pam shamdango
@julzi9.bsky.social
Flaneuse , weirdo artist and the person in the bus
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Poor Malta. Tiny island destroyed by cars. Should be the most walkable, transit accessible place on earth but you can barely walk between villages. New flyeover destroyed the bocci club my dad attends. 1950s thinking. Post colonial country but the car is the new thing that dominates all thinking.
December 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Poor Malta. Tiny island destroyed by cars. Should be the most walkable, transit accessible place on earth but you can barely walk between villages. New flyeover destroyed the bocci club my dad attends. 1950s thinking. Post colonial country but the car is the new thing that dominates all thinking.
The horrible shilling of the movie Marty Supreme by its main actor has created such a bad taste that I couldn’t possibly stomach seeing the film :(
December 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The horrible shilling of the movie Marty Supreme by its main actor has created such a bad taste that I couldn’t possibly stomach seeing the film :(
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Is there any more depressing story in urbanism than the fact that people kept cutting down speed cameras in Toronto, and then the premier just… agreed with them and banned speed cameras across the province?
It honestly makes me so mad.
It honestly makes me so mad.
All of Toronto's speed cameras are gone. How did we get to this point? | CBC News
Toronto's speed cameras may be gone, but this time there are no mysterious vandals wielding power tools, no blurry suspect photos and no police investigation.
www.cbc.ca
December 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Is there any more depressing story in urbanism than the fact that people kept cutting down speed cameras in Toronto, and then the premier just… agreed with them and banned speed cameras across the province?
It honestly makes me so mad.
It honestly makes me so mad.
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This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
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This was very good from @stephenmaher.bsky.social. Business vs politics. They are different.
(Not part of this piece but related to Canada's Vichy tech bro posse's approach to things.)
(Not part of this piece but related to Canada's Vichy tech bro posse's approach to things.)
Mark Carney’s in a bigger mess than he thinks with this pipeline
#Opinion from Star contributor @stephenmaher.bsky.social
#Opinion from Star contributor @stephenmaher.bsky.social
Stephen Maher: Mark Carney’s in a bigger mess than he thinks with this pipeline
Before the ink on the agreement has had time to dry, there are questions around the ability of Carney and his colleagues to get it built
www.thestar.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This was very good from @stephenmaher.bsky.social. Business vs politics. They are different.
(Not part of this piece but related to Canada's Vichy tech bro posse's approach to things.)
(Not part of this piece but related to Canada's Vichy tech bro posse's approach to things.)
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The arrogance is astounding.
David Cochrane asks about the fact that it would’ve been impossible for the coastal First Nations to travel from their communities to meet the feds on the timeline the govt offered.
“It’s called Zoom,” Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson responds.
Jesus CHRIST.
(Video: Scott Robertson/Twitter)
“It’s called Zoom,” Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson responds.
Jesus CHRIST.
(Video: Scott Robertson/Twitter)
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The arrogance is astounding.
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It really has been interesting the last while to see Doug Ford's outbursts. The true Ford. From "get a job" to "audit orgs that might support left wing causes". The authoritarian belligerent bully that had no staff to muzzle him in City Hall days is still there. Does Ontario see? Do they care?
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It really has been interesting the last while to see Doug Ford's outbursts. The true Ford. From "get a job" to "audit orgs that might support left wing causes". The authoritarian belligerent bully that had no staff to muzzle him in City Hall days is still there. Does Ontario see? Do they care?
If you’ve not watched the series Malice - let me save you the time. Lamely written convoluted mess.Frustration and bafflement is not suspense or intrigue.
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
If you’ve not watched the series Malice - let me save you the time. Lamely written convoluted mess.Frustration and bafflement is not suspense or intrigue.
Feeling so sorry for Zelensky and what it is to have an imbecile and a vicious dictator decide the fate of your country :(
November 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Feeling so sorry for Zelensky and what it is to have an imbecile and a vicious dictator decide the fate of your country :(
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The Ontario municipal elections are one year from today & there’s one person who has inserted himself into every local race: Doug Ford. My Toronto Star column on the elephant in every Ontario voting booth.
Shawn Micallef: There’s one person all Toronto’s mayoral candidates should be running against in next year’s election
Even if he’s not on the ballot, all mayoral candidates should run against Doug Ford’s policies in next year’s municipal elections.
www.thestar.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The Ontario municipal elections are one year from today & there’s one person who has inserted himself into every local race: Doug Ford. My Toronto Star column on the elephant in every Ontario voting booth.
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Demo on Saturday. Take to the streets. It’s the only way. Same will be done for the bike lanes when the time comes.
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Join us to "circle the strollers" around the speed camera at Bloor and Dundas to protest our Premier's reckless attack on road safety. Tens of thousands of kids will be defenseless against speeding drivers in school zones!!
More info: www.ffsafestreets.ca/events
Join us to "circle the strollers" around the speed camera at Bloor and Dundas to protest our Premier's reckless attack on road safety. Tens of thousands of kids will be defenseless against speeding drivers in school zones!!
More info: www.ffsafestreets.ca/events
October 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Demo on Saturday. Take to the streets. It’s the only way. Same will be done for the bike lanes when the time comes.
