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Jocelyn @jpitcherpt1.bsky.social · Jun 14

YIMBY re: people and services. Also YIMBY re: neighbourhood kitties.

Me holding up a sign that says, "YES IN MY BACKYARD" at a pro SCS rally.

A sweet neighbourhood kitty I quite nearly stumbled upon while gardening in my yard.

Jocelyn @jpitcherpt1.bsky.social · Jun 1

More ActiveTO and OpenStreetsTO, pls

Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · May 9

Happy Friday, Toronto! I just launched a petition calling on Mayor Olivia Chow & Toronto City Council to bring back open streets programs such as #ActiveTO and #OpenStreetsTO by 2026. You can read the call to action on my blog. #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli www.twowheeledpolitics.ca/2025/05/acti... (1/3)

ACTION ALERT – Sign & Share Toronto’s Open Streets Petition!

A blog about cycling and political advocacy based in Toronto, Canada. (#BikeTO)

www.twowheeledpolitics.ca

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Jocelyn @jpitcherpt1.bsky.social · May 31

Yes, it's true! And, cuz it might not be clear, I drove into downtown from my workplace (in Etobicoke) to service sites we have there, but I mostly commute to my workplace by bicycle. I would never choose to commute to work by car if my main workplace was downtown!

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Jocelyn @jpitcherpt1.bsky.social · May 31

Thinking of how I got a city ebike to get to a concert on Wednesday, and it took me basically the same amount of time maps said it would take to drive. And it was much more pleasant. And I could have some drinks and transit home. And I didn't have to pay for parking. And

Jocelyn @jpitcherpt1.bsky.social · May 31

I drove downtown every day for work this week, and all I could think was, "Why the fuck would anyone want to drive here." It's hell. More bike lanes now.

Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · May 29

Is the Esplanade not, like, the canonical ideal of the “side street” where the anti-bike crowd say bike lanes should go? There’s no appeasing these people. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Bikeway construction on The Esplanade draws community controversy | CBC News

Some downtown residents say they are opposed to a bikeway on The Esplanade but the city of Toronto says more than half of respondents it consulted four years ago said they supported the project.

www.cbc.ca

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Jocelyn @jpitcherpt1.bsky.social · May 16

Wow, that's intense! Thank you for sharing that experience and bit of history. What an honour to meet Milton Wolf!

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Diana Chan McNally @dianacmcnally.bsky.social · Apr 15

Sadly, a couple of paragraphs later, I think it becomes clarified what the intention is here, and it isn't solving homelessness. These prisons will involve P3 contracts.

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Diana Chan McNally @dianacmcnally.bsky.social · Apr 15

Doug Ford has committed to criminalizing homeless people "[using] whatever legal tools" in today's Speech from the Throne.

All while tariffs threaten to end livelihoods. All while his government has overseen exponential growth in homelessness province-wide.

news.ontario.ca/en/speech/10...

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Jocelyn @jpitcherpt1.bsky.social · Apr 11

This photo shows all you need to live a good life. Hydrate. Scream. Be a cat.

A new water bottle sticker depicting a cat going "AHHHHHHHH."

Jocelyn @jpitcherpt1.bsky.social · Mar 13

All this elbow talk around tariffs has got me thinking about when I told my partner, who was rolling dough at the time, to put his elbows into it (no, I did not realize that what I was saying was, in fact, a malaphor).

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Jocelyn @jpitcherpt1.bsky.social · Mar 9

Vote 4 Erwin.

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dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · Mar 9

today's leaders are not meeting the moment. it is time for a change. it is time for Chancleta.

An orange and white cat looks inspiring, heroic

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Jocelyn @jpitcherpt1.bsky.social · Mar 9

Vote 4 Erwin.

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Jocelyn @jpitcherpt1.bsky.social · Mar 9

Saw a new-to-me duck species today!! A White-Winged Scoter. Celebrating with a Ducks IPA, though the depicted duck, which I believe to be a Northern Shoveler, still eludes me.
Times may be shit, but I can forget about that for a while when I see a cool DUCK.
Oh yea and buy local?

Jocelyn @jpitcherpt1.bsky.social · Mar 5

Legend. Thanks @springmagca.bsky.social for this inspiring screening of Union and talk with Chris Smalls and co-director Brett Story!

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Jocelyn @jpitcherpt1.bsky.social · Mar 4

Harm reduction group I'm a part of is making soup for the meeting tonight and now I can't stop thinking about soup. For my family.

Jocelyn @jpitcherpt1.bsky.social · Feb 28

Doug Ford not taking responsibility for how he has fcked up healthcare, housing, education, etc:

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Diana Chan McNally @dianacmcnally.bsky.social · Feb 24

This is important: A prospective Ford government has signalled its intention to expand prisons and put homeless people in jail rather than build the housing that people need and that is their fundamental right.

I don't want a province that makes people homeless then throws them in prison.

Ontario Coalition for the Rights of Homeless People (OCRHP) @ocrhp.bsky.social · Feb 24

The Ontario PC platform has been released: static.ontariopc.ca/uploads/2025...

They have committed to re-tabling the Safer Municipalities Act, which makes being homeless in public a crime in Ontario.

Every other party understands that the solution to homelessness is housing — not criminalization.

The graphics reads:
The Ontario PC Party’s platform has stated that it intends to “clean up our streets by clearing out encampments.” They intend to do this by bringing back and passing the Safer Municipalities Act, which makes being homeless in public a crime.

They are the only political party in Ontario that has committed to criminalizing homelessness in the province.

Every other party — the NDP, Greens, and Liberals — has said that the solution to homelessness is housing.

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Jocelyn @jpitcherpt1.bsky.social · Feb 19

I've had this poster since 2018. TWENTY-EIGHTEEN.

HOW IS THIS STILL RELEVANT?!

It is pretty tho.

#StopFord #VoteFordOut #ONpoli

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Jocelyn @jpitcherpt1.bsky.social · Feb 19

Show uppp TO

#CountDownToSCSClosures #PublicHealthCrisis #SCSSaveslives #SaveOurSites #HarmReductionSavesLives #StopFord #HarmReductionIsLove #ONpoli

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Jocelyn @jpitcherpt1.bsky.social · Jan 25

You can also watch this on Kanopy, the streaming service that can be accessed for free with a TPL library card.

(sidenote: i love libraries)

Jocelyn @jpitcherpt1.bsky.social · Jan 25

This was a damn good doc describing the experience of anti-fascists, particularly the Abraham Lincoln Brigade from the U.S., in the Spanish Civil War. Includes interviews with badass ALB survivors. Would recommend!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=f_G_...

The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War | Full Documentary Movie

YouTube video by Kino Lorber

m.youtube.com

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Jocelyn @jpitcherpt1.bsky.social · Dec 8

thank god it's weird duck time

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Observing The City @observingthecity.bsky.social · Dec 5

This video is for Doug Ford, and all those in my replies saying bike lanes "stop emergency vehicles from getting to their destination". They *allow* emergency vehicles to get to their destination, as seen here on Adelaide. They were designed with emergency services in mind.

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lorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · Dec 3

AG released scathing report of the Ford gvt’s approach to opioids. even clearer now that they wanted to push the bill through before this report came out.

www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Ontario's opioid strategy outdated, auditor general says

TORONTO – Ontario’s opioid strategy, even with its new abstinence-based model for treatment, is outdated and does not serve the current needs of the people, the auditor general found in he...

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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