Dylan
@dylan89.bsky.social
City politics. Theatre. F1
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I've worked in the casino industry for my entire career, and there is nothing more predatory than sportsbook ads and sponsorship. I watched one world series game on cable and it was legit shocking at how much ad time/space is given to gambling on active, unpredictable events of chance.
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball, sportsbooks say they will limit bets on individual pitches in response to pitch rigging scandal.
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I've worked in the casino industry for my entire career, and there is nothing more predatory than sportsbook ads and sponsorship. I watched one world series game on cable and it was legit shocking at how much ad time/space is given to gambling on active, unpredictable events of chance.
Cool. You still ran as a conservative and endorsed PPs message and political stylings. Sorry your party lost.
Pushing, yelling from Conservative leadership ‘sealed the deal’ on defection: d’Entremont. MP says Conservatives felt like ‘part of a frat house rather than a serious political party’ www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Pushing, yelling from Conservative leadership ‘sealed the deal’ on defection: d’Entremont | CBC News
Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont says pushing and yelling from Conservative Party leadership ‘sealed the deal’ on his choice to cross the floor to the Liberals earlier this week.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Cool. You still ran as a conservative and endorsed PPs message and political stylings. Sorry your party lost.
That Hudson Bay/Nordstrom space at the Eaton's Centre 👀👀👀
This breaks some people’s brains.
In most cities, Costco stores fuel sprawl & car dependency.
In Vancouver, our full-sized downtown Costco has residential towers above & a skytrain station next door. LOTS of customers don’t drive to it.
We live a block from it. We call it “the convenience store.”
In most cities, Costco stores fuel sprawl & car dependency.
In Vancouver, our full-sized downtown Costco has residential towers above & a skytrain station next door. LOTS of customers don’t drive to it.
We live a block from it. We call it “the convenience store.”
November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
That Hudson Bay/Nordstrom space at the Eaton's Centre 👀👀👀
One more day to see E.T. with the score performed live with the @torontosymphony.bsky.social. I don't think there was a dry eye in the house (and damn the movie hits hard after Fablemans).
November 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
One more day to see E.T. with the score performed live with the @torontosymphony.bsky.social. I don't think there was a dry eye in the house (and damn the movie hits hard after Fablemans).
The Overlea Blvd Costco in Toronto is pretty easy to get to from Broadview Station. Multiple bus lines make it a 10 minute trip from there.
With an Ontario Line stop next door, the city/province should be working to find an upcoming solution for the awful parking lot.
With an Ontario Line stop next door, the city/province should be working to find an upcoming solution for the awful parking lot.
This breaks some people’s brains.
In most cities, Costco stores fuel sprawl & car dependency.
In Vancouver, our full-sized downtown Costco has residential towers above & a skytrain station next door. LOTS of customers don’t drive to it.
We live a block from it. We call it “the convenience store.”
In most cities, Costco stores fuel sprawl & car dependency.
In Vancouver, our full-sized downtown Costco has residential towers above & a skytrain station next door. LOTS of customers don’t drive to it.
We live a block from it. We call it “the convenience store.”
November 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The Overlea Blvd Costco in Toronto is pretty easy to get to from Broadview Station. Multiple bus lines make it a 10 minute trip from there.
With an Ontario Line stop next door, the city/province should be working to find an upcoming solution for the awful parking lot.
With an Ontario Line stop next door, the city/province should be working to find an upcoming solution for the awful parking lot.
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@peopleforbikes.bsky.social looks at the problem of "e-motos" that are confused with e-bikes. There is confusion everywhere in the e-bike world; it's time to clarify and simplify the rules and get the too-big too-fast two-wheeled things out of the bike lanes.
When it comes to e-bikes, we need "clear, simple, straightforward rules that a nine-year-old can explain."
People for Bikes has recommendations for dealing with the confusion between "e-motos" and e-bikes. I have some too.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
@peopleforbikes.bsky.social looks at the problem of "e-motos" that are confused with e-bikes. There is confusion everywhere in the e-bike world; it's time to clarify and simplify the rules and get the too-big too-fast two-wheeled things out of the bike lanes.
What a trip.
#Bugonia
#Bugonia
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November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
What a trip.
#Bugonia
#Bugonia
3. You could use this opportunity to contact your MP and tell them you do NOT support austerity.
Two things can be true at the same time, Canada.
1. Yes, I’m disappointed with some of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s approaches so far, particularly around climate action, and his definations of “nation-building.” We should expect better.
2. Carney is still light-years better than Pierre Poilievre.
1. Yes, I’m disappointed with some of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s approaches so far, particularly around climate action, and his definations of “nation-building.” We should expect better.
2. Carney is still light-years better than Pierre Poilievre.
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
3. You could use this opportunity to contact your MP and tell them you do NOT support austerity.
Interesting tactic. I've been taking photos and calling out TTC employees when I see them sitting on their phones or socializing in corners.
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Interesting tactic. I've been taking photos and calling out TTC employees when I see them sitting on their phones or socializing in corners.
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I am reading an OLT decision from last week for 155 St. Dennis Drive and geez, I'm shaking my head.
