Paul Kulig
@paulkuligto.bsky.social
Architect & Urban Designer - I work with communities to plan neighbourhoods and design transit stations. Mostly Toronto with some football i czasami po polsku
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Jesse Marsch's #CanMNT XI is in — with a few notables inbound.
St. Clair starts over Crépeau and Jonathan David pairs Oluwaseyi after Marsch's comments yesterday.
Waterman and Miller also at the back after Jones was unable to take his oath today.
📷 Canada Soccer
St. Clair starts over Crépeau and Jonathan David pairs Oluwaseyi after Marsch's comments yesterday.
Waterman and Miller also at the back after Jones was unable to take his oath today.
📷 Canada Soccer
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Jesse Marsch's #CanMNT XI is in — with a few notables inbound.
St. Clair starts over Crépeau and Jonathan David pairs Oluwaseyi after Marsch's comments yesterday.
Waterman and Miller also at the back after Jones was unable to take his oath today.
📷 Canada Soccer
St. Clair starts over Crépeau and Jonathan David pairs Oluwaseyi after Marsch's comments yesterday.
Waterman and Miller also at the back after Jones was unable to take his oath today.
📷 Canada Soccer
Wonderful to see #CanMNT slowly turn the tide on Canadian dual nationals. Just this cycle we’ve seen Crystal Palace’s Owen Goodman play, Middlesbrough’s Alfie Jones hopefully starts tonight and Tigres’ Marcelo Flores is back in training. Working wonders for our depth!
www.si.com/soccer/how-c...
www.si.com/soccer/how-c...
How Canada’s Jesse Marsch Secured Alfie Jones, Dual Nationals Ahead of 2026 World Cup
Jesse Marsch has been aggressive in improving the Canadian men’s national team ahead.
www.si.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Wonderful to see #CanMNT slowly turn the tide on Canadian dual nationals. Just this cycle we’ve seen Crystal Palace’s Owen Goodman play, Middlesbrough’s Alfie Jones hopefully starts tonight and Tigres’ Marcelo Flores is back in training. Working wonders for our depth!
www.si.com/soccer/how-c...
www.si.com/soccer/how-c...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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State rail operator PKP Intercity has signed the biggest contract for rolling stock in Polish history, ordering 42 double-decker trains – the first of their kind in Poland – for 6.9 billion zloty.
Manufacture will take place in the Polish city of Chorzów.
Manufacture will take place in the Polish city of Chorzów.
Poland signs largest ever rail deal to buy 42 double-decker trains
notesfrompoland.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
State rail operator PKP Intercity has signed the biggest contract for rolling stock in Polish history, ordering 42 double-decker trains – the first of their kind in Poland – for 6.9 billion zloty.
Manufacture will take place in the Polish city of Chorzów.
Manufacture will take place in the Polish city of Chorzów.
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Russian "liberation" policy
"The Kyiv dam must be destroyed, the city must be flooded, Kharkiv must be destroyed, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sumy - wiped off the face of the earth, like Dnipro& other cities."
Russian propagandist Solovyev calls for the Ukrainian capital to be flooded
And yet, Russia keeps saying it wants peace.
Russian propagandist Solovyev calls for the Ukrainian capital to be flooded
And yet, Russia keeps saying it wants peace.
November 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Russian "liberation" policy
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Excellent piece by @isaaccallan.bsky.social and @colindmello.bsky.social about how difficult it was tunneling *perpendicular* under the 401. I believe it was tricky doing the same for the Kitchener Line / UP Express tunnel as well. A parallel tunnel to expand the 401 would be insane.
Metrolinx struggled to tunnel under Hwy. 401, forcing lane closure and repairs | Globalnews.ca
Since early 2023, a tunnel boring machine has been slowly making its way south from Sheppard Avenue and McCowan Road, digging out a route for the Scarborough Subway Extension.
globalnews.ca
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Excellent piece by @isaaccallan.bsky.social and @colindmello.bsky.social about how difficult it was tunneling *perpendicular* under the 401. I believe it was tricky doing the same for the Kitchener Line / UP Express tunnel as well. A parallel tunnel to expand the 401 would be insane.
