Imbroglior
@dkfoster.bsky.social
Tweetdecker formerly known as @cityslikr or Former Tweetdecker known as @cityslikr
Creator of, curator and writer for All Fried Up in the Big Smoke afuitbs.com
Creator of, curator and writer for All Fried Up in the Big Smoke afuitbs.com
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Imbroglior
@dkfoster.bsky.social
· Aug 3
"This gloom, this surrender to the dark waters which lap us about, is a modern invention... we do not believe enough. Our fathers at any rate had something to demolish." Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room
Your parents can haunt you forever.
GIVE ME A BILLION DOLLARS!!!!
GIVE ME A BILLION DOLLARS!!!!
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Your parents can haunt you forever.
GIVE ME A BILLION DOLLARS!!!!
GIVE ME A BILLION DOLLARS!!!!
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What is the life expectancy of an AI mobile app, anyway?
Never mind the inevitable subscription fee increases.
Never mind the inevitable subscription fee increases.
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
What is the life expectancy of an AI mobile app, anyway?
Never mind the inevitable subscription fee increases.
Never mind the inevitable subscription fee increases.
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BLACK MIRROR was too optimistic about these ghouls 😡
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
BLACK MIRROR was too optimistic about these ghouls 😡
Well, I guess if we're rolling everything back to the 19th century.
"So far in 2025, PCA said there have been 12 tuberculosis cases identified with connections to Edmonton’s inner-city and the homeless population, which health authorities said is a significant increase over previous years."
Tuberculosis outbreak declared among Edmonton inner-city homeless population https://globalnews.ca/news/11525259/edmonton-inner-city-homeless-population-tuberculosis-outbreak/
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Well, I guess if we're rolling everything back to the 19th century.
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Two pages apart in the @thestar.com : 9 year old killed by driver of SUV jumping curb, and Ontario bans speed cameras. Yes they are related, because Doug Ford inculcates a culture that the world is made for drivers, but kids and cyclists? Too bad.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Two pages apart in the @thestar.com : 9 year old killed by driver of SUV jumping curb, and Ontario bans speed cameras. Yes they are related, because Doug Ford inculcates a culture that the world is made for drivers, but kids and cyclists? Too bad.
No, wait now. Hear me out.
'involuntary detention'
'involuntary detention'
The Neo-Conservative Party of Canada
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
They’re at risk of dying from opioid overdose. The government cut funding that could help them | CBC News
As deadly drug overdoses climbed across Canada, decision-makers faced political backlash for funding programs that gave drug users prescribed opioids and, against their own experts’ advice, scaled bac...
www.cbc.ca
November 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
No, wait now. Hear me out.
'involuntary detention'
'involuntary detention'
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It’s so rare that one can pinpoint the actual moment a city begins its decline into licentious ruin
“Preparing beverages, like espresso-based drinks, would be allowed though, paving the way for cafés to open”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“Preparing beverages, like espresso-based drinks, would be allowed though, paving the way for cafés to open”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
New shops and cafés can open in Toronto neighbourhoods decades after being outlawed | CBC News
New small shops and cafés will once again be allowed to open inside some of Toronto’s neighbourhoods, reversing decades of strict planning policy that kept businesses out of residential areas.
www.cbc.ca
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It’s so rare that one can pinpoint the actual moment a city begins its decline into licentious ruin
“Preparing beverages, like espresso-based drinks, would be allowed though, paving the way for cafés to open”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“Preparing beverages, like espresso-based drinks, would be allowed though, paving the way for cafés to open”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Because he’s a murderer.
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Because he’s a murderer.
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Crazy-making conspiracizing, but in a different way.
(Big hat tip to @leeleewhy.bsky.social for the image)
(Big hat tip to @leeleewhy.bsky.social for the image)
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Crazy-making conspiracizing, but in a different way.
(Big hat tip to @leeleewhy.bsky.social for the image)
(Big hat tip to @leeleewhy.bsky.social for the image)
'Involuntary detention' absolutely works.
