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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 22/09/2026

“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’” crazy how much Mamdani speaks my language

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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

NEW: Saddle Lake Cree Nation calls Alberta trans health-care laws a violation of Treaty rights, announces path to work around the legislation

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

View of the fog tonight on the Burlington Skyway from the second floor, front seat of the 12 Go bus

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citytechie 🇨🇦 @citytechie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

If you use the Google Maps API on your website or app, you might want to update your code with the locale as en-CA otherwise it defaults to en-US.

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Ngl, I want Canada to close the Welland Canal just to see if we can force America to rebuild the Erie Canal to Seawaymax standards

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Enjoying the bluesky speed camera debate

Weightlifting skeleton meme: “American culture is a machine that turns leftists into libertarians”

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A few days ago, I took the Amtrak Cascades service from Vancouver, BC to Seattle, WA. It was exciting since they recently added a custome pre-clearance checkpoint at the station in Vancouver, but was surprised how little info I could find on it before I booked my ticket. So this was my experience! …

The exterior of Pacific Central station in Vancouver, British Columbia. This is the start location of the Amtrak Cascades service that runs through Seattle, to Portland, OR. Inside the station is a US customs pre-clearance area, where passengers go through US customs before they enter the train. This allows passengers to not have to disembark and go through customs at the US-Canada border like was done beforehand.

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Mark (he/him) @markedwardson.com · 15/08/2026

the Canada Line is often characterized as disruptive (by critics) or cheap (by proponents) thanks to a secretive P3 structure, but is imo better understood as the government of the time being agnostic about construction techniques and consciously making trade-offs to reduce costs

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

1. Winnipeg (or Quebec City if we’re talking metropolitan area populations) 2. Have yet to visit the glorious regional municipality of Wood Buffalo (more commonly known as Fort McMurray, Alberta)

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It’s crazy this is all materializing as a price drop. In a functional society, it would be a price increase as infected supply would be pulled from the shelves. But consumers (rightly) don’t trust that’s happening, and so instead they just stop buying lettuce just to be safe, creating a demand drop

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Blair Lorenzo / The Fox and the City @thefoxandthecity.com · 03/08/2026

This is exactly correct. If you want a real hot take, you could easily argue that the whole idea of the "streetcar conspiracy" only makes sense in the American mindset where the bus is clearly second-class transit, not a viable mode all on its own.

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

In this thread: A bunch of people who are unaware of what GM was actually convicted of.

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Living my best life, transitmaxing

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Hey Vancouver people, what is up with these insane headways on the Expo Line?! A train departs and in 30-60 SECONDS another one rolls in!! And it’s only 3PM. Is this normal??

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The greenery on this wall at the Millennium Line platform of Commercial-Broadway Station is very “Prospect Park Station” coded.

West bound millennium line SkyTrain pulling into Commercial-Broadway station in Vancouver, BC. The station is built into a trench, so the wall beside the track is covered in many plants/vines.

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Back in Vancouver, back on my bullshit* *riding the skytrain for kicks

A Canada Line SkyTrain pulls into YVR-Airport station

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

At risk of wading into “the discourse”, this is so true, I feel like sooooo many people conflate the two way too often

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Biidaasige Park is the closest we’ve gotten yet to Solar Punk irl. What an incredible gem of a park for Toronto.

Looking North-West at the Toronto skyline from Biigaasige Park. Lush greenery surround both sides of the new Don River in the foreground, feeling very much like you are surrounded by nature. The Cherry Street South bridge crosses the Don River in the mid-ground, with the CN Tower and One Yonge tower loom over the rest of the city in the background.

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

For me it’s got to be: - New York - Paris - Toronto - Vancouver - Montreal Honourable mentions: Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, London, Boston. Truth is I got to get out of North America more lol

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Johnny “Euro Hoser” Renton @johnnyrenton.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

If you want some genuine behind the scenes insight into how the US’s economic and imperial warfare against Canada and the EU has been playing out read this article. It’s genuinely fascinating and batshit. You’ll feel better about Canada and the EU response and uneasy about how dangerous the US is

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The Canadian Who Steered Europe Away From the U.S.

