John Lorinc
@johnlorinc.bsky.social
Toronto journalist & editor. Contributor to Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, Corporate Knights, Walrus, Spacing. Co-editor: Messy Cities (Coach House, 2025). Author: No Jews Live Here, A Memoir. https://chbooks.com/Books/N/No-Jews-Live-Here.
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John Lorinc
@johnlorinc.bsky.social
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No Jews Live Here
A stolen sign, ‘No Jews Live Here,’ kept John Lorinc’s Hungarian Jewish family alive during the Holocaust.From pre-war Budapest to post-war Toronto, journalist John Lorinc unspools four generations of...
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#booksky New from me, No Jews Live Here, a memoir from @coachhousebooks chbooks.com/Books/N/No-J...
February 10, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Insane. The Republicans need to pick a lane and stay in it rather than promoting a fiction, making it public policy & then reversing course the moment their false narrative is revealed to be…false (and lethally so). www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/w...
Oz Offers Forceful Call for Vaccination as Measles Becomes More Dire
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February 9, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Insane. The Republicans need to pick a lane and stay in it rather than promoting a fiction, making it public policy & then reversing course the moment their false narrative is revealed to be…false (and lethally so). www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/w...
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In our current issue intro @dylanreid.bsky.social hoped the Crosstown LRT line would open while the issue was still on the shelves - and it did, today! A "soft launch" but it's carrying passengers.
New issue! Issue 73 explores Eglinton Avenue, Toronto's "prime rib" from east to west, as it awaits its new transit line spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
NEW ISSUE: Crossing Town - Spacing Toronto
We still don’t know when the Eglinton Crosstown LRT will open. It could be any day – the testing is all done. Or it could be many weeks away, given its history – there are still processes to go throug...
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February 8, 2026 at 3:37 PM
In our current issue intro @dylanreid.bsky.social hoped the Crosstown LRT line would open while the issue was still on the shelves - and it did, today! A "soft launch" but it's carrying passengers.
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I've noticed this too. Important point by @johnlorinc.bsky.social that City of Toronto transportation doesn't seem to coordinated with Parks or with the school boards when it comes to sidewalk plowing. Often see school sidewalks unplowed, and sidewalks beside parks. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
LORINC: The post-snowstorm sidewalk obstacle course - Spacing Toronto
Does the City of Toronto see its network of sidewalks as transportation infrastructure? Officially, the answer is yes. Transportation services, the sprawling department tasked with planning, maintaini...
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February 8, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I've noticed this too. Important point by @johnlorinc.bsky.social that City of Toronto transportation doesn't seem to coordinated with Parks or with the school boards when it comes to sidewalk plowing. Often see school sidewalks unplowed, and sidewalks beside parks. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
#topoli Transit Nerd Nation: Line ups in arctic-grade cold to ride a new transit line is about as committed as it gets… www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...
The Eglinton Crosstown LRT opens after 15 years of construction
Many transit fans braved the cold to be among the first to ride Line 5, which was originally set to open in 2020.
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February 8, 2026 at 2:41 PM
#topoli Transit Nerd Nation: Line ups in arctic-grade cold to ride a new transit line is about as committed as it gets… www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...
Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging
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February 6, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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We ❤️ library readers of indie books. Thanks for borrowing What I Know About You, Encampment (@maggiehelwig.bsky.social), The Sleeping Car Porter, Fifteen Dogs, and Messy Cities ( @dylanreid.bsky.social, @zahraeb.bsky.social, @shebuildscities.bsky.social, @johnlorinc.bsky.social).
With the help of BookNet Canada's #librarydata, here're the 50 books from indie lit publishers Canadians borrowed most in January 2026. Feat. a top 10 from: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @arsenalpulp.bsky.social.
February 5, 2026 at 6:09 PM
We ❤️ library readers of indie books. Thanks for borrowing What I Know About You, Encampment (@maggiehelwig.bsky.social), The Sleeping Car Porter, Fifteen Dogs, and Messy Cities ( @dylanreid.bsky.social, @zahraeb.bsky.social, @shebuildscities.bsky.social, @johnlorinc.bsky.social).
