William Turman
@willnturman.bsky.social
Cities, bikes, housing, trains, Kitchener-Waterloo, trans rights are human rights, he/him
Opinions are mine.
Opinions are mine.
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Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
www.disconnect.blog
July 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
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Agrivoltaics boost crop yields even when the solar panels aren’t generating power. New research from Canada shows that shading crops with elevated solar panels creates a cooler, wetter microclimate that can lift yields and improve performance across dozens of crops. buff.ly/6eqClf1
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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The gift that keeps on giving: How solar panels on farms can help increase crop yields
A new study finds farmers can enjoy increased crop yeilds under partial shade of solar panels long after they stop working decades from now.
buff.ly
December 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Agrivoltaics boost crop yields even when the solar panels aren’t generating power. New research from Canada shows that shading crops with elevated solar panels creates a cooler, wetter microclimate that can lift yields and improve performance across dozens of crops. buff.ly/6eqClf1
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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After last nights protest ride with close to 100 cyclists and a herculean effort from local advocates, organizers, and sympathetic councillors, the City of Guelph has reversed course on plans to close bike lanes this winter!
CTV piece here: www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...
CTV piece here: www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...
Cyclists ride through downtown Guelph to protest seasonal bike lane closures
Council is expected to meet Tuesday morning to discuss the motion.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
After last nights protest ride with close to 100 cyclists and a herculean effort from local advocates, organizers, and sympathetic councillors, the City of Guelph has reversed course on plans to close bike lanes this winter!
CTV piece here: www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...
CTV piece here: www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...
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Most recently, the Region in which I live has put off 3 affordable housing projects so they can fund a police comms centre. Love my local government.
December 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Most recently, the Region in which I live has put off 3 affordable housing projects so they can fund a police comms centre. Love my local government.
Did I miss that Ontario bill 68 overhauls pensions in a pretty serious way?!?! Specifically changing the governing body of OMERS.
I’m no expert on OMERS, but this seems like it should be getting more press??!!?!
I’m no expert on OMERS, but this seems like it should be getting more press??!!?!
December 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Did I miss that Ontario bill 68 overhauls pensions in a pretty serious way?!?! Specifically changing the governing body of OMERS.
I’m no expert on OMERS, but this seems like it should be getting more press??!!?!
I’m no expert on OMERS, but this seems like it should be getting more press??!!?!
I think you can tell which condos are owned by investors rather than residents by whether they have open-houses.
December 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I think you can tell which condos are owned by investors rather than residents by whether they have open-houses.
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It's Budget Day in #Guelph!! Follow this thread here for live coverage as changes are made... guelphpolitico.ca/2025/11/14/c...
City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 26, 2025 Meeting?
The time has come for some budget decisions. The final countdown is underway and zero hour is this particular Wednesday morning when council sits to confirm the 2026 municipal budget! At stake is t…
guelphpolitico.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It's Budget Day in #Guelph!! Follow this thread here for live coverage as changes are made... guelphpolitico.ca/2025/11/14/c...
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Just ONE DAY left to submit a comment on Bill 60, which will block not only ALL new bike lanes in Ontario that take away car lanes, but also puts bus lanes, patios, and pedestrian streets at risk too. Submit your comment here before the end of November 22: ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-1...
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Just ONE DAY left to submit a comment on Bill 60, which will block not only ALL new bike lanes in Ontario that take away car lanes, but also puts bus lanes, patios, and pedestrian streets at risk too. Submit your comment here before the end of November 22: ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-1...
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🚨 Bill 60 would BAN new bike lanes that take a lane from cars — province-wide. This is a direct attack on road safety, climate action, and livable cities. Raise your voice. Tell the Ford government: #SafeStreets aren’t optional.
#Bill60 #BikeHamOnt #HamOnt #onpoli
#Bill60 #BikeHamOnt #HamOnt #onpoli
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🚨 Bill 60 would BAN new bike lanes that take a lane from cars — province-wide. This is a direct attack on road safety, climate action, and livable cities. Raise your voice. Tell the Ford government: #SafeStreets aren’t optional.
#Bill60 #BikeHamOnt #HamOnt #onpoli
#Bill60 #BikeHamOnt #HamOnt #onpoli
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And… Regional Committee supports a full ION light rail extension to Cambridge 15 to 1! Onwards to Cambridge!
(To be fully ratified at Regional Council on November 19.)
(To be fully ratified at Regional Council on November 19.)
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
And… Regional Committee supports a full ION light rail extension to Cambridge 15 to 1! Onwards to Cambridge!
(To be fully ratified at Regional Council on November 19.)
(To be fully ratified at Regional Council on November 19.)
Great thread to follow along public decisions making on ion to Cambridge
The Sustainability, Infrastructure, and Development Committee meeting has started! Delegations about ION stage 2 will be starting shortly. Livestream here:
eSCRIBE Published Meetings
pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeetings.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Great thread to follow along public decisions making on ion to Cambridge
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Repeat this over and over. Doug Ford will kill people.
This will kill people. Doug Ford is going to kill people. So we’re clear. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Doug Ford will outlaw municipal speed cameras this fall: Sources
Sources say Ford's Progressive Conservatives will table legislation later this fall to outlaw the "automated speed enforcement" devices.
www.thestar.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Repeat this over and over. Doug Ford will kill people.
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I see a surging trade union movement supported by a resurgent federal @ndp.ca.
Add a common front of social movements and we could push the Carney-Poilievre alliance off the damaging path they’ve put Canada on.
Sec 107 must go!
And it’s just the start.
