and eligible for free Canadian shipping!
🎁🌟 chbooks.com🌟🎁
For the first day of our Holiday Sale, all titles (including our newest releases and recent award winners) are 15% off and eligible for free Canadian shipping!
🎁🌟 chbooks.com🌟🎁
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On the new @spacingradio.bsky.social, it’s our annual Transit Talk! Can faith in the TTC be restored, what’s in the Federal budget for transit, competing transit projects, and lots more: spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
PODCAST: Episode 91, Talking Transit 2025 - Spacing Toronto
This year has been one of major change. But what doesn’t change here is talking about transit. It’s the return of Tricia Wood (York University urban geography professor and Spacing contributor) and Ma...
spacing.ca
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
On the new @spacingradio.bsky.social, it’s our annual Transit Talk! Can faith in the TTC be restored, what’s in the Federal budget for transit, competing transit projects, and lots more: spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
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Great cover story in the latest Canada’s History magazine: Mosaic in the Making by @johnlorinc.bsky.social. Thoroughly researched and engaging account of the evolution of Canada’s migration policies over the last century.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Great cover story in the latest Canada’s History magazine: Mosaic in the Making by @johnlorinc.bsky.social. Thoroughly researched and engaging account of the evolution of Canada’s migration policies over the last century.
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Christian Bök’s The Xenotext: Book 2 is one of @theobserveruk.bsky.social's books of the year 2025, included in their essential guide to what to give this holiday season!
Discover The Xenotext: Book 2: chbooks.com/Books/T/The-...
Discover The Xenotext: Book 2: chbooks.com/Books/T/The-...
November 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Christian Bök’s The Xenotext: Book 2 is one of @theobserveruk.bsky.social's books of the year 2025, included in their essential guide to what to give this holiday season!
Discover The Xenotext: Book 2: chbooks.com/Books/T/The-...
Discover The Xenotext: Book 2: chbooks.com/Books/T/The-...
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Maggie Helwig’s Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community is featured on @theglobeandmail.com's 100 Best Books of 2025!
Learn more about Encampment here: chbooks.com/Books/E/Enca...
Learn more about Encampment here: chbooks.com/Books/E/Enca...
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Maggie Helwig’s Encampment: Resistance, Grace, and an Unhoused Community is featured on @theglobeandmail.com's 100 Best Books of 2025!
Learn more about Encampment here: chbooks.com/Books/E/Enca...
Learn more about Encampment here: chbooks.com/Books/E/Enca...
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#topoli #onpoli New from me on @spacing.bsky.social: When did we begin dismissing opioid addiction, especially among homeless encampment residents, as "delinquent" behaviour? Contrary to the claims of pundits like The Globe's Robyn Urback, there's much more to this story. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
When did we start describing opioid addiction as "delinquent" behaviour? - Spacing Toronto
In a widely read, shared and commented upon column in Saturday’s Globe and Mail, columnist Robyn Urback asked a question that, I’d say, is on a lot of people’s minds these days: how did we “normalize ...
spacing.ca
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
#topoli #onpoli New from me on @spacing.bsky.social: When did we begin dismissing opioid addiction, especially among homeless encampment residents, as "delinquent" behaviour? Contrary to the claims of pundits like The Globe's Robyn Urback, there's much more to this story. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
#topoli #onpoli New from me on @spacing.bsky.social: When did we begin dismissing opioid addiction, especially among homeless encampment residents, as "delinquent" behaviour? Contrary to the claims of pundits like The Globe's Robyn Urback, there's much more to this story. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
When did we start describing opioid addiction as "delinquent" behaviour? - Spacing Toronto
In a widely read, shared and commented upon column in Saturday’s Globe and Mail, columnist Robyn Urback asked a question that, I’d say, is on a lot of people’s minds these days: how did we “normalize ...
spacing.ca
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
#topoli #onpoli New from me on @spacing.bsky.social: When did we begin dismissing opioid addiction, especially among homeless encampment residents, as "delinquent" behaviour? Contrary to the claims of pundits like The Globe's Robyn Urback, there's much more to this story. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
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Lol. I was at this very location at 9am this morning and you could already see the pain and resignation on the staffs' faces.
Also amazing that it's not allowed to play traditional Christmas carols during a Christian celebratory season anymore.
Also amazing that it's not allowed to play traditional Christmas carols during a Christian celebratory season anymore.
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Lol. I was at this very location at 9am this morning and you could already see the pain and resignation on the staffs' faces.
Also amazing that it's not allowed to play traditional Christmas carols during a Christian celebratory season anymore.
Also amazing that it's not allowed to play traditional Christmas carols during a Christian celebratory season anymore.
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Ever since I was forced to listen to a cassette tape for months on end while working in a movie theater as a teenager, I have long held the belief that music tyhat employees are forced to listen to is tantamount to torture.
There are multiple songs that to this day trigger rage in me.
There are multiple songs that to this day trigger rage in me.
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Ever since I was forced to listen to a cassette tape for months on end while working in a movie theater as a teenager, I have long held the belief that music tyhat employees are forced to listen to is tantamount to torture.
There are multiple songs that to this day trigger rage in me.
There are multiple songs that to this day trigger rage in me.
#topoli #onpoli Re-upping my yearly scroogish gripe-question: Why aren’t infantalizing Xmas songs on an endless loop in big box retails (Loblaws, looking at you) classified as workplace (mental) health hazards subject to Ontario labour/health&safety standards/penalties? There, I said the thing.
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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The Ford government owes us straight answers on Exhibition Place
#Opinion from @johnlorinc.bsky.social
#Opinion from @johnlorinc.bsky.social
John Lorinc: The Ford government owes us straight answers on Exhibition Place
It seems Doug Ford and the Ontario government is planning a reverse takeover of the CNE
www.thestar.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The Ford government owes us straight answers on Exhibition Place
#Opinion from @johnlorinc.bsky.social
#Opinion from @johnlorinc.bsky.social
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Building Blocks. The Rise of the Neighbourhood in Canada 1880s–2020s, R. Harris. Messy Cities: Why We Can’t Plan Everything, edited by @dylanreid.bsky.social, Zahra Ebrahim, Leslie Woo, @johnlorinc.bsky.social
@fabulavancouver.bsky.social @reviewcanada.bsky.social
reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...
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Building Blocks | Literary Review of Canada
Frances Bula reviews “The Rise of the Neighbourhoodin Canada, 1880s–2020s” by Richard Harris and “Messy Cities,” edited by Dylan Reid, et al.
reviewcanada.ca
November 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Building Blocks. The Rise of the Neighbourhood in Canada 1880s–2020s, R. Harris. Messy Cities: Why We Can’t Plan Everything, edited by @dylanreid.bsky.social, Zahra Ebrahim, Leslie Woo, @johnlorinc.bsky.social
@fabulavancouver.bsky.social @reviewcanada.bsky.social
reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...
@fabulavancouver.bsky.social @reviewcanada.bsky.social
reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...
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Before our recent screening of The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, Spacing's John Lorinc wrote about the film – a look at the arrival of privately-owned public spaces in NYC in the 1960s & urbanist-author Holly Whyte's work to document how they were used https://ow.ly/lFIR50Xsuh0
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Before our recent screening of The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, Spacing's John Lorinc wrote about the film – a look at the arrival of privately-owned public spaces in NYC in the 1960s & urbanist-author Holly Whyte's work to document how they were used https://ow.ly/lFIR50Xsuh0
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What a ride. This piece, about AI-powered scamming in journalism, is crucial.
“Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves.” Stories at four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, were removed after an investigation by The Local. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
What a ride. This piece, about AI-powered scamming in journalism, is crucial.