Reposted by mathenpointeOliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026All those Toronto drivers who shouted about bike lanes' [non-existent] effect on emergency vehicles will no doubt throw their support behind congestion pricing. Right? 220848
Reposted by mathenpointeHow-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 27/09/2026This tool from @observingthecity.ca is fantastic. It shows the traffic mode share by intersection using City data. Many downtown areas are dominated by pedestrians (in green). Yet *we still give most of the space to cars on almost every street.* www.observingthecity.ca/intersection... 413335
Reposted by mathenpointeTake the Lane (Kevin McLaughlin) @voilakevin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Without a word of context, The Star covers this story as a triumph. And e-bikes are getting so dangerous. What the actual Fuck www.thestar.com/life/autos/r...thestar.comRam’s new 777-horsepower super truck can launch its three-tonne frame to 96 km/h in just 3.5 secondsPriced at $147,990, the 2027 TRX SRT lands at Canadian dealerships this fall with a supercharged V8 and luxury cabin. 1519230
Reposted by mathenpointeHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026Stasigotchift.comMark Zuckerberg unveils AI ‘charm’ device that can fit on a keychainSocial media chief says the Muse personal assistant is the ‘centrepiece’ of his AI vision after launch success 1720044
Reposted by mathenpointeMark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026NEWS: My new investigation uncovers the horrific ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter's violent fantasies and plans up to the day of the massacre. Chats about guns, timing of attacks, becoming infamous, and more. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre. 421469805
Reposted by mathenpointeNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It's not flooding the zone, it's seizing a crisis in order to ram through a slew of rapid fire changes that are a gift to multinational corporations and are the opposite of what we ran on. What do you call that again? 21574154
Reposted by mathenpointeThe Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026All out for Critical Mass Friday! Meet at High Park 6pm. Ride at 6:30. We ride together for safe infra. 36819
Reposted by mathenpointeSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026when ai leaves u behind 74255429575
Reposted by mathenpointeShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I've received a few responses & seen others along the lines of the cops can't be beat, they will attack (they will & have) & Chow wise not to engage. But this is the job. It's a dereliction of leadership not to tackle this. Same with Ontario Liberal leadership candidates silent on it. Dereliction. 48731
Reposted by mathenpointeMatt Lie-Paehlke @mattliepaehlke.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Toronto Police are totally corrupt. It's wild. 043
Reposted by mathenpointeKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 18/09/2026Talk about a dream 😍 In conversation with Margaret Atwood at our shared alma mater, Victoria University, on October 20 1126621
Reposted by mathenpointeThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It's this @tomflood.bsky.social joint come to life, but with a school board instead of a cop. 835061
Reposted by mathenpointeLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 17/09/2026I once again ask why does every single police officer need a computer in every single police cruiser giving them instant access to every single Canadians' private information? There is no oversight. They are literally using this information to stalk women and sharing this information with assassins 920083
Reposted by mathenpointeShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Not a soul on the mayoral election campaign tail is breathing a word of this. No member of the establishment. No board of trade serious person. Fantasyland.thestar.comExplosive corruption allegations within the Toronto Police Service detailed in newly unsealed court recordsA thwarted assassination attempt of a jail official helped break open one of the biggest police corruption scandals in the city’s history. 1021484
Reposted by mathenpointeJanel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I mean if you really want to hear Ed Sheeran without any opening acts you can simply get put on hold with your bank 128115901944
Reposted by mathenpointeColleen @cbailey6.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"But some new polling data suggests what most riders really want is something else entirely: better service." 52% of Toronto residents said more frequent and reliable service would get them to use the TTC more, vs 19% worried about personal safety or 9% who said lower fares would bring them back.thestar.comMatt 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. 2358
Reposted by mathenpointeShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It is, actually, patriotic to to critique your government. 722549
Reposted by mathenpointeThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Put another way, it’s not “Now do cars.” It’s a question of whether or not drivers are asked to take collective responsibility for the behavior of all other drivers in the way people ask of “cyclists.” 529226
Reposted by mathenpointeThe Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Next Friday, we ride for safety and our bike lanes! Starting location announced next week. Stay tuned for details. #CriticalMass 17722
Reposted by mathenpointeKimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It's been a week in #OntEd. Never have I ever been more convinced: Public education is worth fighting for. Our kids are worth fighting for. The future of Ontario is worth fighting for. #OntEdUnited 0194
