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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is a common polling error where Gen z responders say they're at a very Chinese time in their life and that gets coded as age.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I could be misreading it the census mapper. But I think that's right. It really is baffling how much of that 540k has been put into the waterfront. Small tracts with 0 population in 1971 becoming 7000 by 2016, with more buildings on the way. (I don't think this is all bad)

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The article says "Toronto Region", so that would be using the ~2m figure for the 6 old cities. Looking at census mapper, it seems like ~80%+ of that 540k is TEY, with Old Toronto having the bulk of it (EY+Y was like 250k).

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Crazy that "save us minority government" means hoping Eric Duhaime over performs in the regions.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

No stakes in this game, but Florida House of reps pays $18,000. I'd be in dire financial straits too.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And PEI, also 1935! Something must have been going on in the 30s that made people mad at their governments.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

United Farmers of Alberta, I believe. 1930 majority, 1935 no seats.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Their hate is so pure. And it's funny - they're both former Liberal MPs! Surprising how that tent can stay together as well as it does.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Is he even replacement level? He's been batting in the majors for 10 years and has 1 motion, 0 committee chairs.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Sean Evans: On the set of Eyes Wide Shut you played chess with Stanley Kubrik, and - Tom Cruise: (drinking Da Bomb straight from the bottle) he always played the Sicilian Defence.

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 21/11/2025

MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down TRUMP: Uh huh MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade? TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Centre of the universe baby, Toronto centre represent.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Channeling Canadian YIMBYs by saying Canada's EU Associate Membership needs to come with elevator and single-stair reform. (They're correct, btw).

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Obviously politics are different now, but we've hit 22 before from 1935-1957. And there was only a 6 year interruption before an almost uninterrupted 20. I'm very much not a LPC member, but they've got game.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It's always worth stating we're a distinct society from the US. Bilingualism, parliamentary government, bunny hugs. Totally different. To be European we gotta get that vacation time up. How is 3+ weeks not a basic NDP talking point. Eby, Kinew you have majorities! (I think Sask has 3 weeks).

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Eric Duhaime saying "the most important thing to fight climate change is to eliminate the carbon tax in Quebec" is amazing. It must absolutely rule to play politics on easy mode, saying the dumbest possible thing and still getting 15% because of culture wars.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What's the lowest percentage of the vote you can win a Senate race with? 48.5% maybe? Maybe in Montana it's a little lower but how many races have 3rd parties cracking 3% total?

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Does center-right mean Center here? From my reading they seem to be ideologically close to Liberals and Moderates, but are grouped with the opposition because they refuse to align with Sweden Democrats. But I could be reading this all wrong.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In my first public service job, the director told me I should apply to a fully paid MBA-like certificate at York University. It's how she became a director. In the interim it had been replaced by a 1 hour video course. And I think the public sector is better than the private in this regard.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In my experience in the civil service, entry level staff have Masters degrees, senior management have a bachelors, and middle management have PhD. All the training that got senior management to that position has been privatized.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is a big part of it. @jacobdawang.com has clocked application signs with Yahoo and Sympatico addresses. If you have a Sympatico address on your sign, I don't think Aird & Berlis or SvN are helping you jump through hoops.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The most in demand typology and it's impossible to build in almost every zone. Next council should correct history's error, collapse everything into an R zone. They're already all RM effectively.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Sean this is so true and thank you for saying it. I meanwhile follow the David Olive one true path and think we should nationalize the auto plants.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Here at the Toronto Star we follow the Atkinson Principles, except for Martin Regg Cohn and Rosie DiManno, who instead follow the Caca Poopoo principles.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I think every billionaire should be submitted to a Nathan Fielder documentary. I want to see the absolute worst vibes imaginable.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

When you're biking you start watching for car brands, because the more expensive ones are less predictable. Of course yesterday I had a near miss with a very rusted Pontiac Sunfire, so like all heuristics, it's not perfect.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Since we're doing distracted driving today, I'll just add to the discourse that Mercedes drivers have been awful since well before screens. The more expensive the car, the less likely they are to yield to pedestrians. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Estimated car cost as a predictor of driver yielding behaviors for pedestrians

Pedestrian crashes are not equitably distributed; people of color and males are overburdened. The aim of this study was to examine if driver yielding behavior differed based on gender and skin color o...

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Canada was founded on a corrupt railway construction project. Phil is part of a proud tradition.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Watch the kids vote for the Sugar Maple, upholding the Laurentian consensus.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Can someone tell me why a decommodified land trust house costs $1 million plus a $90,000 land lease? I'm told deccomodification is the key to affordability. Where does the money go? Is it younger residents subsidizing older residents? www.thestar.com/life/togethe...

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Why finding a home on the Toronto Islands takes decades — and how the exclusive waitlist works

Grant Oyston has spent 13 years on the Toronto Island home waitlist. Discover how the exclusive, 500-person list works.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I would like this, but it would need to come with reform to how we do concrete cuts. Because currently the cuts for our utilities are awful, and if we had more underground infra, every sidewalk would be a mess of wonky asphalt patches.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Marlow is living proof that clown college is a good thing (he went to Lecoq, which is a clown college in Paris). He's so much better on camera than most Canadian politicians, because like most clowns, he's not self conscious.

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"Lake America" instantly just absolutely clogged with algae. Six uniformed National Guard guys standing on a beach dumping windex into it. It smells like a turtle tank.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

If Vancouver is big Hong Kong, would it be accurate to say "they're building Shanghai on Yonge Street"? Asking for a friend.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I think the actual beef is that Moise supported Bailao, cancelled his NDP membership, and hustled to get the LPC nomination last year. But because councillors are "non partisan" they can't use that as a reason to stop supporting him.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

To add to this very good thread, Mamdani is such an above replacement level politician that he should probably travel in a pope-mobile.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

And a middling comedy goes up at least a star in a packed theatre. Laughing with other people is lots of fun!

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I'm reasonably certain that would map well onto a $/sqft for rentals and sales. We can tell people want to live in Davenport, partly because small developments pencil there when they won't pencil in the suburbs. (Zoning confounds this somewhat)

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I'm staring a non-profit that sends longtime politicians paddle boarding, hiking, fishing. Poor underprivileged councillors like Mike Colle and James Pasternak should be allowed to canoe the Humber.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I will say, do a deep dive into the crosstabs of this poll. 22/215 respondents are under 55. It's a small sample size with a bafflingly bad response rate. There's really no world where Tate can clear...25% of the vote? I wouldn't put money on 15% either.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Also if they're getting polls like this in deep red states, national ad spending gets trickier. Incumbents will be worried about sending money to Ohio or Alaska if Mississippi/Arkansas look like they could be close.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

In Toronto they contribute to the OMERS pension plan. It's not quite the supercharged MP pension, though it is generous. Honestly, probably part of why they stick around so long!

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I don't understand the OLP. They have the Liberal Bill Davis, and every few years they trot him out and say "don't worry, we won't make this guy our leader".

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Ready for Richard III? The King's Men have released a list of 4 quartos and 3 folios to read before this winter of discontent.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

With Mike Layton entering the race in Uni-Rose, I'm once again on my bullshit about municipal political parties. Engaged voters should get a progressive primary, and median voters should be told which way to vote by the colour of the sign. Relying on name recognition is a terrible system!

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I commend @cycletoronto.bsky.social for their work, and I hope a hail Mary to the supreme Court at least gets an injunction. But the way we're getting better infra in Toronto is with a pro-cycling provincial government.

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Malcolm MacMahon @amacmahon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

That this specific judge who wrote the decision is a right wingers just means that his arguments kind of stink. But it was unanimous! Same with our mayors and councillors. Some of those positions in America have constitutional protections. Ours don't.

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