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fluids_guru @fluidsguru.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I don’t understand the hand-wringing reaction to claims that nueral networks have a 10% chance of destroying civilisation. Fossil fuel companies have a 100% chance of initiating a mass extinction event. Maybe we could address that?

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Denise Balkissoon @balkissoon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Here's a recent story about how cross-border cleanup measures have made a difference on Lake Superior. scientists, citizens - and even some politicians! - know the natural world is best protected working together. If you agree, please help us keep telling that story. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-lake...

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Once polluted by industry, a Lake Superior bay is now in the clear

For decades, Canada and the U.S. have had an agreement to clean up the most polluted sites on the Great Lakes. Nipigon Bay is one of the success stories

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Denise Balkissoon @balkissoon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The Narwhal is a member of the Great Lakes News Collaborative, co-publishing journalism about this beloved freshwater ecosystem with partners in the U.S. These relationships need to last past this political moment. Can you support us? You'll get a cool tote! give.thenarwhal.ca/member/?camp...

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David Gordon Koch @davidgordonkoch.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

People who took part in the reading included Saint John resident Helmi Alfarra, who was born and raised in the Gaza Strip. “I lost 280 members of my family in this genocide, including my uncle and his nine children... In the ‘Say Their Names’ list there were 103 from my family."

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Names of more than 21,600 children in Gaza killed in Israeli attacks read aloud

Volunteers gathered in Saint John recently to read out the names of more than 21,600 children killed during Israel's prolonged

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the moon report 🌗 @seachanger.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

i don't think we spend enough imagining how quiet and idyllic life would be if we flipped the ratio of bike/transit : car infrastructure.

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Kristyn Wong-Tam @kristynwongtam.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

They keep our province running, so let's remind Ford and his government that our workers are always worth fighting for 💪🏼 Visit www.worthfightingfor.ca to find a local picket line to join near you!

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Kristyn Wong-Tam @kristynwongtam.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Our healthcare, social, and community workers are always there for us when we need them. They have been on strike for over 100 days, fighting for what they deserve. Now, let's support our workers by joining them in demanding that Doug Ford pay the wages he owes them!

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Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I spoke with Maher Arar in April 2025 on my @ricochetmedia.bsky.social podcast about the Syrian Revolution, his memories of growing up during the Assad dictatorship, the aftermath of 9/11, his time in the Syrian Gulag and his hopes for the people of Syria. music.youtube.com/watch?v=VcPo...

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The Syrian Revolution & torture in Syrian prisons w/ Maher Arar

YouTube video by In Bed with the Elephant (with Adrian Harewood)

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Adrian Harewood @caradrianh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

1. In late Sept. 2002 just a year after the Al-Qaeda led Sept. 11th attacks on the US & in the midst of the so called War on Terror that followed #9/11, #MaherArar, a Syrian-born-McGill University-educated engineer, was on his way home to Canada following a family trip to Tunisia.

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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Did you know Canada Post has an online marketplace with all Canadian products? I didn't canadashops.ca

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Canada Shops | Add more Canada to your cart

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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The leader of Ontario's Official Opposition is sharing disdain on IG for Doug Ford choosing US corporations for various procurement contracts, via a screenshot from X. Impossible to take Cdn politicians seriously on this when they won't ditch the most openly hostile network to our sovereignty.

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Sarah Goodyear @sgoodyear.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

just so much needless, expensive stupidity that will end in people being hurt and killed.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Nov 2012. Ford family hits the same exhausting notes over and over.

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Josh Matlow @joshmatlow.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Doug Ford is sole-sourcing Ontario teachers’ entire classroom supplies fund to an American-owned chain in the middle of a trade war. The Premier has big words and big signs, but he could cancel the Staples deal and open the fund to local Canadian businesses instead.

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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

So as I wrote this post, the CSL Assiniboine arrived in port and I got a chance to catch the bridge closing. #TOhistory #pontistTO #paddleTO

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ArthurGron @arthurgron.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

#criticalmass #Topoli #onpoli #Toronto #Ontario at least a thousand of us tonight. Ended up at the Legislature.

A cyclist at night taking a picture of the legislature building

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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Toronto, the port city CSL Tadoussac coming into port this morning. Build in 1969 in Collingwood, she is one of the last dual super structure lakers built. This big gal is almost 1/4 km in lenght, certainly not the biggest ironboat, but still massive #shipspotting #lakeOntario #Toronto #paddleTO

The big ironboat entering the eastern gap.

