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Most of the City of Hamilton's online services are down. The issue is with Cloudflare. The City's does not have fallbacks for services that use Cloudflare. The City cannot post any statements at this time. #HamOnt #yhmcc www.cloudflarestatus.com

“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”

The silence wasn’t quiet — it was planning! Today I’m relaunching thismomroars.substack.com as a dedicated space for women who want to lead, advocate, and make positive impacts in communities. If you're ready to level up your impact, this new chapter is for you. #TOpoli #ONpoli

I'm writing about slip lanes (channelized right turns) in Toronto and I am working on mapping all locations in the city, as well as noting ones that were removed in the last two decades. Which ones am I missing? Let me know! www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...

People will die just as democracy has. No consultation. It’s Trumpy.

“The Ford Govt in Ontario has passed a controversial omnibus bill banning municipalities from installing speed cameras. Ford says it will make the province more efficient & reduce red tape. It won’t do either, and he knows it. It might get him “speeder votes” though. This will kill more people.

Thanks to @thewalrus.ca for agreeing to publish my thoughts on the proposed elimination of school trustees in Ontario. #OntEd thewalrus.ca/im-a-school-...

Kudos to Parents Against Speeding for speaking up, not only for their own daughter, but for the safety of every kid in Ontario who will be defenceless against speeding drivers if speed safety cameras are turned off. www.torontotoday.ca/local/politi...

NEW PODCAST: @thismomroars.bsky.social AKA Jennifer Alexander joins the program to discuss her new role on the Ontario Women’s Liberal Commission, and her writing at The Etobicoke Voice! Listen in! www.jakelandau.ca/p/episode-34...

#IdeasAtWork Not surprised by @torontomet.bsky.social's School of Urban & Regional Planning students' profile in @ontarioplanners.bsky.social magazine. @blairscorgie.bsky.social appreciate being brought into this group with @housingnowto.bsky.social Very proud of their hard work.

In a statement, Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca pivoted from speed cameras to violent crime, suggesting we should spend more time focussing on the latter. That’s illuminating. Vehicles obviously present the bigger statistical threat, especially to children. But we accept those injuries and deaths.

The Etobicoke Voice exists to share the stories that elevate local voices but it only works with your support. $300 raised towards our $2,500 goal. Every bit helps us: cover local events, investigate community issues, spotlight neighbourhood heroes open.substack.com/pub/theetobi... #TOpoli #ONpoli

#HappyMonday Sharing my collection of #IdeasAtWork video playlist for June 9th h/t @tvotoday.bsky.social @jenniferkeesmaat.bsky.social @johnlorinc.bsky.social @hasanminhaj.com ‬ @johnnystrides.bsky.social @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Well, this sounds like a really interesting project! "The Lullaby Project KW Fundraising Concert: Join us for a heartwarming night of music featuring original lullabies written by mothers in the Waterloo Region." www.eventbrite.com/e/the-lullab...

Winnipeg's own 'Bicycle Mayor Patty Wiens' aka @pattybikes.com Cc: @cassiesmith.bsky.social @bikehfxlobby.bsky.social @lauragmitchell.com @jessiesinger.bsky.social @awalkerinla.bsky.social @modacitylife.com @canadarobin.bsky.social @mbonsma.bsky.social @thismomroars.bsky.social @bikesky.social

"So yes, Community Land Trusts are a housing strategy, but they also make a political statement. CLTs challenge the idea that land should always be for profit and push us to consider what if land served people first?" Community Land Trusts for the win!

Noel Gallagher taking the tube to Oasis rehearsals today. People will choose transit if it's convenient and reliable.

Mark Your Calendars, Toronto: Sixplexes and multiplex updates at Planning and Housing Committee on June 12th. Multiplexes are one way to address declining populations in low-rise Neighbourhoods. See our new blog post! moreneighbours.ca/news/analysi... 🧵

CITY HALL 101: #Toronto Doesn’t Come With a User Manual — So I Made One By now, I’ve lost count of how many times someone has asked me - How did this happen? Join us starting June 15 to figure this oversized spiderweb together - enroll today! #TOpoli #ONpoli open.substack.com/pub/theetobi...

