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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I saw that the producer was Shorts Brothers and Belfast but didn't know they were connected to Bombardier in any way. Also fascinating!

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

According to that (older) website, PA-51 and PA-53 were the only operational planes remaining. As PA-51 is now grounded at ESMA, I just saw the last operational Argentine military SC-7 land, at my home in Toronto, because I left work at the exact time I would see it landing. Surreal.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I considered that maybe this is just a more popular plane than I thought. But nope. Only 153 were made in total with the last one made in 1986. The Argentine Navy only ordered 5. And 2 were lost in the Malvinas war. patrullerasargentinas.blogspot.com/2011/06/avio...

A white SC-7 Skyvan aircraft marked “Prefectura Naval” and “PA 53,” with blue-and-white Argentine flag markings on its twin vertical tails, flying low over a body of water.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This keeps getting crazier. The specific plane I saw landing in Toronto today was originally delivered directly to the Argentine Navy in 1971. Was registered as PA-53 at that time. The one currently on the ESMA campus? PA-51. www.airhistory.net/photo/850199...

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Aircraft Photo of C-GUWW | Short SC.7 Skyvan 3M-400 | AirHistory.net #850199

Aircraft photo of C-GUWW - Short SC.7 Skyvan 3M-400, taken by Tim Spearman at Saint-Mathias (CSP5) in Quebec, Canada on 8 September 2025. First flown in June 1971 as G-14-62 and delivered as PAE-53 to...

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I posted about this one a while ago that was actually used in the death flights and was only relatively recently repatriated by the country from a Florida skydiving company.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Leaving work, I have a good view of the planes landing at Billy Bishop Airport and was kind of awestruck when I saw a Skyvan SC-7 flying by. Those were the same planes infamously used by Argentina's military dictatorship during the "death flights."

FlightRadar24 screenshot showing a Short SC-7 Skyvan 3M-400 aircraft, registration C-GUWW, on the ground in Pembroke, Ontario. The flight is shown en route from Pembroke (YTA) to Toronto (YTZ), with an estimated arrival time of 5:14 p.m.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Always happy when the City of Toronto actually decides to winterize a bathroom, but I see the timeline for this one in High Park was too ambitious, I guess?

Toronto Parks and Recreation construction sign for Lower Hillside Washroom Improvements, stating that construction begins in Summer 2025 and is expected to be completed in Winter 2025. A fenced-off washroom building with a red metal roof is visible behind the sign.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Just learned that President Keiko Fujimori in Peru won election largely based on votes from abroad/cast outside of Peru. As someone fascinated by diasporic voting as a concept, this is something I am excited to learn more about.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Now that I'm finished school and working again, it's so hard not to get into a banal routine of just living and not continuously learning and improving.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Things I never thought I would type: look at how they greeted the Algerian team arriving back at the DoubleTree in Lawrence, Kansas

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

To anyone who thought expanding the World Cup was a bad idea, how does it feel to be so wrong?

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Decades ago, I supported mandatory helmet laws for people riding bikes. Then I was convinced by evidence and the bigger picture that such laws are actually counter-productive in many ways. This NZ article explains some. I support helmets, but not mandatory helmet laws. Build safe infrastructure.

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David Seymour was right to question our compulsory helmet laws

There’s little evidence our mandatory cycle laws improve overall safety, and quite a bit of evidence suggesting they’re doing more harm than good.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I should say that the stadium entry process (though much longer of a walk than usual) was surprisingly quick and efficient and the seats themselves all seem good. Great atmosphere, etc. But hopefully this mess gets cleared up because right now it all looks kind of gross.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

About a month before the #WorldCup, it seems very possible that Toronto stadium will be as embarassing as people were scared it was going to be.

View of Toronto stadium construction through a black metal fence, with stacked steel beams, construction materials, and the stadium structure visible under a cloudy sky.

View of Toronto stadium construction behind a tall metal security fence, with the stadium structure, cranes, and equipment visible beneath a bright blue sky with scattered clouds.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I'm always a little suspicious of this kind of community engagement (especially after similar community surveys in High Park led to the overwhelming consensus that we don't need cars in the park, followed by action that ignored that survey), but I still think it's important for citizens to weigh in.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Today is the last day to do the public survey on the yongeTOmorrow project. The survey only takes about 5 minutes and is looking for feedback on the plan to adjust the main avenue to be more pedestrian friendly: www.toronto.ca/community-pe...

