Adam
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"Just living your life in this city (Toronto) and paying your taxes are ongoing acts of philanthropy to other parts of this province and country." - @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social
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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
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I don't want to go full whataboutism but it's notable to me this group has only organized to oppose two apartments near King in Parkdale and didn't organize to support the 100% affordable rental building the United Church applied to build. Sort of gives away the game to me.
November 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I don't want to go full whataboutism but it's notable to me this group has only organized to oppose two apartments near King in Parkdale and didn't organize to support the 100% affordable rental building the United Church applied to build. Sort of gives away the game to me.
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Half of modern journalism just needs to be reporters asking politicians to define the words they use after they've used them.
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Half of modern journalism just needs to be reporters asking politicians to define the words they use after they've used them.
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Pled guilty, still on PAID leave. We love to see it. *flips a table*
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Pled guilty, still on PAID leave. We love to see it. *flips a table*
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Jewish writer Dave Meslin argues that panic about antisemitism in Canada since Oct. 7 is out of step with the actual risk. He calls for focusing on data and triage, not fear. #gaza
rabble.ca/human-rights...
rabble.ca/human-rights...
Risk, fear, and deflection: Some thoughts about antisemitism
Dave Meslin discusses views around antisemitism in Canada.
buff.ly
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Jewish writer Dave Meslin argues that panic about antisemitism in Canada since Oct. 7 is out of step with the actual risk. He calls for focusing on data and triage, not fear. #gaza
rabble.ca/human-rights...
rabble.ca/human-rights...
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If CBSA refuses to explain why it thought a *95 YEAR OLD* retired Princeton law professor and UN special rapporteur might be a threat to national security, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree should
Prominent legal scholar detained at Canadian border while on his way to a conference on Palestine | CBC News
A well-known academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If CBSA refuses to explain why it thought a *95 YEAR OLD* retired Princeton law professor and UN special rapporteur might be a threat to national security, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree should
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My section editors, easily half a dozen, in the last few years looked exactly like Ross Douthat, pale nervous ill-dressed beardy remnant males unable to make eye contact. It was a men's room. I would not be as vicious as the NYT and claim men ruined newsrooms. They just kept everything the same.
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My section editors, easily half a dozen, in the last few years looked exactly like Ross Douthat, pale nervous ill-dressed beardy remnant males unable to make eye contact. It was a men's room. I would not be as vicious as the NYT and claim men ruined newsrooms. They just kept everything the same.
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$5M in Shein stock is crazy. to put it in perspective, a child would have to work three billion hours in a Shein factory to earn a 1/10000th of this
November 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
$5M in Shein stock is crazy. to put it in perspective, a child would have to work three billion hours in a Shein factory to earn a 1/10000th of this
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“We’ve got the power of friendship” - Ernie Clement
November 2, 2025 at 2:26 AM
“We’ve got the power of friendship” - Ernie Clement
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to everyone considering adopting baseball, welcome, it’s a great sport, you’re going to have a wonderful time
an important PSA: do not look up the politics of any baseball player, because they are - with rare exceptions - horrendous
an important PSA: do not look up the politics of any baseball player, because they are - with rare exceptions - horrendous
fuck it I might actually get into baseball
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
to everyone considering adopting baseball, welcome, it’s a great sport, you’re going to have a wonderful time
an important PSA: do not look up the politics of any baseball player, because they are - with rare exceptions - horrendous
an important PSA: do not look up the politics of any baseball player, because they are - with rare exceptions - horrendous
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Walkable city baseball edition:
Andrés Giménez on how you get the feeling of a city by walking it.
Andrés Giménez on how you get the feeling of a city by walking it.
October 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Walkable city baseball edition:
Andrés Giménez on how you get the feeling of a city by walking it.
Andrés Giménez on how you get the feeling of a city by walking it.
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When you blow your chance to be embraced by one country and are now desperate to be embraced by another that never will.
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
When you blow your chance to be embraced by one country and are now desperate to be embraced by another that never will.
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i think an interesting cultural experiment would be if we started enforcing traffic law
October 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
i think an interesting cultural experiment would be if we started enforcing traffic law
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New episode up! We talked with researcher Tim Gill about how we need to make our cities safe for children, not cars. "Children are basically living very captive and kind of contained lives, and that's just not healthy."
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September 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
New episode up! We talked with researcher Tim Gill about how we need to make our cities safe for children, not cars. "Children are basically living very captive and kind of contained lives, and that's just not healthy."
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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do we think it's good that entire economy is based on the same entities passing money back and forth on speculative investment without anyone making anything that someone outside the loop is buying
BREAKING: Nvidia, $NVDA, to invest up to $100 billion dollars into OpenAI
September 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
do we think it's good that entire economy is based on the same entities passing money back and forth on speculative investment without anyone making anything that someone outside the loop is buying
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I keep taking things from stores, just small things, reasonable, and they keep arresting me for shop lifting.
Cars make even smart people stupid.
Cars make even smart people stupid.
We fail to respect or enforce traffic laws to the point that people don’t actually perceive ignoring them to be breaking the rules. It’s just normal driving.
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August 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I keep taking things from stores, just small things, reasonable, and they keep arresting me for shop lifting.
Cars make even smart people stupid.
Cars make even smart people stupid.
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some college students were very rude about this
August 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
some college students were very rude about this
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Why is this children’s entertainer the absolute bravest person in the cultural industry by miles?!
August 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Why is this children’s entertainer the absolute bravest person in the cultural industry by miles?!
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At some point we gotta acknowledge the limits of community consultation.
This is what happens when sidewalks and traffic calming, as part of an evidenced-based policy with #VisionZero principles, comes to an inner urban area of 1950s homes in Ottawa.
July 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
At some point we gotta acknowledge the limits of community consultation.
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What is this worth to you, Toronto? You wanna whine about a “tax grab?” Or you wanna celebrate a public safety measure that saves people’s lives, including children’s?
Automated speed cameras reduced the proportion of aggressive driving and speeding in Toronto by almost half, according to a new study.
The study looks at 250 different locations across Toronto from July 2020 and December 2022.
The study looks at 250 different locations across Toronto from July 2020 and December 2022.
Toronto’s speed cameras have reduced speeding, aggressive driving by almost half: new SickKids report
Study looks at 250 different locations across Toronto from July 2020 and December 2022.
www.thestar.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
What is this worth to you, Toronto? You wanna whine about a “tax grab?” Or you wanna celebrate a public safety measure that saves people’s lives, including children’s?
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Automated speed cameras reduced the proportion of aggressive driving and speeding in Toronto by almost half, according to a new study.
The study looks at 250 different locations across Toronto from July 2020 and December 2022.
The study looks at 250 different locations across Toronto from July 2020 and December 2022.
Toronto’s speed cameras have reduced speeding, aggressive driving by almost half: new SickKids report
Study looks at 250 different locations across Toronto from July 2020 and December 2022.
www.thestar.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Automated speed cameras reduced the proportion of aggressive driving and speeding in Toronto by almost half, according to a new study.
The study looks at 250 different locations across Toronto from July 2020 and December 2022.
The study looks at 250 different locations across Toronto from July 2020 and December 2022.
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15. And when will CBC News empower their journalists to pursue wide-ranging accountability interviews with Israel's ambassador to Canada and Israeli gov't officials about Israel's war crimes in Gaza?
July 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
15. And when will CBC News empower their journalists to pursue wide-ranging accountability interviews with Israel's ambassador to Canada and Israeli gov't officials about Israel's war crimes in Gaza?