disillusioned torontonian
@tanyap-toronto.bsky.social
so our "reward" for living thru a global pandemic is the worst governments ever. all over.
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Alberta; continuing the ensure that Ontario does not have the worst premier in Canada.
Well I don't have to order in.
December 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Well I don't have to order in.
The grey lump in the middle is my cat. He's been asleep most of the day. He's got this holiday thing sorted.
December 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The grey lump in the middle is my cat. He's been asleep most of the day. He's got this holiday thing sorted.
the friend i usually have christmas with texted early to say they were quite sick. so it's been a lazy day and now i've thrown caution to the wind and tried a glaze on a turkey breast, cut up some potatoes for roasting etc. in an hour we'll see if it worked. Or chinese it is!
December 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
the friend i usually have christmas with texted early to say they were quite sick. so it's been a lazy day and now i've thrown caution to the wind and tried a glaze on a turkey breast, cut up some potatoes for roasting etc. in an hour we'll see if it worked. Or chinese it is!
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Santa's World Tour 2025 has come to a successful conclusion.
NORAD Santa Tracker is standing down until next year.
Thank you all for being a part of the festivities & allowing a little magic to brighten the night.
Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays.
May peace find us all.
NORAD Santa Tracker is standing down until next year.
Thank you all for being a part of the festivities & allowing a little magic to brighten the night.
Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays.
May peace find us all.
December 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Santa's World Tour 2025 has come to a successful conclusion.
NORAD Santa Tracker is standing down until next year.
Thank you all for being a part of the festivities & allowing a little magic to brighten the night.
Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays.
May peace find us all.
NORAD Santa Tracker is standing down until next year.
Thank you all for being a part of the festivities & allowing a little magic to brighten the night.
Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays.
May peace find us all.
my retail job is done for another christmas but not to worry the week leading up to New Year's Eve is also bonkers.
so basically no matter what you bought today, it was absolutely this best. yes i fibbed. i'm done.
so basically no matter what you bought today, it was absolutely this best. yes i fibbed. i'm done.
December 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
my retail job is done for another christmas but not to worry the week leading up to New Year's Eve is also bonkers.
so basically no matter what you bought today, it was absolutely this best. yes i fibbed. i'm done.
so basically no matter what you bought today, it was absolutely this best. yes i fibbed. i'm done.
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“Pairing free buses with paid parking says we value people in motion more than cars at rest,” writes Nicolas Rohatyn.
Opinion | The Way to Pay for Free Buses Is to End Free Parking
Free buses would be transformative not only for riders, but for the ecosystem of the city as a whole.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“Pairing free buses with paid parking says we value people in motion more than cars at rest,” writes Nicolas Rohatyn.
It takes a special kind of person to not only not want to touch a door but not wear a mask. Then also to tell the Timmie's staff how to do their job on Christmas Eve. 🙄
December 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It takes a special kind of person to not only not want to touch a door but not wear a mask. Then also to tell the Timmie's staff how to do their job on Christmas Eve. 🙄
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On this day in 2008, the federal government awarded Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus Canadian citizenship.
December 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
On this day in 2008, the federal government awarded Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus Canadian citizenship.
if he was a game host again, you could cancel him.
a) this is pathetic regime shit from CBS.
b) this is genuinely his dream, he would so much rather be a TV host than president.
b) this is genuinely his dream, he would so much rather be a TV host than president.
December 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
if he was a game host again, you could cancel him.
trump is after a war. doesn't matter who. just wants to shoot more things.
We are Canadians, therefore we are treacherous.
Nice to know what our dear neighbour really thinks of us.
Nice to know what our dear neighbour really thinks of us.
The Atlantic suggesting, without evidence, that Canada's Global TV broadcasting the '60 Minutes' segment on CECOT that CBS distributed to it may have been an act of "treachery."
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
trump is after a war. doesn't matter who. just wants to shoot more things.
so i work on Yonge street and we have an alley way behind for deliveries. the number of drivers who honk endlessly at our delivery truck when it is clear that we are taking a delivery. the reason alley's exist is for this exact reason. fining TTC b/c people are idiots is dumb.