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yongeTOmorrow

View information materials in Public Consultation tab below and complete the survey by May 5. Yonge Street is an iconic destination in the heart of Downtown Toronto. The City of Toronto is recommendin...

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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Almost a kilometre of new lakefill. This project will be a disaster for Toronto’s waterfront. The Port Authority has a plan. They are choosing to keep it secret and leak it piecemeal so we can’t get a handle on it. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

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Runway at Billy Bishop could need up to 900 metres of new landmass for jets, agency says

Toronto Port Authority CEO says plan would see most of the new runway jut westward, instead of east into harbour

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august 🍂 @auguststreet.ca · 18/04/2026

increasingly convinced the average southern ontarian's morning routine involves drinking a cup of gasoline with a small plate of hot asphalt crumble

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Andrew Thrasher @tituslegaldesign.com · 17/04/2026

Earlier this week, @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social flagged one of the most common (and dangerous) myths about U.S. immigration: the belief that anyone can become a citizen if they just "wait in line." For millions of our neighbors stuck in our broken immigration system, that line doesn't exist 🧵

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Because I apparently forgot to post it here, I did a podcast talking about my cultural identity, Argentina, and the Latino community in Toronto: youtu.be/G2NHJt5PaHM?...

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“Am I Latino?” - A Canadian’s Identity Crisis After Living in Argentina [EN]

YouTube video by More Than Tequila

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Between Vance lecturing the Pope about theology and Poilievre telling Carney he's bad at economics, it's been a great week for confident men.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Some people have made AI their entire personality, and some people have made hating AI their entire personality, and guys, I'm exhausted.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

If you're not writing with footnotes, you're doing it wrong.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

So cool and what an interesting time it must have been to be in Argentina.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I will be presenting a fuller 15 minute presentation on the topic for the Latin American Studies Undergraduate Research Day on April 14th and am genuinely so excited to keep developing this project.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I'm hesitant to share my project website with more info because it is *very much* a work in progress (website design is a fun new skill I need to learn...) but I will anyways: memoryargentina.wixsite.com/preservation...

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Home | Comparing Argentine Memorialization

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

This week I presented my poster presentation comparing Argentine memorial sites for Victoria College's Undergraduate Research Day. My presentation received honourable mentions in three award categories (always a bridesmaid, never a bride!) which was a cool surprise I didn't expect at all.

The author stands beside a large academic research poster in a formal hall with wood floors and oil portrait paintings on the wall. The poster is titled "Comparing the Memorial Sites of Argentina's Last Dic[tatorship]: A Conversation Between Preservation and Memorialization" by Diego Rupolo. It features sections on "Preservation of Place" and "Focus on Me[morialization]," with photographs of sites including ESMA in Buenos Aires, El Pozo in Rosario, and La Perla in Córdoba, alongside a map of Argentina and text discussing clandestine detention centers from the 1976–1983 dictatorship. The person is wearing a black button-up shirt, dark jeans, and black shoes, with purple-framed glasses.

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Academic research poster titled "Comparing the Memorial Sites of Argentina's Last Dictatorship: A Conversation Between Preservation and Memorialization" by Diego Rupolo. The poster is divided into two main columns against a yellow central background. The left column, "Preservation of Place," profiles four former clandestine detention centers converted into memorial sites: ESMA (Navy School) in Buenos Aires, the Investigations Brigade in Tucumán, "El Pozo" Space for Memory in Rosario, and "La Perla" Space for Memory and Promotion of Human Rights in Córdoba — each with photographs of the buildings and bullet-point descriptions of their history and current status. The center section contains introductory text explaining the project's focus on ~762 clandestine detention centers from Argentina's 1976–1983 dictatorship, a comparative argument about spatial versus non-spatial memorialization, and a map of Argentina showing the geographic distribution of detention sites across five zones. The right column, "Focus on Memorialization," profiles three non-spatial memorial institutions: Parque de la Memoria in Buenos Aires, the Museum of Art and Memory in La Plata, and the International Museum for Democracy in Rosario — each with photographs and descriptions. A QR code in the bottom right links to additional content. Red arrows connect some site entries to their locations on the map.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

My reflective personal essay on Mambo Italiano, the queer Italian-Canadian film, has now been published on the blog for the Queer Italian Canadian Artists Project I originally wrote it for: www.qic-artists.com/post/reflect...

qic-artists.com

Reflecting on Mambo Italiano, 22 Years Later

By Diego RupoloI must have been about 13 when my dad brought home Mambo Italiano from the Blockbuster Video, just another movie for us to watch as a family, gathered around the TV in the living room. ...