A long list of this “guy” advocating for all kinds of stuff.

So: the “Protect Bathurst / Dufferin” astroturf campaign run by Summerhill Market had videos of a guy talking about the neighborhood & RapidTO proposal. Real grassroots feel. Took a screenshot & put it into google image search. Guess what?

open.substack.com/pub/theetobi... The Etobicoke Voice Podcast is coming and the trailer is out today #Etobicoke #TOpoli

Councillor Josh Matlow wants a report in Q4 on "options to provide more food and beverage offerings in parks.” Envisions "small huts serving hot chocolate and coffee adjacent to outdoor rinks to kiosks serving sandwiches surrounded by picnic tables.” Cool. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...

thismomroars.substack.com/p/the-moment... #TOpoli #ONpoli

The crosswalk Ive been pushing for is finally being installed! I started to advocate for this in 2018, passed by council in Nov 23 & out of nowhere installation started today! This has taken too long but I'm so happy local kids will have a safe place to cross #TOpoli #Etobicoke

Greensboro NC Hands Off Rally #handsoff #handsoffnorthcarolina #indivisible #indivisiblenc #guilforddems #indivisibleguilford

Thousands at the Hands Off rally in Chagrin Falls, Ohio

Hope

To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.

You Don’t Have to Be the Loudest in the Room to Lead and Make a Difference open.substack.com/pub/thismomr... With all the noise in this world that is hurting so many people, the introverts who want to make a positive change need to unite and not back down! #TOpoli #ONpoli

This made me so mad that I wrote a longer post about this earlier today thismomroars.substack.com/p/city-counc... #TOpoli #ONTed

Mayor Olivia Chow's motion to allocate an additional $5 million to school food programs (paid for with unspent funds from last year) CARRIES 22-1. (Nunziata was also a yes.)

This is not a good look and I really hope Etobicoke is seeing this!

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This is the first of what I think are going to be A LOT of primary challenges along these lines.

More than 300 wealthy individuals, including heiress Abigail Disney, are asking lawmakers to reject GOP plans for tax breaks for the rich.

I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.

Say what you will about Pierre Poilievre, but he would never send classified intel in a group chat. ┻┳| ┻┳| ┳┻| ┳┻| ┻┳| ┻┳| ┳┻| ┳┻| ┻┳| ┳┻| ┻┳| ┳┻| _ ┻┳| •.•) Because he can’t access ┳┻|⊂ﾉ classified intel without ┻┳| a background check.

TVA wanted political parties to pay $75,000 each to participate in its leaders’ debate. The Liberals refused. Good. Charging politicians for news coverage could set a dangerous precedent, by @althiaraj.bsky.social www.thestar.com/politics/fed... via @thestar.com #cdnmedia #journalism

The National Security Ballad 🇨🇦

VP Vance told businesses today that the solution to tariffs is to move your factories to the U.S. It’s not about fentanyl. Never was. That was a lie for Trump’s illegal use of “national security” to break the Trade Deal HE SIGNED. They’re not even good at lying. No U.S. deal means anything.

BREAKING: A draft executive order set for release tomorrow calls for the closure of the Department of Education. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

would really like it if media stopped referring to backlash as being “about tariffs” when it’s about “the president constantly saying canada shouldn’t exist” like people were not going apeshit on our nation’s greatest hockey player because of his thoughts on economic trade policy

I don't think corporate media understands how angry America is. I rarely watch CNN or MSNBC anymore, but when I turned the former on today the mood, tone and structure was identical to 9 years ago—which means no one at the network has any idea whatsoever what's really happening in America right now.

Rachel Maddow drew a direct comparison between a 1940s Minnesota senator who was secretly on Adolf Hitler's payroll and pushing pro-Nazi policies to the MAGA embrace of pro-Russia policies.