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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 1h
China is living in the future.
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 3h
Who’s Streets? Our Streets! #BikeTO
Cyclists block removal
Protesters halt planned teardown of Bloor Street bike lanes in Etobicoke

ANDY TAKAGI
TRANSPORTATION REPORTER
The Ford government's removal of bike lanes on a 1.2-kilometre stretch of Bloor Street on Tuesday evening was temporarily thwarted by cycling advocates.
Four construction trucks left
Green Lanes and Bloor Street West in Etobicoke to chants of "get home safe," after hundreds of cyclists blocked construction workers from entering and moving their trucks.
The government had previously
confirmed to the Star that work filled with reflective traffic drums would begin on Tuesday to remove the bike lanes on that stretch of
that would have been used to block
Bloor Street.
off the bike lanes. Despite some
The plan, which will eventually
tense exchanges between protesters and police, the vehicles left
remove 19 kilometres of bike lanes
without completing any work.
across the city, has been polarizing for years. Some local businesses
"It was good to see the workers
have raised concerns about the bike
listen to reason," said David Shell-nutt, a lawyer and cycling advocate.
lanes impact on parking and con-
"These guys are just here for a job."
gestion, while cycling advocates have legally challenged the decision
"We (will) stick around foras long as it takes. That's tonight, that's to-
to rip them out.
morrow, that's this week, that's next
Protesters swarmed the construc-
week."
tion vehicles, two of which were
SEE CYCLISTS, A3
Advocates gather along Bloor Street ahead of the planned removal of bike lanes on Tuesday evening.
STEVE RUSSELL/ TORONTOOnce lanes are gone,
'our safety is at risk'
ETOBICOKE BIKE LANES
BEING REMOVED
Existing lanes
CYCLISTS FROM A1
the Bloor bike lanes. When that lane is removed, I will take her in
Transportation Minister Prab-meet Sarkaria's office did not im-
my SUV and there you go, congestion is not solved."
mediately respond to a request for comment when asked when con-
Earlier in the evening, protesters
struction would continue or
- both bipedal and on bicycle - filled the stretch of the Bloor bike
whether it would be paused due to
lanes between Clissold and Royal
the protests.
York roads. Cyclists created a long.
"To destroy Toronto's complete streets, and to make it illegal to
winding chain of bodies and bikes to occupy the bike lane in both di-
build them anywhere in the province is to guarantee violent, preven-
rections in anticipation of con-
table deaths," said Jess Spieker, a
struction crews.
spokesperson for Friends and Fam-
As the evening wore on, what was
ilies for Safe Streets.
originally around 300 protesters
"Once these lanes are removed,
dwindled and the long chain of pro-
ering how much it's gonna cost On-
our safety is at risk," said Shellnutt.
testers thinned out, but the swarm tario taxpayers."
coalesced again as the construction
"I take my kid to daycare here on
workers showed up.
Coming from London, Ont., where bike infrastructure is scant.
*If construction ever shows up,
Hannoufa said traffic is still terri-
we're not going to leave the bike lane until they leave," Shellnutt
ble, "so I know adding one extra
said.
lane isn't going to fix the problem." The Ford government has previ-
ISLING TON AVE.
ROYAL YORK RD.
According to a publicly posted
ously blamed bike lanes for the
construction notice, the Ministry of Transportation will be conducting
city's congestion.
Bike lane removal efforts were
road work on the 1.2-kilometre
Etobicoke
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Taras Grescoe 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 10/10/2026
...in this week's HIGH SPEED dispatch: www.highspeed.blog/what-does-qu...
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Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"Sarkaria also said secondary streets, such as King Street and College Street, would be better alternatives for the bike lanes". King Street? Secondary?? With all respect, we're seriously questioning whether the minister has seen any of these Toronto roads with his own eyes.
cbc.ca
Ford government to begin ripping out, reconfiguring Toronto bike lanes after appeal court ruling | CBC News
The Ford government is going ahead with bike lane removal and reconfiguration on some of Toronto's busiest roads, the province announced Tuesday.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 21h
Cycling advocates, including CycleToronto, are seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, the group announced on Tuesday morning.
thestar.com
Toronto cycling advocates seek to take the fight over bike lanes to the Supreme Court of Canada
CycleToronto is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to block the Ford government from removing 19-kilometres of downtown Toronto bike lanes.
