Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialEric Wright @ericnwright.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Repost if you think the Church Street pedestrianization project should be made permanent and year-round. An absolute new gem of a space in the heart of Toronto’s LGBT community. 05217
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 15/06/2026🧵A few times, I've been asked to share the best advice I have ever received. I always give the same answer: "If you go out on a limb, don't saw it off." I got from my father, Michael Klein, back when I was a student journalist. We lost him Wednesday. everloved.com/life-of/mich...everloved.comVisit Michael C. Klein's Memorial WebsiteTake part in remembering Michael C. Klein. Read his obituary, share your own memories, and learn about any funeral details on Ever Loved. 851438133
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialUrban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 15/06/2026“Since New York City introduced congestion pricing, the state has heralded significant reductions in traffic and rush hour delays, fewer crashes and noise complaints, & toll revenue projected to hit $500 million by the end of 2026. Now, Cornell researchers have tallied the environmental benefits.”news.cornell.eduCongestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell ChronicleCornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv... 5329132
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/06/2026“The city’s transition away from the car, tho fantastically chaotic, has become a global role model. Under mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social, Paris was ‘the most influential city in the world’ says Canadian urbanist Brent Toderian. Hidalgo, stepping down after 12 yrs, exulted: ‘The bike beat the car.’”ft.comHow Paris beat the carThough chaotic, the city’s transition has become a global role model 7574159
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialEric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · 28/05/2026#VictoriaBC MP @wgreaves.bsky.social ran on a platform that mentioned climate change 28 times, and did not mention pipelines once. Stephen Guilbeault did something significant about Carney's betrayal. Will Greaves can too. Everyone has choices to make. #yyj #cdnpoli #bcpoli 43618
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 10/05/2026Deeply integrating our economy with the United States is what made Canada so vulnerable to Trump’s bullying in the first place. This isn’t what Canadians voted for. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...ctvnews.caCarney says Canada open to deeper integration with U.S. ahead of CUSMA reviewSpeaking to a room of progressive policy experts in Toronto Saturday, Prime Minister Mark Carney offered some insight into what Canada has offered up ahead of an official review of the Canada-U.S.-Mex... 59649212
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialCycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 29/04/2026The past 2 years have seen the city unable (unwilling?) to clear major cycling routes & meet its own service standards (or provide any communications about timelines). Keep bike lanes safe & passable year round. Don't let City Hall fall trap to bad-faith culture wars pitting pedestrians v cyclists. 2283
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialJim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 27/04/2026The dream: Use public capital to lead the historic development and diversification of the national economy. Build value-added and high-tech capabilities that will outlive non-renewable resources. Accumulate public wealth over time. /3 25015
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialNorm Di Pasquale🇨🇦 @normsworld.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Tracking Ford’s interest in jets at the island airport 2018: No mention 2019: No mention 2020: No mention 2021: No mention 2022: No mention 2023: No mention 2024: No mention 2025: No mention 2026: Buys a jet and calls for jets at island airport Coincidence? We think not! #onpoli 412137
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialAlex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 14/04/2026These pro-airport people have no real arguments. Asinine culture-war garbage from top to bottom. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comMark McQueen: Why Billy Bishop airport is destined for expansionMy advice for the airport’s perennial opponents is simple: stale arguments won’t defeat Ford’s dream. Voters won’t be galvanized by specious arguments about an airport that’s been in operation since 1413544
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialAlli DeJong @allidejong.bsky.social · 22/03/2026This is completely unbearable. But also like… why are his insane ramblings never summarized like this in the media? We gotta wait for a substack guy to put it together like this? 3044711118
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialNora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 19/03/2026My latest! I'm keeping a list of the cuts that Mark Carney's government has made, and what impact they'll have on our public services. noraloreto.substack.com/p/counting-t...noraloreto.substack.comCounting the cutsMark Carney's attacks on Canada's public service should concern all Canadians. 8195110
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialRoss Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Trump and company's flailing around as they realize that they have blundered their way into a quagmire in Iran and are casting around for options reminds me of Pete Seeger's Vietnam Era classic m.youtube.com/watch?v=24VO...m.youtube.comWaist Deep in the Big Muddy (Pete Seeger)YouTube video by Vietnam War Song Project 164
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Think of every lazy “Happy St. Patrick’s Day” shared by politicians. Then watch this remarkable video, something I’ve never seen a city’s mayor do. #StPatricksDay 20509130
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialWarm Up The Guillotine @fiverdrive.bsky.social · 18/03/202613 months ago: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caFord seen on video saying he was '100% happy' Trump won U.S. election — until tariff threat | CBC NewsPC Leader Doug Ford was captured on video after a news conference Monday saying he was happy that President Donald Trump had won the most recent U.S. election — that is until Trump responded with tari... 2157
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialAlex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 17/03/2026For 150 years Toronto has cut itself off from its lakefront, with huge social, cultural and economic consequences. This keeps happening. The central waterfront of a 21c city is not a place for industry and dirty infrastructure. Why did the three gov's create @waterfrontoronto.bsky.social anyway? 24310
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialAlex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 15/03/2026The 2017 environmental assessment on jets at the Toronto Island airport is now public. Maps of proposed landfill and of maximum building heights, which would interfere with purpose development in the port lands. 7369
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialAlex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Here’s the Toronto establishment coming to bat for their boutique airport. Not a stitch of evidence that this expansion would generate economic benefit, but they’re going to keep saying it until it destroys the actual asset: an attractive waterfront www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comThe question about Billy Bishop Airport isn’t whether it should evolve, but how it willThe federal government estimates that the new preclearance facility could grow the airport’s annual economic contribution from $2.1 billion to $5.3 billion. A fully modernized Billy Bishop, with an ex... 710827
