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Scott Piatkowski

@scottpiatkowski.bsky.social

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WRDSB Trustee (2018-2026). Board Chair (2021-2022). Affordable housing champion. Opinions are my own. He/Him.

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Scott Piatkowski @scottpiatkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to @thewalrus.ca for agreeing to publish my thoughts on the proposed elimination of school trustees in Ontario.

#OntEd

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I’m a School Trustee, and Doug Ford Wants to Eliminate My Job | The Walrus

What parents will lose: no one to answer their emails, fight for safe crosswalks, hold the system to account

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Scott Piatkowski @scottpiatkowski.bsky.social · 1m

Mergers? Shared services agreements?

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Rodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 2m

Looks like the "priority removal" of the Bloor West bike lanes under the train corridor will not remove the bike lanes, and will continue to have barrier curbs & bollards.

It will just be reconfigured to restore a lane of traffic. (Bike lanes will be slimmer then)

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Sarkaria says the work that is set to begin on or shortly after Oct. 20 will not remove bike lanes from Bloor Street W. between Resurrection Road and Clissold Road, rather it will reconfigure the road both to include bike lanes and restore a lane of vehicle traffic that was removed when the bike lanes first went in.

Sarkaria says the bike lanes will include barrier curbs and bollards.

Graphic from Toronto Star:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/these-are-the-bike-lanes-doug-fords-government-wants-to-take-out-first-according-to/article_dc7b80b7-365f-4e4b-941b-f9fc5200067d.html#tncms-source=login

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 4m

You must defer to the president’s determination that there is an armed rebellion in Chicago, argues the govt’s lawyer.

That’s the Trump admin’s stance on everything. When the law doesn’t allow it, lie about the facts until it’s something that would be legal, then insist others live inside the lie.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 45m

Perry: DOJ's definition of rebellion would mean that
"literally all nonviolent protest” could be considered evidence of rebellion. Is that your argument?
Hamilton: The president has determined there is a danger of a rebellion, and you must defer to that finding

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 4h

The fact that this coming 9 days before the largest peaceful protest in modern American history is absolutely intentional. We will not back down. Trump and Miller can lie, smear, and threaten all they want. They will lose. No Kings, No Kings, No Kings. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 1h

Trump's dictatorship is time for making moral choices

I talked to the top climate scientist, Penn's Michael Mann, about his great new book - and why he sacrificed a key university post in order to keep speaking the truth against anti-science lies

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/scie...

Science is under siege. How Penn’s top climate scientist is fighting back | Will Bunch

Michael E. Mann's new book, and the sacrifice this Penn scientist made to fight the war against climate disinformation.

www.inquirer.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 54m

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 29m

MJT seems to suggest in this tweet that she didn't know about the coming spike in Obamacare premiums until her own adult children told her that they are going to be facing the spike.

GOP leadership was awol.

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Scott Piatkowski @scottpiatkowski.bsky.social · 29m

BREAKING: Bad actor is a bad actor.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 31m

A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes will be paid $700,000 after settling a lawsuit.

Wyoming library director fired amid book dispute wins $700,000 settlement

Terri Lesley, who was fired in 2023 amid a dispute over books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes, said she feels "vindicated."

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1h

Perry says she doesn't mind the expectation that she give the president deference. But she wonders what to defer to — legal briefs or public statements.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 3h

Vancouver's TransLink is a rare success story in North American transit, with ridership almost matching pre-Covid levels. It might be the only big 🇺🇸/🇨🇦 agency that has *expanded* total bus service since 2019.

I spoke w/CEO Kevin Quinn about lessons from TransLink's rapid recovery. 🧵

The Secret to Vancouver’s Public Transit Ridership Recovery

The Canadian city’s transit agency, TransLink, bounced back from Covid even as other North American systems have struggled. Its leader explains why riders returned.