mathenpointe @mathenpointe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This is dystopian. With the added layer that this is for an AI chatbot they'd like you to replace your doctor with. When you think about all the levels that had to sign off on this... Bleak. 010
Reposted by mathenpointeAndrew Lewis FC @andrewlewisfc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026There is no constituency in favour of privatizing the sky except the advertisers doing it. No one wants the sky polluted by thousands of drones blocking the stars. It needs to be banned with extreme prejudice, but our feckless governments will do nothing because commerce, lobbyists, & donors. 25118
Reposted by mathenpointeThe Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 11/09/2026When she was fifteen, Diana Chan McNally was homeless. Today, the frontline worker and activist is running for city council in Parkdale–High Park. New from @emmapaling.bsky.social: thelocal.to/diana-chan-m...thelocal.toToronto’s Most Well-Known Defender of Homeless Encampments Runs for Council | The LocalAs a teenager, Diana Chan McNally was briefly homeless. She’s since worked in drop-in centres and become a prominent advocate for homeless people. In the race for Parkdale-High Park, she’s going to ne... 05328
Reposted by mathenpointeDCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“The proposed acquisition of Moneris Solutions Corporation…would place essential Canadian payments infrastructure under U.S. ownership and control, creating unacceptable risks to Canadian data sovereignty, privacy, operational resilience, and economic security.” Only 4783 signed. C’mon 🇨🇦💪! #cdnpoliourcommons.caPetition e-7712 - PetitionsOnly validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures. 66065
Reposted by mathenpointeAndrew Lewis FC @andrewlewisfc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Firing all the scientists as part of moving the Science Centre to the destroyed Ontario Place as a beard to justify the billion dollar parking palace Doug Ford is building for his foreign waterfront spa owners makes perfect sense because beards don't need scientists. www.cp24.com/politics/que...cp24.comOntario Science Centre laying off entire science departmentThe Ontario Science Centre has laid off 30 workers including the entire science department, The Canadian Press has learned. 1207
Reposted by mathenpointeShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Give me a T Give me an R Give me a U Give me an M Give me a P Give me a Y 58024
Reposted by mathenpointeDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 10/09/2026New study finds the social cost of driving a car 1 km—including pollution, crashes, infrastructure, and noise—is more than *triple* the private cost paid by the car owner. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... 18795330
Reposted by mathenpointeShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A city survey about the waterfront excursion zone - the one that kept boats of the swimming areas (like Europe, Asia etc do with ease). Single best improvement to beaches in years. Have your say. The haters will be out.ca.mar.medallia.comMWEZ & VORR survey 02612
Reposted by mathenpointeAnna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Freedom of information? We filed an FOI for refused FOIs to find out what Ontario's government doesn't want you to know. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/freedom...ijb.utoronto.caFreedom of information? Here’s what Ontario’s government doesn’t want you to know - Investigative Journalism BureauWe filed an FOI for refused FOIs. Here’s what we found. 38343
Reposted by mathenpointeMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/09/2026A question we could face ourselves: what might we do differently, if we accepted that the police are not failing to protect the public, but telling us who they believe is worthy of protection? 51817532
Reposted by mathenpointeCatelli @catelli.bsky.social · 07/09/2026www.cp24.com/local/toront...cp24.com‘I want justice’: Father demands answers after twins ‘manhandled’ by Toronto police officers at McDonald’sA Toronto father is speaking out after video surfaced showing his 15-year-old twins being arrested and “manhandled” by plainclothes police officers at a Scarborough McDonald’s last week. 148
Reposted by mathenpointeThe Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 05/09/2026Canada confirms defence strategy against invasion mainly waiting for Americans to die from preventable illnessesthebeaverton.comCanada confirms defence strategy against invasion mainly waiting for Americans to die from preventable illnessesOTTAWA - Last weekend, Canada's Ministry of National Defence confirmed their main strategy to fend off a potential invasion from the United States is to wait for American forces to be killed off by th... 301075322
Reposted by mathenpointeDavid Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Full-sized SUVs are pedestrian killers. New research finds that they're more than twice as likely to kill or seriously injure a pedestrian than other cars. (Notably, vehicle height—not weight—was the biggest risk factor.) doi.org/10.1016/j.js... 17549227
Reposted by mathenpointeShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 05/09/2026In @thestar.com I write about how to reimagine & continue Ford's very Trumpy, absurd & ridiculous bike lane war: don't feel lonely (there's more cyclists everyday); protests will grow (note to engineering firms & drivers); it's a culture war (facts, science & good faith don't matter). Let's go.thestar.comShawn Micallef: Doug Ford has waged a Trump-like war on bike lanes. Here’s how Toronto can fight backFord’s war on bike lanes is a culture war. From protests to narrowing roads, here is how Toronto can fight back. 1018875
