Reposted by doug rogers 🐈⬛ artJohn McCullagh @jpmccullagh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Rehab to where? Ontario mayors want to force people into treatment without giving them somewhere to live: ricochet.media/justice/reha...ricochet.mediaRehab to where? Ontario mayors want to force people into treatment without giving them somewhere to liveThe Ford government is considering involuntary addiction treatment while people asking for help wait months for voluntary care — and supportive housing waits stretch into years 024
Reposted by doug rogers 🐈⬛ artEffin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 17/09/2026listen, Americans you guys have a pretty neat country but every day you’re finding a new way to pour lighter fluid all over your pants 311304210
Reposted by doug rogers 🐈⬛ artThomas Peace @tpcanoe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026There are a lot of #MunicipalElections taking place in Canada right now. Remember, if the candidate claims they are low tax & they are not advocates for cycling & transit they are either ignorant or lying to you. No mode of transportation costs us more than roads for cars & trucks. 041
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 18/09/2026From a year ago today. Should rerun this as him signing a tariff. 011
Reposted by doug rogers 🐈⬛ artAndy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Jaywalking a completely American construct, based on industry lobbying, which doesn't exist in law in UK. We are free to run into traffic wherever we like (except motorways). But pedestrian casualties are lower here because drivers have to take responsibility. 49915
Reposted by doug rogers 🐈⬛ artBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/09/2026If walking costs you $1, we all pay $0.01. If biking costs you $1, we all pay $0.08. If bussing costs you $1, we all pay $1.50. If driving costs you $1, we all pay $9.20. Via study that still underestimates climate cost. This isn’t about choice. It’s about who pays for your choice. #citymakingmath 6444198
Reposted by doug rogers 🐈⬛ artAnna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Freedom of information? We filed an FOI for refused FOIs to find out what Ontario's government doesn't want you to know. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/freedom...ijb.utoronto.caFreedom of information? Here’s what Ontario’s government doesn’t want you to know - Investigative Journalism BureauWe filed an FOI for refused FOIs. Here’s what we found. 38343
Reposted by doug rogers 🐈⬛ artT. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Better stick with oil, which famously leads to world peace. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comGlobal move away from oil could lead to conflict and migration, experts sayResearchers urge governments to help worst afflicted countries, such as Nigeria and Algeria, which rely on oil revenues for public services 2486
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026An AI baby image samupress.ca/2026/09/06/a...samupress.caAn AI baby imageYea…. Playing a bit with Image Factory. Discovered you can insert an image from Photos. Added the tie and a bit of orange in Procreate. 021
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 06/09/2026A sight for sore eyes Remember him all kitted-up saying he felt safe in that bike lane?#onpoli 030
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Hey, London #ldnont maybe we can pick up some discounted gently used barriers. 020
Reposted by doug rogers 🐈⬛ artDavid Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Petulant peewee piffleswipe Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives won’t state a position on counter-tariffs, warning they may cause further escalation. Um, chaps, bending over will certainly incite more demands by the 🇺🇸USA Nazis. Read your history, for the love of God. 🤷🏼🙄🤷🏼 www.thestar.com/politics/fed...thestar.comPierre Poilievre once called counter-tariffs Canada’s ‘only tool’ in the U.S. trade war. Now his Conservatives say it’s not that simpleAfter more than a year of trade turmoil, Conservatives are now insisting that Mark Carney owes Canadians an explanation for what derailed a potential trade deal with the Americans last 44318
Reposted by doug rogers 🐈⬛ artBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Any time you hear someone seriously suggest there’s a “war on cars,” remember that the real war in cities has been the century-long WAR ON WALKING, and in recent years an increasingly obvious “bigger picture” war on BETTER CITIES. #WarOnCars #UrbanTruth 214437
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026deanblundell.substack.com/p/the-great-...deanblundell.substack.comThe Great American Toilet Paper Tariff Panic of 2026 Is HereWithout Canada, the US can’t make toilet paper. And we just tariffed the S*** out of what the US needs to make it. 011
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Our nations animals speak Our nation’s symbols speaksamupress.caOur nations animals speakOur nation’s symbols speak 000
Reposted by doug rogers 🐈⬛ artSundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 22/08/2026They will tell you it takes years of studies and millions of dollars to make a protected Bike lane… They’re lying 620845
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Oh,where are you now? From two years ago today #canpoli 011
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Some recent cat drawings Looking back through the process.samupress.caSome recent cat drawingsLooking back through the process. 000
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 16/08/2026From two years ago today The Environment remains an important issue for us. As an issue its prominence fades but the effects swing around from the quiet. As a civic issue there's little we can do and we've stopped doing that. Talk to the province. #onpoli #ldnont #election 100
Reposted by doug rogers 🐈⬛ artToon Dreessen @toondreessen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I’m all for saving money. But this all comes from the wrong place: deferring infrastructure investments is a quick way to kick the can down the road. In 20 years these politicians won’t be here but you’re failing pipes. Roads and community centres will be. And that’s when the bills will be due 1/ 48219
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The circle of life Street quitarist sings about garbage pickup schedulesamupress.caThe circle of lifeStreet quitarist sings about garbage pickup schedule 000
