Jennifer Smith 🇨🇦 🎬
@jenfilmsmith.bsky.social
Torontonian by birth, Miltonian by residence. Annoyingly proud Canadian, film fanatic, cyclist, urban planning and municipal politics nerd, founder of the Milton Film Festival. 🎥
Oh lord, there are so many...
December 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Oh lord, there are so many...
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“Shoutout to the boys in Canada’s overwhelmingly Conservative media who consistently blame immigrants in order to shield our country’s investment class!”
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December 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
“Shoutout to the boys in Canada’s overwhelmingly Conservative media who consistently blame immigrants in order to shield our country’s investment class!”
thebeaverton.com/2023/08/corp...
thebeaverton.com/2023/08/corp...
It always amazes me that the people who rail against crazy cycling activists pushing their agenda on them are the SAME PEOPLE who apparently long for the Good Old Days. I'm 61 and I lived in those days. I rode the TTC to school on Grade 4, and rode my bike absolutely everywhere.
how about instead of focusing our energy on teaching kids road safety we teach adults safe systems.
December 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It always amazes me that the people who rail against crazy cycling activists pushing their agenda on them are the SAME PEOPLE who apparently long for the Good Old Days. I'm 61 and I lived in those days. I rode the TTC to school on Grade 4, and rode my bike absolutely everywhere.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
I keep thinking about this 1997 Outer Limits episode where everyone has a brain implant that hooks them into The Stream, except this one guy whose brain won't take it, and then The Stream crashes and he ends up ruling the world because everyone else has forgotten how to open a fucking book.
Worth reading for lots of reasons, but particularly because it closes with something I see in my work and travels speaking on writing and AI. Many, maybe most students do not want AI-mediated schooling or lives. We can offer them something better. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I keep thinking about this 1997 Outer Limits episode where everyone has a brain implant that hooks them into The Stream, except this one guy whose brain won't take it, and then The Stream crashes and he ends up ruling the world because everyone else has forgotten how to open a fucking book.
Very exciting. When the Eglinton Crosstown finally opens, I plan to go to Toronto and spend a day riding that and the Finch West, from end to end. Just like I did when the Spadina line opened way back when. Because I'm that old...
An Alstom Citadis Spirit train pulls into Finch West Station.
Its been many years delayed but its finally here.
#ttc #ttcriders #toronto #LRT #Line6
Its been many years delayed but its finally here.
#ttc #ttcriders #toronto #LRT #Line6
December 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Very exciting. When the Eglinton Crosstown finally opens, I plan to go to Toronto and spend a day riding that and the Finch West, from end to end. Just like I did when the Spadina line opened way back when. Because I'm that old...
Honestly, you don't need to elect this guy. You just need to hire his PR team.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Honestly, you don't need to elect this guy. You just need to hire his PR team.
I give it 6 days before she starts a GoFundMe and gets her own segment on Fox.
The video in question
Trigger warning if applicable. Racist language
Trigger warning if applicable. Racist language
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I give it 6 days before she starts a GoFundMe and gets her own segment on Fox.
Fun fact: Rose was exposed by defector Igor Gouzenko, who spent the rest of his life in Canada hiding from the KGB and wearing a sack over his head when he did interviews. My dad was one of his lawyers. I met him when I was 16 when he did a TV interview in our basement.
On this day in 1907, Fred Rose was born.
He was elected to Parliament in 1943 but was expelled after he was found guilty of conspiring to steal weapons research for the Soviet Union. His Canadian citizenship was revoked and he died in Poland in 1983.
He was elected to Parliament in 1943 but was expelled after he was found guilty of conspiring to steal weapons research for the Soviet Union. His Canadian citizenship was revoked and he died in Poland in 1983.
December 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Fun fact: Rose was exposed by defector Igor Gouzenko, who spent the rest of his life in Canada hiding from the KGB and wearing a sack over his head when he did interviews. My dad was one of his lawyers. I met him when I was 16 when he did a TV interview in our basement.
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Residents who wanted to shop local found only cannabis retailers left on main street, end up starting a jam band.
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Residents who wanted to shop local found only cannabis retailers left on main street, end up starting a jam band.
My annual reminder that Polytechnique was one of Denis Villeneuve's first - and best - feature films, and if you haven't seen it you really should. boxd.it/1AMG
Polytechnique (2009)
A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989 where several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.
boxd.it
December 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
My annual reminder that Polytechnique was one of Denis Villeneuve's first - and best - feature films, and if you haven't seen it you really should. boxd.it/1AMG
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Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
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On Dec. 6, 1917 at 8:45 a.m., the Imo and Mont-Blanc (which was packed with explosives) collided in Halifax Harbour.
At 9:05 a.m., the Mont-Blanc exploded. The 2.9 kiloton blast levelled most of Halifax, killed 1,700 and injured 9,000.
This is the story.
📸 LAC
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At 9:05 a.m., the Mont-Blanc exploded. The 2.9 kiloton blast levelled most of Halifax, killed 1,700 and injured 9,000.
This is the story.