High density form, proximate to rapid transit and 95% of the land dedicated as parkland in the Don Valley. Seems like huge wins all around.
Why did the City of Toronto bother to fight this?!
High density form, proximate to rapid transit and 95% of the land dedicated as parkland in the Don Valley. Seems like huge wins all around.
Why did the City of Toronto bother to fight this?!
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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I think you focus on kids:
- Family Doctor and Childcare for all
- Full repair of all schools
- Vision Zero
- Family Doctor and Childcare for all
- Full repair of all schools
- Vision Zero
Thought experiment time, Ontario: Part of Zohran Mamdani's success was relentless message discipline with his 3 key ideas. If you could only pick 3 *big*, *bold* ideas for a progressive party in Ontario that would appeal to the *whole* population, what would they be? Quote post with ideas!
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I think you focus on kids:
- Family Doctor and Childcare for all
- Full repair of all schools
- Vision Zero
- Family Doctor and Childcare for all
- Full repair of all schools
- Vision Zero
"don't worry it's only south of Bloor because I stopped transit progress in favour of rich business owners"
🚧CONSTRUCTION ALERT🚧
RapidTO Bathurst installation begins today.
Streetcar service for the 511 Bathurst will be replaced by buses from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
For more details, visit: www.toronto.ca/services-pay...
#CityofTO #Unirose
RapidTO Bathurst installation begins today.
Streetcar service for the 511 Bathurst will be replaced by buses from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
For more details, visit: www.toronto.ca/services-pay...
#CityofTO #Unirose
RapidTO: Bathurst Street
Starting November 5, weather permitting, the City and TTC will begin installing priority streetcar lanes on Bathurst Street between Bathurst Station and Lake Shore Boulevard West. View the News & Upda...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"don't worry it's only south of Bloor because I stopped transit progress in favour of rich business owners"
I don't think Freeland or Blair should be allowed to vote as it's been announced they will be leaving their posts. Really shitty representation.
Welcome to the team, Chris. This is an important moment for our country.
We are working together to build our communities, grow a strong economy, and create new opportunities for people in Acadie—Annapolis and across Canada.
We are working together to build our communities, grow a strong economy, and create new opportunities for people in Acadie—Annapolis and across Canada.
November 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I don't think Freeland or Blair should be allowed to vote as it's been announced they will be leaving their posts. Really shitty representation.
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I wrote an op-ed on what I think about the fight for local neighbourhood retail (and the grousing about Badiali's) means for the urban vision of Toronto. Gift link here: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
When even the humble corner store is impossible to open in Toronto, it’s a sign of something deeply wrong
We need to accept that Toronto is now a big city.
www.thestar.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I wrote an op-ed on what I think about the fight for local neighbourhood retail (and the grousing about Badiali's) means for the urban vision of Toronto. Gift link here: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
I think it's a damn shame that Mayor Chow did not use the Blue Jays' success to champion a pedestrian-first vision of the city.
She was everywhere, and the way people interacted with the celebrations was very transit and community forward.
She was everywhere, and the way people interacted with the celebrations was very transit and community forward.
ELECTIONS MATTER, FOLKS. And if you love cities and understand the incredible role they play in our lives, remember that ELECTIONS FOR MAYOR REALLY MATTER.
Mayors have huge power over our quality of life, and even our lives. Don’t give that power to awful people who don’t understand better cities.
Mayors have huge power over our quality of life, and even our lives. Don’t give that power to awful people who don’t understand better cities.
November 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I think it's a damn shame that Mayor Chow did not use the Blue Jays' success to champion a pedestrian-first vision of the city.
She was everywhere, and the way people interacted with the celebrations was very transit and community forward.
She was everywhere, and the way people interacted with the celebrations was very transit and community forward.
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6 storey single-stair buildings - with quiet green courtyards - this is what a true “eco village” would look like.
The book “Impossible Toronto” imagines how it could happen.
My copy arrived Friday - thanks @zoecoombes.bsky.social !
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...
The book “Impossible Toronto” imagines how it could happen.
My copy arrived Friday - thanks @zoecoombes.bsky.social !
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...
A dense, urban Canada? It’s possible
A specific, provocative proposal for how Toronto might evolve offers good ideas
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
6 storey single-stair buildings - with quiet green courtyards - this is what a true “eco village” would look like.
The book “Impossible Toronto” imagines how it could happen.
My copy arrived Friday - thanks @zoecoombes.bsky.social !
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...
The book “Impossible Toronto” imagines how it could happen.
My copy arrived Friday - thanks @zoecoombes.bsky.social !
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-...
Mayor Chow going to bed knowing she has to start doing her job again on Monday
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November 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Mayor Chow going to bed knowing she has to start doing her job again on Monday
I get off that the Blue Jays are playing Game 7 of the World Series tonight, but Renee Fleming is singing The Lord of the Rings at Koerner Hall and that doesn't happen every year either.
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November 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I get off that the Blue Jays are playing Game 7 of the World Series tonight, but Renee Fleming is singing The Lord of the Rings at Koerner Hall and that doesn't happen every year either.
Mayor Chow needs to remove Gord Perks from all committee chair positions. Mayor Chow also needs to actually come out and support something.
Perks’ motion to delete the plan for expanded retail permissions within neighbourhoods CARRIES with only Matlow opposed. (In favour: Perks, Bradford, Crisanti, Myers, Nunziata.)
But the proposal for expanded retail permissions on “major streets” does go forward to Council for consideration.
But the proposal for expanded retail permissions on “major streets” does go forward to Council for consideration.
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Mayor Chow needs to remove Gord Perks from all committee chair positions. Mayor Chow also needs to actually come out and support something.
When people complain about going to Rogers Stadium for Coldplay (literally surrounded by transit), tell them that NYC audiences have to go to a DIFFERENT STATE to see a concert in New York.
This is where you build a ballpark, people. Where people can easily walk to it, bike to it, take public transit to it. Car-dependent ballparks, stadiums, arenas are straight-up stupid planning.
Walkable city baseball edition:
Andrés Giménez on how you get the feeling of a city by walking it.
Andrés Giménez on how you get the feeling of a city by walking it.
October 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
When people complain about going to Rogers Stadium for Coldplay (literally surrounded by transit), tell them that NYC audiences have to go to a DIFFERENT STATE to see a concert in New York.
Ontarians working for Ontarians would be a great message from the NDP for the next election. Big push for union jobs in an expansion of healthcare, transit and housing.
WATCH: Pitting workers against each other based on how deep their pockets are is NOT how unions do business.
October 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Ontarians working for Ontarians would be a great message from the NDP for the next election. Big push for union jobs in an expansion of healthcare, transit and housing.
I'll add on my own thread. Any resident's association being run by a bank director is NOT in the best interests of the neighborhood.
You can't be a NIMBY and shout "Elbows Up" and "Buy Canadian". It's time for real neighborhoods where the community can thrive.
I’m sick of sharing this link so help me bury the NIMBY opposition to cute neighbourhood shops! They just put a petition with a measly 209 signatures into the record to kill—not modify, kill—this small step towards maybe having corner stores again
Let’s tell them what we want: c.org/fYSGWfvYJv
Let’s tell them what we want: c.org/fYSGWfvYJv
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I'll add on my own thread. Any resident's association being run by a bank director is NOT in the best interests of the neighborhood.
You can't be a NIMBY and shout "Elbows Up" and "Buy Canadian". It's time for real neighborhoods where the community can thrive.
I’m sick of sharing this link so help me bury the NIMBY opposition to cute neighbourhood shops! They just put a petition with a measly 209 signatures into the record to kill—not modify, kill—this small step towards maybe having corner stores again
Let’s tell them what we want: c.org/fYSGWfvYJv
Let’s tell them what we want: c.org/fYSGWfvYJv
Sign the Petition
Save Finch Store/Martin Cafe and Protect TO Neighbourhood Retail
c.org
October 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
You can't be a NIMBY and shout "Elbows Up" and "Buy Canadian". It's time for real neighborhoods where the community can thrive.
The removal of any strip plaza for density should include the micro commercial unit sizes that these businesses thrive on.
We know it's coming along any LRT line. The city needs to take action now before it's all banks, Shoppers, and other chains.
We know it's coming along any LRT line. The city needs to take action now before it's all banks, Shoppers, and other chains.
Strip plazas are part of Toronto’s story. They're home to small businesses, local services and jobs. If you own or work in one, we’d love your input. Tell us about your experience so we can better support these important spaces.
Complete the survey: www.toronto.ca/PlazaPOV.
Complete the survey: www.toronto.ca/PlazaPOV.
October 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The removal of any strip plaza for density should include the micro commercial unit sizes that these businesses thrive on.
We know it's coming along any LRT line. The city needs to take action now before it's all banks, Shoppers, and other chains.
We know it's coming along any LRT line. The city needs to take action now before it's all banks, Shoppers, and other chains.
Why are navigation systems and map apps allowed to show you going over the speed limit? Sat in an Uber yesterday and saw the red highlighted 60 in a 40 zone. These apps force cars into every corner of the city, utilize them as a tool of enforcement.
Shout it from the rooftops 🗣 I've said before (including in a post about Veo I'm told they used in their materials 😄🤦🏻♀️), SPEED LIMIT CARS NOW.
(Dr. Haddon developed an injury prevention matrix he developed in 1970 is one of the most widely used models in the safety and injury prevention fields.)
(Dr. Haddon developed an injury prevention matrix he developed in 1970 is one of the most widely used models in the safety and injury prevention fields.)
"We’ve been miseducated that the way to solve [traffic violence] is to have more squads of police chasing Americans so that they wouldn’t drive 120 miles per hour rather than arranging cars so they can’t go that fast." - NHTSA founder Dr. William Haddon
October 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Why are navigation systems and map apps allowed to show you going over the speed limit? Sat in an Uber yesterday and saw the red highlighted 60 in a 40 zone. These apps force cars into every corner of the city, utilize them as a tool of enforcement.