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@ramith.bsky.social
· Dec 19
"We are talking about the quality of life of people in quiet residential neighbourhoods, who chose to live in these neighbourhoods because they are quiet. They did not choose to live in them because of commercial activity," explains Holyday.
These "quiet neighbourhood" councillors demand their lifestyles (low density, car infrastructure) be subsidized by more productive areas of the city, starving us of funds for social programs that would address our biggest issues, then complain about the traffic they create in our neighbourhoods.
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I wanted to compare what I saw on Seattle's Line 1 LRT with Toronto's Finch LRT.
In Seattle, you can see left turning cars waiting while fast-moving transit gets priority. Help TTCriders make it happen in Toronto: www.ttcriders.ca/greenlight
📸: @wk1998.bsky.social / @kevinrupasinghe.bsky.social
In Seattle, you can see left turning cars waiting while fast-moving transit gets priority. Help TTCriders make it happen in Toronto: www.ttcriders.ca/greenlight
📸: @wk1998.bsky.social / @kevinrupasinghe.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I wanted to compare what I saw on Seattle's Line 1 LRT with Toronto's Finch LRT.
In Seattle, you can see left turning cars waiting while fast-moving transit gets priority. Help TTCriders make it happen in Toronto: www.ttcriders.ca/greenlight
📸: @wk1998.bsky.social / @kevinrupasinghe.bsky.social
In Seattle, you can see left turning cars waiting while fast-moving transit gets priority. Help TTCriders make it happen in Toronto: www.ttcriders.ca/greenlight
📸: @wk1998.bsky.social / @kevinrupasinghe.bsky.social
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If only the pros outweighed the cons.
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If only the pros outweighed the cons.
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Look at this image (and thread - use the translate service).
This one reads along the lines of:
"..Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.
In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).
Words cannot describe the pollution of near space."
🔭
This one reads along the lines of:
"..Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.
In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).
Words cannot describe the pollution of near space."
🔭
3/4. En esta imagen se muestra el mismo campo estelar del Cometa C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) sin limpiar.
En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).
Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).
Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Look at this image (and thread - use the translate service).
This one reads along the lines of:
"..Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.
In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).
Words cannot describe the pollution of near space."
🔭
This one reads along the lines of:
"..Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) without cleaning.
In just 15 minutes of acquisition, we counted 1,659 satellite trails (about 400 individual ones).
Words cannot describe the pollution of near space."
🔭
😭 Toronto would proudly do the reverse.
November 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
😭 Toronto would proudly do the reverse.
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Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
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Notice Mamdani charmed Trump on live TV without backing down on any stances. He didn't water himself down, he didn't even take back calling Trump a fascist. Moderates would say butter him up, or try to appear more right-wing. Voters can see through that—and evidently so does he!
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Notice Mamdani charmed Trump on live TV without backing down on any stances. He didn't water himself down, he didn't even take back calling Trump a fascist. Moderates would say butter him up, or try to appear more right-wing. Voters can see through that—and evidently so does he!
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Nostalgia about neighbourhood retail is not a strategy — the City's heavily compromised decision on neighbourhood retail may result in no new neighbourhood retail, writes senior editor @johnlorinc.bsky.social.
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
Nostalgia about neighbourhood retail is not a strategy - Spacing Toronto
I have lived for many years less than 30 metres from what was once one of Toronto’s storied corner stores — a green grocer known locally as “Dom’s” — for the owner, Domenico Cozzi. He and his wife Ros...
spacing.ca
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Nostalgia about neighbourhood retail is not a strategy — the City's heavily compromised decision on neighbourhood retail may result in no new neighbourhood retail, writes senior editor @johnlorinc.bsky.social.
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
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This is one of the purest encapsulations I've seen recently of someone who sees a city not as a destination but as something through which to drive. Imagine if there were popular stores? The horror
Councillor Shan moves to exclude three streets in his ward. He worries the retail spaces created won't just be small shops selling ice cream to locals, but things like "beef patties that are so popular that people from the 905 will come to get it." That'll just add to traffic problems, he says.
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This is one of the purest encapsulations I've seen recently of someone who sees a city not as a destination but as something through which to drive. Imagine if there were popular stores? The horror
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Thanks to everyone who participated but it turns out that none of you were able to imagine the greatest horror: a successful small business with beef patties.
Councillor Shan moves to exclude three streets in his ward. He worries the retail spaces created won't just be small shops selling ice cream to locals, but things like "beef patties that are so popular that people from the 905 will come to get it." That'll just add to traffic problems, he says.