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Hello #VoyageursFamily! Getting pumped for Thursday night's #CanMNT? Come hang with your fellow Vs at the pregame! The venue has space for the first 150, also we have some goodies for the first 100, plus door prizes!
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Hello #VoyageursFamily! Getting pumped for Thursday night's #CanMNT? Come hang with your fellow Vs at the pregame! The venue has space for the first 150, also we have some goodies for the first 100, plus door prizes!
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Did you know that when Mount Dennis GO opens this Sunday. It'll be 3x faster to get to Union Station than it currently takes. The fastest trips today take around 45 minutes, on Sunday it'll take just 13 minutes. This is the power of regional rail.
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Did you know that when Mount Dennis GO opens this Sunday. It'll be 3x faster to get to Union Station than it currently takes. The fastest trips today take around 45 minutes, on Sunday it'll take just 13 minutes. This is the power of regional rail.
Amazing scenes as Ottawa wins their first #CanPL cup in extra time over Calgary. #OrangeBall
David Rodríguez with an incredible bicycle kick goal to level the game for Ottawa
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Amazing scenes as Ottawa wins their first #CanPL cup in extra time over Calgary. #OrangeBall
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How Toronto killed Sesame Street. My column on the retreat from allowing shops in neighbourhoods
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Shawn Micallef: How Toronto killed ‘Sesame Street’ with its heritage rules — and how we can bring it back
In the face of opposition from even small groups, the city ends up watering down even the best ideas.
www.thestar.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
How Toronto killed Sesame Street. My column on the retreat from allowing shops in neighbourhoods
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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24/7 cake vending machine in the middle of nowhere. Maximum Poland.
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
24/7 cake vending machine in the middle of nowhere. Maximum Poland.
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First look 👀 at new #RapidTO transit priority installation on Bathurst south of Fort York. More white line painting to come, but a great start! What do you think?
November 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
First look 👀 at new #RapidTO transit priority installation on Bathurst south of Fort York. More white line painting to come, but a great start! What do you think?
On the importance of cultural history in design education. So many architects chased this fantasy while missing all the warning signs.
Feels like “vast” and “desert” are two blinking red signs for anyone proposing mammoth civilisational projects, maybe there‘s a poem about that
November 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
On the importance of cultural history in design education. So many architects chased this fantasy while missing all the warning signs.
Blowing up russian armouries is the most effective form of “de-escalation”.
A warehouse with many “Shaheds” and UAV launch sites exploded in Donetsk last night, reported commander Robert “Madyar” Brovdi. He said it was the result of a months-long intelligence operation successfully executed overnight.
November 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Blowing up russian armouries is the most effective form of “de-escalation”.
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Prior to 1959, retail units (like one that now contains a popular pizzeria) were allowed without major issue. Then we made rules to block them, and then some people spent a lot of time talking about "old Toronto" as if it was the natural way of things. Which old Toronto? When? Something to consider.
I wrote an op-ed on what I think about the fight for local neighbourhood retail (and the grousing about Badiali's) means for the urban vision of Toronto. Gift link here: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
When even the humble corner store is impossible to open in Toronto, it’s a sign of something deeply wrong
We need to accept that Toronto is now a big city.
www.thestar.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Prior to 1959, retail units (like one that now contains a popular pizzeria) were allowed without major issue. Then we made rules to block them, and then some people spent a lot of time talking about "old Toronto" as if it was the natural way of things. Which old Toronto? When? Something to consider.
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Nice.
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Nice.
Province to scrap Toronto’s green roof by-law. Missed this among the cuts to tenant protections. Green roofs help cool our cities, reduce dust and fine particles that make it harder to breathe, create habitats for bees that pollinate our food and manage rainfall.
www.cp24.com/local/toront...
www.cp24.com/local/toront...
