William Turman
@willnturman.bsky.social
Cities, bikes, housing, trains, Kitchener-Waterloo, trans rights are human rights, he/him
Opinions are mine.
Opinions are mine.
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🚨 Bill 60 would BAN new bike lanes that take a lane from cars — province-wide. This is a direct attack on road safety, climate action, and livable cities. Raise your voice. Tell the Ford government: #SafeStreets aren’t optional.
#Bill60 #BikeHamOnt #HamOnt #onpoli
#Bill60 #BikeHamOnt #HamOnt #onpoli
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🚨 Bill 60 would BAN new bike lanes that take a lane from cars — province-wide. This is a direct attack on road safety, climate action, and livable cities. Raise your voice. Tell the Ford government: #SafeStreets aren’t optional.
#Bill60 #BikeHamOnt #HamOnt #onpoli
#Bill60 #BikeHamOnt #HamOnt #onpoli
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And… Regional Committee supports a full ION light rail extension to Cambridge 15 to 1! Onwards to Cambridge!
(To be fully ratified at Regional Council on November 19.)
(To be fully ratified at Regional Council on November 19.)
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
And… Regional Committee supports a full ION light rail extension to Cambridge 15 to 1! Onwards to Cambridge!
(To be fully ratified at Regional Council on November 19.)
(To be fully ratified at Regional Council on November 19.)
Great thread to follow along public decisions making on ion to Cambridge
The Sustainability, Infrastructure, and Development Committee meeting has started! Delegations about ION stage 2 will be starting shortly. Livestream here:
eSCRIBE Published Meetings
pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeetings.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Great thread to follow along public decisions making on ion to Cambridge
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Repeat this over and over. Doug Ford will kill people.
This will kill people. Doug Ford is going to kill people. So we’re clear. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Doug Ford will outlaw municipal speed cameras this fall: Sources
Sources say Ford's Progressive Conservatives will table legislation later this fall to outlaw the "automated speed enforcement" devices.
www.thestar.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Repeat this over and over. Doug Ford will kill people.
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I see a surging trade union movement supported by a resurgent federal @ndp.ca.
Add a common front of social movements and we could push the Carney-Poilievre alliance off the damaging path they’ve put Canada on.
Sec 107 must go!
And it’s just the start.
#DrawTheLine
Add a common front of social movements and we could push the Carney-Poilievre alliance off the damaging path they’ve put Canada on.
Sec 107 must go!
And it’s just the start.
#DrawTheLine
BREAKING: The NDP will be moving to eliminate Section 107 from the Labour Code.
This will protect workers and their right to strike!
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
This will protect workers and their right to strike!
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
NDP looks to scrap labour code’s Section 107, used by Ottawa to intervene in strikes
Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu invoked Section 107 in the Air Canada strike, directing the labour board to order employees back to work
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I see a surging trade union movement supported by a resurgent federal @ndp.ca.
Add a common front of social movements and we could push the Carney-Poilievre alliance off the damaging path they’ve put Canada on.
Sec 107 must go!
And it’s just the start.
#DrawTheLine
Add a common front of social movements and we could push the Carney-Poilievre alliance off the damaging path they’ve put Canada on.
Sec 107 must go!
And it’s just the start.
#DrawTheLine
This is the way
'Baudrier points out that Paris has recently set an annual housing budget of around €800mn a year, nearly double that of five years ago, and four times the amount budgeted by the central government. “Our aim is to push rental prices down and bring down housing valuations overall,”'
this is the way
this is the way
September 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is the way
This.
I believe there should be no political violence. And until people calling for an end to political violence also mean violence resulting from policy, systemic racism, wage theft, etc. it’s hard for me to take them seriously. They usually just mean to end politically inconvenient violence.
I believe there should be no political violence. And until people calling for an end to political violence also mean violence resulting from policy, systemic racism, wage theft, etc. it’s hard for me to take them seriously. They usually just mean to end politically inconvenient violence.
It's also "political violence" to steal years off people's lives by depriving them of shelter, stripping away health care, and gutting environmental protections — while funneling more and more wealth to the ultra-rich.
September 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This.
I believe there should be no political violence. And until people calling for an end to political violence also mean violence resulting from policy, systemic racism, wage theft, etc. it’s hard for me to take them seriously. They usually just mean to end politically inconvenient violence.
I believe there should be no political violence. And until people calling for an end to political violence also mean violence resulting from policy, systemic racism, wage theft, etc. it’s hard for me to take them seriously. They usually just mean to end politically inconvenient violence.
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I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
After Charlie Kirk's death, teachers and professors nationwide fired or disciplined over social media posts
At least a dozen faculty and staff have faced fallout over insensitive comments online.
www.nbcnews.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
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The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
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Our first IONizeWR newsletter update is on the initial business case. We want to see LRT all the way to downtown Cambridge, and then keep building. Let's think bigger:
Building ION to Cambridge, Costs and Benefits
Things are heating up on ION stage 2, with more voices for LRT and with Regional Council hearing next week about the preliminary results of the Initial Business Case. In November, staff will share the...
ionizewr.ca
September 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Our first IONizeWR newsletter update is on the initial business case. We want to see LRT all the way to downtown Cambridge, and then keep building. Let's think bigger:
Hot take: we should actually build shorter buildings next to loud roads and get higher towards the centre of residential blocks. Current patterns maximize the # of homes that get blasted by a jerk revving a Harley. 1 small building could block the sound for tall buildings behind.
