Jerome Persaud
@swingingbunt.bsky.social
It’s about time. I think even the lay person (like me!) can understand that a mid-production jet coming with lower costs & reliability is a good choice.
Also, can we get that new factory to build us some fresh Saab 900s?
Also, can we get that new factory to build us some fresh Saab 900s?
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It’s about time. I think even the lay person (like me!) can understand that a mid-production jet coming with lower costs & reliability is a good choice.
Also, can we get that new factory to build us some fresh Saab 900s?
Also, can we get that new factory to build us some fresh Saab 900s?
Reposted by Jerome Persaud
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
#ONpoli
My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
#ONpoli
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
#ONpoli
My office just uncovered that, buried in their Fall Economic Statement, Ford’s Conservatives are quietly seizing control of Exhibition Place.
#ONpoli
Competing with the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL for eyeballs & ticket sales is an interesting choice
The vote moves the league forward on a major change it has been debating for more than a year.
More details ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
More details ⤵️
www.nytimes.com/athletic/680...
MLS owners vote to flip schedule to European calendar, change format starting in 2027
MLS will soon align with leagues that play from the fall to the spring after a transformational decision made by its owners
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Competing with the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL for eyeballs & ticket sales is an interesting choice
This creates an information weapon, but it’s only useful if they wield it. When the Ford gov says no, they need to blast it out loud. The people are continually getting screwed by the provincial gov…if city council can’t say it, then don’t be there.
Chow's motion requesting the province cover the full cost of crossing guards, police officers, and road safety improvements previously paid for by speed camera revenue CARRIES 25-0.
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This creates an information weapon, but it’s only useful if they wield it. When the Ford gov says no, they need to blast it out loud. The people are continually getting screwed by the provincial gov…if city council can’t say it, then don’t be there.
Please councillor, enlighten me on the complexity.
Signed, resident of Toronto (you’d call it downtown even tho it’s not), but also formally of Etobicoke, Markham and Scarborough (north and south!).
Signed, resident of Toronto (you’d call it downtown even tho it’s not), but also formally of Etobicoke, Markham and Scarborough (north and south!).
"The rage-baiting is really nauseating," says Councillor Parthi Kandavel. "The idea or the implication that we're against kids getting ice cream or seniors getting a cappuccino, it's troubling. That insinuation that some of us are knuckle-dragging suburbanites ... it doesn't reflect the complexity."
November 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Please councillor, enlighten me on the complexity.
Signed, resident of Toronto (you’d call it downtown even tho it’s not), but also formally of Etobicoke, Markham and Scarborough (north and south!).
Signed, resident of Toronto (you’d call it downtown even tho it’s not), but also formally of Etobicoke, Markham and Scarborough (north and south!).
I maintain my idea that every neighbourhood in Toronto should have a 3-person, mini, local council. They’d get a $1m budget to spend on most anything they wanted. Not sure shop allowances should be their purview, but small similar things maybe. Live public input (votes?). More sanding of the grain.
"Some members of council have said there are two Torontos: downtown and the suburbs. And that's not true," says Perks. "There aren't two Torontos — there's one Toronto, with 200 neighbourhoods." He says this process required "fine-grained work" to meet the needs of those neighbourhoods.
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I maintain my idea that every neighbourhood in Toronto should have a 3-person, mini, local council. They’d get a $1m budget to spend on most anything they wanted. Not sure shop allowances should be their purview, but small similar things maybe. Live public input (votes?). More sanding of the grain.
LMAO…where exactly in his ward is there any retail, at all, near housing? The only possible place would be inside an apartment building. And ten bucks the tenants would k1ll you if tried to ban that shop.
Councillor Jamaal Myers says some people want nieghbourhood retail, but others might "already have enough retail. And they don't want to live next to a convenience store, and that's perfectly OK as well."
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
LMAO…where exactly in his ward is there any retail, at all, near housing? The only possible place would be inside an apartment building. And ten bucks the tenants would k1ll you if tried to ban that shop.
