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NEXT WEEK, come to our AGM and Holiday Party!
Sat, Dec 6
6pm AGM start
7pm-ish Holiday Party start
luma.com/maiqged9
👓Geek out with you local neighbourhood urbanist nerds. 🎶Guess the next song on our housing themed playlist.
❄️Eat, drink, and be merry as we pull into the holiday season.
Sat, Dec 6
6pm AGM start
7pm-ish Holiday Party start
luma.com/maiqged9
👓Geek out with you local neighbourhood urbanist nerds. 🎶Guess the next song on our housing themed playlist.
❄️Eat, drink, and be merry as we pull into the holiday season.
2025 MNTO AGM & Holiday Party · Luma
MNTO AGM & Holiday Party 🎉
Join us as we wrap up another amazing year with our Annual General Meeting and Holiday Party! We’ll celebrate milestones and…
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November 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
NEXT WEEK, come to our AGM and Holiday Party!
Sat, Dec 6
6pm AGM start
7pm-ish Holiday Party start
luma.com/maiqged9
👓Geek out with you local neighbourhood urbanist nerds. 🎶Guess the next song on our housing themed playlist.
❄️Eat, drink, and be merry as we pull into the holiday season.
Sat, Dec 6
6pm AGM start
7pm-ish Holiday Party start
luma.com/maiqged9
👓Geek out with you local neighbourhood urbanist nerds. 🎶Guess the next song on our housing themed playlist.
❄️Eat, drink, and be merry as we pull into the holiday season.
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Recently made a few maps of the new Finch West Line 6 + surrounding land-use
More here: schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/maps-of-line...
#toronto #transit #maps
More here: schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/maps-of-line...
#toronto #transit #maps
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Recently made a few maps of the new Finch West Line 6 + surrounding land-use
More here: schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/maps-of-line...
#toronto #transit #maps
More here: schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/maps-of-line...
#toronto #transit #maps
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Doug Ford about literally just building homes: well it's complicated we've got to work with our municipal partners
Doug Ford about the firms he's granting millions of dollars to: Planning Act whatnow?
Doug Ford about the firms he's granting millions of dollars to: Planning Act whatnow?
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Doug Ford about literally just building homes: well it's complicated we've got to work with our municipal partners
Doug Ford about the firms he's granting millions of dollars to: Planning Act whatnow?
Doug Ford about the firms he's granting millions of dollars to: Planning Act whatnow?
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Our Warming Centres will open today at 5 p.m. Walk-ins welcome.
📍 136 Spadina Rd.
📍 81 Elizabeth St.
📍 12 Holmes Ave.
📍 885 Scarborough Golf Club Rd.
📍 349 George St.
Find locations using the map at toronto.ca/warmingcentres
📍 136 Spadina Rd.
📍 81 Elizabeth St.
📍 12 Holmes Ave.
📍 885 Scarborough Golf Club Rd.
📍 349 George St.
Find locations using the map at toronto.ca/warmingcentres
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Our Warming Centres will open today at 5 p.m. Walk-ins welcome.
📍 136 Spadina Rd.
📍 81 Elizabeth St.
📍 12 Holmes Ave.
📍 885 Scarborough Golf Club Rd.
📍 349 George St.
Find locations using the map at toronto.ca/warmingcentres
📍 136 Spadina Rd.
📍 81 Elizabeth St.
📍 12 Holmes Ave.
📍 885 Scarborough Golf Club Rd.
📍 349 George St.
Find locations using the map at toronto.ca/warmingcentres
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so our government made a big deal about banning speed cameras but one city left theirs running to see what difference the ban would make and you are not going to believe this
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
so our government made a big deal about banning speed cameras but one city left theirs running to see what difference the ban would make and you are not going to believe this
Well, I guess EMay's leadership and political career is cooked. Green Party members aren't going to appreciate this after her full support for the Carney budget.
The MOU goes much farther than many people expected, giving Alberta's oil producers literally every item on their list of demands, while getting basically nothing in return. Alberta will negotiate a carbon price, something the province had already agreed to the last time Ottawa gave them a pipeline.
November 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Well, I guess EMay's leadership and political career is cooked. Green Party members aren't going to appreciate this after her full support for the Carney budget.
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Line 6 Finch West is opening soon - here's a chart of 25 years of population change along the route
I adapted this from Michael Liu's great work here: schoolofcities.github.io/tod-toronto-...
#transit #dataviz #toronto
I adapted this from Michael Liu's great work here: schoolofcities.github.io/tod-toronto-...
#transit #dataviz #toronto
November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Line 6 Finch West is opening soon - here's a chart of 25 years of population change along the route
I adapted this from Michael Liu's great work here: schoolofcities.github.io/tod-toronto-...