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 21h
Using a persons image in an untrue context without consent degrades them, full stop.
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Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Remember, when it comes to complex techno-social systems like the railways: "It's all path dependency" "It always has been"
The astronauts meme saying "it's all path dependency" " it always has been"
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 11/10/2026
Crime is down in Toronto — homicides at a 50-year low, shootings and robberies falling — yet most Torontonians believe the opposite is true.
thestar.com
Toronto is safer than ever, but not everybody thinks so. That fear is shaping the mayoral race
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
What if false idols
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Uplifting News @upliftingnews.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Restoring oyster reefs could deliver $12 trillion in ecosystem benefits—cleaning water, capturing carbon and protecting coastlines across 295,000 sq km of suitable habitat.
scitechdaily.com
The world's oyster reefs could deliver an estimated $12 trillion in ecosystem benefits if restored and protected, scientists say. Researchers identified 295,000 square kilometres of suitable habitat across 10 countries, where reefs can clean water,…
The world's oyster reefs could deliver an estimated $12 trillion in ecosystem benefits if restored and protected, scientists say. Researchers identified 295,000 square kilometres of suitable habitat across 10 countries, where reefs can clean water, capture carbon and protect coastlines.
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Why is Toronto paying a non-resident firearms trafficker who happens to work as police officer?
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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💙🎀 𝑱𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔 🎀💙 @jpep38.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
😆😂
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is great
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Ditto
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
They look like sea can site offices at a suburban mall development.
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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Spotted: Chris Alexander in a flannel shirt rolling office chairs down Yonge Street
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 09/10/2026
Whether the program makes sense is about the relationship of the program to the larger world, the human processes in which it is embedded It is, by definition, external to the program. That's what Naur is talking about
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Ripping out these protected bike lanes against the will of Toronto city council is a colossal waste of $48 million. The province’s own experts know it will not ease traffic congestion, it will put people’s lives at risk…” One of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen any politician do to any city.
cbc.ca
Ontario will officially begin removing Toronto bike lanes on Tuesday | CBC News
Ontario will begin removing bike lanes from a stretch on Bloor Street W. in Etobicoke on Tuesday, the Ministry of Transportation says.
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
and somehow they've also made Simulating Literacy As A Service, like, 90% of their business model
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Coordination between the departments managing bits of budget and infrastructure seems...like an obvious good. But it's somehow alien to the established system. Maybe we should arrange some, like, meet-and-greets so people at least know who to call. Heck, I'll host a wine and cheese if it'll help.
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We totally fail to integrate housing, schools+libraries, community space, commercial space, or any development whatsoever into the expanding TTC/Metrolinx station network. These are prime sites, and we choose to build shoddy single storey awnings. It's scandalous ineptitude.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sam Altman said people are just gonna have to die in order to implement AI. In the very same week, Anthropic claimed it’s a human rights violation to be mean to the computer. These people need to be held accountable. They think lines of code are a person with rights but living people are debris.
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Wow. This is an excellent piece. Major kudos to @alexbozikovic.bsky.social and Yang Sun.
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Testosterone obsessed Christian Nationalists just completely whiff their own program. They are neither manly nor Christian. This is a manly man. This is a good Christian. The other guys are...not that.
Fred Rogers smiling at the camera while pulling on his Keds
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
probably important to remember that the population of AI researchers is heavily slanted toward true believing devotees. their *entire world* is devoted to making artificial minds. they're, not, like, dispassionate observers.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We’re helping one million Canadian households make energy-saving retrofits. More efficient homes. Lower bills. More money in Canadians’ pockets.
Screenshot of an article from Bloomberg. The headline reads: Carney Launches C$2 Billion Home Retrofit Program.
