Not Vex as in 🏳️🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️🌈
@theterroirist.bsky.social
Wine, Politics, M:TG, Derby, Urban Affairs, Travel. Probably bad puns. All views expressed here are actually yours; sorry, I don't make the rules. they/them Toronto based, but I get around.
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Wow, hello everybody!
I woke up today to a LOT of new followers, so I thought I'd make a quick introductory post to let y'all know more about me.
Back on the 'other site' I mostly posted about urban issues, Magic: the Gathering, Roller Derby, equity, and - in the summer - baseball. 1/
I woke up today to a LOT of new followers, so I thought I'd make a quick introductory post to let y'all know more about me.
Back on the 'other site' I mostly posted about urban issues, Magic: the Gathering, Roller Derby, equity, and - in the summer - baseball. 1/
I'm noticing that a big problem with going from pandemic solitude into being the parent of a baby/toddler is that I've lost so many in-person connections with friends.
And at this point, it just feels too awkward to suddenly be "Hey, lets do something!"
But man, it sucks.
And at this point, it just feels too awkward to suddenly be "Hey, lets do something!"
But man, it sucks.
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I'm noticing that a big problem with going from pandemic solitude into being the parent of a baby/toddler is that I've lost so many in-person connections with friends.
And at this point, it just feels too awkward to suddenly be "Hey, lets do something!"
But man, it sucks.
And at this point, it just feels too awkward to suddenly be "Hey, lets do something!"
But man, it sucks.
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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
Preeeeeetty sure it's all the cars causing congestion there, and not converting street parking into a bus corridor that's doing it.
Uh oh, Ontario transportation minister Prabmeet Sarkaria liked this IntegrityTO video blaming bus lanes for car congestion…
December 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Preeeeeetty sure it's all the cars causing congestion there, and not converting street parking into a bus corridor that's doing it.
Oh god damn.
November 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Oh god damn.
Episode 1 of Heated Rivalry done. Heck, this is going to be a fun ride.
November 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Episode 1 of Heated Rivalry done. Heck, this is going to be a fun ride.
Twinks.
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Twinks.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge tour at the Skydome
Leonard Cohen - Hummingbird Centre
The Cure - Molson Amphitheatre/Bud Stage (twice, 25 years apart)
Springsteen - Hope Estate Winery
Tanya Tagak and Owen Pallett - Massey Hall
Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge tour at the Skydome
Leonard Cohen - Hummingbird Centre
The Cure - Molson Amphitheatre/Bud Stage (twice, 25 years apart)
Springsteen - Hope Estate Winery
Tanya Tagak and Owen Pallett - Massey Hall
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Metallica
Orbital
Rem
Paul Oakenfold
Aurora
Metallica
Orbital
Rem
Paul Oakenfold
Aurora
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
The Cure
GWAR
Dropkick Murphys
Prince
Elvis Costello & the Imposters
The Cure
GWAR
Dropkick Murphys
Prince
Elvis Costello & the Imposters
November 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge tour at the Skydome
Leonard Cohen - Hummingbird Centre
The Cure - Molson Amphitheatre/Bud Stage (twice, 25 years apart)
Springsteen - Hope Estate Winery
Tanya Tagak and Owen Pallett - Massey Hall
Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge tour at the Skydome
Leonard Cohen - Hummingbird Centre
The Cure - Molson Amphitheatre/Bud Stage (twice, 25 years apart)
Springsteen - Hope Estate Winery
Tanya Tagak and Owen Pallett - Massey Hall
Goodbye house.
You were a good house, even if the past few years were awful in a way that wasn't your fault, but will taint memories nonetheless.
On to the next chapter.
You were a good house, even if the past few years were awful in a way that wasn't your fault, but will taint memories nonetheless.
On to the next chapter.
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Goodbye house.
You were a good house, even if the past few years were awful in a way that wasn't your fault, but will taint memories nonetheless.
On to the next chapter.
You were a good house, even if the past few years were awful in a way that wasn't your fault, but will taint memories nonetheless.
On to the next chapter.