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Thanks to everyone who participated but it turns out that none of you were able to imagine the greatest horror: a successful small business with beef patties.
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Councillor Myers: "Just so I have it clear, the city is paying $1.5 billion for these GO Train stations. Who's going to own these assets when they're complete?"
The province, says staff.
Myers: "So the City of Toronto has paid $1.5 billion to build assets for the province."
Staff confirm, yes.
The province, says staff.
Myers: "So the City of Toronto has paid $1.5 billion to build assets for the province."
Staff confirm, yes.
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Councillor Myers: "Just so I have it clear, the city is paying $1.5 billion for these GO Train stations. Who's going to own these assets when they're complete?"
The province, says staff.
Myers: "So the City of Toronto has paid $1.5 billion to build assets for the province."
Staff confirm, yes.
The province, says staff.
Myers: "So the City of Toronto has paid $1.5 billion to build assets for the province."
Staff confirm, yes.
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Me finding out @zohrankmamdani won. Captured by the great Faraz Ansari
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Me finding out @zohrankmamdani won. Captured by the great Faraz Ansari
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Except Budget 2025 proposes cutting funding from the Canada Public Transit Fund towards a more generalized fund, leaving less money on the table for important transit projects and state-of-good-repair 👎
This a step backwards for faster commutes and achieving our climate goals. Not good!
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This a step backwards for faster commutes and achieving our climate goals. Not good!
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To build Canada strong, we’re building strong communities.
Budget 2025 invests more than $50 billion in new roads, transit, hospitals, colleges, and universities — to empower you with faster commutes, better services, and more opportunities.
Budget 2025 invests more than $50 billion in new roads, transit, hospitals, colleges, and universities — to empower you with faster commutes, better services, and more opportunities.
November 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Except Budget 2025 proposes cutting funding from the Canada Public Transit Fund towards a more generalized fund, leaving less money on the table for important transit projects and state-of-good-repair 👎
This a step backwards for faster commutes and achieving our climate goals. Not good!
1/4
This a step backwards for faster commutes and achieving our climate goals. Not good!
1/4
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In Jane Jacobs’s old neighborhood, more heritage rules will mean more exclusion and gentrification.
We know how the story ends. It shouldn’t be allowed to happen again.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
We know how the story ends. It shouldn’t be allowed to happen again.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Will heritage stop housing development in the Annex?
If a new heritage district is created, it should acknowledge the tradeoffs and explicitly define how the area will change
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:54 AM
In Jane Jacobs’s old neighborhood, more heritage rules will mean more exclusion and gentrification.
We know how the story ends. It shouldn’t be allowed to happen again.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
We know how the story ends. It shouldn’t be allowed to happen again.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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The Ford government already eliminated rent control for buildings built after 2018. They are now taking steps to eliminate rent control in Ontario altogether. This is shameful and disgusting given the affordability crisis that so many people are facing.
October 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The Ford government already eliminated rent control for buildings built after 2018. They are now taking steps to eliminate rent control in Ontario altogether. This is shameful and disgusting given the affordability crisis that so many people are facing.
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Israel violating a ceasefire deal as a mob of Israeli settlers attack an American journalist and Palestinian grandma & an Israeli soccer match has to be cancelled because of violent fans is all the worse when you remember the deal calls to "de-radicalize" Palestinians and not Israelis
October 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Israel violating a ceasefire deal as a mob of Israeli settlers attack an American journalist and Palestinian grandma & an Israeli soccer match has to be cancelled because of violent fans is all the worse when you remember the deal calls to "de-radicalize" Palestinians and not Israelis
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The Venn diagram of urban density and average household GHG emissions is pretty much a circle. Interesting study on “Mapping household GHG emissions in the Greater Golden Horseshoe” from the University of Toronto School of Cities schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/mapping-hous...
October 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The Venn diagram of urban density and average household GHG emissions is pretty much a circle. Interesting study on “Mapping household GHG emissions in the Greater Golden Horseshoe” from the University of Toronto School of Cities schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/mapping-hous...
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A State Department inspector general report says U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson dismissed an embassy contractor at Salvadoran President Bukele’s request.
The contractor had talked to a journalist about a suspected government pact with the MS-13 gang.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/42WCOcc
The contractor had talked to a journalist about a suspected government pact with the MS-13 gang.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/42WCOcc
October 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A State Department inspector general report says U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson dismissed an embassy contractor at Salvadoran President Bukele’s request.
