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richvaughan.bsky.social
Lover of people, parks, bikes, musique québécoise, transit, abundant housing and all things good.
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Canada should now do what many have suggested to hit back against the US with non-tariff measures: jailbreak all American tech and stop enforcing US copyright in Canada. pluralistic.net/2025/01/15/b...

submitted 5 days ago • 49 comments

I hope no one is taking the king/dundas streetcars today. Several streetcars backed up cause someone opened a car door without looking while a streetcar was passing. Toronto needs to learn how to build subways at European prices. #TOpoli

submitted 13 days ago • 4 comments

'please limit apartments to the dangerous roads' if the city continues to prioritize the demands of privileged homeowners at the expense of everyone else, our housing crisis will only get worse.

submitted 72 days ago • 5 comments

AI and automation are here. Its time for UBI.

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

Good! I will donate to this cause. Bill 212 attacks our safety, is not evidence-based and is a distraction to voters from Ford's failure and corruption. youtu.be/KgFCQ7jEZxI?...

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

Some of the @niknanos.bsky.social questions sounded like: does any level of immigration put too much pressure on housing. Doubling immigration overnight puts too much pressure on housing, but in most years the issue is NIMBY premiers&mayors who prevent enough housing from being built.

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

there's a housing crisis and we need more affordable housing and more housing now but not close to me and not that close together they should all be very large and very far apart and very far from me and there shouldn't be any more of it there should be less because it'll make my house worth more

submitted 93 days ago • 23 comments

Can't recommend this new essay by @mbolotnikova on Thanksgiving highly enough: "We will collectively eat more than 40 million [factory-farmed] turkeys... And we will do it all even though turkey meat is widely considered flavorless and unpalatable." www.vox.com/future-perfe...

submitted 102 days ago • 4 comments

The Ontario Conservatives have a rich history of transportation policy failures including: -Filling in an under construction subway -Selling a massive highway (now worth $30+B for $3B) And now, tearing out one of the continents best bike networks.

submitted 103 days ago • 8 comments

To all those also upset about Ford's plan to spend millions to endanger the lives of people on bikes, please consider emailing and calling the premier ([email protected] 416-325-1941) and submit a comment on #Bill212 before midnight tonight. #BikeTO ero.ontario.ca/comment/repl... My comment:

submitted 108 days ago • 1 comment