Latke Enthusiast
@etzilana.bsky.social
Utilitarian cycling, general and Toronto-specific urbanism, Jewish stuff, my cat (and most other animals)
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@etzilana.bsky.social
· Dec 11
My non-negotiables:
1. Fund the TTC
2. Build bike lanes everywhere
3. Jews should be treated like people; stop politicizing our existence
3a. Same goes for Muslims/all minorities
4. Vote at every opportunity you get
5. Jesus wasn't Palestinian
6. Universal healthcare now and forever
7. Cats
1. Fund the TTC
2. Build bike lanes everywhere
3. Jews should be treated like people; stop politicizing our existence
3a. Same goes for Muslims/all minorities
4. Vote at every opportunity you get
5. Jesus wasn't Palestinian
6. Universal healthcare now and forever
7. Cats
ok, 3 minutes here was enough. goodbye for another several months. recommending the JCMHI support groups to any other jews in need. shit sucks
May 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
ok, 3 minutes here was enough. goodbye for another several months. recommending the JCMHI support groups to any other jews in need. shit sucks
frankly, the simple truth is that it is bad for the human psyche to be repeatedly exposed to as much traumatizing information as we are. the internet was, in this way, indeed a mistake. we can't actually handle this mode of consuming information. it's bad for us.
May 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
frankly, the simple truth is that it is bad for the human psyche to be repeatedly exposed to as much traumatizing information as we are. the internet was, in this way, indeed a mistake. we can't actually handle this mode of consuming information. it's bad for us.
screaming into the void for the millionth time (after reading garbage day's latest missive) that "judeo-christian values" don't exist because there is no such thing as "judeo-christianity" and jews have no more in common with christians than we do with muslims. thank you
May 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
screaming into the void for the millionth time (after reading garbage day's latest missive) that "judeo-christian values" don't exist because there is no such thing as "judeo-christianity" and jews have no more in common with christians than we do with muslims. thank you
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unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
April 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
I watched this earlier today and really enjoyed it! However, I also happened to see this headline, which was, uh, Concerning: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... (tl;dr – a worker was trying to convince people to vote CPC and she's been removed)
Elections Canada worker in GTA removed following allegations of voter interference | CBC News
Elections Canada says one of its employees will no longer be working at any polling stations while it investigates allegations they were attempting to influence voters to cast their ballot for the Con...
www.cbc.ca
April 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I watched this earlier today and really enjoyed it! However, I also happened to see this headline, which was, uh, Concerning: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... (tl;dr – a worker was trying to convince people to vote CPC and she's been removed)
They have completely lost the plot
February 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
They have completely lost the plot
yikes @ my alma mater
February 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
yikes @ my alma mater
I have fact-checked this by searching up the case number on the Ontario Courts database, which you can do here. www.ontario.ca/page/search-...
Search for court cases online
Learn how to search and view Superior Court of Justice civil and criminal court case information and Ontario Court of Justice adult criminal court case information online.Search for court cases
www.ontario.ca
February 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I have fact-checked this by searching up the case number on the Ontario Courts database, which you can do here. www.ontario.ca/page/search-...
List of the businesses will be in the first reply to this post www.thestar.com/news/gta/eto...
Etobicoke businesses sue city over Bloor Street bike lanes
More than 40 businesses are suing the city, its transportation manager and their local councillor over bike lanes that were installed in 2023 and 2024.
www.thestar.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
List of the businesses will be in the first reply to this post www.thestar.com/news/gta/eto...
I live in Canada but am a dual citizen, so I called my elected representatives in the state I'm registered to vote in, with @5calls.org – literally the least I could do. 5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
February 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I live in Canada but am a dual citizen, so I called my elected representatives in the state I'm registered to vote in, with @5calls.org – literally the least I could do. 5calls.org
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It was recently revealed that in Ontario you're not allowed to take a child as a passenger on an e-bike - for example, to cycle them to school. @lanrickbennett.bsky.social explains just how misguided that is. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
OP-ED: E-Cargo Bikes Aren't the Problem – SUVs Are - Spacing Toronto
Picture this: A parent pedals up to their child’s school on an e-cargo bike, their kid safely strapped in, chatting about their day. The pedal assist motor provides just enough boost to handle the wei...
spacing.ca
February 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It was recently revealed that in Ontario you're not allowed to take a child as a passenger on an e-bike - for example, to cycle them to school. @lanrickbennett.bsky.social explains just how misguided that is. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
It’s loading for me
February 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
It’s loading for me
Stop buying shit from Amazon
I know others have raised the alarm on this, but I’m calling it now:
Amazon is making this change so they can easily redact, restrict, and otherwise censor LGBTQIA+ books that were acceptable a year ago, but are likely to become outlawed in the US very soon
www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
Amazon is making this change so they can easily redact, restrict, and otherwise censor LGBTQIA+ books that were acceptable a year ago, but are likely to become outlawed in the US very soon
www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books
It’s bad if you like to keep ebook backup copies.
www.theverge.com
February 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Stop buying shit from Amazon
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In the Continuing Outrage Department, let's not forget about the evisceration of USAID and the demise of foreign development aid.
