'Shutters are one of most easily deployed devices when designing in adaptation. ‘Ultimately they’re for climate change-resistance,’ says Thielmann. ‘For the UK, it’s the future.’' this. decades behind - we need active solar protection in a warming world www.architectsjournal.co.uk/specificatio...

The United Church of Canada would never have existed unless each of the founding denominations believed that diverse approaches to faith strengthen the whole body of Christ Compromise. broadview.org/bold-church-...

The NDP's recent defeat carries sharper implications — not just for the party, but for progressive politics in Canada. broadview.org/ndp-election...

For fans of (dearly departed) So Good on Somerset, I can confirm that the restaurant with the same name on Springfield in New Edinburgh inherited the original menu and they make the pepper salt tofu and peanut chicken just like the old place.

wow so @alexbozikovic.bsky.social took me on an urbanist pilgrimage of sorts.

Don't have anything new to say about AI here. One thing I will say is that higher ed has long been broken. If elites had spent more time thinking through the point of education and how well we really do it than stoking woke panic, maybe we wouldn't be staring at this abyss. nymag.com/intelligence...

This essay on "AI and Internet Hygiene" by @katewagner.bsky.social really how AI is ruining the experience of using the internet (and knowing how to use it), while also crippling the social infrastructure of trust that makes the internet work. web.archive.org/web/20250121...

Junius, a few months ago.. “It would be unacceptable if the cost of vibrant urban life is that a group of people have to be sacrificed every so often to a maniac behind the wheel … Soft targets need a hard shell around them” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

Fully on board with dems running for office promising to reinstate fired federal employees and jail this administration’s various criminals, but let’s go ahead and add “we will seize by eminent domain any national parkland sold to developers”

The massacre took place on the night of 23-24 of March 2025. Ten days later, 4th April, the commander of the same army unit (Golani Recon) was filmed instructing his soldiers: "Everyone we meet in Gaza is an enemy. We identify a person, we shoot, we kill, and carry on. Don't get confused."

Pope Francis died on Monday at 88. His papacy promoted inclusivity, embracing survivors of sexual abuse by clergy members; LGBTQ Catholics; Muslim and Orthodox clerics; and leaders of developing nations, where he believed the church’s future was rooted. See Francis' life in photos: nyti.ms/4lEHXNZ

In the clearest departure from the U.S. political class, Pope Francis wrote that “it is absurd to permit the continued exploration and expansion of fossil fuel infrastructures." Published June 2, 2023:

"The agreement includes meaningful raises, smaller class sizes, and more classroom resources, but it also codifies some of the most comprehensive LGBTQ+ protections ever included in a public school labor deal." Check out "bargaining for the common good" www.advocate.com/news/chicago...

“NOAA Fisheries does not anticipate any death or serious injury to whales from offshore wind related actions”. heatmap.news/sparks/offsh...

NEW: i spoke with several young AmeriCorps volunteers around the country who were abruptly pulled off projects building homes, readying forests for wildfire season, and working at food banks Tuesday afternoon. they are now on their way home thanks to DOGE cuts —

In Bloomberg CityLab, I explained why cities must build cycling *networks* – not just lanes. It’s a lesson that many elected leaders have yet to learn (esp Ontario’s Doug Ford, who is taking a sledgehammer to Toronto's cycling network). 🧵

BREAKING: @nytimes.com investigation reveals that the Ford Government was sold a bill of goods by shell company Therme, who misrepresented themselves, adopting their name & brand from a CEO who died in a plane crash. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/w... #topoli #onpoli

I think this captures the intersection of those topics best whether someone reads books, informs themselves about the world, pays attention to current events, is a crucial indicator of political alignment and that is just a really fuckin weird new thing for Democrats to sort out

I’m so overjoyed that No Other Land won. Film can move people in ways that you just can’t achieve with words. Thousands will feel called to watch, and be transformed. The fact that it won without a distributor will shed light on how Palestinian stories are consciously sidelined, all the time.

