US public transit advocates: Don't just envy Europe. Start by envying Canada.

Great piece on Montreal's remarkably cheap new rapid transit system.

macleans.ca/society/mont...

@englishrail.bsky.social and I have a piece in the Globe & Mail about how Canada can make housing more affordable and accessible, and disentangle itself from its unreliable and hostile southern neighbor: give its elevator industry the option to use the European/global standard, not just the U.S. one

Elsa Lam continues to prove & document how corrupt & full of lies the Doug Ford closure of the science centre was & is. Read & share widely - not that it matters in Ontario, a province that seems ok w a high level of this.

www.canadianarchitect.com/draft-engine...

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.

Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”

globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

Toronto, where City Council chooses to fund new rapid transit for declining house neighbourhoods over booming apartment neighbourhoods.

@shawnmicallef.bsky.social's article piqued my interest so I looked into the census data, which backs up the unfairness.

www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2025/lv...

I wrote about the hurricanes, attention grifters, the limits of the term misinformation, and how it is more apt to call it a full cultural and political assault on any person or institution that operates in reality. (gift link)

As Toronto faces increased flooding, one Etobicoke homeowner has been doing something about it, fighting City Hall to create a lush rainwater infiltration garden in the drainage ditch in front of his house that absorbs and cleans stormwater. Trent Weston tells his story. spacing.ca/toronto/2024...

These throwable fire extinguishers seem like a real-life example of xkcd.com/937 — they have really good reviews from everyone except the few people who tried using them to put out fires