Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiJenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Reposted with ALT TEXT. 45626
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiDamien Moule @damienmoule.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I need to put a giant flashing warning on this to everyone. The property owners encroached on city owned land in bellwoods as part of a renovation and when asked to remedy it they installed the pollinator garden over winter and are now circulating this petition to justify their encroachment. 75614
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiRodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 06/04/2026CHURCH STREET PEDESTRIANIZATION MOTION IS GOING TO COUNCIL! We need people to come speak at TEYCC (Toronto East York Community Council) on April 30 to support it, and for people to start contacting/emailing their councillors! We also have a petition coming out on Wednesday! 310726
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiAndrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 17/02/2026Good time to re-up: the Tumbler Ridge newspaper is literally one person who is doing his best to update his community while grieving along with them. One-time donations can be etransferred to publisher@tumblerridgelines.com or ongoing via www.patreon.com/posts/thanks...patreon.comThanks, everyone | Tumbler RidgeLinesGet more from Tumbler RidgeLines on Patreon 116358
Maryam Siddiqi @siddiqs.bsky.social · 29/12/2025I was on a resort snorkeling day trip in the Maldives and the voice of the woman behind me was familiar but I couldn’t place it. I eventually clued in. It was Kate Winslet. Both in snorkel masks, we shared a small smile before she went in the water. 000
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiG | Builds Stuff, Goes Places 🦀 @whereisgraeme.bsky.social · 28/12/2025It’s a shame that despite being the single largest line item in the City of Toronto budget the Toronto Police Headquarters can’t afford to clear their snow within the by-law mandated time limit 3389
Reposted by Maryam Siddiqiderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/12/2025immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes 910163782973
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiTai Huynh @taimhuynh.bsky.social · 29/11/2025I can’t think of a more existential threat to journalism right now than AI-generated content masking as original reporting. Once the well is poisoned we’re all toast. @thelocal.to is taking a stance with our new AI policy. thelocal.to/ai-policy/thelocal.toThe Local's AI Policy | The LocalWhen you read The Local, know that our stories are written and edited by real people. 13814
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiGhost Gurney @ghostgurney.bsky.social · 27/11/2025‘Ontario recorded the highest number of wait-list deaths: 10,634, including more than 9,100 diagnostic-scan deaths where patients died before reaching the point of receiving or being scheduled for surgery’ www.cp24.com/news/canada/...cp24.comTens of thousands of Canadians died waiting for medical care in the past year: reportA new report is raising alarm over growing wait-list deaths in Canada. 32419
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiLeigh Walton @leighwalton.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like: saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3 and a worker tier whose emails are like: Dear Jim, First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters… 283919988
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 04/11/2025That’ll be a few stops on an eglinton crosstown considering how inflated & delayed our public projects are. 6303
Reposted by Maryam Siddiqiℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 24/10/2025If the Rogers Centre had a parking lot that covered the same surface area as the Dodgers' parking lot, it would stretch from Queen Street on one end to the Lake Ontario waterfront on the other 16337124
Reposted by Maryam Siddiqiℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 25/10/2025I know a lot of people talk about "Ken Griffey's swing", "John Olerud's swing" but for my money there is nothing more beautiful than Alejandro Kirk: - 5'7 and built like a Welsh corgi - basically drops halfway into a splits on each swing - each swing is a Street Fighter "Shooooryuken" uppercut 351450302
Maryam Siddiqi @siddiqs.bsky.social · 25/10/2025We used to only have our song. Take me out to the ballgame is a relatively new addition 120
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiDamien Moule @damienmoule.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Good video with I think a lot of applicability to say, Ward 9 - Davenport in Toronto. But I had to fight incredible amounts of jealousy watching the mayor of the borough just straight forwardly expressing support for bike lanes and road redesigns and a desire to keep going proactively. 172
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiLloyd Alter @lloydalter.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Toronto could use more of this. There are plenty of back lanes where it could work. 2436
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiHow-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 01/09/2025Because the average car only has about 1.5 people in it, the number of people in each lane of this photo can fit in a single TTC streetcar. 612629
