November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
And everything was beautiful at the ballet…
$12 standing only tickets are the best deal in #toronto #nationalballet
$12 standing only tickets are the best deal in #toronto #nationalballet
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
And everything was beautiful at the ballet…
$12 standing only tickets are the best deal in #toronto #nationalballet
$12 standing only tickets are the best deal in #toronto #nationalballet
Enjoying the newly renovated Wychwood library balcony (overlooking lawn bowls and a park) reading print magazines. An OG Saturday morning after errands and market. #toronto
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Enjoying the newly renovated Wychwood library balcony (overlooking lawn bowls and a park) reading print magazines. An OG Saturday morning after errands and market. #toronto
I love having a stash of beautiful Canada Post stamps. Sadly, it’s probably time to use them up along with my postcard collection.
October 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I love having a stash of beautiful Canada Post stamps. Sadly, it’s probably time to use them up along with my postcard collection.
Thanksgiving Monday stroll #cedarvale #ravine
October 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Thanksgiving Monday stroll #cedarvale #ravine
Found some today, one for now and two for storage aka my crisper drawer. Curious to see if the taste improves.
Ate 6-7 Honeycrisp over the past two weeks, a thoughtful gift as I’d never have chosen them. Sugar bombs, for sure.
@adapples.bsky.social
Ate 6-7 Honeycrisp over the past two weeks, a thoughtful gift as I’d never have chosen them. Sugar bombs, for sure.
@adapples.bsky.social
Apple 'Cox's Orange Pippin'. A classic, which in a good year is meant to taste absolutely delicious, and I reckon this has been a pretty good year.
It's a mid-September ripener, so it might be another week or two before it's ready, but I'm looking forward to sampling these at their peak.
It's a mid-September ripener, so it might be another week or two before it's ready, but I'm looking forward to sampling these at their peak.
October 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Found some today, one for now and two for storage aka my crisper drawer. Curious to see if the taste improves.
Ate 6-7 Honeycrisp over the past two weeks, a thoughtful gift as I’d never have chosen them. Sugar bombs, for sure.
@adapples.bsky.social
Ate 6-7 Honeycrisp over the past two weeks, a thoughtful gift as I’d never have chosen them. Sugar bombs, for sure.
@adapples.bsky.social
Hands at side, please. Canadians need a refresher on anthem etiquette (as does Carney’s UK born wife). None of this phoney, performative patriotic hand-on-heart nonsense. I blame the distasteful Lich et al (i.e., honking convoy lowlifes). 🇨🇦 #ocanada
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...
As Blue Jays Advance, America’s Pastime Is in Canada’s Cross Hairs
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Hands at side, please. Canadians need a refresher on anthem etiquette (as does Carney’s UK born wife). None of this phoney, performative patriotic hand-on-heart nonsense. I blame the distasteful Lich et al (i.e., honking convoy lowlifes). 🇨🇦 #ocanada
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...
Toronto pool culture and swimming accessibility is a hot mess. The developer may be at fault in the Pinnacle instance, but the city bears equal responsibility for the poor maintenance, unenforced standards across the board. www.thestar.com/news/gta/dev...
Developer of Toronto luxury tower blames city for leak that has closed community pool for months
Developer Pinnacle International and the City of Toronto are blaming each other for the leak in the pool at the base of One Yonge.
www.thestar.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Toronto pool culture and swimming accessibility is a hot mess. The developer may be at fault in the Pinnacle instance, but the city bears equal responsibility for the poor maintenance, unenforced standards across the board. www.thestar.com/news/gta/dev...
0400 every bloody weeknight #fml
Losing sleep over late-night waste collection? 💤🛻
Toronto wants your input on noise from City Operations. Even if it's private pickup, your voice counts! 🗣️
🔗 buff.ly/mxYc2Uo
#TorontoNoise #PublicConsultation #WasteCollection
Toronto wants your input on noise from City Operations. Even if it's private pickup, your voice counts! 🗣️
🔗 buff.ly/mxYc2Uo
#TorontoNoise #PublicConsultation #WasteCollection
October 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
0400 every bloody weeknight #fml
Reposted by Suzanne Long
I admire all of @thelocal.to reporting, and this piece on Woodbine racetrack is a banger. I love horse racing, even though it's a pretty dark sport. @nickhunebrown.bsky.social confronts the darkness, the economics, and the doomy shadow over the backstretch. Great writing too!
