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theterroirist.bsky.social
Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈
@theterroirist.bsky.social
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Wine, Politics, M:TG, Derby, Urban Affairs, Travel. Probably bad puns. All views expressed here are actually yours; sorry, I don't make the rules. they/them Toronto based, but I get around.
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · Nov 11
Wow, hello everybody!

I woke up today to a LOT of new followers, so I thought I'd make a quick introductory post to let y'all know more about me.

Back on the 'other site' I mostly posted about urban issues, Magic: the Gathering, Roller Derby, equity, and - in the summer - baseball. 1/
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 1m
Are you in Texas or New York?
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 1m
I'm not sure if Bloor is even the most tourist-identifying word in that sentence. :P
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 36m
*Casey.

Wow, it's been a LONG time since I've thought about this, but that cricket bat remains an icon in my head.
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 37m
I'm excited for all of KC Jones's various sports equipment.
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 40m
Whomp whomp.

Thanks.
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 49m
Did something happen? (Like, to cause this specific shut down? Obviously there's been A LOT happening on bsky world lately)
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 2h
Pictured: A harmful WASP. He is holding two photos of speed cameras.
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 4h
Like, I get that they require a lot of land if you want them to be multi-lane with wide lanes and gentle turning radii to allow cars to travel through them at speed.

But isn't the whole 'travel through them at speed' part of the problem?
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 4h
Genuine question - do they?

Or can you make a roundabout work in the space of a standard 5 lane intersection? (I thought that you could).

You may need to make it narrower and the turns tighter - which would reduce the functional safe speed - but that feels like a feature, not a bug.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 4h
Councillor Mike Colle asks about the premier's idea that roundabouts could provide safety and replace speed cameras. Gray says the problem in urban areas is that roundabouts require a lot of land, and the city doesn't have a lot of land available.
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 5h
Gotta make sure those cars have a great view of the city.
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 5h
Can you imagine if they did this for other rulebreaking?

"We'll only prosecute shoplifters if they steal more than $50 at a time" would essentially tell people they can walk out of shops with $45 of goods anytime they want.
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 5h
The Anakin meme. Panel one says "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" Panel two says "So we should give avenue a lane diet and resdeisgn the road to encourage lower speeds?"
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 5h
This is a provincial government that doesn't want bicycle traffic lanes on semi-major streets.

There's no way they'll allow speed bumps on arterial roads.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 6h
Matlow asks about Ford's claim that speed bumps can replace speed cameras. Gray says the city already install lots of speed bumps and other traffic calming measures, but speed bumps aren't really appropriate on arterial roads because they can mess with transit and emergency services.
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 5h
Tolkien-esque elves? D&D Elves? Shadowmoor Elves? Kiebler Elves?

Gonna need more details before we can answer.
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 6h
As an aside, I love the troll job of making the pack say 'Power 10'
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 6h
We should though.

If you're speeding, you're breaking the rules. Just as there's no 'acceptable level of shoplifting', there shouldn't be an acceptable level of speeding either.
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 6h
This is the thing about too much motorist misbehaviour. They convince themselves that - whatever infractions they commit - they're just following the 'unwritten rules of the road' and that the rules, and not them, are in the wrong.

Speeding, rolling stops, running amber lights... the list goes on.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 6h
Gray says the City didn't want to reveal the threshold over the limit at which the cameras start ticketing — now reported at 11 km/h — because the city worried drivers would just adjust and assume the "real" speed limit is the posted limit plus the threshold.
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 6h
It's a bit, right? This is just a really long-con bit, surely?
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 7h
I recently read a thread about people's happy moments and it made me smile.
A photograph of a computer screen showing a bluesky post by Gail Simone.
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 7h
Applause Slow GIF
Alt: Applause Slow GIF
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 7h
So then let it die.

Isn't this supposed to be the basic tenet of our system? Let the markets decide? If your product can't be profitable without theft, then how is it different from somebody on a street corner selling pirated DVDs?
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The Verge @theverge.com · May 26
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 18h
They seem to alternate between trolling their userbase and wondering how they can reduce toxicity on the site, with literally no sense of connectivity between the two.
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 18h
This is very different from Toronto, where you're a Torontonian when you start bemoaning the fate of our city.
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The Orion @gettheorion.bsky.social · 18h
Hey, I dont go in for that "you're only a real Chicagoan if" bullshit. if you love and respect this city, you a Chicagoan. 💙❤️💙

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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 18h
I have a feeling that Justin Bruhil may be getting a mysterious injury tonight if we lose today.
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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 18h
No, the Jays are supposed to be the defensive team.

Sigh