Chris Garbutt 🇨🇦 🐢 🏝
@cgarbutt.bsky.social
Managing Director, VQC Media. Check out our podcasts, What Kind of Man are You and Toronto Restaurants | The Podcast!
Reader, writer, runner, leader/follower, cook, eater. Transit nerd. Lover of nature and of cities.
Reader, writer, runner, leader/follower, cook, eater. Transit nerd. Lover of nature and of cities.
The Content Marketing Institute is describing an average weekday
January 16, 2026 at 5:34 PM
The Content Marketing Institute is describing an average weekday
Imagine ever thinking even six years ago that we would be sending troops to defend against the U.S.
Here we freaking go. I cannot believe this is happening.
Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Canada are sending troops to Greenland amid continued threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the territory, multiple outlets reported. #FAFO
www.newsweek.com/greenland-ge...
www.newsweek.com/greenland-ge...
January 14, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Imagine ever thinking even six years ago that we would be sending troops to defend against the U.S.
Doug Ford's feelings don't care about facts.
"Toronto doubled its number of speed cameras from 75 to 150 last year, a measure that studies show did change driving habits. By the end of 2025, the city saw its fewest fatalities and serious injuries since the beginning of the Vision Zero program."
'Hogwash': Ford downplays speed camera effect as Toronto traffic fatalities hit record low in 2025
In 2025, Toronto’s streets were the safest in over a decade but not everyone is convinced that speed cameras were largely responsible
buff.ly
January 12, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Doug Ford's feelings don't care about facts.
Utterly useless stupid minister of an utterly useless stupid ministry.
Of course not. That would make the tech bros that Solomon is sucking up to very angry.
What an absolutely useless waste of a Cabinet minster.
What an absolutely useless waste of a Cabinet minster.
January 11, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Utterly useless stupid minister of an utterly useless stupid ministry.
Yeah this is a problem everywhere today. The people delivering the service with not enough resources get abused for policies made elsewhere
Why Patient Complaints Are Breaking Emergency Physicians. Much of the anger directed at ER docs reflects not a failure of care—but a failure of the system, by Michael Rubin, MD mikerubinmd.substack.com/p/why-patien...
January 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Yeah this is a problem everywhere today. The people delivering the service with not enough resources get abused for policies made elsewhere
Dear friends, if you have come here from X, welcome. If you haven't deleted your account yet, please tell others that it is time to leave.
January 8, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Dear friends, if you have come here from X, welcome. If you haven't deleted your account yet, please tell others that it is time to leave.
And make Musk accountable. Any other person owning a site that allowed.this openly would be arrested by now.
now we’re talking. it’s time to take down X — and elon musk’s influence along with it
Musk’s X could be banned in Britain over AI chatbot row
Sir Keir Starmer brands deepfakes on social media site ‘disgusting and not to be tolerated’
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 11:18 PM
And make Musk accountable. Any other person owning a site that allowed.this openly would be arrested by now.
One of the weirdest things in the world to me is loving your country. How do you love a country?
January 6, 2026 at 6:18 PM
One of the weirdest things in the world to me is loving your country. How do you love a country?
Ban CEOs. Seriously. They drain value from organizations.
The richest Canadian CEOs now make 248 times more than the average worker wage in Canada. The @policyalternatives.ca's new CEO Pay report shows how the gulf between the rich and the rest of us keeps growing and what to do about it. @davidmaccdn.bsky.social
www.policyalternatives.ca
January 3, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Ban CEOs. Seriously. They drain value from organizations.
The tech world will take everything. Except responsibility
A real news outlet publishing the phrase "Grok apologized" should result in like a week-long timeout. Think about what you've done.
January 3, 2026 at 12:03 AM
The tech world will take everything. Except responsibility
And they still don't have a readable sign that tells you when the next train will come
I've been thinking about the possibility of this concept for years (using panels in subway tunnels to create a stop-motion video effect as trains pass) and was hoping the TTC might use it for an art installation. Instead it looks like it will be used for advertising. www.thestar.com/news/gta/ttc...