A quick 🧵 on my @thelocal.to feature on Woodbine Racetrack, the economics of horse racing, and how to think about racehorses as ideas about animal-human relations shift. #longreads 1/ thelocal.to/breakdown-at...
Breakdown at the Racetrack | The Local
Once a lucrative gambling business, Ontario's horse racing industry is now heavily subsidized by the government. As gamblers turn to online gaming, and ideas about animal welfare shift, a cluster of f...
thelocal.to
September 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I admire all of @thelocal.to reporting, and this piece on Woodbine racetrack is a banger. I love horse racing, even though it's a pretty dark sport. @nickhunebrown.bsky.social confronts the darkness, the economics, and the doomy shadow over the backstretch. Great writing too!
Is nothing sacred ? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
500 pounds of apples were stolen at this Ontario farm, so strollers and backpacks now banned | CBC News
After two weeks of heavy foot traffic, Shuh Orchards in West Montrose, Ont., reports as many as 500 pounds of apples have been stolen, prompting the farm to ban wagons, strollers and backpacks. Agrito...
www.cbc.ca
September 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Is nothing sacred ? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
In hindsight, I believe it was a mistake to allow Sunday shopping. No common day to ‘pause’. I bristled under it as a teen but it made for a lovely day.
A project I've contributed writing and research assistance to recently is The Peterson Years, which looks at David Peterson's govt in Ontario from 1985-1990.
Here's a story I wrote on the battle over Sunday shopping. #history #onpoli
thepetersonyears.ca/the-battle-o...
Here's a story I wrote on the battle over Sunday shopping. #history #onpoli
thepetersonyears.ca/the-battle-o...
The battle over Sunday shopping
“Some citizens in Ontario believe that a Sunday shopping law may be inappropriate to the needs of Ontario society in this period of the 21st century. Others feel that Sunday shopping law is valuable b...
thepetersonyears.ca
September 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
In hindsight, I believe it was a mistake to allow Sunday shopping. No common day to ‘pause’. I bristled under it as a teen but it made for a lovely day.
Reposted by Suzanne Long
mcintosh apples, painted by royal charles steadman, 1929
August 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
mcintosh apples, painted by royal charles steadman, 1929
A Canadian in the Canadian Open final ❤️🎾🇨🇦
August 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A Canadian in the Canadian Open final ❤️🎾🇨🇦
Reposted by Suzanne Long
Gaslighting happens to those disturbed by noise. We’re told “it’s not that bad” or “you’re too sensitive.” No—we’re not. Noise harms everyone, even those who don’t notice.
Let’s build better soundscapes—for all. 🔇🌱
#NoMoreNoise #SoundJustice #NoisePollution
Let’s build better soundscapes—for all. 🔇🌱
#NoMoreNoise #SoundJustice #NoisePollution
August 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Gaslighting happens to those disturbed by noise. We’re told “it’s not that bad” or “you’re too sensitive.” No—we’re not. Noise harms everyone, even those who don’t notice.
Let’s build better soundscapes—for all. 🔇🌱
#NoMoreNoise #SoundJustice #NoisePollution
Let’s build better soundscapes—for all. 🔇🌱
#NoMoreNoise #SoundJustice #NoisePollution
Hold on a minute Ms DiManno. I spent a fabulous Thursday watching matches on side courts. Took in the top two doubles teams in the world, and a super fun Ben Shelton doubles show. $45, plus TTC fare (which should have been free, as per Montreal). www.thestar.com/sports/tenni...
Rosie DiManno: Scenes from Toronto’s National Bank Open: Blown calls, fallen stars and one lovable loser
There hasn’t been a ton of drama at the too-long tennis tournament at York University — unlike the women’s arc in Montreal.
www.thestar.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Hold on a minute Ms DiManno. I spent a fabulous Thursday watching matches on side courts. Took in the top two doubles teams in the world, and a super fun Ben Shelton doubles show. $45, plus TTC fare (which should have been free, as per Montreal). www.thestar.com/sports/tenni...