The contractor had talked to a journalist about a suspected government pact with the MS-13 gang.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/42WCOcc
The contractor had talked to a journalist about a suspected government pact with the MS-13 gang.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/42WCOcc
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I can’t believe that as recently as a few months ago, the consensus Democratic Party position, even on the left, was that you couldn’t call to ‘abolish ICE.’
Good luck to the Democratic candidates who run in 2028 while opposing the abolition of ICE.
A rogue fascist agency.
Good luck to the Democratic candidates who run in 2028 while opposing the abolition of ICE.
A rogue fascist agency.
October 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I can’t believe that as recently as a few months ago, the consensus Democratic Party position, even on the left, was that you couldn’t call to ‘abolish ICE.’
Good luck to the Democratic candidates who run in 2028 while opposing the abolition of ICE.
A rogue fascist agency.
Good luck to the Democratic candidates who run in 2028 while opposing the abolition of ICE.
A rogue fascist agency.
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Rather than heed the advice of his government’s own experts that ripping out protected bike lanes WILL NOT solve traffic congestion, Doug Ford is wasting taxpayer money and playing politics with your fundamental rights and freedoms.
October 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Rather than heed the advice of his government’s own experts that ripping out protected bike lanes WILL NOT solve traffic congestion, Doug Ford is wasting taxpayer money and playing politics with your fundamental rights and freedoms.
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"A heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits."
October 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"A heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits."
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This new Paris neighbourhood is VERY good. Clichy-Batignolles (former rail yard), 1 of many transformations at Metro transit stations around the city. Dense+mixed (urban IKEA, grocery store, schools, jobs etc), diverse (50% public housing, 20% middle class rental), 1/3rd beautiful park, 20k people.
June 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This new Paris neighbourhood is VERY good. Clichy-Batignolles (former rail yard), 1 of many transformations at Metro transit stations around the city. Dense+mixed (urban IKEA, grocery store, schools, jobs etc), diverse (50% public housing, 20% middle class rental), 1/3rd beautiful park, 20k people.
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We’ve officially entered the “war = peace” part of the dystopian horror show
September 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
We’ve officially entered the “war = peace” part of the dystopian horror show
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These Project 2025 videos were intended to train a second Trump administration’s political appointees "to be ready on day one."
Last August, ProPublica & @documented.net obtained 14 hours of the videos, which covered everything from passing new regulations to rooting out left-wing language:
Last August, ProPublica & @documented.net obtained 14 hours of the videos, which covered everything from passing new regulations to rooting out left-wing language:
Watch: 14 Hours of Never-Before-Published Videos From Project 2025’s Presidential Administration Academy
The videos are part of an ongoing effort to recruit and train thousands of future conservative appointees. Despite Donald Trump’s efforts to disavow Project 2025, most of the speakers in the videos ha...
www.propublica.org
September 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
These Project 2025 videos were intended to train a second Trump administration’s political appointees "to be ready on day one."
Last August, ProPublica & @documented.net obtained 14 hours of the videos, which covered everything from passing new regulations to rooting out left-wing language:
Last August, ProPublica & @documented.net obtained 14 hours of the videos, which covered everything from passing new regulations to rooting out left-wing language:
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BREAKING:
- Jimmy Kimmel jokes about Charlie Kirk's killer
- FCC's Brendan Carr threatens to pull licenses of TV stations airing Kimmel unless ABC fires him
- Nexstar owns a lot of TV stations
- Nexstar says their stations will stop airing Kimmel
- ABC does this
www.theverge.com/news/780471/...
- Jimmy Kimmel jokes about Charlie Kirk's killer
- FCC's Brendan Carr threatens to pull licenses of TV stations airing Kimmel unless ABC fires him
- Nexstar owns a lot of TV stations
- Nexstar says their stations will stop airing Kimmel
- ABC does this
www.theverge.com/news/780471/...
Jimmy Kimmel Live pulled ‘indefinitely’ for joke about Charlie Kirk’s killer after FCC threat
ABC folded.
www.theverge.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
BREAKING:
- Jimmy Kimmel jokes about Charlie Kirk's killer
- FCC's Brendan Carr threatens to pull licenses of TV stations airing Kimmel unless ABC fires him
- Nexstar owns a lot of TV stations
- Nexstar says their stations will stop airing Kimmel
- ABC does this
www.theverge.com/news/780471/...
- Jimmy Kimmel jokes about Charlie Kirk's killer
- FCC's Brendan Carr threatens to pull licenses of TV stations airing Kimmel unless ABC fires him
- Nexstar owns a lot of TV stations
- Nexstar says their stations will stop airing Kimmel
- ABC does this
www.theverge.com/news/780471/...