One injury, one victim from Ford's "war on anything that isn't a car" is too many.
I fear that this is just going to be the first of a great many.
Why does our government care more about giant pieces of metal than of denizen safety?
I fear that this is just going to be the first of a great many.
Why does our government care more about giant pieces of metal than of denizen safety?
Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
November 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
One injury, one victim from Ford's "war on anything that isn't a car" is too many.
I fear that this is just going to be the first of a great many.
Why does our government care more about giant pieces of metal than of denizen safety?
I fear that this is just going to be the first of a great many.
Why does our government care more about giant pieces of metal than of denizen safety?
Happy US Thanksgiving, friends!
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Happy US Thanksgiving, friends!
So the thing about the Cease signing (the timing, the amount, the deferrals, everything) is that it doesn't feel like a 'mission accomplished' signing. It feels like a warning shot to the rest of the league that we're here to play.
I'm excited to see what the next move is going to be, too.
I'm excited to see what the next move is going to be, too.
Blue Jays ppl I follow have been saying that if they would just sign Vladdy long term, and win some games, then free agents would go there, and now it is happening, just as was prophesied
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
So the thing about the Cease signing (the timing, the amount, the deferrals, everything) is that it doesn't feel like a 'mission accomplished' signing. It feels like a warning shot to the rest of the league that we're here to play.
I'm excited to see what the next move is going to be, too.
I'm excited to see what the next move is going to be, too.
Holy heck.
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Holy heck.
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people always stereotype Canadians as being polite, and its not true at all. We are passive-agressive weirdos who live in isolated weird places and the sooner we make peace with that the better
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
people always stereotype Canadians as being polite, and its not true at all. We are passive-agressive weirdos who live in isolated weird places and the sooner we make peace with that the better
I guess on the plus side, since ***GIANT SIGNS*** weren't going to work to reduce speeding anyhow, nothing much is lost.*
*Unless they decide to take those ridiculous trailer contraptions, and put them on the sidewalk rather than the road. Then pedestrian space will be lost.
*Unless they decide to take those ridiculous trailer contraptions, and put them on the sidewalk rather than the road. Then pedestrian space will be lost.
NEW: Doug Ford promised giant signs to replace speed cameras in school zones. Well, they've arrived and... they're huge. So big they don't fit onto existing poles.
Cities say they're too big, the province says they were briefed weeks ago. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154479...
Cities say they're too big, the province says they were briefed weeks ago. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154479...
Ford government says it will cover cost of installing oversized school zone signs | Globalnews.ca
Cities say the signs sent to replace speed cameras are too big. The transportation minister believes they should be able to 'figure out how to install a sign.'
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I guess on the plus side, since ***GIANT SIGNS*** weren't going to work to reduce speeding anyhow, nothing much is lost.*
*Unless they decide to take those ridiculous trailer contraptions, and put them on the sidewalk rather than the road. Then pedestrian space will be lost.
*Unless they decide to take those ridiculous trailer contraptions, and put them on the sidewalk rather than the road. Then pedestrian space will be lost.
Good news, everybody! The tech genius figured out how to limit replies, so now we'll never hear him complain again.
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Good news, everybody! The tech genius figured out how to limit replies, so now we'll never hear him complain again.
Tell me again about the war on cars, when cities refuse to clear snow for anybody but motor vehicles.
Motion fails 6-7.
Gibson, Richardson, Guthrie, Billings, Chew, Busutill, Hauser vote against.
Gibson, Richardson, Guthrie, Billings, Chew, Busutill, Hauser vote against.
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Tell me again about the war on cars, when cities refuse to clear snow for anybody but motor vehicles.
You love to see it.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
You love to see it.
So here's the thing. Kelly and other Dems will talk now about how these are illegal orders and how the military shouldn't follow illegal orders.
But does anybody actually believe that, in a future Dem govt, those personnel will be prosecuted?
Because, from here, it just sounds like hot air.
But does anybody actually believe that, in a future Dem govt, those personnel will be prosecuted?
Because, from here, it just sounds like hot air.
