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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you for reminding me that I hadn't seen that yet.

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 2h

I'm at the end of Day One of it and yeah, I feel like I'm 72. I'm a lot of things, but I'm not 72.

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 2h

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 2h

This L.A. landmark was hailed as a 'ribbon of light.' Scrap metal thieves have made it dark and invisible

The Sixth Street Bridge, once a glowing L.A. landmark, has gone dark after copper wire theft. Repairs could cost millions ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics.

www.latimes.com

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 4h

"Overtourism," in Amsterdam

Euronews @euronews.com · 4h

Amsterdam is becoming oversaturated with tourists, so much so that it recently prompted residents to sue the city.

Skip overcrowded Amsterdam and follow locals to these spots instead

Amsterdam is becoming oversaturated with tourists, so much so that it recently prompted residents to sue the city.

l.euronews.com

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 4h

In fact, why don't they just.go back in there and live beside the Design Exchange somehow? The TSX is basically a giant server anyway.

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 4h

If I was the Mayor of Portland, I'd invite the President to Portland to see for himself. It's not that hard to get to! Full of the President's constituents and everything.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 4h

It's intriguing to me that the TSX - one of Toronto's defining economic institutions - produces so little sense of place that the file photo for it is the 1930s facade of a building that hasn't hosted a trade since the early 1980s, instead of the actual Exchange site.

Reuters @reuters.com · 5h

TSX posts biggest decline in six months as global trade tensions rise reut.rs/3IFdpNx

TSX posts biggest decline in six months as global trade tensions rise

Canada's main stock index posted on Friday its biggest decline since April as increased trade tensions between the United States and China provided a catalyst for profit-taking, and despite stronger-than-expected domestic jobs data.

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 4h

Current mood:

If I could go to sleep for seven straight days just to make all of this pass by faster, sign me up

a bedroom with a ceiling fan above the bed

ALT: a bedroom with a ceiling fan above the bed

media.tenor.com

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 5h

Watching Road Runner & Coyote with the six year old again, for the first time in weeks and he is howling! Giggling! Chortling! He hasn't laughed this much at anything in a long time.

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 5h

Montreal local elections

CTV News Kitchener @ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social · 5h

Two municipal parties propose different visions for NDG’s Empress Theatre - The Empress Theatre in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) has been sitting vacant for more than 30 years. Now, two municipal parties are offering competing plans for the historic site.

Two municipal parties propose different visions for NDG’s Empress Theatre

The Empress Theatre in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) has been sitting vacant for more than 30 years. Now, two municipal parties are offering competing plans for the historic site.

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 9h

Eric Adams, on Eric Adams.

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 10h

Q&A starts at about 20m00s. And it kinda goes down hill starting at the second question and then gathers speed until it hits terminal velocity by about minute ~27: www.youtube.com/live/c3K8V_T...

Mayor Eric Adams Makes Public Safety and Public Health Announcement with NYPD Commissioner Tisch

YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office

www.youtube.com

Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 10h

Just walked by someone putting up an MTA "Borough Hall Station" (Brooklyn) sign at one of the stairwell access points to the Portage & Main concourse. Not sure in which movie we're playing America this time, but we are usually Chicago or K/C or something, so this is an interesting development.

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 10h

Yay!

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 12h

Propaganda

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 12h

Philadelphia, PA and business regulation

Jake Blumgart @jblumgart.bsky.social · 13h

As City Council struggles to confront skill games, fake weed, and kratom stores--which are regulated (or not) rom Harrisburg and D.C.--local legislators are increasingly using broad brush tools that effect other small businesses too: www.inquirer.com/real-estate/...

New bill would ban new convenience stores and pharmacies from opening in Kensington

The new zoning restrictions on new pharmacies and convenience stores come in the wake of a curfew bill that sought to crack down on "nuisance businesses."

www.inquirer.com

Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 12h

2/2

Is it because I've managed expectations?

Is it because I'm a Canadian? (though not everyone picks up on that immediately)

Is it because I'm in a job where no one expects all-Trump-all-day?

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 12h

I'm continuing to post about local govt & politics as I did on Twitter, with a healthy -?- dose of personal stuff and an occasional observation on US federal politics or US-Cdn relations. I never, ever get this complaint. 1/2

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 13h

One special fun thing about bluesky is that there is no volume of anti-Trump material you can post or repost in a day that will prevent the interaction:

[post about something else]

[people accuse you of being obsessed w the something else and of actively seeking to distract from the Trump crisis]

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 13h

Chicago

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 13h

North Side alderpersons are proposing to rezone Broadway from Montrose to Devon avenues to allow larger business or residential projects, with the most controversial section covering Devon to just south of Foster Avenue.

Stage is set for a vote on a tense zoning fight that involves the North Side's Broadway

As charges of NIMBY-style narrow-mindedness fly about, Edgewater's alderperson is pressing for zoning changes she says can promote neighborhood vitality.

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 13h

"I let Russia use my country as a staging area for an aggressive war of conquest against my neighbors, so I'm an expert on peace prizes."

24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 13h

🇺🇸🇧🇾🥔Trump not getting the Nobel Peace Prize is “COMPLETE NONSENSE”

🤡- Aleksandr Lukashenko
President of Belarus

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 13h

Also waiting for the part where he explains what "I focus on working families" means. Staring at them? Cajoling them? Or is there some sort of commitment, somewhere, that's supposed to make NY better for working families? I'm not seeing it.

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 13h

Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social · 14h

Every overdose death is preventable. Our third NARCAN vending machine is now up at Fire Station 5—one of the busiest areas for overdose calls. 6,000+ doses have been distributed since we launched the vending machines. Harm reduction saves lives, and we’re all in. www.audacy.com/wccoradio/ne...

Third Narcan vending machine in Minneapolis is welcomed by a mother who lost her son five years ago

The Minneapolis Fire department is adding a third Narcan vending machine at Station 5, one of the top stations responding to overdose calls in the city. That is welcome news to Michelle Hein, who lost...

www.audacy.com

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 20h

Unique local events, in Tokyo

The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 20h

The city's performing arts festival brings together international and local talent, crossing genres to include creatives such as Akutagawa Prize winner Sao Ichikawa and sculptor Kohei Nawa.

Autumn Meteorite stages a month of inventive theater in Tokyo

The inaugural performing arts festival brings a variety of shows, from monodramas to 20-people, multivenue ensemble productions.

ebx.sh

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 20h

Artfully done 😂

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 1d

Hasn't been my experience in Winnipeg. Was absolutely a daily threat in Toronto, especially from turning cars.

Gersh Kuntzman @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social · 1d

Every single day I am almost run over and killed by a car driver.

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Brian F. Kelcey @stateofthecity.bsky.social · 1d

You know, there are plenty of Republicans and Independents saying that too. Worth looking for some of them. What a surreal lede.