PMinTO
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Urbanist, environmentalist, educator, pro immigrant, pro society over capital, pro wild non-human beings, tree hugger extraordinaire, flaneuring my way through cities, can we please just stop before we burn up the world?
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Trains really are the highpoint of human development. There is no more elegant, relaxing way to cross large distances than in a train. The ability to look out the big windows, read a book, have meal or a drink, walk around and converse with fellow passengers is something magical.
A book and a train is a hell of a combination.
*bonus points for the snowy landscape.
*bonus points for the snowy landscape.
November 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Trains really are the highpoint of human development. There is no more elegant, relaxing way to cross large distances than in a train. The ability to look out the big windows, read a book, have meal or a drink, walk around and converse with fellow passengers is something magical.
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Alien life forms, here on earth.
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Alien life forms, here on earth.
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This is so bad. I can’t believe Canada isn’t distinguishing themselves from the US by welcoming international students and immigrants. If they determined the numbers coming in were too high couldn’t that have been adjusted without taking a sledgehammer to them?
More cuts are coming to Canadian Uni "Canadian numbers can be compared to a snowball going downhill. After last year’s decline of 27% for undergraduates ...Canadian universities reported a further 36% decline, making a cumulative decline since 2023 of 53%. www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
Restrictive policies manifest in US, Canada enrolment drop
A new global survey shows a 35% fall in international graduate enrolment in Canada and 19% in the United States compared with last year, with 90% and ...
www.universityworldnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
This is so bad. I can’t believe Canada isn’t distinguishing themselves from the US by welcoming international students and immigrants. If they determined the numbers coming in were too high couldn’t that have been adjusted without taking a sledgehammer to them?
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Where trees become legends… and the forest begins to whisper.
📍Fanal forest, Madeira 🌳
📍Fanal forest, Madeira 🌳
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Where trees become legends… and the forest begins to whisper.
📍Fanal forest, Madeira 🌳
📍Fanal forest, Madeira 🌳
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“The 3-storey school [should have been 4] has a capacity for 317 students, 69 spaces for before- and after-school care, another 65 child-care spaces for kids up to age five, and 60 affordable rental homes.
Once completed, Seaside is expected to open near capacity…”
Build vertical downtown schools.
Once completed, Seaside is expected to open near capacity…”
Build vertical downtown schools.
Vancouver's new Coal Harbour school named Seaside Elementary
Once open, the new school will be operating at near capacity.
vancouversun.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:41 AM
“The 3-storey school [should have been 4] has a capacity for 317 students, 69 spaces for before- and after-school care, another 65 child-care spaces for kids up to age five, and 60 affordable rental homes.
Once completed, Seaside is expected to open near capacity…”
Build vertical downtown schools.
Once completed, Seaside is expected to open near capacity…”
Build vertical downtown schools.
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“Sure, Doug Ford’s corrupt as fuck, but remember when Bob Rae forced people to take a few days off forty years ago?” — average imbecile Ontario voter
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
The company’s CEO also worked closely with the wife of the minister in charge of the grant program at the time
dlvr.it
November 28, 2025 at 3:52 AM
“Sure, Doug Ford’s corrupt as fuck, but remember when Bob Rae forced people to take a few days off forty years ago?” — average imbecile Ontario voter
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Super cool that we've got a deal for a path towards a pipeline that's tied to a carbon capture project, as if that makes it okay
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Super cool that we've got a deal for a path towards a pipeline that's tied to a carbon capture project, as if that makes it okay
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
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Genuinely feels like there's been a coup within the Liberal party thanks to Carney and his bros.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Super cool that we've got a deal for a path towards a pipeline that's tied to a carbon capture project, as if that makes it okay
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Genuinely feels like there's been a coup within the Liberal party thanks to Carney and his bros.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
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for all the joking about how journalists don't know math it really is consistently valuable to have a intuitive grasp of things like squares
November 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
for all the joking about how journalists don't know math it really is consistently valuable to have a intuitive grasp of things like squares
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So many weird obsessions in here like that you couldn't serve kosher food to a whole daycare or wear a niqab to a parent-teacher conference. One person can pray in a park but not three together?
Doesn't the CAQ have any real problems to work on in Quebec?
Doesn't the CAQ have any real problems to work on in Quebec?
Quebec law to require government authorization before groups can do anything religious in a park montrealgazette.com/news/provinc...
Quebec plans to ban street prayers as it moves to beef up secularism law
The law will oblige students and staff to keep their faces uncovered while they are within the education system, from daycare to university.
montrealgazette.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
So many weird obsessions in here like that you couldn't serve kosher food to a whole daycare or wear a niqab to a parent-teacher conference. One person can pray in a park but not three together?
Doesn't the CAQ have any real problems to work on in Quebec?
Doesn't the CAQ have any real problems to work on in Quebec?
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I just loved the forms of the trees in this wood, adorned with countless other plants growing on them. An incredible sight to see and photograph!
#autumn #dartmoor #woodland #nature #photography
#autumn #dartmoor #woodland #nature #photography
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I just loved the forms of the trees in this wood, adorned with countless other plants growing on them. An incredible sight to see and photograph!
#autumn #dartmoor #woodland #nature #photography
#autumn #dartmoor #woodland #nature #photography
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Was waiting for someone from the previous Liberal caucus to show some backbone.
Carney is destroying even the meagre progress they made. Have a spine and call it out.
Carney is destroying even the meagre progress they made. Have a spine and call it out.
