Jerome Persaud
@swingingbunt.bsky.social
Woohoo!!
The Toronto Public Library has purchased the old WE Charity headquarters at Queen & Parliament to convert into a new branch: blogs.tpl.ca/news-release...
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Woohoo!!
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NEW: The Ford government is routinely making decisions before environmental consultations have concluded and under-resourcing public education about those consultations, the auditor general has found in her annual report. #OnPoli
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Ontario government routinely ignoring environmental consultations, AG finds | Globalnews.ca
The Ford government is routinely making decisions before environmental consultations have concluded and under-resourcing public education about those consultations, the AG found.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
NEW: The Ford government is routinely making decisions before environmental consultations have concluded and under-resourcing public education about those consultations, the auditor general has found in her annual report. #OnPoli
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NBA @trailblazers at @Raptors, Tuesday, December 2, 2025 @NBA @NBAstats #gamecharts #dataviz #nft
December 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
NBA @trailblazers at @Raptors, Tuesday, December 2, 2025 @NBA @NBAstats #gamecharts #dataviz #nft
Jak saved the game down the stretch. Darko put him back in when Portland squeezed it to two. Then Jak bucket, rebound, bucket. Raptors regained control of the game. Huge.
Quickley on Poeltl: “I’ve gotta give a shoutout to Jakob. He’s one of the best screen setters I’ve played with and is such an unselfish player… He does so much stuff for us that doesn’t show up in the stat sheet. You’ve gotta give him a lot of credit. We appreciate him a lot.”
December 3, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Jak saved the game down the stretch. Darko put him back in when Portland squeezed it to two. Then Jak bucket, rebound, bucket. Raptors regained control of the game. Huge.
I’ve been telling people for years upon years…Patrick Brown is not your hero (oh he was in a to-do with other Tories? Big whoop. That was a cockroach fight.)
How about zero real estate deals while mayor (and a decade after he leaves office)? He gets $150k+/yr.
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How about zero real estate deals while mayor (and a decade after he leaves office)? He gets $150k+/yr.
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Numbered company registered to Mayor Patrick Brown and his wife buys downtown Brampton properties for $1.45M
Mayor Patrick Brown said he has “consistently” checked with Brampton’s integrity commissioner “to ensure there is no conflict of interest.”
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December 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I’ve been telling people for years upon years…Patrick Brown is not your hero (oh he was in a to-do with other Tories? Big whoop. That was a cockroach fight.)
How about zero real estate deals while mayor (and a decade after he leaves office)? He gets $150k+/yr.
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
How about zero real estate deals while mayor (and a decade after he leaves office)? He gets $150k+/yr.
www.thestar.com/news/investi...
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Doug Ford’s never met a plan he’s ever actually read.
December 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Doug Ford’s never met a plan he’s ever actually read.
This is violence. Time to cap residential home ownership. (Three would be acceptable to most, I’d think. One to live in. One to rent out. One cottage. If you need more, too bad.
Asking rent data out from StatCan today for Q2 and Q3 2025.
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This is violence. Time to cap residential home ownership. (Three would be acceptable to most, I’d think. One to live in. One to rent out. One cottage. If you need more, too bad.
Many thanks to those who didn’t vote.
We’re spending a lot of your money to tell you what a great job we’re doing spending all your money telling you we’re spending your money.
- Doug Ford
- Doug Ford
December 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Many thanks to those who didn’t vote.
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Even in the bike utopias driving is still a perfectly acceptable social norm. 60% of households and over 80% of families with kids in Denmark have a car. The Netherlands has 513 cars per thousand people; Canada has 677. The threat to drivers, such as it is, is mostly imagined.
December 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Even in the bike utopias driving is still a perfectly acceptable social norm. 60% of households and over 80% of families with kids in Denmark have a car. The Netherlands has 513 cars per thousand people; Canada has 677. The threat to drivers, such as it is, is mostly imagined.
