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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...

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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily

Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In 9 months, Zohran Mamdani has: -Secured millions in worker restitution from DoorDash and UberEats -Launched the first stage of his universal childcare program -Cracked down on bad landlords -Balanced NYC's budget without cutting major social services This is what leadership looks like.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I think the mass paywalling that went into effect in early 2021, along with the encouragement to people to delete their Twitter accounts (not just stop using them, which is understandable, but erase an archive of real-time history) are among the reasons the attempt to wipe out memory has worked.

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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Today's @thestar.com column by @graphicmatt.com calls out both Olivia Chow's and Brad Bradford's respective focus on affordability and safety as being out of line with what #TTC riders truly want which is better service. #TOpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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Matt Elliott: Why are Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford ignoring what Toronto TTC riders actually want?

A Liaison Strategies poll of 1,000 Toronto residents reveals 52 per cent want better TTC service, not just fare freezes or more police.

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Cheryl White @ladyscorcher.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There are a few “skeptical” Canadian ID docs who owe the epistemic tresspassers and all Canadians an apology.

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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Just a bunch of Toronto cops (allegedly) dealing drugs to each other, accessing the police database to help set up hits and selling police uniforms and no one is talking about it. Are we to take it that all the mayoral candidates are not shocked enough to mention it? Or are they too scared?

thestar.com

Explosive corruption allegations within the Toronto Police Service detailed in newly unsealed court records

A thwarted assassination attempt of a jail official helped break open one of the biggest police corruption scandals in the city’s history.

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Cheryl White @ladyscorcher.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So lemme get this straight. The political party that is most afraid of socialism is promising to redistribute $5000 of government wealth to all citizens evenly in exchange for their vote? Is that how bootstraps work?

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Seeing Ed Sheeran's own band quitting on him is, I have to say, really doing it for me. Restoring one shred of hope for humanity.

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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Doug Ford announces today the Ontario government’s plan to purchase Pearson and turn the airport’s five runways into collector lanes for the 401. Ford went on to say Pearson flights will now land and take off from Toronto’s Bloor Street bicycle lanes.

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Cheryl White @ladyscorcher.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Every once in a while I take the streetcar. They sure seem to short turn on the regular.

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Cheryl White @ladyscorcher.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’ve been reflecting on the discourse around this incident. To me this is quite similar to exposing others to Covid, but interestingly people who said “you do you” about masking and covid have a different take on this situation. runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/a-...

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A Hyrox athlete pooped herself in the middle of a race–and won: What happens now? - Canadian Running Magazine

Hyrox released an official statement, but no changes have been proposed yet

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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 01/04/2026

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. -Desmond Tutu

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Paul Kulig @paulkuligto.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

What’s up with new, developer-led streetscapes in Toronto not including bike racks? You’re spending big $$$ on custom materials and pavers but then having customers park against random street signs. This is Markham Street by Westbank but the same happened along Wellington by the Well.

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Cheryl White @ladyscorcher.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Earlier today I was walking on the railpath with my dog. There were lots of other people sharing the path. We were not taking up much room but a cyclist behind started urgently ringing her bell, close passed us and yelled “Out of the way! Us cyclists built this railpath!!” What a weirdo.

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Cheryl White @ladyscorcher.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I really don’t know what would change if Canada became an special member of the EU but I’m picturing fancy cheeses at the grocery store, access to smaller cars and the ability to leverage design standards for elevators that are faster and cheaper to build and maintain.

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Cheryl White @ladyscorcher.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I was explaining the Y2K panic to a younger colleague this week and it sounds so silly. The whole world was preparing for this technology-based threat and when it didn’t happen the lesson we took from it is there was no point in doing all that work because nothing even happened. 😅

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Dr. Natasha Rajah, Ph.D. @mnrajah.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“It almost inevitably turns you into a supremacist because humans are creatures of story and you need a story to rationalise, why you? Why do you have so much in a time of so much want and need? And the only possible story that’s available is that there’s something about you that justifies it.”