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Today is the 50th anniversary of Argentina's last dictatorship. I have three research projects I'm working on right now related to that era and yet almost missed that this huge milestone was coming up. It's amazing to see all the marches, demonstrations, and artwork coming out of Argentina today.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

This makes me happy, thank you!

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Valentina is a good and classic not that spicy hot sauce. El Yucateco Green Habanero is their slightly less spicy one. Still spicier than Tapatío or Cholula but packs a lot of flavour in a few drops.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

One aspect I'm excited to read about is someone who apparently worked for the The Body Politic in Toronto but at one point was in Argentina, and left during the 1976- dictatorship there. Honestly I may have got a detail or two wrong there, but it's in the book and I'm going to look for it!

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Academic book releases can be so fun because they can be on niche topics you're very interested in like comparative gay print culture in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. Was great to go to this book launch and see the release from a former TA of mine, Juan Carlos Mezo Gonzalez. Excited to read it.

A hand holds up a book titled Gay Print Culture: A Transnational History of North America by Juan Carlos Mezo González in front of a brutalist concrete and glass building. The book cover features a collage-style design with a young man in a casual shirt set against tropical foliage, overlaid with excerpts of printed text in pink and blue tones.

An author wearing glasses and a dark blazer sits at a round light wood table, signing a copy of Gay Print Culture with a pen. On the table are a white water bottle, a second copy of the book facing upright, and a bouquet of knitted flowers wrapped in clear cellophane with a white ribbon bow.

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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 19/03/2026

This should be an incredible embarrassment to someone in charge in Toronto, and maybe part of the problem is the public doesn’t know who

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I hate when I run for a streetcar and then it sits in the station for 10 minutes. And then my out-of-shape body has to sit there panting like an idiot.

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Ideas and language that were absolutely fringe even five years ago are now things people say without even being totally clear what they mean. The memetic warfare stuff worked

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The number of people I’ve seen in comments on Instagram insisting that the Michigan synagogue attack was a “false flag” makes me just absolutely despair on about five different levels personally and professionally

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Have a lover caress you the way the Canadian establishment caresses John Tory.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I'm not as concerned about this because I'm confident they're WRONG and need to know. Also, we need to bring back shame. But my go to is to just say "Hi! We're in a library!" I've also had success with "Are you aware you're in a library?" I'm working up to "Do you hear anyone else around you?"

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Nobody is here at Robarts at 7am to hear your clearly recreational phone conversation. And on the quiet floor?! I don't even feel the need to be that polite about it.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

It brings me such joy to shame loud people in libraries.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

On the subway and there's someone clipping their nails and another person eating directly from a giant block of cheddar cheese. The TTC is a trip.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

What's more shocking than ICE's plan to cram as many 8,500 humans into massive, soul-crushing warehouses? Seeing the actual DHS floor plan that echoes slavery ships and history's worst gulags with no rec space but a gun range for guards My new column on the camps www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

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The hidden ICE blueprint that should horrify every American | Will Bunch

An internal Department of Homeland Security document shows how ICE plans to cram thousands of detained human beings inside a Georgia warehouse.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Once in a while I post things here and on Threads to gauge engagement on both platforms. This tweet has over 2800 likes and almost 100 reposts on there (and accounting) and has 2 likes here. Not saying it's particularly interesting or deserves all that attention, but the disparity is something.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Broadcasters are *really* trying to rehabilitate Gretzky's image, but for what it's worth the Scotiabank Arena crowd here in Toronto has loudly booed each time he's been on screen at the watch party.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Ski mountaineering is one of the stupidest sports I've ever seen. I absolutely love it.

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

But then it starts and you're like WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

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Diego Rupolo @diegorupolo.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Concerts are a lot of waiting around.

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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Are we in hell?

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