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windsor.urbanist @plotsky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"But please ask the question and know who’s going to have your back when this issue comes forward in the next term of city council with progressive new urbanists trying to push their agenda forward on you" Dilkens, threatening me with a good time
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Eric Lombardi (EricForOLP.ca) @ericlombardi.ca · 25/09/2026
It's time to end Ontario's era of "Tall and Sprawl". Our archaic building code rules have resulted in housing that is uglier, more expensive, and with fewer units that make sense for families. By changing the rules, we can build communities more beautifully and affordably.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"The self-response rate also reached a new record of 91.2%." oh my homeland, my beloved nation of dork keeners, I love you so much
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Pride Ott 🦦 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I really need Canadians to generally understand that every single time a Dem politician (moderate or otherwise) says “Dems lost because we abandoned the working class” that’s code that they’re gonna keep doing economic warfare against Canadians lmao
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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
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windsor.urbanist @plotsky.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
"It's just empty talk" says the people unaware that Windsor is an actual place, that businesses have been rapidly departing from over the last year and a half
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
You guys complain about whiny virgins a lot, but if we didn’t have them who would make midwestern emo. You ever think about that?
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Denis Agar (he/him) @denisagar.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I've just been to Canada and it's more of a communist dictatorship than I thought. The president apparently chooses all their groceries.
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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
when you manage costs you can have nice things
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windsor.urbanist @plotsky.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Yeah fair enough
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lynn @chordbug.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
fixed your headline
A hit song on the Billboard 100 charts is termed *$k$-good* if it is _ever_ in a weekly top-$k$, and *$k$-immediate* if it _debuts_ in the top-$k$.


An artist is *$(n,k)$-Olivian* if their $n$ first $k$-good hits are all also $k$-immediate.

*Headline 1.* Olivia Rodrigo is the first $(10,10)$-Olivian woman.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Hm, you mean stripping elections of partisan identification is a way to make them more opaque to voters, making genuine electoral competition more difficult? Huh, first I'm hearing of it.
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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Federal - NDP MP for Nunavut, Lori Idlout, has crossed the floor to the Liberals
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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
A storey in four acts as captured by local news media: 18 storeys is too high, we’d be fine with 4-6 storeys 6 storeys are too big, we'd be fine with multiplexes Multiplexes are monstrosities, we are fine with existing post-Second World War bungalows ...
Douglas Todd: Jarring 18-storey tower on leafy Vancouver street a sign of the out-of-scale times
About 10 steel-and-glass highrises, much like the one proposed for Yukon and 14th, are set to arise among character homes within the Broadway plan zone.
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-18-storey-tower-vancouver-out-scale-timesDouglas Todd: Hundreds of quiet east Vancouver side streets upzoned for six-storey apartment blocks
Some residents in the vast Rupert and Renfrew area did not know their pleasant side streets had been upzoned for six- to eight-storey apartment blocks. It calls into question the city of Vancouver's murky "engagement strategy."
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/douglas-todd-hundreds-of-quiet-east-vancouver-side-streets-upzoned-for-six-storey-apartment-blocks'Monstrosities' or the evolution of housing? Multi-unit buildings on single-family lots gain traction in B.C. cities
The number of multi-unit developments on single-family lots is increasing in B.C. neighbourhoods dominated by single-detached houses. Opinions vary over what these changes will mean for communities.
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/multiplex-featureAnakin/Padme meme

I oppose this building because it's too tall

It's just this building, not all new housing?

