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Joshua Hind @joshuahind.bsky.social · 15h

Also worth noting that this whole line about bike lanes being cleared before streets was bullshit.

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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 30/09/2026

There’s been a tendency for some media to run with “the race is tightening” headlines after every recent poll release, but our model has actually shown Chow’s chances going up slightly with the last few polls. projection.cityhallwatcher.com/polls/

Line chart showing how three candidates' winning probabilities changed over time based on poll releases from August 22 to September 30, 2026, with Olivia Chow trending upward around 75%, Brad Bradford declining to about 20%, and Chris Alexander remaining near 0%.

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Edward Xie @edwardxie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today we sent a letter signed by 632+ health workers to the Ontario government asking to: 1. Keep protected bike lanes that save lives, instead of spending $48 mil to destroy them 2. Allow cities to build streets that are safer and healthier for all #bikeTO #visionzero @cycletoronto.bsky.social

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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 27/09/2026

The Dutch government is creating its own national operating system based on Linux. The new OS will be called DAWO and will be based on NixOS, a Linux distro that started as a research project at Utrecht University in the early 2000s tweakers.net/reviews/1533...

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Nederland maakt soeverein alternatief voor Windows en Office op basis van Linux

De Nederlandse overheid maakt een eigen digitale werkomgeving op basis van de Nederlandse Linux-distributie NixOS. De ontwikkelaars geven een kijkje in de keuken.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

You take our bike lanes, we take the road. Toronto showed up Friday night. 📸 @geoffreybercarich via Instagram

Cyclists taking the lane stretching kms of a city street

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

New permanent cycle track on Danforth 😍 #BikeTO #TOphoto

A raised protected cycle track just finished construction on Danforth Ave East of Main

A raised protected cycle track just finished construction on Danforth Ave East of Main with a large buffer zone and curb extensions

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Chris Kemp @cbkemp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Turbo button, the lesser known scandal of our generation.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Please help spread the word. Rory does great work, and I have the feeling this request is building on a story that matters a lot to our democracy.

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Rory White @rorywh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Looking to interview a privacy expert with knowledge of municipal elections in Ontario. Anyone know somebody?

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This is fucked! Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford is using an Israeli AI app to create an army of snitches and reply-guys. The app finds valid criticism of the candidate on social media, gives you an AI-written reply to post, then gives you rewards

On Sept. 17, we were given another mission, this time targeting the social media platform X. It arrived as a text: “Hey! A new post just went up, and it’s waiting for you on Victory. Jump in, generate a comment with the AI button, drop a like, and share with friends — every action earns points.”

The task was named “Pushing Back on ‘Part of the Problem’ Attacks,” a reference to comments criticizing Bradford for inaction during his eight years on council.

One critic had replied to Bradford's post: “Haven't you been part of the municipal government for awhile, bradbrad? You're part of the problem lol.”

To push back, LogiVote's AI system had recommended seeding a counter-narrative.

The result, generated for us to post: “So tired of hearing the same excuses from city hall, while nothing changes. Brad, you’ve actually stood up for us — don’t let them say you haven’t tried. We need someone who won’t back down.”

The Victory App asked us to enter our X username to verify we complied and award us 25 in-app coins.

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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

All out for Critical Mass Friday! Meet at High Park 6pm. Ride at 6:30. We ride together for safe infra.

back shot of cyclists taking up space on bloor at night

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

NEW! "Fine, We're Doing a Helmet Episode." After Mayor Mamdani posted a video showing him wearing a bike helmet, social media exploded. But what are helmets designed to do? Who sets the standards? And what is it about the mere mention of them that causes people to lose their minds? bit.ly/4gFMJub

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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Today's @thestar.com column by @graphicmatt.com calls out both Olivia Chow's and Brad Bradford's respective focus on affordability and safety as being out of line with what #TTC riders truly want which is better service. #TOpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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Matt Elliott: Why are Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford ignoring what Toronto TTC riders actually want?

