infernalmachine🚊🚅🇨🇦
@infernalmachine0.bsky.social
Toronto #policywonk and urban nerd. Metalhead. Have been known to laugh so I don't cry.
Was about to link this myself!
Sadly (or not sadly because eww) the sponge on a stick thing isn't true.
Sadly (or not sadly because eww) the sponge on a stick thing isn't true.
January 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Was about to link this myself!
Sadly (or not sadly because eww) the sponge on a stick thing isn't true.
Sadly (or not sadly because eww) the sponge on a stick thing isn't true.
We could, but then wHerE WiLL pEOpLe pARk?!!
/s in case not obvious, though last mile in the burbs is a legitimate unsolved problem
/s in case not obvious, though last mile in the burbs is a legitimate unsolved problem
January 1, 2026 at 8:25 PM
We could, but then wHerE WiLL pEOpLe pARk?!!
/s in case not obvious, though last mile in the burbs is a legitimate unsolved problem
/s in case not obvious, though last mile in the burbs is a legitimate unsolved problem
What, again? Did this not happen earlier this year?
Yikes.
Yikes.
December 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
What, again? Did this not happen earlier this year?
Yikes.
Yikes.
And flat our lies.
Anecdote - in my local FB group (I know, I'm trying to wean myself off the Blue Zuckerhell) someone posted a picture of a messy encampment on Kensington street, Philadelphia claiming it was Toronto and this was all Olivia Chow's fault. 🤦🏼♀️
Anecdote - in my local FB group (I know, I'm trying to wean myself off the Blue Zuckerhell) someone posted a picture of a messy encampment on Kensington street, Philadelphia claiming it was Toronto and this was all Olivia Chow's fault. 🤦🏼♀️
December 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
And flat our lies.
Anecdote - in my local FB group (I know, I'm trying to wean myself off the Blue Zuckerhell) someone posted a picture of a messy encampment on Kensington street, Philadelphia claiming it was Toronto and this was all Olivia Chow's fault. 🤦🏼♀️
Anecdote - in my local FB group (I know, I'm trying to wean myself off the Blue Zuckerhell) someone posted a picture of a messy encampment on Kensington street, Philadelphia claiming it was Toronto and this was all Olivia Chow's fault. 🤦🏼♀️
It's crazy that a chapter about unions is in a volume called "heterodox economics!!!"
December 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It's crazy that a chapter about unions is in a volume called "heterodox economics!!!"
Is it, though? Or is the Star giving lip service to a dude that came in *checks notes* eighth last time?
December 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Is it, though? Or is the Star giving lip service to a dude that came in *checks notes* eighth last time?
December 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Ugh, I usually had time for Frum despite his right leanings because he tended to build decent arguments.
I'm not sure that article is even worth reading, given the overview.
Why must Canadians choose between environment and economy, when the economy can only exist in the environment. ⛄🔥
I'm not sure that article is even worth reading, given the overview.
Why must Canadians choose between environment and economy, when the economy can only exist in the environment. ⛄🔥
December 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Ugh, I usually had time for Frum despite his right leanings because he tended to build decent arguments.
I'm not sure that article is even worth reading, given the overview.
Why must Canadians choose between environment and economy, when the economy can only exist in the environment. ⛄🔥
I'm not sure that article is even worth reading, given the overview.
Why must Canadians choose between environment and economy, when the economy can only exist in the environment. ⛄🔥
Yes, it does look rather like a bathroom. Most of our stations on the east west line do. (Yes, we only have one east west line worth anything at the moment)
December 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Yes, it does look rather like a bathroom. Most of our stations on the east west line do. (Yes, we only have one east west line worth anything at the moment)
The water always wins.
December 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The water always wins.
Ours in Toronto isn't as cool looking or fun but has also been used to film stuff:
www.stationfixation.com/2016/12/bay-...
www.stationfixation.com/2016/12/bay-...
Bay Lower
Photos and description of the TTC's Bay subway station (including a discussion of Bay Lower).
www.stationfixation.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Ours in Toronto isn't as cool looking or fun but has also been used to film stuff:
www.stationfixation.com/2016/12/bay-...
www.stationfixation.com/2016/12/bay-...
Yes, agree with all the great policy and regulatory points you raise.
Re tool vs deployment, I meant the tool being "machine learning" (to use a broad colloquial term) and the deployment being for example, LLMs like chatGPT or whatever Palantir is up to vs. medical or archaeological applications.
Re tool vs deployment, I meant the tool being "machine learning" (to use a broad colloquial term) and the deployment being for example, LLMs like chatGPT or whatever Palantir is up to vs. medical or archaeological applications.
December 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Yes, agree with all the great policy and regulatory points you raise.
Re tool vs deployment, I meant the tool being "machine learning" (to use a broad colloquial term) and the deployment being for example, LLMs like chatGPT or whatever Palantir is up to vs. medical or archaeological applications.
Re tool vs deployment, I meant the tool being "machine learning" (to use a broad colloquial term) and the deployment being for example, LLMs like chatGPT or whatever Palantir is up to vs. medical or archaeological applications.
Can relate
December 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Can relate
💯 it isn't the tool it's the deployment. (Kind of like nuclear physics, gunpowder, etc)
December 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
💯 it isn't the tool it's the deployment. (Kind of like nuclear physics, gunpowder, etc)
So then Perks for sure.
December 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
So then Perks for sure.
Was it Fletcher?
December 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Was it Fletcher?
May or may not be indicative of anything. I was a political and news junkie since I was a teenager, but my sister is 40 and still doesn't really give a crap.
December 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
May or may not be indicative of anything. I was a political and news junkie since I was a teenager, but my sister is 40 and still doesn't really give a crap.
Delightful!
December 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Delightful!
Landlord charges way more for new tenant.... Breaking news at 6.
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December 28, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Landlord charges way more for new tenant.... Breaking news at 6.
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Cries in Toronto
December 28, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Cries in Toronto
In fairness I had to drive across the city to the burbs yesterday for xmas family thing and the right lane of most roads even the majors was basically the same thing the whole way.
December 28, 2025 at 4:54 AM
In fairness I had to drive across the city to the burbs yesterday for xmas family thing and the right lane of most roads even the majors was basically the same thing the whole way.
Ok interesting...
Apparently pickleball noise is both a bit louder (weird) as well as a bit more tonal than tennis, which means your ears will pick it up from background noise more easily. I can definitely see that getting very annoying.
Perhaps sound treatment and limited hours are the answer
Apparently pickleball noise is both a bit louder (weird) as well as a bit more tonal than tennis, which means your ears will pick it up from background noise more easily. I can definitely see that getting very annoying.
Perhaps sound treatment and limited hours are the answer
December 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Ok interesting...
Apparently pickleball noise is both a bit louder (weird) as well as a bit more tonal than tennis, which means your ears will pick it up from background noise more easily. I can definitely see that getting very annoying.
Perhaps sound treatment and limited hours are the answer
Apparently pickleball noise is both a bit louder (weird) as well as a bit more tonal than tennis, which means your ears will pick it up from background noise more easily. I can definitely see that getting very annoying.
Perhaps sound treatment and limited hours are the answer