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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 6h

If I recall correctly, in North America “vodka” is used generically to describe a neutral spirit, rather than one distilled from potatoes.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 9h

“We are concerned about traffic congestion as well as the safety of our children and seniors.” Sounds like they should be campaigning for a layby and widened sidewalk, rather than for grandparents to have to drive to pick up their grandkids.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 23h

“It’s that you’re robbing your constituents to subsidize your donors” is a brilliant line that Ontario’s opposition parties should steal and work in to every question they ask at the legislature and every time they’re anywhere near a camera or microphone.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It’s honestly weird that it took so long, given that it’s just a 3D version of the control scheme used in 80s & 90s twin-stick arcade shooters like Robotron and SmashTV.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Instead of privatizing water utilities so that their new owners can use the monopoly to extract greater rents, let’s make electricity and telecom utilities public again.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026

Holy shit.

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Mineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Congratulations, Quartz! After a decade of #MinCup, this key rock-forming mineral of optical tricks is the #MinCup26 Champion! Due to intense manipulation attempts in the final hours, the exact winning margin is still being audited. Please join us tomorrow for celebration!

A clear double-terminated quartz crystal with petroleum inclusions. Credit: John Sobolewski

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wouldn’t that require future water bills to rise by more than he’s cutting to pay back the borrowing + interest?

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

That starts to sound like defamation?

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I feel like I’m misunderstanding, but isn’t it the opposite? That said people still experience the stimuli, but respond wrong because they’re unable to connect it to a contextually-coherent response…

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Can we just refill the lake up to the Lake Iroquois shoreline? What’s worth preserving north of Davenport anyways?

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Except every aspect that evokes a klan lynching also reduces the image’s legibility as what you’re describing. The cropping and dress make the k-pop star unidentifiable. The klan hood shape pulls attention from the shoes in the spotlight. The held and placed extra shoes are conveying what?

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

But if it’s accidental, then what message is the image intended to convey? That it is possible for shoes to be placed on the floor by someone in a white robe wearing shoes? I can’t see any credible alternative intention to it.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The obvious answer is that they did notice and it’s intentional. The reason it’s not a good ad minus the racist connotations is that there isn’t anything to it beyond the racist connotations.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

And it would be really easy to highlight it as part of messaging about how health care services and public health are getting worse and more expensive under Trump’s GOP triumvirate.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Nah, Carney should go for the big one… the FIFA Peace Prize!

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What do you expect for a guy who’s stiffed everyone who’s ever worked for him on the bill?

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I have the opposite response… the milky glass with random dirty spots above the central platform area brings to mind those frosted glass dome ceiling lights in basements that inevitably fill up with bug carcasses.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’m not a fan of Andrew Coyne, but his recent “Crisis of Canadian Democracy” was very eye-opening about how extreme the PM’s ability to reward MPs with cabinet and other roles has become in Canada’s governments, and how it undercuts parliament’s ability to hold the government accountable. :(

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I get that they’re proud of pissing themselves, but calling the smelly puddle around their feet a “lake” seems a bit grandiose…

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

As a practical matter, the federal NDP should abandon their no-floor-crossers policy and actively court any Liberal MPs who aren’t okay with setting the world on fire.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

And invalidate every decision that relied on their votes, back to the day they were appointed.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The federal government should work with the TRCA and Toronto to takeover the existing OSC as a National Science Museum.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

And American consumer banking is so far behind the time that credit cards often use insecure chip-and-signature, tap-to-pay isn’t ubiquitous, and people use Venmo for person-to-person transfers. Nothing about their payment infrastructure makes me okay with them controlling ours.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I’ve done neither. That list of housing actions is very market-oriented, Perks was one of the most dependable votes for them, and you spill a lot more ink on him saying it’ll achieve little while our system is profit-dominated than on the ±10 councillors who generally vote against housing reforms.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Or maybe that Perks has supported the market reforms that MNTO champions, while also declaring that they’re inadequate to restore affordability and pushing for non-market solutions. Unless I missed some parts about community land trusts, rent control, or a stick amongst the IZ carrots?

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It’s a good list. Which of those housing reform measures did Perks not support and vote for as a councillor?

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

It’s worth reading the report Melissa linked. There were 10,180 vacant homes in the tax’s first year (2022) dropping to 8695 (2023). But 2024-2026 saw many new condos completed while sales cratered. So his number isn’t far off but his other claims like they’ve “never been occupied” are more suspect.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Because many in Toronto’s YIMBY movement are firstly trickle-down market purists, and hate socialists who vote for housing reform (but demand more than deregulation) while being strangely quiet about councillors who actively oppose housing reform.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Few (no?) city charters include initiative- & project-specific funding, so those don’t seem relevant? Whereas I think a representative, 47-ward council would have been less protective of the stasis quo, especially if they weren’t distracted by the airport/science centre/ontario place/subways.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Constitutionalizing cities as a level of government makes sense, though I’m unsure what powers should be granted in their charters. But that’s mostly because the balance between Ontario’s legislature and its govt/Premier is fundamentally broken, so no mere “creature” can trust the law or agreements.

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Trevor Heywood @metroscapes.ca · 07/09/2026

Moneris, the Canadian system used to process 5 billion of transactions annually for 325,000 points of sale, is being sold by the owners (RBC and BMO) to a US private equity firm. I don't think this protects Canadian digital sovereignty. I signed a petition for Ottawa to intervene, and you can too.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I assumed the necessity was about sinking a big enough hook to prevent the factory owners from moving their production facilities to the US to avoid the arbitrary tariffs.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I don’t think that’s true. It’s no additional effort for the fakers to have AI slop up a whole book vs just a cover and listing. And very few people keep track of precise release dates for books.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Why would we want to remind ourselves of that creepy weirdo?

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Imagine clinging on in the depleted ranks of local journalism & being more concerned that NYC’s mayor has a comms person than you are that media is “increasingly concentrated in the hands of a small number of wealthy corporations and billionaires who exert their own editorial agendas over the news".

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

They also need to be very clear that holding Trump and his whole administration accountable is the keystone to delivering affordability. That his corruption and capriciousness is all about enriching the most powerful by stealing from the rest of americans.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It seems like an owner profits cap would work better?

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

People were using easy-to-acquire credit to plug the hole left by declining labour income share pre-2008, which was secured against an asset that they had been told would continually increase in value at a greater rate than the economy itself?

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

@mark-carney.bsky.social Protecting Canada isn’t just about trade with the US. Reverse the austerity measures that are gutting Canada’s federal agencies and programs right when we need them most.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

And the road work and closures for the demolition and reconstruction will screw everyone over for a few years. The City should print up signs saying “This horrible traffic brought to you by Doug Ford”.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I most blame car-dependent development choices in the GTA suburbs. If the first 5km of someone’s trip to downtown requires driving, they’re likely to just drive the whole way. And for each new car-oriented outer layer, those drivers have to pass through every previous layer, accumulating as traffic.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

💯 It’s nonsense, and if taken as claimed also means that Sony is only capable of “licensing” one copy at a time.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Relying on a government system is political when you’re aware the government is actively making political choices about its contents and functioning.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Those aren’t mutually exclusive. Process is political when it serves political ends.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It shouldn’t be labelled as “Gulf of America” or “Lake America” for anyone outside the US.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

No legislation required. Congress can impeach and remove them for corruption.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

There are already ethics laws for federal judges, which they have unilaterally decided do not apply to themselves. Congress just needs to say too bad and impeach and remove them, because their naked corruption clearly violates the “good behaviour” part of their job description.

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Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

That’s not far enough—every single Supreme Court decision that depended on their vote is illegitimate and needs to be wiped from the books.

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