Reposted by Not Smooth Steve 🍁Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026a map company has the opportunity to perform the greatest bit in cartographic history 944687
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Even the sky is participating in Orange Shirt Day. Another lovely photo by Francesca! 0100
Reposted by Not Smooth Steve 🍁Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 28/09/2026Thanks for reminding me of this. 212634
Reposted by Not Smooth Steve 🍁Lindsay Jays Haynes @lindsayjhaynes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Everybody shout at your boss tomorrow in Max Scherzer’s honour 03111
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Go home, electronic ad device on a Line 5 station platform, you're drunk. 020
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I still wonder why the French announcements on Line 6 about which side's doors will open are phrased differently for left vs. right (left is present tense while right is future tense). 160
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I'm listening to another passenger texting on a flip phone. Beep beep, beep, beep beep beep, beep beep, beep beep beep beep, beep, beep, beep beep beep, beep beep, beep beep beep. 220
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This sign at Lawrence station is almost a decade out of date. But the ceiling with its finishes removed is timeless TTC. 2163
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Some employees are unionized. Which implies that the rest are ionized. 120
Reposted by Not Smooth Steve 🍁The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 25/09/2026Quiz: how should you vote on the Alberta Separation Referendum (sponsored by the Alberta Government)thebeaverton.comQuiz: how should you vote on the Alberta Separation Referendum (sponsored by the Alberta Government)The Alberta Referendum on potentially leaving Canada is less than a month away. And as part of the Alberta Government’s advertising campaign to inform Albertans on their options, the government has sp... 1315032
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Strange. None of the news reports I've seen said whether President Trump asked President Xi to give back the F-35 parts. He wouldn't have forgotten, would he? 100
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Subway/metro: train every few minutes, lots of stops Regional rail: several trains an hour, fewer stops At some distance, regional rail makes more sense. For instance, from Union, the same time the subway takes to Kipling will get you into Mississauga on GO Lakeshore W, Milton, or Kitchener. 150
Reposted by Not Smooth Steve 🍁Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social · 24/09/2026From @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 23216
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 24/09/2026You know what's never happened to my non-smart fridge? It's never been bricked by a firmware update. Why the heck does a fridge need Internet connectivity and AI anyway? arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...arstechnica.comOwners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridgesSo absurd and embarrassing ..." 030
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'm not a fan of this new NHL preseason of two split-squad games and nothing else. 010
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Gotta love when the link to the manual for a product on the manufacturer's Web site is the manual for a different product of the same name. 030
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 24/09/2026And the full video is now available. Check it out, all my Hamilton peeps ... and everyone else, too! 030
Reposted by Not Smooth Steve 🍁Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026People should stop calling tech manual "bibles". The Bible is a barely coherent bunch of stories and half-truths, told by illiterate men, packaged together by the powerful to exert political control over the masses. Your average tech manual can only dream of being that 1621021
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I see that Sumi Somaskanda of BBC News has different coloured deadcats to match her outfits, not just the usual black ones. 100
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A homemade computer, built by my father and older brother based on plans from a computer hobbyist magazine, with an Intel 8080 CPU. I learned 8080 assembly language and developed the ability to code directly in machine language since there was no assembler (had to do it ourselves). 0100
Reposted by Not Smooth Steve 🍁Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Were they honking too loud? 2724656
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 22/09/2026That's enough to refill your dispenser over 80 times! 140
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I don't believe in cow tipping. Cows should be paid a living wage so they don't have to depend on random contributions from their customers. 070
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Happy Earth, Wind & Fire night to all who celebrate! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs06...youtube.comEarth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO 050
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026My next video is about the Desjardins Canal in Hamilton. Never heard of it? Check out the trailer (available now) and come back for the live premiere of the full video Wednesday evening at 7 EDT (23h00 UTC)! youtu.be/-1Q97Ilqaz0youtu.beThe Desjardins Canal - connecting Dundas to the world?YouTube video by notsmoothsteve 030
