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Dave Edwards @davelikesbikes.bsky.social · 1d

Dunno if folks would be interested, but this site provides old school, all on one page baseball boxscores (including attendance) during the regular season. Not perfect, but fun to check out once in a while www.thebaseballcube.com/content/news...

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Dave Edwards @davelikesbikes.bsky.social · 1d

McCleary Park last summer: City workers driving a pick up truck through the outfield in order to lock the washrooms just as our softball game ended

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Dave Edwards @davelikesbikes.bsky.social · 1d

Oh man. Wow. I left so many brain cells at those places. So much fun.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 4d

🤘🏼I wrote about sweating the small stuff. The city parks dept answered city council’s request to look into destructive practices w a shrug. That’s not good enough. Total park reform is needed & needs to be an election platform. If Chow passes on it, someone else surely will. Pls read & share. 🙏🏼🤘🏼

Shawn Micallef: How Toronto can take a lesson from Van Halen, and learn to sweat the small stuff

Anybody who travels this city knows large vehicles are routinely in parks. It’s disrespectful to Torontonians, a scandalous waste of money, and intrusive to those trying to enjoy the outdoor

www.thestar.com

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Dave Edwards @davelikesbikes.bsky.social · 11d

Downtown Windsor in the 90's was a blast - so much action on Ouellette St.!

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Laine Johnson @lainejohnson.bsky.social · 13d

So just to be clear, all taxpayers will pay for traffic calming instead of fining the people that speed and leaving everyone else alone. We like this for a policy change? Are we so afraid of going after the actual rule breakers that we would rather put it on the back of everybody?

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 17d

The Toronto Star’s City Report Card survey suggests six in 10 Torontonians believe that the city’s best days are in the past.

Given the challenges Toronto faces right now, it’s an understandable position, but it’s wrong. My column on teenage Toronto. The future is bright if we….(pls read n share).

Shawn Micallef: There’s a good reason why some might think Toronto’s best days are behind it. Here’s how we change their minds

The best days for the city lie ahead of it, but there are things we have to get right to make sure that happens.

www.thestar.com

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Dave Edwards @davelikesbikes.bsky.social · 20d

Ford and Sarkaria out there convincing people it's the seven* people on the right who are causing congestion, not the three people on the left 🤷

*eight if you include me

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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 28d

Doug Ford’s attack on speed cameras shows how good politics can make for lousy public policy

#Opinion from @shawnmicallef.bsky.social

Shawn Micallef: Doug Ford’s attack on speed cameras shows how good politics can make for lousy public policy

The premier’s comments on Tuesday should be a moment for Ontarians to think whether the province is a place of law and order or where vigilantes can influence government policy.

www.thestar.com

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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · Sep 6

Remember last year when George and Karen Amaro reached out to Doug Ford urging him to not move forward with his anti-bike lane legislation because bike lanes might have saved their daughter Alex's life? And he never responded?

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

TorontoToday @torontotoday.ca · Sep 5

‘It was a murder’: Premier meets crash victim’s family, promises tougher dangerous driving laws

Doug Ford had some harsh words for accused driver after meeting at Queen's Park on Friday with the family of Andrew Cristillo, who was killed in a head-on crash last month

dlvr.it

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Dave Edwards @davelikesbikes.bsky.social · Sep 4

I did and I will submit a driving complaint. Like you said, I also know it won't do anything at all.

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Dave Edwards @davelikesbikes.bsky.social · Sep 4

Welcome back to Toronto, where drivers chase you and your gf down and challenge you to a fight while their psycho dog hangs out the window. Thanks to our provincial govt for stoking hate. I'd report to the police, but they're all at High Park ticketing rolling stops. What a wonderful place to live.

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Dave Edwards @davelikesbikes.bsky.social · Aug 29

I didn't spend much time taking photos this time, but it's worth including a clip from my previous visit in 2022. It's insane that Ford and Sarkaria want to prevent any progress toward more scenes like this in Toronto.

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Dave Edwards @davelikesbikes.bsky.social · Aug 29

I don't see a return to posting like I used to, but Paris reignited my love for urban cycling. So many options, so much less aggression. Hard to come home to SUV-clogged, angry Toronto. Such a shame our govt is working to undo the progress we've made here. Sarkaria and Ford have such small minds.

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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · Aug 1

We need a charter city status of some sort for more local independence from the province.

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John Lorinc @johnlorinc.bsky.social · Jul 31

#topoli #onpoli New from me in @spacing: Some reflections on @cycletoronto.bsky.social’s huge legal victory in the bike lane war with Ford Nation. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

Bike Lanes: 2 - Ford Nation: 0 - Spacing Toronto

In an intriguing aside a third of the way into Justice Paul Schabas’ extraordinary decision (issued yesterday) in Toronto’s bike lane war with Premier Doug Ford, he reveals how, about a month ago, he ...

spacing.ca

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Toronto Star @thestar.com · Jul 30

#Breaking: Doug Ford government's attempt to remove Toronto bike lanes unconstitutional, judge rules

Ford government’s attempt to remove Toronto bike lanes is unconstitutional, judge rules

The provincial government had argued that road space dedicated to cyclists was adding to congestion. A Superior Court judge said the government’s decision would risk the lives of cyclsits.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/ford-governments-attempt-to-remove-toronto-bike-lan[…]judge-rules/article_2654addd-bf4b-4cd2-a734-45b3c4b03081.html

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Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · Jun 27

The idea that somehow people speeding and getting a fine for speeding is anything but their own fault is crazy! The whole speed camera discourse totally ignores. The drivers actually need to be responsible when they're operating a dangerous vehicle on public roads.

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Dave Edwards @davelikesbikes.bsky.social · May 11

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Apr 26

“A Financial Times analysis of more than 350,000 posts on X related to the election, gathered since the snap poll was announced in March, revealed a network of co-ordinated accounts pushing content to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish his counterpart, the Liberal’s Mark Carney.”

Canadians bombarded with rightwing content on Musk’s X ahead of election

FT analysis finds network of social media accounts attacking Liberal leader Mark Carney

www.ft.com

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Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · Apr 25

Ontario judge's ruling on bike lane removal gives Ford & Ontario government an off-ramp and a chance to act like an adult, writes senior editor John Lorinc [ @johnlorinc.bsky.social ].

spacing.ca/toronto/2025... #ONpoli #TOpoli

Judge puts Ford back in his lane - Spacing Toronto

Ontario superior court justice Paul Schabas this week granted an interim (“interlocutory”) injunction preventing Queen’s Park from ripping up three Toronto bike lanes pending a final decision, and the...

spacing.ca

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Dave Edwards @davelikesbikes.bsky.social · Apr 18

This was top notch. I came away extremely confident in Canada's chance at a stronger future after listening to @mark-carney.bsky.social

Intelligence - political, emotional and economic. Full support here.

(the Carney interview starts around 16:44)

Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · Apr 17

Today on the podcast, I talk with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

@markcarneyforpm.bsky.social

Canada’s Role in a Shifting Global Order — with Mark Carney

The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Dave Edwards @davelikesbikes.bsky.social · Apr 17

"A nation whispers,"We always knew that he'd go free.""

Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · Apr 16

On this day in 1992, David Milgaard was released from prison.
He spent over two decades imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. His mother Joyce never gave up on him and fought for his release.
This is the story of the man who inspired the song Wheat Kings.

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This black-and-white photo depicts David Milgaard. He wears a long-sleeved shirt with rolled-up sleeves, his arms crossed, and gazes directly at the camera. Two small posters are pinned on the wall behind him.

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dave @gloomfather.bsky.social · Apr 7

Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · Apr 3

Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements

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