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"Study after study shows that bike lanes make roads safer for everyone and have a minimal effect on traffic congestion. In Toronto, they’re arguably the most divisive piece of road infrastructure, with the #ONpoli government introducing a plan to remove bike lanes..." h/t @mbonsma.bsky.social

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"More than 200 passengers and crew were forced to spend an impromptu weekend in freezing temperatures on a Canadian island" They're talking about St John's, the capital of Newfoundland. Newfoundland is larger than Ireland, their country of origin. www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...

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This is such a cool story! My co-producer Debbie Pacheco took the lead on this and really delivered a wonderfully written piece of audio journalism. Listen! Think about unorthodox solutions to our housing crises!

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This is from landscape architect Thomas Mawson's autobiography. He's talking about Toronto in 1912. "Congestion was endangering the public health of the citizens."

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I barely read non fiction for exactly reasons Scalzi outlines here. Journalists like me need our sci fi, please keep your books coming!

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I'm a winter cyclist. I don't mind the cold at all, in fact layers and movement keep me really warm. But I don't bike after a heavy snowfall. I do want to but I don't trust cars not to misjudge a stop/turn and skid into wiping me out, and I don't trust the city to clear/deice the bike lanes.

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Why call them video podcasts when they are clearly talk shows? Podcast is the medium. Talk show is the format. We don't call Oprah a video podcast. What's the difference? This is a (petty) bugbear of mine, but it undermines the breadth of content in podcasts. thestreamingwars.tv/the-take/net...

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ICE fucking sucks. Come for me! But seriously if you're in the USA... read this. Then fight back.

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Are American Republicans aware how insecure and pathetic this Gulf of Mexico/America stuff makes them look? Just show us the receipt for your penis pump and get it over with

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I just saw a job ad for a content company that promotes financial literacy in a "kinder, wiser" way. The pay? Zero dollars. That's an ~ interesting ~ way to try and find a Senior Content Writer who is financially literate.

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Elon Musk actually hired this guy and gave him access to America's finances. But tell me more about how he's a business genius and tech visionary

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We have a rare situation in Canada in that we're getting a preview of what our mistakes could look like from our neighbours. Let's learn from theirs.

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Genuinely surprised these guys have the decency to resign

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Why isn't Toronto accepting that it's a city that is increasingly too hot for long periods? Shade is desirable, especially in the form of tree cover.

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People have cancelled their vacations to the US for political reasons already, but I'd also do it because your flight might crash.

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We started the bike lane episode of City Space with a conversation about a child whose love of cycling was stolen from her by road death.

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Back to my usual programming: The Ontario election is on Feb 27th: why did bike lanes becoming a wedge? City Space charts the radicalisation of cycling and finds out why the data often doesn't matter, because cycling is about worldview as much as safety. www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/art...

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By the way, this is Pierre Poilievre's chief advisor Jenni Byrne.

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Damn it feels good to be a part of the nation that stood up to Trump and told him to get fucked. Never been prouder of my Canadian passport.

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Trump got bodied by Canada

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If you're looking to buy Canadian then can I recommend subscribing to some kind of media? I would recommend @thenarwhal.ca personally but anything Canadian would do better out of your dollar than the New York Times. Rough times are ahead and we need journalists. (And remember PostMedia is US owned)

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I don’t think the tech bros realize how far offside Canadian feelings they are right now. A wide swath. Grievous brand damage.

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My British mum texted me earlier. She's boycotting everything American (except law and order SVU... fair enough). I also had dinner with friends here in Toronto who are boycotting American; their 13yo is devastated at a Starbucks ban. I do wonder if the US has factored ill will into their decisions

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For the drinkers looking for a bourbon alternative in Ontario: there are a bunch of great distilleries making excellent Canadian whiskies, all priced $35-50. Barnburner is my current Ontario fave, you won't go back to $60 bottles of Woodford. 🇨🇦

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

Trump's attack on Canada has ignited a kind of thoughtful patriotism in me and it seems others too, which David has summarised beautifully here. Kind, fierce, polite nationalism. So, very Canadian then.

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The subtext is that people with far right views should be treated like minorities are by current DEI initiatives.

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Trains running on time??!! These idiots can’t even keep planes in the air. Jesus Christ.

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

Can’t be said enough: the right in Canada bleated on for years about patriotism & people not being proud of Canada, of wokeness, reconciliation, statue removal, etc as the problem. Then they are first to lay down in front of a foreign strongman who makes them half chub horny. It was all bullshit.

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The industry: Podcasting is changing, we must learn how to use video and TikTok to make our content relevant. Me: Sounds great! I spent 30 minutes yesterday interviewing a historian about his complicated friendship with Shelby Foote. Young people will love this.

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The mens bathroom door at my local

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"Everything I say leaks," Zuckerberg says in leaked meeting audio. "It sucks" www.404media.co/zuckerberg-s...

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Trump tries to govern in the same way he campaigns and it just doesn't work out. I'm at least comforted by his incompetence.

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I told myself I'd stick to posting about cities and my usual beat on Bluesky but the US is making it hard.

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Trump referring to "diversity hires" when talking about the plane crash in DC means he's looking to blame anyone who isn't a straight, white man in ATC or a pilot's seat. This will be a theme throughout his administration. Women and POC will be scapegoated whenever anything goes wrong.

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OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product. On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.

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If Brad Bradford and Denzel Minnan-Wong are centrists then I just got defenestrated through the overton window

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Can't wait to share the episode I'm wrist deep in rewrites for right now - Bill 212 and the politicising of a bike lane!

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He could have done this years ago.

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If anyone ever brings up Trump and his voters having "legitimate concerns about immigration" then send them this to remind them that no matter the motivation the outcome is white supremacy. azmirror.com/2025/01/24/r...

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Just say nazi salute. Just. Say. Nazi. Salute. Nobody, not even Elon, believes it's anything else. Even the people who are claiming not to believe it's a nazi salute are secretly pleased it's a nazi salute. You're supposed to be an organisation of critical thinkers and reporters.

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Ontario Place, the Science Centre, Highway 413, Bike lanes, ordering cops to arrest people on benches during covid, healthcare, the Green Belt, education funding, Stag and Doe parties...

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The ultimate consequence of this will be that any time someone who is not a cis, straight white man is hired any of their peers will be able to report them as a "DEI" hire White supremacy is rarely explicit, it doesn't need to be. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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