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 1h

Note that he's literally reading from a script

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "Here in Washington we've deployed federal law enforcement and National Guard to restore public safety, and we're working to replicate that in numerous places all over the country. We have a very powerful military, we have a very powerful National Guard."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Kristi Noem: "I was in Portland and met with the governor and mayor and chief of police and superintendent of the highway patrol. They are all lying and disingenuous and dishonest people. Because as soon as you leave the room, then they make the exact opposite response."

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 1h

Kinship agreements are commonly used to keep Indigenous kids out of the child welfare system and with family members.

But Julia's documentation was not recognized by a #DTES housing provider, contrary to BC Housing's own guidelines. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Indigenous Caregiver Says She Faced Housing Discrimination | The Tyee

Kinship agreements keep Indigenous families together — but one housing provider didn’t accept an applicant’s documentation.

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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 1h

Mark Carney is rolling out legislation to supposedly crack down on hate crimes.

@desmondcole.bsky.social argues it's a bait-and-switch, a cynical attempt to blame public expressions, especially in solidarity with Palestine, for wholly unrelated acts of violence. breachmedia.ca/new-hate-cri...

New hate crime law is a cover for suppressing Palestine protests ⋆ The Breach

The proposed 'Combatting Hate Act' is built on the idea that protests inspire hateful violence, and gives police the tools to crack down on expression

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 17h

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca · 2h

this is one of those lines we must not cross

Canadian sovereignty cannot be weakened even a tiny bit.

Elizabeth Thompson @lizt1.bsky.social · 5h

U.S bill calls for negotiations for more integration between Canadian, American border agents and for U.S. law enforcement to be able to operate in Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents | CBC News

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more fre...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

TRUMP: “Gaza’s gonna be slowly re-done. You have tremendous wealth in that part of the world.”

Sure sounds like that giant real estate deal coming together, like he (and Smotrich) have openly said. Anyone wanna bet Trump’s family gets a nice piece of the action?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 1h

its very much "all the crooks in gotham have too much sense to stand up to the joker but guys like two-face are just insane enough to do it"

Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 2h

One of the things that's terrifying about what's happening now is the number of Republicans who won't stand up to Trump because they're cowards who are terrified of backlash. MGT strikes me as just unhinged enough to not be sensitive to that, which turns out to be a liability for them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on CNN (!): "I'm getting phone calls from people that are saying if the ACA tax credits expire, they aren't gonna be able to have health insurance. They're going to have to drop it."

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 1h

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1h

Habeas who?
It’s Thursday. There are 390 days until the midterm elections. Hoping a peace deal sticks, the president’s DMs and Trump is a sick f**k.

Habeas who?

It’s Thursday. There are 390 days until the midterm elections. Hoping a peace deal sticks, the president’s DMs and Trump is a sick f**k.

www.thealtmedia.com

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 1h

As drought in B.C.’s Peace River region leads to massive wildfires and the City of Dawson Creek scrambles to find a new water source, a report released today concludes that water use by the region’s fracking industry shot up a record 50% last year.

Ben Parfitt reports. #bcpoli

Fracking’s Water Demand Soared in Drought-Plagued Northeast BC | The Tyee

A report today from Stand.earth shows the industry’s water use increased 50 per cent in 2024.

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 7h

“There is no degree of acquiescence to Trumpism that will satisfy this administration or MAGA at large. All there is is a choice between offering a faint echo of the false reality they’re selling and creating dissonance by speaking the reality of the situation to the public.”

All In Our Heads: On Losing Our Democracy and Life Beyond Our Imaginations

Our language has to meet the moment, and we have to be relentless about dispelling the fiction MAGA is selling.

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Truthout @truthout.org · 1h

The Rutgers teachers’ unions are standing in solidarity with History Professor Mark Bray, who has been targeted by Turning Point USA. The group has falsely claimed that Bray, the author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook is “a prominent leader of the antifa movement,” and should be fired.

Rutgers Unions Call to Disband Turning Point Chapter After Colleague Targeted

Professor Mark Bray, author of “Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook,” says he has received death threats.

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