Tom Flood
@tomflood.bsky.social
Strategy/Creative/Content/Branding @ rovélo creative. Lectures & workshops on reframing the mainstream narrative around road safety/road violence and active transportation but mostly trying to catch up on vacuuming.
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Tom Flood
@tomflood.bsky.social
· Nov 29
There is no greater joy than everyone in the house being asleep as you drink your morning coffee.
First holiday season without drinking, with the news cycle today may just celebrate with a drink.
January 4, 2026 at 12:03 AM
First holiday season without drinking, with the news cycle today may just celebrate with a drink.
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Fond memories of that pre-match chat when my eldest earnestly reasoned with me that if I'd never had kids to be bringing to sport all the time that I'd have more time for cycle campaigning.
Local man who loves walkable neighbourhoods and the 15 minute city spends life driving to hockey tournaments two towns away.
January 3, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Fond memories of that pre-match chat when my eldest earnestly reasoned with me that if I'd never had kids to be bringing to sport all the time that I'd have more time for cycle campaigning.
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Mind the slop. Check everything that known liars try to pass off as truth.
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 3, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Mind the slop. Check everything that known liars try to pass off as truth.
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"City council voted in November to allow some detached properties on select residential streets, like a house or multiplex, to become a retail store in certain wards."
- Lane Harrison
h/t @utoronto.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
- Lane Harrison
h/t @utoronto.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
How Toronto's planning history is influencing its walkable future | CBC News
Tucked inside Toronto’s leafy, quiet and private residential neighbourhoods are facades that tell the story of another time in the city’s urban planning history.
www.cbc.ca
January 3, 2026 at 9:40 PM
"City council voted in November to allow some detached properties on select residential streets, like a house or multiplex, to become a retail store in certain wards."
- Lane Harrison
h/t @utoronto.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
- Lane Harrison
h/t @utoronto.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Amen.
Mobility lanes move more than just people on bikes and they often create much needed space that our minimal sidewalks lack.
January 3, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Amen.
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So true.
I was a hockey parent so I did LOL at this...
I was a hockey parent so I did LOL at this...
"Youth out of town hockey tournament planned perfectly that time between games is just not enough to go home."
January 3, 2026 at 8:39 PM
So true.
I was a hockey parent so I did LOL at this...
I was a hockey parent so I did LOL at this...
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I'll leave this one to the experts but based on what I was hearing on NPR this morning it sounded as though Trump, Hegseth, Rubio, et al went into this with a surprisingly poor understanding of the factions in Venezuela and that seems entirely plausible to me.
January 3, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I'll leave this one to the experts but based on what I was hearing on NPR this morning it sounded as though Trump, Hegseth, Rubio, et al went into this with a surprisingly poor understanding of the factions in Venezuela and that seems entirely plausible to me.
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This 👆is a true fact!👇
January 3, 2026 at 4:17 PM
This 👆is a true fact!👇
"Youth out of town hockey tournament planned perfectly that time between games is just not enough to go home."
January 3, 2026 at 7:05 PM
"Youth out of town hockey tournament planned perfectly that time between games is just not enough to go home."
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feeling a little bit too seen, @rolandlemar.bsky.social
Local man who loves walkable neighbourhoods and the 15 minute city spends life driving to hockey tournaments two towns away.
January 3, 2026 at 4:24 PM
feeling a little bit too seen, @rolandlemar.bsky.social
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My least favorite moment as a parent was hearing my middle school son telling me about how he got into a yelling match with a parent about giving space for bikes in a heavy traffic as school was letting out.
He had said "hey, don't get so close so fast" and the parent wasn't having it.
He had said "hey, don't get so close so fast" and the parent wasn't having it.
Kids who got new bikes for Christmas, "super excited" to walk them around the city that's too dangerous to ride in.
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January 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM
My least favorite moment as a parent was hearing my middle school son telling me about how he got into a yelling match with a parent about giving space for bikes in a heavy traffic as school was letting out.
He had said "hey, don't get so close so fast" and the parent wasn't having it.
He had said "hey, don't get so close so fast" and the parent wasn't having it.
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Would be good if more people took themselves a little less serious.
January 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Would be good if more people took themselves a little less serious.
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Venezuela punches above its weight when it comes to literature.
Here’s a guide.. go buy some books by some Venezuelan authors today:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...
