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Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social · 1h

@diannesaxe.bsky.social Harbord/Montrose, no signage, no marshals. Forcing everyone into live rush hour traffic.

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Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social · 2h

Parking changeover day combined with garbage day, this should go well.

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Pete @peterwelsh.bsky.social · 11h

One of the very busy Tennessee Warblers in the wildlife gardens... #parkdaleurbanwildliferefuge #tennesseewarbler

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Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social · 21h

I feel the same about lights. I don't think anyone should be faulted for not having them, and in urban areas you shouldn't NEED them, but our infrastructure is less than ideal. Last week I was driving at night to get groceries and was getting into a right turn lane that crossed a bike lane.

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Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The best part about #TorontoSky is even when I don't have time to photograph an amazing sunrise, someone else usually has.

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Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Reminder: This is almost literally on top of a subway station and has been vacant for at least 17 years. At some point you have to start blaming the city.

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Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Are we ready to have a public acknowledgement and deep consideration for the hundreds of fruit fly eggs and larvae we each consume on a yearly basis?

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w wilson @wwwilson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#Toronto has a #bike bridge over a rail line, aptly known as the #Thunderdome, complete with NPR logo. @npr.org

Bike/walking bridge over a rail Line in the East Don river area, nickname is "The Thunder Dome" .

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Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One day someone will figure out why the trigger button at Honest Ed's Park only works intermittently and I'll get the photo I'm after.

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Urban Cycling Institute @urbancyclinginstitute.org · 29/09/2026

[𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛]: the alarming growth of private cars in height, width, length and weight at the expense of public space, the environment and overall safety.

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CodeMarvelous @codemarvelous.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When I talk about old utility trucks this is what I mean. This is my truck on the right vs this useless Goliath on the left.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 28/09/2026

Thanks for reminding me of this.

A short history of traffic engineering show walk, cycle, transit and car routes over time with cycling and walking getting worse.

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🎃I'll be Frankenstein with you 🧌🇨🇦 @syncros.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This weekend is the 20th anniversary of Nuit Blanche in Toronto. I remember heading to U of T that night because Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya's work was enveloping Philosopher's Walk in fog. It was amazing. For a time capsule, here's my Flickr album from 20 years ago. I'd just gotten my 1st dSLR.

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nuit blanche 2006

Photos from Toronto's Nuit Blanche, an all-night "contemporary art thing" Oct 1, 2006.

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Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

GTA is coming, which means it's time to start thinking about a retirement path. Long live the king.

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Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today is officially my first day as the CBC's Toronto City Hall Reporter. Reach out if you want to chat municipal politics, transit and local elections. #ToPoli Email: isaac.callan@cbc.ca DMs open, message for phone/WhatsApp number.

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Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Whoever decided to put acetaminophen and pseudoephedrine in the same pill deserves a Nobel prize.

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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thanks @bikewaysto.bsky.social & Scarborough Junction Community for hosting today's Loop Trail and Scarborough Link rides which call for closing the gaps on their respective trails. You can read about the Loop Trail ride on my blog. #BikeTO #ScarbTO #TOpoli www.twowheeledpolitics.ca/2026/09/sept...

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September 2026 Loop and Link Ride

A blog about cycling and political advocacy based in Toronto, Canada. (#BikeTO)

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Jake Anbinder @jakeanbinder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Did you know: cities used to have balloons that would just follow children to school, until General Motors bought all the balloons and scrapped them

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Sara Cowan @saracowan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Well, it finally happened. A driver doing a right turn hit me on my bike, in a bike lane. I'm physically ok. My spidey senses served me well; the driver wasn't signaling, but my gut said they might turn, so I slowed down and watched. Slammed on my brakes, so only light contact with my front wheel.

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Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Missed out on the loop ride today, whole household managed to catch a cold just in time. Not the end of the world but missing outdoor stuff towards the end of the season really seems to sting more.

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Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher, PhD @mbonsma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

First time riding in it, car parked in the bike lane 🫠

A van parked in an unprotected section of new cycle track on Danforth

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Alex Wenzel @alexwenzel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I see 25 cars in the entire oncoming lane for that whole frame and 25 cyclists in the first 50 feet of the other lane.

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Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

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Dance Dynamite

ALT: Dance Dynamite

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Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

About 5 seconds later they opted to FULLY swing the back door into the buffer lane while I was in the process of the "Just go around". I was then made out to be the asshole for being upset. #BikeTO

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Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A protest? Before 8AM? In Toronto?

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Brazil's President Lula just announced a ban on online betting operations ahead of the upcoming October elections. The program aims to stop gambling from draining household incomes and increasing national debt levels. The United States needs to do this as well.

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Katja Diehl @katjadiehl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Why I don´t talk about helmets? I lost too many wearing them. On Car-Free Day, 22 September, Nicolò, a seven-year-old child, was killed by a motorist in Turin. He was riding in the bike lane, wearing his helmet, riding to school with his father. A car driver killed him anyway. Photo Fabio Ferrari

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Rodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Bike lanes on Adelaide yesterday morning. Over a dozen cyclists taking up the same space as one or two cars.

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Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

From @graphicmatt.com newsletter, on the transformation of mode count at Mill & Cherry: "Those two August counts are pretty darn remarkable, and do a good job of validating the work that went into building the West Don Lands into a walkable urban neighbourhood." #walkTO

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Anu Li @panikadoc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you almost hit me with your car while I’m walking and give me a “whoopsy” shrug when I glare at you after, I feel like giving you the bird is the politest possible reaction

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Colleen @cbailey6.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

People saying that the province removing speed cameras is just a sign that we should be doing more road safety measures like pedestrian bumpouts and modal filters are technically correct. But also presumably the response of someone who has never tried to get the City to do any of these things.

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Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Remember when Pixel system updates brought real features... Google grasping at straws a bit...

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Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's going to be interesting to see what, if anything, replaces the cost guide in all the secondary studies and project sniff tests it used to show up in.

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Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Tonight I had a hankering for a bison burger and a couple pints. It's a 1 hour trip by transit or 30 minutes by bike share, there's no chance I'm locking up my bike down there for any period.

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Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Seems like Bike Share added their own filter for this. I'm blaming @chanface.bsky.social for sniping me.

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