Reposted by Raphael GutteridgeAvi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 21/09/2026Tonight Yom Kippur begins, the most sombre moment of the Jewish calendar. It’s a time of atonement - a time to grieve those who have been lost, a time to acknowledge and take responsibility for harms we have caused, individually and collectively. 525438
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I’m sorry, they’re putting ads in fortune cookies now? Capitalism is starting to feel a little too heavy-handed in its imagery 111
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 15/05/2026What would you like to know about the salt industry from 1921-1962? I found the answers for all your questions publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/statcan/26-214/CS26-214-1962-eng.pdf 000
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 22/04/2026White guys with Arc’teryx hats and moustaches love posting an anti-AI comment and then them posing in front of their paintings that look like a lazy cross between abstract expressionism and the background of a Basquiat 000
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I might not be free of sin, but I’ve definitely avoided committing the worst one: watching short form videos on public transit without earbuds 021
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 05/04/2026The best time to be on the internet is the week every spring when American Woodcocks travel through Bryant Park in Manhattan and the whole city of New York shows up to share photos of the little birds walking around and looking for worms :) 000
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Why am I in such a good mood? My insurance company has customer service agents so friendly that we just keep talking even after the transaction is complete. I <3 Square One 101
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Doing some declutterring before I move and I’ve discovered the equivalent of an entire Costco pack of paper towels in my closet. I never need to buy paper towels again for as long as I live On a related note, I think this is where I have to admit I’ve bypassed my 20s and gone straight to middle age 000
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Had to take an Uber to move some bulky stuff and wow are cars so much less efficient than the subway. Sitting in a left turn lane made me regret not just putting up with the maintenance closure 010
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 01/03/2026You guys! McSweeny’s leaked Doug Ford’s planning policy for Toronto! 000
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 28/02/2026I think I’m realizing that the worst part of a rental application is landlord references. I get why they’re a thing but it’s the relationship I have the least power in and it’s terrifying to be so at the mercy of someone I have a one way transactional relationship with 110
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Trying to find a new apartment to rent is a humiliation ritual. I’m going to be having stress dreams about this for weeks 000
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 27/02/2026I’ve learned this week that academic stress fuels me to make progress on my personal life, which also makes me anxious, so I really don’t think I can win here. Balancing out different types of anxiety doesn’t seem all that healthy Excited to announce my 3rd burnout in 12 months this spring! 020
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Do they ship Girl Scout cookies to Canada? I haven’t had a thin mint in over a decade and the girl guide equivalent doesn’t hit the same 100
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Basing who I cheer for in bobsled based on the graphic design of the sleds. No. 1 France, then Slovakia 020
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 20/02/2026BRB, looking for a boyfriend at a speed skating rink? No one told me they were hot underneath the aerodynamic uniforms 110
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Watching the women’s gold medal game and the team USA coach looks like the villain in a North Korean propaganda film 010
Reposted by Raphael GutteridgeStudio Shtot @studioshtot.bsky.social · 16/02/2026We’re back from our (extended) hiatus to announce the seventh issue of Shtot Magazine: “Imaginary Cities” Late May, 2026 031
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 05/02/2026WHY are all the hot guys on Hinge from Buffalo? 000
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Ohhhhh nooooo it might get harder to build backyard pools in Toronto. Won't someone think of the poor homeowners being crushed under Olivia Chow's socialist thumb?????? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caPutting a pool in your backyard? It could become a lot more expensive, says Toronto councillor | CBC NewsIf you're putting together plans for a backyard pool in Toronto right now — and according to urban planners and pool builders, this is the time of year to be doing it — you may be in for a nasty surpr... 010
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 03/02/2026When I'm in a Wikipedia deep dive I love encountering an unexpected purple hyperlink from a past deep dive 110
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Being a voter in NY-03 is HUMILIATING. This asshole & George Santos? That's my representation in Congress??? 000
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 27/01/2026This is a callout post for Canada's National Ballet School: PLOW THE GODDAMN SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF YOUR BUILDINGS NOT JUST THE VEHICLE DRIVEWAY I stg they're the worst neighbours to have 000
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Enough posting about Toronto and subways. Time to start thirst trapping on Bluesky 100
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Starting my new year the traditional way: watching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and eating Thai food 2026 is already off to a great start 000
