Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangAlex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 12hToronto bike lane removal. When your infrastructure project has huge police protection and the contractors hide the logos on their trucks and gear, you are in the wrong. 11703244
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 13hI'm sure some folks think advocates are exaggerating when we say that Toronto removing bike lanes will kill people. But we have a recent example from Boston where a cyclist was killed by a truck driver on a notorious street after the city halted safety improvements. Infrastructure saves lives.mass.streetsblog.orgWu Administration Shelved Safety Plans For Mission Hill Streets Where Driver Killed Louisa Gag - Streetsblog Massachusetts"We knew there were dangers. We had a plan to make it safer. It is blatantly irresponsible for the city to make a deliberate decision to not follow through." 219159
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangStarfleet Design 🖍🖖 @starfleetdesign.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“Mind if I do a J?” 8451107
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Salvation: God bounces in on a bubble, Christ's loincloth has a life of its own, and donor Wolfgang Graf von Salm is v. satisfied. By Wolf Huber. 4618
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangStephen C. Rea @stevierea.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The “ceasefire” will be one year old next week. Since then, Israeli strikes have killed more than 1400 Gazans 71230556
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangAnthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026oh sorry you don’t like STAR TREK?? just bc most of it is bad??? grow up 836059
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A #WarOnWalking. A war on biking. A war on public transit. A war on any transportation choice other than driving. A war on better cities. But a war on cars? Hardly. Cars still get most of the space, rights, budget, prioritization, etc. And any effort to add more choice is immediately attacked. 5394128
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 3334131271
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangChris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Incredible Facebook slop ad I just got 31798661568
Reposted by Sophie Paas-Langcarly rae jepstein @die-hardman.com · 22/09/2026seeing @jpbrammer.bsky.social posts in the wild on threads is always fun 12328
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I was sorry to hear that Bob Mackie had died today, surely the designer with the most sparkling of legacies. Here is just one of the countless dazzling garments worn by Cher in the late #1970s #JuliensAuctions #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 628974
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues. 31570492531
Reposted by Sophie Paas-Langscaaron 👻 @imaaronrobert.bsky.social · 14/09/2026rip bob mackie 😭🤍✨ 221694547
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangMichael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026David Wojnarowicz: "I wake up every morning in this killing machine called america & I’m carrying this rage like a blood filled egg & there’s a thin line between inside & the outside a thin line between thought & action & that line is simply made up of blood & muscle & bone..." 132389
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how). 4156751559
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangJason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 10/09/2026A rare glimpse inside the now-abandoned Tallinna Linnahall in Tallinn, Estonia (for the architecture biennale). 0396
Reposted by Sophie Paas-Langjenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026welcome to 2020s tech. we got - pervert glasses - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - the button that does nothing - we outta ram - we outta hard drives - we outta graphics cards - ten trillion vibe coded apps that nobody uses - wiretap 9678933170
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangJordan aka Jirdan @slclunk.com · 09/09/2026Any answer other than “who gives a shit, republicans are using a dozen kids playing JV volleyball as a distraction from looting the county and covering for elite pedophiles” is cowardly horseshit 7448741042
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangAmos Posner @amosposner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Happy Michael Clayton Day to all who observe 1396
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangDaniel Reynolds @akareynolds.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Parking ticket still set at a cool 60 bucks. 1348
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangZack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026It turns out that Netanyahu was warned, in shockingly specific terms, about October 7 — and not only chose to do nothing, but hid the warning from the people who could have stopped it www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...haaretz.comNetanyahu got an explicit warning before Oct. 7. He didn't brief security chiefsIn September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surroundin... 881722722
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangSleestak @sleestak.bsky.social · 06/09/2026FACE/OFF (1997, Dir. John Woo) 333023581
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangCommunity Bikeways - TCBC @bikewaysto.bsky.social · 05/09/2026"Ridiculous and absurd, sure, but this “war” is still on, and it has many active fronts." Well said @shawnmicallef.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comShawn Micallef: Doug Ford has waged a Trump-like war on bike lanes. Here’s how Toronto can fight backFord’s war on bike lanes is a culture war. From protests to narrowing roads, here is how Toronto can fight back. 04019
Reposted by Sophie Paas-Langgenna @genna.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Across many regions and demographics, people underestimate the safety of large cities and say they believe crime is increasing when it’s going down! Thankfully, we don’t have to rely on surveys about perceived safety. Statscan keeps data on this! www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo... 24826