SEN. KELLY : “They informed me of this in a tweet because this is not about the law. This is about the media cycle, and intimidation… We basically repeated the uniform code of military justice, and they're saying that's in violation of it. It's absurd. Comical.”
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
So here's the thing. Kelly and other Dems will talk now about how these are illegal orders and how the military shouldn't follow illegal orders.
But does anybody actually believe that, in a future Dem govt, those personnel will be prosecuted?
Because, from here, it just sounds like hot air.
But does anybody actually believe that, in a future Dem govt, those personnel will be prosecuted?
Because, from here, it just sounds like hot air.
In today's installment of "Cars make people into psychopaths"...
"If a car stops to make sure they don't hit a pedestrian before turning right, and I hit them, that's their fault, right? It outta be illegal to look for pedestrians!"
"If a car stops to make sure they don't hit a pedestrian before turning right, and I hit them, that's their fault, right? It outta be illegal to look for pedestrians!"
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
In today's installment of "Cars make people into psychopaths"...
"If a car stops to make sure they don't hit a pedestrian before turning right, and I hit them, that's their fault, right? It outta be illegal to look for pedestrians!"
"If a car stops to make sure they don't hit a pedestrian before turning right, and I hit them, that's their fault, right? It outta be illegal to look for pedestrians!"
There are a lot of things I disagree with Ford about, but I remain so glad that he joined (despite needing to be dragged kicking and screaming to the line) the national childcare subsidy programme.
Under $500/month and a teacher student ratio of better than 5:1 means that we can afford daycare.
Under $500/month and a teacher student ratio of better than 5:1 means that we can afford daycare.
yeah I think the really insane part about this is that absolutely you are paying $250-$300 per week per child but also somehow the childcare workers who have classrooms with ten or fifteen kids are also only getting paid $500 a week.
when i worked at a daycare in 2012 the parents were paying like $300 a week! i was making roughly $300 a week so i was like “maybe i should just be nanny and only have to take care of one child???” childcare stuff is basically where the parents and the workers are all unhappy, we should fix that!
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
There are a lot of things I disagree with Ford about, but I remain so glad that he joined (despite needing to be dragged kicking and screaming to the line) the national childcare subsidy programme.
Under $500/month and a teacher student ratio of better than 5:1 means that we can afford daycare.
Under $500/month and a teacher student ratio of better than 5:1 means that we can afford daycare.
Good news: They're no longer blaming Millennials for killing any given industry.
Bad news: Now it's all of us.
Bad news: Now it's all of us.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Good news: They're no longer blaming Millennials for killing any given industry.
Bad news: Now it's all of us.
Bad news: Now it's all of us.
This is a wonderful story.
Great romp of a saga.
Great romp of a saga.
Mom however is 100% done, so we end our live report this AM with these final images for you, of a man standing on his verandah, surrounded by 23 sacks of rice, afraid to open his own front door.
Thank you for sharing our family journey through the saga of my BIL and his rice.
Thank you for sharing our family journey through the saga of my BIL and his rice.
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This is a wonderful story.
Great romp of a saga.
Great romp of a saga.
Conversely though, autism probably helped create vaccines.
Vaccines don’t cause Autism.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
Vaccines don’t cause Autism.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
November 23, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Conversely though, autism probably helped create vaccines.
Dude, it's Nigel Farage
His alleged "racist past" is much less relevant than his clearly racist present, surely?
His alleged "racist past" is much less relevant than his clearly racist present, surely?
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Dude, it's Nigel Farage
His alleged "racist past" is much less relevant than his clearly racist present, surely?
His alleged "racist past" is much less relevant than his clearly racist present, surely?
Just realising that, in my head, I've been merging Roblox and Minecraft as one thing.
Probably because Minecraft is blocky, and Roblox has 'Blox' in its name?
Probably because Minecraft is blocky, and Roblox has 'Blox' in its name?
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Just realising that, in my head, I've been merging Roblox and Minecraft as one thing.
Probably because Minecraft is blocky, and Roblox has 'Blox' in its name?
Probably because Minecraft is blocky, and Roblox has 'Blox' in its name?