Reposted by mathenpointeShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I have a column this weekend asking: where is the rest of civil society. Where’s the CEOs asking for safe streets for their employees? Where’s the foundations taking a stand, putting some money behind countering this? Where’s the establishment? Everyone is sitting it out. Just like w Rob ford. 1417354
Reposted by mathenpointeJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 04/09/2026One of the things that I've said before on the podcast and will say again is that aside from everything else, there are things that ought to be beneath the notice of the provincial government. You make law for 16 million people and you're whining about bike lanes! www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...thestar.comDoug Ford’s government rejected Toronto’s proposals to restore traffic lanes and keep bike lanes: sourcesToronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the province walked away from compromises to restore traffic lanes while keeping bike lanes on major streets. 1825471
Reposted by mathenpointeParis Marx @parismarx.com · 03/09/2026good to see new rail cars, but the real problem with via is that the feds privatized the rails and now train passengers can’t get anywhere on time. what are they going to do about that?bnnbloomberg.caOttawa spending $4.7B on new made-in-Canada Via Rail passenger carsPrime Minister Mark Carney says his government is spending $4.7 billion to build 313 new passenger cars for Via Rail. 1123155
Reposted by mathenpointeIsaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026NEW: Standing on a muddy Mississauga construction site, flanked by excavation vehicles and workers, Doug Ford wrapped up his remarks at a news-conference-style podium. “Thank God we don’t have the media,” he quipped. It's part of a trend. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1204642...globalnews.ca‘Thank God we don’t have the media’: Ford praises closed-door announcement | Globalnews.caThe joke was Doug Ford's last remark at an event which looked like a news conference but had no reporters in attendance, part of a recent trend for his government. 83819
Reposted by mathenpointeaugust 🍂 @auguststreet.ca · 02/09/2026neither the ontario liberal party or the ndp have made a peep about bike lanes. you'd think they'd attack ford over GO train cuts though, given how unpopular train cuts are in the 905 ridings that he depends on for blue votes (newmarket, barrie, etc). ontario's political outlook is so cooked 513119
Reposted by mathenpointeMatt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 02/09/2026Toronto is putting on a “Kids Vote Weekend” in October, where kids will go to polling locations and vote for one of five candidates running to be Tree of the Year. I will be cancelling all my coverage of the mayoral race and focusing exclusively on this contest. www.toronto.ca/city-governm... 69521
Reposted by mathenpointeJenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Paul Calandra’s response to his govt deal in which an 🇺🇸 company got $66M taken from public ed and is now price gouging teachers: “Don't just run to TikTok and say, ‘Oh my gosh, look what they're doing to us.’ Help me make it better,” Calandra said.” The govt getting feedback from #OntEd teachers: 136027
Reposted by mathenpointeTrapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Amazing how Staples, a US company, keeps getting contracts from 'Captain Canada's' government despite a supposed ban on US procurement 4219
Reposted by mathenpointeMichael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 01/09/2026He is trying to get people on bikes killed on these streets. The blood of any cyclist who does will be on Ford’s hands 3467
Reposted by mathenpointeShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Per the gov't news release on bike lane removal, interesting to see the head of the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario endorse this. Address: Vaughan. Writes op eds in the Sun urging road building like highway 413. Do all their members support this position? Might be good to ask. 4528
Reposted by mathenpointeTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Get ready to shut this city down. 1517333
Reposted by mathenpointeSean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Ah, there’s the Dollarama Trump that we all know so well. 1172
Reposted by mathenpointeMichelle Allison, RD @fatnutritionist.bsky.social · 01/09/2026P.S. Doug Ford loves Trump and is a self-avowed Trumper; do not fall for his stupid WWE-level kayfabe antics where he and Trump growl at each other in the press he loves him, he's a sycophant, and he's enacting the same basic political agenda in Ontario as much as possible 182
Reposted by mathenpointeJames McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 01/09/2026For the Toronto Star, I wrote about the trade war, digital sovereignty, and Lake Ontario. We are already dominated by American tech giants. If Canada fights this trade war and we don't renegotiate the terms of digital trade, we will lose. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comGoogle changing Lake Ontario to Lake America isn’t just frustrating. It points to a deeper problem for Mark CarneyCanada’s digital infrastructure is too tied to companies like Google, Microsoft and Amazon. 35359114
Reposted by mathenpointeMadeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 29/08/2026We might have filled the entire Bloor Viaduct??? Freaking enormous crowd for critical mass tonight. 433328