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialAlex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 10/03/2026This is a push poll, by the notorious Conservative operative Nick Kouvalis, that the government has leaked to the Star www.thestar.com/politics/pro...thestar.comInternal polling by Ford government suggests strong support for expanding Billy Bishop AirportThere is overwhelming public support in Toronto and across Ontario for expanding the runway at Billy Bishop Airport, according to internal government polling obtained by the Star. 106422
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Don’t forget, for many years #Uber insisted loudly that it would reduce traffic in cities. Instead, Uber drivers cruise without passengers 40% of the time. Uber and Lyft no longer claim they reduce traffic. They now admit they increase congestion. So much for “making cities better…” Via @wsj.comwsj.comThe Ride-Hail Utopia That Got Stuck in TrafficUber and Lyft said they would ease congestion. Instead they made it worse. 11417161
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialCatherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 28/11/2025People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson Gotcha. That explains a lot. 75439140
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Astonishing advance by the Greens, astonishing implosion of Labour. When will Starmer's government get the message that it is destroying its base with deeply unpopular, rightwing policies? By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself. 941531426
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2025CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become? 27691719110147
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialSophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Just a feeling. 301082395
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18/09/2025Weird right? He used to support the first amendment 460116232850
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Brendan Carr in 2019 👇🏽🤔 30914290
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialFrank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 18/09/2025By the head of the Federal Communications Commission, in 2022: 492048709
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialSophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Remembering Charlie Kirk's Greatest Hits 391406466
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialSophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 13/09/2025The Groyper Wars 8647292235
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialSophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 13/09/2025The Death of Democracy 261393467
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 13/09/2025Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin... 23996524304
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Facts are facts: Right-wing extremists account for the overwhelming majority of extremist-linked deaths in America. 22975503601
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialDavid Atkins @davidoatkins.bsky.social · 12/09/2025We don't yet have any idea what the ideology of the Kirk shooter was. But we do know that the Denver school shooter was a far-right white supremacist. www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...denverpost.com‘Radicalized’ Evergreen High School shooter appeared to hold antisemitic, violent views in online accountsArmed with a revolver, the 16-year-old shooter systematically reloaded and fired as he wandered the school, trying to find new targets, police say. 12788303525
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialBrad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 12/09/2025For your edification, Hill Heat has collected some of the building blocks of the political edifice Kirk constructed during his time on this Earth. We apologize for the intellectual sewage that follows.hillheat.news"Complete gibberish, nonsense and balderdash."Part One of a collection of the words of Charlie Kirk 45120
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialBruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 11/09/2025He didn’t deserve to be assassinated, but a lot of Canadian conservatives seemed to have really liked him. I saw one call him a modern-day Socrates 78121
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialClaire Kraatz @climatemamaclaire.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Take note @coreyhogan.ca @eleanorolszewski.bsky.social @juliedabrusin.bsky.social @liberalca.bsky.social @ndp.ca @canadiangreens.bsky.social @canrac.bsky.social @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social #cdnpoli #ableg #oilandgas 073
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/08/2025There have been governments posting shameless pro-fossil content for a long time but is this the first time it has such a janky, pimply memelord dampness to it 107727
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/07/2025I have this thought over and over again. Even after everything, I just can't believe it. 41890151
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialMadeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 10/04/2025The University Ave cycle tracks are state-of-the-art. Their glorious width is future-proof for our growing cycling city - safe passing space, e-bikes safely coexisting, room for everyone. Narrowing the most beautiful cycle tracks I've ever seen for an extra car lane we don't need is so sad. 812129
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 07/04/2025This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism. 10997804213819
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialOwen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 05/04/2025New horrific footage shows that Israel lied through its teeth about its massacre of paramedics and rescue workers. But still Western media outlets will keep treating Israeli lies as credible. Accessories to genocide 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/israel-lie... 19917393
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialArmine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 05/04/2025This is a a look at how Poilievre might govern, should he win the beauty contest April 28. Straight out of the Trump playbook. When I was trying to assess their industrial strategy, because so little other than tax cuts have been offered, his long, rambling speeches have little policy. Like Trump. 18747
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/03/2025They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else. 1843269898932
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/03/2025BREAKING & BIG: Today in PARIS, citizens voted in a referendum to PEDESTRIANIZE 500 MORE of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by city leaders to create people-places, curb car usage, and improve air quality. 66% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, official results showed!reuters.comParis residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrianParisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality. 373247747
Reposted by @brianiler.bsky.socialKeith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 23/03/2025TLDR: Danielle Smith tells Breitbart that Poilievre is MAGA, needs MAGA help to win election. 045