#transit #dataviz #toronto
I adapted this from Michael Liu's great work here: schoolofcities.github.io/tod-toronto-...
#transit #dataviz #toronto
Councillor Holyday needs to bring one of these signs into a Toronto City Council meeting as a prop.
It would be so on-brand.
I don't know how he would hide it before the grand reveal though.
It would be so on-brand.
I don't know how he would hide it before the grand reveal though.
So the province’s replacement for speed cameras (now banned) are giant signs that are too big for municipal signposts and large enough for an adult let alone a child to hide behind (good luck crossing the street safely). Ontario also only gave @toronto.ca 20 signs for 600 school zones & 75 cameras🤯🤬
New provincial speed limit signs too large for municipal poles
YouTube video by CityNews
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Councillor Holyday needs to bring one of these signs into a Toronto City Council meeting as a prop.
It would be so on-brand.
I don't know how he would hide it before the grand reveal though.
It would be so on-brand.
I don't know how he would hide it before the grand reveal though.
BC has a ParlSec for Armed Forces Development & Veterans?
Does any other province have anything close to equivalent? What would their role be besides being an interface to the federal ministries?
Does any other province have anything close to equivalent? What would their role be besides being an interface to the federal ministries?
Congratulations to Darlene Rotchford on her appointment as Parliamentary Secretary for Armed Forces.
Looking forward to working w/ her to strengthen military ties and align BC's skills training with defence priorities in aerospace and shipbuilding under our #LookWest strategy.🚢
Looking forward to working w/ her to strengthen military ties and align BC's skills training with defence priorities in aerospace and shipbuilding under our #LookWest strategy.🚢
November 27, 2025 at 4:17 AM
BC has a ParlSec for Armed Forces Development & Veterans?
Does any other province have anything close to equivalent? What would their role be besides being an interface to the federal ministries?
Does any other province have anything close to equivalent? What would their role be besides being an interface to the federal ministries?
Lol, is this what we're getting in Toronto too?
Given the impunity we saw with speed cameras getting cut down, no reason to expect that these extra large signs won't get the same treatment.
Their scale is just incredibly meme-worthy.
Given the impunity we saw with speed cameras getting cut down, no reason to expect that these extra large signs won't get the same treatment.
Their scale is just incredibly meme-worthy.
Your provincial government working hard for you. Sigh. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Oversized school-zone signs to replace photo radar cameras too big for Ottawa’s street posts
The temporary 12-foot-tall school-zone signs intended to replace photo radar cameras on Ottawa streets will not fit on municipal street poles, according to a councillor.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Lol, is this what we're getting in Toronto too?
Given the impunity we saw with speed cameras getting cut down, no reason to expect that these extra large signs won't get the same treatment.
Their scale is just incredibly meme-worthy.
Given the impunity we saw with speed cameras getting cut down, no reason to expect that these extra large signs won't get the same treatment.
Their scale is just incredibly meme-worthy.
Predicting that this will be the next viral photography location in Toronto, the future "Love You More Lane".
Also hoping that the street sign unit plans for plenty of replacements.
secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
Also hoping that the street sign unit plans for plenty of replacements.
secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Predicting that this will be the next viral photography location in Toronto, the future "Love You More Lane".
Also hoping that the street sign unit plans for plenty of replacements.
secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
Also hoping that the street sign unit plans for plenty of replacements.
secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
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me: I need Ontario government officials on here
also me: so I can yell at them
also me: so I can yell at them
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
me: I need Ontario government officials on here
also me: so I can yell at them
also me: so I can yell at them
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I see this fallacy almost every day, in tech and politics:
1. There is a problem
2. We believe that our solution will fix the problem
3. We built the solution
4. Therefore the problem is now fixed
Bitch, no. You have to check.
Let's talk about leading and trailing indicators.
1. There is a problem
2. We believe that our solution will fix the problem
3. We built the solution
4. Therefore the problem is now fixed
Bitch, no. You have to check.
Let's talk about leading and trailing indicators.
May 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I see this fallacy almost every day, in tech and politics:
1. There is a problem
2. We believe that our solution will fix the problem
3. We built the solution
4. Therefore the problem is now fixed
Bitch, no. You have to check.
Let's talk about leading and trailing indicators.
1. There is a problem
2. We believe that our solution will fix the problem
3. We built the solution
4. Therefore the problem is now fixed
Bitch, no. You have to check.
Let's talk about leading and trailing indicators.
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We support housing of all types. You can too.
More and more people want encampments evicted. Neighbourhood groups are suing shelter providers. Now, they're attempting to stop supportive housing in Parkdale. You can't have all three!