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Scotiabank should try this viral new challenge I just made up: keep a bank branch open after 4 000
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 19/12/2025I have ALWAYS been obsessed with trains 010
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Got a final review tomorrow, so that means I’m celebrating Hanukkah in the studio tonight. Not pictured: the donuts I got for my group and I to enjoy while we work 020
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Heated Rivalry is FANTASTIC and has rewired my whole psyche but it’s only 6 episodes long. I am BEGGING someone to get inspired by the 2025 Blue Jays and give me something similar about baseball Bonus points if they also win the World Series 010
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Looking at applying for architecture internships in Toronto next summer. Anyone here have tips for making mine successful? 000
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Ford’s Bill 60 has made me pretty anxious about the future, so I’m incredibly relieved to see Toronto keep working to make my city a good place to live 021
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 23/11/2025So I always knew that Rem Koolhaas’ S,M,L,XL was a big book, but imagine when I went to the library to pick up the copy I had on hold AND IT WAS 3 WHOLE INCHES THICK 120
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 18/11/2025So when did we decide it wasn’t necessary to take our backpacks off on crowded public transit? 000
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Am I participating in the street life that Jane Jacobs wrote about when a guy started hitting on me while I was standing outside my building? 000
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 11/11/2025I think my least favourite part of the sun setting before 5PM is that it seems to be making it impossible for me to focus on doing all the work I have to do. I just cannot concentrate on anything for the life of me and I have a major studio assignment due in two days 100
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 05/11/2025All political victory speeches look the same, but Mamdani’s really reminds me of the victory speeches that Canadian party leaders make when they form majority governments. It just gives me the vibe that something is fundamentally changing in American politics. For the better 000
Reposted by Raphael GutteridgeThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 05/11/2025A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM 89109832274
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Look, if karma required that the Jays lose for Mamdani to win, my New Yorker-in-Toronto self is perfectly okay with that 000
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Just when I thought my life was stabilizing again, my landlord tells me they don’t have a record of me paying a rent increase that I ABSOLUTELY have been? So, if anyone in Toronto knows a place available in the new year that would suit a 23y/o arts worker finishing his undergrad, lmk… 010
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 03/11/2025In high school, my friend accurately described my type in guys as “jocks with a heart of gold” All day I’ve been bombarded with videos of all the hot Jays players getting emotional about how much they love their friends/teammates, so you can imagine what this is doing to me 000
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 02/11/2025You know, once in my life I'd like to live in a city that doesn't disappoint me every playoff season. At the very least, Toronto teams don't normally make it this far, so that was nice 000
Reposted by Raphael GutteridgeDr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 02/11/2025If you're in line to bat at Game 7 of the World Series STAY IN LINE 223529537
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 31/10/2025I never really remember that I voluntarily chose to move to a Great Lakes city until it gets slightly cold out again and Toronto becomes the windiest city on the goddam planet 000
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Genuinely, did daylight savings happen? Google says its next week, people on social media are posting like it happened last night. My analog watch was 15 minutes off when I checked it against my devices, so that didn’t clear anything up at all 100
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Public transit geek 🤝 graphic designer 020
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Being in art school is great until you’re lugging an installation work across the city to get home in a giant ikea bag. (The work in question) 030
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 25/09/2025According to my brother who studies the history of geopolitics, Carney is apparently really good at foreign affairs. However, I have not heard about ONE of his domestic policies that I remotely like. No home mail delivery? New LNG plants? Fuck off, food is still expensive even without the carbon tax 000
Raphael Gutteridge @rafe-gutteridge.bsky.social · 23/09/2025I’m out here celebrating Rosh Hashanah and apparently the evangelical Christian death cultists are preparing for the rapture tomorrow? Weirdos 000
Reposted by Raphael GutteridgeShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 21/09/2025The Toronto Star’s City Report Card survey suggests six in 10 Torontonians believe that the city’s best days are in the past. Given the challenges Toronto faces right now, it’s an understandable position, but it’s wrong. My column on teenage Toronto. The future is bright if we….(pls read n share).thestar.comShawn Micallef: There’s a good reason why some might think Toronto’s best days are behind it. Here’s how we change their mindsThe best days for the city lie ahead of it, but there are things we have to get right to make sure that happens. 37627