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@edwardtoronto.bsky.social
Liberal pragmatist with social democratic tendencies. https://waterfrontforall.ca. Climate Change is a clear & present challenge. Vaccines work. Housing abundance is necessary. Art is not surplus to requirements. No, it wasn't 'better' back then.
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Holy shit San Francisco!
60% of the city rezoned, most places exceeding (!!) SB 79. The most restrictive of these allows attached 4–8 story apt buildings with no cap on the # of homes inside, no parking mandates, and by-right streamlined approval.
Movement racking up the municipal wins today 🏆🏆🏆
60% of the city rezoned, most places exceeding (!!) SB 79. The most restrictive of these allows attached 4–8 story apt buildings with no cap on the # of homes inside, no parking mandates, and by-right streamlined approval.
Movement racking up the municipal wins today 🏆🏆🏆
December 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Holy shit San Francisco!
60% of the city rezoned, most places exceeding (!!) SB 79. The most restrictive of these allows attached 4–8 story apt buildings with no cap on the # of homes inside, no parking mandates, and by-right streamlined approval.
Movement racking up the municipal wins today 🏆🏆🏆
60% of the city rezoned, most places exceeding (!!) SB 79. The most restrictive of these allows attached 4–8 story apt buildings with no cap on the # of homes inside, no parking mandates, and by-right streamlined approval.
Movement racking up the municipal wins today 🏆🏆🏆
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
Well #FranklinTheTurtle would like a word.
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Well #FranklinTheTurtle would like a word.
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White House astonished as Pete Hegseth reads Franklin book all by himself
White House astonished as Pete Hegseth reads Franklin book all by himself
WASHINGTON D.C. - Officials inside the Trump White House are beaming with pride after US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was able to complete the classic Canadian children’s book Franklin Fibs without a...
www.thebeaverton.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
White House astonished as Pete Hegseth reads Franklin book all by himself
Teddy, our Golden Doodle is 5 today. And yup, we have snow ❄️. Yesterday it was sunny, dry and mild. This morning the looked out the window with WATF kinda look. But once we got out into it, he remembered Snow Dog Rules. 😉
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Teddy, our Golden Doodle is 5 today. And yup, we have snow ❄️. Yesterday it was sunny, dry and mild. This morning the looked out the window with WATF kinda look. But once we got out into it, he remembered Snow Dog Rules. 😉
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“It’s economically perverse that the provincial government will spend public money on a project the private sector has balked at, while simultaneously sabotaging private investment in renewable energy projects the market is demanding.”
www.theenergymix.com/albertas-new...
www.theenergymix.com/albertas-new...
Alberta’s New Pipeline Pitch: Bad for Business, Disastrous for Climate, Analysts Say
Climate advocates and at least one policy analyst are taking Alberta Premier Danielle Smith back to business school after she promised to pitch a new westbound oil pipeline to the federal Major Projec...
www.theenergymix.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
“It’s economically perverse that the provincial government will spend public money on a project the private sector has balked at, while simultaneously sabotaging private investment in renewable energy projects the market is demanding.”
www.theenergymix.com/albertas-new...
www.theenergymix.com/albertas-new...
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Let’s be clear on some things.
Yes, I continue to strongly support the CBC here in Canada. And yes, I’ll keep challenging & criticizing any politician that wants to “defund the CBC.”
But also yes, I’ll criticize the CBC any time I think they’re making a serious mistake and letting down Canadians.
Yes, I continue to strongly support the CBC here in Canada. And yes, I’ll keep challenging & criticizing any politician that wants to “defund the CBC.”
But also yes, I’ll criticize the CBC any time I think they’re making a serious mistake and letting down Canadians.
Off-putting that CBC platformed Charlie Kirk’s widow’s lengthy video message tonight, about continuing his “mission” even more aggressively, without comment on how repugnant much of that mission was. And who are the “they” who killed him she referenced? The even more extreme alt-right “Groypers?”
September 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Let’s be clear on some things.
