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Critics are calling Welcome to Derry the new It show of 2025
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
With Toronto hoping to win the World Series at home, here's a throwback article I wrote for @spacing.bsky.social about how the City and Metrolinx plan transit needs for big sports events
spacing.ca/toronto/2018...
Athletic traffic planning: Moving thousands of fans on game day - Spacing Toronto
When the Leafs or Blue Jays play a home game, Doug Tuira doesn’t watch to see if Auston Matthews will score an overtime winner or Roberto Osuna will close out the ninth inning. The Metrolinx Control C...
spacing.ca
October 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Not the result I wanted, but thank you for the whimsical posts along the way, very spirit of 2011
October 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
They could have eaten so many loonie hot dogs during this game
October 28, 2025 at 6:37 AM
We already have Vladimir in this game, all we need is Estragon
October 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
We go live to the LA Dodgers organist
a cartoon of a woman playing an organ with the words seventeen minutes later
ALT: a cartoon of a woman playing an organ with the words seventeen minutes later
media.tenor.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
A modest proposal
October 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I hope that one guy got his Gatorade a couple innings ago
October 28, 2025 at 5:36 AM
This game is now being watched at 10:25 p.m. in LA, this is anti-east coast bias
October 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM
This game is to baseball what 22 short films about Springfield was to the Simpsons
October 28, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Yes, I'm still watching! Don't shame me just because it's the 13th inning
October 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I feel like baseball players should be allowed to re-enter the game if they wear a sufficiently elaborate disguise
October 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The NYT Spelling Bee not accepting 'chimichurri' today deserves a note from the editors. 🐝
August 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
1) Wonderful donation from the Westons to make Queen's Park North a public space worth celebrating

2) We should be coordinating all of these big public projects below together--rare planetary alignment to do something special for public spaces here

www.thestar.com/news/gta/may...
March 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore states in a press release that the measles outbreak in the province has grown to 173 cases over past several weeks.

"Vaccination is the most effective way to limit the spread of measles and protect yourself and your loved ones," he says.
March 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Did Conan O'Brien just say Denis Villeneuve was nominated for best director? Because he wasn't. 🙃
March 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
My personal rankings for Best Picture nominees:

1) Conclave
2) I'm Still Here
3) A Complete Unknown
4) Anora
5) Dune: Part Two
6)The Brutalist
7) Nickel Boys
8) Wicked
9) The Substance

10) Emilia Perez
March 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
What a decison to publish a NY Mag-style approval matrix, except for which rights are valued
Of course the NYT sees the "DEI" stuff positively & is neutral on anti-trans discrimination
March 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Another car blocking a series of streetcars in Toronto, this time heading west on Gerrard, east of Greenwood.
February 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
It also implies that every function of government is a joke, whether it's scientists studying cancer, technicians that keep the nuclear arsenal safe and secure, or people who maintain safe drinking water.
Having to use the acronym “DOGE” in a sentence is part of the humiliation ritual they’re inflicting upon half the country
February 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Toronto needs to grow past trotting out the NIMBY greatest hits in every housing debate if it intends to be serious about tackling housing affordability, I write in my latest @torontotoday.ca column

www.torontotoday.ca/local/opinio...
OPINION: Toronto needs to evolve past its recurring NIMBY housing debate
Columnist David Hains encourages councillors to remind their NIMBY constituents ‘the customer isn’t always right’ when it comes to upzoning major city streets
www.torontotoday.ca
February 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For those of you on the #Onpoli campaign trail, I just spotted Green Party Leader @mikeschreiner.bsky.social at the Raptors game (upper bowl, a man of the people)
February 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Giorgio Mammoliti really missed his moment to champion his long-running "world's tallest flagpole" idea
Council kicks off with a reminder from Mayor Olivia Chow that this Saturday is “Canada Flag Day.” They’ll be celebrating with a giant flag outside City Hall. Three storeys high, the mayor says? Pretty big, I guess. The cast from “Come From Away” will show up too.
February 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM