Tom Weatherburn
@tdubolyou.bsky.social
Data + Graphics
Planning Research, City of Toronto
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Planning Research, City of Toronto
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It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend
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When the province took over the Toronto District School Board, it also took over the subsidiary that manages the TDSB’s $20 billion worth of land. As @wendyglauser.bsky.social writes, critics fear repercussions not just for schools, but also for whole neighbourhoods.
thelocal.to/tdsb-takeove...
thelocal.to/tdsb-takeove...
What Happens to TDSB’s $20 Billion Worth of Land Under Provincial Supervision? | The Local
The TDSB is one of Toronto’s largest landowners. When the province took over the board, it also took over its subsidiary that manages its properties—and it’s not saying what’s next.
thelocal.to
September 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
When the province took over the Toronto District School Board, it also took over the subsidiary that manages the TDSB’s $20 billion worth of land. As @wendyglauser.bsky.social writes, critics fear repercussions not just for schools, but also for whole neighbourhoods.
thelocal.to/tdsb-takeove...
thelocal.to/tdsb-takeove...
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Like this motherfucker was cooking with this one
September 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Like this motherfucker was cooking with this one
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A good enough reason to spend lots of time doing art is just that it’s fun to do art
September 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A good enough reason to spend lots of time doing art is just that it’s fun to do art
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My first Starter Pack! The Canadian urbanism and planning community on here is growing. Give these folks a follow. Some well known faces … and some you should get to know! (please re-post!) go.bsky.app/AEYL7FZ
August 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
My first Starter Pack! The Canadian urbanism and planning community on here is growing. Give these folks a follow. Some well known faces … and some you should get to know! (please re-post!) go.bsky.app/AEYL7FZ
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Heading into a glorious time for local fruit in #Toronto. Peaches, pears and plums all looking good.
www.mapto.ca/maps/the-fru...
#topoli #ediblecity #map #mapping #gis #dataviz
www.mapto.ca/maps/the-fru...
#topoli #ediblecity #map #mapping #gis #dataviz
August 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Heading into a glorious time for local fruit in #Toronto. Peaches, pears and plums all looking good.
www.mapto.ca/maps/the-fru...
#topoli #ediblecity #map #mapping #gis #dataviz
www.mapto.ca/maps/the-fru...
#topoli #ediblecity #map #mapping #gis #dataviz
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The news on 9/11…
July 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The news on 9/11…
It’s open! Feels like there should have been a party. Did I miss the party?
July 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
It’s open! Feels like there should have been a party. Did I miss the party?
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New from me at TVO, on Toronto's disappointing sixplex vote and the prospects for the feds and Mayor Chow to get it back on track. Spoiler: she'd still need to use strong-mayor powers, but not in the way you might think. www.tvo.org/article/anal...
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July 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
New from me at TVO, on Toronto's disappointing sixplex vote and the prospects for the feds and Mayor Chow to get it back on track. Spoiler: she'd still need to use strong-mayor powers, but not in the way you might think. www.tvo.org/article/anal...
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And wonder why their kids can't afford to live near them, and why the local school closed so their grandkids couldn't live nearby anyway, etc etc etc
All these homeowners who fought these zoning changes are going to be wondering in ten years, “gee, I wish there was a small rental building in the neighbourhood.” CC: @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social
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The demographic time bomb is about to detonate
Attention must be paid: there are now more old people than young.
lloydalter.substack.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
And wonder why their kids can't afford to live near them, and why the local school closed so their grandkids couldn't live nearby anyway, etc etc etc
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Consumer spending and after-tax incomes both fell in May, adjusted for inflation. #NumbersDay
Full data: www.bea.gov/news/2025/pe...
Full data: www.bea.gov/news/2025/pe...
June 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Consumer spending and after-tax incomes both fell in May, adjusted for inflation. #NumbersDay
Full data: www.bea.gov/news/2025/pe...
Full data: www.bea.gov/news/2025/pe...
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what’s funny is that if pro-cuomo centrist democrats were less myopic they might see that mamdani was running the kind of campaign that could help rebuild the party brand — accessible with an outsider persona and a focus on “kitchen table” issues.
June 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
what’s funny is that if pro-cuomo centrist democrats were less myopic they might see that mamdani was running the kind of campaign that could help rebuild the party brand — accessible with an outsider persona and a focus on “kitchen table” issues.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation.
April 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation.
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How quickly does a neighborhood change?
Exposition Park has been ground zero for double duplex development in LA, with more development happening here than anywhere else in LA.
This image illustrates development that occurred in the two square mile section immediately West of USC:
Exposition Park has been ground zero for double duplex development in LA, with more development happening here than anywhere else in LA.
This image illustrates development that occurred in the two square mile section immediately West of USC:
April 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
How quickly does a neighborhood change?
Exposition Park has been ground zero for double duplex development in LA, with more development happening here than anywhere else in LA.
This image illustrates development that occurred in the two square mile section immediately West of USC:
Exposition Park has been ground zero for double duplex development in LA, with more development happening here than anywhere else in LA.
This image illustrates development that occurred in the two square mile section immediately West of USC:
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The key chart right now:
Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers.
This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.
Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers.
This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.
April 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The key chart right now:
Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers.
This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.
Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers.
This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.
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What happens on Parliament Hill can feel far removed from people's daily lives. @thelocal.to is doing what it does best, covering this election from the neighbourhood level.
Get to know your candidates; they're meant to represent you. thelocal.to/spring-2025/
Get to know your candidates; they're meant to represent you. thelocal.to/spring-2025/
Spring 2025
thelocal.to
April 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
What happens on Parliament Hill can feel far removed from people's daily lives. @thelocal.to is doing what it does best, covering this election from the neighbourhood level.
Get to know your candidates; they're meant to represent you. thelocal.to/spring-2025/
Get to know your candidates; they're meant to represent you. thelocal.to/spring-2025/
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Wow!
Three scholars at Columbia, Michigan, & Maryland just introduced a measure of the partisan leanings of employers in the U.S.
The data is constructed by linking voter registrations to online worker profiles.
VRscores capture the political affiliations of 21.8M workers across 2.6M employers.
Three scholars at Columbia, Michigan, & Maryland just introduced a measure of the partisan leanings of employers in the U.S.
The data is constructed by linking voter registrations to online worker profiles.
VRscores capture the political affiliations of 21.8M workers across 2.6M employers.
April 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Wow!
Three scholars at Columbia, Michigan, & Maryland just introduced a measure of the partisan leanings of employers in the U.S.
The data is constructed by linking voter registrations to online worker profiles.
VRscores capture the political affiliations of 21.8M workers across 2.6M employers.
Three scholars at Columbia, Michigan, & Maryland just introduced a measure of the partisan leanings of employers in the U.S.
The data is constructed by linking voter registrations to online worker profiles.
VRscores capture the political affiliations of 21.8M workers across 2.6M employers.
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Across the US, cuts to federal funding for health research are projected to cause losses of $16B and 68k jobs. How will YOUR area be impacted? See SCIMaP, a website that my colleague Emly Falk and her team have created to communicate the impact of funding cuts. Learn and share at scienceimpacts.org
SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide
scienceimpacts.org
April 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Across the US, cuts to federal funding for health research are projected to cause losses of $16B and 68k jobs. How will YOUR area be impacted? See SCIMaP, a website that my colleague Emly Falk and her team have created to communicate the impact of funding cuts. Learn and share at scienceimpacts.org
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March 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Bluesky loves links! We don't downrank, and major publishers report that we're sending more link traffic than other sites.
Here's the top links shared on Bluesky, updated hourly.
theblue.report/week/
Here's the top links shared on Bluesky, updated hourly.
theblue.report/week/
The Blue Report
The top links on Bluesky, updated hourly
theblue.report
March 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Bluesky loves links! We don't downrank, and major publishers report that we're sending more link traffic than other sites.
Here's the top links shared on Bluesky, updated hourly.
theblue.report/week/
Here's the top links shared on Bluesky, updated hourly.
theblue.report/week/
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March 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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The fall of HBC got me thinking about all the empty spaces above & below ground in Toronto & what might become of them. Maybe shops, maybe places for culture. Discotheques in the PATH? A bar on the 6th floor of an old dep't store? Other countries go up and down just fine...my Star of Tor Ont column.
Shawn Micallef: Why the secret to unlocking Toronto’s retail future might be learning to go up and down stairs
North Americans don’t naturally go up or down when shopping. With exceptions, we’re a ground-floor kind of place.
www.thestar.com
March 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The fall of HBC got me thinking about all the empty spaces above & below ground in Toronto & what might become of them. Maybe shops, maybe places for culture. Discotheques in the PATH? A bar on the 6th floor of an old dep't store? Other countries go up and down just fine...my Star of Tor Ont column.
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