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
static.klipy.com
elizabeth holmes stare
ALT: elizabeth holmes stare
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👨🏻‍💻☕️ @hunterwalk.com · 08/10/2026
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Easily my favorite detail:
There was the incident that became known as "the Lauren error": One day, her daughter Lauren, then four years old, was playing with
the command module simulator at the Instrumentation Lab when she somehow activated a pre-launch program, called P01, while the simulator was in midflight — which crashed the simulator altogether. Hamilton created a program add-on in the technical documentation warning users not to launch
P01 during flight. She also proposed a software fix to prevent the error happening during a real mission, but she was overruled on the grounds that the highly trained astronauts were never going to make that same mistake. Yet during the Apollo 8 mission in 1968, that's exactly what happened: Jim Lovell inadvertently launched P01 during the flight, causing the on-flight navigational data to vanish. Hamilton and her team were called in to solve the error, and after that her proposed changes were
integrated into the program.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 08/10/2026
Just in! New Nobel Prize laureate in literature Anne Carson stands surprised in her kitchen in Reykjavík, Iceland. Stay tuned for our exclusive interview with her coming soon. Join us in congratulating our 2026 literature laureate - send your greetings in the comments.
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
one of those fellas got the boot, at least
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Toronto Archives @torontoarchives.cityof.toronto.ca · 08/10/2026
The ever-changing waterfront. These views provide a snapshot of the changes taking place near the foot of Spadina in the mid-1980s as Marina Quay West was under construction, now adjacent to the Toronto Music Garden. Spadina Quay aerials: ow.ly/N0ea50ZTy6v
Oblique aerial view of the downtown Toronto waterfront as a  new pier is being constructed in the foreground. The CN Tower and a few skyscrapers are in the distance, mid-1980s. Series 1300, Subseries 2, File 152. Oblique aerial view of the downtown Toronto waterfront as a  new pier and marina are being constructed in the foreground. The CN Tower and a few skyscrapers are in the distance, mid-1980s. Series 1300, Subseries 2, File 152. Oblique aerial view of a new marina on the Toronto waterfront, mid-1980s. The Canada Malting Silos are visible and a freight ship is moving through the harbour. Series 1300, Subseries 2, File 152.
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Skip, the Online New Yorker (terrifying, i know) @badposter.lol · 07/10/2026
more business owners need to be like this
Coldstuff Ice-cream • Follow

I swear to God. STOP YELLING AT MY FUCKING EMPLOYEES. They are children. This job, for most of them is their first. They are going to make mistakes. They aren't in charge of anything. This can all be fixed with a smile and a polite attitude. It's ice cream for crying out loud. Grow up and act your age.
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Juche!
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
in awe of handmade things bsky.app/profile/kott...
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This looks incredible. So excited to see it.
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Mark Shaw 🇨🇦✌️🇪🇺 @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Politicians deciding what to do with Scarborough transit next
Meme of a person randomly smashing things because “I want things to be different.”

Then they gets upset “oh no”
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
💪💪💪
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Learn more about our new $1.2 billion investment to protect our oceans: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...
pm.gc.ca
Prime Minister Carney announces historic investment to protect Canada’s oceans
Canada is an ocean nation. Our three coasts connect us to each other and the world, carry our trade, and sustain hundreds of thousands of livelihoods.
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A charming, funny national icon?
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No this is a good idea. They should start it in childhood. Say age 5 or 6. And make the workouts progressively more sophisticated until about age 18. After that, people could either self-coach or enter a more narrowly focused intensive training program.
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Taras Grescoe 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com · 06/10/2026
If you want to live in a congested and irrelevant city 10 years from now—keep on building freeways to the suburbs. If you want to live in a prosperous and livable city 10 years from now—invest in the best transit you can today.
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🤢🤢🤢
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🌀
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Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
GREAT ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE NEWS!!! (Not a typo!) The Indonesian government has cancelled its insane Food and Energy Estates project, which would have deforested a land mass the size of Maryland. Amazing work by @mightyearth.org. A massive victory for the planet. mightyearth.org/article/indo...
mightyearth.org
Indonesia Announces End to “World’s Largest Deforestation Project” - Mighty Earth
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Mr Wa @ngsmcphrsn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Imagine waking up after the state has put you to death.
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