Facing threats from Trump, Carney emerged as a central figure in a project to reshape the Western alliance.

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Got the chance to check out Niagara College’s Wine Visitor & Education Centre and this place is truly a hidden gem. The wines are great and can stand along side the offering of many Niagara wineries, they’re affordable, and you get to support the next generation of Canadian wine makers!

The outside facade of Niagara College’s Wine Visitor + Education Centre

A tasting flight of four red wines. Specifically, from left to right, Gamay Noir, Shiraz, Syrah (same varietal as Shiraz, just a different style), and Cabernet Franc.

A row of grape vines in the teaching vineyard behind visitor centre. The Niagara escarpment looms in the background. These are were the grapes to many (but not all) of the wines come from. I believe this vineyard sits in the St David’s Bench sub-appellation.

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It’s insane to think that this ship is still in service, ferrying people to the Toronto Islands to this day! Like when this photo was taken, that ship was already 36 years old. Today it’s 116 years old and still kicking. Plus, it was refurbished in 2017 so it’ll be sailing for many more years.

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

In Toronto today for a job interview, so you know what that means… Yup, joy riding all the different modes of rail transit (Subway, LRT, Streetcar, and Regional Rail)

An eastbound Line 5 LRV pulls into Eglinton Station

A westbound Line 2 subway train sits at Kennedy station awaiting passengers.

A 504 King streetcar sits in the track loop outside of Broadview station. There is a 505 Dundas streetcar pulling out in the background.

A Lakeshore West Go Train pulls into the platform at Union Station.

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Insane to see just how much downtown Toronto has built up over the last 50 years. A truly modern metropolis.

View of downtown Toronto from the CN tower in 1976 looking east. Lots of open space, especially around the tracks leading into Union Station.

The same general view (although zoomed out) today. Way more towers on both sides of the rail tracks.

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The vines on this wall at Prospect Park station is very “Millennium Line platform of Commercial-Broadway Station” coded

A MTA shuttle train parked at Prospect Park station in Brooklyn, New York. The station is located in a trench, and the wall beside the track has many vines growing up the side. The vines on the wall is very reminiscent of the vines that grow on the trench wall of Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain station in Vancouver, BC.

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august 🍂 @auguststreet.ca · 25/06/2026

what i was working on at 2am last night: toronto transit pride stickers! find these (and more) at an upcoming TTCriders event 🤭

two circular stickers in inkscape. one says "ride the rainbow" and is a diagram of the line 1 and 2 intersections with each line represented by rainbow bands. the second sticker says "i put the trans in transit" and features a light rail train with pink, white and blue paint. both are on black backgrounds

circular sticker with purple background. there's a rainbow road across half the sticker, and a bus drives along it

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It’s incredible that these three architectural divas are all on the same corner. Truly blessed 🥲

The Boston Federal Reserve Bank Tower, has an “A” shape, with the sides of the building supporting the centre, and the middle has a large hole, supposedly to allow sea breezes to pass through.

The Fiduciary Trust Building in downtown Boston. This building is distinguished by its “Christmas tree” like form, with the large boxy tower seeming balancing on a much skinnier base at ground level. Reminiscent of Rainier Tower in Seattle.

Boston’s historic South Station. It has a curved facade designed in a Classical Revival style, it’s the terminus for many of the MBTA’s commuter rail lines, plus is a stop for both the Red Line and Silver Line. The newly constructed South Station tower looms over it in the background.

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Boston specific question - anyone know why some of the MBTA buses have left side doors now? Rode the 71 and noticed half the seats in the front were missing lol

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I always find it funny that Victoria is considered the “warmest city in Canada”. Because on one hand, statistically yes it’s true, it has the highest annual mean temperature in the country. But on the other hand, what do you mean Yellowknife NWT has warmer summer temperatures than you???

