Reposted by Shane DingmanJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 19/09/2026If a country is gonna assign criminal liability to parents for their children I really really think parents should also have proxy voting rights in elections. 2163
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Just wanted to pop into your timeline to say I was a reader of your journalism but had not checked out your fiction until recently. Holy crap. You are phenomenally good at this. Reading Automatic Noodle and I keep having to stop at how beautiful, fast and original the prose and ideas are. Bravo! 110
Reposted by Shane DingmanOliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It seems self-evident that the longer a gas-tax holiday is extended the more politically difficult it will be ever to end it 1224
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Well. They are half right: a lot of Canadians are unfriendly to GOP voters who slavishly support Trump. 000
Reposted by Shane DingmanThe Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 24/08/2026theglobeandmail.comOnline gambling increased among Ontario teenagers, survey findsMental health also improved in several measures compared to 2023, among students in Grade 7 to 12 042
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The number of times I ask a chatbot for some trivial thing and it fails to follow the explicit criteria in the prompt is enough to convince me as well. I sometimes do dumb stuff like “find me five other songs about cars” and get at least two clangers in the list. Bad ratio! 010
Reposted by Shane DingmanMac the squirrel :) @macsquirelera.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I’m at a Oaxacan festival and a taco stand has an AI sign too and it’s terrible 0306
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Yesterday my story about Sam Kamra and the FSRAO's warning to consumers not to do mortgage business with him was on the first page of Google search results for his name. Today, it's on page 7 of results. Maybe a little Google scrubbing happening? www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/...theglobeandmail.comOntario regulator warns borrowers about GTA mortgage lenderA realtor named in multiple lawsuits is accused of orchestrating a scheme that caused ballooning debt for borrowers 000
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Perhaps my favourite thing about second-act Brendan Fraser is how complimentary he is about his co-workers: he oozes sincerity these days vt.tiktok.com/ZSxQvQMSv/vt.tiktok.comTikTok - Make Your Day 000
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 31/12/2025This is the most important piece of data journalism all year and (for me) it's not even close: Dynamic pricing by location is endemic at McDonald's in Toronto: www.reddit.com/r/toronto/co...reddit.comFrom the toronto community on Reddit: I compared McDonald's menu prices across Toronto locations, the variation surprised me, in more than one wayExplore this post and more from the toronto community 010
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Manitoba banning restrictive covenants by grocery stores (legal agreements in leases that block landlords from leasing to competitors) is big, bold pro-competitive change vt.tiktok.com/ZSPNeJeKj/vt.tiktok.comTikTok - Make Your Day 010
Reposted by Shane DingmanJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 08/12/2025The Finch West LRT being slower than the bus it's replacing might be my personal Joker moment. The army of people who fought to preserve LRTs in the face of a mountain of dishonesty from multiple parties deserved an honest effort to make them actually operate well. Instead, we get Toronto. 1116029
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 08/12/2025The answer to anyone asking why Canadians are avoiding U.S. travel: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...theglobeandmail.comMore Canadians, including children, detained in U.S. for immigration violations, new data showImmigration crackdown south of the border increasingly ensnaring Canadians with no criminal record 000
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Little sympathy over here for Tim Hortons suggesting it needs temporary foreign workers to staff its locations. How about hire locally? www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caTim Hortons lobbied MPs for more temporary foreign workers over last 18 months | CBC NewsFor more than a year, Canadian coffee giant Tim Hortons has been pushing the federal government to lift the cap on temporary foreign workers some of its franchisees can hire, CBC News has learned. 000
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Two ways to frame this: A: The Supreme Court created this problem by setting a cap on how long is reasonable for a criminal trial to take. B: Provinces created this with a mix of underfunding the court system and policing that can't produce convictable cases www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...theglobeandmail.comAbout 10,000 Jordan cases thrown out annually as Ottawa, provinces call on Supreme Court for changeCases that exceeded time limits include several alleged murders and hundreds of alleged sexual assaults 100
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Pitch perfect… reality’s writers keep cranking out awesome twists: www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...nbcnews.comThe 'ShamWow guy' is running for Congress in TexasOffer Vince Shlomi, the once-prominent infomercial pitchman, filed paperwork with the Texas Republican Party to run for the seat held by Republican Rep. John Carter. 000
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Here's a headline that will put you deep in your thoughts: "Neutrino results offer possible clue as to why matter exists" "Why is there something instead of nothing?" GREAT QUESTION SCIENCE I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT THAT UNTIL YOU MENTIONED IT! www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...theglobeandmail.comNeutrino results offer possible clue as to why matter existsTwo research teams that study neutrinos, the featherweights of the particle world, published their results in Nature this week 020
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Is there anyone better at this than Mark MacKinnon? What a devastating, beautiful story about the way war actually works on people ... people! Going beyond the lines on the map to talk about the humans at risk. Incredible stuff. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...theglobeandmail.comThis Ukrainian city isn’t on the front lines yet. If that changes, everything changesPavlohrad is bracing for the day it turns into another Mariupol or Bakhmut. The Globe went there to see how locals feel – and what hard choices they might face if the Russians come 010
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 14/09/2025He and his wife also poisoned and killed those children as the Russians closed in on the bunker. So. 000
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Guess what? We’re not going to get out of this mess, or any mess, by posting about it/them on social media. 000
