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@peeete.bsky.social
· Nov 16
I saw this mug at the flea market today, and it literally has my name on it, so I bought it 💖
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Toronto deliberately killed apartment construction in the early 1970s, after a generation-long building boom.
Almost all of that housing was built by “the market.”
Almost all of that housing was built by “the market.”
Charting number of rental units in apartment buildings in Toronto by year of construction
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
(This is a quick update to a similar chart I made ~2.5 years ago)
#toronto #housing #dataviz #NationalHousingDay
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Toronto deliberately killed apartment construction in the early 1970s, after a generation-long building boom.
Almost all of that housing was built by “the market.”
Almost all of that housing was built by “the market.”
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For the Star, I make the case for the condo/apartment as aspirational -- that the Canadian dream can also be an apartment in a dense neighbourhood and not, as is so often the case in this country, be taken to only ever mean a detached house. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Navneet Alang: Condos get a bad rap. Here’s why they should be part of the Canadian dream
My parents bought their first home for 11,000 pounds (approximately $20,000) in 1974. It was an ordinary small row house on a dour street in East London. Now, more than
www.thestar.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
For the Star, I make the case for the condo/apartment as aspirational -- that the Canadian dream can also be an apartment in a dense neighbourhood and not, as is so often the case in this country, be taken to only ever mean a detached house. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Warp drives. Orbital habitats. Space elevators. The golden age of 20th century science fiction produced dreams with some things in common — they're extensively designed, in no sense real, and possibly strangling the future.
@goldwagnathan.bsky.social on the weird platonism of sci-fi for Heat Death!
@goldwagnathan.bsky.social on the weird platonism of sci-fi for Heat Death!
The Fatal Allure of Yesterday's Tomorrows
On the dangers of seeing science fiction as a template for the future.
heat-death.ghost.io
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Warp drives. Orbital habitats. Space elevators. The golden age of 20th century science fiction produced dreams with some things in common — they're extensively designed, in no sense real, and possibly strangling the future.
@goldwagnathan.bsky.social on the weird platonism of sci-fi for Heat Death!
@goldwagnathan.bsky.social on the weird platonism of sci-fi for Heat Death!
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Our last batch of #BikeTO modular Zicla accessible platforms was installed over the past week.
We've installed over 40 of these platforms over the past 8y
Many lessons have been learned, a lot of innovation made & some very strong partnerships forged.
Toronto is a winter city leader in this stuff.
We've installed over 40 of these platforms over the past 8y
Many lessons have been learned, a lot of innovation made & some very strong partnerships forged.
Toronto is a winter city leader in this stuff.
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Our last batch of #BikeTO modular Zicla accessible platforms was installed over the past week.
We've installed over 40 of these platforms over the past 8y
Many lessons have been learned, a lot of innovation made & some very strong partnerships forged.
Toronto is a winter city leader in this stuff.
We've installed over 40 of these platforms over the past 8y
Many lessons have been learned, a lot of innovation made & some very strong partnerships forged.
Toronto is a winter city leader in this stuff.
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Folks, we're on newsprint. I have achieved a childhood dream. I am Hagar the Horrible. I am Beetle Bailey.
Comics from @gabrielledrolet.bsky.social and @hausofdecline.bsky.social in the new edition of @thegrindto.bsky.social, rolling out across the city today!
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Folks, we're on newsprint. I have achieved a childhood dream. I am Hagar the Horrible. I am Beetle Bailey.
The idea that we'd be spinning up a brand new dump on basically pristine land is so absurd in 2025.
ANALYSIS | What happened behind the scenes before the city's pursuit of a landfill site went public | CBC News
CBC News has pieced together some of how the city has gone from landfill opponent to the prospective buyer of an east end landfill site, including how the owner first informed the mayor’s office it wa...
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The idea that we'd be spinning up a brand new dump on basically pristine land is so absurd in 2025.
Anyone know what happened to this plan? I can find a handful of articles from 2019 about removing car traffic from the square and adding some spectator space but nothing since then. Nothing about renaming the square either. Did the deal fall through?
Lansdowne Park turning Aberdeen Square into full-scale event venue
Lansdowne Park is revamping part of its pedestrian mall to host major events and concerts as part of a wider campaign to attract more year-round visitors to the area
obj.ca
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Anyone know what happened to this plan? I can find a handful of articles from 2019 about removing car traffic from the square and adding some spectator space but nothing since then. Nothing about renaming the square either. Did the deal fall through?
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Vote for people who'll spend more on housing and social programs.
Vote for tax cuts and exclusionary zoning, and you're asking for encampments in poorly maintained parks.
Vote for tax cuts and exclusionary zoning, and you're asking for encampments in poorly maintained parks.
"The longer visible signs of social decay are allowed to fester, the more inclined those with means will be to simply check out ... leaving those without the ability to relocate to deal with playgrounds littered with drug paraphernalia." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: We have normalized delinquent, disorderly behaviour in our cities for too long
There is nothing normal about an encampment forcing toddlers in the daycare next door to stay inside
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Vote for people who'll spend more on housing and social programs.
Vote for tax cuts and exclusionary zoning, and you're asking for encampments in poorly maintained parks.
