Long Branch Mike (LBM) 🇨🇦
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Managing Editor of LondonReconnections.com. Open to colabs. Opinions are mine own. EN/FR (he/him/hine/il/lui)
Have the trainspotter's gaze.
Have the trainspotter's gaze.
One of the things I can't stand about the "free transit" bros is that they discount the needs and desires of female riders. Enforcing TAP to ride (even when the TAP card provides free fare) is proven to keep the stations + trains cleaner and safer.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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This! It’s cold and flu season coming on strong. When I masked on public transit I got sick much less. When I masked in the office I got sick much less.
A sniffly person on the subway reminded me to mask more diligently again indoors again because KN95s also reduce the risk of exposure to colds, the flu, and other people's germs.
November 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This! It’s cold and flu season coming on strong. When I masked on public transit I got sick much less. When I masked in the office I got sick much less.
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Melbourne Metro Tunnel opens today.
Take a look at the newly released update of my Melbourne Train and Tram Map on the Australian Rail Maps website. 😁
railmaps.com.au/melbourne.htm
Take a look at the newly released update of my Melbourne Train and Tram Map on the Australian Rail Maps website. 😁
railmaps.com.au/melbourne.htm
November 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Melbourne Metro Tunnel opens today.
Take a look at the newly released update of my Melbourne Train and Tram Map on the Australian Rail Maps website. 😁
railmaps.com.au/melbourne.htm
Take a look at the newly released update of my Melbourne Train and Tram Map on the Australian Rail Maps website. 😁
railmaps.com.au/melbourne.htm
My favourite thing about Manchester's public transport Bee Network is when the buses get back to the bus station and drive around in a massive waggle dance to tell the other buses where Chorlton is
November 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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If you won't stay away from Tesla because of the fascism, maybe you should stay away from it because it's a terrible product 🤷♂️ #TeslaTakedown #MuskMustFall
Tesla Model Y Posts Worst Defect Rate of Any New Car in a Decade - Autoblog www.autoblog.com/news/tesla-m...
Tesla Model Y Posts Worst Defect Rate of Any New Car in a Decade
Tesla Model Y reliability just hit rock bottom in Germany’s TÜV Report 2026, with the worst defect rate in a decade. Here’s why that matters to you.
www.autoblog.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
If you won't stay away from Tesla because of the fascism, maybe you should stay away from it because it's a terrible product 🤷♂️ #TeslaTakedown #MuskMustFall
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relatedly, was the only meme of 2009:
November 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
relatedly, was the only meme of 2009:
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"Driving is a nice summer hobby, but not a serious mode of transport" 🫡
Cars might work fine in California or Florida, but they’re not practical here in Canada. We have winter.
More than 300 collisions reported as early season snow slams parts of Ontario
YouTube video by CTV News
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November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"Driving is a nice summer hobby, but not a serious mode of transport" 🫡
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We've uploaded our longest ride along video so far onto our YouTube Channel. If you like train-related ASMR and moving scenery showing fall colours, check out our six hour VIA Rail run from Toronto to Sudbury Junction!
TT Ride Along - VIA Rail's Canadian: Toronto to Sudbury Jct (in Coach)
Ever want to ride VIA Rail's Canadian transcontinental... in Coach? Well, you can, for far less than in sleeper class. And you don't have to ride the whole length from it. Every Wednesday and Sunday, you can ride from Toronto to the beautiful Northern Ontario city of Sudbury for under $70! And, in t
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November 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We've uploaded our longest ride along video so far onto our YouTube Channel. If you like train-related ASMR and moving scenery showing fall colours, check out our six hour VIA Rail run from Toronto to Sudbury Junction!
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"Taxing the super affluent at rates that would still leave them with enough to maintain lavish lifestyles could generate enough money to resolve many societal issues, from health to hunger to global heating" @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social davidsuzuki.org/story/its-ti... #TaxTheRich #bcpoli #cdnpoli
It’s time to loosen billionaires’ stranglehold on humanity
Taxing the super affluent at rates that would still leave them with enough to maintain lavish lifestyles could generate enough money to resolve many societal issues, from health to hunger to global he...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"Taxing the super affluent at rates that would still leave them with enough to maintain lavish lifestyles could generate enough money to resolve many societal issues, from health to hunger to global heating" @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social davidsuzuki.org/story/its-ti... #TaxTheRich #bcpoli #cdnpoli
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I know everyone is dunking on the robot here but look at how much space is devoted to cars in this scenario. The sidewalk should be bigger and the road smaller.
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I know everyone is dunking on the robot here but look at how much space is devoted to cars in this scenario. The sidewalk should be bigger and the road smaller.
The irony is that the prototype interiors for HS2 trains include significant space for bikes to be stored, without hanging them vertically.
HS2 is better for cyclists as a railway line, because it’s the only way we’ll get capacity for bikes on trains again.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/fro...
HS2 is better for cyclists as a railway line, because it’s the only way we’ll get capacity for bikes on trains again.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/fro...
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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if you want to know why toronto's new light rail line is going to be slower than the bus it replaces, here's one reason why:
finch west LRT is currently being tested ahead of opening. like its counterpart, the eglinton crosstown, it's stuck behind left-turning traffic.
note the transit signal showing red while lines of left turning cars advance.
40,000 people are projected to use this line daily when it opens.
note the transit signal showing red while lines of left turning cars advance.
40,000 people are projected to use this line daily when it opens.
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
if you want to know why toronto's new light rail line is going to be slower than the bus it replaces, here's one reason why:
@heliomass La fréquence est la liberté !
