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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Epilogue to the Epilogue: two people in two separate cars force streetcar with 25 people in it to wait an extra light cycle. If we banned left turns on streetcar tracks it would make a better city. #TOPoli #VoteTO #RapidTO

Looking through the driver’s cab of a TTC streetcar at two cars trying to turn left, and blocking the rails in front of it.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

When RapidTO lanes stop north of Bloor, buses carrying 50-100 people each end up trapped and unable to move because of 1-2 cars, for multiple light cycles. Ask council candidates whether they’ll extend RapidTO as originally recommended! #TOPoli #VoteTO #RapidTO

Photo of Dufferin southbound at Bloor, with the inner lane painted red for transit priority actually empty amazingly, but two cars are near the far end of the lane trying to get out of it (correctly). Two buses wait behind the cars.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

IKEA has a Pallas’s Cat stuffy. That is all.

Photo of a Pallas’s Cat, looking grumpy which is sort of their thing.

Photo of a Pallas’s Cat stuffed toy from IKEA, from a social media post which has IKEA font wording overlaid which reads “Someone steals a meatball off your plate”

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

@nev So. Many. Times. In his old age, our miscreant is enjoying contrasting-colour locations a bit more.

Photo of black cat against a light purple blanket. The cat stares into the camera, slightly offended at the interruption.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Weirdest new iOS bug: one of my folders keeps turning transparent.

Partial screenshot of iOS Home Screen with a folder missing, despite its label still being visible.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

"Workers can take tech back." This 9min talk from @phire is great. Insightful, hilarious, depressing, inspiring. Her words "my segment was about 9 minutes of Solidarity Forever-ing" sell it short - worth your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDyAygsYXhE

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

#IIWM Panel assembles and host Adam Radwanski welcomes everyone to his first Star event.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

#IIWM Event includes a panel discussion for the first hour, and then some interactive installations where attendees can "vote" for our city priorities, and share handwritten ideas for candidates. There's also the cutest Toronto Star "Speaker's Corner" for recording messages!

Sign asking people to choose priorities beside a bag of blue balls and a bunch of transparent buckets labeled transit, parks, EMS, etc

Sign asking for inspiring ideas beside a rack with string to attach your idea papers to

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

#IIWM Today's speakers: Armine Yalnizyan, economist and Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers Jennifer Keesmaat, CEO of Collecdev Markee and former City of Toronto Chief Planner and former mayoral candidate Noah Zon, Co-founder and Principal, Springboard […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Attending the Toronto Star event “if I were mayor: competing for the future” this morning. Speakers include Armine Yalnizyan, Jen Keesmaat, Noah Zon, and Adam Radwanski. Will use #IIWM for posts. Say hi if you’re here!

Photo of stage with title slide for event

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

DRM in proteins will only be used for safety, you say? That sound you hear is Monsanto opening their wallet to take this on and ensure a new subscription revenue line for medication in the future, I fear […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Screenshot from linked article showing headlong and a very busy protein diagram.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

I installed Windows 95 off of 1.44 megabyte floppy disks. The software world is so absurd now.

List of apps installed on a computer using Microsoft Windows 11, sorted by storage used. 9th on the list is Mozilla Firefox at 349 megabytes, and top of the list is Adobe Acrobat 64-bit, at 5.96 gigabytes.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

This is bad: Brad Bradford campaign is using an app that gives supporters points for handing over your contact info without your consent, breaching their own privacy policy. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/28… #TOPoli #VoteTO

Screenshot from linked article showing headline "Toronto mayoral candidate Bradford’s campaign appears to have breached its own privacy policy" with photo of Bradford.

Screenshot from linked article which reads:

Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford’s campaign appears to have breached its own privacy policy — and possibly the Municipal Elections Act as well, a Canada's National Observer investigation has found.

Its campaign tool, called the Victory App, was the subject of a CNO investigation last week for its use of AI to locate online discussions about Bradford, generate comments for supporters to post and then reward them for posting comments like, “Brad, you’ve actually stood up for us — don’t let them say you haven’t tried.”

