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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 6h

There is no criteria.

mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 7h

On the same day all Toronto cyclists scored a major win by stopping Doug Ford from removing the protected bike lanes on Bloor while wasting $750,000 to reconfigure 500 meters of the road:

"This is the way the Cycling Network Plan ends / Not with a bang but a whimper"

Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 8h

Despite all your submissions, disappointed Council adopted the item without debate. With new cycling projects not moving forward and previous approvals put on hold, the (already modest) planned progress of Toronto's cycling network is at risk of being set back a decade.

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Protecting Public Investment and Advancing Interim Solutions Along Sheppard Avenue East - by Councillor Shelley Carroll, seconded by Councillor Jon Burnside (Ward 17)
* Notice of this Motion has been given.
* This Motion is subject to referral to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee. A two-thirds vote is required to waive referral.

Communications have been submitted on this Item.

Adopted

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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 12h

We stan "police rep"

Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 16h

"Someone experiencing a mental health crisis and it's a non-violent scenario, then you don't need — and I would suggest you should not have — a police officer with a full gun belt on, a bulletproof vest on that says 'Police' across the chest, speaking to them," says police rep.

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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 16h

"Someone experiencing a mental health crisis and it's a non-violent scenario, then you don't need — and I would suggest you should not have — a police officer with a full gun belt on, a bulletproof vest on that says 'Police' across the chest, speaking to them," says police rep.

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 13h

by the well-known Marxist subversives at The Economist

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 15h

By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal

"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."

www.economist.com/internationa...

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget:

Aaron Judge is much taller than Jose Altuve

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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 1d

(In a bar in downtown Ottawa and the energy is BONKERS over the Jays' win.)

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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, @normsworld.bsky.social ✊

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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 1d

Can you believe it? @cycletoronto.bsky.social wins 2025 "National Cycling Advocate of the Year" presented by @velocanadabikes.bsky.social for our fight and successful legal challenge of Bill 212. Proud to be joined on stage by Board director @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social and former ed Jared Kolb.

Dave Shellnutt, Michael Longfield, and Jared Kolb holding the National Cycling Advocate of the Year award

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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 1d

Just ask former Etobicoke-Lakeshore MPP (and fellow Bloor bike lane agitator), Christine Hogarth, about the premier's populist instincts.

Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 1d

I think Doug Ford benefits a lot from his Queen's Park opposition always tending to assume that his populist instincts are correct, and so they water down their criticism with too much nuance and hedging. He doesn't always know what voters want — sometimes it's just personal grievance.

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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 1d

I think Doug Ford benefits a lot from his Queen's Park opposition always tending to assume that his populist instincts are correct, and so they water down their criticism with too much nuance and hedging. He doesn't always know what voters want — sometimes it's just personal grievance.

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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 1d

Tired: "review of speed limits on roads with four or more lanes"
Wired: "review of roads with four or more lanes"

Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 1d

Councillor Burnside moves for a review of speed limits on roads with four or more lanes.

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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 1d

Myers says this is another issue that highlights the need for Toronto to look at becoming a charter city. "Whether it's speed cameras, whether it's bike lanes, whether it's blue bins, we can't seem to make a decision without Doug Ford running interference because someone got in his ear."

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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 1d

Henry V: "And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day."

Pseudonymous Bluesky:

Bluesky comment:

"Why fight a lost cause. Don't waste your time"

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Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 1d

Our submission opposing any delays implementing the Sheppard Complete Street. We cannot let fear or uncertainty of provincial bullying block our progress. Not moving forward with the Cycling Network Plan by the City effectively hand Council's own power to the Premier and undermine its authority.

Dear Councillor Carroll, Mayor Chow, and members of City Council,

Re: MM33.5 - Protecting Public Investment & Advancing Interim Solutions Along Sheppard Avenue East

We are writing to express our strong support for completing the Sheppard Avenue East Complete Street project as originally approved by City Council in June 2023. We urge you to reject MM33.5.

There is currently nothing in the Province’s Bill 212, Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 that blocks the City from moving forward with the Sheppard Avenue East Compete Street or any cycling infrastructure project, even those involving lane reconfigurations (though the majority of this project would not). Toronto is not a “prescribed municipality”, and to date no regulations have been issued requiring Ministerial approval:

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a municipality in respect of a bicycle lane if, on the day the municipality is prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1), a contract has already been awarded or entered into for the construction, installation or marking of the bicycle lane or, if the construction, installation or marking of the bicycle lane is to be done by the municipality and not by any party under contract, such work has already commenced.

Cycle Toronto’s recent legal win challenging the constitutionality of the Province’s attempt to remove and reconfigure the bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge, and University makes clear that the underlying legislation is arbitrary and reckless.

Bundling these improvements on Sheppard with planned road work is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for North York. We cannot let fear or uncertainty of provincial bullying block our progress. Any delays to the approved Cycling Network Plan by the City effectively hand your power to the Premier and undermine your authority.

Michael Longfield
Executive Director

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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Privacy officials with the Ontario government won’t release details of who was responsible for cabinet minister vehicles caught speeding, saying it would violate personal privacy and could threaten the “safety or health of an individual.” #OnPoli

globalnews.ca/news/1146863...

Ontario government won’t say which cabinet minister vehicles were speeding, citing safety | Globalnews.ca

Documents show vehicles assigned to Premier Doug Ford's cabinet ministers were caught by automated speed cameras 23 times, including one driving at 70 km/h in a 40 zone.

globalnews.ca

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Diana Chan McNally @dianacmcnally.bsky.social · 2d

A reminder that Ford has repeatedly used or threatened to use the Notwithstanding Clause to undermine democracy by:

- Limiting third party election advertising
- Slashing Toronto City Council mid-election
- Undermining education workers' labour rights
- Evicting encampments
- Removing bike lanes

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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 2d

Outrage after outrage, Ford just keeps channeling big Citizen Dick energy:

a man sitting at a table with the words " this negative energy just makes me stronger " on the bottom

ALT: a man sitting at a table with the words " this negative energy just makes me stronger " on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: A vehicle assigned to a Ford cabinet minister has been recorded at stunt driving speeds 12 times.

The premier's office suggested it was the same driver each time, and implied they still work for the government. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1146702...

Ford government vehicle recorded at stunt driving speeds on Ontario highways | Globalnews.ca

At least one cabinet-assigned vehicle was recorded driving more than 50 km/h over the speed limit multiple times in the past three years, according to documents.

globalnews.ca

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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 3d

Nope.

mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 3d

Tonight's public consultation: "Nobody rides bikes here. Also all cyclists here blow stop signs and ride on the sidewalks. And I'm a cyclist and I already feel safe riding here. And there are too many cars in this neighborhood. And the cars are stuck in traffic and the cars are going too fast."

People in a school auditorium listening to a public meeting.

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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 3d

Still waiting to see how the Balance on Bloor lawsuit plays out.

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Jaime N. Christley @rohmersimpson.bsky.social · 3d

I stg Bubb Rubb and Lil Sis are 2 of my favorite people of all time

youtu.be/9R2hOlVqqek?...

Bubb Rubb and the Oakland whistle tip news story from KRON TV 4.

YouTube video by ken444444

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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 3d

Wooo-woooooo

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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 3d

Here are some of the automated speed enforcement tickets given to vehicles assigned to Ford cabinet ministers. #OnPoli

Story ▶️ globalnews.ca/news/1146373...

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