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Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 5d

Toronto’s Cycling and Pedestrian Projects Team continues to hit it out of the park. Out for a ride today and here’s just some of the new cycling facilities that I came across. New concrete planters and permanent curbs on Harbord Street. /1

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Spacing @spacing.bsky.social · 3d

Toronto, Metrolinx, and TTC need to promote Crosstown LRT aggressively so Torontonians stop complaining about it, writes senior editor @johnlorinc.bsky.social.

spacing.ca/toronto/2025... #TOpli #ONpoli

LORINC: Build it, but will we ride it? - Spacing Toronto

As befits a fall when the Blue Jays have again become contenders, the $10 billion-plus question hanging over the soon-to-be-opened Crosstown LRT is whether it will attract riders. We built it, but wil...

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · Feb 21

Do the climate policies of our gvts feel like real emergency responses to the crisis we face?

Here’s what a genuine #ClimateEmergency plan looks like: see our @climateunit.bsky.social video here:
www.climateemergencyunit.ca & our 6 Markers of Emergency: www.climateemergencyunit.ca/emergencymar...

6 Markers of the Climate Emergency — Climate Emergency Unit

www.climateemergencyunit.ca

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Armin ~ ❤️☕️ ~ 🍁 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 @mackrauss.bsky.social · 10d

Understanding where their emissions are coming from and having a plan to reduce them will put companies ahead of the regulatory game, improve access to capital, open new markets and create cost savings, write Thomas Walker and Maya Saryyeva www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/08/o...

Climate targets are dead. Long live climate targets!

Understanding where their emissions are coming from and having a plan to reduce them will put companies ahead of the regulatory game, improve access to capital, open new markets and create cost saving...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Armin ~ ❤️☕️ ~ 🍁 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 @mackrauss.bsky.social · 13d

Canada Post’s management does not want to negotiate in good faith and the Liberal Government is again and again assisting with anti-union interventions.

Time to take union suggestions for revenue services serious and sign a fair contract.

www.readthemaple.com/canada-posts...

Canada Post’s Moment Of Reckoning May Finally Be Here

Now is the time to draw inspiration from wherever we can, and stand with workers while they fight the employer-led race to the bottom.

www.readthemaple.com

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Invoke RE @invokereversing.bsky.social · 19d

A reminder that @c-b.io and Joshua Reynolds will be speaking at BSides Toronto this Sunday (Oct 5th) at 11:45AM about the Scavenger NPM supply chain attack. See you there!

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Armin ~ ❤️☕️ ~ 🍁 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 @mackrauss.bsky.social · 23d

Missing a link?

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 28d

Be Seen.
A New PSA

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Environmental Defence Canada @environmentaldefence.ca · 23d

#Media: "Environmental groups are calling on the province to get back to work with all beverage producers to implement an expanded deposit-return system that can address beverage container #waste and #pollution." Read more 👇
environmentaldefence.ca/2025/09/25/o...

Ontario’s watered-down Blue Box rules won't stop drink container litter, pollution - Environmental Defence

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, WASTE WATCH OTTAWA, ZERO WASTE 4 ZERO BURNING, ONTARIO ZERO WASTE COALITION, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE

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Armin ~ ❤️☕️ ~ 🍁 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 @mackrauss.bsky.social · 23d

A briefing note shows the federal government never believed it could meet its off diesel by 2030 target for remote Indigenous communities — considering it, rather, as “directional." www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/25/n...

Ottawa knew getting the North off diesel by 2030 was impossible, despite promises

Experts say the federal goal was unrealistic from the start, but progress made so far shows a pathway forward if governments keep funding clean projects in remote Indigenous communities.

www.nationalobserver.com

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 24d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 25d

Understanding this incredibly important point has been one of the most important differences for me between good & bad politicians in my observation over 33 years working in various capacities with politicians. I legitimately cheered when @jacindaardern.bsky.social said it. And Stewart’s reaction!

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 25d

“ Whatever political capital you might have, you’re gonna need to spend it. The best we can hope for is that politicians spend it doing the right thing, even if it’s something that’s hard, that you know might not be popular. Just doing the right thing.”-Past New Zealand PM @jacindaardern.bsky.social

Jacinda Ardern - “A Different Kind of Power” | The Daily Show

YouTube video by The Daily Show

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Armin ~ ❤️☕️ ~ 🍁 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 @mackrauss.bsky.social · 26d

Metrolinx seems to answer to nobody. Is the only way to rein them in to make them pay for failures and delays?
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/loca...