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 15/08/2025To be clear, the money designated for these accounts shouldn't be touched as a matter of law and regulation. Now the scramble is on for the 2,400 iPro agents to find a new professional home and a brokerage called "iCloud" is trying to pick up the pieces. 000
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 15/08/2025How did iPro Realty Ltd. go from one of the largest brokerages is Ontario to being shut down in less than a week? Ahead of a routine financial inspection iPro informed regulators it found a $10M shortfall in its trust accounts for deposits and commissions. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...theglobeandmail.comOntario regulator shuts down iPro Realty after finding $10-million shortfall in trust accountsCompany will remain in operation until Aug. 19 but owners entered into agreement to wind up brokerage at that time 111
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 13/08/2025It’s actually a small number and likely won’t be the last of such supports 000
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 31/07/2025More like Smack-Intosh, am I right? Summer tearing it up in the pool … JEEZ 010
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Our boss - editor in chief, David Walmsley - comes off the top rope with the absolute right statement: “Any attempt to interfere with legitimate newsgathering is an attack on the public’s right to know" ... “The Globe and Mail will continue to pursue this story.” 010
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 21/07/2025This is journalism-movie stuff: Colleague Carrie Tait is basically being stalked by someone(s?) who is sharing pictures of her meeting with alleged/potential sources in the Alberta Health Services scandal. Absolutely WILD ...theglobeandmail.comGlobe and Mail reporter targeted by online campaign, photographed surreptitiously in public settingsAn anonymous X account posted photos of Alberta reporter Carrie Tait and described her movements as she reported on a health authority controversy 111
Reposted by Shane DingmanHaus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Fav restaurant sign in Toronto has a mascot that's a mentally ill Shawarma in a straight jacket 502515147
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 10/06/2025How many times have linesmen collided with players in these playoffs and been involved in a turnover that lead to a goal. Feels like at least six times that I've watched. 010
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 06/06/2025This is wild. I truly believed Trump’s team was going to try to leave this guy in exile. 000
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 06/06/2025"Lay it, onnnnn the Liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnne!!!" I am so jealous of Edmonton right now (things I'm not used to saying part kajillion): www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...ctvnews.caCanadian rock band Triumph return to the stage for special playoff performance at Ice DistrictA couple of Canadian rock bands will set the mood in Ice District ahead of Game 2 on Friday. 010
Reposted by Shane DingmanEdward @edwardodell.bsky.social · 06/06/2025“Hot dogs aren’t political” (gm) 0545
Reposted by Shane DingmanAlex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 06/06/2025I sat down with Adam Vaughan to hear his pitch for the Therme waterpark. A barrage of bluster. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...theglobeandmail.comOntario Place redevelopment gets an unlikely new pitchmanBefore joining Therme, Adam Vaughan spent decades advocating for public space as a city councillor and MP 148516
Reposted by Shane DingmanJ. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 04/06/2025CBC upfront day. 1333315
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 28/05/2025What is the theory behind removing the GST from new home purchases for all buyers? 210
Reposted by Shane Dingmanryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 27/05/2025Trump corruption story so bad it gets the rare straightforward NYT headline www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...nytimes.comTrump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner 16695204
Reposted by Shane DingmanEcho🏳️⚧️ @kittykatecho.bsky.social · 21/05/2025>tries to look up if bell has an outage >their outage checking page is down i think there might be an outage 5366
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 19/05/2025I felt this way when it was 3-0, at 5-1 I am back to laughter. What a wholly inadequate group of millionaires. Might be nice to never see Marner in a Leafs uniform again though. 000
Reposted by Shane DingmanDavid Fleischer @fleischmarket.bsky.social · 19/05/2025That guy, looking utterly forlorn and shook as he puts and blindfold over his eyes is going to be an all-time Maple Leafs meme. 211
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Barf. Trade everyone except Knies. Same old Leafs. It’s the hope that kills you. 120
Reposted by Shane DingmanShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Elsa Lam continues to prove & document how corrupt & full of lies the Doug Ford closure of the science centre was & is. Read & share widely - not that it matters in Ontario, a province that seems ok w a high level of this. www.canadianarchitect.com/draft-engine...canadianarchitect.comNew documents reinforce that Science Centre closure was not supported by engineersThe Ontario Science Centre was shuttered on June 21, 2024, with the Ontario government claiming that a structural roof issue made it unsafe. New documents suggest that the engineers inspecting the roo... 14448294
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 17/05/2025How many Leafs fans are just not going to watch? 000
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 15/05/2025The worst is not one Leafs fan believes they can come back and win the final two games. Tonight was their chance to rewrite their playoff history. Getting caved in feels like the accumulation of every loss in this era. The most talented team in 20 years and they are playoff bums. 000
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Leafs losing 2-0 in their own barn, lead in the series at stake… playing like usual. Can’t get out of their own end. Can’t score on Bob. Hope slip slidin’ away. 100
Shane Dingman @shanedingman.bsky.social · 11/05/2025On the plus side he is making plans for leaving the presidency. 020
Reposted by Shane DingmanTu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Exactly 50 years ago today, I arrived in Canada from a refugee camp. It was only five years ago that I discovered that a Toronto Star photographer had snapped a picture of me during a stopover of the flight that took my family to Montreal. digitalarchiveontario.ca/objects/2030...digitalarchiveontario.caCradling baby sister in his arms last night at Toronto International Airport is 9-year-old Thanh Ha Tu 816232
Reposted by Shane DingmanJim Swift @jimswift.bsky.social · 08/05/2025What does the new pope think about Malort? 192