A profile of Albrecht Weinberg, a 99-year-old survivor of Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen who received the German order of merit for his work on Holocaust remembrance - before returning it this past week to protest an anti-migrant bill passed with far-right votes. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

oh what could the salute has possibly been

FOR INSTANCE: EU sunscreen! EU drugs! EU $3 bottles of very good Tempranillo!

Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it! After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻

We went through a long period where fire departments were a for-profit industry, paid for by insurance companies, where they responded only to fires in insured buildings. Eventually people realized that a terrible way to fight fires.

Inspired by programs in European countries like Finland, the City of Montreal now offers a “baby box” to new parents, distributed through libraries. Inspirée par des programmes en Europe, Montréal offre maintenant aux nouveaux parents une “Boîte Bienvenue bébé”, distribuée dans les bibliothèques.

Ridership on Toronto's Bike Share system reaches new heights, with 7 million rides for the year! Up 23% from last year. This is due in part to the expansion of the system, but also additional safe infrastructure. Toronto is a cycling city!

Art Spiegelman notably disagrees with the word "Holocaust" itself in this interview, preferring to speak of the genocide of the Jews of Europe. His argument is that "genocide" connects it to other historical events, while "Holocaust" separates and sacralizes it. hyperallergic.com/973444/art-s...

STUDY of 82K+ Scottish adults: “compared with sedentary commuting, commuting to work or study by bike was associated with lower all-cause mortality risk, lower risk of any hospitalization, lower risk of cardiovascular disease, lower risk of cancer mortality & better mental health.”— @carltonreid.com

Careful, don’t ask the Fraser Institute fellow what he thinks the solution to CBC is

Good paper by @wrirosscities.bsky.social on how public transit is funded in cities around the world Fares important in some areas but also includes France’s Versement Mobilité (a tax on employers), reinvesting revenue from parking & congestion charges, gov subsidy, land value capture… and more

It’s sad how CBC has become so wedded to this narrative of Canada Post privatization. Where’s the big article about CUPW’s proposal to reinvent the postal service with postal banking and other community services? What happened to presenting both sides?

Got an email from an angry viewer for covering this last night so re-upping this article from @haaretzcom.bsky.social which is extremely extensively reported and disturbing. Here’s a gift link. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

If you're on social media or watch sports, you are downright bombarded with ads for gambling. Rules around it have loosened greatly in Canada, and as a result, there is a gambling related suicide in Canada on average every 9 days. Horrifying.

17-year-long Scottish study of 82,000+ adults finds commuting by bike reduces your risk of: • early death • hospitalisation for any reason • cardiovascular disease • cancer mortality • treatment for mental health problems. Yeah, but those LTNs and bike lanes are *really* annoying.

Ontario passes bill allowing bike paths that lead to walls with tunnels painted on them www.thebeaverton.com/2024/12/onta...

Some great graphs:

I’m very excited to share the news that I will be taking on a new role as the Chief Planner at the City of Toronto! I’m looking forward to working with a very talented City planning team, with the Mayor & Council, and with all Torontonians on continuing to build an amazing city tinyurl.com/5n6ntrcy

this project is so so so good www.archdaily.com/1024273/plai...

"Cycle Toronto has retained legal counsel to explore challenging this dangerous law." (The law formerly known as bill 212) Great news!

One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.

fascinating, relatable @kait.bsky.social piece on her experience with a course aimed at helping people reduce their phone use (I type from my phone in bed at 10:30 pm) www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Donald Trump is joking about turning Canada into a US state, while Canadian premiers run around like fools offering him the world before he even asks and opposition leaders sacrifice our interests for short-term political advantage. The state of this country is truly embarrassing.

Incredible turnout to protest #Bill212 and the removal of bike lanes. Bike lanes save lives and are worth fighting for. #BikeTO #ONpoli #TOpoli

I made a tiny protest game about the terrifying reality of biking in Toronto without bike lanes marieflanagan.com/loserlane

A public option in every sector!

TVO's online presence has been great. Whatever is going on with the mgmt over there is treating this public good like Ontario has ... Ontario Place and the Science Centre.