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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1m

When cyclists subsidize parking spaces, literally.

(The municipal parking authority is also responsible for the municipal bike share program in Toronto.)

Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 2m

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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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 9m

Maybe the problem is that Avenue Road is six lanes wide?

Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 3h

Burnside's point is that maybe the 40 km/h speed limit on Avenue Rd and other streets is too low. Getting a ticket for "going 50 or 51 on Avenue Road that's six lanes wide, seems to be the kind of thing that would get under people's craws," he says.

Gray points out there are schools on Avenue Road.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1h

But at least there’s one way to escape them – take the stairs!

a machine with a sticker on it that says ' a '

ALT: a machine with a sticker on it that says ' a '

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 1h

“I am now authorized to use lethal force.”

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 4h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 4h

Gump Worsley!

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Henny Gesserit @nmjmredux.blacksky.app · 11h

This is only 12 miles from where my family lives. When you use AI in any form, people are affected directly

Rob Milton @therobmilton.com · 1d

- put down the damn AI.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 5h

Whose safety or health is being threatened?

Whose safety or health is being threatened?

Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 5h

NEW: Privacy officials with the Ontario government won’t release details of who was responsible for cabinet minister vehicles caught speeding, saying it would violate personal privacy and could threaten the “safety or health of an individual.” #OnPoli

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Ontario government won’t say which cabinet minister vehicles were speeding, citing safety | Globalnews.ca

Documents show vehicles assigned to Premier Doug Ford's cabinet ministers were caught by automated speed cameras 23 times, including one driving at 70 km/h in a 40 zone.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 8h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah, Buffalo is more Midwest than North East, despite being in NYS. It tracks.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 6h

There’s a cast iron watermain underneath that has to be replaced first. Because of the construction at Queen, we missed the window to do that.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 21h

Let’s not be jealous of Montreal

Though a visit to Montreal can make one jealous, Toronto has shown it can do great things too. We just have to follow through.

Let’s not be jealous of Montreal

Though a visit to Montreal can make one jealous, Toronto has shown it can do great things too. We just have to follow through.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 6h

Drip, drip, drip

Jack Hauen @jackhauen.bsky.social · 7h

NEW: David Piccini, the minister whose office picks Skills Development Fund recipients, was in Paris this weekend at the wedding of a lobbyist whose clients received millions from that fund.

From me and @charliepinkerton.bsky.social.

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Ontario labour minister attended lobbyist’s wedding after granting his clients millions in training funds

Two clients of lobbyist Michael Rudderham have received more than $8.5 million in Skills Development Fund grants, records show

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 19h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 15h

Those POPs basically private courtyards. This is bad.

Even the revised Ookwemin Minising massing proposals are leagues ahead of this.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 15h

Ok, I think I’ll go to bed now. See you tomorrow night!

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 16h

Hiroshima Carp have the Shinkansen passing by!

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 16h

Ugh

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 16h

What is with George Springer’s hair?

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 17h

Stay klassy, New York

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 17h

To be fair, Marge’s voice now sounds like her mother’s.

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 17h

Bean!

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Diana Chan McNally @dianacmcnally.bsky.social · 21h

A reminder that Ford has repeatedly used or threatened to use the Notwithstanding Clause to undermine democracy by:

- Limiting third party election advertising
- Slashing Toronto City Council mid-election
- Undermining education workers' labour rights
- Evicting encampments
- Removing bike lanes

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