But another aspect of the app also raises questions: specifically, its lack of safeguards for voter data. The app at one point let volunteers search for Torontonians by name and see their home addresses and, in some cases, phone numbers. The origins of the data on the app remain unclear, but supporters were told on a campaign call that their contacts would be matched to the official voters’ list. One tag for data in the app was called “Voter List September26.”

Screenshot from later in the linked article which reads:

‘You don’t need to freak out about this’

Introducing Bradford’s supporters to the app on the Zoom call, Punia instructed them to give the app permission to access all of their contacts.

“Do not give it partial contact ability, give it full. And what I want to say to you guys here is, you don't need to freak out about this,” said Punia. He reassured them that only contacts they marked as known or potential Bradford supporters would be given to the campaign.

One attendee hesitated as she had over 2,400 contacts on her phone. She was instructed to give the app access to all of them and mark them one by one according to their level of support for Bradford.

“They don't know that they're in the database,” Punia said earlier in the call. “They will not receive anything. They will not know anything.”

Screenshot from later in linked article which reads:

‘This is unheard of and should be regulated immediately’

Under updates to the Municipal Elections Act, candidates are for the first time required to obtain a written acknowledgement from anyone they share part of the voters’ list with that they understand the restrictions on its use.

The Bradford campaign’s privacy policy also requires this for all personal data.

However, Canada’s National Observer was not asked to sign a written acknowledgement to access the Victory App, including its “Search and Add” and “Neighbours” functionalities.

Inside the app, tags were visible showing the origins of the campaign’s data. These included door-to-door knocking and SMS campaigns, as well as two entries entitled “500K Craig 10 Jul 26” and “Voter List September26.”

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Awesome news: Hockey Night in Canada is returning, with Professional Women’s Hockey League games on Saturday nights. www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/pwhl/cbc-h… #PWHL #HNIC

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

I mean, I guess it’s a large target market.

A small jar labeled “bitter vegan cocoa spread”

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

"The car is a ticket to freedom in exurban and rural areas, but it is a moral problem in dense cities." - @humantransit on @TheWarOnCars thewaroncars.org/2026/08/04/episode… (9:00 for quote) #Transit

Screenshot of linked page showing photo of Jarrett Walker against a leafy background, above the podcast player in the website.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

I think about moving farther from the US border more and more every day. www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/politics/us-…

Screenshot from linked page. Headline reads:

CNN Politics
Exclusive: US military had close call after using Al for false intelligence report, sources say

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Here’s one for the Toronto Twitter old-timers — [looks over at the tired folks huddled in the corner] — who miss the 2009 site, from Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social and Robert Sharp @robertsharp.bsky.social: spacing.ca/toronto/2009/08/12/stalk…

Screenshot of linked article, showing a photo of Shawn’s shoes beside a marker in the sidewalk which reads The Diana Princess Of Wales Memorial Walk

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

"Why are Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford ignoring what Toronto TTC riders actually want?" - @GraphicMatt on the transit reliability gap in this election www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?t=e04e1… #GiftLink #TOPoli #TTC #VoteTO

Screenshot of linked article headline with photo of the interior of a TTC subway train

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Paul Wells on the Wall Street Journal’s silly story: “could everybody please calm down [as it can’t happen and won’t happen]. My addition: nobody should want this made-up thing either […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Screenshot from linked article with headline reading:

Carney's Euro-vision:
could everybody
please calm down
If the French take over, can I get a
decent omelet?
PAUL WELLS
SEP 13, 2026
6 Listen

Screenshot of first half of linked article which reads:

I don't usually write posts this short, but
some people are losing their minds and I
think it's important that everyone touch grass.
1. The Wall Street Journal has an article
saying Mark Carney is seeking
"associate membership" in the EU.
2. Several Conservative MPs, ranging from
Roman Baber to Jamil Jivani to Pierre
Poilievre, have addressed this news as
evidence of Canada's coming betrayal at
Carney's hands. In comically apocalyptic
terms.
3. Problems with the WSJ article include
(a) there's no such thing as associate
membership in the EU, though I
suppose something could be cooked up;
(b) every EU foundational text says only
a "European State" can join the EU,
which is interpreted as a geographical
requirement and was grounds for
rejecting Morocco in 1987. So Canada
will never be in the EU and any