Hmm…a junior wrote this terrible paper? What is her other writing is like? Someone who writes that poorly shouldn’t have been admitted? OU claims respect & fairness but won’t defend their own employee? After going to biased Turning Point? This seems nefarious & trying to get a trans TA fired. Gross.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Hmm…a junior wrote this terrible paper? What is her other writing is like? Someone who writes that poorly shouldn’t have been admitted? OU claims respect & fairness but won’t defend their own employee? After going to biased Turning Point? This seems nefarious & trying to get a trans TA fired. Gross.
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One of the clearest ways to know if a human being isn’t as smart as they say they are, is if they never say “I don’t know”.
Doing the inverse of this - making up a nonsense riddle for it to solve -kind of shows the problem with a program like ChatGPT.
It will always try to generate a string of text in response to queries, and is obviously tuned towards saying *anything* at all. Hyper-verbal bullshit generator.
It will always try to generate a string of text in response to queries, and is obviously tuned towards saying *anything* at all. Hyper-verbal bullshit generator.
December 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
One of the clearest ways to know if a human being isn’t as smart as they say they are, is if they never say “I don’t know”.
Look, the Raptors need a bench centre & a big who can eat a few minutes on Jak rest days. He wouldn’t need to do much. A few boards. A blocked shot. A couple elbow jumpers. League min salary.
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Look, the Raptors need a bench centre & a big who can eat a few minutes on Jak rest days. He wouldn’t need to do much. A few boards. A blocked shot. A couple elbow jumpers. League min salary.
The Lakers just released Christian Koloko…maybe he’s an option? The Raps saw something in him before, and the blood clots don’t seem to be an issue anymore.
The Raptors need another centre. The Knicks have Towns and Robinson out there. With no Poeltl, they’re getting bodied out on every play.
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The Lakers just released Christian Koloko…maybe he’s an option? The Raps saw something in him before, and the blood clots don’t seem to be an issue anymore.
These Raps threes are awful. I know shooter’s gotta shoot but get buckets when you have extra chances.
December 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
These Raps threes are awful. I know shooter’s gotta shoot but get buckets when you have extra chances.
The Raptors need another centre. The Knicks have Towns and Robinson out there. With no Poeltl, they’re getting bodied out on every play.
December 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The Raptors need another centre. The Knicks have Towns and Robinson out there. With no Poeltl, they’re getting bodied out on every play.
The Raptors hands in the 3Q are awful. Bad dribbles. Bad passes. Bad protection. Playing with oven mitts out there.
December 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The Raptors hands in the 3Q are awful. Bad dribbles. Bad passes. Bad protection. Playing with oven mitts out there.
Nice to see that from CMB. Barnes stayed in beast mode but he got the help. And BI with the dimes!
NYK wasn’t going to stay that hot. More so, they stayed in love with the three-ball. Brunson will adjust to driving again but I’m happy for the rest of the Knicks to keep bricking after the heater.
NYK wasn’t going to stay that hot. More so, they stayed in love with the three-ball. Brunson will adjust to driving again but I’m happy for the rest of the Knicks to keep bricking after the heater.
Barnes obviously keyed things, but good to see CMB keeping possessions alive. Great work
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Nice to see that from CMB. Barnes stayed in beast mode but he got the help. And BI with the dimes!
NYK wasn’t going to stay that hot. More so, they stayed in love with the three-ball. Brunson will adjust to driving again but I’m happy for the rest of the Knicks to keep bricking after the heater.
NYK wasn’t going to stay that hot. More so, they stayed in love with the three-ball. Brunson will adjust to driving again but I’m happy for the rest of the Knicks to keep bricking after the heater.
This is a fantastic improvement. There will be Dum Dum Dougie Tories who will weaponize it & ignore that the fact that only (irritating) parking was removed for the lanes. Drivers were mostly stuck in the middle anyways. And the red lanes can still be used if you’re turning right, which is smoother.
🚍‼️ The new #TTC #RapidTO bus lanes on #Dufferin are great! Next, they should be:
-⬆️ extended north from Bloor to Eglinton
-🚌 paired w/ frequent & reliable service
-↔️ added to Finch, Lawrence, Jane & Steeles
✍🏾 Sign @ttcriders.bsky.social petition to expand & improve them: www.TTCriders.ca/Lanes
-⬆️ extended north from Bloor to Eglinton
-🚌 paired w/ frequent & reliable service
-↔️ added to Finch, Lawrence, Jane & Steeles
✍🏾 Sign @ttcriders.bsky.social petition to expand & improve them: www.TTCriders.ca/Lanes
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is a fantastic improvement. There will be Dum Dum Dougie Tories who will weaponize it & ignore that the fact that only (irritating) parking was removed for the lanes. Drivers were mostly stuck in the middle anyways. And the red lanes can still be used if you’re turning right, which is smoother.