Massive even from a distance. Looks like shes made some contact with the locks.

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

There's the 1966 animated short, "What on Earth!" Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, it imagines that aliens observe Earth and determine that cars are the dominant species and humans merely parasites.

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What on Earth! National Film Board

YouTube video by 以前是美丽的未来

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RAIL Magazine @railmag.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Lake Ontario from Olcott Beach & Hamlin Beach State Park in New York. My photos. Lake Ontario. The president of the United States and any supporters of this infantile tantrum can pound sand, eat dirt or fill their diapers.

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Stacey Burns @wentrogue.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Jennifer Nelson’s entry to this year’s Minnesota State Fair crop art

A localized version of Guernica with a loon at the center and a person holding an ICE OUT sign

“My piece was inspired by Picasso's Guernica, a work that was his response to the Nazi's bombing of the Basque town. I thought there was a fitting parallel between these incidents about the high price paid by ordinary people when aggressive regimes try out new tactics of war, as well as a fitting juxtaposition of the darkness of living such an experience and the light we shone through it in our own resistance and care for one another. The patterns near Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s mouths are actually their last words in Morse code: ‘I’m not mad at you,’ and ‘Are you okay?’”

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is the thing to watch. Captian Canada will use his unearned reputation thanks to Trump (he is a long time Trump supporter and deeply unpopular in Ontario) and use this crisis as an omnibus to move things on his agenda that are normally politically difficult.

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LeftyLabourTech Toronto @leftylabourtech.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

With so many alternatives, wouldn't it be a good time to dump that Office 365 subscription? It's Trumpware. Here's one alternative i.e. Libre Office. Free as in freedom and free as in free beer. Do your work on your own computer instead of on someone else's. www.libreoffice.org

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LibreOffice

LibreOffice is a free office suite

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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Leaders are calling it a "catastrophic and systemic failure." In some communities, emergency alerts didn't even come in the' languages community members understand.

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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The exclusion of Indigenous communities from decision-making during emergencies is showing up in real time. This season, wildfires have hit 81 First Nations and displaced 9,131 people.

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Canada’s wildfire season is taking a heavy toll on First Nations - ICT

Thousands have been forced from their homes as Indigenous leaders raise concerns about firefighting resources, emergency assistance, and who decides when communities are safe.

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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 23/08/2026

Imagine uniting the prairie provinces in support of Quebec

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Jude MacDonald (s / he / r) @judemacdonald.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

You know what’s great? Going to spacingstore.ca gets you to back issues, a subscription if you don’t have one already, and so much other cool stuff. I’ve snagged a book, t-shirts, a notepad, too! Because spacing is a force for good in this city. And fuck Doug Ford.

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Toronto's City Gift Store

Buy Toronto's best gifts and hand-made merchandise for transit lovers, cyclists, and discerning urbanists.

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Jude MacDonald (s / he / r) @judemacdonald.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

If, in my lifetime, an American administration does the funniest thing and transforms Anglo Canada into a fierce defender of French-language rights, I’ll pinch myself to death with joy. Please go after First Nation’ autonomy north of the border next, Trump. Truth and reconciliation need a boost.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 19/08/2026

In Montréal, what started as an emergency pandemic response has evolved into the continent’s most ambitious car-free scheme. Across 9.3 kilometres of 11 commercial arteries in seven boroughs, entire corridors have been handed back to pedestrians, helping some 2,100 businesses thrive in the process.🧵

People of all ages and abilities walk, sit, and dine along a pedestrianised street in Montreal. It is lined with trees, planter boxes, terraces, and benches.

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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

But subscribing to @spacing.bsky.social would do wonders for us, the podcast, the blog, and the award-winning magazine. Also, pardon my saying, it’s a pretty good magazine! That’s why I’ve stuck with it since I was an intern in 2013. And you get it right to your doorstep.

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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Obviously, this is a big setback, and subscribers can help the whole operation. We’re going into Toronto Election mode now: bringing you experts to weigh in on the issues and candidates that come up between now and October 26. And I can’t wait. After that, well, we’re working on it.

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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I started this version of the Spacing podcast ten years ago. I’m proud of the work my team has done, and I want to get to 100 episodes. If you value the podcast (and @spacing.bsky.social in general), please considering subscribing, $41 for 2 years, here: spacingstore.ca/products/new...

