Idiot plot

It is 100% the same actors www.sprawlcalgary.com/whos-behind-...

I suspect this may the same well-funded anonymous group I have personal history with in Calgary. Spreading fear thru disinformation as a anti-infill density strategy. Making their disinformation look “official.” A while back they made the big mistake of involving me. So I wrote THIS in the paper.

Today's a great day to write your councillor or sign up to speak at council the week of March 23! Learn more at our upcoming speaker training session: www.eventbrite.com/e/save-the-h...

If you're headed to the consultations, keep an eye out for the requirements on setbacks and amenity spaces. In addition, we know the City has been working hard to find a solution for garbage pickup in these smaller apartments that is more flexible than Type G loading. Intriguing!

in the west end, #vancouver uses a lot of small public plazas as modal filters, which allow bikes and pedestrians to go through, but not cars. not only do these places make the city safer for all, they're also great third places.

The perfection of this alt text, because you'll never need to change it.

Obviously it's to securely hide the lost half of Aristotle's Poetics. No one can afford the otherwise necessary blind monks.

"Whatever" is what they planned for, and "whatever" is what they -- and the Iranian people -- will get. Cue the careless people quote from Gatsby.

If Tory were to still run for Mayor again (🤦‍♂️), after edging the Toronto political establishment for half a year, then writing a 600-word statement saying he won't in order to protect those he cares about, then using proxies to put out trial balloons, it would all be very consistent for Mr. Dithers.

On this day in 1884, Toronto Public Library officially opened its first Central Library in the old Mechanics' Institute building at Church and Adelaide Streets on the City's 50th anniversary of incorporation. Card commemorating the opening of the Toronto Free Public Library, March 6, 1884.

If there's a rough beast slouching towards Bethlehem, this is what it's drinking.

today, like every day, is a good day to challenge the absurd leaps of logic underpinning the "we don't need more homes, actually" argument

US health officials are trying to delay a regional World Health Organization meeting that would confirm the loss of its measles elimination status until after the midterm elections in November. This is a reckless, accountability-dodging move that puts politics over public health.

"The question of how to provide transit connectivity... is still very much unanswered. There could be a gondola. There could be some kind of self-driving shuttle bus. They could fling people there in some sort of catapult." Ontario Place Catapult Consortium, check the provincial corporate registry.

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

Mini-Horse!! How could we possibly not vote for this project?

Mercer Union in 2022 - I saw this beautiful, haunting short film by Lawrence Abu Hamdan. It utilizes a unique Canadian-American border loophole - Haskell Free Library and Opera House - to tell a story about violence crossing borders without responsibility - often think of it youtu.be/qipvYWo5B5g?...

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” James Baldwin

You keep furries out of this, you miserable spoon! rutherford.house.gov/media/press-...

The City of Toronto approved six-storey units on major roads. But bureaucracy is still killing these projects. I was so mad about this article, I had to rant about it. I can't believe councillors are still fighting for "neighbourhood character" in 2026. www.thestar.com/news...

Watching Vancouver Mayor Sim twisting in the wind for spreading baseless rumours about Councillors "giving out drugs" is kind of like a funhouse mirror to the Mayor Rob Ford days.

Toronto, February 2026.

yes, affordable elevators are on the list... we're working on it along with a network of Elevator Agitators like @stephenjacobsmith.com and @holz-bau.bsky.social

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here's my latest for the Star on PMMC going to 🇮🇳 "Publicly, the Carney government likes to extoll the virtues of the partnership with India. But the PMO’s own technical briefing for media going on the India trip directed everyone to bring burner phones and laptops." www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

We've been down this path before, Ontario. We're not going to see any "efficiencies", just more stretched local reps trying to respond to more constituents.

This process where the city gives grant money to festival organizers then immediately takes a big chunk of it back for policing and permits sure seems circular and bureaucratic. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Fun stuff to expect this coming municipal election. (It is, in fact, not at all fun)

Man, if we were willing to do that here in Canada it would be so cathartic.

But simply: Not everyone has to be influential, in the sense of being an influencer. People should be happy to be influential in their communities/organizations/movements — something that you can't prove with analytics, but which is often way more impactful than social media.

I wrote about this bait and switch in 2024 - get 10s of 1000s to live in in a neighbourhood with shitty transit, with the promise of transit to come, then take it away. www.thestar.com/opinion/if-t...

Watching the boys receiving the silver medal is painful. They all look like someone shot their collective dog.

How to Solve Housing: Grow More Cities?

Reminder: No government ever builds concentration camps it does not intend to fill.

If I know anyone in Vancouver, I hope they'll consider Peter!

GREAT NEWS! @plannersean.bsky.social is joining our discussion this Wednesday evening. He has over 25 years of experience in planning, specializing in multiplexes and backyard units even before the CIty of Toronto legalized them. (He can answer a question or two about disc golf too...)

The next time a politician whines about privacy and "big tech", as them why their party is unwilling to follow basic rules that every other organization has to follow. www.thestar.com/politics/pol...

In diplomatic speak this is the equivalent of "Put up, or shut up."

U of T’s Maps and Data Library recently published a blog by Jeff Allen our Data Viz Lead, on a tool he built for viewing historial aerial imagery of Toronto collected from various sources. https://ow.ly/rqu150YfERX

👉 Tues Feb 17 → 7pm (in person & online) Deneille Macas shows how Toronto Home Zone is breaking down the knowledge gaps that leave tenants vulnerable. Plus: discussions & project breakouts! guild.host/events/civic...

To some Calgary city councillors, it appears to be the strongest signal yet that the CMHC won't look kindly upon a repeal of citywide rezoning (with CMHC letter). #yyc #calgary buff.ly/u2fjyVu

More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...

This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.

bsky.app/profile/grap... Doesn't seem to care if some other funds are lost, though.

Given today's Toronto City Council meeting and final vote to decide the 2026 Budget, folks may appreciate this evening's explainer on how it's crafted but not necessarily understandable. #BudgetTO

There's an unfortunate lack of urgency around mass transit everywhere in Canada. (And with BRT's you don't necessarily get the excuse of a big infrastructure build)

Post a banger that's not in English youtu.be/hN2jOHeI5tc?...

This is pretty fun if you want to take a break from the horrors. I love all the horses and other creatures people got creative with, from stick figures to very good detailed drawings! gradient.horse

i just think that if you so much as float the idea of putting 8,000 people in a warehouse designed for the storage of non-perishable goods you should immediately lose the right to own property