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Steve mentions something I haven't seen elsewhere: Ontario Line construction beneath Queen station has caused that station to settle by about 1 cm. If you've noticed a device perched on the wall at the end of the platform, pointing in a different direction every few seconds, it's measuring that. 243
Reposted by Not Smooth Steve 🍁august 🍂 @auguststreet.ca · 21/09/202644 seconds of "transit signal priority" on toronto's line 5 and kitchener-waterloo's ion LRT 58620
Reposted by Not Smooth Steve 🍁Alex Freeman @northernnerd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The clover outside the compost seemed a little sad looking the other day, I chalked it up to it starting to go dormant initially... Until I reviewed the camera. 231
Reposted by Not Smooth Steve 🍁 Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 19/09/2026 26563361458
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Yup. And while transit nerds are pretty aware of how this three-headed monster operates, probably most transit users are not. When TTC messes up they deserve to wear it, but a lot of the problems on lines 5 and 6 are not their fault. 171
Reposted by Not Smooth Steve 🍁Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 18/09/2026My cartoon in the Sept 18 Hamilton Spectator: www.thespec.com/opinion/edit... 310340
Reposted by Not Smooth Steve 🍁Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Not surprised that speeding on Parkside increased 560% since last year's speed camera ban by the Ford government. Combined with the bike lane ban via Bills 212/60, residents there have been denied the right to a safe street. #shame #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli #ONpoli toronto.citynews.ca/2026/09/16/s...toronto.citynews.caSpeeding on Parkside spiked 560% in year since speed camera removal: Safe ParksideSafe Parkside called the latest data culled from the City of Toronto's “Watch Your Speed” electronic sign on Parkside both "frightening" and "predictable." 49635
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Marine Terminal 35, like the Atlas Crane, had heritage designation, but it was lost to fire. In the new section of Biidaasige Park, where the terminal once stood, you can find a marker saying MT35. For more on this new section of the park, check out my video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uTm...youtube.comBiidaasige Park Phase TwoYouTube video by notsmoothsteve 0122
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 16/09/2026You can't say "flying buttress" without saying "flying butt" 020
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 15/09/2026We finally found something Metrolinx can do! It's not planning, building, maintaining or operating transit. They suck at all of those. But at least it's something. 070
Reposted by Not Smooth Steve 🍁Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Um, all things in Toronto have to be named Rogers. Sorry to disappoint. 5633
Reposted by Not Smooth Steve 🍁Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Today's @thestar.com column by @graphicmatt.com calls out both Olivia Chow's and Brad Bradford's respective focus on affordability and safety as being out of line with what #TTC riders truly want which is better service. #TOpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...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. 22911
Reposted by Not Smooth Steve 🍁Adam Bunch @adambunch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Next Sunday! A new walking tour! Explore the history behind the statues of Queen's Park — with tales of murder, invasion, revolution & how that history gets told. Pay what you like! 0125
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This just in: Mike Johnson finally found one of Trump's ideas that he believes needs Congressional approval! 020
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Not content just to be consistently one of the worst umpires at calling balls and strikes, today Hunter Wendelstedt invented a way to screw up a challenge. 000
Reposted by Not Smooth Steve 🍁Unofficial CP24 Mirror @cp24-mirror.bsky.social · 10/09/2026#BREAKING: Ontario Science Centre laying off entire science departmentcp24.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. 133930
Reposted by Not Smooth Steve 🍁John Bowman @johnbowman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Looks like Taylor Swift just dropped a new double album of sea shanties. 1123
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 10/09/2026And it's so random. Some signs in some stations give directions. Some signs in some stations give names of terminal stations. Some signs in some stations give both. Both is the best answer. Directions is second best. Name of terminal station is worst. 1100
Reposted by Not Smooth Steve 🍁citytechie 🇨🇦 @citytechie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026List for Ottawa to put an export tax or ban on. A few particular items: road salt and toilet paper. Lol. 021
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Is ASUS Armoury Crate the worst software, or the worst software ever? 010
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 09/09/2026So far, every news story I've seen about the orange idiot's threat against Bombardier has shown an Airbus plane. 151
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Just in case anyone thinks that the only thing Metrolinx can royally fuck up is building new transit ... nope. They also completely suck at running GO trains. 282
Not Smooth Steve 🍁 @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The information displays inside this TTC bus may say they're clever devices, but wouldn't it be cleverer to display useful information instead? 160