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

The only question left now is whether the small science-themed gift shop beside a giant parking garage on the waterfront will be named “Shoppers Science Mart” or “Real Canadian Science Store”. #TOPoli #ONPoli #FordToCityDropDead

Screenshot of linked article with photo of Doug Ford being his anti-science centre smarmy self at a lectern. Headline and summary read as follows:

Ontario Science Centre laying off entire science department

TORONTO — The Ontario Science Centre has laid off 30 workers including the entire science department, The Canadian Press has learned. Science centre CEO Paul Kortenaar told employees at a meeting today that the
organization is being restructured.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Biked Bloor West today while I still can in a protected lane. Tried to take a photo of the bike counter, but the damn flashing LEDs mean the photo doesn’t display the full number. 26 cyclists this year, and 2 today, is not what it actually said. I don’t remember the […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Map of cycling route from Danforth to Etobicoke

Selfie with bicyclist counting LED sign on Bloor West, with some numbers not visible even though they should be. I’ve added green annotations to make this clear so Make Toronto Bad Again advocacy groups hopefully can’t use the photo.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

A good line from James McLeod on Bluesky.

James McLeod @jamespmcleod... • 25m
Pretty sure that this is the Snowbirds
stuck in a jam behind a WWII era
Lancaster bomber?
Goes to show that in Toronto you can
get stuck in traffic literally ANYWHERE.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

This column by John Lorinc for Spacing captures my worries well. In my transit advocacy work I’ve met personally with Brad Bradford and Olivia Chow (and two dozen other municipal/provincial/federal politicians over the years), and what I’ve seen is him abandon […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Recognize beauty around you. Realize you can’t control everything. Reflect on how choices can make change. Refuse to be stored in black plastic sacks and placed in the containers provided.

Photo of sign against a dark green wall which reads:
REFUSE
TO BE STORED IN
BLACK PLASTIC SACKS
AND PLACED IN THE
CONTAINERS PROVIDED

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

It says a lot about Bradford that he hired Kinsella. #TOPoli #VoteTO

Screenshot of Bluesky post:

Glyn Bowerman
@glynbowerman.bsky.social
So the message from Brad Bradford's
campaign, if you're keeping score:
Chow declares emergency due to the
storm: wow, so stupid of her.
Storm devastates the city: how could Chow
let this happen?
9:35 PM • Sep 2, 2026

Screenshot of Nazi website post. The author is outside Toronto, before a storm, deciding there will be no storm. Spoiler: there was a storm.

Warren Kinsella
@kinsellawarren
X.com
The sun is out and it's lovely in Toronto. Good thing Olivia Chow practically declared a state of emergency and said that we were going to be facing a torrent of rain, hail and tornadoes.
#topoli
3:50 PM • 2026-09-02 • 9.1K Views

Screenshot of Nazi website post quoting another post with a photo of flooding in Toronto. The author is blaming Olivia Chow for the storm somehow?

Mark Mulroney
@markmulr...
•1h
Are you good with this, Toronto?
••.
I'm not.
We deserve better.
It's time for a change.
@BradMBradford
RTN
@RTNToronto • 3h
Streets of downtown, Toronto FLOODED
with rain

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Great article on positives of bike lanes. Dozens of links to research & sources on: - reduced injuries - more inclusive roads - consumer spending - congestion - emergency response www.yorku.ca/euc/research-spotlight… #TOPoli #ONPoli #BikeTO

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

1.2% of 4.5% is a very small number. And it’s too much apparently. #bikeTO #TOPoli #ONPoli

Infographic showing the math explaining how little of Toronto streets are actually dedicated to safe cycling infrastructure, using the Danforth lanes as the measurement template. Sourced from the Toronto biking community on Reddit.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

I’d just like to say thank you to the Ford voters who support making my daily commute more dangerous, based on lies. You’re super. I’m so enraged and sad. #ONPoli #TOPoli

Map of 20 km of bike lanes Doug Ford plans to rip out in Toronto. The lanes are on Yonge, University, and the entirety of Bloor Street. Far worse than originally thought.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

Councillor Dianne Saxe is distributing flyers in Toronto-Danforth which say “re-elect”. She has never been elected in this ward. Not surprised, just disappointed. #TOPoli #TorDan #VoteTO

Closeup of flyer from Councillor Saxe’s Facebook post, showing a flyer held by her staffer/volunteer which reads
RE-ELECT
Dianne
SAXE
FOR CITY COUNCIL
for a more
liveable city
votesaxe.ca

Photo collage posted to Facebook by Councillor Saxe’s campaign shown her and staff/volunteers distributing flyers near Chester Station.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

Available: spacious bike lane, in a safe neighborhood. #BikeTO #TOPoli

Photo of a four car-lane bridge with bike lanes on each side, and basic flex posts separating the bike lanes. An entire goddamned SUV is in the bike lane halfway across the bridge, with a police SUV parked beside it. Cyclists have to move to the fast lane to get around this circus.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

“Vous ne rêvez pas si vous pensez avoir entendu la mélodie du métro de Montréal dans les rues de Toronto. La signature sonore de la STM est émise par des aspirateurs de rue de l’entreprise québécoise Exprolink.” […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Un aspirateur de rue de l'entreprise Exprolink, à Toronto.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

In honour of Doug wasting millions of provincial tax $ to slice up Toronto and make it less safe & more congested, today I rode to the end of the Bloor protected bike lanes. My knife shape is backwards, like the policy. #BikeTO #TOPoli #ONPoli

Map of Toronto showing a red line along Bloor West, and Dundas West, creating a sort of knife shape.

The image comes from the app MapMyRide, and includes my total distance today (37.14km), my duration (1:23:52), and my calories burned (1225).

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

Spent some time wandering campus at my former university, UNB, in Fredericton. Found a sticker that I personally created in 1999, but attached to a door in a building which literally didn’t exist back then. Neat. (The web page, in contrast, used to exist but no longer does.)

A closeup view of an office door with several stickers on it, with a black rectangle centred which reads
THIS IS A SAFE SPACE
Anyone who is gay, lesbian,
bisexual, transgendered,
two-spirited or questioning
is welcome here.
Ignorance, intolerance,
bigotry, and harassment
are not acceptable at UNB
more info: www.unb.calsafespaces

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

From @ourworldindata “Most high-income countries have reduced road deaths substantially over the past decades. But the US has made much less progress than other rich countries, and has even gone backward since the mid-2010s. In 1980, the US had about 25 road […] [Original post on mstdn.ca]

Chart comparing the death rate from road injuries across multiple countries from 1980-2023. France, Germany, Italy, and Canada all dropped by 50-75%, while the United States dropped by just barely half and the rebounded back up somewhat since 2010.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026

Remember back in December when that runner beat the new Line 6 LRT? This time Line 6 won. #TTC #Metrolinx #transit #toronto #TOPoli #Line6Finch

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026

On vacation in PEI. Found a beach.

Selfie of the author lying on the beach, lying on stomach and facing the camera, with ocean visible behind.

Half-selfie from navel to toes, with ocean visible in background.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026

This graph from Bloomberg is giving me life. Put it in my veins.

A graph showing how the Ford Edsel (1958) and Tesla Cybertruck (2024) each performed based on their sales target and actual year one and year two sales. The famous failure Edsel was expected to sell 200k units in its first year. It sold slightly over 50k, and less than 50k the next year.

The Cybertruck had a sales.target of 250k in its first year. They sold around 40k, the next year they sold about half as many. It sold worse than the Edsel in numbers and proportion of target and year over year.

This is worth cackling over.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026

Wealthy idiots don’t know what scientists do, so they fire them. Then people get sick. Sometimes I think every issue is either racism, sexism, or feeling dumb.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026

2/2 A Toronto MP linked the X post in email to constituents and Councillor Matlow posted a screenshot on BlueSky. So here’s that. The Minister’s staff posted to BlueSky 3 days ago but haven’t posted this yet. #TOPoli #ONPoli #CDNPoli

Statement on Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
July 24, 2026
The Government of Canada is moving with speed and ambition to build the ports, rail,
transit, and other infrastructure that will connect Canada and Canadians to the world.
In the Greater Toronto Area, this is part of an integrated strategy that includes the expansion
of Toronto Pearson Airport, the construction of Canda's first high-speed rail network, and
other major investments in our municipal and regional transit systems.
Billy Bishop Airport is a critical part of Canada's air transportation network located in the
heart of Toronto's waterfront community. As we ensure its future as a vital transportation,
economic, and tourism hub for Toronto, it is important that we do it with and for Canadians.
For instance, the airport recently opened a state-of-the-art customs pre-clearance facility,
supported by a $30 million federal investment.
At this stage, I can confirm that our focus lies exclusively on the approved safety
enhancements, which are currently taking place, and are required to maintain safe
operations at the airport. They are expected to be completed in mid-2027. Toronto voices
will shape any future plans for Billy Bishop Airport. Through this public consultation, we have
listened to feedback on a range of issues, including transportation, economics,
environmental protection, noise, housing, and quality of life.
We will always work collaboratively with our partners in studying the region's connectivity
needs and protecting the interests of local residents. However, we will not pursue any plans
that infringe on treasured public spaces like Little Norway Park or Hanlan's Point Beach,
result in elevated noise, have significant environmental impacts, or hinder Toronto's ability
to build much-needed housing.
As we received more than 87 000 responses, I want to thank my Toronto caucus colleagues
and the Canadians who participated in this consultation process for their vital contributions
supporting safe, efficient, and sustainable operations at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport.
It is not just about what we build, but how we build. We are building with and for Canadians.
The Honourable Steven MacKinnon, P.C., M.P.
Minister of Transport
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Canada

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

New solar-powered garden decoration birthday present from my parents arrived today. [sound of phaser noises, then a whoosh]

3D-printed model of the original Star Trek spaceship, the USS Enterprise, on a plastic garden stake with a solar panel on it.

The model in the dark, with a bright LED in the middle lit up.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

Traveling for work, to the US. A nice counter to the nonstop doom feeds About That Guy is reading the only paper in my downtown Memphis hotel lobby.

Zoomed-in photo of the Tennessee Tribune front page, with the tag line “The Black Press is the hope for the future.”

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026

Oh no, oh Pizza Hut marketing team what is that logo

A box of pizza, labeled “my box,” with two hands holding open the “o”, sort of. I’m sure they think it just looks like a hug.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026

When I was a little kid, I feel like I understood all the construction equipment. Now I feel like I don’t understand any of the construction equipment, and this is for building a subway, so I feel like I should understand what I’m looking at.

Giant construction machine that looks kind of like a combination, crane and digger and belt sander and possibly pipe or liquid delivery mechanism? Multiple flexible hoses that appear to be on a regal at one end, but do not appear to be actually movable at the other end.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026

So much for the extra World Cup capacity - probably a rental.

Photo of “Toronto Stadium” being converted back into the smaller-capacity BMO Field, with the massive scaffolding and seating structure already de-banner-ed (sorry screen reader users) and a big bite of the scaffolding already gone.

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Cameron MacLeod @c-9.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026

Helpful info on new runway safety zones: www.torontoportauthority.com/capita… As @rzaichkowski.bsky.social noted "NOT related to the push to add jets. City council was given 3 options in 2024 & they approved the least intrusive" #TOPoli #YTZ

Two maps of island airport showing before and after view, with the runway safety zones adding small bumps of new land at each end of runway, with no change to paved runway length.

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