Ontario bill would look at ‘alternative options’ for ending residential leases, scrap Toronto green roof bylaw. Here are the highlights
The Ford government has tabled an omnibus bill that would make changes to a whole suite of laws and regulations, from green roofs to tenant evictions and driver’s licences.
www.cp24.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Province to scrap Toronto’s green roof by-law. Missed this among the cuts to tenant protections. Green roofs help cool our cities, reduce dust and fine particles that make it harder to breathe, create habitats for bees that pollinate our food and manage rainfall.
www.cp24.com/local/toront...
www.cp24.com/local/toront...
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This might be a long shot but: I'm looking to speak with architects/developers who have worked on affordable housing projects that required (or got feedback to include) some type of 'historic complement' aesthetic—massing, materials, etc—for a story. Recommendations appreciated! thanks!
October 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This might be a long shot but: I'm looking to speak with architects/developers who have worked on affordable housing projects that required (or got feedback to include) some type of 'historic complement' aesthetic—massing, materials, etc—for a story. Recommendations appreciated! thanks!
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Yet one more example of an industry impacted by climate change:
England's hottest summer on record produced unusually sweet apples, which bumped up the alcohol content of scrumpy (hard cider). Now, it's classified as “wine”...taxed at a higher rate...and too expensive for producers to sell to pubs.
England's hottest summer on record produced unusually sweet apples, which bumped up the alcohol content of scrumpy (hard cider). Now, it's classified as “wine”...taxed at a higher rate...and too expensive for producers to sell to pubs.
October 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Yet one more example of an industry impacted by climate change:
England's hottest summer on record produced unusually sweet apples, which bumped up the alcohol content of scrumpy (hard cider). Now, it's classified as “wine”...taxed at a higher rate...and too expensive for producers to sell to pubs.
England's hottest summer on record produced unusually sweet apples, which bumped up the alcohol content of scrumpy (hard cider). Now, it's classified as “wine”...taxed at a higher rate...and too expensive for producers to sell to pubs.
This game has gone on so long they are now finding roccoco ways not to score
it’s like some kind of exercise in finding the most baroque way not to score
October 28, 2025 at 6:14 AM
This game has gone on so long they are now finding roccoco ways not to score
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the finch west LRT has wrapped up revenue testing, which means it's now being handed over to the TTC ahead of a public opening.
an opening date coming soon, november seems likely!
www.thestar.com/news/gta/fin...
an opening date coming soon, november seems likely!
www.thestar.com/news/gta/fin...
Finch West LRT passes key test, inches closer to opening
The Finch West LRT is being handed over to the TTC “no later than November 3” as the line is readied for opening, the province announced.
www.thestar.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
the finch west LRT has wrapped up revenue testing, which means it's now being handed over to the TTC ahead of a public opening.
an opening date coming soon, november seems likely!
www.thestar.com/news/gta/fin...
an opening date coming soon, november seems likely!
www.thestar.com/news/gta/fin...
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Old Soviet joke:
Why do ICE agents travel in groups of three?
One can read, one can write, and the third keeps an eye on the two intellectuals
Why do ICE agents travel in groups of three?
One can read, one can write, and the third keeps an eye on the two intellectuals
New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST
October 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Old Soviet joke:
Why do ICE agents travel in groups of three?
One can read, one can write, and the third keeps an eye on the two intellectuals
Why do ICE agents travel in groups of three?
One can read, one can write, and the third keeps an eye on the two intellectuals
As families across the city get their children ready for daycare, families in Kharkiv wonder if their children survived a drone attack. Life next to a genocidal neighbour.
Evacuation of children after russian drone strike on kindergarten in Kharkiv ‼️
Fucking Bastards! There is nothing holy for them!
Fucking Bastards! There is nothing holy for them!
October 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
As families across the city get their children ready for daycare, families in Kharkiv wonder if their children survived a drone attack. Life next to a genocidal neighbour.