📸 LAC
🧵 1/12
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On Dec. 6, 1917 at 8:45 a.m., the Imo and Mont-Blanc (which was packed with explosives) collided in Halifax Harbour.
At 9:05 a.m., the Mont-Blanc exploded. The 2.9 kiloton blast levelled most of Halifax, killed 1,700 and injured 9,000.
This is the story.
📸 LAC
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At 9:05 a.m., the Mont-Blanc exploded. The 2.9 kiloton blast levelled most of Halifax, killed 1,700 and injured 9,000.
This is the story.
📸 LAC
🧵 1/12
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Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
I honestly thought this was a joke or AI at first. It looking like zombie hands clawing at a rotting Earth. And so, I suppose, it is.
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
December 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I honestly thought this was a joke or AI at first. It looking like zombie hands clawing at a rotting Earth. And so, I suppose, it is.
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“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.”
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
No, Defensive Walking Isn't The Solution For Road Deaths - Jalopnik
It's victim-blaming, it's bull, and it's not the solution we need.
www.jalopnik.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.”
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
In Canada, unlike certain other countries, our response to the mass shooting of women has been to significantly strengthen our gun laws, and to remember and honour the names of the women who were murdered - every single year, from that terrible day to this. We will never, ever forget.
On this day in 1989, an armed gunman murdered 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Another ten women and four men were injured.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
December 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
In Canada, unlike certain other countries, our response to the mass shooting of women has been to significantly strengthen our gun laws, and to remember and honour the names of the women who were murdered - every single year, from that terrible day to this. We will never, ever forget.
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Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michele Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
#December6 #EndVAW www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michele Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
#December6 #EndVAW www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
École Polytechnique, Montréal: Remember the 14
On Dec. 6, 1989, the country was forever changed. Fourteen women died at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, killed simply because they were women.
www.cbc.ca
December 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michele Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
#December6 #EndVAW www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michele Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
#December6 #EndVAW www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
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#Breaking: Frank Gehry, the Toronto-born architect known for his bold and dynamic structures, dies at 96
Frank Gehry dies at 96
His notable projects include the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and a new extension to the Art Gallery of Ontario.
www.thestar.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
#Breaking: Frank Gehry, the Toronto-born architect known for his bold and dynamic structures, dies at 96
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Say it with me 3 times...
E-MOTOS ARE NOT BIKES
E-MOTOS ARE NOT BIKES
E-MOTOS ARE NOT BIKES
velo.outsideonline.com/ebike/ebike-...
E-MOTOS ARE NOT BIKES
E-MOTOS ARE NOT BIKES
E-MOTOS ARE NOT BIKES
velo.outsideonline.com/ebike/ebike-...
E-Bike Injuries Are Up 1,800%, But It's Not Actually E-Bikes: It's Electric Motorcycles
The vehicles causing a recent spike in injuries and worse aren't e-bikes. Here’s why, our solution, and how to differentiate an e-bike from an e-moto.
velo.outsideonline.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Say it with me 3 times...
E-MOTOS ARE NOT BIKES
E-MOTOS ARE NOT BIKES
E-MOTOS ARE NOT BIKES
velo.outsideonline.com/ebike/ebike-...
E-MOTOS ARE NOT BIKES
E-MOTOS ARE NOT BIKES
E-MOTOS ARE NOT BIKES
velo.outsideonline.com/ebike/ebike-...
I will have to send this to every member of Milton's Town Council. It's no accident that the ones who consistently vote against investing in transit while simultaneously complaining about 'empty buses' are also the ones who have never commuted by transit in their lives.
Do you find yourself in conversations with people who like to talk about how "they would never ride a bus" or who worry about "bus stigma"? I was just reminded of this 2017 article of mine, which tries to blow all that nonsense away. Hope you find it useful.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Why We Should Stop Talking About 'Bus Stigma'
Obsessing over trying to serve different economic classes on mass transit misses the point.
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I will have to send this to every member of Milton's Town Council. It's no accident that the ones who consistently vote against investing in transit while simultaneously complaining about 'empty buses' are also the ones who have never commuted by transit in their lives.
And, it turns out, this same company has been trying to sell armored vehicles to Israel. Their excuse? Apparently they are only for the Israeli *police* and not for use in Gaza. Riiiight... pbicanada.org/2025/04/17/q...
December 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
And, it turns out, this same company has been trying to sell armored vehicles to Israel. Their excuse? Apparently they are only for the Israeli *police* and not for use in Gaza. Riiiight... pbicanada.org/2025/04/17/q...
It sounds like it should be an Onion story, but it's true. Pantone's 'Color of the Year' is... white. www.cbc.ca/news/world/p...
Pantone's 2026 colour of the year is white. Some critics say the optics aren't great | CBC News
Pantone has just revealed its 2026 colour of the year, and it's, well, it's white. The pick not only surprised designers, but as some people are pointing out online, it's also a potentially loaded cho...
www.cbc.ca
December 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
It sounds like it should be an Onion story, but it's true. Pantone's 'Color of the Year' is... white. www.cbc.ca/news/world/p...
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This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves