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This is excellent. Now, extend more funding to universities to do the same. www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...

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WATCH: “I’m here because I will not be bullied.” A pardon attorney fired by Trump says Trump’s DOJ sent armed U.S. marshals to deliver a letter warning her not to testify before Congress about Trump’s DOJ’s abuse of power. Context: www.yahoo.com/news/us-just...

submitted 21 hours ago • 183 comments

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...

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Reminder that Federal Riding boundaries have been moved for many ridings to adjust for population changes. You can check your riding by postal code at electionscanada.ca My new riding means I’m voting for Chrystia Freeland! #election2025 #canpoli #elbowsup #holdtheline www.elections.ca/home.aspx

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Canada can be a refuge for U.S. researchers, but we need to invest in research to capitalize on the brain drain: Globe and Mail editorial www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit... via @theglobeandmail.com

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One could not agree more enthusiastically with today’s editorial in @TheGlobeandMail.com. This is a perfect opportunity for 🇨🇦Canada to beef up its brain power at Trump’s expense, and we should spend what it takes, without stint. 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁

submitted 8 days ago • 8 comments

Poilievre pulling a Trump & Musk & making clear he will cut funding to anything he considers “woke” in federal public service & university research - like anything to do with climate science. As Danielle Smith made clear, Poilievre is “in sync” with Trump. We can never let him win. #TeamCarney

submitted 8 days ago • 28 comments

This hits the nail on the head. Time to think bigger! www.thestar.com/politics/pol...

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The chaos in America’s scientific community could be Canada’s gain if we play our cards right, by John Bergeron, Kathleen Dickson and @stankutcher.sencanada.ca www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com #BrainGain

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"... expanding the idea of what can happen there might solve another urban dilemma: not enough cultural spaces. Places to dance or where bands can play are scarce in Toronto, as are spaces where artist and rehearsal studios can exist." YES

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“Cities become great through people trying things, seeing what works and doubling down from there.” www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Exactly.

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Walking Eagle crushed it again 😂

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My research on nonmarket housing is featured in 25 ideas to fix Canada’s housing crisis in @macleans.bsky.social macleans.ca/longforms/ho...

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From grand to bland. A project involving 3 levels of govt & nobody stood up for architecture & good design. My column o. the state of the public realm in Toronto. Pls read & share if this kind of writing is interesting to you. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

submitted 22 days ago • 6 comments

"Wars begin with words, and we have to take words seriously, at the time when they matter most, which is now. When we see the truth of where this is all meant to go, we can prevent it: by calling out the big liars and telling the small truths."

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Rally this Saturday. www.elbowsup-canada.ca

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This is the mental shift we urgently need backed up with three smart ideas from @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social

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disinfowatch.org/mark-carney-...

submitted 25 days ago • 3 comments

Shoutout to Feisty Waters here, thanks to @scpartners.bsky.social for the amplification www.feistywaters.com/merch/p/tari...

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I’m Jewish and the son of Jewish refugees who immigrated to America, so some might accuse me of seeing antisemitism where it doesn’t exist. So it’s sadly reassuring to see that the great historian Timothy Snyder saw the Oval Office debacle the way I did: open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

submitted 28 days ago • 172 comments

Wow. Mark Carney wins Liberal leadership with a stunning 85% of the vote.

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

You can't make this stuff up.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

“We must be prepared to defend our sovereignty-not just with military spending, but with a population that is engaged, trained and ready.” Great piece by @petermacleod.bsky.social about how Canada needs a Civil Defence Force where every Canadian has a role to play. 🇨🇦💪 thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

submitted 34 days ago • 76 comments

Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star

submitted 40 days ago • 71 comments

Help bring beauty to our bike lanes! Call for Artists now open for Toronto’s Concrete Barriers Mural Program to create works of art on cycle track barriers across the city. Since 2018 over 1,000 barriers have been hand painted or wrapped in designs by local artists. Details at tinyurl.com/dyhxknru

submitted 42 days ago • 3 comments

This is outrageous. www.thestar.com/news/gta/5-0...

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Correct. If the birthdate field contains corrupt or mismatched data, it defaults to 1875-05-20, which serves as a flag. May 20, 1875, is the day the international standards and metrics treaty was signed. Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.

submitted 52 days ago • 267 comments

If you can afford it, why not donate your $200 to Environmental Defence and help Ontario more than Doug has? OR Donate to the candidate in your riding most likely to defeat the PCs Sign the pledge act.notoneseat.ca/UnityPledge #ONPoli #TOpoli #NotOneSeat #VoteFordOut #DougFordIsCorrupt

submitted 67 days ago • 1 comment

Holy crap. From today's New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/h...

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In case you're curious, this is the internal Meta "fuck DEI" announcement received by Meta employees

submitted 87 days ago • 879 comments

I love how Denmark isn’t taking any shit from Donald Trump. 🇩🇰 🤣

submitted 104 days ago • 1618 comments

Mass timber as a construction material is a density and sustainability game-changer. If your jurisdiction doesn’t allow at least 12 storeys of it in your building code yet, you’re irresponsibly behind.

submitted 117 days ago • 2 comments

This is excellent news 👏 www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...

submitted 123 days ago • 0 comments

Not the most competitive game in the world but still fun to be here. #WeTheNorth

submitted 125 days ago • 0 comments

Weird! Woman’s comfort show doesn’t have any monsters or murder

submitted 131 days ago • 3 comments

This is a great thread on fashion, culture and - yes- urban planning.

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“A startling statistic emerged in Paris last month: during the morning and evening rush hours, on representative main thoroughfares crisscrossing the French capital, there are now more bicycles than cars – almost half as many again, in fact.” Leadership. #Paris www.theguardian.com/cities/2023/...

submitted 133 days ago • 18 comments