Perry King
@kngprry.bsky.social
✍🏾⚡️ author, collaborator, new daddy
storyteller @oiseuoft.bsky.social
REBOUND (Coach House Books, 2021);
A baseball book (Dundurn, TBD)
📍South Parkdale, in my heart
More of me: https://linktr.ee/perryking
storyteller @oiseuoft.bsky.social
REBOUND (Coach House Books, 2021);
A baseball book (Dundurn, TBD)
📍South Parkdale, in my heart
More of me: https://linktr.ee/perryking
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🧵 Hello! I've gotten an influx of new followers on this forum so I wanted to introduce myself properly! I'm an author, creative collaborator, and urbanist. I'm Toronto born and raised, the son of immigrants.
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Buck O’Neil’s eight decades in baseball truly exemplified the lifetime achievement award that bears his name.
The Hall of Famer who impacted the National Pastime as a player, coach, scout and storyteller was born #OTD in 1911.
The Hall of Famer who impacted the National Pastime as a player, coach, scout and storyteller was born #OTD in 1911.
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Buck O’Neil’s eight decades in baseball truly exemplified the lifetime achievement award that bears his name.
The Hall of Famer who impacted the National Pastime as a player, coach, scout and storyteller was born #OTD in 1911.
The Hall of Famer who impacted the National Pastime as a player, coach, scout and storyteller was born #OTD in 1911.
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Reminder: A lot of great books published this year during absolutely bonkers news & world event times. That squashes people talking about them. Keep buying books please, keep borrowing them from libraries, and for the love of all that's good, talk about them. Post about them. 📚
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reminder: A lot of great books published this year during absolutely bonkers news & world event times. That squashes people talking about them. Keep buying books please, keep borrowing them from libraries, and for the love of all that's good, talk about them. Post about them. 📚
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This is the crux. There is an entire cohort of municipal politician in Canada who actively don't like that they live in cities (reflective of a lot of voters).
Someone really needs to do a ranking of all of the anti-city city mayors in Canada
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is the crux. There is an entire cohort of municipal politician in Canada who actively don't like that they live in cities (reflective of a lot of voters).
Grew up close to at least four or five corner stores. They were all zany and housed zany things with tremendous value. It's a package deal.
Councillor Holyday worries about retail stores that "sell some zany thing that has very little value." He wants to know if council could define a list of what stores can sell.
Staff say they can regulate things like size, noise and property standards, but generally not what stores sell.
Staff say they can regulate things like size, noise and property standards, but generally not what stores sell.
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Grew up close to at least four or five corner stores. They were all zany and housed zany things with tremendous value. It's a package deal.
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He’s reading your posts and it’s getting to him. Cuz they’re true.
"The rage-baiting is really nauseating," says Councillor Parthi Kandavel. "The idea or the implication that we're against kids getting ice cream or seniors getting a cappuccino, it's troubling. That insinuation that some of us are knuckle-dragging suburbanites ... it doesn't reflect the complexity."
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
He’s reading your posts and it’s getting to him. Cuz they’re true.
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“I’m appalled at the implication that we’re against the very things we’re opposing.”
"The rage-baiting is really nauseating," says Councillor Parthi Kandavel. "The idea or the implication that we're against kids getting ice cream or seniors getting a cappuccino, it's troubling. That insinuation that some of us are knuckle-dragging suburbanites ... it doesn't reflect the complexity."
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“I’m appalled at the implication that we’re against the very things we’re opposing.”
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Don't be ridiculous, everyone knows the best beef patties are inside TTC subway stations. They'll have to transit in.
Councillor Shan moves to exclude three streets in his ward. He worries the retail spaces created won't just be small shops selling ice cream to locals, but things like "beef patties that are so popular that people from the 905 will come to get it." That'll just add to traffic problems, he says.
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Don't be ridiculous, everyone knows the best beef patties are inside TTC subway stations. They'll have to transit in.
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Deputy Mayor Malik asks if the city has received a lot of complaints about existing retail within neighbourhoods. Staff say of 1,000 neighbourhood businesses operating over last five years, 60% had no complaints, another 35% received five or less.
