Peter de Koning
@peterdeko.com
sloppy in a very normal way
📍Toronto
@peterdeko
📍Toronto
@peterdeko
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A message to Vince Gasparro, who has banned us from Canada, and our many fans there. 👇
September 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A message to Vince Gasparro, who has banned us from Canada, and our many fans there. 👇
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"I was shocked to see one of the nurses who I worked with carrying my daughter... she was dead."
This broke me. Dr Khaled Hamouda, Gaza surgeon, in tearful testimony to 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack,' the film they didn't want you to see.
Full film, that the BBC dropped, from Zeteo: gazadoctors.film
This broke me. Dr Khaled Hamouda, Gaza surgeon, in tearful testimony to 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack,' the film they didn't want you to see.
Full film, that the BBC dropped, from Zeteo: gazadoctors.film
July 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"I was shocked to see one of the nurses who I worked with carrying my daughter... she was dead."
This broke me. Dr Khaled Hamouda, Gaza surgeon, in tearful testimony to 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack,' the film they didn't want you to see.
Full film, that the BBC dropped, from Zeteo: gazadoctors.film
This broke me. Dr Khaled Hamouda, Gaza surgeon, in tearful testimony to 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack,' the film they didn't want you to see.
Full film, that the BBC dropped, from Zeteo: gazadoctors.film
Happy June 24th, y'all
June 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Happy June 24th, y'all
It's amazing how Canadian pundits know nothing about Doug Ford. "He wants to be Prime Minister!" He might become PM—out of spite or for shits and giggles—but the only thing he's ever truly wanted to be is mayor of Toronto.
April 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It's amazing how Canadian pundits know nothing about Doug Ford. "He wants to be Prime Minister!" He might become PM—out of spite or for shits and giggles—but the only thing he's ever truly wanted to be is mayor of Toronto.
50-ish yr old white guy biking on Danforth was yelling slurs and telling bike couriers to “go back where you came from.” Told him to stop, he yelled at me, then cycled back to me, my partner, and kid and yelled a stream of things I hope my kid doesn’t remember. East York, do we know this guy?
April 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
50-ish yr old white guy biking on Danforth was yelling slurs and telling bike couriers to “go back where you came from.” Told him to stop, he yelled at me, then cycled back to me, my partner, and kid and yelled a stream of things I hope my kid doesn’t remember. East York, do we know this guy?
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Thanks to your 2,250 comments, the Ontario Government has withdrawn their request to dump sewage into the Ontario Place West Channel! This is a win for marine life & habitat, the rowers and other water users! 🎉 ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-9534 #topoli #onpoli
March 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Thanks to your 2,250 comments, the Ontario Government has withdrawn their request to dump sewage into the Ontario Place West Channel! This is a win for marine life & habitat, the rowers and other water users! 🎉 ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-9534 #topoli #onpoli
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Anyone who says additional housing supply alone will improve affordability is choosing to ignore stories like this one. Why are they choosing to ignore these facts? Well, that is another story in itself.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Large landlord reports biggest operating income increase for Halifax apartments in last 5 years | CBC News
Halifax-based landlord Killam Apartment REIT has released its 2024 year-end financial results. The company reported its largest net operating income increase for its Halifax apartments in the last fiv...
www.cbc.ca
February 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Anyone who says additional housing supply alone will improve affordability is choosing to ignore stories like this one. Why are they choosing to ignore these facts? Well, that is another story in itself.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Trying to conceive of the level of hatred it takes to use Trump’s proposal to complete the ethnic cleansing of Gaza to scold Palestinians and their allies for not enthusiastically endorsing the administration that made it possible.
February 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Trying to conceive of the level of hatred it takes to use Trump’s proposal to complete the ethnic cleansing of Gaza to scold Palestinians and their allies for not enthusiastically endorsing the administration that made it possible.
Well, it's an exciting time to be working for a Southern Ontarian manufacturer.
February 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Well, it's an exciting time to be working for a Southern Ontarian manufacturer.
It's good, would recommend.
January 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It's good, would recommend.
And there it is. Trying to deliberately anger your base, what could go wrong??
THis is so sad to see but not unexpected given how poorly the NDP has treated her.
January 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
And there it is. Trying to deliberately anger your base, what could go wrong??
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Incredible deputation at the budget committee wherein he references Avatar/James Cameron five times in three minutes
www.youtube.com/live/JykDq6u...
www.youtube.com/live/JykDq6u...
January 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Incredible deputation at the budget committee wherein he references Avatar/James Cameron five times in three minutes
www.youtube.com/live/JykDq6u...
www.youtube.com/live/JykDq6u...
Did DeepSeek just single handedly improve our climate forecast?
January 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Did DeepSeek just single handedly improve our climate forecast?