Yes, I continue to strongly support the CBC here in Canada. And yes, I’ll keep challenging & criticizing any politician that wants to “defund the CBC.”
But also yes, I’ll criticize the CBC any time I think they’re making a serious mistake and letting down Canadians.
Yes, I continue to strongly support the CBC here in Canada. And yes, I’ll keep challenging & criticizing any politician that wants to “defund the CBC.”
But also yes, I’ll criticize the CBC any time I think they’re making a serious mistake and letting down Canadians.
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You don't need to invent new ideas to make a significant impact. Consider your favorite teacher or mentor--did they invent the subject they taught? Of course not. Yet they changed your life.
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August 31, 2025 at 7:52 AM
You don't need to invent new ideas to make a significant impact. Consider your favorite teacher or mentor--did they invent the subject they taught? Of course not. Yet they changed your life.
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According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050.
Just the start.
Common sense.
Just the start.
Common sense.
August 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050.
Just the start.
Common sense.
Just the start.
Common sense.
#EmancipationDay celebrates the end of slavery in the British Empire, effective August 1, 1834 in #Canada. Canada has had continuous European-settlement skin 1608. Of those 417 years, slavery was legal for 226 years. Though not economically crucial to Canada, slavery existed.
August 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
#EmancipationDay celebrates the end of slavery in the British Empire, effective August 1, 1834 in #Canada. Canada has had continuous European-settlement skin 1608. Of those 417 years, slavery was legal for 226 years. Though not economically crucial to Canada, slavery existed.
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“Nasa data reveals dramatic rise in intensity of weather events. Extreme events such as floods and droughts are becoming more frequent, longer-lasting and more severe, study says.”
Obviously.
That’s what #ClimateChange does.
Makes the bad things more likely, and worse.
More likely. And worse.
Obviously.
That’s what #ClimateChange does.
Makes the bad things more likely, and worse.
More likely. And worse.
Nasa data reveals dramatic rise in intensity of weather events
Extreme events such as floods and droughts are becoming more frequent, longer-lasting and more severe, study says
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
“Nasa data reveals dramatic rise in intensity of weather events. Extreme events such as floods and droughts are becoming more frequent, longer-lasting and more severe, study says.”
Obviously.
That’s what #ClimateChange does.
Makes the bad things more likely, and worse.
More likely. And worse.
Obviously.
That’s what #ClimateChange does.
Makes the bad things more likely, and worse.
More likely. And worse.
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China is probably going to pass 50% EV new car sales this year. ICE technology is a dead man walking www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
China Is Poised to Buy More EVs Than Gas-Only Cars This Year
Affordability, charging advances and subsidies are supporting the inexorable rise of electric cars in the world’s biggest auto market.
www.bloomberg.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
China is probably going to pass 50% EV new car sales this year. ICE technology is a dead man walking www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Same-sex relationships have existed since time immemorial. What’s newly visible is the notion that engaging in them might be an exclusive preference and defining quality.
How “The First Homosexuals” Shaped an Identity
A timely exhibition dissects the emergence of modern ideas about gender and sexuality—and the backlash against them.
www.newyorker.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Same-sex relationships have existed since time immemorial. What’s newly visible is the notion that engaging in them might be an exclusive preference and defining quality.
For years since #Ontario shut down all its coal power plants, Toronto’s summer air quality was improving: e.g. far fewer smog days. But #ClimateChange amped #Wildfires (as in many other places across North America) are rewriting that good news story into a bad air story.
July 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
For years since #Ontario shut down all its coal power plants, Toronto’s summer air quality was improving: e.g. far fewer smog days. But #ClimateChange amped #Wildfires (as in many other places across North America) are rewriting that good news story into a bad air story.
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“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs and neglected public transport systems, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.”
Via @theguardian.com.
Via @theguardian.com.
How extreme car dependency is driving Americans to unhappiness
A car is often essential in the US but while owning a vehicle is better than not for life satisfaction, a study has found, having to drive too much sends happiness plummeting
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 5:41 AM
“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs and neglected public transport systems, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.”