Chart comparing the average daily high and low over a year between Victoria, British Columbia, and Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. In the winter months there is a huge gap, with Victoria having temperatures between 7 to 3 degrees Celsius, while Yellowknife experiences temperature between -22 and -29 degrees Celsius. However, in the summer both cities experience relatively similar conditions, with Yellowknife seeing highs of 22 degrees Celsius on average, edging out Victoria’s summer average high of 19 degrees.

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I have not found a painting that has been more aimed at me than this. I need to buy a print of this.

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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

"The purpose of a system is what it does. Not what it says it does. What it actually does" venat.substack.com/p/the-purpos...

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The Purpose of the System is to Destroy Sneaky Dee’s

Toronto's Anti-Punk Land Use Planning System

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justin taylor 🚄🎵🔋🌈 @nottaylorx.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Alternative version with subway and light rail included too

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Rodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Well! *slaps knee* guess we have to do Windsor-London-Toronto instead of Toronto-Ottawa-Montrea

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Lloyd Alter @lloydalter.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

@mark-carney.bsky.social this so-called public consultation breaks every rule of balanced polling the main question lists all so-called benefits and none of the detriments. It is a biased push-poll. I expected better form this government

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I love comparing the density of American and Canadian cities because it's always surprisingly stark! Both of these cities are at the same scale, have a metropolitan population of ~1.5 Million and both are in the middle of the great plains. Yet Calgary is so much more compact than OKC!

Density map of Oklahoma City, showing a lot of exurban development on the urban fringe, and a relatively sparse core.

Density map of Calgary, with much lower exurban development, and denser core. Also notable is the reserve boundary in the south west of the city.

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I always thought this network plan was utterly insane, but knowing now that much of it is/could be single tracked makes it so much funnier

Map of the current, under-construction, and proposed lines tunnels and stations for the Vegas Loop. Unlike a traditional metro that would have trunk lines with a few branches, this ones creates a chaotic mesh of lines that criss-cross the Vegas Strip, with many stations seeming to small stubs off of a main line.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

it is nice to live in a city where a Shin Ramyun streetcar makes sense

A Toronto streetcar covered in advertising for Shin Ramyun

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Sunbake Pita’s Chicken Shawarma wrap mops the floor when compared to literally any Donair you can get in the city of Edmonton. Even Swiss Donair can’t hold a candle.

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Rocky Alcoa @ivortossell.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

BlueSky's cycle of anxious self-questioning, triggered every time Someone Says Something and resolved by At Least We're Not X, makes it a soothingly familiar place for a Canadian.

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Rodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Good news*: Church Street Pedestrianization has passed! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🚶🚶‍♀️🏬 From the bottom of my heart, thank you all for your support—everyone who signed the petition, spoke to council, and offered encouragement along the way. (1/9) *Bad news later in thread

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

By popular request: some more of the REM overlaid in other cities, this time in America!

Montreal's current REM network laid over Boston, with Gare Centrale roughly centred on Government Center Station. The A1 branch makes it to the fringes of Lynn, while the A2 and A3 branches head south towards Sharon and Brockton.

The current REM network overlaid Detroit and Windsor, with Gare Centrale lining up with Grand Circus Park. The A1 branch goes across the Detroit river to Windsor in Canada, extending all the way to it's urban boundary. The main branch follows Woodward Ave, with the A2 branch extending to Birmingham, and the A3 branch to just before Farmington Hills.

The REM network over Phoenix, AZ, centred on the Downtown Phoenix Hub. The A1 branch extends northwest to around Glendale, the A3 branch goes west to Mesa, and the A2 towards Chandler.