For those who don't want to actually deal with the root causes of addiction.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
For those who don't want to actually deal with the root causes of addiction.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Andrew Phillips: NDP-led Manitoba adopts a new approach to addiction and it demands our attention
Premier Wab Kinew actions suggests a couple of things: that the addictions crisis shows no signs of letting up, and there’s a sea-change under way in how we address it.
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
'Involuntary detention' absolutely works.
For those who don't want to actually deal with the root causes of addiction.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
For those who don't want to actually deal with the root causes of addiction.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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100% the ghouls saying that 15 year olds can clearly consent to becoming sex workers for billionaires, also argue that 15 year olds can't consent for medical treatment, birth control or living their own sexuality or identity
Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
100% the ghouls saying that 15 year olds can clearly consent to becoming sex workers for billionaires, also argue that 15 year olds can't consent for medical treatment, birth control or living their own sexuality or identity
It's starting to feel like Bill 60 is Doug Ford's coup de grace smash-and-grab Ontario's asset base.
Marit Stiles warns of water privatization in Ford government’s omnibus bill
Marit Stiles warns of water privatization in Ford government’s omnibus bill
Bill 60, the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, would designate a corporation to provide water and sewage services "on behalf of particular lower-tier municipalities."
www.thestar.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
It's starting to feel like Bill 60 is Doug Ford's coup de grace smash-and-grab Ontario's asset base.
Cue Adam Vaughan to tell us this is all very reasonable and above board.
From an engineering and construction standpoint, Ford's plan for the parking garage has never made sense on the south side of Lakeshore. At least a year ago I said he'd have to move it into the Ex grounds and would expropriate (or use shenanigans) to do it.
🚨 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 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Cue Adam Vaughan to tell us this is all very reasonable and above board.
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This is what’s been infuriating me for *decades* now 😡
Never forget the same people defending pedophilia have spent years trying to convince the public that drag queens and trans people are a threat to children.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
It’s all smoke and mirrors to allow the real predators to roam free.
November 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is what’s been infuriating me for *decades* now 😡
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The New Yorker is one of the 6100+ magazines available free through the Ontario Library Service Consortiums 'Libby' internet app. All you need is a library card.
Other magazines:
NY Review of Books, New Scientist, Bon Appetit, Vanity Fair, Good Housekeeping.
Libraries are the greatest thing!
Other magazines:
NY Review of Books, New Scientist, Bon Appetit, Vanity Fair, Good Housekeeping.
Libraries are the greatest thing!
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The New Yorker is one of the 6100+ magazines available free through the Ontario Library Service Consortiums 'Libby' internet app. All you need is a library card.
Other magazines:
NY Review of Books, New Scientist, Bon Appetit, Vanity Fair, Good Housekeeping.
Libraries are the greatest thing!
Other magazines:
NY Review of Books, New Scientist, Bon Appetit, Vanity Fair, Good Housekeeping.
Libraries are the greatest thing!
Well, of course they are.
🚨 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 9:29 PM
Well, of course they are.
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This LNG processing plant on the coast of BC that Carney just fasttracked as a project of national interest is for a project that will be 100% American-owned.
Elbows something something!
(also they keep calling it an Indigenous-led project despite 4 of the 6 local bands opposing it)
Elbows something something!
(also they keep calling it an Indigenous-led project despite 4 of the 6 local bands opposing it)
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This LNG processing plant on the coast of BC that Carney just fasttracked as a project of national interest is for a project that will be 100% American-owned.
Elbows something something!
(also they keep calling it an Indigenous-led project despite 4 of the 6 local bands opposing it)
Elbows something something!
(also they keep calling it an Indigenous-led project despite 4 of the 6 local bands opposing it)
Maybe somebody can slip a de-amalgamation amendment into the motion.
Mayor Olivia Chow has a motion too. A big one. She moves to have the entire Toronto & East York area "opt in" to neighbourhood retail corner stores.
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Maybe somebody can slip a de-amalgamation amendment into the motion.
Yeah but, is that 'enough' consultation? How be we consult the item to death?
