Adam
@youthworker.bsky.social
"Just living your life in this city (Toronto) and paying your taxes are ongoing acts of philanthropy to other parts of this province and country." - @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social
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The government takes all its cues from private sector. We've been indoctrinated to believe government is inherently inefficient, but all of its worst qualities are from douchebag CEOs with MBAs.
Two things I’m not sure is widely understood:
1. Many public servants no longer have their own desks and work in transient government co-working spaces
2. Many describe a Kafkaesque existence of going to physical offices only to spend their time on video calls with the people sitting next to them
1. Many public servants no longer have their own desks and work in transient government co-working spaces
2. Many describe a Kafkaesque existence of going to physical offices only to spend their time on video calls with the people sitting next to them
Federal public servants called back to office 4 days a week starting this summer | CBC News
The federal government expects its employees to return to in-office work for a minimum of four days a week starting this July.
www.cbc.ca
February 9, 2026 at 12:51 AM
The government takes all its cues from private sector. We've been indoctrinated to believe government is inherently inefficient, but all of its worst qualities are from douchebag CEOs with MBAs.
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"Officers are accused of trafficking, leaking addresses to hitmen, and leaking police officer addresses, the sources said.
The investigation also uncovered a conspiracy to kill a unit commander at the Toronto South Detention Centre, the sources said."
Holy Christ. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The investigation also uncovered a conspiracy to kill a unit commander at the Toronto South Detention Centre, the sources said."
Holy Christ. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
9 Toronto police officers facing charges related to tow-truck violence: source | CBC News
Nine Toronto police officers are facing charges related to violent incidents involving tow trucks and operators across the Greater Toronto Area, multiple sources tell CBC News.
www.cbc.ca
February 4, 2026 at 11:46 PM
"Officers are accused of trafficking, leaking addresses to hitmen, and leaking police officer addresses, the sources said.
The investigation also uncovered a conspiracy to kill a unit commander at the Toronto South Detention Centre, the sources said."
Holy Christ. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The investigation also uncovered a conspiracy to kill a unit commander at the Toronto South Detention Centre, the sources said."
Holy Christ. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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It’d be great if the @tdsb.on.ca could make the call tonight. Radar shows at least a few more hours of snow. Just let us know. Now. Please.
January 25, 2026 at 10:51 PM
It’d be great if the @tdsb.on.ca could make the call tonight. Radar shows at least a few more hours of snow. Just let us know. Now. Please.
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"When it comes down to the definition of a worker, bosses are management, and a cop is a boss with a gun. There’s nothing that they have in common with actual workers."
www.welcometohellworld.com/police-have-...
www.welcometohellworld.com/police-have-...
January 10, 2026 at 1:58 PM
"When it comes down to the definition of a worker, bosses are management, and a cop is a boss with a gun. There’s nothing that they have in common with actual workers."
www.welcometohellworld.com/police-have-...
www.welcometohellworld.com/police-have-...
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Not a single reference Israel's continuing genocide in Gaza, illegal occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. Unbelievable. Willful avoidance.
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Not a single reference Israel's continuing genocide in Gaza, illegal occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. Unbelievable. Willful avoidance.
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New piece at the Toronto Star, looking at the link between housing affordability and falling birthrates. In short, families are having fewer children than they'd like because they can't afford family-friendly homes.
Read here:
Read here:
This one factor is a key reason people are having fewer children. It’s also a problem governments can help fix
People who want a family want and need family-sized housing.
www.thestar.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
New piece at the Toronto Star, looking at the link between housing affordability and falling birthrates. In short, families are having fewer children than they'd like because they can't afford family-friendly homes.
Read here:
Read here:
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This is a model for what actual masculinity should be. Men don’t need to spend more time in caves beating their chests with other men; they need to take their daughters to a meaningful thing and talk to them about it. Relatedly I think the biggest cure for toxic masculinity is platonic women friends
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
December 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This is a model for what actual masculinity should be. Men don’t need to spend more time in caves beating their chests with other men; they need to take their daughters to a meaningful thing and talk to them about it. Relatedly I think the biggest cure for toxic masculinity is platonic women friends
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It is my opinion that there are meaningful differences between the politics of Canada and the United States, and this kind of reaction to criticizing the fascist tone of American politics is unhelpful, boring and wrong. bsky.app/profile/gord...
hey we live in Canada glasses houses and all that
December 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It is my opinion that there are meaningful differences between the politics of Canada and the United States, and this kind of reaction to criticizing the fascist tone of American politics is unhelpful, boring and wrong. bsky.app/profile/gord...
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bari weiss is in hot water, fielding accusations of both malice and incompetence, but it’s not too late for her to clear this whole thing up by sitting down for an honest, straightforward interview with isaac chotiner.
December 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
bari weiss is in hot water, fielding accusations of both malice and incompetence, but it’s not too late for her to clear this whole thing up by sitting down for an honest, straightforward interview with isaac chotiner.
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I would like to recognize the good work of the photo caption writer in this story about convicted terrorist Matthew Althorpe:
"Matthew Althorpe, seen here in his room in his mother's basement, pleaded guilty in October to terrorism offences."
Feral.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/can...