Montreal's REM network overlaid on Philadelphia, PA, with Gare Centrale centred on City Hall. The A1 branch goes south to West Deptford Township in New Jersey. The A3 branch runs northwest past Noristown, and the A2 branch goes north past Whitemarsh

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

In honour of the opening of the new Anse-à-l'Orme (A3) branch, here is the REM overlaid other Canadian cities. I tried to roughly centre Gare Centrale with the centre of the city to convey just how much high-quality, automated rail has been built in such a relatively short period of time!!

The current two branches of the REM imposed over Toronto, with Gare Centrale roughly lining up with the intersection of Bloor and Yonge. The A1 branch (that terminates in Brossard) extends past the Beaches and into the lake, just south of Birch Cliff. The A2 branch to Deux-Montagne extends well into Mississauga, terminating around Erin Mills parkway, north of Eglinton Ave. The newly opened A3 branch would extend all the way into southern Oakville, close to Sixteen Mile Creek.

The current REM laid over Metro Vancouver, with Gare Centrale centred around Granville Station. The A1 branch extends into West Vancouver and terminates west of Mount Seymour. The main branch extends roughly parallel with the existing SkyTrain ROW, branching out around Edmonds. The A2 branch extends into Surrey and terminates around East Newton. The new A3 branch reaches into Coquitlam, terminating in Port Coquitlam.

The REM overlaid Ottawa, with Gare Centrale roughly lining up with Parliament station. The A1 branch extends east up to the boundary of Orleans. The other two branches extend west, with A2 terminating west of Stittsville, and the new A3 branch extending into farmland.

The REM laid over Edmonton, with Gare Centrale centred over Churchill Station. The A1 branch extends north east along Fort Road, terminating in the Horse Hills area. The other two branches run south of the city, with A2 terminating in farmland southwest of the airport, and A3 terminating due south of Leduc.

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Ruofan 🚎 王若凡 @ruofan.ca · 13/05/2026

My favourite order at Tim Hortons is the classic combo of chocolate-coated paper bag and unglazed Boston cream donut

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I feel like we sometimes forget the level of development that occurred to create the Ice District in Edmonton. The first photo is from 2009, and there basically nothing. Today: An NHL rink, multiple towers including the tallest tower in Canada outside of Toronto, and a new LRT station!

View of what is now the Ice District, before it was built in April 2009, from Google Map's Street View. The screenshot is at the corner of 104st and 104 ave, looking east. In the foreground is an empty brick warehouse, with a gravel parking lot to the left, and the CN building in the background.

Same view taken in July 2025, looking east down 104 ave at 104 street. In this photo you can the Rogers Place, the new NHL arena on the left as well as two towers towering over: the JW Marriot Tower on the left, and the Stantec Tower (Western Canada's tallest tower) on the right. The warehouse in the foreground is now home to many business including a bar and some restaurants. You can also see a new condo tower poking behind the trees on the far right.

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It's Jamie @sjamieit.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The City of Ottawa posted the raw speed data from before and after Doug Ford banned speed cameras and the effect is so obvious it's not even necessary put a line marking when that happened. This chart shows the percentage of drivers going 15km/h or more over the posted limit.

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

This is very Ed Glaeser coded lol

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

My video of a grey whale near English Bay yesterday pales in comparison to the many other amazing photos and videos circulating, especially of the pod of orcas that have been around here for days(!). But posting to say: How lucky are we that this is our backyard?

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Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

It's happening. On Friday, 5/15, we are soft-launching our Transit Priority Atlas 1.0 website. Come join us in person at 370 Jay Street to explore this knowledge-sharing tool and get lost in circulation planning layouts and intersection management strategies for better on-street transit.

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Kristian @kristianblais.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Trying to get to Alpharetta, GA by transit and wow this bus map is making me sad. A city of 65k, with many tech companies based here, and there’s only TWO (2) bus lines!?

Map of the MARTA bus lines in North Fulton County, GA, with Alpharetta roughly circled in red. There are only two bus lines serving the city, and only three serving the entire area north of the river.

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