Chad Leddy
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Random Torontonian, litigator, dad, transit enthusiast and climate hawk
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LeRaffl
about 12 hours ago
š³š± Netherlands - December 25 - BEV Trajectory 65.4% BEV 9.1% PHEV 25.5% ICE Trailing 12 months are: 41.3% BEV 17.9% PHEV 40.8% ICE Graphs are available in the Gallery:
leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall...
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Bill Grueskin
about 20 hours ago
We have reached the point where a judge literally has to order federal law enforcement officials not to destroy or mess with evidence from a homicide scene.
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Robson Fletcher
1 day ago
Regarding the ongoing signature collection in Alberta for a referendum on separation,
@piosmo.bsky.social
writes in Le Monde: "The MAGA ecosystem has seized on this political moment ā the signature drive is scheduled to continue until early May ā in an attempt to destabilize Canada."
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US seeks to use Alberta to destabilize Canada
The Trump administration and MAGA circles are closely watching the conservative, oil-rich province, particularly as a separatist movement has launched a campaign to organize an independence referendum...
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/01/24/us-seeks-to-use-alberta-to-destabilize-canada_6749765_4.html
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Joey Politanoš³ļøāš
1 day ago
Trumpās back to threatening 100% tariffs on Canada this morning, wow I canāt imagine why the Canadians now see the Chinese as a more reliable trade partner
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This is the essential point - even if the threat to Greenland or Canada passes for now, we simply cannot return to normal and wish away the critical failures of US institutions & many US voters that made this possible
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Rory Johnston
5 days ago
Coming off big canola win for Saskatchewan in China. Remarkable how quickly Carney has managed to bring the premiers of Canada's 2 largest oil-producingāand most conservativeāprovinces onside (AB MOU the other example) after decade of deepening animosity. Scott Moe, Sask Premier:
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Weāre in a real race between science immeasurably improving life by curing ancient diseases and social media and its reckless and hateful political spawn destroying civilization for the LOLs
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Stephanie Carvin
8 days ago
Trump likes āDonroe Doctrineā but itās really the āDarth Vaderā doctrine: "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.ā Whatever government thinks they've reached an agreement with the US is deluding itself. These agreements are not worth the gold embossed napkins they are written on.
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Alex Bozikovic
8 days ago
Our piece on single stair: a crucial change that is slowly coming to Canadian cities By me and
@johnlorinc.bsky.social
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It would be an honour to be subject to higher tariffs for opposing this insane and irrational need for conquest
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Will Stancil
11 days ago
Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing theyāre doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isnāt white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
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Senator Paula Simons šØš¦
14 days ago
The CBC has just posted a transcript of my recent As it Happens interview about X and Grok. Iām posting a couple of screen shots here - since they are a bit too long for alt text, Iāll post the link to the full transcript below.
#cdnpoli
#X
#Grok
#yeg
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Great news for Canada
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16 days ago
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The decline in market share for internal combustion engines and the rise of battery electric vehicles in even a cold country like Finland is nothing short of astonishing
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NOELREPORTS
17 days ago
Large protests are erupting across Iran tonight. In Tehran, gunfire can be heard as crowds gather in massive numbers. Despite nationwide internet disruptions by the Iranian government, aimed at silencing the movement, footage continues to emerge.
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Hoping against hope the Iranian people can free themselves in 2026
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Toronto should do this on the Allen Road, while adding housing
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about 1 month ago
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Reece Martin
about 1 month ago
Absolutely fantastic piece from
@chittimarco.bsky.social
on the Finch light rail and why dismissing speed as some have done is a mistake.
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Speed matters
Of time, life and space. Or why transit speed matters.
https://open.substack.com/pub/marcochitti/p/speed-matters?r=47prgf&utm_medium=ios
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TTCriders
about 1 month ago
New billion-dollar transit lines shouldn't get stuck for *this long* waiting at red lights. That's why we're happy to see a motion coming to City Council this week to implement stronger transit signal priority and other measures to speed up LRTs - but it won't happen without your voice! 1/2
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about 2 months ago
I wanted to compare what I saw on Seattle's Line 1 LRT with Toronto's Finch LRT. In Seattle, you can see left turning cars waiting while fast-moving transit gets priority. Help TTCriders make it happen in Toronto:
www.ttcriders.ca/greenlight
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@wk1998.bsky.social
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@kevinrupasinghe.bsky.social
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Hereās my cut at what the stop removal portion of a St Clair streetcar upgrade could look like, cuts intermediate stops by a third, from 26 to 17, with only limited reduction in rider catchment within a 5 min walk. Together with signal priority upgrades, would cut travel times a lot -worth piloting!
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about 2 months ago
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Itās beyond unacceptable that Via Rail keeps stranding people for lengthy delays like this - perhaps some of the money going to frequent PR ads for Altoās vague plans could be redirected to investing in actually existing passenger rail
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about 2 months ago
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Michael Hoffman
about 2 months ago
Next challenge: crank it up EVERYWHERE there's a red dot below. We already paid for the infrastructure; make it work!
