Diego Rupolo
@diegorupolo.bsky.social
Student at the University of Toronto 🇨🇦 who has also studied at Universidad Torcuato di Tella 🇦🇷. Interests include urbanism; Latin American public policy, politics, and history; migration & diasporas; human geography; LGBT communities + their intersections.
Streetcars and LRT do not work in Toronto. I'm tired of hearing from progressive urban planning advocates that they *could work* if we *did them the right way.*
At this point, it has been literal decades of them not working. I don't care about your mythical ideal.
At this point, it has been literal decades of them not working. I don't care about your mythical ideal.
January 29, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Streetcars and LRT do not work in Toronto. I'm tired of hearing from progressive urban planning advocates that they *could work* if we *did them the right way.*
At this point, it has been literal decades of them not working. I don't care about your mythical ideal.
At this point, it has been literal decades of them not working. I don't care about your mythical ideal.
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NEW: A federal judge in Minnesota orders Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear IN PERSON this Friday and explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt.
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 27, 2026 at 11:58 AM
NEW: A federal judge in Minnesota orders Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear IN PERSON this Friday and explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt.
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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More than a little late, but a great development that will hopefully find echoes in other local PDs
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need a lot more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
January 27, 2026 at 9:49 PM
More than a little late, but a great development that will hopefully find echoes in other local PDs
Ok, I need to hear from the people. Has anyone gone for a sleep study and *not* been recommended a CPAP machine?
January 27, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Ok, I need to hear from the people. Has anyone gone for a sleep study and *not* been recommended a CPAP machine?
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I have seen the same song and dance play out so many times in the last decade and half: the author's objection, always, is that society is rotten, and their "solution", always, is total societal reorganization, with even herculean political endeavors being presented as less than the bare minimum.
January 27, 2026 at 5:01 AM
I have seen the same song and dance play out so many times in the last decade and half: the author's objection, always, is that society is rotten, and their "solution", always, is total societal reorganization, with even herculean political endeavors being presented as less than the bare minimum.
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I think this opinion piece is quite emblematic of what we around these parts have come to call "Woke 1", i.e social justice practiced primarily as an extension of left-wing academic discourse, with all the issues and limitations that implies.
It's a relic of bygone age, unfit for the present moment
It's a relic of bygone age, unfit for the present moment
I find takes like this unsatisfying because they ignore the point of the Nazi analogy. It's not about denying America's history of racist terror. "Nazi" is not just code for "bad but in a way that specifically doesn't implicate US antecedents." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/26/o...
Don’t look to Germany for an analogy. The Minneapolis nightmare is uniquely American. - The Boston Globe
In order to defeat the white nationalism that is at the core of ICE’s assault on American democracy, we have to see it and treat it as what it is.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:01 AM
I think this opinion piece is quite emblematic of what we around these parts have come to call "Woke 1", i.e social justice practiced primarily as an extension of left-wing academic discourse, with all the issues and limitations that implies.
It's a relic of bygone age, unfit for the present moment
It's a relic of bygone age, unfit for the present moment
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If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week
January 24, 2026 at 4:14 PM
If the US were a geopolitical rival the headlines would be like: US Secret Police Execute Second Dissident In the Streets As Militarized Occupation Enters Sixth Week
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There has been an increasing sense in Minneapolis that we are on our own, that our elected representatives are unwilling and/or unable to take action to get these murderous Nazi thugs out of our community. I really hope that changes today. The time for pleading TV hits ended weeks ago.
January 24, 2026 at 4:13 PM
There has been an increasing sense in Minneapolis that we are on our own, that our elected representatives are unwilling and/or unable to take action to get these murderous Nazi thugs out of our community. I really hope that changes today. The time for pleading TV hits ended weeks ago.
Started watching The Pitt and it's such a good show but I couldn't even tell you why.
I've never even loved hospital dramas and it's just watching organized chaos for several hours, but somehow it's so compelling?
It's rare that I'm almost incapable of articulating why I like something.
I've never even loved hospital dramas and it's just watching organized chaos for several hours, but somehow it's so compelling?
It's rare that I'm almost incapable of articulating why I like something.
January 24, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Started watching The Pitt and it's such a good show but I couldn't even tell you why.
I've never even loved hospital dramas and it's just watching organized chaos for several hours, but somehow it's so compelling?
It's rare that I'm almost incapable of articulating why I like something.
I've never even loved hospital dramas and it's just watching organized chaos for several hours, but somehow it's so compelling?
It's rare that I'm almost incapable of articulating why I like something.
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We have a consultation problem. I write about a Toronto rec centre that will have taken 14 years to plan, cost at least three times the original budget - and be a bad building.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
What is the cost of consultation?
Toronto recreation centre that started as $40-million project in 2016 has ballooned to nearly $113-million before construction even starts
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:41 PM
We have a consultation problem. I write about a Toronto rec centre that will have taken 14 years to plan, cost at least three times the original budget - and be a bad building.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
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If we had a halfway decent opposition party in Canada, they’d endorse the words Carney used today, and then hammer him relentlessly on implementation or lack thereof.
January 20, 2026 at 10:23 PM
If we had a halfway decent opposition party in Canada, they’d endorse the words Carney used today, and then hammer him relentlessly on implementation or lack thereof.