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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Hey #BikeTO! For those of you who use the West Toronto Railpath, please note the stretch from Perth to Dundas will be closed as early as next week until November for resurfacing and landscaping works. You will need to detour via Sterling. #TOpoli #VisionZero

Metrolinx Community, Communication & Stakeholder Relations Notice

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2. Upcoming or Ongoing Work

Activity 1: Landscaping and Planting Between Ruskin Ave and Dupont St
- Location: West Toronto Railpath between Ruskin Ave and Dupont St
- Timing: Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Potential Impacts: No significant impacts anticipated

Activity 2: Resurfacing and Landscaping between Perth Ave and Dundas St W
- Location: West Toronto Railpath between Perth Ave and Dundas St W
- Timing: Beginning as early as the week of September 15 to November 2026, Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Potential Impacts: Full closure of the Railpath between Perth Ave and Dundas St W; typical noise and dust from equipment and machinery
- Mitigation Measures: Please use Sterling Rd to bypass the closure

Why this work is happening now:
This work is being completed as part of the final sections of the Railpath realignment works.

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Sugar Maven @mochene.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I really like this feature.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

That poor baby. Doug Ford knew accidents like this would happen. "The speed camera, which was near the crosswalk where the teen was hit, had been removed as part of a provincial government directive..." #GiftLink 🎁 #OnPoli #ToPoli #WalkTO #BikeTO www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

$According to the statement of claim, the boy suffered multiple injuries, including a traumatic brain injury, vision loss in his right eye, multiple skull/facial fractures, carotid artery injury, colonic injury and ongoing cognitive, psychological and behavioural effects.$

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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.

Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and white

Center square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettes

Block of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in marker

Carol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
2023
satin ribbons

After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson

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Cheryl White @ladyscorcher.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

My top tips for having lovely little interactions on the streets of Toronto: Walk a friendly dog. Tempo hat Joy Division t- shirt Honourable mention to an Expos hat but you only get a smile and a nod.

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Cheryl White @ladyscorcher.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The air show seems so much less obnoxious this year.

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Cheryl White @ladyscorcher.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I needed to do two errands downtown and one was to pick up a large item so I drove. I managed to find street parking for free at the first stop and then paid $7 for one hour of parking a few feet away from my destination.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

very obvious why Canadians feel this way now but Americans still need to internalize how bad the PR damage of the last 2 years has been and how hard it is going to be to rebuild trust

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Cheryl White @ladyscorcher.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Local watermelon is in season! 🥳

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Evan Boyce @evanboyce.ca · 04/09/2026

Unverified but if this is real, it’s a hilarious way to find out this information.

I texted the premier about 20 minutes ago and almost immediately got a call back from a private number. I recorded the whole call. He said that only 2% of the bike lanes are going to be coming out. I mentioned that Bill 60 says all of University, Bloor, and Avenue are coming out, and he said "no, it never said all the lanes".

This is a little ambiguous to me, because he may have been using 2% to mean 2% of all bike lanes in Toronto (which would explain why he said "it never said all the lanes"), whereas I was referring only to the three main roads mentioned in Bill 60.

He did however mention that it will only be a small portion of them near Royal York road being removed, that he is working with the mayor, and that we can expect to hear news about it within a week or so.

Should I send this conversation to any news companies or community members (biking lawyer/cycle toronto)? What the premier says to a random citizen isn't exactly legally binding lol but maybe it could be of interest?

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Cheryl White @ladyscorcher.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

For a business school governance class I read a lot of Metrolinx strat plans and annual reports… I noticed that long delayed and over budget projects started to turn around as soon as they fired this guy.

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Kanchan @kayehm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

As per my previous post ... How long have they known? Further implicating any engineering firm or engineer that gets involved in this provincial bike lane farce.

