Richard Switzer
@rswitz.bsky.social
Product guy, bike riding pinko, x-country socialist, hockey-playing Torontonian. CBC, Globe and Mail, TWG, eCampusOntario, Bad Gateway, PaymentEvolution. Old hipster-> hip oldster.
According to the US State department Venezuela is a transit hub for about 10 to 13% of Colombian-produced cocaine that enters the United States. Almost all meth and fentanyl comes from Mexico, with China supplying chemicals.
Is Venezuela Flooding the U.S. With Drugs? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/w...
Is Venezuela Flooding the U.S. With Drugs? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/w...
November 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
According to the US State department Venezuela is a transit hub for about 10 to 13% of Colombian-produced cocaine that enters the United States. Almost all meth and fentanyl comes from Mexico, with China supplying chemicals.
Is Venezuela Flooding the U.S. With Drugs? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/w...
Is Venezuela Flooding the U.S. With Drugs? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/w...
Worthy competition for the reigning champ?
November 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Worthy competition for the reigning champ?
Erm, what are doing here?
November 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Erm, what are doing here?
The most insane real estate deal in Toronto history has to be Skydome, which cost ~$600m in late ‘80s dollars ($1.2b adjusted) being sold to Rogers for a mere $25m in 2005, roughly 4% of the construction cost. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/d351f97...
October 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The most insane real estate deal in Toronto history has to be Skydome, which cost ~$600m in late ‘80s dollars ($1.2b adjusted) being sold to Rogers for a mere $25m in 2005, roughly 4% of the construction cost. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/d351f97...
And it was international dog day!
August 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
And it was international dog day!
@samuel.bsky.team @pfrazee.com @hailey.at
What’s going on here? These are the top 4 results for Hurricane Erin:
What’s going on here? These are the top 4 results for Hurricane Erin:
August 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
@samuel.bsky.team @pfrazee.com @hailey.at
What’s going on here? These are the top 4 results for Hurricane Erin:
What’s going on here? These are the top 4 results for Hurricane Erin:
I miss biking through Trinity Bellwoods as part of my morning commute. Used to get lots of great photos.
August 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I miss biking through Trinity Bellwoods as part of my morning commute. Used to get lots of great photos.
I would personally raise $1M to pay Premier Doug Ford to do a bicycle tour of Paris with @annehidalgo.bsky.social and @brenttoderian.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I would personally raise $1M to pay Premier Doug Ford to do a bicycle tour of Paris with @annehidalgo.bsky.social and @brenttoderian.bsky.social
This makes absolutely no sen… oh.
June 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This makes absolutely no sen… oh.
Bring African refugees to the U.S., but make it Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/w...
May 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Bring African refugees to the U.S., but make it Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/w...
What happened to @clayjak.substack.com is yet another example of an administration determined to treat compassion as a crime. He offered informal, pro-bono legal advice to a local family terrified they were going to be deported. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
May 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
What happened to @clayjak.substack.com is yet another example of an administration determined to treat compassion as a crime. He offered informal, pro-bono legal advice to a local family terrified they were going to be deported. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
Classic tough on crime posturing: transparently pandering while being totally redundant! www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
April 22, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Classic tough on crime posturing: transparently pandering while being totally redundant! www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Incredible band. Lucky enough to see them a few times, stayed a couple of nights at Brent and Marc’s band house in Vancouver (‘93?)
April 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Incredible band. Lucky enough to see them a few times, stayed a couple of nights at Brent and Marc’s band house in Vancouver (‘93?)
March 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
With a few years of new, targeted funding Canada can pull off a talent acquisition campaign that will set our country up for a period of incredible prosperity. Unless the rest of the world beats us to it.
March 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
With a few years of new, targeted funding Canada can pull off a talent acquisition campaign that will set our country up for a period of incredible prosperity. Unless the rest of the world beats us to it.
Excellent PM resource from the UK’s Hyperact. Would be a good exercise to map your specific company practices to this template, find gaps and things to improve. www.hyperact.co.uk/blog/product...
March 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Excellent PM resource from the UK’s Hyperact. Would be a good exercise to map your specific company practices to this template, find gaps and things to improve. www.hyperact.co.uk/blog/product...
The US seems hell-bent on making themselves an enemy of the rest of the Western world. foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/13/t...
March 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The US seems hell-bent on making themselves an enemy of the rest of the Western world. foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/13/t...