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🚍‼️ The new #TTC #RapidTO bus lanes on #Dufferin are great! Next, they should be:
-⬆️ extended north from Bloor to Eglinton
-🚌 paired w/ frequent & reliable service
-↔️ added to Finch, Lawrence, Jane & Steeles
✍🏾 Sign @ttcriders.bsky.social petition to expand & improve them: www.TTCriders.ca/Lanes
-⬆️ extended north from Bloor to Eglinton
-🚌 paired w/ frequent & reliable service
-↔️ added to Finch, Lawrence, Jane & Steeles
✍🏾 Sign @ttcriders.bsky.social petition to expand & improve them: www.TTCriders.ca/Lanes
November 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🚍‼️ The new #TTC #RapidTO bus lanes on #Dufferin are great! Next, they should be:
-⬆️ extended north from Bloor to Eglinton
-🚌 paired w/ frequent & reliable service
-↔️ added to Finch, Lawrence, Jane & Steeles
✍🏾 Sign @ttcriders.bsky.social petition to expand & improve them: www.TTCriders.ca/Lanes
-⬆️ extended north from Bloor to Eglinton
-🚌 paired w/ frequent & reliable service
-↔️ added to Finch, Lawrence, Jane & Steeles
✍🏾 Sign @ttcriders.bsky.social petition to expand & improve them: www.TTCriders.ca/Lanes
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not now babe it's infishtructure week
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
not now babe it's infishtructure week
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"The Business Development Bank of Canada says if Canadians re-direct $100 more of their existing holiday budget to Canadian products, they will inject about $13 billion into the economy." 🇨🇦
#ShopLocal #SupportLocal
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#ShopLocal #SupportLocal
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As Black Friday heralds the holiday shopping rush, are we still dedicated to Buying Canadian? | CBC News
Despite recent data suggesting the Buy Canadian movement is losing steam, some business owners are hopeful the boom they've been seeing will continue through Black Friday sales and throughout the holi...
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November 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"The Business Development Bank of Canada says if Canadians re-direct $100 more of their existing holiday budget to Canadian products, they will inject about $13 billion into the economy." 🇨🇦
#ShopLocal #SupportLocal
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#ShopLocal #SupportLocal
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Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith have signed an agreement to advance Alberta’s pipeline dreams — and weaken some pollution laws. Here’s what you need to know:
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Carney’s Alberta pipeline deal weakens climate policies | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ‘grand bargain’ isn’t just about an Alberta pipeline —it also proposes rolling back a host of climate policies
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November 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith have signed an agreement to advance Alberta’s pipeline dreams — and weaken some pollution laws. Here’s what you need to know:
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
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Indeed. Carney could just bring back carbon pricing anytime but that would be bad for him politically even tho most NDP voters who put him in Ottawa would be happy. And making the BCNDP (and FN) play goalie while he stick handles with Smith isn’t cool.
An optimistic take. Not sure I share it, but Max is always a smart voice.
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Indeed. Carney could just bring back carbon pricing anytime but that would be bad for him politically even tho most NDP voters who put him in Ottawa would be happy. And making the BCNDP (and FN) play goalie while he stick handles with Smith isn’t cool.
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1/ Mark Carney has betrayed all of us by making a pipeline pact with Danielle Smith. A real nation-building project would expand the renewable energy of the future while creating thousands of jobs - powerlines not pipelines.
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
1/ Mark Carney has betrayed all of us by making a pipeline pact with Danielle Smith. A real nation-building project would expand the renewable energy of the future while creating thousands of jobs - powerlines not pipelines.
Probably a good thing.
NDP debates are less "debates" and more "agreement-offs" lol. Who can agree harder!!!!! Endearing but not very juicy
November 28, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Probably a good thing.