#DrawTheLine
Add a common front of social movements and we could push the Carney-Poilievre alliance off the damaging path they’ve put Canada on.
Sec 107 must go!
And it’s just the start.
#DrawTheLine
BREAKING: The NDP will be moving to eliminate Section 107 from the Labour Code.
This will protect workers and their right to strike!
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
This will protect workers and their right to strike!
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
NDP looks to scrap labour code’s Section 107, used by Ottawa to intervene in strikes
Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu invoked Section 107 in the Air Canada strike, directing the labour board to order employees back to work
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I see a surging trade union movement supported by a resurgent federal @ndp.ca.
Add a common front of social movements and we could push the Carney-Poilievre alliance off the damaging path they’ve put Canada on.
Sec 107 must go!
And it’s just the start.
#DrawTheLine
Add a common front of social movements and we could push the Carney-Poilievre alliance off the damaging path they’ve put Canada on.
Sec 107 must go!
And it’s just the start.
#DrawTheLine
This is the way
'Baudrier points out that Paris has recently set an annual housing budget of around €800mn a year, nearly double that of five years ago, and four times the amount budgeted by the central government. “Our aim is to push rental prices down and bring down housing valuations overall,”'
this is the way
this is the way
September 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is the way
This.
I believe there should be no political violence. And until people calling for an end to political violence also mean violence resulting from policy, systemic racism, wage theft, etc. it’s hard for me to take them seriously. They usually just mean to end politically inconvenient violence.
I believe there should be no political violence. And until people calling for an end to political violence also mean violence resulting from policy, systemic racism, wage theft, etc. it’s hard for me to take them seriously. They usually just mean to end politically inconvenient violence.
It's also "political violence" to steal years off people's lives by depriving them of shelter, stripping away health care, and gutting environmental protections — while funneling more and more wealth to the ultra-rich.
September 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This.
I believe there should be no political violence. And until people calling for an end to political violence also mean violence resulting from policy, systemic racism, wage theft, etc. it’s hard for me to take them seriously. They usually just mean to end politically inconvenient violence.
I believe there should be no political violence. And until people calling for an end to political violence also mean violence resulting from policy, systemic racism, wage theft, etc. it’s hard for me to take them seriously. They usually just mean to end politically inconvenient violence.
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I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
After Charlie Kirk's death, teachers and professors nationwide fired or disciplined over social media posts
At least a dozen faculty and staff have faced fallout over insensitive comments online.
www.nbcnews.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
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The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
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Our first IONizeWR newsletter update is on the initial business case. We want to see LRT all the way to downtown Cambridge, and then keep building. Let's think bigger:
Building ION to Cambridge, Costs and Benefits
Things are heating up on ION stage 2, with more voices for LRT and with Regional Council hearing next week about the preliminary results of the Initial Business Case. In November, staff will share the...
ionizewr.ca
September 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Our first IONizeWR newsletter update is on the initial business case. We want to see LRT all the way to downtown Cambridge, and then keep building. Let's think bigger:
Hot take: we should actually build shorter buildings next to loud roads and get higher towards the centre of residential blocks. Current patterns maximize the # of homes that get blasted by a jerk revving a Harley. 1 small building could block the sound for tall buildings behind.
August 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Hot take: we should actually build shorter buildings next to loud roads and get higher towards the centre of residential blocks. Current patterns maximize the # of homes that get blasted by a jerk revving a Harley. 1 small building could block the sound for tall buildings behind.
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It’s time to IONize Waterloo Region!
Announcing our new campaign to build ION light rail the full length to Cambridge, and then to keep building. Check it out, and sign up for our newsletter for updates:
Announcing our new campaign to build ION light rail the full length to Cambridge, and then to keep building. Check it out, and sign up for our newsletter for updates:
IONize Waterloo Region
Charge Up Waterloo Region With Transit
ionizewr.ca
August 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It’s time to IONize Waterloo Region!
Announcing our new campaign to build ION light rail the full length to Cambridge, and then to keep building. Check it out, and sign up for our newsletter for updates:
Announcing our new campaign to build ION light rail the full length to Cambridge, and then to keep building. Check it out, and sign up for our newsletter for updates:
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In case you're wondering, yes there are still "wait and see" Carney apologists in comments. Nothing is going to wake them up until after it's too late.
July 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In case you're wondering, yes there are still "wait and see" Carney apologists in comments. Nothing is going to wake them up until after it's too late.
Anyone else get what look like fake ai generated videos from mark carney asking people to sign up for an AI service?
August 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Anyone else get what look like fake ai generated videos from mark carney asking people to sign up for an AI service?
This is actually a very cool thing to say.
“Arrest me for striking, I dare you”
“Arrest me for striking, I dare you”
Air Canada strike:
“We’re going to stay committed to making sure that those workers can do the job that they love doing and actually be able to afford a roof over their heads, to afford caring for their families,” CUPE president just said.
“If it means folks like me going to jail, then so be it.”
“We’re going to stay committed to making sure that those workers can do the job that they love doing and actually be able to afford a roof over their heads, to afford caring for their families,” CUPE president just said.
“If it means folks like me going to jail, then so be it.”
August 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is actually a very cool thing to say.
“Arrest me for striking, I dare you”
“Arrest me for striking, I dare you”
Best day of the year in 77 days. Countdown is on
Daylight Saving Time ends in 77 days.
August 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Best day of the year in 77 days. Countdown is on
The Asian night market in Kitchener is phenomenal. Probably one of the best events to close king street. Even the permanent stores have lineups onto the street.
August 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The Asian night market in Kitchener is phenomenal. Probably one of the best events to close king street. Even the permanent stores have lineups onto the street.