Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 18hDrinking a beer, listening to Tito Puente, banging around in the kitchen making a lasagna. Friday! 020
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My friend does this monthly thing called Learning Club where a bunch of us go to hear someone talk about their passion topic, and tonight's was Vietnamese salad rolls where we sat down and made dinner and ate all together, and my heart is very full on this harvest moon. 🌕🍂 040
Reposted by Erin 🍍Andrew Young 🇨🇦 @young.me · 25/09/2026#Ontario: flu and COVID-19 vaccines available Sept 28 for high-risk groups, and Oct 26 for general public news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...news.ontario.caOntario Newsroom 35646
Reposted by Erin 🍍Chelsey Harasym @likeablechelsey.com · 20/09/2026Toronto: tonight at 11:59 is the cutoff to be on the voters' list if you want a voter information card mailed to you for the October 26 election. Two minutes at MyVote. Do it before the day gets away from you. 🗳️ 035
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I'm in a virtual meeting hosted by a local grassroots org that's aimed at pressuring Toronto city council candidates to oppose AI data centres, and it is almost exclusively pissed-off tech nerds who are absolutely itching to burn data centres to the ground, this rules 030
Reposted by Erin 🍍Adam Bunch @adambunch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This Friday! GHOST STORIES OF TORONTO begins! It's on Zoom at noon and it's free — the first talk in my lunchtime lectures series with the Toronto Public Library, diving into the history of ghost stories in our city. More details & free registration here: tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6a... 1105
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Patricia's second written note in episode 6 made me laugh harder than I've laughed at anything this year 030
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Playing Silent Hill f, watching Widow's Bay, showed my sister Suspiria for the first time yesterday, spooky season is ON 030
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Shopping for a rain jacket and this was the review that clinched it 120
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 07/09/2026As my mom likes to say, it ain't braggin' if ya done it 020
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 07/09/2026It was friggin Monarch-Palooza at Tommy Thompson today! I'm so stoked to see so many of these guys, apparently a great year for them due to a productive winter in Mexico 🦋 170
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Today is my 15th anniversary of moving to Toronto, so we're watching Scotty P ✌️ 040
Reposted by Erin 🍍ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I've seen everyone sharing that US Dialect Quiz so I decided to make my own, much crappier, CANADIAN DIALECT QUIZ to guess where in Canada you're from 1452052749
Reposted by Erin 🍍Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 26/08/2026The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs. Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too. Luckily, I have a guide for that.disconnect.blogGetting off US tech: a guideI’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider. 201576752
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Toronto folks, if you are free tonight there is a bike ride starting at Castle Frank to show why dedicated bike infrastructure is badly needed! 020
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 27/08/2026She cute tonight, thank u Jays for winning and making the tower happy 030
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Another day, another boomer watching videos on their phone at full blast in the cafe 020
Reposted by Erin 🍍Emma Cole @editrixemma.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Toronto writer/movie friends: I am doing an event October 3 at Little Ghosts for my book. Anyone want to come and be my conversation partner? 294
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Hades is a fun game because you do the classic stuff like fight a giant hydra with your sword, but if you've met up with Dionysus beforehand you can also beat the hydra by giving it a hangover so powerful that its head explodes. Something for everybody! 030
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 15/08/2026It's @dickrnavis.bsky.social's birthday!!! Here we are at 6am on the bus out to the Bruce Peninsula for a bday hike 🌻 180
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 14/08/2026This is either going to be the greatest or most disappointing birthday present I've ever had 140
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Watched The Samurai And The Prisoner on a dark and stormy night in Toronto babyyyy 160
Reposted by Erin 🍍Mark Allen @markallen.io · 11/08/2026So tired of having to sign a petition or go to a rally every six months just to keep a single bike lane from getting turned back into on-street parking spots because people from the suburbs want to drive right above a subway line across the city. 27930
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Tuckered out after a long morning of pooping on the vet 010
Reposted by Erin 🍍Nick "Big Stretch" Davis @dickrnavis.bsky.social · 04/08/2026on my way to steal your girl 031
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Cracking up at these anti-drug booklets at the downtown burrito place, *huge* "you wouldn't steal a car" vibes 100
Reposted by Erin 🍍Tess is Surviving the Horrors @mothmother.com · 01/08/2026I started getting followed by some "film festivals" and "writing festivals" and thought "oh, these are cool!" Then I looked a little closer. They're all part of a network that preys on writers, charging us for reviews, and feeding our stuff into slop generators. So I made a list.👋🏻🖕🏻😠 421218668
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 31/07/2026When the gig is so disorganized you spend an hour backstage waiting to go on // When they mail out the overtime cheques 020
Reposted by Erin 🍍Emily Schooley @emilyschooley.bsky.social · 27/07/2026URGENT #topoli - On Wednesday, July 29th, Toronto City Council is considering two motions on AI Data Centres in the GTA: The Hyperscale Stack Data Centre in Scarborough and the Microsoft Data Centre in Etobicoke. NEITHER OF THESE MOTIONS INCLUDES A MORATORIUM. actionnetwork.org/letters/mora...actionnetwork.orgFLOOD CITY COUNCIL'S MOTION COMMENTS — AI DATA CENTRE MORATORIUM NOW!On Wednesday, July 29th, Toronto City Council is considering two motions on AI Data Centres in the GTA: The Hyperscale Stack Data Centre in Scarborough and the Microsoft Data Centre in Etobicoke. Bi... 179
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Oh my god I think this nightmare might be truly dead in the water. What is this feeling? Is this happiness? 072
Reposted by Erin 🍍Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Like all Canadian government surveys on AI, this is hilariously pro-AI. But it only takes like 5 minutes to fill out, and at the end you can make it clear that the only focus of the government when it comes to AI and culture is that Canadian artists need copyright protections from AI scraping. 13196147
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 23/07/2026*guy who brought in the Trojan horse voice* "Oh so I was just supposed to know we DO look a gift horse in the mouth now?" 120
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Do I dare start a tech support ticket with 20mins left in my workday 000
Reposted by Erin 🍍David Elfstrom 🍁 @davidelfstrom.bsky.social · 16/07/2026A Redditor put together some instructions on on how to make an optimized 1-filter air cleaner using a box fan from my experimentation several years ago. It's in a Google drive folder here: drive.google.com/drive/folder... 23316
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I got this from VIA less than 15mins before train departure - never seen them void seat choices before. Any train understanders know what "change of equipment" might mean in this situation? I'm so curious. 120
Reposted by Erin 🍍Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 16/07/2026A group of TO civil society leaders (in a sea of people who aren't saying a peep) have created TO Reality Check to oppose the Island Airport expansion. Give them some time + share where you can. They've made it easy to send a letter to Liberal MPs who could stop all this today. torealitycheck.cayoutube.comThe Best of Toronto's Waterfront - And Why We Might Lose ItYouTube video by TO_RealityCheck 611770
Erin 🍍 @maclebass.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Gimme the Loggins with a lime slurpee + tequila (my official Bermuda Shorts Day bevvie as a U of C grad, go Dinos) 040
Reposted by Erin 🍍Karen Geier @karengeier.com · 10/07/2026Hiiiiiiiii. We are trying to make a solitary inch of Toronto a better place by pedestrianizing part of Church street, the heart of the Gay Village. Here are the contact details to have your say to helping us keep it. Please participate even if you don’t live here but you just like walkability 34219
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