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangGlyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Every morning for three hours, a guy from AJAX who has the temerity to host a show called TORONTO TODAY fills the airwaves with paranoia about how dangerous the city is, when he’s not overtly campaigning for Brad Bradford. Mind your business. Keep my city’s name out of your mouth. 39716
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangGlyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Honestly, fuck your feelings. Canadians *think* Toronto is some violent cesspool because: •Rightwing politicians campaign on it, it’s a convenient straw-man •Rightwing media pushes their agenda •THEY DON’T LIVE HERE Inform yourselves or shut your mouth. 1418439
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangJesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I’m doing my part (by not bothering to watch the trailer) 68912
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangHow-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 02/09/2026Yesterday Doug Ford did three things that will make congestion around Toronto much, much worse. First, Ford has made made massive cuts to GO Train service on the Lakeshore West, Lakeshore East, Barrie and Stouffville lines. In some cases, GO Train frequency will drop from 15 trains a day to 4 -> 1015179
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangToronto Star @thestar.com · 02/09/2026David Mastin, president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, slammed the “shoddy rollout” of the $750 spending accounts. He also questioned why, amid a trade battle, the government is giving lucrative contracts to American firms. New from @krushowy.bsky.social: 66236
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Mary shrugs off the big news but her cat (reasonably) is flipping out. Annunciation, painted in 1535 by Lorenzo Lotto. Today is his day. 48814
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangMark Shaw 🇨🇦✌️🇪🇺 @markshawtoronto.bsky.social · 01/09/2026That’s almost the entire network. It’s so much worse than we feared 😔 2020866
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangObserving The City @observingthecity.ca · 02/09/2026Brad Bradford says that 50% of roadway cannot be allocated to 1% of users. Good thing it isn't. Only about 1% of all of Toronto's road space is allocated to bike lanes. I showed my work, and used Danforth (the lanes he fought so hard to get added) as an example. 46917
Reposted by Sophie Paas-Langmlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Evergreen Toronto comment: "needs more ... shade structures" 0222
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangThe Amityville Jordan (1979) @jackal27.bsky.social · 26/08/2026 29112113068
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangJesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dolly made times less hard for a lot of people thoughtcatalog.com/nicolestawia...thoughtcatalog.comDolly Parton Funded an Oscar-Winning AIDS Documentary in the 1980s When the Reagan Administration Wouldn’t ActParton lost friends to AIDS in the 1980s and put her production company Sandollar behind Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, the documentary about the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt that wen… 53309714
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangGarry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚 106143435749
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangLeena 🌵 @leena.reuben.games · 26/08/2026imagine getting the gift of boobs directly from dolly parton 173402174
Reposted by Sophie Paas-Langaugust 🍂 @auguststreet.ca · 25/08/2026policy failure: covering up a fare reader, because people routinely tap on the wrong reader, because metrolinx insists on two separate fare readers for its two parallel services on this corridor. just integrate fares between UPX and GO, already. end the confusion and make transit easier to use! 3593
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.comimaginationlibrary.comDolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AUDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas. 45121505977
Reposted by Sophie Paas-Lang🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️🌈 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared. 157393108506
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026[Exit Queen.] 2063893211004
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangG | Builds Stuff, Goes Places 🦀 @whereisgraeme.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Low hanging mayoral election fruit. “What is your relationship with Rogers and will you allow them to continuously make us look bad?” 34611
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangSteve Lieber --> Bedrock City Comic Con @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 20/08/2024Almost 9:30? Time to look at some Al Parker illustrations. 1333979
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangRodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Already missing how lively Church St used to be when pedestrianized… People felt free to sit, linger, chat, & hangout instead of just walking by or heading straight into the bar. 912423
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Exclusive: A rare bookseller suspected his books were being bought by AI companies. He stuck an AirTag in a book and we tracked it to a secretive Amazon facility in Las Vegas where they scan and destroy books called VGT3: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...404media.coWe Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training FacilityWe placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. 341305681
Reposted by Sophie Paas-LangKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/08/202614 hours later and my mentions are still full of angry treatises about badly behaved cyclists. Bike lanes are not a reward for good cyclist behavior! They are infrastructure proven to make cities safer for ALL ROAD USERS. Whatever way cyclists have wronged you is irrelevant to the discussion! 302109161842