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West End Phoenix
about 2 months ago
Happy IKEA Monkey Day to all who celebrate
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Letās do this on Spadina and St Clair and make give the streetcars a green light more of the time
@joshmatlow.bsky.social
@cllrjamaalmyers.bsky.social
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about 2 months ago
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Alex Glista
about 2 months ago
Since Transit Signal Priority is a hot topic right now, here is a reminder of why. In a since deleted Q&A post from Metrolinx, they outline that the TTC essentially kneecapped transit priority on the Finch LRT and Eglinton LRT. We need to push Toronto to do better!
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Damien Moule
about 2 months ago
Certain members of Toronto City Council will insist to you that Toronto's development charges are 100% necessary and no municipality could fund its capital budget without them and that they have no impact on housing construction. I don't think those beliefs can survive contact with reality.
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JackTatt šØš¦
about 2 months ago
This is the TSP setup that must be standard on
#TTC
streetcar, LRT, and priority Ten Minute Network bus routes along with fully actuated signals to get transit moving and make TTC the better way then general traffic in
@toronto.ca
@ttcriders.bsky.social
@mayoroliviachow.ca
@moretransitso.bsky.social
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āTo finish off survivors in the waterā Sickening
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about 2 months ago
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derek van vliet
about 2 months ago
so our government made a big deal about banning speed cameras but one city left theirs running to see what difference the ban would make and you are not going to believe this
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John Muller
about 2 months ago
This is a solid analysis, and a good counterpoint to some of the more knee-jerk reactions floating about. Very worth a read.
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Leon Simons
2 months ago
Another month of NASA CERES satellite data and it's only getting worse! 0.11 W/m² added to the 4-year average Net-flux increase over the North Pacific. Absorbed Solar Radiation is almost 5W/m² higher than at the start of the century. All added greenhouse gases since 1750 cause a 4.1 W/m² forcing
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Sean Marshall
2 months ago
Hopefully all the attention on the unacceptably slow streetcars lately will finally result in actions from the city to address this problem theyāve been ignoring for decades.
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Brent Toderian
2 months ago
Grizzly attack on 11 kids & teachers in BC. āone teacher jumped in front of the bear to allow the children to get awayā¦he jabbed the bearās eyes with his fingers and thatās how he was able to⦠how the bear just left him.ā āThat teacher was later airlifted from the scene.ā Teachers are heroes.
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Teachers fight off grizzly bear attacking schoolchildren
A grizzly bear attacked a group of elementary schoolchildren and their teachers on a walking trail Thursday in British Columbia, injuring 11 people,
https://mynorthwest.com/local/grizzly-bear-attack/4161034
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Proposal to call these transit cocoons
2 months ago
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Alex Bozikovic
2 months ago
Almost everywhere in the City of Toronto has fewer people that it did 50 years ago
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Jealous, but congrats to Montreal and everyone who got the REM built
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2 months ago
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New Crosstown line extension bridge coming up
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Yet another reason to be grateful for coffee
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Molly Knight
3 months ago
Congratulations to the Toronto Blue Jays on a magnificent season. It is a shame either team had to lose. And this was a gut punch. šš Classy players, fanbase, and truly one of the finest cities in the world. Future is bright with Yeasavage, Barger, and Vladdy. Now go re-sign Bo.
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Letās gooooo
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IP, software, biotech, and pharmaceutical exports are not constrained by geography like auto parts and other heavy goods, so if we want to diversify our markets we should be investing in these knowledge sectors
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More Transit Southern Ontario
3 months ago
Good News! The Finch West LRT has successfully completed its revenue service demonstration. The line will be handed over to the TTC by November 3rd and will open shortly after.
news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...
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https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1006632/ontario-completes-final-testing-on-finch-west-lrt
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Chris Hayes
3 months ago
Iāve been thinking a lot about a new kind of polling Iād like to see. We have polling that measures public opinion, which is obviously important, but Iād love to see a little more empirical work on public knowledge: what do voters know about politics and policy?
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David Roberts
3 months ago
MechaHitler now fully in charge on X. I wonder if this will cause any self-reflection among the pundits & journis still hanging out there.
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Brendan Dawe
4 months ago
the population-weighted density of Canada is higher than Germany
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Joey Politanoš³ļøāš
4 months ago
NEW CANADIAN JOBS DATA: Employment Growth: +60k Unemployment Rate: 7.1% (+0%) Prime Age (25-54) Employment Rate: 83.3% (+0.6%) Employment Level: 21.0M
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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD
4 months ago
Toronto is the greatest city in the world now. I don't make the rules
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Imagine we had a crime problem in school zones so cameras were added along with warning signs saying āremember, donāt do crimes here, camera presentā and we had a study from SickKids that showed the cameras reduced crime in those zones, but then we turned them off because criminals didnāt like them
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Damien Moule
4 months ago
Nothing to see here just years on end of the streetcars miserably failing to meet an incredibly lax on-time departure metric.
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