August 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Hot take: we should actually build shorter buildings next to loud roads and get higher towards the centre of residential blocks. Current patterns maximize the # of homes that get blasted by a jerk revving a Harley. 1 small building could block the sound for tall buildings behind.
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It’s time to IONize Waterloo Region!
Announcing our new campaign to build ION light rail the full length to Cambridge, and then to keep building. Check it out, and sign up for our newsletter for updates:
Announcing our new campaign to build ION light rail the full length to Cambridge, and then to keep building. Check it out, and sign up for our newsletter for updates:
IONize Waterloo Region
Charge Up Waterloo Region With Transit
ionizewr.ca
August 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It’s time to IONize Waterloo Region!
Announcing our new campaign to build ION light rail the full length to Cambridge, and then to keep building. Check it out, and sign up for our newsletter for updates:
Announcing our new campaign to build ION light rail the full length to Cambridge, and then to keep building. Check it out, and sign up for our newsletter for updates:
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In case you're wondering, yes there are still "wait and see" Carney apologists in comments. Nothing is going to wake them up until after it's too late.
July 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In case you're wondering, yes there are still "wait and see" Carney apologists in comments. Nothing is going to wake them up until after it's too late.
Anyone else get what look like fake ai generated videos from mark carney asking people to sign up for an AI service?
August 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Anyone else get what look like fake ai generated videos from mark carney asking people to sign up for an AI service?
This is actually a very cool thing to say.
“Arrest me for striking, I dare you”
“Arrest me for striking, I dare you”
Air Canada strike:
“We’re going to stay committed to making sure that those workers can do the job that they love doing and actually be able to afford a roof over their heads, to afford caring for their families,” CUPE president just said.
“If it means folks like me going to jail, then so be it.”
“We’re going to stay committed to making sure that those workers can do the job that they love doing and actually be able to afford a roof over their heads, to afford caring for their families,” CUPE president just said.
“If it means folks like me going to jail, then so be it.”
August 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is actually a very cool thing to say.
“Arrest me for striking, I dare you”
“Arrest me for striking, I dare you”
Best day of the year in 77 days. Countdown is on
Daylight Saving Time ends in 77 days.
August 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Best day of the year in 77 days. Countdown is on
The Asian night market in Kitchener is phenomenal. Probably one of the best events to close king street. Even the permanent stores have lineups onto the street.
August 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The Asian night market in Kitchener is phenomenal. Probably one of the best events to close king street. Even the permanent stores have lineups onto the street.
The Asian night market in Kitchener is phenomenal. Probably one of the best events to close king street. Even the permanent stores have lineups onto the street.
August 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The Asian night market in Kitchener is phenomenal. Probably one of the best events to close king street. Even the permanent stores have lineups onto the street.
Here we are, pushing AI to replace work, and nowhere part of that discourse is people working less because of it.
We should have a shorter work week for the same pay.
We should have a shorter work week for the same pay.
August 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Here we are, pushing AI to replace work, and nowhere part of that discourse is people working less because of it.
We should have a shorter work week for the same pay.
We should have a shorter work week for the same pay.
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"The Israeli government must be stopped and pressure has become necessary." www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
Israel's international isolation is painful. But it is also necessary | Opinion
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www.haaretz.com
August 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"The Israeli government must be stopped and pressure has become necessary." www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
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just when you think things can’t get worse, they find a way
The first privately developed U.S. nuclear enrichment facility is going to be built in Paducah, Kentucky at the site of a former nuclear fuel plant.
The US government is now allowing a private citizen to enrich uranium, aka nuclear bombs.
That private citizen is "destroy humanity" Peter Thiel.
The US government is now allowing a private citizen to enrich uranium, aka nuclear bombs.
That private citizen is "destroy humanity" Peter Thiel.
Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah
A California-based company with ties to billionaire investor and Trump ally Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in fa...
www.wkms.org
July 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
just when you think things can’t get worse, they find a way
All very good opinions.
1 like, 1 housing opinion
1 like, 1 non-political opinion
July 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
All very good opinions.
Alternate headline: “teenager, struck by driver of dangerous vehicle, sent to hospital”.
SUVs striking pedestrians are more likely to result in serious injury than smaller cars. This is not a secret.
SUVs striking pedestrians are more likely to result in serious injury than smaller cars. This is not a secret.
16-year-old Kitchener boy sent to hospital following e-bike crash
16-year-old Kitchener boy sent to hospital following e-bike crash
A crash in Kitchener between an e-bike and a vehicle has sent a teenager to hospital.
bit.ly
July 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Alternate headline: “teenager, struck by driver of dangerous vehicle, sent to hospital”.
SUVs striking pedestrians are more likely to result in serious injury than smaller cars. This is not a secret.
SUVs striking pedestrians are more likely to result in serious injury than smaller cars. This is not a secret.
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It’s somehow still more controversial to be against this than to be for it
"Israeli soldiers in Gaza told Haaretz that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites..."
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid
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www.haaretz.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It’s somehow still more controversial to be against this than to be for it