Via @theguardian.com.
Via @theguardian.com.
The Hydrangeas in the garden calm my doomscrolling, as the shade of the Norway Maples cools the feel of a 36 C Humidex.
July 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Hydrangeas in the garden calm my doomscrolling, as the shade of the Norway Maples cools the feel of a 36 C Humidex.
Indeed, what @parismarx.com says ⬇️. In the final instance, what I care about re the #USA: 1) Is the person with the nuclear codes sane (& basically decent-ish)? 2) Is the #USA threatening or helping my country & other countries? As to American domestic issues, filtered by #1 & #2, otherwise optional
americans often expect you not just to know about what’s happening in their country but to care about it too, yet will almost never show the same interest in your country
July 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Indeed, what @parismarx.com says ⬇️. In the final instance, what I care about re the #USA: 1) Is the person with the nuclear codes sane (& basically decent-ish)? 2) Is the #USA threatening or helping my country & other countries? As to American domestic issues, filtered by #1 & #2, otherwise optional
If you live in, or are planning to visit Southern Ontario, and especially if you have kids with you who like trains, streetcars, and machines, you ought to go to @streetcarmuseum.bsky.social #Canada #Summer #Ontario #Kids #Vacation #Streetcars
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July 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If you live in, or are planning to visit Southern Ontario, and especially if you have kids with you who like trains, streetcars, and machines, you ought to go to @streetcarmuseum.bsky.social #Canada #Summer #Ontario #Kids #Vacation #Streetcars
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The #AmericaParty: #technofascism with solar power, EVs, robotaxis, and Neuralink. Plus, I am going to bet on loads of organic vegetables & printed meat. Shame about that Constitution all y'all used to have. But hey, it'll be a safe place for pale-skinned oligarchs & crunchy-tech-racism.
July 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The #AmericaParty: #technofascism with solar power, EVs, robotaxis, and Neuralink. Plus, I am going to bet on loads of organic vegetables & printed meat. Shame about that Constitution all y'all used to have. But hey, it'll be a safe place for pale-skinned oligarchs & crunchy-tech-racism.
My beloved was, bless her, going to take me to #NYC (one of my favourite places) for my birthday 🎂 (an effin big one 😞). But, NO. Just Can't Do It! We'll do theatre & galleries in #Canada instead: Stratford Festival, Blyth Festival, National Gallery, et Le Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, et al.
July 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) argued that "people don't feel" climate change after historic flooding left more than 50 people dead in Texas.
Chris Christie claims 'people don't feel climate change' after floods hit Texas
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) argued that "people don't feel" climate change after historic flooding left more than 50 people dead in Texas.During a Sunday panel discussion on ABC, Democratic strategist Donna Brazile told Christie that Republicans only made short-term gains by killing cl...
bit.ly
July 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Build the Grid: 100+ Organizations Rally Behind Carney for Nationwide Energy Network
Interview w/@StephenJWT of @DavidSuzukiFDN about letter sent to PM @markjcarney.
Get on with building the national power grid!!
#canada
youtu.be/qSlHhZM2iz0
Interview w/@StephenJWT of @DavidSuzukiFDN about letter sent to PM @markjcarney.
Get on with building the national power grid!!
#canada
youtu.be/qSlHhZM2iz0
Build the Grid: 100+ Organizations Rally Behind Carney for Nationwide Energy Network
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
July 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Build the Grid: 100+ Organizations Rally Behind Carney for Nationwide Energy Network
Interview w/@StephenJWT of @DavidSuzukiFDN about letter sent to PM @markjcarney.
Get on with building the national power grid!!
#canada
youtu.be/qSlHhZM2iz0
Interview w/@StephenJWT of @DavidSuzukiFDN about letter sent to PM @markjcarney.
Get on with building the national power grid!!
#canada
youtu.be/qSlHhZM2iz0
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