You are not against all new housing, right?
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Isaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
like 90% of my disillusion with left politics in canada is that they want to spend nothing on the military in the nazi times, and the NIMBY wing remains strong
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
back to bed
Homer mad. Fuck off.
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Pride Ott 🦦 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
I feel like this website would be so much better if we all got together and made 300 servings of plov
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cm 🍁 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Here's a 2024 letter from Danielle Smith to Justin Trudeau complaining about federal immigration limits affecting Alberta. www.alberta.ca/system/files... #Alberta #abpoli #Canada #cdnpoli
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Nate if you enact this in Ontario i will become the OLP's strongest soldier
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Philippe J. Fournier @338canada.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
338canada.com/48020e.htm
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windsor.urbanist @plotsky.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Goddamn, this bridge has been in works most of my life and it's just never gonna open
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Well here's your problem.
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 05/02/2026
step 1: ban apartments step 2: now everyone can afford to live in a spacious single family home with a yard and a garage close to school, work, and amenities step 3: utopia :D
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Nate Erskine-Smith @beynate.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
When it comes to Ontario, I'm all in. Join our growing team at teamnate.ca
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Meme about the circular nature of subsidizing demand.
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Éric Grenier @ericgrenier.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Avi Lewis raised the most money up to the end of 2025, suggesting that he is currently the front runner to be the next leader of the NDP. www.thewrit.ca/p/avi-lewis-...
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Avi Lewis has wide lead in NDP fundraising
Fundraising to the end of 2025 shows Lewis well ahead of his rivals
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windsor.urbanist @plotsky.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Post is about the Fed obv but we in Canada only narrowly missed this bullet last year ourselves. Poilievre still seems set on destroying the independence of the BoC should he get the chance.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
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rayhoang.bsky.social @rayhoang.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Lol @ Windsor, ON being ahead of portland
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JRUrbaneNetwork @jrurbanenetwork.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
I have not been shy on my coverage of transit issues in Toronto. With the disastrous opening of the Finch West LRT in early December, I have some thoughts from Hong Kong using my historical experiences with Toronto in this longform post.
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The Toronto Tragedy
多倫多啲電車男係唔係太過份?
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windsor.urbanist @plotsky.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Hey we Windsorites have to take it in while we can okay 😔
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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 07/12/2025
Good morning to everyone who thinks Ontario should 1) build good transit 2) open it in years not decades, and 3) operate it so it’s fast and reliable
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windsor.urbanist @plotsky.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Great write-up on the state of transit in the region. There really is potential here, if only anyone gave a shit. And yeah the fare situation is a real pain. Can we just extend the GO system or Presto province-wide already
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windsor.urbanist @plotsky.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I just completed "Gift Shop" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/2
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Day 2 - Advent of Code 2025
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Kids Can Press @kidscanpress.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Kids Can Press company logo and logo and image of Franklin character with statement text,”Franklin the Turtle is a beloved Canadian icon who has inspired generations of children and stands for kindness, empathy, and inclusivity. We strongly condemn any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin’s name or image, which directly contradicts these values.”
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
Screen shot of Safe Parkside IG post
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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
A bad day for Canada, and therefore the world. Ontario (population 16 million, 40% of the country) has passed new legislation prohibiting bike lanes that take a lane from cars. An escalation from Bill 212, which required municipalities to get approval.
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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Almost everywhere in the City of Toronto has fewer people that it did 50 years ago
Map showing Toronto change in population density 1971 to 2021, courtesy of Jens von Bergmann
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/signal-4 #smbc
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
if i ever get enough money i'm going to give environmental defense canada a gundam in order to enact zoning reform environmentaldefence.ca/report/mid-r...
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Mid-Rise Manual
The Mid-rise Manual is a lawmakers guide to unlocking mid-rise - by making it legal, practical and cost-effective to build.
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DuendeonFuego @duendeonfuego.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
The President is coming for AO3
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Wandering Hoo @wanderlib.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
A lot of politics can be understood as George Bailey does not stay in Bedford Falls anymore.
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windsor.urbanist @plotsky.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Surprised this didn't happen before/right after the election honestly. Wonder who they're gonna drop into University-Rosedale, that's gonna be one hotly contested nomination
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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
“Have they tried getting a job at their dad’s business yet?” Premier Ford then asked, followed by some other career advice: “Have they tried dealing hash in James Gardens?” www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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Look harder, Doug Ford tells unemployed young people seeking work
Young people who can't find work aren't looking "hard enough," Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday, less than a week after Statistics Canada reported Ontario shed 26,000 jobs in August —
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
good night
Now I am become sleepy, the goer to bed

J. Robert Oppenheimer, father of the pjs after drinking warm milk
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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):
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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
How Arrogance Destroys Armies: Overconfidence and the Path to Military FailureHow Lies Destroy Armoes: Lies, Coverups & Russian Failures in UkraineHow Corruption Destroys Armies: Corruption & Russian Failure in UkraineHow Politics Destroys Armies: Politics, Factionalism, and Russia's War in Ukraine
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
I was just informed that our Country’s “Jobs Numbers” are being produced by a Biden Appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election to try and boost Kamala’s chances of Victory. This is the same Bureau of Labor Statistics that overstated the Jobs Growth in March 2024 by approximately 818,000 and, then again, right before the 2024 Presidential Election, in August and September, by 112,000. These were Records — No one can be that wrong? We need accurate Jobs Numbers. I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY. She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified. Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can’t be manipulated for political purposes. McEntarfer said there were only 73,000 Jobs added (a shock!) but, more importantly, that a major mistake was made by them, 258,000 Jobs downward, in the prior two months. Similar things happened in the first part of the year, always to the negative. The Economy is BOOMING under “TRUMP” despite a Fed that also plays games, this time with Interest Rates, where they lowered them twice, and substantially, just before the Presidential Election, I assume in the hopes of getting “Kamala” elected – How did that work out? Jerome “Too Late” Powell should also be put “out to pasture.” Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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