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New research provides conclusive proof that 20mph in London is saving lives. 14 yrs of analysis at 150+ sites - reviewed by experts - shows: ❤️40% fewer deaths (vs 7% drop on roads where no changes were made) ❤️75% fewer children killed & 50% fewer kids hurt And slower speeds deliver so much more:

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I am both amused and annoyed that Microsoft Word's "Canada" spelling is just any US or UK spelling is allowed. #amediting

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Nice kicker at the end, too

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🎯

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They're just jealous they didn't get to introduce it themselves

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Ok, yes, it is a word. Just one no one ever uses. Wordle 1,447 5/6* ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Just to point out that Putin's modus operandi was to destroy the existing oligarchs to consolidate power . Not that Trump is operating with any kind of real plan.

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THIS

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We are all watching a crackhead argue with an elderly dementia patient, like this was the parking lot of the Waffle House nearest the Greyhound station.

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The Polish foreign minister, a writer and journalist who covered the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980s, clearly knows a thing or two about a patiently-timed response.

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A fine example of the value of low-key background work. And how governments don't HAVE to screw up large IT projects, which seems to happen so often. They just need the internal capacity to assess and direct them. sboots.ca/2025/05/30/1...

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choose your fighter

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I was talking about this with my students yesterday—throughout Western Europe, Nazism is treated in public spaces and memorials as a nightmare, as horror that must never be repeated. If slavery and Jim Crow received the same commemoration in the US, we'd be a very different country.

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Someone should tell Trump that Elon would feel very owned if he fully funded USAID and the CDC.

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Do you think he'll send Elon to El Salvador?

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Watch me scramble in real time as I try to find the economic angle on the Musk-Trump tiff. (I think I found one, and the issues it highlights are terrifyingly important.)

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Entertaining copyediting considerations FFS #amediting

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Pleased that a book I edited for the author, Michela Andreatta's translation of the epic Baroque Hebrew poem "Tofteh ‘arukh (Hell Arayed)," has received an Honorable Mention from the Mediterranean Seminar Prize for Book Translation. www.mediterraneanseminar.org/book-prize-2...

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Nice to see an actual example of this - always wondered if it was a bit of an urban legend.

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Trump learns about medieval defence architecture

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Love this hashtag. Here's a double peony. So lascivious. #bloomscrolling

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Urgh! I tried two obscure words before I thought of the more common one. Wordle 1,446 5/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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"on peut se passer de roi mais il faut toujours qu’on mange" - Balzac, "Le Pere Goriot"

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i know no one cares about hypocrisy or shamelessness or anything anymore but these people really used to tell us they were scared of an armed govt being turned against americans, they made an entire career out of it

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I’ve long admired cities that seamlessly integrate cafés along park edges—which is why we jumped at the opportunity to make it happen on our Merton Street project. Here are our most recent building and park designs, by @GH3architects.

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Interesting case study. A good example of how AI wastes people's time.

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Peers vote to defy government over copyright threat from AI

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Pedestrian & cycling fatalities have risen quickly in the US. But impacts vary. Our new research on Boston shows that: —Traffic injury rates are 4x higher in communities of color than largely white areas. —People of color experience much higher traffic injury rates outside of their home areas.

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TIL that tigers are orange because the deer they hunt can't see orange and it looks green to them. So they can't see tigers in the bushes.

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"There is surely something juicy in this hard cased box?"

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Tl;dr: Dashes are fine. Use them where useful.

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If the sky in Toronto looks and smells a little weird today, it’s because there’s smoke from all the forest fires in the air. And this will only get worse unless we speed up action against the climate crisis. #topoli #onpoli

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A very important thread! (Fruit Loops are my travel indulgence if the hotel breakfast buffet has them).

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Launch party last night for the new book “Messy Cities: Why We Can’t Plan Everything”

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AFTER | BEFORE 🧵 After 4 years, we managed to close the street in front of our kids’ school to cars. Here’s what it looks like today:

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I sat on this choice a long time because I didn't think it was a real word. But I couldn't think of any alternatives in the end. Still don't really think it's a word. Wordle 1,445 4/6* ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Big thank you to everyone who came out to the launch of "Messy Cities"!

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They're literally doing the meme

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Parked cars replaced by wider sidewalks and plant beds, Rue de Seine

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Today's the day! "Messy Cities" is officially published and being launched tonight (7-9, Henderson Brewing, 128A Sterling Road). Copies available at the launch, online at Coach House Books, or in fine bookstores.

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The remarkable list of contributors to the "Messy Cities" book. We're expecting many to be at our book launch tonight!

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True in Ontario too. Remove the really bad apples from the streets. It's not hard to track who they are.

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So excited!

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