Honestly, is every councillor malfunctioning? His problem is Brimley Road retail? His stretch is ALL FENCES. The ends of backyards. No place to stop a car. Nobody walks. Who would open any shop there??
What a waste of time & money. Performative nonsense.
What a waste of time & money. Performative nonsense.
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Honestly, is every councillor malfunctioning? His problem is Brimley Road retail? His stretch is ALL FENCES. The ends of backyards. No place to stop a car. Nobody walks. Who would open any shop there??
What a waste of time & money. Performative nonsense.
What a waste of time & money. Performative nonsense.
Chasing savings? What will this mean for bike share?
Wow: big news here. Mayor Olivia Chow has a motion to dissolve the Toronto Parking Authority board. If this passes, there will be a "thorough operational review" of TPA. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
Agenda Item History 2025.MM34.17
Agenda Item History 2025.MM34.17
secure.toronto.ca
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Chasing savings? What will this mean for bike share?
Low key - the problem with cannabis shops is that too many in one area splits the customer base causing an owner to sell to a large conglomerate & the centralizing of the marijuana biz in a few hands. It’s tough for an independent. It seems like a lot of places…but most owned by a few.
Councillor Shelley Carroll says she gets a lot of calls wanting her to fight applications for cannabis store licenses, but, "I can't, in my database, find a single complaint about one once they are open." Perhaps there's a lesson there.
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Low key - the problem with cannabis shops is that too many in one area splits the customer base causing an owner to sell to a large conglomerate & the centralizing of the marijuana biz in a few hands. It’s tough for an independent. It seems like a lot of places…but most owned by a few.
HOLY EFFING HELL…this supposed to be a progressive councillor???!? My brain is melting.
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
HOLY EFFING HELL…this supposed to be a progressive councillor???!? My brain is melting.
“Open for business”
The provincial government has axed Toronto's local Green Roofs bylaw, which supports over 1600 jobs and an industry worth $75 million that's spread across the province.
The move has upset green roof companies across Ontario, including these ones based in London, ON.
lfpress.com/news/local-n...
The move has upset green roof companies across Ontario, including these ones based in London, ON.
lfpress.com/news/local-n...
Local firms reeling as Queen's Park sinks Toronto 'green roof' bylaw
Repeal of a Toronto bylaw has sent the London-area green-roof industry into a tailspin with some calling it a “death knell."
lfpress.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“Open for business”
I’ve heard of people making good audio jokes but the theory isn’t sound.
I can't find a good frame for my cinematography jokes.
I can’t see my way to making ophthalmology jokes.
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I’ve heard of people making good audio jokes but the theory isn’t sound.
World team has most of the MVPs and one future MVP.
Notable World Players by conference
WEST
Luka
SGA
Wembanyama
Jokic
Sengun
Markkanen
Murray
EAST
Giannis
Giddey
Siakam
12 players from each conference but 8 World players total??
WEST
Luka
SGA
Wembanyama
Jokic
Sengun
Markkanen
Murray
EAST
Giannis
Giddey
Siakam
12 players from each conference but 8 World players total??
So to sum up the All-Star Game selection process this season:
24 All-Stars
12 from each conference
Positions don't matter
16 US players
8 World players
2 US teams
1 World team
8 players per team
If there are not enough US or World players then Adam Silver will select more to fill out the teams.
24 All-Stars
12 from each conference
Positions don't matter
16 US players
8 World players
2 US teams
1 World team
8 players per team
If there are not enough US or World players then Adam Silver will select more to fill out the teams.
November 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
World team has most of the MVPs and one future MVP.
I have it on good authority that Rosie DiManno gives out the worst Halloween candy! Like those molasses ones…caramel pretenders! That and her clearly poor take on AL manager of the year should have her punted back to jr reporter. How she get a vote anyways?
No, I’m not sure I’m done being petty yet
No, I’m not sure I’m done being petty yet
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I have it on good authority that Rosie DiManno gives out the worst Halloween candy! Like those molasses ones…caramel pretenders! That and her clearly poor take on AL manager of the year should have her punted back to jr reporter. How she get a vote anyways?
