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draglikepull @draglikepull.bsky.social · 10h

The real solution is that we need a major overhaul of privacy laws to deal with all the ways tech companies are tracking and monitoring us. It’s no good having a system where a minority of high tech users know how to protect themselves and everyone else is stuck with everything being terrible.

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Blake Murphy @blakemurphy.bsky.social · 15h

Favorite quote of media day was Ernie Clement, asked by @birenball.bsky.social about the David vs Goliath framing of the series

“David won, didn’t he?”

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Big Handsome @mayorofguelph.com · 13h

If she's an orc, I am happy to be the meat on the menu

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Big Handsome @mayorofguelph.com · 13h

Doug Ford has seen homeless encampments spring up across the province and thought to himself:

"Yes please, more of that"

Jonathan Goldsbie @goldsbie.bsky.social · 15h

At a press conference this afternoon, Attorney General Doug Downey said they want to move away from requiring "evergreen leases, that just go on with no end in sight":

Reporter: With respect to what we were told this morning about the government consulting on “alternative options” essentially that could allow landlords to end leases — I think this is a question best for the Attorney General? Just wondering what you are looking at there.

Attorney General Doug Downey: Well, we've heard from stakeholders that these evergreen leases, that just go on with no end in sight, may not be the appropriate — other jurisdictions, when we did a scan across the country, do different things. But we weren't confident that we had the answer, and we only want to move with confidence. So we're going to go back out and talk to landlords and tenants and organizations and see if there's a better way for the people of Ontario to unlock that housing that isn't happening now.

Reporter: But that's housing that people are in. They're tenants, right? It's hard to see a world in which, if you're giving landlords more power to end leases, that they're not gonna want to get in a tenant that will pay more. So is this not inevitably gonna end up with higher rents, more people getting kicked out of their rentals?

Downey: We're gonna consult widely on it. What we do know is there are a lot of landlords that are not putting their units on the market. We need to get those units. I'm convinced if we get the right balance, we'll unlock tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of new units, and those will be places that people that currently don't have a place to be will be able to rent.

Reporter: So, sorry, you're saying that if landlords, there are some landlords that if there are more flexible types of agreements that they would be willing to rent currently unrented spaces?

Downey: I’ve been told that repeatedly, for years, that some landlords are not entering the market because they don't have confidence in it.

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LarissAAAHH @purlgurly.bsky.social · 15h

This is almost unfathomably cruel to every individual and family that rents housing in Ontario. Living in perpetual terror of losing your housing on a landlord’s whim is no life at all. #ONpoli

Jonathan Goldsbie @goldsbie.bsky.social · 15h

At a press conference this afternoon, Attorney General Doug Downey said they want to move away from requiring "evergreen leases, that just go on with no end in sight":

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Big Handsome @mayorofguelph.com · 13h

They'll just find something else for us to hate. It's in every child's nature.

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🚫👑Jib-BOO👻-scribbits @jibblescribbits.bsky.social · 14h

Libertarian Party: In your words, what do Libertarians believe?

@WAForeskins (QT): My girlfriend shouldn’t have to sit in a car seat

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Ian McLaren @iancmclaren.bsky.social · 14h

Love both the Whalers and Nordiques look, hate they're being worn in different markets. Slap in the face.

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Tao of Stieb @taoofstieb.bsky.social · 15h

New from me! On living in the moment when the moment is historic. www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/...

Why Blue Jays' incredible run can 'tie us together'

For the first time in more than three decades, the World Series isn’t a memory for Blue Jays fans. What Jays supporters are experiencing personally is part of something much bigger.

www.sportsnet.ca

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Chicken Puppet @chickenpuppet.online · 21h

In case you think this is a joke

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 15h

Also where is the opposition on this??

Doug Ford's tabling a bill that will allow the 33% of Ontarians who rent to be evicted at any time without cause, this should be YELLED through MEGAPHONES, meanwhile Ford's approval is at an all-time high while the Libs and NDP can't find their own assholes

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 16h

Oh FUCK this and fuck anyone who voted for this

Doug Ford's press release stated goals for leases:
The government would consult on alternative options on lease agreement expiry
that could allow landlords to control who occupies their units and for how long,
allowing them to adjust tenancy arrangements based on market conditions, personal needs, or business strategies. This could add flexibility for some landlords in the approach to leases, potentially unlocking additional rental unit stock.

I have translated this as:
they're allowing landlords to evict tenants for any reason they want

and "unlocking additional rental unit stock" means "kicking out renters and leaving them on the streets"

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big time leafs guy @mostlyleafies.bsky.social · 16h

Ever since I was a child I knew I wanted to write policy that will literally ruin peoples' lives for the sake of the quarterly revenues of property management companies

Jonathan Goldsbie @goldsbie.bsky.social · 18h

In particular, they want leases to no longer necessarily remain in effect indefinitely, so that landlords have more options for creating tenant turnover.

Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:

Left column:

Under the RTA, all tenants have "security of tenure", which means
that tenants have a right to remain in their rental unit as long as they
follow the lease agreement and the RTA. Landlords cannot evict
tenants without a legally valid reason, and after a fixed-term lease
ends, the tenancy typically continues on a month-to-month basis.

Right column:

The government would consult on alternative options on lease agreement expiry that could allow landlords to control who occupies their units and for how long, allowing them to adjust tenancy arrangements based on market conditions, personal needs, or business strategies. This could add flexibility for some landlords in the approach to leases, potentially unlocking additional rental unit stock.

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Adam ✊ @elseldo.bsky.social · 1d

Stupid ohtani jerkface Bortposting

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James G @orth.ca · 1d

Taking a break from the content.

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Trick or Treat City @rickcity.bsky.social · 1d

This is kind of nuts

The Toronto skyline in 1993 (the last time the Jays were in the World Series) compared to today

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Big Handsome @mayorofguelph.com · 1d

There could not possibly be a better visual metaphor for the state of America

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1d

Oh

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Live Updates: White House Changes Course and Will Demolish Entire
East Wing

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 1d

Ford blames Jays playoff ticket gouging on asshole premier who scrapped Ticketmaster law in 2019

QUEEN’S PARK - After resale tickets to the Blue Jays’ World Series immediately skyrocketed into the thousands of dollars, Ontario Premier Doug Ford held a press conference to place the blame solely on...

www.thebeaverton.com

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 1d

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Big Handsome @mayorofguelph.com · 1d

5x5 mil for each bollard.

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I Hate My Favourite Teams @carcelmousineau.bsky.social · 1d

Just thinking about how Julio Rodriguez and Cal Raleigh both hit dingers; Kirby only gave up 1 run through 4 and the Blue Jays still won the game and THE BLUE JAYS WON THE PENNANT

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I Hate My Favourite Teams @carcelmousineau.bsky.social · 1d

If you're upset at the ridiculous overpriced resale market for World Series tickets, remember like many other things it's Doug Ford's fault

Ford cancelled a measure that capped ticket resale at 150%

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I Hate My Favourite Teams @carcelmousineau.bsky.social · 2d

If anyone tells you this is a Kendrick vs. Drake World Series, I implore you to punch them in the face

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Big Handsome @mayorofguelph.com · 2d

Anyone who chooses to wear a bow tie everyday obviously has issues with reasoning

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Big Handsome @mayorofguelph.com · 2d

I believe it's Close Encounters