Niels @niels12.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I did a quick calculation to find out what the actual unweighted result of the poll was. #ward4 #ParkdaleHighPark McNally 31.3% Guerrera 30% King 12.5% 152
Reposted by NielsWarren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · 06/09/202640k deaths in the US and 1.2m globally from car crashes? Invisible. 40% of California GHG emissions, 2/3rds in many cities, caused by private cars? Invisible. Nope, let's all lash out at e-bikes and bike lanes. 438346
Reposted by NielsJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 30/08/2026"we should rename Mar-a-Lago something funny, make Google display that" My brother in Christ, the Ontario legislature can declare Google's workers in Ontario to be unionized and assign their collective labour rights to whichever union will be most militant, think bigger 544478862
Reposted by NielsSenator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 26/08/2026My legislation to speed up & lower the cost of permitting for heat pumps (SB 222) cleared the Legislature & is on its way to the Governor. We need more heat pumps & we need to make it easier, faster & less expensive to install them. They lower energy costs & reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. 28211
Reposted by NielsSam @samd.bsky.social · 22/08/2026seriously though, Canada should target swing senate states with the retaliatory tariffs. Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Texas, Michigan, Kansas, Alaska, and Nebraska all need to understand the economic pain that our senile piece of shit president has unleashed 591441198
Reposted by NielsGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This is what the billionaire press and many politicians were campaigning so hard to destroy. Their freedom to drive took precedence over our children's freedom to thrive. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comUlez led to better lung size and function among London children, study findsResearchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone 352264803
Reposted by NielsLyndsey Layton @lyndseylayton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Amid the concern about noise, water usage & electric bills, there's another feature of data centers that's almost hidden: added air pollution.nytimes.comTrump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution 410049
Reposted by NielsSam @samd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I align with Abdul more on policy but I really think many people on the left are underestimating how catastrophic it would be to the broader movement if there’s a blue wave in November but Abdul still loses, costing us control of the senate and allowing Trump to nominate more SCOTUS justices 4034655
Reposted by NielsSam @samd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026sometimes I think about how Germany could have one of the cleanest electricity mixes in the world if they simply didn’t shut down all their nuclear plants 3072869
Niels @niels12.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Unbelievable that media outlets were uncritically running with this garbage poll at the time. 020
Reposted by NielsJimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 15/07/2026Not sure Carney's got this whole petropolitics thing down just yet. You don't want to announce your wholehearted embrace of oil and gas immediately before the season now known as "fire season" or your words will be echoing through people's heads while they wheeze through their morning dog walks. 18498145
Reposted by NielsMatt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 25/06/2026Councillor Perks reminds us of Mammoliti's quest to erect the largest flagpole in the world. He remembers a Moscoe motion about it. "If memory serves, the motion was there would be a plaque in front of the flagpole saying, 'The City of Toronto congratulates Councillor Mammoliti on his erection.'" 1253
Reposted by NielsSam @samd.bsky.social · 02/06/2026this is the type of shit that was kinda cute back in 2012 but absolutely does not fly anymore. stop treating the fascists like they’re your besties! 1253356430
Niels @niels12.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Meanwhile Toronto stopped enforcing it’s idling by-law 6 years ago and thousands of people sit in their cars everyday unnecessarily pumping out pollution and GHGs while scrolling 020
Niels @niels12.bsky.social · 18/05/2026And about 43% (if we’re lucky) of voters will still vote Republican in November. Says a lot about America. 000
Reposted by NielsSam @samd.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Democrats really need to stop this “labor is always 100% correct no matter the actual details of the issue” nonsense. the other side of the negotiating table with the LIRR unions isn’t billionaire shareholders. it’s public servants protecting taxpayers from getting ripped off 529520
Reposted by NielsShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 10/05/2026When local Liberal MPs say they’re in the dark about plans too, they are lying. Their own agency is sitting on secret reports. Ask your Toronto liberal MP to stop lying to you. 310558
Niels @niels12.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Depriving the federal government of 40 billion a year to offer a small reprieve to drivers in a country where the top selling vehicle by far is the F150 followed by Chevy Silverado is just plain dumb. I hate seeing promising candidates leaning into slopulism. 020
Reposted by NielsCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 02/05/2026>Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson were all on Russian payroll >Orban loses in Hungary >Rod Dreher immediately leaves Budapest >The Daily Wire fires half their staff was all the right-wing conspiracy posting about USAID just massive fucking projection? 552912609
Reposted by NielsDiana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 01/05/2026I’m running for City Council in Parkdale—High Park. I’m running because our neighbours deserve a councillor who has walked alongside them, fought for them, and knows how to turn community demands into real wins at City Hall. Join me at www.dianachanmcnally.ca.youtube.comDiana Chan McNally for Parkdale—High ParkYouTube video by Diana Chan McNally 2220059
Reposted by NielsUnofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Gord Perks calls it quits: Toronto councillor looks back on 20 years at city hall – and the personal tragedy that fuels his political passionthestar.comGord Perks calls it quits: Toronto councillor looks back on 20 years at city hall – and the personal tragedy that fuels his political passionThe long-time local politician’s decision not to run in this year’s contest leaves a vacuum on city hall’s left, but may be welcome news to the councillor’s critics. 011
Niels @niels12.bsky.social · 29/04/2026This is the first time since January 2022 that the PCs have been behind in a poll in Ontario. Even if we’re years away from an election this is pretty significant. 020
Reposted by NielsThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Remembering Amal Khalil 307102763797
Niels @niels12.bsky.social · 23/04/2026And I saw people heading for the exits after Philly went 3-2 up (not in the supporters section though!) 000
Niels @niels12.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Orban is done, the only question is whether Magyar’s Tisza party will win a 2/3 majority which is required to properly re-democratize the country. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...theguardian.comHungary election live: Polls in Hungary close in tightly fought election after 16 years under Viktor OrbánPrime minister has been trailing in the polls to Péter Magyar in race that could have repercussions for Europe, the US and Russia 010
Reposted by NielsAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 09/04/20264/ US-Israeli impunity has shredded the international order: Canada should lead in rebuilding it. 642860
Reposted by NielsReece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 01/04/2026With the Liberals not having delivered intercity rail in the last 11 years, and the Conservatives solution being "we just won't build stuff! for *those* people in Ontario and Quebec (the majority of the countries population)" I'm reminded that what I really want is pro-rep. 1828
Reposted by NielsDon Davies @donvdavies.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Wow! Mark Carney himself said “he’s more conservative than Doug Ford”. New Democrats have been saying it for months and Canadians are seeing it more & more: two conservative parties are in the House of Commons. Only the NDP is representing progressive Canadians. Even Mark Carney says so. 65818
Reposted by Nielsjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/04/2026the trump administration is selling this country wholesale to rapacious, extractive industries that will destroy our collective resources for private profit morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...morethanjustparks.substack.comBREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest ServiceThe headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed. 20473613337
Reposted by NielsCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Even as he was dying Stephen Lewis stood up for justice and the belief in a better world. A model to us all. 221061217
Reposted by NielsShipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 01/04/2026That’s one hell of a cover….. 256185894886
Reposted by NielsDavid Doel @daviddoel.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Wow. Just lived long enough to see his son become the leader of the NDP. Here's Avi Lewis' touching words about his dad during his victory speech. 216130
Reposted by NielsCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 28/03/2026A politician with the guts to say it: "No American child from the blue collar or the middle class should have to die fighting in Iran. Let the Epstein class fight the Epstein War." - Premier Wab Kinew at the NDP national convention, Winnipeg. 467189765353
Reposted by NielsDiana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 27/03/2026It's not good. • $345M in unspecified cuts to housing programs • No increased funding for affordable housing • No funding for rent relief and no real rent control • No plan to legalize "missing middle" housing • No plan to renew federal-provincial housing funding agreements 04119
Niels @niels12.bsky.social · 12/03/2026The purpose of platforming MAGA “intellectuals” should only be to publicly humiliate them. 011
Reposted by NielsAlex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Toronto’s progressive newspaper and Liberal MP’s rolling over for the permanent desecration of Toronto’s waterfront. @juliedzerowicz.bsky.social www.thestar.com/news/gta/dou...thestar.comDoug Ford says jets are coming to Billy Bishop airport ‘one way or another’Ontario premier said the federal government had endorsed the plan that would see longer-haul jets at the Toronto Islands airport. 52714
Reposted by NielsChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11/03/2026I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share: 514177327127