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 30/08/2025Palestinians have had to cope with the sound of Israeli drones overhead for years before Israel’s current war on Gaza.bit.lyA music teacher uses Gaza’s relentless soundtrack of war to resist IsraelPalestinians have had to cope with the sound of Israeli drones overhead for years before Israel’s current war on Gaza. 113850
Maryam Siddiqi @siddiqs.bsky.social · 14/08/2025I’m not defending Air Canada by any means, but unpaid crew labour is industry standard. Only Delta pays crew for pre departure time, and only an hour at that. AC’s union could set an industry-wide precedent with this negotiation. 110
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 05/08/20251. Ask City to install traffic light 2. Hear traffic engineer explain why it “isn’t warranted” (not enough people using it) 3. Someone (or someone ELSE) is killed there 4. Traffic light finally installed What @dylanreid.bsky.social calls the “Pedestrian Blood Sacrifice” in @spacing.bsky.social.spacing.caREID: The pedestrian blood sacrifice - Spacing TorontoIn the early 2000s, I moved into a new condo building in the Garment District south-west of Queen and Spadina. The area had been mostly an employment area for decades, but thanks to the innovative “Ki... 410631
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiLanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 05/08/2025The fight for #BikeTO is more than just bike lanes. "Here in Toronto, we’re riding on a fragile assumption: that the people fixing our bikes and a growing fleet of complex e-bikes will always be around, available, and properly trained. That assumption does not hold up to scrutiny." 13612
Maryam Siddiqi @siddiqs.bsky.social · 05/08/2025MSN once famously published an AI-generated list of the top 10 places for tourists to visit in Ottawa and included a food bank on the list. 210
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Something not limited to Sean Duffy is how people will get into their cars and think nothing of the risk they face of death or injury, which is several orders of magnitude greater than your risk of being hurt on public transit. Driving a car is the most dangerous thing most people do each day. 10832176
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiHow-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 14/07/2025Today, Toronto is experiencing both a heat warning *and* an air quality warning because forest fires. If your home has no indoor cooling, what are you supposed to do? Green buildings and eliminating fossil fuels is no longer a nice-to-have. We need action or this will get worse. #topoli #onpoli 35813
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiJames McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 11/07/2025Drivers really feel like they have a God given right to break the speed limit. www.insauga.com/petition-cal...insauga.comPetition calls for ‘immediate removal’ of all speed enforcement cameras in Brampton | inBramptonHundreds of people have thrown their signatures behind a petition calling for “the immediate removal” of all speed enforcement cameras in Brampton while the city is set to add more by the end of the s... 63313
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiWhat Next 🤔 @thinking321.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Watching @toronto.ca Council it’s not hard to see why municipal government is the most important. Council makes the decisions that affect your everyday life from garbage collection, road maintenance, schools, public safety and so much more. Next election please vote. #CityofTO #tocouncil 022
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Ford knows better to focus on 3 bike lanes in Toronto 28731
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 01/07/2025It's insane how much more popular NYC's congestion pricing got when it was implemented and people started actually seeing it work 482327329
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiReece Martin @rmtransit.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Toronto needs better transit leaders who envision a city with world class transit, and think a lot about how to deliver that. 7834
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/06/2025Activists in Italy float a life-size mannequin of Jeff Bezos lying on a giant Amazon box through Venice’s Grand Canal, in protest of the billionaire’s upcoming wedding. 13789234
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiJenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 28/06/2025On the last day of school, instead of thanking teachers and staff for a successful year, Paul Calandra announced he’s taking control of four school boards. Just thought I’d mention it in case you were ever in doubt about how Conservatives view public education and the important work educators do.media.tenor.coma man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a green door and looking at the camera .Alt: David Schwimmer as Ross Geller on Friens bumps his fists together which is secret code for Fuck Off or Fuck You. 106715
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiHow-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 27/06/2025This is the fact missing from 96% of the news articles I read about the controversy over automated speed cameras: Automated speed cameras save lives. 4345