No, I’m not sure I’m done being petty yet
No, I’m not sure I’m done being petty yet
DiManno out here affirming why I stopped reading her opinions years ago.
Rosie DiManno of the Toronto Star voted for Vogt so don’t just blame Americans
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 AM
DiManno out here affirming why I stopped reading her opinions years ago.
The thing about Schneider’s season is he does the MOST managing! So many key injuries. Player adds. Sending performing players down bc it what was needed for the team. His bullpen management was elite. Major snub. #bluejays
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The thing about Schneider’s season is he does the MOST managing! So many key injuries. Player adds. Sending performing players down bc it what was needed for the team. His bullpen management was elite. Major snub. #bluejays
I was told all season that the Jays plus-minus was proof they weren’t as good as the Yankees and others. The Guardians were a -6. Jays a +77. Nonsense.
The Guardians run to the pennant was amazing but y’all are really telling me the Jays going from worst to first wasn’t greater? Schneider snubbed.
The Guardians run to the pennant was amazing but y’all are really telling me the Jays going from worst to first wasn’t greater? Schneider snubbed.
2 years as a big league manager
2 AL Manager of the Year Awards
Congratulations to Stephen Vogt!
2 AL Manager of the Year Awards
Congratulations to Stephen Vogt!
November 12, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I was told all season that the Jays plus-minus was proof they weren’t as good as the Yankees and others. The Guardians were a -6. Jays a +77. Nonsense.
The Guardians run to the pennant was amazing but y’all are really telling me the Jays going from worst to first wasn’t greater? Schneider snubbed.
The Guardians run to the pennant was amazing but y’all are really telling me the Jays going from worst to first wasn’t greater? Schneider snubbed.
Reposted by Jerome Persaud
How many more years of Doug Ford must we endure until we all agree on proportional representation?
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
How many more years of Doug Ford must we endure until we all agree on proportional representation?
Hmm…Bautista, Encarnacion, Donaldson, Rios, Wells, most likely. Lind? Hill, Glaus, Mondesi wouldn’t make it. Time here was too short.
Alright folks, trivia time.
Tell me the top 10 Toronto Blue Jays in runs scored in the 2010s.
(2010-2019, in case anyone is being overly pedantic.)
Tell me the top 10 Toronto Blue Jays in runs scored in the 2010s.
(2010-2019, in case anyone is being overly pedantic.)
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Hmm…Bautista, Encarnacion, Donaldson, Rios, Wells, most likely. Lind? Hill, Glaus, Mondesi wouldn’t make it. Time here was too short.
I was told last week that Carney was “light years” ahead of PP.
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I was told last week that Carney was “light years” ahead of PP.
I would have been dead-ass silent myself!
They WERE NOT hype enough for my boi.
HE WAS GOIN DUMB ON THEM KEYS
HE WAS GOIN DUMB ON THEM KEYS
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I would have been dead-ass silent myself!
Reposted by Jerome Persaud
“Every doctor and nurse diverted to private-pay clinics is a resource taken away from the collective effort to rebuild universal primary care." writes Broadbent Research fellow @danyaalraza.com
Read his latest @thestar.com op-ed: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Read his latest @thestar.com op-ed: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“Every doctor and nurse diverted to private-pay clinics is a resource taken away from the collective effort to rebuild universal primary care." writes Broadbent Research fellow @danyaalraza.com
Read his latest @thestar.com op-ed: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Read his latest @thestar.com op-ed: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Doug Ford screwed this up too.
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Doug Ford screwed this up too.
Cool!!
"Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed a new protein-based gel that can restore tooth enamel by mimicking the body’s natural growth processes."
Goodbye, Cavities? Scientists Just Found a Way to Regrow Tooth Enamel
Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed a new protein-based gel that can restore tooth enamel by mimicking the body’s natural growth processes. A newly developed material has been us...
scitechdaily.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Cool!!