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Toronto doesn’t need Doug Ford’s say-so to get things done. We can go right ahead and do them #Opinion
Edward Keenan: Toronto doesn’t need Doug Ford’s say-so to get things done. We can go right ahead and do them
Any Ontario mayor who's waiting on the premier to do their homework for them is unlikely to make the honour roll.
www.thestar.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Toronto doesn’t need Doug Ford’s say-so to get things done. We can go right ahead and do them #Opinion
@timhortonsofficial.bsky.social where is the oat milk ? I’m lactose intolerant and wouldn’t drink any coffee without it 😿
September 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
@timhortonsofficial.bsky.social where is the oat milk ? I’m lactose intolerant and wouldn’t drink any coffee without it 😿
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This is around the same time of the before/after Amsterdam photos, when people protested and tamed the car there, but in North America the car was too strong, undefeatable. Some victories like stopping the Spadina Expy in Toronto, but street level experience is still death stalking us on wheels.
Canadians fought for walkable streets.
Montreal, April 13, 1973: Following injuries to their children walking to and from school, about 30 people blocked the intersection of Esplanade and Van Horne avenues for an hour. They demanded a crossing guard or anything else that would make walking safer.
Montreal, April 13, 1973: Following injuries to their children walking to and from school, about 30 people blocked the intersection of Esplanade and Van Horne avenues for an hour. They demanded a crossing guard or anything else that would make walking safer.
September 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This is around the same time of the before/after Amsterdam photos, when people protested and tamed the car there, but in North America the car was too strong, undefeatable. Some victories like stopping the Spadina Expy in Toronto, but street level experience is still death stalking us on wheels.
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🪬🧿 There is no amount of money, oil, or gold in the world that is worth more than having bees, trees, and clean water.
August 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🪬🧿 There is no amount of money, oil, or gold in the world that is worth more than having bees, trees, and clean water.
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I’m with The Weeknd: bring back the SkyDome
Shawn Micallef: Bring back ‘SkyDome’? It’s time for Toronto to reject the bland, corporate naming of its buildings
The Weeknd and Neil Young were on to something when they recently called out the bland, corporate naming of Toronto’s buildings.
www.thestar.com
August 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I’m with The Weeknd: bring back the SkyDome
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In the Star I wrote about the Toronto Public Space Committee’s public loo design competition. Winners& runners up show far better is possible here.
Shawn Micallef: It’s a basic need. So why isn’t Toronto flush with accessible, well-designed public washrooms?
The winner of a competition to design a better public washroom shows what could be done to public facilities, if the city really wanted to.
www.thestar.com
August 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In the Star I wrote about the Toronto Public Space Committee’s public loo design competition. Winners& runners up show far better is possible here.
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I love this creativity and technology. A solar powered train. I’d love to have that here in the United States. A great step forward for Australia.
August 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I love this creativity and technology. A solar powered train. I’d love to have that here in the United States. A great step forward for Australia.
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The Ontario voter, however, has different views on disqualification. It's a remarkable thing, innit?
Doug Ford’s commitment to building a tunnel under Highway 401 is bold, misguided, and almost certainly doomed. Here’s why journalist @davidmoscrop.com says it “ought to disqualify him from the Ontario premiership”: thewalrus.ca/a-highway-to-hel...
August 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Ontario voter, however, has different views on disqualification. It's a remarkable thing, innit?
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As Frankie Boyle, once said:
"If you’re a political journalist who has regular contact with people in power, and your analysis is always aligned with prevailing orthodoxy, then you’re not really a journalist, you’re a courtier."
"If you’re a political journalist who has regular contact with people in power, and your analysis is always aligned with prevailing orthodoxy, then you’re not really a journalist, you’re a courtier."
June 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
As Frankie Boyle, once said:
"If you’re a political journalist who has regular contact with people in power, and your analysis is always aligned with prevailing orthodoxy, then you’re not really a journalist, you’re a courtier."
"If you’re a political journalist who has regular contact with people in power, and your analysis is always aligned with prevailing orthodoxy, then you’re not really a journalist, you’re a courtier."
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This weekend I wrote about Doug Ford’s plan to sell off a large chunk of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park. Exactly the opposite of what should be happening: parkland expansion.
Shawn Micallef: Doug Ford’s plan to sell off chunks of this popular beach threatens something we should hold dear
If Doug Ford wanted to create a real legacy, he’d start an aggressive expansion of public parkland in Ontario to keep up with its massive population.
www.thestar.com
August 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This weekend I wrote about Doug Ford’s plan to sell off a large chunk of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park. Exactly the opposite of what should be happening: parkland expansion.
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More Toronto councillors & mayors need to speak in this language. Make the opponents to safe streets for all say they don’t care about a certain number of deaths & life changing injuries. Every time. Ask them what their threshold number is.
Saving lives and preventing catastrophic accidents is much more important than saving a few seconds on your drive. Everyone deserves to get home safe every day.
August 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
More Toronto councillors & mayors need to speak in this language. Make the opponents to safe streets for all say they don’t care about a certain number of deaths & life changing injuries. Every time. Ask them what their threshold number is.
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If we had a left that was in touch w the working class they’d go to town on this. But we don’t.
I don’t like when (ex?)politicians say “well it’s mostly couriers who use bike lane X!”
Like it doesn’t quite count when a courier dies on the job.
Like it doesn’t quite count when a courier dies on the job.
What does former Toronto mayor John Tory think about @cycletoronto.bsky.social 's legal win and the province's (now unconstitutional) bike lane removal scheme? Funny you should ask.
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August 1, 2025 at 2:04 PM
If we had a left that was in touch w the working class they’d go to town on this. But we don’t.