This is all that fucking matters to him, in the end.

quick someone tell brad bradford that they still haven't plowed the bike lane in front of my home

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” An elected Republican legislator in Minnesota ⬇️

so uh, yeah this is a lot of snow ☃️

The Republican position now appears to be that you have a constitutional right to openly carry a gun in public, unless you do so while expressing a view that the government dislikes, in which case the secret police can shoot you to death on the spot.

I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street

i don't know how many times i'll have to quote post this but hopefully this is the last time

Incredible that were it not for a full legion of very brave citizen observers constantly filming these pricks, the completely fabricated “a dangerous criminal attacked our officers today” type stuff that the administration puts out would be totally unchallenged

Remember when these guys lied that they were preserving Confederate monuments because you had to leave up the whole messy contested historical record rather than erasing history?

My @thestar.com column this week: The Finch West LRT’s biggest problem isn’t signal priority. It’s not maintenance either. Instead, the biggest issue is a total lack of clear accountability. Without fixing that, this train’s always going to struggle. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

> "Canada relies too heavily on the US and takes advantage of us, it's unfair" > Canada starts taking steps to diversify its trade and labor > "Canada should be more grateful to us, shame on them" kneel before the king or have your finger wagged at by a very petty man

Transcript of Carney's speech today. Wow. globalnews.ca/news/1162087...

Alarmists say the emperor is building a “Death Star”. Even if he wanted to, I’m sure he’d be stopped by the Imperial Senate.

modern american politics consists of experts patiently explaining why something insane that people are talking about could never happen, followed by that exact thing happening

In pedestrian crashes, the story rarely refers to the driver, only the car as if it is an AV. But when an actual AV is hit then there is a driver. Fascinating. www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...

so, which state is gonna be the first to not make federal grant repayments or give the feds taxes collected from state employees?

I remember learning in my high school macroeconomics class that the independence of the central banking system of the United States is considered the cornerstone of the country's financial markets, so I'm sure this is fine. 🫠

friendly reminder that it's okay to not watch the various videos circulating on social media of an ICE agent murdering someone, but that is in fact what happened

"it’s about fleecing people without representation" Incredibly unselfconscious statement from a Congressperson from another state seeking to override the will of DC voters who have had traffic cameras since 1999 and have no vote in Congress

It takes an enormous amount of courage to stand there, keep filming, and scream "What the fuck, you asshole" at someone wearing a badge who just shot and killed one of your neighbors in cold blood.

There's almost always money for governments to fund what they value, whether it be for transit or anything else; what governments have or generate the political will to fund shows what they value.

We're at the TTC Board talking about the BUDGET! A budget which includes a fare freeze and fare capping. Obviously, we're in support. Follow along for updates, or watch live here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Zl...

The rally last year was a success insofar as over 100 people showed up to fight for better transit in Baltimore, so I have no reason to believe this year won't be at least twice as successful! Please, if you're in the area, consider attending. Free transportation to and from the rally.

Sorry, but triumphant claims about autonomous vehicle safety are wildly exaggerated. It's an open question whether today’s self-driving cars are any safer than those driven by humans. And if reducing crashes is the goal, that isn’t even the right question. My deep dive, in Bloomberg 🧵

I appreciate the spirit of this post so much. But I also think a government that people don’t think about is a lower bar than we think, leads to complacency, and is part of how we are where we are. People need to be paying attention to and think and care about government always.

Happy 2026, Toronto! 🎉

Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed

Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.

if the mta sold F/M swap merch they'd be funded for the next decade

It's that time of the year: @cmtalliance.bsky.social is out with another transportation report card for Baltimore! We at ARIES for Transit are proud to have contributed the transit data and analyses for this report. 😊

How do these results compare to 2023, the last time we performed a similar analysis? Headway adherence: 58.11% → 65.48% (~13% increase) Schedule adherence: 74.49% → 75.87% (~2% increase) Data integrity: 80.25% → 90.85% (~13% increase) So, Baltimore improved across the board, but so did its peers.

It's that time of the year: @cmtalliance.bsky.social is out with another transportation report card for Baltimore! We at ARIES for Transit are proud to have contributed the transit data and analyses for this report. 😊

Fantastic piece here from @chittimarco.bsky.social on the value of fast transit: open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...

Street safety is *not* a shared responsibility. Rather, it's a responsibility borne by those who have the greatest power to make streets safer: Car companies, policymakers, and road designers. Stop shifting blame on those walking, biking, and driving. www.kqed.org/news/1206717...

Yet another illustration of how "freedom of choice" exists only within socially circumscribed bounds that limit others' choices

you love to see it!

Ontario apparently hasn't issued any Express Entry Notifications of Interest (NOIs) for permanent residency since October 2024—literally none (so far) in 2025, which is pretty shocking considering a total of 23,262 were issued in 2024.

Apropos to a post I'm not going to quote: no, you are not fucking obliged to battle the fucking right on fucking social media, or go to where they are. Why make yourself miserable shouting at bots (who don't care) or trolls (who get off on your misery). Make your fucking social media enjoyable, FFS.

“X is fine because I’m too savvy to have my brain corrupted by the X algorithm” and “I have amazing and interesting takes about every goddamn thing under the sun” kind of go together

Among many other things, this video does a great job highlighting the minefield that is comparing cities to each other, and why maybe advocates' time is better spent focusing on ways to improve their own city rather than denigrating the cities of other advocates.

maybe it's time to stop calling the bad site "Twitter", folks

It's hard to reconcile how much Claude Code, which my company pays for and strongly encourages us to use, has made my job better with how exploitative the product's development has been and continues to be, and the negative effects the AI bubble has had on people and public policy.

nah i'm good thanks

All the worst qualities of car ownership (monthly payments, insurance, buying gas) *and* the worst qualities of bad transit service (long waits, infrequent service, lack of dedicated travel lanes)? Sign me up! 🥴

A lack of respect for and trust in our institutions is what has caused a lot of the problems society faces today, from how most generative AI products are being created and marketed (through theft and lies) and are subsequently being (mis)used, to who gets elected and appointed to lead governments.

Back in the US, most transit advocates I know would be worried that a story like this would result in a pendulum swing of divestment from current and future transit projects. Here in Toronto it seems like the risk of that is much lower, and instead the focus will be on fixing the problems. 🤞

The City of Toronto seriously needs to get full transit signal priority activated ASAP to help speed up the new Line 6 Finch West, as well as ensure the same for Line 5 Eglinton when it opens. @ttcriders.bsky.social already has a petition to that effect. #TTC #TOpoli www.ttcriders.ca/greenlight

my american brain can barely comprehend 4.75-minute scheduled headways, let alone 3.5-minute scheduled headways

Same vibes

🚍‼️ The new #TTC #RapidTO bus lanes on #Dufferin are great! Next, they should be: -⬆️ extended north from Bloor to Eglinton -🚌 paired w/ frequent & reliable service -↔️ added to Finch, Lawrence, Jane & Steeles ✍🏾 Sign @ttcriders.bsky.social petition to expand & improve them: www.TTCriders.ca/Lanes