Please sign and share in support of PARC and supportive housing! tinyurl.com/parcpetition
Please sign and share in support of PARC and supportive housing! tinyurl.com/parcpetition
Build Supportive Affordable Housing at 1499 and 1501 Queen West
The City of Toronto, and Canada as a whole, is in an unprecedented affordable housing crisis. Many struggle to find safe and stable housing in Toronto and Parkdale Activity-Recreation Centre (PARC) wa...
tinyurl.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
We support housing of all types. You can too.
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Toronto deliberately killed apartment construction in the early 1970s, after a generation-long building boom.
Almost all of that housing was built by “the market.”
Almost all of that housing was built by “the market.”
Charting number of rental units in apartment buildings in Toronto by year of construction
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Toronto deliberately killed apartment construction in the early 1970s, after a generation-long building boom.
Almost all of that housing was built by “the market.”
Almost all of that housing was built by “the market.”
2nd gen immigrant-Chinese everywhere are hiding this from their parents.
Why do I love living in Boston? Yo-Yo Ma playing the Bach cello suites before bringing Mayor Wu out to duet for an encore, that’s why.
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
2nd gen immigrant-Chinese everywhere are hiding this from their parents.
Uh, has a relocation of this scale ever been done before?
This sounds like something biblical frankly. Or the realm of sci-fi.
This sounds like something biblical frankly. Or the realm of sci-fi.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Uh, has a relocation of this scale ever been done before?
This sounds like something biblical frankly. Or the realm of sci-fi.
This sounds like something biblical frankly. Or the realm of sci-fi.
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Meet our panelists for this Sunday's Streetcar Summit!
We've got a mix of transit advocates and experts to discuss the state of the streetcar system and what needs to be done to fix it
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We've got a mix of transit advocates and experts to discuss the state of the streetcar system and what needs to be done to fix it
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November 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Meet our panelists for this Sunday's Streetcar Summit!
We've got a mix of transit advocates and experts to discuss the state of the streetcar system and what needs to be done to fix it
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We've got a mix of transit advocates and experts to discuss the state of the streetcar system and what needs to be done to fix it
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Well, there's some fantastic grist for sci-fi writers.
I've said it before and I will say it again. There is no way to secure a system when it's potential attack surface is *all of language*
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Well, there's some fantastic grist for sci-fi writers.
Feels ironic
COP30 evacuated after fire breaks out
COP30 evacuated after fire breaks out
Thousands of people are attending the UN climate talks in Brazil.
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Feels ironic
"It suggests Ford has established what amounts to a modern-day spoils system in his government, where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay."
"This is not a new criticism of Ford."
Star gift link: tinyurl.com/fordbrazen
"This is not a new criticism of Ford."
Star gift link: tinyurl.com/fordbrazen
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"It suggests Ford has established what amounts to a modern-day spoils system in his government, where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay."
"This is not a new criticism of Ford."
Star gift link: tinyurl.com/fordbrazen
"This is not a new criticism of Ford."
Star gift link: tinyurl.com/fordbrazen
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Ontario NDP leader ejected from Question Period after incorrectly labelling Ford gov as "corrupt," not "evil"
Ontario NDP leader ejected from Question Period after incorrectly labelling Ford gov as "corrupt," not "evil"
QUEEN’S PARK - Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles was kicked out of Question Period this morning after criticizing Doug Ford and incorrectly calling him and his entire government “corrupt,” instead of “t...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Ontario NDP leader ejected from Question Period after incorrectly labelling Ford gov as "corrupt," not "evil"
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I’m no political strategist, but I think one of member of the Ontario NDP (and even the Liberals) should make a point every day of being ejected from the legislature for calling the Ford government corrupt.
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I’m no political strategist, but I think one of member of the Ontario NDP (and even the Liberals) should make a point every day of being ejected from the legislature for calling the Ford government corrupt.
Don't think I've ever come across the term "feral goldfish" before.
I'm thinking Cujo, but koi.
I'm thinking Cujo, but koi.
The City of Ottawa is preparing to euthanize a school of invasive goldfish in a stormwater pond near the Central Experimental Farm — though a local fish scientist warns the city may be vastly underestimating the scale...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
‘Mindblowing’ population of feral goldfish in Ottawa pond to be euthanized | CBC News
The City of Ottawa is preparing to euthanize a school of invasive goldfish in a stormwater pond near the Central Experimental Farm — though a local fish scientist warns the city may be vastly underest...
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Don't think I've ever come across the term "feral goldfish" before.
I'm thinking Cujo, but koi.
I'm thinking Cujo, but koi.
Wild (and great) story that's just the start of a massive change in how we attempt to validate information.
And I don't know if we'll be able to do much more than attempt.
And I don't know if we'll be able to do much more than attempt.
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Wild (and great) story that's just the start of a massive change in how we attempt to validate information.
And I don't know if we'll be able to do much more than attempt.
And I don't know if we'll be able to do much more than attempt.