Maryam Siddiqi @siddiqs.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Right? Like the moment he’s worked towards his entire life finally arrived. That’s definitely a f-bomb moment 000
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Inbox. A Toronto city councillor, following Vaughan’s bravery, is moving to pause speed cameras. Cars are a total sickness on society. A murderous blight that cannot be contained because people vote via their lifestyle not brain or heart. They would vote against road redesign too. 75014
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 25/06/2025city councillors when nobody but septuagenarian homevoters show up: this is the finest tradition of local democracy at work city councillors when literally anyone else shows up: well that's not REAL public consultation 411437
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiElaine Anselmi @elaineanselmi.bsky.social · 25/06/2025This investigation into how Ontario has allowed pollution to persist in Sarnia's Chemical Valley has been a long time coming. Huge kudos to @emmamci.bsky.social on this reporting. It's such an important story. thenarwhal.ca/sarnia-ontar...thenarwhal.caOntario's shape-shifting pollution rules for Chemical Valley in Sarnia | The NarwhalAamjiwnaang First Nation declared another evacuation order last week because of benzene, but the problem of Sarnia’s toxic air pollution has been years in the making 12413
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiOliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 25/06/2025The returning candidate who resigned under a cloud cannot win on name recognition and money. There may be a lesson here for Toronto 2366
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiLanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 25/06/2025The most visited attractions in Ontario 1993 Blue Jays 4,057,947 2019 Canada's Wonderland 3,950,000 20+ Great Wolf Lodge locations across North America have 10M visitors annually. "On Thursday, the province revealed it expects 6M visitors annually at the site," www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caProvince expects revamped Ontario Place to draw 6M annual visitors. Experts aren't so optimistic | CBC NewsThe province says it expects the revitalized Ontario Place to attract more annual visitors than the CN Tower and Empire State Building combined, an optimistic estimation that some experts are question... 283
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiJonathan Leggo @jjleggo.bsky.social · 25/06/2025I know this is about NY, but ffs will someone in Canada (and Alberta) please pay attention? We’re tired of “left” parties constantly adopting watered down conservative policies 3418
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiFelicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · 25/06/2025raise your hand if you're not in NYC but you're following the mayoral election out of a desperate need to believe that good things are possible 70198872449
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiBloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 24/06/2025As hot as this summer is, it’s one of the coolest we’ll ever experience again, says @markgongloff.bsky.social ☀️🎥 Read the column: bloom.bg/4k3bKxF 313052
Reposted by Maryam Siddiqilorrainelamchops.bsky.social @lorrainelamchops.bsky.social · 24/06/2025spoke to the Star. “Summer is not a surprise. We know that summer is coming…The fact that the city…going to look into options for a few months down the road,’ is completely unacceptable, in my opinion. Because, what’s happening in the meantime?” www.thestar.com/news/gta/may...thestar.comMayor admits ‘serious gaps’ in relief strategy amid heat waveToronto Mayor Olivia Chow acknowledged “serious gaps” in the city’s heat relief strategy and apologized for untimely pool closures, saying “we must do better.” 023
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiHow-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 23/06/2025One of the reasons we need to remove more concrete and plant more trees is because all this exposed concrete absorbs an incredible amount of heat, even compared to concrete that’s shaded. #onpoli #topoli 24621
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiHow-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 23/06/2025Will the super-wealthy stop fighting real solutions to climate change if their summer homes go up in flames?thestar.comThey say Muskoka won’t burn. But climate has changed the calculusComputer models have failed to predict a series of “impossible” blazes — which means more places once thought of as safe need to start confronting the risk. 2114
Reposted by Maryam SiddiqiShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Toronto Blue Jays CEO Mark Shapiro wrote a letter asking mayor & council to scrap ActiveTO. 412018
Reposted by Maryam Siddiqimolly taft @mollytaft.com · 20/06/2025how much energy does your ChatGPT search really use? i wrote about the trials and tribulations of putting a number on AI emissions, & how some of the most powerful companies in the world could clear it up for us — but they're staying silent. feat a peek at new research from @sashamtl.bsky.social !wired.comHow Much Energy Does AI Use? The People Who Know Aren’t SayingA growing body of research attempts to put a number on energy use and AI—even as the companies behind the most popular models keep their carbon emissions a secret. 823184