Vote for tax cuts and exclusionary zoning, and you're asking for encampments in poorly maintained parks.
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"Why must they build these condos so tall?" cry the people who think that 70% of the city shouldn't have new buildings.
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"Why must they build these condos so tall?" cry the people who think that 70% of the city shouldn't have new buildings.
Our entire framework for regulating these devices is so stupid, and licensing ebikes (while continuing to ban escooters) does not look like it will change that. Especially on a city by city basis.
Toronto is looking at licences for e-bikes. Here’s why that may be better for delivery riders — and pedestrians
Toronto is looking at licences for e-bikes. Here’s why that may be better for delivery riders — and pedestrians
Toronto is looking at a licensing e-bikes, which could close a gap in protections for delivery riders and other road users.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Our entire framework for regulating these devices is so stupid, and licensing ebikes (while continuing to ban escooters) does not look like it will change that. Especially on a city by city basis.
I'm not an expert, but looking at this picture I think I can identify the source of the problem.
Westboro resident says a planned redesign of his street will make it too narrow
A Westboro man is part of a group of residents that wants the City of Ottawa to rethink a planned redesign of their street.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I'm not an expert, but looking at this picture I think I can identify the source of the problem.
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Nostalgia about neighbourhood retail is not a strategy — the City's heavily compromised decision on neighbourhood retail may result in no new neighbourhood retail, writes senior editor @johnlorinc.bsky.social.
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
Nostalgia about neighbourhood retail is not a strategy - Spacing Toronto
I have lived for many years less than 30 metres from what was once one of Toronto’s storied corner stores — a green grocer known locally as “Dom’s” — for the owner, Domenico Cozzi. He and his wife Ros...
spacing.ca
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Nostalgia about neighbourhood retail is not a strategy — the City's heavily compromised decision on neighbourhood retail may result in no new neighbourhood retail, writes senior editor @johnlorinc.bsky.social.
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
spacing.ca/toronto/2025...
Gift link, for anyone who wants to read more about why the city might have decided to disband the Toronto Parking Authority:
www.thestar.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Gift link, for anyone who wants to read more about why the city might have decided to disband the Toronto Parking Authority:
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In case anyone is wondering what McGrath means by accounting fiction: TPA makes a "profit" only if you don't include its capital budget and ignore that the maintenance and resurfacing for on-street parking is paid for by Transportation Services.
October 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
In case anyone is wondering what McGrath means by accounting fiction: TPA makes a "profit" only if you don't include its capital budget and ignore that the maintenance and resurfacing for on-street parking is paid for by Transportation Services.
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Anne Hidalgo is one of the most courageous mayors in history. They sued her. Said she was attacking Parisian heritage. Said she would make traffic worse.
And yet she persisted. She seized an opportunity and delivered.
And yet she persisted. She seized an opportunity and delivered.
Ridership on Paris region transit systems is now generally at or higher than pre-pandemic levels. Bike use is much higher than pre-pandemic.
At the same time, car traffic in Paris and on its ring highway is substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
At the same time, car traffic in Paris and on its ring highway is substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Anne Hidalgo is one of the most courageous mayors in history. They sued her. Said she was attacking Parisian heritage. Said she would make traffic worse.
And yet she persisted. She seized an opportunity and delivered.
And yet she persisted. She seized an opportunity and delivered.
Slip lanes lmao
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Slip lanes lmao
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whenever the sun sets at 4:45 pm i open a window, lean out and yell "WRONG" as loud as i can. that usually buys me another hour or two of sunlight
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
whenever the sun sets at 4:45 pm i open a window, lean out and yell "WRONG" as loud as i can. that usually buys me another hour or two of sunlight
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Critics of speed cameras challenge the claim that compliance lowers accidents and injuries
Below are #OttCity collisions within 30s of a camera and normalized to age of camera (-'ve = prior install)
Collisions and injuries dropped. Will they go up again?
Tx for helping
@sjamieit.bsky.social
Below are #OttCity collisions within 30s of a camera and normalized to age of camera (-'ve = prior install)
Collisions and injuries dropped. Will they go up again?
Tx for helping
@sjamieit.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Critics of speed cameras challenge the claim that compliance lowers accidents and injuries
Below are #OttCity collisions within 30s of a camera and normalized to age of camera (-'ve = prior install)
Collisions and injuries dropped. Will they go up again?
Tx for helping
@sjamieit.bsky.social
Below are #OttCity collisions within 30s of a camera and normalized to age of camera (-'ve = prior install)
Collisions and injuries dropped. Will they go up again?
Tx for helping
@sjamieit.bsky.social
Replacing cheap, perfectly even enforcement by cameras with expensive, error and bias prone humans is a recipe for disaster.
New local traffic safety programs are being rolled out, and you will see more officers enforcing the rules with tickets and demerit points to keep our streets safe.
Please do not speed. Drive responsibly. Our families, our schools, and our neighbours deserve safe roads every single day.
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Please do not speed. Drive responsibly. Our families, our schools, and our neighbours deserve safe roads every single day.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Replacing cheap, perfectly even enforcement by cameras with expensive, error and bias prone humans is a recipe for disaster.