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Deputy Mayor Malik asks if the city has received a lot of complaints about existing retail within neighbourhoods. Staff say of 1,000 neighbourhood businesses operating over last five years, 60% had no complaints, another 35% received five or less.
*facepalm*
Councillor Myers: "Just so I have it clear, the city is paying $1.5 billion for these GO Train stations. Who's going to own these assets when they're complete?"
The province, says staff.
Myers: "So the City of Toronto has paid $1.5 billion to build assets for the province."
Staff confirm, yes.
The province, says staff.
Myers: "So the City of Toronto has paid $1.5 billion to build assets for the province."
Staff confirm, yes.
November 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
*facepalm*
Yup, got this press release… I wish folks would just pretend that they live in a city, for once.
Some random group of NIMBYs, claiming to speak for all of Toronto, is deeply concerned about neighbourhood stores.
The spokesperson (frequent activist vs planning reform) lives in a wealthy, deeply suburban part of Etobicoke.
These people speak for no one, and ought to be ignored.
cot-ra.org
The spokesperson (frequent activist vs planning reform) lives in a wealthy, deeply suburban part of Etobicoke.
These people speak for no one, and ought to be ignored.
cot-ra.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Yup, got this press release… I wish folks would just pretend that they live in a city, for once.
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Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
I mean... I'm speechless www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...
‘I hope this becomes a lasting tradition.’ Dodgers fans ease Blue Jays’ World Series loss with $30,000 in donations to SickKids
Many fans donated $51 as a tribute to the Blue Jays relievers who put the number 51 on their caps to pay respects to L.A. pitcher Alex Vesia.
www.thestar.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I mean... I'm speechless www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...
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Huge congratulations to Shalaya Valenzuela of Tseshaht, winner of the national Tom Longboat Award. Silver in Paris with Canada’s Rugby 7s, a UBC champion, and a powerful role model for Indigenous athletes. Read more at Ha-Shilth-Sa. Go Shalaya! #TseshahtProud #IndigenousExcellence
November 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Huge congratulations to Shalaya Valenzuela of Tseshaht, winner of the national Tom Longboat Award. Silver in Paris with Canada’s Rugby 7s, a UBC champion, and a powerful role model for Indigenous athletes. Read more at Ha-Shilth-Sa. Go Shalaya! #TseshahtProud #IndigenousExcellence
🧵 Hello! I've gotten an influx of new followers on this forum so I wanted to introduce myself properly! I'm an author, creative collaborator, and urbanist. I'm Toronto born and raised, the son of immigrants.
November 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
🧵 Hello! I've gotten an influx of new followers on this forum so I wanted to introduce myself properly! I'm an author, creative collaborator, and urbanist. I'm Toronto born and raised, the son of immigrants.
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Our thoughts are with the communities across the Caribbean as they courageously face Hurricane Melissa.
OISE Dean Erica Walker and the Alumni Association are organizing a donation drive to collect new and unused essential items. We thank you for your generosity and compassion.
#OISEUofT
OISE Dean Erica Walker and the Alumni Association are organizing a donation drive to collect new and unused essential items. We thank you for your generosity and compassion.
#OISEUofT
November 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Our thoughts are with the communities across the Caribbean as they courageously face Hurricane Melissa.
OISE Dean Erica Walker and the Alumni Association are organizing a donation drive to collect new and unused essential items. We thank you for your generosity and compassion.
#OISEUofT
OISE Dean Erica Walker and the Alumni Association are organizing a donation drive to collect new and unused essential items. We thank you for your generosity and compassion.
#OISEUofT
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Haaland’s evolution, the difference between being good and being great and what is the most intriguing league right now? All this and more on today’s episode! Available on the free feed, or ad-free on the members feed!
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November 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Haaland’s evolution, the difference between being good and being great and what is the most intriguing league right now? All this and more on today’s episode! Available on the free feed, or ad-free on the members feed!
www.patreon.com/posts/haalan...
www.patreon.com/posts/haalan...