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July 10th Update: The mailing for our new issue is being prepared. Any Subscriptions purchased now will begin with our next issue, due out in the fall. This is the option for someone who has never ha...

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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The Doug Ford government has yanked an essential portion of funding for Spacing Magazine (and other important Ontario publications). This puts both the magazine and the @spacingradio.bsky.social podcasts in jeopardy: the magazine pays for the podcast.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/08/2026

14 hours later and my mentions are still full of angry treatises about badly behaved cyclists. Bike lanes are not a reward for good cyclist behavior! They are infrastructure proven to make cities safer for ALL ROAD USERS. Whatever way cyclists have wronged you is irrelevant to the discussion!

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John Bowker @johnbowker.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Carney’s CEO summit: “Reports indicate airport privatization could be among the summit’s headline announcements. The selloff of other public assets, such as ports, toll roads, power grids, and water systems, may also be on the agenda” canadiandimension.com/articles/vie... #cdnpoli

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Carney’s CEO summit could put public assets on the table

This September, a who’s who of global finance will descend on a luxury hotel in downtown Toronto for an invitation-only event, the first-ever Canada Investment Summit. As Bianca Mugyenyi writes, the s...

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Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Friday: Courts rule Doug Ford can rip out bike lanes Saturday: Bike Share Toronto sets daily ridership record

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

WHICH BIKE LANE DO WE BLAME FOR THIS TRAFFIC? Banner from December 2024 in Toronto over the Gardiner Expressway. 📸 @martinreis.bsky.social

B/W BANNER HANGING ON A HIGHWAY OVERPASS: WHICH BIKE LANE DO WE BLAME FOR THIS TRAFFIC

expressway traffic with image of banner hanging on overpass

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I feared this would be one of the effects of the e-bike moral panic: Disabled people losing access to a gamechanging piece of transportation technology. This is a great reminder of how disabled nondrivers are often completely absent from conversations and policy debates about transportation.

Jesse’s Rides specializes in selling e-bikes, e-trikes and scooters for people with mobility or other issues that would preclude them from obtaining a car driver’s license. The law has hit this community hardest because many who can’t pedal rely on throttle-controlled Class 2 e-bikes, which have to be insured and require a license, she said.

The woman who returned her new e-bike has a vision issue and fears that this would prevent her from getting an e-bike license under the new law, since she doesn’t have a driver’s license.

The law also unfairly affects people with medical issues who buy low-speed e-bikes with a throttle instead of a pedal-assist for use as transportation, Connor said.

“There are disabled people losing jobs or who can’t get to school because of this dumb bill,” she said.

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

It remains embarrassing and stupid we have to keep fighting for this but they keep making this their political identity.

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Tiny Terror, Principal Whore of Satan @thetinyterror.blacksky.app · 10/08/2026

Wild how giving folks community support, resources, & assistance keeps violent crime down Whodathunkit?! 🤯 (Everybody who pays attention but I digress)

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I love what Toronto's done with the new Biidaasige Park and the surrounding bike trails. What used to be industrial wasteland is now a green, winding urban park with 5km of multi-use trails just outside of downtown

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 09/08/2026

Yes, Cdns are paying attention. How can we not, under smoke-filled skies? But worry isn’t enough. If we don’t know what to do, more disasters just leave us feeling even more helpless. To catalyse action, we need to know: 1. what’s happening, 2. why it’s happening, AND 3. what we can do about it.

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Canadians' climate change concerns rebound amid wildfire season | CBC News

The percentage of Canadians who see addressing climate change as a top priority spiked this summer after years of it taking a back seat to other issues, recent polling has found.

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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 08/08/2026

My heart hurts for all the people being evacuated from towns burning down from wildfires and rages at politicians and shareholders who continue with pipelines and data centres like it’s business as usual.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

This is diabolical. Trump appears ready to just start drilling for oil in an allied country, despite explicitly being told not to.

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FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Such horrors lie in store. I think of the animals. The little spiders and beetles and ground squirrels that never had a chance.

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FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The community of Peachland is now under evacuation alert. My 92-year old mum lived there as a girl. She often says how much she'd like to go back and visit her dad's grave. I am so sad that she has to witness this in her final years.

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Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Seriously: this may fly under the radar but we are abetting the de facto invasion and raiding of a NATO ally. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill

Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling

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Chet Scoville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Talk. Our government is nothing but talk.

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