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Biden really gave Trump eight years of policy making on so many issues but locking a whole country into unique economic destruction is among the worst and most arbitrary.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Trump rescinds Biden decision to delist Cuba as state sponsor of terrorism
The move was part of a sweeping executive order signed by Trump on Monday night that rescinds 78 executive actions taken by Biden over the course of his presidency.
www.miamiherald.com
January 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Biden really gave Trump eight years of policy making on so many issues but locking a whole country into unique economic destruction is among the worst and most arbitrary.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
I think I'm going to cancel all my streaming services and just stick to these for a year.
January 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I think I'm going to cancel all my streaming services and just stick to these for a year.
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TTC fares have risen faster than the rate of inflation over the past 30 years.
That's why we're glad to hear Mayor Olivia Chow is planning a potential fare freeze in 2025.
But it's not a done deal - your voice is needed to make sure a fare freeze is funded in the City Budget!
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That's why we're glad to hear Mayor Olivia Chow is planning a potential fare freeze in 2025.
But it's not a done deal - your voice is needed to make sure a fare freeze is funded in the City Budget!
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January 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
TTC fares have risen faster than the rate of inflation over the past 30 years.
That's why we're glad to hear Mayor Olivia Chow is planning a potential fare freeze in 2025.
But it's not a done deal - your voice is needed to make sure a fare freeze is funded in the City Budget!
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That's why we're glad to hear Mayor Olivia Chow is planning a potential fare freeze in 2025.
But it's not a done deal - your voice is needed to make sure a fare freeze is funded in the City Budget!
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Brilliant critique of Say Nothing (both book and show) by Jack Sheehan for @thebaffler.com. thebaffler.com/latest/codes...
Codes of Silence | Jack Sheehan
Patrick Radden Keefe’s bestselling 2019 book “Say Nothing” has been adapted into a miniseries. It repeats the sins of its source material.
thebaffler.com
December 22, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Brilliant critique of Say Nothing (both book and show) by Jack Sheehan for @thebaffler.com. thebaffler.com/latest/codes...
The CBC has been so hostile to workers and the CUPW throughout the postal strike. Imagine working for a public corporation and writing this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The U.K., Belgium and Germany have done it. Should Canada also privatize its postal service? | CBC News
Selling off or privatizing Canada Post is just one of many significant and potentially drastic remedies tossed around by analysts who say the Crown corporoation cannot continue in its present form.
www.cbc.ca
December 20, 2024 at 12:47 PM
The CBC has been so hostile to workers and the CUPW throughout the postal strike. Imagine working for a public corporation and writing this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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If you are interested in public education, bargaining for the common good & unions— pay attention to Chicago. As educators are demanding housing for our students, green schools, smaller classes, & more student supports to name a few. The pushback is fierce #edusky
inthesetimes.com/article/chic...
inthesetimes.com/article/chic...
Chicago Teachers Have an Ally As Mayor—Now They’re Fighting for a Historic Contract
The Chicago Teachers Union is working to use its newfound political power to win a broad set of “common good” demands while realizing a vision of world-class public education.
inthesetimes.com
December 19, 2024 at 1:39 PM
If you are interested in public education, bargaining for the common good & unions— pay attention to Chicago. As educators are demanding housing for our students, green schools, smaller classes, & more student supports to name a few. The pushback is fierce #edusky
inthesetimes.com/article/chic...
inthesetimes.com/article/chic...
Taking this moment to say get well soon and post one of my favourite Lula photos.
December 10, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Taking this moment to say get well soon and post one of my favourite Lula photos.
PSA: Daft Punk's Interstella 5555 is showing a whole bunch of Cineplex theatres this Thursday. Looks like one night only.
December 10, 2024 at 4:01 PM
PSA: Daft Punk's Interstella 5555 is showing a whole bunch of Cineplex theatres this Thursday. Looks like one night only.
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Kinda wondering why the #Toronto Police are looking for more than a 50% increase to their ammunition budget this year. It's small in dollar amounts compared to salaries, but what do they need with that many more bullets?
December 9, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Kinda wondering why the #Toronto Police are looking for more than a 50% increase to their ammunition budget this year. It's small in dollar amounts compared to salaries, but what do they need with that many more bullets?
This used to be my daily run. Seeing this photo is a sucker-punch.
I used to run through #OntarioPlace weekly. Now I rarely run the TO waterfront trail as I don't want to start my morning faced w corruption & the wholesale (but costly for us) disposal of Ontario to friends of @fordnation. Depressing.
December 9, 2024 at 4:31 PM
This used to be my daily run. Seeing this photo is a sucker-punch.
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this is so perfect youve gotta think it was intentional
December 6, 2024 at 2:57 PM
this is so perfect youve gotta think it was intentional