Just saw a headline that processed deli meat is definitely a carcinogen and it reminded me I had a soppressata in the fridge.
You can pry it from my cold, dead hands.
You can pry it from my cold, dead hands.
January 21, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Just saw a headline that processed deli meat is definitely a carcinogen and it reminded me I had a soppressata in the fridge.
You can pry it from my cold, dead hands.
You can pry it from my cold, dead hands.
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Today is a good day to remember Charly García's poignant song, "Los dinosaurios." Things are bad. The dinosaurs out there damage, disappear, and destroy. But, remember that the dinosaurs are also going to dissapear. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAuq...
Charly García - Los Dinosaurios (Audio)
YouTube video by CharlyGarciaVEVO
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Today is a good day to remember Charly García's poignant song, "Los dinosaurios." Things are bad. The dinosaurs out there damage, disappear, and destroy. But, remember that the dinosaurs are also going to dissapear. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAuq...
No exaggeration, I think Wikipedia is the greatest thing that's ever happened to humanity and I'd enlist in a war for it if I needed to.
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 7:29 PM
No exaggeration, I think Wikipedia is the greatest thing that's ever happened to humanity and I'd enlist in a war for it if I needed to.
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ICE keeps saying the people protesting it are being paid without any evidence, but we have receipts showing that the people *defending* ICE are absolutely being paid.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
relevant to the debate over whether we should keep funding DHS without reforms and accountability for how out of control their spending is
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
ICE keeps saying the people protesting it are being paid without any evidence, but we have receipts showing that the people *defending* ICE are absolutely being paid.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
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#GVerse 👏 Sheriff Rochelle Bilal is very clear when she says #FuckICE WILL be arrested for illegal activity. They are “made up, fake, law enforcement.
You will not be able to hide & you don’t want her smoke!
#ReneeNicoleGood #DemsUnited
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You will not be able to hide & you don’t want her smoke!
#ReneeNicoleGood #DemsUnited
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January 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
#GVerse 👏 Sheriff Rochelle Bilal is very clear when she says #FuckICE WILL be arrested for illegal activity. They are “made up, fake, law enforcement.
You will not be able to hide & you don’t want her smoke!
#ReneeNicoleGood #DemsUnited
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You will not be able to hide & you don’t want her smoke!
#ReneeNicoleGood #DemsUnited
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This article includes so many mealy-mouthed "we could do this, but the economy!" opinions.
It's so disheartening how often we're reminded that responses to evil and injustice must consider international commerce above all else.
It's so disheartening how often we're reminded that responses to evil and injustice must consider international commerce above all else.
What can the EU and Nato do to stop Trump from trying to claim Greenland?
What can the EU and Nato do to stop Trump from trying to claim Greenland?
The territory and the European bloc are trying to see off the US president, who has said control of Greenland is essential to national security
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:02 AM
This article includes so many mealy-mouthed "we could do this, but the economy!" opinions.
It's so disheartening how often we're reminded that responses to evil and injustice must consider international commerce above all else.
It's so disheartening how often we're reminded that responses to evil and injustice must consider international commerce above all else.
Public bathrooms are so important for accessibility and North American society's lack of them is a travesty.
Again, Mamdani hits it out of the park with low hanging fruit almost no one could argue against.
Again, Mamdani hits it out of the park with low hanging fruit almost no one could argue against.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin on Saturday announced an initiative to install more public bathrooms across the city.
January 12, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Public bathrooms are so important for accessibility and North American society's lack of them is a travesty.
Again, Mamdani hits it out of the park with low hanging fruit almost no one could argue against.
Again, Mamdani hits it out of the park with low hanging fruit almost no one could argue against.
My phone doesn't get good signal in the subway, and honestly, asking me to just sit quietly with my own thoughts in the morning is so rude.
January 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM
My phone doesn't get good signal in the subway, and honestly, asking me to just sit quietly with my own thoughts in the morning is so rude.
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Basically the Rob Ford model of mayoring, but by somebody who believes in Government.
January 6, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Basically the Rob Ford model of mayoring, but by somebody who believes in Government.
Remember that scene in The West Wing about how the Mercator map projection is damaging to Africa/the global south because it deemphasizes how big they are while emphasizing places like Greenland?
I would bet everything I own that it's now hurting Greenland too. Trump wants it because it's big.
I would bet everything I own that it's now hurting Greenland too. Trump wants it because it's big.
The White House sticking to the line that military is an option in Greenland
January 6, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Remember that scene in The West Wing about how the Mercator map projection is damaging to Africa/the global south because it deemphasizes how big they are while emphasizing places like Greenland?
I would bet everything I own that it's now hurting Greenland too. Trump wants it because it's big.
I would bet everything I own that it's now hurting Greenland too. Trump wants it because it's big.
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Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
January 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
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Relevant
January 4, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Relevant
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I spoke with María Corina Machado today. I affirmed Canada’s support for a peaceful, Venezuelan-led transition of power — one that respects the democratic will of the Venezuelan people.
January 5, 2026 at 1:02 AM
I spoke with María Corina Machado today. I affirmed Canada’s support for a peaceful, Venezuelan-led transition of power — one that respects the democratic will of the Venezuelan people.