Je suis sur un 92 O (Jean-Talon). On est on peu moins d'une dizaine à descendre à Canora pour prendre le REM, la plupart sont montées aux arrêts dans Parc-Ex.
La rame en direction D-M est pleine (plus de places assis), à 13h un samedi.
Le gens ne realisent pas assez la puissance de l'effet réseau.
La rame en direction D-M est pleine (plus de places assis), à 13h un samedi.
Le gens ne realisent pas assez la puissance de l'effet réseau.
November 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
@heliomass La fréquence est la liberté !
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They're going to write books on the level of corruption. Doug Ford puts out.
Now in a giant pork bill, they are looking to open the door for points to expire.
Points like gift cards, are corpo money up-front, but hang as an expansive liability on the books till the corpo defaults.
Boo Hoo 😁
Now in a giant pork bill, they are looking to open the door for points to expire.
Points like gift cards, are corpo money up-front, but hang as an expansive liability on the books till the corpo defaults.
Boo Hoo 😁
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
They're going to write books on the level of corruption. Doug Ford puts out.
Now in a giant pork bill, they are looking to open the door for points to expire.
Points like gift cards, are corpo money up-front, but hang as an expansive liability on the books till the corpo defaults.
Boo Hoo 😁
Now in a giant pork bill, they are looking to open the door for points to expire.
Points like gift cards, are corpo money up-front, but hang as an expansive liability on the books till the corpo defaults.
Boo Hoo 😁
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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this is how you get people to ride transit.
Blasting past rush hour traffic on the completed portion of Dufferin RapidTO (up to Dundas)
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 AM
this is how you get people to ride transit.
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Great episode of @theguardian.com ‘s Today in Focus podcast with the fabulous Cory Doctorow. If you don’t have time to listen to the whole thing, please at least listen for 55 seconds starting at 15:53. :) #tech #ai #enshittification www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
‘Enshittification’: how we got the internet no one asked for – podcast
Tech critic Cory Doctorow explains why for so many the internet – from Amazon to Google to Instagram – seems to be getting worse
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Great episode of @theguardian.com ‘s Today in Focus podcast with the fabulous Cory Doctorow. If you don’t have time to listen to the whole thing, please at least listen for 55 seconds starting at 15:53. :) #tech #ai #enshittification www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
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narrowing car lanes is a good way to force low-speed streets in addition to a way to provide bike lanes without getting caught in the province's stupid legislation.
bike on, toronto. the province can try, but this is a city that walks, bikes, and takes transit in huge numbers and that won't change.
bike on, toronto. the province can try, but this is a city that walks, bikes, and takes transit in huge numbers and that won't change.
November 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
narrowing car lanes is a good way to force low-speed streets in addition to a way to provide bike lanes without getting caught in the province's stupid legislation.
bike on, toronto. the province can try, but this is a city that walks, bikes, and takes transit in huge numbers and that won't change.
bike on, toronto. the province can try, but this is a city that walks, bikes, and takes transit in huge numbers and that won't change.
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We all have our complaints about Metrolinx, but the transformation that's underway of GO Transit from commuter rail to a frequent regional rail network is one of the most underrated transit stories in North America
November 29, 2025 at 3:38 AM
We all have our complaints about Metrolinx, but the transformation that's underway of GO Transit from commuter rail to a frequent regional rail network is one of the most underrated transit stories in North America
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Trip data for the Finch West LRT is now public and has been analyzed by Steve Munro. The average speed comes in at 13.5km/h. For reference the average speed for on street segments of the ION in Kitchener Waterloo is 18-19km/h. stevemunro.ca/2025/11/28/6...
6 Finch West: Schedules, Travel Times & Speeds
The TTC has published the GTFS version of the schedule for 6 Finch West. This is the electronic timetable used by trip planning apps to understand how the scheduled service is supposed to behave. F…
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November 29, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Trip data for the Finch West LRT is now public and has been analyzed by Steve Munro. The average speed comes in at 13.5km/h. For reference the average speed for on street segments of the ION in Kitchener Waterloo is 18-19km/h. stevemunro.ca/2025/11/28/6...
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If only we had tech to prevent a driver from doing this. www.autotrader.co.uk/content/news...
Mandatory speed limiters on EU cars from 2024 | Autotrader
All new vehicles sold in Europe – including Northern Ireland but not Great Britain – will be fitted with a mandatory speed limiter from 2024 to keep cars within the speed limits and boost road safety.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
If only we had tech to prevent a driver from doing this. www.autotrader.co.uk/content/news...
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Skip the corporations run by oligarch billionaires destroying democracy and the planet. #WeAintBuyingIt #3E
November 29, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Skip the corporations run by oligarch billionaires destroying democracy and the planet. #WeAintBuyingIt #3E
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The children yearn for the bus lanes.
"I think bus lanes are a great idea. Just so it's easier and faster for everyone that rides the bus".
Such wisdom from our younger generation. Great to see!
"I think bus lanes are a great idea. Just so it's easier and faster for everyone that rides the bus".
Such wisdom from our younger generation. Great to see!
This is frying me 😭😭😭
CBC News: Saskatoon students share what it’s like to ride the bus for free
Student: SIXX SEVENNN 🫴🫳
CBC News: Saskatoon students share what it’s like to ride the bus for free
Student: SIXX SEVENNN 🫴🫳
November 28, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The children yearn for the bus lanes.
"I think bus lanes are a great idea. Just so it's easier and faster for everyone that rides the bus".
Such wisdom from our younger generation. Great to see!
"I think bus lanes are a great idea. Just so it's easier and faster for everyone that rides the bus".
Such wisdom from our younger generation. Great to see!