Maryam Siddiqi
@siddiqs.bsky.social
Editor/writer/editorial consultant. Focus: social impact of travel + lifestyle trends + health + other cool stuff.
Currently completing MASc, researching regenerative tourism in Canadian cities.
Currently completing MASc, researching regenerative tourism in Canadian cities.
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It’s a “shared responsibility”
Ya, it’s 5% the people outside the car and 95% the people driving +4,000 lb vehicles while searching Google Maps on their phones
Ya, it’s 5% the people outside the car and 95% the people driving +4,000 lb vehicles while searching Google Maps on their phones
This is what the Haverhill Police Department posted a couple of days after a driver hit and killed a pedestrian. Beside the obvious issue of making it seem like pedestrians and drivers have an equivalent safety responsibility, I hate the idea that pedestrians must adapt to unsafe infrastructure.
November 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
It’s a “shared responsibility”
Ya, it’s 5% the people outside the car and 95% the people driving +4,000 lb vehicles while searching Google Maps on their phones
Ya, it’s 5% the people outside the car and 95% the people driving +4,000 lb vehicles while searching Google Maps on their phones
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I can’t think of a more existential threat to journalism right now than AI-generated content masking as original reporting. Once the well is poisoned we’re all toast. @thelocal.to is taking a stance with our new AI policy. thelocal.to/ai-policy/
The Local's AI Policy | The Local
When you read The Local, know that our stories are written and edited by real people.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I can’t think of a more existential threat to journalism right now than AI-generated content masking as original reporting. Once the well is poisoned we’re all toast. @thelocal.to is taking a stance with our new AI policy. thelocal.to/ai-policy/
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‘Ontario recorded the highest number of wait-list deaths: 10,634, including more than 9,100 diagnostic-scan deaths where patients died before reaching the point of receiving or being scheduled for surgery’
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Tens of thousands of Canadians died waiting for medical care in the past year: report
A new report is raising alarm over growing wait-list deaths in Canada.
www.cp24.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
‘Ontario recorded the highest number of wait-list deaths: 10,634, including more than 9,100 diagnostic-scan deaths where patients died before reaching the point of receiving or being scheduled for surgery’
www.cp24.com/news/canada/...
www.cp24.com/news/canada/...
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Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3
and a worker tier whose emails are like:
Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…
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That’ll be a few stops on an eglinton crosstown considering how inflated & delayed our public projects are.
Honestly, $50B over ten years for a country as big as Canada will barely be noticed
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Budget to include $50-billion local infrastructure fund
Finance Minister to announce funding for housing, transportation, hospitals and emergency services, as well as tens of billions in targeted savings
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November 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
That’ll be a few stops on an eglinton crosstown considering how inflated & delayed our public projects are.
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If the Rogers Centre had a parking lot that covered the same surface area as the Dodgers' parking lot, it would stretch from Queen Street on one end to the Lake Ontario waterfront on the other
October 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If the Rogers Centre had a parking lot that covered the same surface area as the Dodgers' parking lot, it would stretch from Queen Street on one end to the Lake Ontario waterfront on the other
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I know a lot of people talk about "Ken Griffey's swing", "John Olerud's swing" but for my money there is nothing more beautiful than Alejandro Kirk:
- 5'7 and built like a Welsh corgi
- basically drops halfway into a splits on each swing
- each swing is a Street Fighter "Shooooryuken" uppercut
- 5'7 and built like a Welsh corgi
- basically drops halfway into a splits on each swing
- each swing is a Street Fighter "Shooooryuken" uppercut
October 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I know a lot of people talk about "Ken Griffey's swing", "John Olerud's swing" but for my money there is nothing more beautiful than Alejandro Kirk:
- 5'7 and built like a Welsh corgi
- basically drops halfway into a splits on each swing
- each swing is a Street Fighter "Shooooryuken" uppercut
- 5'7 and built like a Welsh corgi
- basically drops halfway into a splits on each swing
- each swing is a Street Fighter "Shooooryuken" uppercut
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Good video with I think a lot of applicability to say, Ward 9 - Davenport in Toronto. But I had to fight incredible amounts of jealousy watching the mayor of the borough just straight forwardly expressing support for bike lanes and road redesigns and a desire to keep going proactively.
Not Just Downtown: Fighting To Expand The Cycling City
Not Just Downtown: Fighting To Expand The Cycling City
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
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September 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Good video with I think a lot of applicability to say, Ward 9 - Davenport in Toronto. But I had to fight incredible amounts of jealousy watching the mayor of the borough just straight forwardly expressing support for bike lanes and road redesigns and a desire to keep going proactively.
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Toronto could use more of this. There are plenty of back lanes where it could work.
Call it Anti-Industrial Policy: we need is a suite of policies to nudge Americans to own and operate more little public-facing businesses. Speciality shops. Six-seater bars. Esoteric services. Restaurants serving two or three dishes. It would lower overall productivity and increase quality of life.
