Mark Shaw
@markshawtoronto.bsky.social
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Mark Shaw
@markshawtoronto.bsky.social
· Nov 15
This #followfriday I’m just going to repost the Toronto Urbanism Starter pack.
It’s got more content since you last saw it!
go.bsky.app/3drLJRM
It’s got more content since you last saw it!
go.bsky.app/3drLJRM
If you lookup Ontario Science Centre on google maps it takes you to harbourfront centre, with 15k reviews for the old location and approximately zero for the new one. What's even in there?
February 18, 2026 at 4:20 AM
If you lookup Ontario Science Centre on google maps it takes you to harbourfront centre, with 15k reviews for the old location and approximately zero for the new one. What's even in there?
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February 15, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Don’t worry the only medal that counts is hockey, coincidentally the sport we always win, funny how that works
February 14, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Don’t worry the only medal that counts is hockey, coincidentally the sport we always win, funny how that works
The Toronto police scandal is genuinely hard to follow.
Toronto Police officers assist hitmen to assassinate corrections officer on behalf of tow-truck mafia because [click to enter rabbithole]
Toronto Police officers assist hitmen to assassinate corrections officer on behalf of tow-truck mafia because [click to enter rabbithole]
February 14, 2026 at 4:36 PM
The Toronto police scandal is genuinely hard to follow.
Toronto Police officers assist hitmen to assassinate corrections officer on behalf of tow-truck mafia because [click to enter rabbithole]
Toronto Police officers assist hitmen to assassinate corrections officer on behalf of tow-truck mafia because [click to enter rabbithole]
All this talk of bilingualism.
TFO should make a sequel to Téléfrançais for adult learners.
Dialogue: « ostie, c’est quoi ça?? Un ananas qui parle? »
TFO should make a sequel to Téléfrançais for adult learners.
Dialogue: « ostie, c’est quoi ça?? Un ananas qui parle? »
February 14, 2026 at 2:29 PM
All this talk of bilingualism.
TFO should make a sequel to Téléfrançais for adult learners.
Dialogue: « ostie, c’est quoi ça?? Un ananas qui parle? »
TFO should make a sequel to Téléfrançais for adult learners.
Dialogue: « ostie, c’est quoi ça?? Un ananas qui parle? »
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I think every English Canadian should have the opportunity to do a semester of high school in Quebec
February 8, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I think every English Canadian should have the opportunity to do a semester of high school in Quebec
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Also worth noting there are a quarter of a billion french speakers out there, which is an economic opportunity for a country seeking to diversity its trading relationships.
policyoptions.irpp.org/2022/09/cana...
policyoptions.irpp.org/2022/09/cana...
February 14, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Also worth noting there are a quarter of a billion french speakers out there, which is an economic opportunity for a country seeking to diversity its trading relationships.
policyoptions.irpp.org/2022/09/cana...
policyoptions.irpp.org/2022/09/cana...
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wonder if Germans have some subject matter expertise in this or something
Europeans (except Germans) tend to think the continent can ride out Donald Trump, and that once he is no longer president US foreign policy towards Europe will return to how it was before
yougov.co.uk/internationa...
yougov.co.uk/internationa...
February 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
wonder if Germans have some subject matter expertise in this or something
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Students in this country, and this province, deserve better.
February 13, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Students in this country, and this province, deserve better.
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450 people on the call, and we’re just getting started.
We run together. We win together. We govern together.
We run together. We win together. We govern together.
February 12, 2026 at 11:28 PM
450 people on the call, and we’re just getting started.
We run together. We win together. We govern together.
We run together. We win together. We govern together.
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To my point of reading the information but not taking it too seriously, just under half of people said they followed the Toronto budget somewhat closely or more. I don't want to impugn the reputation of these fine poll respondents but that is more than the turnout of the last 3 mayoral elections.
February 12, 2026 at 6:41 PM
To my point of reading the information but not taking it too seriously, just under half of people said they followed the Toronto budget somewhat closely or more. I don't want to impugn the reputation of these fine poll respondents but that is more than the turnout of the last 3 mayoral elections.
Gold medal WHEN.
February 13, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Gold medal WHEN.
I really don't know how to interpret the property tax question.
Only 33% of Toronto (11% of Etobicoke) can answer a factual question correctly about their taxes in 2024 and 2025?
Only 33% of Toronto (11% of Etobicoke) can answer a factual question correctly about their taxes in 2024 and 2025?
February 13, 2026 at 1:30 AM
I really don't know how to interpret the property tax question.
Only 33% of Toronto (11% of Etobicoke) can answer a factual question correctly about their taxes in 2024 and 2025?
Only 33% of Toronto (11% of Etobicoke) can answer a factual question correctly about their taxes in 2024 and 2025?
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Remember last week when Councillor Holyday was super-concerned about people visiting loved ones and addressing isolation by helping people get around the city? That was a fun 2 minutes. But it turns out that he just wanted more parking. I'm shocked. toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/one-counci...
February 11, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Remember last week when Councillor Holyday was super-concerned about people visiting loved ones and addressing isolation by helping people get around the city? That was a fun 2 minutes. But it turns out that he just wanted more parking. I'm shocked. toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/one-counci...
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I ran along Bloor last night and I am just kind of baffled what is happening right now. The city seems to just be choosing to drop it's bike ridership by something like 60-70% by just not plowing the bike lanes. I would be riding if they were clear.
Yesterday there were approximately 3,951 Toronto Bikeshare bikeshare trips
Most used station: King St W / Bay St (53 trips)
Least used station: Davenport Rd / Dovercourt Rd and 449 others (0 trips)
Active stations: 1009
#bikeTO
Most used station: King St W / Bay St (53 trips)
Least used station: Davenport Rd / Dovercourt Rd and 449 others (0 trips)
Active stations: 1009
#bikeTO
February 11, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I ran along Bloor last night and I am just kind of baffled what is happening right now. The city seems to just be choosing to drop it's bike ridership by something like 60-70% by just not plowing the bike lanes. I would be riding if they were clear.
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Other people: no one really re-uses those re-usable bags enough to help the environment.
Me: I have two from a department store that hasn't existed since 1991.
Me: I have two from a department store that hasn't existed since 1991.
February 11, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Other people: no one really re-uses those re-usable bags enough to help the environment.
Me: I have two from a department store that hasn't existed since 1991.
Me: I have two from a department store that hasn't existed since 1991.
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CBC got over 1000 complaints about the ads during the Winter Games Opening Ceremonies. I hope @marcmillermp.bsky.social is paying attention as I hope that he may finally be the Culture miniter to give the public braodcaster a new mandate... www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
CBC shouldn’t brush off the over 1,000 complaints it received about ads during Olympics opening ceremony
Commercials chopped up the stories the Italians were trying to tell the world
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:20 AM
CBC got over 1000 complaints about the ads during the Winter Games Opening Ceremonies. I hope @marcmillermp.bsky.social is paying attention as I hope that he may finally be the Culture miniter to give the public braodcaster a new mandate... www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
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I found this archaeological relic underneath the Hudson’s Bay crests downtown.
I think it’s from the late 1900s.
What do you think it means?
I think it’s from the late 1900s.
What do you think it means?
February 10, 2026 at 11:50 PM
I found this archaeological relic underneath the Hudson’s Bay crests downtown.
I think it’s from the late 1900s.
What do you think it means?
I think it’s from the late 1900s.
What do you think it means?
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CALLED IT www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/w...
February 10, 2026 at 10:24 PM
CALLED IT www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/w...
Warm weather and snow sucks, everything is sludge, bring back -20ºC
February 10, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Warm weather and snow sucks, everything is sludge, bring back -20ºC
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Just witnessed a model shift ride in front of my eyes this morning.
Friend texted the gc that he took transit to work for the first time now that Line 5 opened.
Previously he would've had to take a bus-bus-subway trip or a bus-subway-bus trip. Now he can get to work faster than driving.
Friend texted the gc that he took transit to work for the first time now that Line 5 opened.
Previously he would've had to take a bus-bus-subway trip or a bus-subway-bus trip. Now he can get to work faster than driving.
February 10, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Just witnessed a model shift ride in front of my eyes this morning.
Friend texted the gc that he took transit to work for the first time now that Line 5 opened.
Previously he would've had to take a bus-bus-subway trip or a bus-subway-bus trip. Now he can get to work faster than driving.
Friend texted the gc that he took transit to work for the first time now that Line 5 opened.
Previously he would've had to take a bus-bus-subway trip or a bus-subway-bus trip. Now he can get to work faster than driving.
If Maine joins Canada they should have to take remedial French and enter as a bilingual province.
I see Canada Irredenta
February 10, 2026 at 2:05 PM
If Maine joins Canada they should have to take remedial French and enter as a bilingual province.