Councillor Thompson asks if there's been enough consultation on this corner store item. Staff say they had pop-up events in every ward with a total of 1,300 people, a survey that received 2,600 responses, public meetings with 'several hundred" attendees, seven meetings with resident associations.
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Yeah but, is that 'enough' consultation? How be we consult the item to death?
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Comms 101: A good comms plan involves benchmarking attitudinal research before a campaign starts and then again at the end in order to measure its effectiveness. Success is proof that you've moved public attitudes on an issue or product.
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Comms 101: A good comms plan involves benchmarking attitudinal research before a campaign starts and then again at the end in order to measure its effectiveness. Success is proof that you've moved public attitudes on an issue or product.
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Ford & Co. knew how strong support was (via private polling) before pushing the issue.
They'll use initial polling as a benchmark to see how effective msging on the issue was & learn from it.
Despite SickKids, mayors & police chiefs speaking out, Ford gives ppl plausible deniability to be awful.
They'll use initial polling as a benchmark to see how effective msging on the issue was & learn from it.
Despite SickKids, mayors & police chiefs speaking out, Ford gives ppl plausible deniability to be awful.
New Abacus Data polling finds Ontarians prefer traffic calming infrastructure over automated speed cameras.
Half say measures like speed bumps, roundabouts and police enforcement are more effective.
Full results: abacusdata.ca/ontarians-o...
Half say measures like speed bumps, roundabouts and police enforcement are more effective.
Full results: abacusdata.ca/ontarians-o...
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Ford & Co. knew how strong support was (via private polling) before pushing the issue.
They'll use initial polling as a benchmark to see how effective msging on the issue was & learn from it.
Despite SickKids, mayors & police chiefs speaking out, Ford gives ppl plausible deniability to be awful.
They'll use initial polling as a benchmark to see how effective msging on the issue was & learn from it.
Despite SickKids, mayors & police chiefs speaking out, Ford gives ppl plausible deniability to be awful.
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This whole thing about Hitler having a genetic sexual dysfunction sounds like a bunch of eggheaded BS when historians already know that he was a jerk, Mussolini bit his weenie, and that's why his weenie didn't work.
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This whole thing about Hitler having a genetic sexual dysfunction sounds like a bunch of eggheaded BS when historians already know that he was a jerk, Mussolini bit his weenie, and that's why his weenie didn't work.
Ontario's going to have a deep, dark reckoning with its blithe embrace of Doug Ford as premier for decades to come.
The toxic mess his government will leave behind on pretty much every front will be more than daunting.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The toxic mess his government will leave behind on pretty much every front will be more than daunting.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Critics call on Ford government to address rising hydro rates | CBC News
Critics are calling on the Ford government to stop spending billions subsidizing hydro rates, and to instead find ways to reduce the cost of electricity across the province’s grid after a 29 per cent ...
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Ontario's going to have a deep, dark reckoning with its blithe embrace of Doug Ford as premier for decades to come.
The toxic mess his government will leave behind on pretty much every front will be more than daunting.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The toxic mess his government will leave behind on pretty much every front will be more than daunting.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
There has to be more to this story. It cannot be this straightforwardly ridiculous.
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
Toronto councillor calls rental highrise a ‘security concern,’ endorses MZO to limit height near Sanofi plant
Sanofi has cited security concerns about planned highrises near its plant, while the developer says the provincial order would effectively kill the project.
www.thestar.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
There has to be more to this story. It cannot be this straightforwardly ridiculous.
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
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Details are finally out about what happened to the Scarborough subway extension boring machine that got stuck under the 401
https://globalnews.ca/news/11521835/scarborough-subway-extension-highway-401-closure/
#metrolinx #scarborough #topoli
https://globalnews.ca/news/11521835/scarborough-subway-extension-highway-401-closure/
#metrolinx #scarborough #topoli
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Details are finally out about what happened to the Scarborough subway extension boring machine that got stuck under the 401
https://globalnews.ca/news/11521835/scarborough-subway-extension-highway-401-closure/
#metrolinx #scarborough #topoli
https://globalnews.ca/news/11521835/scarborough-subway-extension-highway-401-closure/
#metrolinx #scarborough #topoli