September 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Toronto could use more of this. There are plenty of back lanes where it could work.
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Because the average car only has about 1.5 people in it, the number of people in each lane of this photo can fit in a single TTC streetcar.
September 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Because the average car only has about 1.5 people in it, the number of people in each lane of this photo can fit in a single TTC streetcar.
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Palestinians have had to cope with the sound of Israeli drones overhead for years before Israel’s current war on Gaza.
A music teacher uses Gaza’s relentless soundtrack of war to resist Israel
Palestinians have had to cope with the sound of Israeli drones overhead for years before Israel’s current war on Gaza.
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August 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Palestinians have had to cope with the sound of Israeli drones overhead for years before Israel’s current war on Gaza.
I’m not defending Air Canada by any means, but unpaid crew labour is industry standard. Only Delta pays crew for pre departure time, and only an hour at that. AC’s union could set an industry-wide precedent with this negotiation.
Do I have this straight? Air Canada sells me a ticket at the price-point of a regular airline, gives me the perks of a budget airline and relies on unpaid crew labour?
August 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I’m not defending Air Canada by any means, but unpaid crew labour is industry standard. Only Delta pays crew for pre departure time, and only an hour at that. AC’s union could set an industry-wide precedent with this negotiation.
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1. Ask City to install traffic light
2. Hear traffic engineer explain why it “isn’t warranted” (not enough people using it)
3. Someone (or someone ELSE) is killed there
4. Traffic light finally installed
What @dylanreid.bsky.social calls the “Pedestrian Blood Sacrifice” in @spacing.bsky.social.
2. Hear traffic engineer explain why it “isn’t warranted” (not enough people using it)
3. Someone (or someone ELSE) is killed there
4. Traffic light finally installed
What @dylanreid.bsky.social calls the “Pedestrian Blood Sacrifice” in @spacing.bsky.social.
REID: The pedestrian blood sacrifice - Spacing Toronto
In the early 2000s, I moved into a new condo building in the Garment District south-west of Queen and Spadina. The area had been mostly an employment area for decades, but thanks to the innovative “Ki...
spacing.ca
August 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
1. Ask City to install traffic light
2. Hear traffic engineer explain why it “isn’t warranted” (not enough people using it)
3. Someone (or someone ELSE) is killed there
4. Traffic light finally installed
What @dylanreid.bsky.social calls the “Pedestrian Blood Sacrifice” in @spacing.bsky.social.
2. Hear traffic engineer explain why it “isn’t warranted” (not enough people using it)
3. Someone (or someone ELSE) is killed there
4. Traffic light finally installed
What @dylanreid.bsky.social calls the “Pedestrian Blood Sacrifice” in @spacing.bsky.social.
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The fight for #BikeTO is more than just bike lanes.
"Here in Toronto, we’re riding on a fragile assumption: that the people fixing our bikes and a growing fleet of complex e-bikes will always be around, available, and properly trained. That assumption does not hold up to scrutiny."
"Here in Toronto, we’re riding on a fragile assumption: that the people fixing our bikes and a growing fleet of complex e-bikes will always be around, available, and properly trained. That assumption does not hold up to scrutiny."
Canada needs to recognize bike mechanics as a profession (as many other nations already do) in order to support the green economy, says @lanrickbennett.bsky.social thttps://spacing.ca/toronto/2025/08/05/fixing-the-gap/
Fixing the Gap - Spacing Toronto
Last week, Bike Share Toronto reported a record-breaking 980,000 rides in June. The most ever in a single month. Toronto is inching closer to a one-million-ride milestone, and it’s clear: people want ...
spacing.ca
August 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The fight for #BikeTO is more than just bike lanes.
"Here in Toronto, we’re riding on a fragile assumption: that the people fixing our bikes and a growing fleet of complex e-bikes will always be around, available, and properly trained. That assumption does not hold up to scrutiny."
"Here in Toronto, we’re riding on a fragile assumption: that the people fixing our bikes and a growing fleet of complex e-bikes will always be around, available, and properly trained. That assumption does not hold up to scrutiny."
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Something not limited to Sean Duffy is how people will get into their cars and think nothing of the risk they face of death or injury, which is several orders of magnitude greater than your risk of being hurt on public transit. Driving a car is the most dangerous thing most people do each day.
Sean Duffy is having his daily pants-pissing session about public transit: "They force people into the subway, and the subway's not safe. If you're a liberal and you want people to ride the subway, make it safe. Take the crazy people out."
July 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Something not limited to Sean Duffy is how people will get into their cars and think nothing of the risk they face of death or injury, which is several orders of magnitude greater than your risk of being hurt on public transit. Driving a car is the most dangerous thing most people do each day.
