became engrossed with this tree in the summer at greylawn and victoria park few steps, cameras and season apart 2025-08-13 // 2026-01-21

Count Dooku has announced he has accepted the Emperor's invitation to join his "Board of Peace"

sky tower has really changed the skyline lol fully blocks the cn tower from most of biidaasige

Former Toronto resident Jason Slaughter, aka Not Just Bikes, does a video eviscerating the Finch West LRT (by comparing it to global counterparts) youtu.be/Qjp7hqXgInI?...

"internal bleeding"

Quite frankly, it’s outrageous that Mark Carney is cutting Statistics Canada. If he was Stephen Harper or Pierre Poilievre, I feel like this would be getting a lot more backlash. Carney of all people should know the importance of high-quality data and information about the country.

dudes been on the job for exactly 14 days and is already delivering on one his major campaign pillars - funded and applications open

interesting how they reordered the language of the statement because of how easily the first line applies to the US -

toronto parks vs the wind

niche question I hope to have answered with earnest and curiosity: why hasn’t the province unfrozen MPAC rates and what’ll the effects be if/when they do

1950-something

somehow still there @jamespmcleod.ca

zohran is already using the bully pulpit really well imo - making fairly major announcements every day thus far

last night 2:10 EST - “not immediately clear what caused the blasts” lol

And in what may become an oft-cited passage, Justice Koehnen determines that • “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” • “Glory to the martyrs” • “intifada” • inverted red triangles • an accusation of "blood on your hands" are not automatically antisemitic.

Toronto runner Mac Bauer (instagram.com/514runner) raced the Finch West LRT on foot yesterday - beat it by 18mins - 39mins of running time, 46mins w/ stops for lights. The LRT & passenger took 1 hour 4mins total. LRT was also 27mins slower than driving which took 37mins

just picked up these great Arnaud Maggs posters on auction created for a long shuttered Toronto store called "Antiques & Things" from the 60s/70s

one of the conversations that needs to be had about local groups popping up that claim to represent, deliver news to people or showcase the city is how they are in part benefiting from a vacuum of other kinds of local commentary and reporting - something extremely wrong with this imo

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

I’ll miss your glow

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

Good news from Germany. A court has ruled in favor of the music industry in its legal battle against OpenAI, saying that the company has violated copyright laws.

Not Just Bikes just did an excellent documentary-length video on a guy named John Forester - a california cyclist who appears to be largely responsible for the narrative that created North America's horrendous lack of cycling infrastructure, and culture youtu.be/pRPduRHBhHI?...

I’m honestly shocked that this story from @globalnews.ca has flown under the radar. Confirmation that Amit Shah, the second-most powerful man in the Indian government, was directly involved in the assassinations on Canadian soil. globalnews.ca/news/1151469...

americans just catching on to the fact that like 8 companies own all of canada

to be fair there is a large number of "major streets" (photo) that currently have huge swaths of areas that preclude retail permissions, so while I'm super disappointed to see these councillors strike the interior neighbourhood aspect, it could still be a substantial change in our very large city

Chaser:

Doug Ford wants to end security of tenure - Allowing landlords to evict people at will "lease... expiry that could allow landlords to control who occupies their units and for how long, allowing them to adjust tenancy arrangements based on market conditions, personal needs, or business strategies"

this is insane and will lead to many more unhoused people

The Ford government has announced plans to shred a bunch of tenant protections: news.ontario.ca/assets/files... (pdf, see p. 13-15)

two month old billion dollar park is already being treated like every other public space in this city by workers and staff

basically the whole EU, 29 states are about to start implementation of face and fingerprint biometrics for entry/exit for non-EU citizens … within the next week - completely doing away with passport stamps. really truly entering a dystopian era

they're close globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/

Remarkable document: hundreds of European politicians are calling to mobilize European resources to protect the Sumud aid flotilla as it faces escalating attacks on its way to Gaza. In other words: European politicians are trying to protect humanitarian volunteers *from Israel.*

On the priority BDS list anyway so I mean

liberals side with fascism is history 101 lol - they’d rather enable or deny or pretend to underestimate the slants of people they otherwise agree with instead of ceding power to workers, “socialists” and people that may threaten property rights and interests of the wealthy

argument urbanists are making is that parking should be more expensive so that only house owners can afford it as a solution to prevent apartment dwellers that are already spending heavily on housing in comparison lol, I think parking is subsidized but maybe it should cost more for low density only?

Bernie Sanders finally uses the word genocide to describe Israels assault on the Palestinian people. It's taken enormous pressure to get him there. The use of the word matters.

Yes, the war in Gaza is a genocide. I hope you’ll take a moment to read my op-ed here:

honestly pretty funny that genocide defenders went after film workers for signing a letter saying they’d boycott israeli film institutions, only for the israeli government itself to start defunding them because they dared to choose a film that criticizes its genocidal campaign on gaza

government's narrative collapses under the weight of... discord archives? As far as friends were aware, Robinson was largely apolitical, not extreme, likable, quiet but not a loner, enjoyed camping, gaming and guns - Ken Klippenstein is a great reporter

I'm thrilled to share that I'm joining @thelocal.to as Visuals Editor! The Local has long been a favourite client of mine as a freelancer. I could not be happier to be part of the team, and to work with this city's incredibly talented photographers and illustrators. thelocal.to/chloe-elling...

scary aesthetics w/ the la sunset in the background, palm trees, and neo-fascists holding a giant sign that says “crush the left”

Israel has killed over 200,000 people in Gaza. This is from the former Chief of the General Staff, Herzi Halevi, who only stepped down as the highest-ranking member of the IDF in ~ March 2025.

pretty wild that it so quickly became normalized that immigrants don’t have even basic free speech rights www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...

HAHAHAHA UHHHH WHAT THE EVERLOVING FUCK??????

Reminder: Canadian corporate profits remain at record highs compared to pre-pandemic levels - banks, telecoms, grocers, transport, extraction giants, you name it. By 2022, corporate profits had surged 47%. These margins remain obscene; now, austerity tightens the public belts

They should do this to Stephen Miller when It Happens