A Liaison Strategies poll of 1,000 Toronto residents reveals 52 per cent want better TTC service, not just fare freezes or more police.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Our Kennedy Centre

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Not to mention that in places with a bikeway, bikes are easily approaching and exceeding car volumes. It's a very efficient use of road space.

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TOBikeShareBot @toronto.raccoon.bike · 11/09/2026

Yesterday there were approximately 44,230 Toronto Bikeshare trips Most used station: King St W / Bay St (350 trips) Least used station: Playfair Ave / Dufferin St and 124 others (0 trips) Active stations: 1067 #bikeTO

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Joshua Hind @joshuahind.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I’ve done work for a couple of world-class science museums, and all that work (architectural lighting, broadly) was led in some part by the science staff to ensure everything supports the goals of science education. Without that, it’s not a serious endeavour. It’s not a science centre.

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Chris Kemp @cbkemp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

While Doug Ford cuts and guts institutions like the Science Centre, remember what he's spending your tax $ on: Ontario Place Therme Spa: ~$2B Beer Store Early Exit: ~$225M $200 Rebate Cheques: ~$3B Bill 124 Retro Pay & Legal Costs: ~$6.7B Greenbelt Scandal/Fallout: ~$20M ...and the list goes on.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Doug Ford was caught giving out $20 bills when he was a councillor at community meetings. Peeling them off a large stack

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Mark Carney doesn't care about your children. He doesn't even care about his own. "The analysis, published by the Canadian Climate Institute, suggests recent climate policy rollbacks by the federal government have put Canada more than 20 years behind schedule on reducing emissions." #CdnPoli

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 11/09/2026

Someone on Reddit filmed an aerial drone advertisement in the night sky in Toronto and if this is real, it needs to be banned immediately. #TOpoli

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

"The Ontario Science Centre has laid off 30 workers including the entire science department... ...CEO Paul Kortenaar told employees at a meeting today that the organization is being restructured. The science centre is eliminating the live exhibits and science department..." #OnPoli

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Don’t buy the lie about a war on cars. They’ve been waging a WAR ON WALKING for a century. #UrbanTruth #WarOnWalking

Same text message as in the post, on a new poster from the Urban Truth Collective. Background image is a massive wide freeway, splitting neighbourhoods and filled with cars. #CarDependency #Traffic #Congestion

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Look at this photo. Look at where children leaving school have to enter from a blind high-fenced area into the crosswalk. Now look at the top speed cars were doing here when there were speed cameras. Now keep in mind that dangerous speeding has QUADRUPLED where speed cameras were removed.

A crosswalk at Humber Boulevard and Louvain Street is partially obstructed by fencing over a covered waterway, making it difficult to see pedestrians emerging from the fencing. A speed camera nearby was removed in November.

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The speed camera was located by the TTC stop directly across from the school, steps away from the end of the crosswalk, where the boy was hit. In the 10-month period it was in place, the top speed ticketed was 107 km/h. Among the top 10 were two drivers ticketed for travelling at 82 km/h. The limit in the school zone is 40 km/h.

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Toronto Cycling and Pedestrian Projects @cyclingpedestrian.cityof.toronto.ca · 10/09/2026

Get a tune up, learn new cycling skills and decorate your bike at the Sandhurst Circle Bike Festival! Kids and youth aged 4 to 18 are invited to the free community cycling drop-in event on September 13 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at 121 Brimwood Boulevard. toronto.ca/sandhurstconnections

Children and youth riding bikes on a winding road at Sandhurst Circle Bike Festival with bike tune-up, safety skills, and decorating workshops.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Blood on Doug Ford's hands.

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Not Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 but Vex as in 🏳️‍🌈 @theterroirist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

That feeling when thousands of safety advocates hate being right. Everybody knew that Ford's kyboshing of speed cameras (with nothing but signs to replace them) was going to lead to injuries and deaths. Everybody knows that Ford's attack on bike lanes will do the same. Ford doesn't care.