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Today, Toronto is experiencing both a heat warning *and* an air quality warning because forest fires.
If your home has no indoor cooling, what are you supposed to do?
Green buildings and eliminating fossil fuels is no longer a nice-to-have. We need action or this will get worse.
#topoli #onpoli
If your home has no indoor cooling, what are you supposed to do?
Green buildings and eliminating fossil fuels is no longer a nice-to-have. We need action or this will get worse.
#topoli #onpoli
July 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Drivers really feel like they have a God given right to break the speed limit. www.insauga.com/petition-cal...
Petition calls for ‘immediate removal’ of all speed enforcement cameras in Brampton | inBrampton
Hundreds of people have thrown their signatures behind a petition calling for “the immediate removal” of all speed enforcement cameras in Brampton while the city is set to add more by the end of the s...
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July 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Drivers really feel like they have a God given right to break the speed limit. www.insauga.com/petition-cal...
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Watching @toronto.ca Council it’s not hard to see why municipal government is the most important. Council makes the decisions that affect your everyday life from garbage collection, road maintenance, schools, public safety and so much more. Next election please vote. #CityofTO #tocouncil
July 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Watching @toronto.ca Council it’s not hard to see why municipal government is the most important. Council makes the decisions that affect your everyday life from garbage collection, road maintenance, schools, public safety and so much more. Next election please vote. #CityofTO #tocouncil
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Ford knows better to focus on 3 bike lanes in Toronto
"Ontario’s shortage of wildland firefighters, equipment +staff is worse than previously understood...These shortages have left the province scrambling to fight dozens of fires burning simultaneously, including one that is now 2nd biggest fire in Ontario’s history..."
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Firefighter understaffing in Ontario is worse than previously understood, these numbers show
As dozens of fires burn simultaneously, including one that is now the second biggest fire in the province's history, Ontario is calling on other provinces for help.
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July 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Ford knows better to focus on 3 bike lanes in Toronto
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It's insane how much more popular NYC's congestion pricing got when it was implemented and people started actually seeing it work
July 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
It's insane how much more popular NYC's congestion pricing got when it was implemented and people started actually seeing it work
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Toronto needs better transit leaders who envision a city with world class transit, and think a lot about how to deliver that.
June 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Toronto needs better transit leaders who envision a city with world class transit, and think a lot about how to deliver that.
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Activists in Italy float a life-size mannequin of Jeff Bezos lying on a giant Amazon box through Venice’s Grand Canal, in protest of the billionaire’s upcoming wedding.
June 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Activists in Italy float a life-size mannequin of Jeff Bezos lying on a giant Amazon box through Venice’s Grand Canal, in protest of the billionaire’s upcoming wedding.
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On the last day of school, instead of thanking teachers and staff for a successful year, Paul Calandra announced he’s taking control of four school boards.
Just thought I’d mention it in case you were ever in doubt about how Conservatives view public education and the important work educators do.
Just thought I’d mention it in case you were ever in doubt about how Conservatives view public education and the important work educators do.
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a green door and looking at the camera .
Alt: David Schwimmer as Ross Geller on Friens bumps his fists together which is secret code for Fuck Off or Fuck You.
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June 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
On the last day of school, instead of thanking teachers and staff for a successful year, Paul Calandra announced he’s taking control of four school boards.
Just thought I’d mention it in case you were ever in doubt about how Conservatives view public education and the important work educators do.
Just thought I’d mention it in case you were ever in doubt about how Conservatives view public education and the important work educators do.
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This is the fact missing from 96% of the news articles I read about the controversy over automated speed cameras: Automated speed cameras save lives.
"Would you say that automated speed enforcement saves lives?" Councillor Gord Perks ask Transportation GM Barbara Gray.
"Absolutely," says Gray. She points to studies from Sick Kids Hospital that make that conclusion.
"Absolutely," says Gray. She points to studies from Sick Kids Hospital that make that conclusion.
June 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This is the fact missing from 96% of the news articles I read about the controversy over automated speed cameras: Automated speed cameras save lives.
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Inbox. A Toronto city councillor, following Vaughan’s bravery, is moving to pause speed cameras.
Cars are a total sickness on society. A murderous blight that cannot be contained because people vote via their lifestyle not brain or heart.
They would vote against road redesign too.
Cars are a total sickness on society. A murderous blight that cannot be contained because people vote via their lifestyle not brain or heart.
They would vote against road redesign too.
June 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Inbox. A Toronto city councillor, following Vaughan’s bravery, is moving to pause speed cameras.
Cars are a total sickness on society. A murderous blight that cannot be contained because people vote via their lifestyle not brain or heart.
They would vote against road redesign too.
Cars are a total sickness on society. A murderous blight that cannot be contained because people vote via their lifestyle not brain or heart.
They would vote against road redesign too.