Siddharth Sharma
@sidto.bsky.social
Engineer, cat-dad, Torontonian
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Evolution is elegantly simple, but still continues to attract a disproportionate number of misconceptions. An evolutionary biologist clears up ten common myths 🧪
10 Misconceptions About Evolution
An evolutionary biologist clears up common myths
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January 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Evolution is elegantly simple, but still continues to attract a disproportionate number of misconceptions. An evolutionary biologist clears up ten common myths 🧪
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Here's what VIA Rail's passenger rail network looked like until 1990.
In the next post, what it looks like today.
What happened?
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In the next post, what it looks like today.
What happened?
🚆🧵
December 11, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Here's what VIA Rail's passenger rail network looked like until 1990.
In the next post, what it looks like today.
What happened?
🚆🧵
In the next post, what it looks like today.
What happened?
🚆🧵
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You love to see it. 😍
Evanston Now Publisher Bill Smith on 11/25: "Merchants say ‘no’ to protected bike lanes."
evanstonnow.com/merchants-sa...
Two weeks later on 12/9: Evanston Now reporter Matthew Eadie: "Residents, business owners back protected bike lanes."
evanstonnow.com/residents-bu...
Evanston Now Publisher Bill Smith on 11/25: "Merchants say ‘no’ to protected bike lanes."
evanstonnow.com/merchants-sa...
Two weeks later on 12/9: Evanston Now reporter Matthew Eadie: "Residents, business owners back protected bike lanes."
evanstonnow.com/residents-bu...
December 10, 2024 at 3:44 PM
You love to see it. 😍
Evanston Now Publisher Bill Smith on 11/25: "Merchants say ‘no’ to protected bike lanes."
evanstonnow.com/merchants-sa...
Two weeks later on 12/9: Evanston Now reporter Matthew Eadie: "Residents, business owners back protected bike lanes."
evanstonnow.com/residents-bu...
Evanston Now Publisher Bill Smith on 11/25: "Merchants say ‘no’ to protected bike lanes."
evanstonnow.com/merchants-sa...
Two weeks later on 12/9: Evanston Now reporter Matthew Eadie: "Residents, business owners back protected bike lanes."
evanstonnow.com/residents-bu...
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It's not hard to see how we've gotten to this point. Politically, DCs are the easy choice. Taxes stay low, existing homeowners see their property values increase, we can say developers pay the cost. But truely we're adding the cost onto the rents and mortgages of new residents.
November 28, 2024 at 3:48 AM
It's not hard to see how we've gotten to this point. Politically, DCs are the easy choice. Taxes stay low, existing homeowners see their property values increase, we can say developers pay the cost. But truely we're adding the cost onto the rents and mortgages of new residents.
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On a gray day like today, are the "shadows" of tall buildings really a good reason to block housing in the city?
Shadows aren't a problem in summer either!
#mntogigs @garnetlollar.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/4DGKW...
Shadows aren't a problem in summer either!
#mntogigs @garnetlollar.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/4DGKW...
Is shade all that bad?
YouTube video by More Neighbours Toronto
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December 6, 2024 at 2:09 AM
On a gray day like today, are the "shadows" of tall buildings really a good reason to block housing in the city?
Shadows aren't a problem in summer either!
#mntogigs @garnetlollar.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/4DGKW...
Shadows aren't a problem in summer either!
#mntogigs @garnetlollar.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/4DGKW...
Classic car brained Toronto. Never challenge the status quo. Climate goals, congestion, Vision zero be damned!
Fail to pay $3.35 TTC fare: $425 fine
Fail to pay $12 vehicle parking: $50 fine (recently increased from $30, where it was for decades)
See if people can figure out from this whether Toronto city councillors ride the TTC or drive cars.
Fail to pay $12 vehicle parking: $50 fine (recently increased from $30, where it was for decades)
See if people can figure out from this whether Toronto city councillors ride the TTC or drive cars.
December 4, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Classic car brained Toronto. Never challenge the status quo. Climate goals, congestion, Vision zero be damned!
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27% of households in Chicago have no personal vehicle, but locally that number can be MUCH higher.
In many areas of the South/West Side, and along the entire lakefront, at least 2 out of every 5 households are carless.
In many areas of the South/West Side, and along the entire lakefront, at least 2 out of every 5 households are carless.
October 19, 2024 at 7:52 PM
27% of households in Chicago have no personal vehicle, but locally that number can be MUCH higher.
In many areas of the South/West Side, and along the entire lakefront, at least 2 out of every 5 households are carless.
In many areas of the South/West Side, and along the entire lakefront, at least 2 out of every 5 households are carless.
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Has anyone attempted to quantify lost economic output from the housing shortage?
As bad as things are in America, it’s so much worse in the rest of the anglo west.
Chart @loganmohtashami.bsky.social
As bad as things are in America, it’s so much worse in the rest of the anglo west.
Chart @loganmohtashami.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 5:50 AM
Has anyone attempted to quantify lost economic output from the housing shortage?
As bad as things are in America, it’s so much worse in the rest of the anglo west.
Chart @loganmohtashami.bsky.social
As bad as things are in America, it’s so much worse in the rest of the anglo west.
Chart @loganmohtashami.bsky.social
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Canada’s home price to income ratio is higher than any state except California or Hawaii
If your state’s price to income ratio is over 4.5, your state has a housing shortage and you need to dramatically reform zoning to legalize more homes.
The solution is to build more homes.
December 3, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Canada’s home price to income ratio is higher than any state except California or Hawaii
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Hundreds of listings have appeared across platforms like Kiiji, Facebook, Karrot, and Craiglist for #TTC tokens and paper tickets.
People are trying to offload their fares before they get devalued on Dec. 31, 2024 (TTC won't accept as fare).
One listing explains: "I can’t use them all up by then."
People are trying to offload their fares before they get devalued on Dec. 31, 2024 (TTC won't accept as fare).
One listing explains: "I can’t use them all up by then."
November 25, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Hundreds of listings have appeared across platforms like Kiiji, Facebook, Karrot, and Craiglist for #TTC tokens and paper tickets.
People are trying to offload their fares before they get devalued on Dec. 31, 2024 (TTC won't accept as fare).
One listing explains: "I can’t use them all up by then."
People are trying to offload their fares before they get devalued on Dec. 31, 2024 (TTC won't accept as fare).
One listing explains: "I can’t use them all up by then."
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Each and every fresh snow reveals how much we’ve over-designed our streets and roads for cars, making them faster and more dangerous for everyone, and how much space we could reclaim for people and public life if we thought about street design differently.
We call them #sneckdowns. #sneckdown
We call them #sneckdowns. #sneckdown
November 22, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Each and every fresh snow reveals how much we’ve over-designed our streets and roads for cars, making them faster and more dangerous for everyone, and how much space we could reclaim for people and public life if we thought about street design differently.
We call them #sneckdowns. #sneckdown
We call them #sneckdowns. #sneckdown