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Tea’s Emporium & Co. @teasemporiumandco.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This right here, folks, every single person who is injured where there used to be speed cameras should be filing lawsuits, and any deaths that come from these incidences should be first-degree murder charges against Doug Ford and his minister of transportation

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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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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Some drivers whine like toddlers at any hint of inconvenience, and media treats their whining with respect. Having to drive a couple of blocks out of one’s way is not hard. This does not constitute imprisonment.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Stay connected. Stay Informed. Stay ready. @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

Doug ford next to a bike lane

one of these is a tool that saves cyclists lives, the other is a tool that will kill them
Direct Action Coming. Stay Tuned To:
@thebikinglawyer and @cycleto

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Going car-free is great, but don't forget about families who could use a cargo bike (or minicar) as their second or third vehicle. The potential market is much, much bigger!

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This family of four put 1,000 km on a cargo e-bike instead of buying a second car

I’ve been working in the electric bike industry for nearly two decades, and publicly reviewing e-bikes for around half of...

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Chris Kemp @cbkemp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Absolutely. My post was inspired by several incidents like this on Barton and Shaw. (Barton is especially bad for cut through traffic.)

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Chris Kemp @cbkemp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Doug Ford: "Cyclists should use side streets!" Drivers on side streets: *driving into oncoming traffic at 50km/h in a 30km/h zone, to pass a cyclist doing 32km/h*

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Chris Kemp @cbkemp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Emergency vehicles and horns are only that loud because cars are so insulated from their surroundings, and they make up only ~0.1% of all traffic.

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Chris Kemp @cbkemp.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Cities aren't noisy, it's cars that are noisy. khayoon.github.io/canada-noise...

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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#BikeTO “A cyclist can now get around most of the central city in marked and protected lanes, a huge improvement on the days of jockeying shoulder to shoulder with speeding cars.” - @theglobeandmail.com ‘s Marcus Gee www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toron...

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Where is the ‘common sense’ here?

Ripping out Toronto bike lanes is more than just a waste of money

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Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Ontarians are facing an unprecedented foreign threat and increasing cost of living challenges. But by attacking protected bike lanes, Doug Ford wants to waste millions of taxpayer dollars to make it more expensive for more people to get around. Make it make sense!

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Chris Kemp @cbkemp.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

What Doug Ford is doing is super villain levels of evil. He's ripping out the main bicycle arteries of the city against the democratic wishes of the people, all data showing the value and importance of these bike lanes for safety, sustainability, and what *actually* keeps the city moving.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

More confirmation that Doug Ford is ripping out the spine of Toronto’s bike network, not sections on the edge. Feels very personal to me. That’s the stretch (the 2016 Bloor pilot project) where I really started to get into urban cycling for transportation.

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Dafydd Hughes @dafydd61.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We can keep saying we’ll just take the lane now, but that misses the point. Bike lanes aren’t just for people who are comfortable mixing with traffic. The Bloor St bike lanes allowed my kid to ride to and from school for grades 7 & 8. #BikeTO #ONPoli

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I have a column this weekend asking: where is the rest of civil society. Where’s the CEOs asking for safe streets for their employees? Where’s the foundations taking a stand, putting some money behind countering this? Where’s the establishment? Everyone is sitting it out. Just like w Rob ford.

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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Any foundation or corporation that wants to join this fight against evidence-based decision making, @cycletoronto.bsky.social would be honoured to have your support. 🫡

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 03/09/2026

It’s official: Yesterday’s storm in the Toronto area was a 100-year storm. That means that in the past fifteen years, Toronto’s been hit with a 100-year storm four times. We must end the burning of natural gas, gasoline, and other fossil fuels.

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 02/09/2026

Bikes aren’t the reason why traffic is bad. Cars getting in the way of other cars are. The best way to reduce traffic is to give people other options to get around. That means bikes. And transit. And pedestrian-first streets.

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