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seanny123.bsky.social
Posts about Toronto Housing almost exclusively, because I haven't figured out how to present other aspects of my life publicly.
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i always knew but couldn't prove point access blocks were as safe (or safer) v. massive double loaded corridors with dead end corridors and potential for smoke-filled corridors and now the data backs it up better housing. equivalent levels of life safety. smaller footprints. more space for nature

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

A few findings from this report that I coauthored: - A stairway in a 4-story bldg costs about $200,000 (corridor not included) - Zero deaths in 4+-story single-stair buildings in NYC or Seattle attributable to the lack of a second stair - FDNY has mostly stopped reporting fire deaths to NFIRS

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

Why is it so hard to buy a home in this city? With @ignaciomongrell.bsky.social, candidate in University–Rosedale for the @ontariogreens.bsky.social. #topoli #onpoli

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

I can't tell if this advice podcast with two acadienne drag queens is helping me maintain my French or corrupting whatever skills I have left youtu.be/v2jVJcuB9ho

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Housing is a problem best addressed at the provincial level. Use these grades to guide your vote!

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Advance voting starts TODAY in Ontario. The province has huge power to make change on housing, but who is willing to use it? We've combed through platforms, records and public statements to see where the parties stand. www.moreneighbours.ca/news/analysi... www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCQe...

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Fantastic paper from @shoshannasaxe.bsky.social et al on the misguided notion that tall buildings have higher embedded GHGs -- they do, but the difference is swamped by the road, sewer and other infrastructure needed to support more, shorter buildings. www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

For years I've been telling people I lost most of my smell/taste from "extraocular cellulitis". Where did I get the word "extraocular" from? It was definitely just orbital cellulitis.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

I bought a Tangara open-source MP3 player and immediately found the hardware too janky to use. This is the third electronics product I've helped crowd-fund and immediately found it unusable. But Pebble is being revived and I immediately subscribed for newsletter updates!?!

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Ontario: the provincial election is February 27. What would you like to see on housing? More Neighbours Toronto has put together our ideas. We'll be grading the party platforms and statements against this to let you know where they stand. www.moreneighbours.ca/platforms-po...

submitted 24 days ago • 4 comments

I'm still upset. The next time that someone asks you why Toronto can't "be like Paris, 6-8 storeys everywhere," remind them that we had a proposal for mid-rises on a pretty small amount of land and councillors lost their heads and started ranting about 50-storey towers. That's why.

submitted 25 days ago • 3 comments

A frustrating thing about "Phase One" of a policy is that it's hard to get people excited to support the high level policy needed for later concrete changes. But it still presents a veto point for those who oppose any change or invent worst case scenarios. There's no phase 2 if phase 1 fails.

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

The Avenues Policy comes to Council on Wednesday. It would be the first major addition to the Official Plan growth areas in decades. It would allow more apartments near the TTC's ten-minute transit network, but there is misinformation being spread. win.newmode.net/moreneighbou...

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

#TIL Canadian federal budget presentation also means New Shoes Day for the finance minister. @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadia...

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

There's still hope. I've become infatuated with this pop album. lubalin.bandcamp.com/album/haha-n...

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Last year I led my first Jane's Walk, "Yonge and Eglinton is for People." The rough theme was about the planned divide East vs West of Yonge St, how we are (and aren't) growing, and what it means for how we think about our neighbours.

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

Promise made. Promise kept. Counting up Toronto's Housing Accelerator Fund progress, we're 16/23. You don't have to read past the chart, but just know that I spent vacation time tracking down a Firgrove rezoning from July 2022 and I'm still upset about that. www.moreneighbours.ca/news/reports...

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

My partner encouraging me to get in on the ground floor of the TikTok -> Xiaohongshu migration. Me: Is there an unfulfilled niche for housing policy posts? Her: *rolls eyes*

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments