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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 12h

You don't see these cab over trucks that much anymore. Surprised to see this one in downtown #Toronto #cars #

blue cab over semi truck at an intersection

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 12h

The Honey Locust trees have turned yellow. They're always the first to go. #autumn #trees #Toronto

several honey locusts tree by a road with yellow leaves

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Glad to hear that some rain is on the way to #Toronto. The birds are not too happy and making full use of the bird bath. Along with all the other local animals. #birds #birding #Toronto

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Saw this white-throated sparrow this morning. It was amongst the dozen house sparrow that are typically in the backyard. Fall migration is well underway. I figure that the house sparrow attract such migrants, showing where food and water sources are. Mid-town […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

a white-throated sparrow sitting on the fence

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Neville Park @nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Back home and in comfy clothes and fed. (I took a little nighttime ramble in High Park afterwards.) Here's the view from Bloor W. near Glendonwynne. #CriticalMass #BikeTooter #bikeTO

Looking east on Bloor towards High Park, just before sunset; the slope of the hill lets you see there is a dense procession of cyclists stretching as far back as the eye can see. Foreground blurred for privacy.

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Saw two sapsuckers this morning. All the birds are moving with migration. #Toronto #birds Location www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1872…

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

It was a Uniglide hub from 1986. 6 speed cassette. Managed to get it off without too much difficulty. #bicycle #biketooter #bike

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Has anybody encounter this freewheel from Shimano, has a VIA stamped on it, and Made in Singapore. Doesn't seem to be anyway of removing it. No place to put a standard freewheel key/wrench. I haven't checked under the dust cover. Not the greatest of steel rim wheel […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

freewheel with 'VIA' 'Shimano' and 'Made in Singapore' written on it.

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

#Toronto progress in the #LRT the bridge across the Humber river continues to be built. #TTC this is at Jane and Eglinton. #Topoli #Onpoli

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Something has been eating the beans from out of the pods at the #allotment #garden Any guesses? Maybe a bird or a mouse? Seem to be from the middle or top of the lattice.

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Saw this vintage bicycle on Queen West today, Parkdale #Toronto. Still had the old Sears sticker on it. Figure it is from the 70s. A nice survivor #bicycle

blue racing bike with a sears sticker on steering tube

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

LIke this #DIY metal fence made with old bicycles. #metal #diy #foundart A 3 meter tall fence, with bicycles welded together. In #Toronto Parkdale. Aprox. location www.openstreetmap.org/node/207676681

whole bicycles turned into a 6 foot tall fence

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Saw this old, maybe 250 year old, #tree that came down in #Toronto near Roncesvalles and HIgh Park. It was a far more destructive storm that happened 2 weeks ago, than people think. #ONStorm #climateChange I left a coffee cup for scale. This tree was probably as old as Canada.

1.5m tree trunk stump, with a coffee cup for scale.

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Saw this rickshaw #bicycle today in #Toronto on Roncy. Interesting conversion, part wood, part long thick steel straps shaped to form. It would be fun to try pedaling this, for a very short distance.

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

If anyone, for whatever reason, is interested, this Fuji Absolute 5.0 frame weighs approx 3.6 kilos. Seat tube length is approx 48cm, and tube tube 55cm. I'm overhauling it, so decided to weigh it while it was dissembled. #bicycle

Analog hanging scale reading just over 3.5 kilos.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"In July, a total of 3,675 vehicles went 60 km/h or above on Parkside Drive, where the limit is 40 km/h. That’s an increase of 560 per cent over July 2025, when the number was 556." #OnPoli #ToPoli

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

I forgot to post this Cooper's hawk that I saw last month in the backyard. I really like the urban feel of this picture. The red brick wall in the background, the cable wires that the bird is sitting on. This is in mid-town Toronto. #Toronto #nature #birds #hawk #ontario #urban

coopers hawk with brick wall behind it, sitting on cable wires.

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Does anybody know what plane this is? Saw it hiking at 1:24 p.m. near Orono #Ontario I didn't have my other camera, so had to use my phone for this shot. #plane #planespotting

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Old rail bridge on the Orono Crown Lands trail in #Ontario Part of the Ontario Northern Railroad. Opened in 1911 and closed in 1946. As a way of getting from Toronto to Montreal faster for farmers. #railroad #hiking Location: www.openstreetmap.org/way/41999908

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Can't believe how many salmon I saw myself swimming up this little stream near Orono #Ontario #nature Location: www.openstreetmap.org/way/65249935#…

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Salmon running here in #Ontario #nature Couldn't believe how many hundreds I saw in this little stream, all trying to work their way up. Location: www.openstreetmap.org/way/65249935

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

'Night' Market at Fairbank (Dufferin and Eglinton) subway station. #Toronto #Food #TTC #Topoli

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

This mourning dove #bird was relaxed, just sitting in a field, in the grass, didn't fly off. It was enjoying the peace of a late afternoon September. Great blue ring around the eye. #Toronto #birds Location Marie Baldwin #Park […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

I think that I spotted the next evolution of #Toronto #architecture Here the home was remodeled very well, but the cheap and fast addition from the 70s? was kept. Perhaps as an homage to this grungy area that defined the neighbourhood. This would have been a very […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

a large brick home with several additions

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

The evening light and yellow flowers at the #allotment in #Toronto Location

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

Saw a mushroom fairy ring in the grass. Not the greatest picture, but it was 2 meters across. Crazy to think how alive the soil is. Even when 99% of the time it just looks like a green lawn. This 2 meter wide fungus just does its thing. Location […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Several mushroom forming a ring formation

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

At the #allotment #garden in #Toronto #sunset through the flowers. Days are getting shorter.

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

There are still a few of these food trucks around in #Toronto #foodtruck

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

Astors, Sumac, and Goldenrod, the seasons are changing in #Toronto #nature Along the Beltline Trail www.openstreetmap.org/way/1009122275

a big bush of sumac, with hydro tower in background

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

That poor baby. Doug Ford knew accidents like this would happen. "The speed camera, which was near the crosswalk where the teen was hit, had been removed as part of a provincial government directive..." #GiftLink 🎁 #OnPoli #ToPoli #WalkTO #BikeTO www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

$According to the statement of claim, the boy suffered multiple injuries, including a traumatic brain injury, vision loss in his right eye, multiple skull/facial fractures, carotid artery injury, colonic injury and ongoing cognitive, psychological and behavioural effects.$

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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Finally watched the "Cycling Toward a Cooler Toronto" film featuring @mlongfield.bsky.social, @shoshannasaxe.bsky.social & two other U of T civil engineers. Appreciated Shoshanna's desire to bring back open streets at the end. #BikeTO #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcPG...

youtube.com

Cycling Toward a Cooler Toronto | The Power of Bike Lanes

YouTube video by Kit Lister

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TTCriders @ttcriders.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just as the school year begins, GO Train service is being cut. One fully-loaded GO Train can take up to 2,000 cars off the road. Doug Ford is allowing train service cuts while throwing money at new highways & bike lane removals, worsening traffic congestion. Details + how to take action!⬇️

graphic with a GO train and Doug Ford's faint face in the sky in the background.

text reads:

Metrolinx is cutting GO Train service under Doug Ford's watch. See the cuts and learn how to take action to stop them

a map showing the highlighted lines where GO cuts are happening, and details:

Barrie Line:
73% cut to weekend trains, reduced evening/night trains
Stouffville Line:
73% cut to weekend trains, reduced evening/night trains
Lakeshore West Line:
Weekend wait times doubled, most train service to Niagara eliminated
Lakeshore East Line:
Weekend wait times doubled

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Lots of storm damage still in #Toronto #OnStrom Many trees came down in Cedarvale Park Location www.openstreetmap.org/way/15707311#… Cedarvale park is a nice relaxing place in Toronto, it has a vintage bridge over the ravine Glen […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

So many #butterfly varieties today in #Toronto at the #allotment #garden Here is a Cabbage White and an Austaut Blue. Location www.openstreetmap.org/way/138153251… #butterflies

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Lots of #Monarch #butterflies today in #Toronto. I went to the #allotment #garden and all of Marie Baldwin park was alive with butterflies. I took way too many photos of them. Location: www.openstreetmap.org/way/138153251… #nature #naturePhotography #butterfly

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

A #monarch #butterfly on a sweet autumn clematis. A sport of orange on a blanket of white. #Toronto #allotment Location: www.openstreetmap.org/way/138153251…

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Sometimes you have to hold the trigger down on the camera and hope for the best. That's how I got this shot of the #butterfly flying in the air. I wasn't even looking through the view finder. This works .01% of the time. While gardening at the #allotment #butterfly […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

butterfly flying with hydro wires in the background

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

A pair of mourning doves at the #allotment gardens. They like the allotments, as there is usually a fresh freshly harvested plot that they can glean the seeds off of. #Toronto #birds Location: www.openstreetmap.org/way/464293658

pair of mourning doves sitting on a fence

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

A little song sparrow at the allotment garden in #Toronto #birds The ratio might be 100:1 of house sparrows to song sparrows at the allotment gardens, but they hang around, more solitary and up on a perch singing. Location www.openstreetmap.org/way/464293658

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Red-tailed Hawks really like to circle Marie Baldwin Park in #Toronto #Birds The allotment gardens attract many small birds and mammals, the nearby apartment buildings attacks a large flock of pigeons, the Black Creek provides water. The Humber River is a migration […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Just your average invasive house sparrow, but decide to take its portrait anyway. #birds #Toronto Location: www.openstreetmap.org/way/138153251

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Arthur Gron @arthurgron.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

I saw an Eastern Warbling Vireo this morning. I wonder how many I interesting birds I miss seeing, that are too high up, too backlit, too early or late in the evening. It's mostly house sparrows and an occasional house sparrow that I see daily. #Toronto #birds […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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