TTC opens the door to running ads in Toronto’s subway tunnels. But there’s a catch
As soon as next summer, TTC riders might be subjected to advertisements as they travel between stations.
www.thestar.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM
And they still don't have a readable sign that tells you when the next train will come
LOL "Rich people" had cars like this where I grew up. I remember my skin sticking to the vinyl seats in any car I rode in!
Yall remember when the inside of cars used to look like this
December 31, 2025 at 5:46 AM
LOL "Rich people" had cars like this where I grew up. I remember my skin sticking to the vinyl seats in any car I rode in!
Things that don't need to be connected to the internet, part 1: any household appliance.
not to start discourse, but you guys know robot vacuums make maps of your home & amazon (or whoever) keeps them, right? like i don't talk about this because it feels like i'm saying "you know you shouldn't leave your car running in the garage with the doors closed", but maybe i need to say that too.
December 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Things that don't need to be connected to the internet, part 1: any household appliance.
Happy Boxing Day to all who celebrate! #leftoverstastebetter
December 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Happy Boxing Day to all who celebrate! #leftoverstastebetter
And I really really don't want gen AI in my CUSTOMER SERVICE!!
I don't want gen AI in my software
I don't want gen AI in my phone
I don't want gen AI in my email
I don't want gen AI in my recipes
I don't want gen AI in my safety documentation
I don't want gen AI in my schools
I don't want gen AI in my healthcare
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my phone
I don't want gen AI in my email
I don't want gen AI in my recipes
I don't want gen AI in my safety documentation
I don't want gen AI in my schools
I don't want gen AI in my healthcare
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
December 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
And I really really don't want gen AI in my CUSTOMER SERVICE!!
Great news. Now to ensure we keep what we have.
We did it! 20 km of new bike lanes including Rathburn, Trethewey, and Kingston. The approval “sends notice that the City of Toronto is not just going to sit around and twiddle its thumbs while Bill 60 is law.”
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Toronto council votes to build more than 20 km of new bike lanes
Toronto city council has given the greenlight to install more than 20 kilometres of new bike lanes in a proposal that manages to get around the provincial government’s attempts to clamp down on them.
www.cbc.ca
December 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Great news. Now to ensure we keep what we have.
Wow!
“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes.
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com
Cycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprint
If everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.
www.euronews.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Wow!
Since the province is so afraid to offend drivers, the least we can do is support these bike lanes. share.nwmd.social/s/f4nbwmkb
Win Win Solutions
share.nwmd.social
December 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Since the province is so afraid to offend drivers, the least we can do is support these bike lanes. share.nwmd.social/s/f4nbwmkb
Hard to believe this is real. But an obsession with fonts shows a crazy level of micromanagement - and a need for tight control.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Hard to believe this is real. But an obsession with fonts shows a crazy level of micromanagement - and a need for tight control.
We really gotta stop using Google, or any searches for information that give AI results
some actor who looked a lot like mel brooks had a cameo in Death By Lightning so i googled to see if it was him and got this really helpful search result
December 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
We really gotta stop using Google, or any searches for information that give AI results
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world and its world body is completely unserious.
December 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world and its world body is completely unserious.
No. No you're not. You are literally the opposite of here to help.
December 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
No. No you're not. You are literally the opposite of here to help.
You know what is also fake! IQ. Stop talking about IQ. It's pseudoscience at best.
December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
You know what is also fake! IQ. Stop talking about IQ. It's pseudoscience at best.
YES! Generations are marketing strategies, not identities. Great article.
Generations are fake and don’t tell us anything meaningful
Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Generations are fake and don't tell us anything meaningful - Halifax Examiner
“It’s always ‘the young people today’ who are the problem.”
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
YES! Generations are marketing strategies, not identities. Great article.
Not sure how Vladimir Putin missed this list
These are the 10 richest people in the world right now.
The Top 10 Richest People In The World | December 2025
There’s a new No. 2 on Forbes’ ranking of the world’s wealthiest people.
www.forbes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Not sure how Vladimir Putin missed this list