For those who see Brad Bradford’s TTC refund policy and think, “That might be a good idea.”, consider that this one delivery truck has been holding up a streetcar for at least 5 minutes. Bradford would punish the TTC and do nothing to the driver.
December 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
so i work on Yonge street and we have an alley way behind for deliveries. the number of drivers who honk endlessly at our delivery truck when it is clear that we are taking a delivery. the reason alley's exist is for this exact reason. fining TTC b/c people are idiots is dumb.
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
this is cult behaviour, no?
The MAGA movement is bigoted and malicious, but they are also just astonishingly, astronomically cringe. I feel vicariously embarrassed just looking at this.
the bullet-infused glassware market, once a bastion of bipartisan thin blue line cop-respecting, has gone full maga for the 2025 holiday season. i am just as surprised as you are and will be taking some time to process.
December 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
this is cult behaviour, no?
OMG! #thisishilarous
All right people so literally I downloaded one of the government documents to Books on my iPad. I highlighted some text that was not redacted and it included some that was redacted and I copied it over to notes and I pasted it and you can see everything unredacted.
www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
December 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
OMG! #thisishilarous
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Jim Beam is pausing production at a Kentucky distillery for at least a year starting in 2026.
Cloudy future for bourbon has Jim Beam closing Kentucky distillery for a year
Jim Beam is pausing production at a Kentucky distillery for at least a year starting in 2026. The decision comes as the whiskey industry faces tariffs and declining demand.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Jim Beam is pausing production at a Kentucky distillery for at least a year starting in 2026.
But for the rest of us, burning through natural resources to summarize an email or bollux up a paragraph, doesn't seem worth it.
This is quite true.
Of course, there are use cases for LLMs in research *but* they need to be used by people with integrity and sophistication, e.g. @forrestf.bsky.social has been part of an excellent study that did use LLMs (in our mutual field of restoration ecology).
Of course, there are use cases for LLMs in research *but* they need to be used by people with integrity and sophistication, e.g. @forrestf.bsky.social has been part of an excellent study that did use LLMs (in our mutual field of restoration ecology).
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
But for the rest of us, burning through natural resources to summarize an email or bollux up a paragraph, doesn't seem worth it.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Evidence-based science, courtesy of lived experience 💁🏻♀️
December 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Evidence-based science, courtesy of lived experience 💁🏻♀️
apparently the no earbuds on transit guy has a worse, annoying cousin. the wifi speaker on a bike while riding on the sidewalk of a residential area with the speaker turned to 10.
December 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
apparently the no earbuds on transit guy has a worse, annoying cousin. the wifi speaker on a bike while riding on the sidewalk of a residential area with the speaker turned to 10.
psst... toronto. time to do it.
Blows my mind it hasn't even been a full year of congestion pricing in NYC yet. Years of cranks whining about it and then you just DO IT and everything is instantly better and everyone gets used to it and moves on. We should do good things more often!
PS - T-minus 12 days to Streets Mayor Mamdani!
PS - T-minus 12 days to Streets Mayor Mamdani!
I refuse to shut up about this: NYC started charging $9 to bring a car into our most transit-rich zone, the haters & trolls predicted doom, but traffic evaporated instantly and here’s Times Square tonite (even after the holiday tourists have left). For a better future, build transit & price driving!
December 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
psst... toronto. time to do it.
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Politicians smiling big smiles while doing photo opps at food banks at Christmastime is all you need to know about the politicians.
December 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Politicians smiling big smiles while doing photo opps at food banks at Christmastime is all you need to know about the politicians.
well America, your government really does want you dead. all because you are not wealthy.
sarcasm aside, this is actually insane. there is no rationale that makes this make sense.
sarcasm aside, this is actually insane. there is no rationale that makes this make sense.
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
well America, your government really does want you dead. all because you are not wealthy.
sarcasm aside, this is actually insane. there is no rationale that makes this make sense.
sarcasm aside, this is actually insane. there is no rationale that makes this make sense.
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got up early to do the groceries and if i'm honest most of the order was drinks mixers. #tipsyseason
December 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
got up early to do the groceries and if i'm honest most of the order was drinks mixers. #tipsyseason
Around the holidays is when I hate Doug Ford the most.
December 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Around the holidays is when I hate Doug Ford the most.