Here’s a guide.. go buy some books by some Venezuelan authors today:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...
January 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Venezuela punches above its weight when it comes to literature.
Here’s a guide.. go buy some books by some Venezuelan authors today:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...
Here’s a guide.. go buy some books by some Venezuelan authors today:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...
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My column on the scarcity of places to hang out in Toronto is going to land very well this boring weekend.
January 3, 2026 at 3:07 PM
My column on the scarcity of places to hang out in Toronto is going to land very well this boring weekend.
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44 years ago
Everything Went Black is a compilation album by American hardcore punk band Black Flag, released in January 1982
Due to a legal dispute with the MCA, no band name was listed in the initial publication, only those of the band members
#punkrock #hardcorepunk #blackflag #punkrockhistory
Everything Went Black is a compilation album by American hardcore punk band Black Flag, released in January 1982
Due to a legal dispute with the MCA, no band name was listed in the initial publication, only those of the band members
#punkrock #hardcorepunk #blackflag #punkrockhistory
January 3, 2026 at 4:37 AM
44 years ago
Everything Went Black is a compilation album by American hardcore punk band Black Flag, released in January 1982
Due to a legal dispute with the MCA, no band name was listed in the initial publication, only those of the band members
#punkrock #hardcorepunk #blackflag #punkrockhistory
Everything Went Black is a compilation album by American hardcore punk band Black Flag, released in January 1982
Due to a legal dispute with the MCA, no band name was listed in the initial publication, only those of the band members
#punkrock #hardcorepunk #blackflag #punkrockhistory
Mobility lanes move more than just people on bikes and they often create much needed space that our minimal sidewalks lack.
January 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Mobility lanes move more than just people on bikes and they often create much needed space that our minimal sidewalks lack.
On such a Hidden Cameras kick right now. In my top 5 bands of all time and probably the band I’ve seen live the most.
January 3, 2026 at 2:44 PM
On such a Hidden Cameras kick right now. In my top 5 bands of all time and probably the band I’ve seen live the most.
Ummm. Know I’m late to this but jfc.
January 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Ummm. Know I’m late to this but jfc.
Local man who loves walkable neighbourhoods and the 15 minute city spends life driving to hockey tournaments two towns away.
January 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Local man who loves walkable neighbourhoods and the 15 minute city spends life driving to hockey tournaments two towns away.
I hope to grow old in a walkable neighbourhood mainly so I don’t have to be a mall walker.
January 2, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I hope to grow old in a walkable neighbourhood mainly so I don’t have to be a mall walker.
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This is such an important point. You shouldn’t have to be a confident cyclist to be a confident cyclist, if that makes sense. Cycling will only be safe when the little old granny with a basket on the front, the drunk guy post-pub, or schoolchildren, can all cycle with no effort or worries.
January 2, 2026 at 5:27 PM
This is such an important point. You shouldn’t have to be a confident cyclist to be a confident cyclist, if that makes sense. Cycling will only be safe when the little old granny with a basket on the front, the drunk guy post-pub, or schoolchildren, can all cycle with no effort or worries.
Today’s tourney location has a walking track. The hockey parent glamour is endless.
January 2, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Today’s tourney location has a walking track. The hockey parent glamour is endless.
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The former site of the Old Eastern Ave bridge over the Lower Don.
It was disconnected from the road network in the early 60s & and sat idle for clsoe to 65 years before being torn down in 2024.
A true pontist gem, lost.
#lovetheravines #Toronto #DonRover #pontist
It was disconnected from the road network in the early 60s & and sat idle for clsoe to 65 years before being torn down in 2024.
A true pontist gem, lost.
#lovetheravines #Toronto #DonRover #pontist
January 2, 2026 at 8:09 PM
The former site of the Old Eastern Ave bridge over the Lower Don.
It was disconnected from the road network in the early 60s & and sat idle for clsoe to 65 years before being torn down in 2024.
A true pontist gem, lost.
#lovetheravines #Toronto #DonRover #pontist
It was disconnected from the road network in the early 60s & and sat idle for clsoe to 65 years before being torn down in 2024.
A true pontist gem, lost.
#lovetheravines #Toronto #DonRover #pontist
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Militant cyclists boycotting Stranger Things finale due to lack of biking scenes in latest season.
January 1, 2026 at 4:00 AM