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Was waiting for someone from the previous Liberal caucus to show some backbone.
Carney is destroying even the meagre progress they made. Have a spine and call it out.
Carney is destroying even the meagre progress they made. Have a spine and call it out.
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1. This federal-Alberta pipeline MOU is even worse than I expected. Even before we get to the pipeline:
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
1. This federal-Alberta pipeline MOU is even worse than I expected. Even before we get to the pipeline:
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
Good for Guilbeault. I know it takes a environmental voice away from the table but it's also a message that this government needs to hear.
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Good for Guilbeault. I know it takes a environmental voice away from the table but it's also a message that this government needs to hear.
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Microsoft (and other tech companies) not even trying to live up to its climate commitments, but wait it's not their fault: 'the moon moved...'. They're chasing AI profits at our expense.
So thrilled to finally have @ketanjoshi.co on the podcast!
We dig into what the numbers are telling us about the climate impact of data centers — and it’s not a good story. These tech companies need to be held accountable for the climate cost of their AI ambitions!
We dig into what the numbers are telling us about the climate impact of data centers — and it’s not a good story. These tech companies need to be held accountable for the climate cost of their AI ambitions!
Tech giants are building loads of hyperscale data centers to power generative AI. What happened to their climate pledges?
This week @ketanjoshi.co joins @parismarx.com to discuss the greenwashing of data centers and how they’re driving fossil fuel demand.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/304_...
This week @ketanjoshi.co joins @parismarx.com to discuss the greenwashing of data centers and how they’re driving fossil fuel demand.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/304_...
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Microsoft (and other tech companies) not even trying to live up to its climate commitments, but wait it's not their fault: 'the moon moved...'. They're chasing AI profits at our expense.
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This is a point that needs repeating. It’s fiscally conservative to house the homeless, it’s also the right thing to do.
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is a point that needs repeating. It’s fiscally conservative to house the homeless, it’s also the right thing to do.
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If you aren't already using ChatGPT, this is a great time to still not use ChatGPT.
ChatGPT maker OpenAI reports data breach. Here’s what we know so far
ChatGPT maker OpenAI reports data breach. Here’s what we know so far
Identifiable customer data from users of OpenAI’s API was leaked following the breach, the AI company said in a statement.
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If you aren't already using ChatGPT, this is a great time to still not use ChatGPT.
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DID YOU KNOW? Helium is abundant in the universe but extremely limited on Earth. When it's released into the air, it heads up and out.
Please don't buy birthday balloons, it's wasteful.
Please don't buy birthday balloons, it's wasteful.
The world keeps running out of helium. There is now a race to prepare for the next shortage
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Mayor Mamdani, please ban Thanksgiving
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Mayor Mamdani, please ban Thanksgiving
The world keeps running out of helium. There is now a race to prepare for the next shortage
Our lives are surprisingly dependent upon this extremely light and unreactive gas, yet supplies of it are remarkably fragile.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
DID YOU KNOW? Helium is abundant in the universe but extremely limited on Earth. When it's released into the air, it heads up and out.
Please don't buy birthday balloons, it's wasteful.
Please don't buy birthday balloons, it's wasteful.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
These guys do amazing journalism on a shoe string. Gather together your loonies and toonies and support great Canadian journalism.
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It was misty and cold in the woods this morning but the sun was trying to break through ❄️
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It was misty and cold in the woods this morning but the sun was trying to break through ❄️
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A dish that some westerners don't get is bánh cuốn, which they find goey and bland. But if you eat it properly with the sauce, the bland rice rolls are contrasted by the sweet-sour nước chấm, the soft is balanced by crunchy fried shallots. This ensures you don't feel "ngán."
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A dish that some westerners don't get is bánh cuốn, which they find goey and bland. But if you eat it properly with the sauce, the bland rice rolls are contrasted by the sweet-sour nước chấm, the soft is balanced by crunchy fried shallots. This ensures you don't feel "ngán."
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On an early summer morning, beautiful puffy clouds reflect in the calm waters of Vermillion Lakes in the Canadian Rockies, while the distant mountains catch the first rays of the sun.
#bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature #sunset
#bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature #sunset
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
On an early summer morning, beautiful puffy clouds reflect in the calm waters of Vermillion Lakes in the Canadian Rockies, while the distant mountains catch the first rays of the sun.
#bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature #sunset
#bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature #sunset
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Adults in Ontario with autism & other developmental disabilities are neglected and/or treated cruelly.
Doug Ford & Sylvia Jones have been aware of these problems for a DECADE according to the ombudsman & have done nothing about it.
#autism
#ONpoli
#hospitals
www.ombudsman.on.ca/sites/defaul...
Doug Ford & Sylvia Jones have been aware of these problems for a DECADE according to the ombudsman & have done nothing about it.
#autism
#ONpoli
#hospitals
www.ombudsman.on.ca/sites/defaul...
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Adults in Ontario with autism & other developmental disabilities are neglected and/or treated cruelly.
Doug Ford & Sylvia Jones have been aware of these problems for a DECADE according to the ombudsman & have done nothing about it.
#autism
#ONpoli
#hospitals
www.ombudsman.on.ca/sites/defaul...
Doug Ford & Sylvia Jones have been aware of these problems for a DECADE according to the ombudsman & have done nothing about it.
#autism
#ONpoli
#hospitals
www.ombudsman.on.ca/sites/defaul...
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