A THREE RUN HOME RUNNON ALLLL YOUR CANDY ASSES! #worldseries
a man is holding a microphone in his mouth and saying if you smell
ALT: a man is holding a microphone in his mouth and saying if you smell
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November 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
A THREE RUN HOME RUNNON ALLLL YOUR CANDY ASSES! #worldseries
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1) From the vaults: a piece I wrote for TVO @tvotoday.bsky.social on how Ottawa nearly cancelled trick-or-treating in 1982. #Halloween #ontariohistory
www.tvo.org/article/are-...
www.tvo.org/article/are-...
October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
1) From the vaults: a piece I wrote for TVO @tvotoday.bsky.social on how Ottawa nearly cancelled trick-or-treating in 1982. #Halloween #ontariohistory
www.tvo.org/article/are-...
www.tvo.org/article/are-...
THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS BASEBALL CLUB THEY BETTER PUT SOME RESPDCK ON OUR NAME LETS GOOO #worldseries
October 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS BASEBALL CLUB THEY BETTER PUT SOME RESPDCK ON OUR NAME LETS GOOO #worldseries
HOW BOUT THOSE BLUE JAYS!!! #worldseries
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
HOW BOUT THOSE BLUE JAYS!!! #worldseries
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Terrified Jays fan still trapped inside Game 3
Terrified Jays fan still trapped inside Game 3
TORONTO - Following a World Series game against the LA Dodgers that went into multiple extra innings, local Blue Jays fan Mike Cortner reports that he appears to be trapped inside a metaphysical priso...
www.thebeaverton.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Terrified Jays fan still trapped inside Game 3
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Join us in celebrating 20 years of Telling Tales Out of School, supporting People for Education. This year, we are honouring the legacy of the late Dr. Charles Pascal and celebrating the remarkable career of Annie Kidder.
🎟️ Get your tickets: eventbrite.ca/e/telling-ta...
#OISE
🎟️ Get your tickets: eventbrite.ca/e/telling-ta...
#OISE
October 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Join us in celebrating 20 years of Telling Tales Out of School, supporting People for Education. This year, we are honouring the legacy of the late Dr. Charles Pascal and celebrating the remarkable career of Annie Kidder.
🎟️ Get your tickets: eventbrite.ca/e/telling-ta...
#OISE
🎟️ Get your tickets: eventbrite.ca/e/telling-ta...
#OISE
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A heartfelt thank you to all OISE and JICS alumni, staff, friends, and community members who joined us to celebrate 100 years of the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study (JICS) at our Centennial Alumni Homecoming! #JICS #JICS100 #OISEUofT
Take a look: www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...
Take a look: www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...
October 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A heartfelt thank you to all OISE and JICS alumni, staff, friends, and community members who joined us to celebrate 100 years of the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study (JICS) at our Centennial Alumni Homecoming! #JICS #JICS100 #OISEUofT
Take a look: www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...
Take a look: www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...
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🎓 New grad Dr. Tanitiã Munroe's tireless service to Black youth has produced groundbreaking research, and legacies like youth leadership programming.
This moment is a resounding milestone. Congrats, Dr. T!
Her story: oise.utoronto.ca/about/news/1...
#OISEUofT #OISEGrad25 #UofTGrad25
This moment is a resounding milestone. Congrats, Dr. T!
Her story: oise.utoronto.ca/about/news/1...
#OISEUofT #OISEGrad25 #UofTGrad25
New OISE grad Dr. Tanitiã Munroe is entering a new era of leadership and service | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Dr. Tanitiã Munroe, who completed her PhD in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education (LHAE), focuses on Black youth in education.
oise.utoronto.ca
October 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🎓 New grad Dr. Tanitiã Munroe's tireless service to Black youth has produced groundbreaking research, and legacies like youth leadership programming.
This moment is a resounding milestone. Congrats, Dr. T!
Her story: oise.utoronto.ca/about/news/1...
#OISEUofT #OISEGrad25 #UofTGrad25
This moment is a resounding milestone. Congrats, Dr. T!
Her story: oise.utoronto.ca/about/news/1...
#OISEUofT #OISEGrad25 #UofTGrad25