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From the vaults: a look at the Toronto bathhouse raids, which took place 45 years ago today. #TOHistory
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Raiding the Bathhouses
Originally published on Torontoist on June 26, 2011. “On the rampage: Demonstrators taunted police in a late-night march Friday comparing the raid of four Toronto steam baths to the persecuti…
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February 5, 2026 at 5:22 PM
From the vaults: a look at the Toronto bathhouse raids, which took place 45 years ago today. #TOHistory
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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Part 1 in a 2-part series by Cheryl Thompson on reggae legend Jimmy Cliff's connection to Toronto. #TOpoli #BlackHistoryMonth
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Jimmy Cliff and the roots of Toronto's reggae scene, Part 1 - Spacing Toronto
On November 24, 2025, Jamaican reggae legend Jimmy Cliff (né James Chambers) died at age 81. Twenty years prior, Cliff became only the fourth reggae artist to receive the Order of Merit (2003) – the h...
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February 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Part 1 in a 2-part series by Cheryl Thompson on reggae legend Jimmy Cliff's connection to Toronto. #TOpoli #BlackHistoryMonth
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Utterly appalling: A Winter of Anguish for Minneapolis Children www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
A Winter of Anguish for Minneapolis Children
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February 4, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Utterly appalling: A Winter of Anguish for Minneapolis Children www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
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It's a good piece, @johnlorinc.bsky.social. However the lack of bike lane clearing needs to be called out as well. #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli
February 2, 2026 at 9:21 PM
It's a good piece, @johnlorinc.bsky.social. However the lack of bike lane clearing needs to be called out as well. #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli
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"sidewalks are the second-class citizens of [Toronto's] transportation infrastructure" spacing.ca/toronto/2026... via @johnlorinc.bsky.social
LORINC: The post-snowstorm sidewalk obstacle course - Spacing Toronto
Does the City of Toronto see its network of sidewalks as transportation infrastructure? Officially, the answer is yes. Transportation services, the sprawling department tasked with planning, maintaini...
spacing.ca
February 2, 2026 at 6:12 PM
"sidewalks are the second-class citizens of [Toronto's] transportation infrastructure" spacing.ca/toronto/2026... via @johnlorinc.bsky.social
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The post-snowstorm sidewalk obstacle course — the City made good on its promise to improve snow clearing on streets in the aftermath of a big snowfall — sidewalks, not so much, writes @johnlorinc.bsky.social. #TOpoli
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LORINC: The post-snowstorm sidewalk obstacle course - Spacing Toronto
Does the City of Toronto see its network of sidewalks as transportation infrastructure? Officially, the answer is yes. Transportation services, the sprawling department tasked with planning, maintaini...
spacing.ca
February 2, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The post-snowstorm sidewalk obstacle course — the City made good on its promise to improve snow clearing on streets in the aftermath of a big snowfall — sidewalks, not so much, writes @johnlorinc.bsky.social. #TOpoli
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Good suggestion, but I don’t think it needs to be moored in the water. I actually think it would be better protected on a dry dock—like London’s Cuddy Shark. Positioning it at eye level with visitors could make it an even more engaging and memorable attraction. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
Why the Trillium should find new life on the waterfront - Spacing Toronto
By Toronto standards, it is a borderline miracle that the Trillium ferry is still operational. Built in 1910, two years before the Titanic, the city’s famous side-wheeler ferry is the last of its kind...
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January 30, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Good suggestion, but I don’t think it needs to be moored in the water. I actually think it would be better protected on a dry dock—like London’s Cuddy Shark. Positioning it at eye level with visitors could make it an even more engaging and memorable attraction. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
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What a great combination!
January 30, 2026 at 2:41 AM
What a great combination!
One and the same. And *every single year* the city fails to clear that block, even tho it is directly on the way to a subway stop.
January 29, 2026 at 9:23 PM
One and the same. And *every single year* the city fails to clear that block, even tho it is directly on the way to a subway stop.
Why does it need to be a zero sum game btwn road clearing and sidewalk clearing? Surely this operational riddle cdn’t be that difficult to solve. And yet… #topoli
January 29, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Why does it need to be a zero sum game btwn road clearing and sidewalk clearing? Surely this operational riddle cdn’t be that difficult to solve. And yet… #topoli