Here's an interview I did yesterday on the subject.
www.newscentermaine.com/207
Here's an interview I did yesterday on the subject.
www.newscentermaine.com/207
February 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
In the Continuing Outrage Department, let's not forget about the evisceration of USAID and the demise of foreign development aid.
Here's an interview I did yesterday on the subject.
www.newscentermaine.com/207
Here's an interview I did yesterday on the subject.
www.newscentermaine.com/207
They're so incompetent they didn't even bother to do it completely
February 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
They're so incompetent they didn't even bother to do it completely
Today in "dumb shit from the Ontario government" (TL;DR – technically it's illegal to transport a child on an e-bike, even if they're in a safety seat, wearing a helmet, and going less then 25 kph)
Dropping off your kids at school on an e-bike? Here’s why you might not want to in Ontario
If you use an electric bike to ferry your kids between home and school, daycare or activities, you’ll be risking a ticket and a fine of up to $1,000.
www.thestar.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Today in "dumb shit from the Ontario government" (TL;DR – technically it's illegal to transport a child on an e-bike, even if they're in a safety seat, wearing a helmet, and going less then 25 kph)
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Basically traps AI crawlers and sends them down an "infinite maze" of static files with no exit links, where they get stuck and thrash around for months. Once trapped, the crawlers can be fed gibberish data, aka Markov babble, which is designed to poison AI models arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
AI haters build tarpits to trap and trick AI scrapers that ignore robots.txt
Attackers explain how an anti-spam defense became an AI weapon.
arstechnica.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Basically traps AI crawlers and sends them down an "infinite maze" of static files with no exit links, where they get stuck and thrash around for months. Once trapped, the crawlers can be fed gibberish data, aka Markov babble, which is designed to poison AI models arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
no one has to agree with me on anything but if you are hostile, you will be blocked lol
February 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
no one has to agree with me on anything but if you are hostile, you will be blocked lol
I LOVE THIS! More like this please. I'd love to live in a multiplex like this
Great to see this project that I toured a couple weeks ago with the architects Jana Levitt and Dan Goodman featured in the latest issue of Canadian Architect!
@canadianarchitect.bsky.social www.canadianarchitect.com/building-in-...
@canadianarchitect.bsky.social www.canadianarchitect.com/building-in-...
February 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I LOVE THIS! More like this please. I'd love to live in a multiplex like this
This also includes (non-optionally) genuine, non-transactional interconnection with other people, and allowing them to take care of you, and taking care of them. Yes, emotionally too.
I am pretty certain that being offline and prioritizing in-person things is helpful on a neurological level too
I am pretty certain that being offline and prioritizing in-person things is helpful on a neurological level too
February 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This also includes (non-optionally) genuine, non-transactional interconnection with other people, and allowing them to take care of you, and taking care of them. Yes, emotionally too.
I am pretty certain that being offline and prioritizing in-person things is helpful on a neurological level too
I am pretty certain that being offline and prioritizing in-person things is helpful on a neurological level too
A crucial one from @theradr.bsky.social: "why spiritual practice matters during the rising authoritarian tide"
Feel free to define "spiritual" loosely. The point is that you need something inside that stabilizes and orients you around/toward who you really are and want to be, on the deepest level.
Feel free to define "spiritual" loosely. The point is that you need something inside that stabilizes and orients you around/toward who you really are and want to be, on the deepest level.
fortify inside
why spiritual practice matters during the rising authoritarian tide
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A crucial one from @theradr.bsky.social: "why spiritual practice matters during the rising authoritarian tide"
Feel free to define "spiritual" loosely. The point is that you need something inside that stabilizes and orients you around/toward who you really are and want to be, on the deepest level.
Feel free to define "spiritual" loosely. The point is that you need something inside that stabilizes and orients you around/toward who you really are and want to be, on the deepest level.
Stantec is working with the Ford gov't to rip out bike lanes in Toronto, despite the injunction that prevents this work taking place until March & despite the tens of thousands of Ontarians who don't want to see their money wasted ripping out perfectly good infrastructure we paid to put in:
Shame on you, Stantec
www.cycleto.ca
January 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Stantec is working with the Ford gov't to rip out bike lanes in Toronto, despite the injunction that prevents this work taking place until March & despite the tens of thousands of Ontarians who don't want to see their money wasted ripping out perfectly good infrastructure we paid to put in:
And where the minimum wage STILL does not approach a living wage (which you can check at ontariolivingwage.ca, for ON at least), we should be agitating to adjust minimum wage legislation to reflect the cost of living.
ontariolivingwage.ca
January 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
And where the minimum wage STILL does not approach a living wage (which you can check at ontariolivingwage.ca, for ON at least), we should be agitating to adjust minimum wage legislation to reflect the cost of living.