"Matthew Althorpe, seen here in his room in his mother's basement, pleaded guilty in October to terrorism offences."
Feral.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/can...
Canadian neo-Nazi was ‘man behind the curtain’ of global terror attacks, Crown says, calling for 20-year sentence
Niagara man Matthew Althorpe “unleashed something that cannot be stopped,” a prosecutor told the judge.
www.thestar.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I would like to recognize the good work of the photo caption writer in this story about convicted terrorist Matthew Althorpe:
"Matthew Althorpe, seen here in his room in his mother's basement, pleaded guilty in October to terrorism offences."
Feral.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/can...
"Matthew Althorpe, seen here in his room in his mother's basement, pleaded guilty in October to terrorism offences."
Feral.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/can...
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My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
There is no possible justification for limiting e-bikes to 15mph but not cars.
New York Has a New E-Bike Speed Limit—and No Way to Enforce It
August 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My least popular (and most correct) view is that cars should be automatically limited to the local speed limit. Put the pedal to the floor and you still can't go over 25mph in a residential area.
(15 in Manhattan btw)
(15 in Manhattan btw)
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People in here reaching Toronto Life personal-finance-breakdown-article level of oblivious and unlikable.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/why...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/why...
Why east enders are feeling ‘cut off’ from the rest of Toronto. And the Gardiner ramp closure is only the beginning
East end residents feels they’ve been ignored by city hall after a cluster of overlapping construction projects has cut them off from the rest of Toronto.
www.thestar.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
People in here reaching Toronto Life personal-finance-breakdown-article level of oblivious and unlikable.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/why...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/why...
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Children don't collide with vans. The child is not the active party here, and frankly I think people who write articles like this should reexamine their lives.
December 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Children don't collide with vans. The child is not the active party here, and frankly I think people who write articles like this should reexamine their lives.
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he's gonna spend $600 billion on datacentres. do you know what i could build for $600 billion?
(mostly solar farms, but also extremely cool social housing projects and mass transit)
(mostly solar farms, but also extremely cool social housing projects and mass transit)
December 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
he's gonna spend $600 billion on datacentres. do you know what i could build for $600 billion?
(mostly solar farms, but also extremely cool social housing projects and mass transit)
(mostly solar farms, but also extremely cool social housing projects and mass transit)
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Spotify Wrapped, but it shows you how much each artist earned from your streams this year.
December 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Spotify Wrapped, but it shows you how much each artist earned from your streams this year.
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so our government made a big deal about banning speed cameras but one city left theirs running to see what difference the ban would make and you are not going to believe this
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
so our government made a big deal about banning speed cameras but one city left theirs running to see what difference the ban would make and you are not going to believe this
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I don't want to go full whataboutism but it's notable to me this group has only organized to oppose two apartments near King in Parkdale and didn't organize to support the 100% affordable rental building the United Church applied to build. Sort of gives away the game to me.
November 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I don't want to go full whataboutism but it's notable to me this group has only organized to oppose two apartments near King in Parkdale and didn't organize to support the 100% affordable rental building the United Church applied to build. Sort of gives away the game to me.
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Half of modern journalism just needs to be reporters asking politicians to define the words they use after they've used them.
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Half of modern journalism just needs to be reporters asking politicians to define the words they use after they've used them.
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Pled guilty, still on PAID leave. We love to see it. *flips a table*
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Pled guilty, still on PAID leave. We love to see it. *flips a table*
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Jewish writer Dave Meslin argues that panic about antisemitism in Canada since Oct. 7 is out of step with the actual risk. He calls for focusing on data and triage, not fear. #gaza
rabble.ca/human-rights...
rabble.ca/human-rights...
Risk, fear, and deflection: Some thoughts about antisemitism
Dave Meslin discusses views around antisemitism in Canada.
buff.ly
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Jewish writer Dave Meslin argues that panic about antisemitism in Canada since Oct. 7 is out of step with the actual risk. He calls for focusing on data and triage, not fear. #gaza
rabble.ca/human-rights...
rabble.ca/human-rights...
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If CBSA refuses to explain why it thought a *95 YEAR OLD* retired Princeton law professor and UN special rapporteur might be a threat to national security, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree should
Prominent legal scholar detained at Canadian border while on his way to a conference on Palestine | CBC News
A well-known academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If CBSA refuses to explain why it thought a *95 YEAR OLD* retired Princeton law professor and UN special rapporteur might be a threat to national security, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree should
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My section editors, easily half a dozen, in the last few years looked exactly like Ross Douthat, pale nervous ill-dressed beardy remnant males unable to make eye contact. It was a men's room. I would not be as vicious as the NYT and claim men ruined newsrooms. They just kept everything the same.
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My section editors, easily half a dozen, in the last few years looked exactly like Ross Douthat, pale nervous ill-dressed beardy remnant males unable to make eye contact. It was a men's room. I would not be as vicious as the NYT and claim men ruined newsrooms. They just kept everything the same.
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$5M in Shein stock is crazy. to put it in perspective, a child would have to work three billion hours in a Shein factory to earn a 1/10000th of this
November 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
$5M in Shein stock is crazy. to put it in perspective, a child would have to work three billion hours in a Shein factory to earn a 1/10000th of this