Phil
@philmarfisi.bsky.social
Sidewalk enthusiast. Other interests: public policy, housing, urbanism, Waterloo Region, Ontario politics, #cdnpoli, Star Trek, music, news media, international relations, and the Oxford comma. Democracy is good, actually.
Environment Canada activating more yellow alerts this weekend than Captain Picard would in a month
November 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Environment Canada activating more yellow alerts this weekend than Captain Picard would in a month
History doesn't repeat, but it often rhymes.
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
History doesn't repeat, but it often rhymes.
Everyone don't panic but the Lego Enterprise-D comes with saucer separation
November 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Everyone don't panic but the Lego Enterprise-D comes with saucer separation
The legend lives on
from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
The lake as it is said
Never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
The lake as it is said
Never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The legend lives on
from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
The lake as it is said
Never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
The lake as it is said
Never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
We annex the Great Lakes to form Super Ontario
November 22, 2025 at 6:38 AM
We annex the Great Lakes to form Super Ontario
BREAKING: despot president caves to Comrade Mamdani's complete streets socialism: "if we don't have safe streets, it's not a success. We're going to have the greatest bike lanes, no one's seen anything like it. We're doing gold bollards on every sidewalk. 24 karat gold bollards."
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
BREAKING: despot president caves to Comrade Mamdani's complete streets socialism: "if we don't have safe streets, it's not a success. We're going to have the greatest bike lanes, no one's seen anything like it. We're doing gold bollards on every sidewalk. 24 karat gold bollards."
I did not think I'd ever say this, but there are times nowadays where I do go "Huh. I kind of miss Justin Trudeau??"
November 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I did not think I'd ever say this, but there are times nowadays where I do go "Huh. I kind of miss Justin Trudeau??"
Found the original @graphicmatt.com tweet, which should be hung in the Louvre.
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Found the original @graphicmatt.com tweet, which should be hung in the Louvre.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social if you need a sidewalk czar, give me a ring
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social if you need a sidewalk czar, give me a ring
We really are about to do 2008 all over again, huh
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 AM
We really are about to do 2008 all over again, huh
Architects are excited because they know that under glorious communist regime of Comrade Mamdani, brutalism is so back
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Architects are excited because they know that under glorious communist regime of Comrade Mamdani, brutalism is so back
Sneak peek of the Ontario PCs 2029 campaign platform dropped
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Sneak peek of the Ontario PCs 2029 campaign platform dropped
Am I doing this right
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Am I doing this right
BEHOLD THE HORRORS of neighbourhood retail. This residential neighbourhood in GUELPH is home to a building that contains the UNGODLY COMBO of a CAFE and BAR side-by-side. People are warning this could lead to SMALL TALK with your NEIGHBOURS. Will you join our protest to combat SOCIALIZING?
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
BEHOLD THE HORRORS of neighbourhood retail. This residential neighbourhood in GUELPH is home to a building that contains the UNGODLY COMBO of a CAFE and BAR side-by-side. People are warning this could lead to SMALL TALK with your NEIGHBOURS. Will you join our protest to combat SOCIALIZING?
Now that Stage 2 has reached a regional consensus of yes, it's to talk about building out stage 3, mostly because it would benefit me personally and I'm aware of no other criteria for building rail
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Now that Stage 2 has reached a regional consensus of yes, it's to talk about building out stage 3, mostly because it would benefit me personally and I'm aware of no other criteria for building rail
I was today years old when I found out that forty percent of *New York City* is zoned for SFH or two family homes. Wild.
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I was today years old when I found out that forty percent of *New York City* is zoned for SFH or two family homes. Wild.
Here's the problem: there's a fair amount of what we'd call "naturally occurring affordable housing" in this area. This street view photo is taken from High Street. It's one of the proposed streets for upzoning but there's also a number of older apartments that are rent controlled due to their age.
November 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Here's the problem: there's a fair amount of what we'd call "naturally occurring affordable housing" in this area. This street view photo is taken from High Street. It's one of the proposed streets for upzoning but there's also a number of older apartments that are rent controlled due to their age.
Cannot believe I'm saying this, but Doug Ford has a greater sense than Mark Carney, I think, of how Canadians want to see our diplomacy conducted rn. The provocative ad campaign satisfies those who think we aren't standing up for ourselves, balanced out with things like this WSJ olive branch op-ed.
November 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Cannot believe I'm saying this, but Doug Ford has a greater sense than Mark Carney, I think, of how Canadians want to see our diplomacy conducted rn. The provocative ad campaign satisfies those who think we aren't standing up for ourselves, balanced out with things like this WSJ olive branch op-ed.
The Ward in Guelph is home to one of my favourite examples of residential retail/hospitality: Standing Room Only, which bills itself as the smallest bar in Canada, and its neighbour, Double Rainbow Cafe. The city's committee of adjustment approved a patio for the building last year.
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The Ward in Guelph is home to one of my favourite examples of residential retail/hospitality: Standing Room Only, which bills itself as the smallest bar in Canada, and its neighbour, Double Rainbow Cafe. The city's committee of adjustment approved a patio for the building last year.
Any time the premier makes a non-questionable decision has us like
October 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Any time the premier makes a non-questionable decision has us like
The only way to make this truly authentic is to bring back the Rest Rant
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The only way to make this truly authentic is to bring back the Rest Rant
If you showed this to an American evangelical they'd think it was propaganda dreamt up by the radical left deep state
October 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
If you showed this to an American evangelical they'd think it was propaganda dreamt up by the radical left deep state
Did you read the piece? Anyways, somehow I doubt that we are somehow more intelligent on this than the dozens of other countries that have figured this out. This is also enables family sized units that we desperately need, and would also make building affordable housing more easy.
October 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Did you read the piece? Anyways, somehow I doubt that we are somehow more intelligent on this than the dozens of other countries that have figured this out. This is also enables family sized units that we desperately need, and would also make building affordable housing more easy.
Bandwagon level: 1000
October 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Bandwagon level: 1000