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 08/08/2026From a year ago today. Sadly, still relevant. #climate #hot #wet 000
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 01/08/2026On the old man’s chair A digital painterly sketch of an elderly black cat curled up and asleep on a busy patterned blanket in an older vintage lounge chair.samupress.caOn the old man’s chairA digital painterly sketch of an elderly black cat curled up and asleep on a busy patterned blanket in an older vintage lounge chair. 011
Reposted by doug rogers 🐈⬛ artBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/08/2026To create a truly great people-place, it starts with removing the vehicles, to make room for everything else a GREAT STREET can offer. But that’s not NEARLY enough — it’s not just what you remove, it’s WHAT YOU ADD! Things that are magnetic, that attract people, and entice them to stay a long time. 04510
Reposted by doug rogers 🐈⬛ artDerek Bellemore @derekbellemore.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I remember seeing presentations from Brent, Andreas Rohl, and Jan Gehl. Hearing the frustration from advocates, some councillors, and city staff over these 10 years has been heartbreaking. What they spoke of 10 years ago is still so important today. 🧵 1/ 1114
Reposted by doug rogers 🐈⬛ artBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/08/2026“The question is not whether #ClimateChange caused the heatwave, but how much hotter and more dangerous heatwaves have become because of GHGs, primarily from burning fossil fuels.” “The missing words in the climate conversation are not human-caused climate change, but fossil fuel emissions.”theconversation.com‘Was this heatwave caused by climate change?’ – we’re asking the wrong questionInstead of asking whether climate change caused a heatwave, we should ask how much hotter it became because of fossil fuel emissions. 312050
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 01/08/2026apple.news/ABNhUS0RlQC6...apple.newsPearson: Zelenskyy's uneasy lesson for stable democracies — London Free PressVolodymyr Zelenskyy was a man fluent in irony, not authority. 000
Reposted by doug rogers 🐈⬛ artClare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 29/07/2026The irony of saying "The federal government must ensure that any potential future rail project minimizes impacts on farmland and is supported by the people affected" while bitching about not getting jets that would impact nature and weren't supported by the people affected www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caOntario rethinking support for high-speed rail after feds reject Billy Bishop expansion: source | CBC NewsThe federal government's rejection of a plan to allow commercial jets at Toronto's Billy Bishop Airport is threatening a wedge between the Ford government and Ottawa — and potentially strengthening op... 2422348
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Supergirl Yeah, so, bought Supergirl on release day. Offered a round of applause here. Wiped a few from my eyes. I loved every minute of it. It’s really fOOkin’ good.Don’t let anybody tell you otherwise.samupress.caSupergirlYeah, so, bought Supergirl on release day. Offered a round of applause here. Wiped a few from my eyes. I loved every minute of it. It’s really fOOkin’ good.Don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. 021
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 25/07/2026youtu.be/tL9Lw250spc?... Don’t let the title fool you. It goes much deeper. It’s pretty rare I share, but in the end this simple original theory touches everything.youtu.beWhy does every mammal get 1 billion heartbeats in their life?YouTube video by Veritasium 111
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Always a black F150 passing too close at 50k. Why? 010
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 23/07/2026The helpers Why does a turtle have to cross the road? #turtleCrossing #transitsamupress.caThe helpersWhy does a turtle have to cross the road? #turtleCrossing #transit 011
Reposted by doug rogers 🐈⬛ artJenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Here’s the clip of Jill Dunlop’s staffer pulling her out of the interview about Ontario’s forest fire response. Jill is the Minister of Emergency Preparedness and Response. So tired of Doug Ford’s kakistocracy. 34212
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 22/07/2026My first Garibaldi’s. Are they going to be good? Now to wait and see. 130
Reposted by doug rogers 🐈⬛ artBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The whole world has already been paying far too much for his lies, stupidity, war-mongering, and corruption. 611523
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Uh oh…. open.substack.com/pub/thegrimhistorian/p/has-america-crossed-the-asshole-thresholdsamupress.caUh oh….open.substack.com/pub/thegrimhistorian/p/has-america-crossed-the-asshole-threshold 010
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Uh oh…. open.substack.com/pub/thegrimhistorian/p/has-america-crossed-the-asshole-thresholdsamupress.caUh oh….open.substack.com/pub/thegrimhistorian/p/has-america-crossed-the-asshole-threshold 000
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Uh oh…. open.substack.com/pub/thegrimhistorian/p/has-america-crossed-the-asshole-thresholdsamupress.caUh oh….open.substack.com/pub/thegrimhistorian/p/has-america-crossed-the-asshole-threshold 000
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 20/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/climatec...open.substack.comSome Monsters are RealWhat's coming has never been seen before in the history of modern global industrial civilization ... and it's just getting started. 000
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Trumpty-Dumpty trolls for Tariff samupress.ca/2026/07/19/t...samupress.caTrumpty-Dumpty trolls for TariffA trolly Trump demands an entrance fee from Canadian smoke. 011
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Trumpty-Dumpty trolls for Tariff A trolly Trump demands an entrance fee from Canadian smoke.samupress.caTrumpty-Dumpty trolls for TariffA trolly Trump demands an entrance fee from Canadian smoke. 000
doug rogers 🐈⬛ art @dougsamu.bsky.social · 19/07/2026From a year ago today And the highways aren't even started. #DougFord #WildFires #Ontario 011