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Forgotten but not gone: COVID rates in Canada have been low & declining for several months. However, the Omicron subvariant NB.1.1.8 has been more prevalent in SE Asia & it's likely we'll see more of that here in the near future. (Red = 2022-23; Yellow = 2023-24; Blue = 2024-25)

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Catastrophe in Blatten, Switzerland. The village had been evacuated in advance, thank goodness. But we can expect more glaciers to collapse as a result of climate change. 😥

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Hell's Semicolonists

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been saying this for like 3 years now, the core constituency of the "manosphere" is not Gen Z or teenage boys, it is 35-55 year old dudes who wish they were still teenage boys

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Trade policy update.

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ME: finally some me time. it might be nice to spend a little time alone with my thoughts MY THOUGHTS: actually, meant to say, I've invited the first two lines of a song that you don't particularly like to join us for the evening

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Way to go, Santiago! 🙌From @johnlorinc.bsky.social via @green-economy.bsky.social: “The transit authority in Santiago, Chile, says that by next year, 68% of its buses will be electric, making it the second largest e-bus operator in the world after China” #EVFleets

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One of the funniest parts of self-driving cars expanding operation in the US is how many Americans are unused to cars obeying the speed limit.

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Want an alternative to a Hwy 401 tunnel? How about reliable GO bus service, writes John Lorinc [ @johnlorinc.bsky.social ]. Highway 401 needs Bus Rapid Transit lanes and BRT-grade service sufficient to persuade drivers to leave their cars behind. #ONpoli #TOpoli #fordnation

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"Banned from driving for life." So it's possible. This sheds new light on every other judgement that put a driver who killed a cyclist or pedestrian back on the road ASAP.

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"The effect was a bit like hiring a great Shakespearean actor to order for you at the drive-through" www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...

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“What makes dysfunction so dangerous is that we might simply learn to live with it. But understanding hypernormalization gives us language – and permission – to recognize when systems are failing, and clarifies the risk of not taking action when we can.”

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Junius: “This is why some people loathe the cameras. They change the risk calculus and make speeding an offence that carries a real chance of penalty. For drivers who believe traffic law isn’t real law, a speed camera will remind them otherwise” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

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Another lucky choice of starting word! Wordle 1,438 3/6* 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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The woonerf or “living street” concept is spreading from the Netherlands across Poland, including the town of Sopot, just outside Gdańsk. Privileging pedestrians and calming traffic to 20 km/hr, the name and elements are retained—removing the curb and adding texture, greenery, seating, and lighting.

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Library work was much more exciting back then, I guess

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NDP Party

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Smuggling was one of the key economic activities of the early American colonies, so Trump is bringing the US back to its roots.

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#sitTO

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Fix our most important public spaces - now. My column (gift link): www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/90421fe...

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Come to a book launch! Spacing's @dylanreid.bsky.social and @johnlorinc.bsky.social are among the editors of a new collection of essays exploring messy urbanism. June 3, 7-9 at Henderson Brewing. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

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The Canadian Home Builders Association on the throne speech, upset that the throne speech did not do a thing that it cannot do.

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The experts on walking are the walkers.

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Hire human copyeditors

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Virtuoso headline writing.

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Trump is admitting two things here. The first is that he has been serving Russian interests by protecting Putin on numerous occasions. The second is that Trump is feeling pressure to be harder on Russia, which he really doesn’t want to do. Response: keep up the pressure!

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Important point that the centralization of power in the Prime Minister's Office that the media often complains about is in part a response to how the media criticizes a government for any independent thinking by ministers. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

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Elle Cordova goes big on the alliteration

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The REITs included Canadian Tire REIT, which owns land across from the future McCowan/Sheppard subway extension, Choice (Loblaws) REIT, and Calloway REIT. www.thestar.com/real-estate/...

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Lucky choice of starter word today! Wordle 1,437 2/6* 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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"civility" understood properly is not about good manners/decorum but really the management of conflict in a space you have to share with other people

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Donald Trump‘s deranged Memorial Day screed against federal judges raises two serious questions: When exactly was former president Biden diagnosed with cancer? And why has he not held a solo press conference to address it?

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When it was a courthouse you could actually just walk in at will. If court wasn't in session you could go into the old council chamber.

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There's literally MIT rocket scientists and Pulitzer prize winners who get drawn into this shit, so don't think education level is some prophylactic against the hell the platforms have created.

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People keep forgetting that the "Anglo" Canadian establishment is actually more Scottish. </Stereotype>

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Proofreading is for suckers.

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Was in my home office today when I saw through the window a medium-sized child pulling a wagon filled with smaller children down the street. The wagon stopped in front of my house, and MY CHILD got out and came inside. The wagon continued its journey The neighbourhood kids were playing "bus stop."

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I'm watching a Magnum PI where Higgins is hosting a 1920s themed party, and I just realised that's the equivalent of holding a 1960s themed party today.

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It's official. ABC Toronto (a.k.a. anti Progress Toronto) is now affiliated with efforts to oppose #RapidTO bus priority lanes on Bathurst with their board member Jeffrey Kroeker having registered as a lobbyist on behalf of Summerhill Market for that file. #TTC #TOpoli www.toronto.ca/city-governm...

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Very true!

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A Moscrop-led NDP government will throw drivers who turn in front of a pedestrian on a walk signal in the gulag.

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I'm pretty disappointed that in the end none of the non standard Premier League teams made it into the top 4. I was really hoping for Newcastle or Nottingham Forest. But at least the Cup winners were different this year. www.theguardian.com/football/pre...

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