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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Toronto needs to respond to this by (finally) using the tools it has to make cars less welcome — no more free parking, increase the cost at Green Ps and *start enforcing traffic laws.* Case in point, you wouldn’t think it was illegal to conceal your license plate. It is. And lower TTC fares.

thestar.com

Doug Ford’s government rejected Toronto’s proposals to restore traffic lanes and keep bike lanes: sources

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the province walked away from compromises to restore traffic lanes while keeping bike lanes on major streets.

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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"Trump is a bully and a loser!" said the man who has spent 8 years getting revenge on the city that didn't choose him to be the mayor in 2014.

Doug Ford looms like Dougzilla above Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Being so steeped in American exceptionalism, it is hard for many Americans (and an administration with zero theory of mind) to understand how repugnant the vast majority of Canadians find the thought of becoming a vassal state of the dying empire next door. We will accept more pain in this fight.

That claim was hardly credible. This White House has shown no interest in mutual advantage. Its specialty is zero-sum thinking – and its strategy in this as in other trade negotiations has been to press for concession after concession, with each gain signaling the other side’s willingness to bend yet again under pressure. This, at any rate, is the view that most Canadians have come to. Anxious as they must be about the economic consequences of an escalating trade dispute, three in four say their government was right to walk away. They’d rather bear the costs than capitulate.

American voters, on the other hand, may be unwilling to bear any burden merely to show Canada who’s boss. Already preoccupied with high inflation and economic instability, they must be wondering why anybody is being asked to accept such costs in the first place. As a much bigger economy, the US can more easily withstand the shock of an all-out trade war — but the harms of even higher prices and vanishing jobs will still be painful.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Part of the ambient grief across the country, I believe, is that a number of people had a self-conception they would be different under fascism than they are: maybe braver, more engaged in social action, more compassionate... And folks are now coming to terms that they are who they've always been.

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Paul Kulig @paulkuligto.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Extension of the West Toronto Railpath south of Dundas is finally taking shape. This ramp will connect to a bridge to Sorauren Park across the tracks.

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Cheryl White @ladyscorcher.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

If you want a Toronto Tempo hat you might have to order online because the guys at the sports hat stores in the mall don’t seem to know about women’s sports.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Unreal. This is the largest critical mass I’ve ever been apart of. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Toronto. I’ve lived here for decades and I still have a few moments every week where I catch myself thinking “I want to move here.”

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Cheryl White @ladyscorcher.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The 6 cases across a 1km radius. So also airborne?

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

For Americans this is a trade war. For Canadians it's existential. Joking about making them the 51st state and saying their consent doesn't matter tends to do that. Good politicians make it easy for the other side to say yes. This made it impossible.

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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

At some point in everyone’s life they should visit Quebec City and watch the big lake freighters pass by on the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez River.

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Brian Platt @brianplatt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Trump may be just trolling Canada with stuff like this, but it has the very real effect of hardening public opinion and making it politically impossible for Carney to give further concessions in trade talks

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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A few months back, I commented on someone’s post that I don’t think Americans grasp how much — and what long term — damage Trump is doing to Canada/US relations and a well-intentioned woman responded “Oh, no! We do! It will take decades to heal.” Decades. Oh, honey.

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Trump signs order to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' | CBC News

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order directing the interior secretary to rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America," as the trade war with Canada persists.

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The Parti Québecois, a party whose hold raison-d'être is separatism, recently said they were putting all separation talk on the backburner for the remainder of Trump's term. Do you know how insane that is? Trump healed 200 years of Franco-Anglo tensions purely by being a giant asshole.

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Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton didn’t spend her dollars on space travel or a trip to the titanic because she was writing checks to put over 330 million books in the hands of children. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library has confirmed it will continue to send out millions of books to children after her passing. R.I.P

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

just saw this reaction vid to Dolly playing and singing this tune - it's everyone when they hear it youtu.be/G8rPCa_7Yzg?...

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Remembering an American Icon: Dolly Parton (1946-2026)

YouTube video by Rick Beato

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Cheryl White @ladyscorcher.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This thread is really beautiful, but maybe save it for when you’re somewhere it’s safe to be teary. 🥲

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