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Oliver Moore

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Deviant pedestrian. I’m bullish on cities, opposed to fascism and write editorials for The Globe and Mail. Never 51. @moore_oliver at the bird site, which I've mostly left. Will try to respond via [email protected]. Header pic by Mervyn Sequeira

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · Aug 21

Another satisfied reader

Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 11h

Also interesting, excluding the snow impact, there was a 2.3pc drop in parking usage so far this year. This comes as the TPA gears up to provide more info on how much their lots are being used -- data which could pave way for re-purposing

Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 11h

Fun fact: the $1.7M in increased revenue generated by putting Bixi stands on Toronto island cancelled out a $1.7M loss in on-street parking revenues due to heavy snow in February
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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 16h

Hot take: it‘s a failure of journalism to characterise the US president wanting to jail his opponents as Trump having “escalated his battle“ with them

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 16h

Points around the room. “Le wi-fi est partout“

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 1d

Inbox: a press release about the “best” and “worst” US cities in which to drive

Awkward reality: the so-called best are generally cities where people don’t want to live while the worst are some of the most desirable places in the country. Go figure

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 3d

Some great stuff in Venice, including this gate/entrance I chanced upon

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 3d

FWIW, antI-fascist sentiment remains widely apparent in the city

Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 3d

Scarpa also contributed to the setting for the replacement monument, which sits at water’s edge and is partially covered as the tide rises and falls

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 3d

Some things never change. A 50s-era monument to the anti-fascist partisan women of Venice was blown up four years later by neo-fascists wanting to rewrite history. Only the base, by Carlo Scarpa, survived

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 4d

No patio tables no problem. Crowd spills out of a wine bar, spreading along the canal to enjoy a convivial drink and snack — and no chaos ensued. Someone should tell Toronto city council

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 4d

The ultimate luxury? Off-canal parking in central Venice

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 5d

For some reason, reminded of this
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www.creedthoughts.gov - The Office US #shorts

YouTube video by The Office

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 5d

I left twitter cause it became a nazi cesspool. This place seemed a good alternative. But if it nose-dives that’s it for me. Hard as it may be to remember, there was a time before social media. We *can* all just stop

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 5d

You could try a poster’s strike. I hear that works

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 5d

Venice could’ve built a faux-old train station but, admirably, resisted. Of course, this is from the fascist era so has its own baggage

Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 5d

There may not be a rail journey’s final five minutes that is more anticipatory than rolling across the causeway toward Santa Lucia

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 7d

Narrator’s voice: no they won’t

Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 7d

Flying electric taxis will be travelling between Oxford and Cambridge next year. A six-month pilot project (geddit) aims to prepare the infrastructure and develop a business case as a first step towards “commercially viable regional operations”.

Flying taxi over English countryside somewhere

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 7d

Peak oblivious tourist may be sitting at a patio table in Piazza Maggiore and moaning loudly about how hard it was to find parking nearby

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 10d

The fact that cross-border traffic from Canada is down by only one-third is a gd mystery. Not exaggerating to say that it’s possible I will never again go to the US

🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 11d

Unbelievable!

This is a US Border Agent chasing a Canadian couple heading towards the border back to Canada.

He yells at them:

“Never come to the US again”

🚨 DO NOT GO TO THE US
IT IS NOT SAFE.

#Canada
#FascistUSA
#BoycottUSA

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 10d

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 12d

The Julian Alps, in the north of the country, pretty stunning as well

Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 12d

Speed limits in Slovenia are bonkers. A winding two-lane country road: 130km/hr. A poorly surfaced two-lane road without even a centre line: 90km/hr. Same for a narrow twisty road in the Alps. Real speeds somewhat self-limiting, but as always, most likely way to die on hols is a traffic collision

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 13d

I mean, the NYT could just tell us he‘s acting illegally, source it to a bunch of experts in international law and be done with it. No need to be coy

Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 13d

Hot take: instead of being a click-tease, find out the answer to the question and make it the headline

Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 13d

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The U.S. Keeps Killing Venezuelans on Boats. Is That Legal?

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 14d

For decades European cities have been full of practical scooters and small sport-bikes. But there’s always that one guy with a hog

Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 14d

Maybe