Empty Bikeshare stations are the norm in Forest Hill Village, along St Clair West past Bathurst to Wychwood Barns. But, nice @ridezygg.bsky.social at the farmers market yesterday.
July 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Empty Bikeshare stations are the norm in Forest Hill Village, along St Clair West past Bathurst to Wychwood Barns. But, nice @ridezygg.bsky.social at the farmers market yesterday.
Reposted by Suzanne Long
Seriously, though, what a nice park. This place is gonna make a lot of people want to buy a kayak.
July 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Seriously, though, what a nice park. This place is gonna make a lot of people want to buy a kayak.
Shameless clickbait, lacking in objectivity, and fawning over Toronto’s overpaid cops. Fine speeding drivers, install more cameras, and get on with it. Please and thanks. www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...
Are speed cameras ticketing drivers for less than 10 km/h over the posted limit? Here’s what the city said — now we want to hear from you
It appears that many drivers in Toronto are being ticketed for speeds that wouldn’t get them a ticket from police radar enforcement.
www.thestar.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Shameless clickbait, lacking in objectivity, and fawning over Toronto’s overpaid cops. Fine speeding drivers, install more cameras, and get on with it. Please and thanks. www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...
This is hilarious, and pretty much sums up the state of the public realm in Toronto.
🌳🌳🌳 Welcome to Tree Thread: The Sequel.
Ten years ago today — July 10, 2015 — Toronto kicked off the 2015 Pan Am Games.
To mark the event, 41 trees were planted along a section of Front Street East — one for each country or territory.
In this thread, again, I'll review the state of every tree.
Ten years ago today — July 10, 2015 — Toronto kicked off the 2015 Pan Am Games.
To mark the event, 41 trees were planted along a section of Front Street East — one for each country or territory.
In this thread, again, I'll review the state of every tree.
July 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This is hilarious, and pretty much sums up the state of the public realm in Toronto.
It’s the easiest way to rekindle knowledge of a city, with walking as the complement. For me, at least. Subway maps distort or skew my perception, biking rights it
“I mean this sounds so corny, but I’ve fallen in love with San Francisco again by riding my bike. I think this is such an incredible walking and biking city”
www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...
San Francisco’s most famous bike commuter? This Giants broadcaster
In the broadcast booth Dave Flemming is a composed professional. On his bike pedaling through San Francisco to Oracle Park another side emerges: unabashed fan.
www.sfchronicle.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
It’s the easiest way to rekindle knowledge of a city, with walking as the complement. For me, at least. Subway maps distort or skew my perception, biking rights it
Reposted by Suzanne Long
Lake Edith, Jasper
Lawren Harris
1924
Lawren Harris
1924
June 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Lake Edith, Jasper
Lawren Harris
1924
Lawren Harris
1924
Reposted by Suzanne Long
Toronto Bikeshare really feels system-limited, not demand-limited. Users love it, and it is such a stunning policy success, I do not get why there is not much championing for additional resources. There's easily demand for another 10k bikes and 1k stations.
June 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Toronto Bikeshare really feels system-limited, not demand-limited. Users love it, and it is such a stunning policy success, I do not get why there is not much championing for additional resources. There's easily demand for another 10k bikes and 1k stations.
Empty stations for weeks stretching along St Clair West, in Forest Hill Village etc. It’s great having access but frustrating the unreliability in that there are so few bikes, especially the e-bikes that I use for tricky errands.
Yesterday there were approximately 31,408 Toronto Bikeshare bikeshare trips
Most used station: Centre Island Ferry Dock (422 trips)
Least used station: Scarborough Village Park and 62 others (0 trips)
Active stations: 893
#bikeTO
Most used station: Centre Island Ferry Dock (422 trips)
Least used station: Scarborough Village Park and 62 others (0 trips)
Active stations: 893
#bikeTO
June 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Empty stations for weeks stretching along St Clair West, in Forest Hill Village etc. It’s great having access but frustrating the unreliability in that there are so few bikes, especially the e-bikes that I use for tricky errands.