Mississauga festival sends bill to Metrolinx after construction delays impact event

The organizers of a popular street festival in Mississauga say they have sent a bill to Metrolinx for thousands of dollars in costs after the provincial transportation agency failed to meet its own co...

www.ctvnews.ca

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Armin ~ ❤️☕️ ~ 🍁 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 @mackrauss.bsky.social · 27d

Ask the PM to support public healthcare and stop privatization
nwmd.social/s/copylink/4...

Canadian Health Coalition – We support public health care

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Armin ~ ❤️☕️ ~ 🍁 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 @mackrauss.bsky.social · Sep 17

Every day, on all levels of life, we are reminded that we live in the stupidest of time lines. Need more good news!

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · Sep 17

so sorry.

pink poster with b/w person riding a bike with flowers in a basket.

text: oh im sorry did my headphones make you drive into me

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Grist @grist.org · Sep 17

This new machine churns out carbon-storing biochar on the cheap.

A worker-owned cooperative is deploying PyroTowers to produce biochar, which helps farmers in the developing world improve their yields.

grist.org/climate/this...

#Climate #Cassava #Corn #Wheat #Rice #Farms #Farming #Food #Science

This new machine churns out carbon-storing biochar on the cheap

A worker-owned cooperative is deploying PyroTowers to produce biochar, which helps farmers in the developing world improve their yields.

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The Grind @thegrindto.bsky.social · Sep 16

We've been so busy publishing this summer that we didn't push our fundraising campaign, and the season is almost wrapped! Can you chip in so The Grind can keep putting out hard-hitting stories in Toronto?

Support here: www.thegrindmag.ca/support-the-...

A graphic reading "The Grind's summer fundraising goal is $7,000. Help us reach it by Sept 21. Keep local, independent journalism alive in Toronto! thegrindmag.ca/support " And there is a red and green progress bar showing $1,500 of the way to $7,000.

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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · Sep 17

New episode! We look at return-to-office mandates, particularly for the GTA. We debate whether or not they're a good idea, and discuss why they're likely to make your commute take even longer.

Watch here: youtu.be/208zVYQWfh4

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Vancouver Is Awesome @viawesome.bsky.social · Sep 17

Canada's fastest supercomputer goes online at SFU after $80M upgrade

Simon Fraser University has launched 'Fir,' a next-generation computing powerhouse.

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Reece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · Sep 17

A piece in the Star today along with Jonathan English and Narayan Donaldson on fixing the very slow, but very high potential Spadina streetcar.

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

This is how we fix the terminally slow Spadina streetcar

We don't have to spend billions to fix one of Toronto's most important transit routes.

www.thestar.com

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Tormented🕷Abroad @jjgass.bsky.social · Sep 17

Yes. We can learn to tax the rich.

New Scientist @newscientist.com · Sep 17

Tech millionaire turned longevity pioneer Bryan Johnson devotes more than 6 hours a day to trialling different methods to turn back the clock. Can the rest of us learn anything from his radical approach?

The real scientific insights from Bryan Johnson’s immortality quest

Tech millionaire turned longevity pioneer Bryan Johnson devotes more than 6 hours a day to trialling different methods to turn back the clock. Can the rest of us learn anything from his radical approach?

www.newscientist.com

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Armin ~ ❤️☕️ ~ 🍁 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 @mackrauss.bsky.social · Sep 17

Sign the TTC Riders petition to cap TTC fares per month.

www.ttcriders.ca/farecapping?...

Add your name for Fare Capping!

www.ttcriders.ca

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Armin ~ ❤️☕️ ~ 🍁 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 @mackrauss.bsky.social · Sep 16

What happened to Carney? He talked about 100% EV sales by 2030 in Canada? Now he is protecting legacy car makers business and burning the planet with more fossil fuels. Worst, he is gaslighting everyone with bio fuels, carbon capture and other nonsensical “solutions”.

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Armin ~ ❤️☕️ ~ 🍁 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 @mackrauss.bsky.social · Sep 15

The CBC had an article www.cbc.ca/news/climate... and hope you could do a deep dive. Bonus would be to learn if any of the technology could be or even is produced in Canada.

Plug-in balcony solar panels could mean cheaper power. But Canada needs to get on board first | CBC News

How would you like to lower your electricity bill and help power your home using an abundant renewable energy source — the sun? There is an affordable, do-it-yourself solution for people who own house...

www.cbc.ca

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