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Taylor Clysdale

@taylorclysdale.bsky.social
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Peterborough nerd. I have more random Transformers toys and mecha guys on my desk than I can count. Yes I do wanna see your collection of little things, I don't care what it is. He/They

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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Not the charm! Anything but the charm! Won't someone think of the charm???
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
#PTBO needs this desperately. And it's location is great because there's no whiney homeowners trying to block the project because their home might be in shadows sometimes. The city would be idiots NOT to approve this...
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Sebastian Johnston-Lindsay @sebastianj-l.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Learning now Chief Betts called out all traditional media, which is frankly worse. When the chief of police is actively working to foster distrust of journalists in the community he is supposed to serve as a public official, he is working against a basic principle of democracy. Do better, Stu.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I wish Keith the best but I think he faces an uphill battle. I think this going to be an exciting mayoral race though with some rowdy debates.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Brutal and heartbreaking. These scams target the likely, vulnerable and the elderly. They prey on people who don't have much and take everything they can get. I can only hope these people will be caught and prosecuted but the victims will never see a penny of their money back.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I was using the same 2024 article in videos a lil while back to cite that wealth inequality in Canada had reached record highs in 2024. Fun update: there's now a 2025 article about how wealth inequality has reached record highs this year! Wheeeeeeeeee
CBC article, from July 16 2025, headline reads: Income inequality hit record high at start of 2025, Statistics Canada says

Subhead reads: Gap increased each year following start of COVID-19 pandemic
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
A frustrating pause to another mid-rise development. It's so aggravating for these developers to put forward these ambitious plans and then just... fizzle. Like we have so many empty properties in the downtown #PTBO area, somebody just build something already. You WILL make money off of it.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
I'm very sorry that Jeff and his family have had to deal with this, that's awful. I'm also very sorry that Alex Bierk got threatened to be carved up like a turkey. That's awful too.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
I know each day we're slowly proceeding to the end of civilization but this may be the biggest harbinger of doom yet.
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QuyetPawz @quyetpawz.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Canadians living in #Ontario I need you to fill all these out because Ford is threatening tenant rights in a way that could make many unable to be housed. www.joshmatlow.ca/protect_tena... endausterity.ca/bill-60 acorncanada.org/news/doug-fo... www.kristynwongtam.ca/stop-bill-60 #Canada
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Hey Ontario. Please pay attention to this. It's fucking terrifying. As a renter I rely on rent control in order to, you know, LIVE, and this threatens to take it away from me and most people I know. Write to your MPP. Call Ford's office. I don't even know what to think right now. Fuck Ford, man.
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Alex Arrelia @alexarrelia.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Doug Ford’s office has already received over ten thousand emails in the last 24 hours, saying no Bill 60, which would enable landlords to renegotiate leases every year, and refuse to renew without cause. Acorn Ontario is calling this proposal “Ford’s most dangerous act” and they’re right #onpoli
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Dougie is probably hoping his tariff ad stunt will distract people from this. Sign this petition. Email your elected officials. If Ford is allowed to kill rent control, we will see an apocalyptic wave of homelessness from people booted out by landlords so they can raise the rent.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Doug Ford wants to give landlords the right to kick you from your apartment so the landlord can charge more for it. It would mean the death of rent control in Ontario. Hell no. He will not be allowed to disenfranchise renters so he can enrich his landlord buddies. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
ctvnews.ca
Ontario bill would look at ‘alternative options’ for ending residential leases, scrap Toronto green roof bylaw. Here are the highlights
The Ford government has tabled an omnibus bill that would make changes to a whole suite of laws and regulations, from green roofs to tenant evictions and driver’s licences.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
This was the response from Lansdowne Place in #Ptbo after talking with two scared seniors who were scammed out of their money by the Bitcoin machine. Unacceptable. People are being taken advantage of and the mall is profiting from it.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Shoutouts to the political parties that attended yesterday's #PTBO Pride Parade, the NDP, Liberals and Conservatives!
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
You have to wonder how much the city is spending on these useless shelters just so they have a legal defence that allows them to evict homeless people from parks. It also makes you wonder how that money could be better spent on permanent solutions instead.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Higher taxes. Huge amounts of debt. Who in Ptbo actually wants this new arena? With cost of living skyrocketing, so many people out of jobs, this arena is bad business. It needs to be killed.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
I've had a lot of thoughts on high rise apartments over the past few years. I went from "Ptbo isn't the right place" to "well maybe smaller ones are alright." Now? Build em. Build as many as you can. We won't see a significant drop in rent prices without them.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
I dont think Ive been excited for a newspaper in Ptbo for a while. Arthur has been absolutely killing it lately. This is the type of scrappy local storytelling I always wanted to do.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
No. Absolutely not. We can't afford a $50+ million arena. There's homelessness on every street. I'm tired of the excuses from council. We can't afford a luxury like this when so many are struggling for the essentials. How much burden will council put on taxpayers to afford such vapid luxuries?
thepeterboroughexaminer.com
Townsend Street bus garage site is only choice for Peterborough’s new sport and entertainment centre: consultants
Consultant also urges demolition of Peterborough Memorial Centre
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Major employers in #PTBO are laying off or shutting down. Rent rates are sky high and we aren't building new housing. Cost of living continues escalating. At what point is the situation just completely messed up beyond repair? Why aren't we embracing more radical solutions?
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
If I had a nickle for every time the city of #PTBO approved a new street design for Charlotte Street, I'd have enough nickles to buy a coffee from Dreams of Beans on the completely unrenovated Charlotte Street.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Leal is absolutely setting this up to flex his strong mayor powers and grant the police a 15% budget increase without the consent of council. This flies in the face of municipal democracy itself. It's a shameful display of the unilateral power than Ford has allowed mayors to abuse.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Was pleased to see so many familiar faces at the memorial inauguration for those who died from occupational illness in #PTBO today. It's a legacy our city continues to live with and has never fully reconciled.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The only context in which it's okay to say to someone you want to carve them up like a Thanksgiving turkey is when you say it to a Thanksgiving Turkey. Shocking behaviour from a mayor who has shown an alarming lack of judgement in what comes from his mouth since being elected. #PTBO
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
If you enjoy anything vaguely spooky related (horror movies, spooky witch stuff) you should check out the Fear Mall event in #PTBO. Always get a TON of new horror movies for the year from it!
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
I don't think it's actually a bad thing to pay #PTBO city councillors more. The pay they get for the amount of work required makes it so the position is only viable for retirees or folks with passive income like business owners. The mayor, on the other hand? I think they're paid enough.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Congratulations to Emma Harrison. I look forward to her bringing respect and decorum back to our riding. #PTBO
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Why is finding shoes so hard these days? Every pair of new shoes is made of foam and glue and feels like it's going to break in my hands. Every used pair I find is like $40+ for something scuffed and encrusted in mud. Like why is this so difficult?
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Yeah you don't get to drop the n-word unprompted at a guest lecture and keep your job. If I did that I'd be fired. #PTBO
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
I 100% agreement, the responsible thing to do at this point is to resign. If you casually drop the n-word unprompted at a public event, your judgement can't be trusted.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Shoutouts to The Arthur for being the paper of record for this issue, putting in the legwork and getting boots on the ground to get the story faster than anybody. #PTBO www.trentarthur.ca/news/inexcus...
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“Inexcusable and Wrong”: Trent Students Respond to Racial Slur Used by Peterborough Mayor in Business Lecture
Apr 09, 2025, by Evan Robins - - Trent students are speaking out following a statement from Peterborough Mayor Jeff Leal which apologized for using “a racial slur that is deeply offensive and hurtful...
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Hey #PTBO, students, young voters... get out and cast your ballot! It matters more than you think. Federal politics has a huge impact on your schooling, housing affordability and more that directly affects you. If more young people voted it would have a HUGE impact on our political landscape.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Day 3 without power. It's starting to feel like everyone else is getting their power back on but me. This sucks. #PTBO
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Never seen an ice storm like this before. Crazy! #PTBO
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Obligatory freezing rain photo. #PTBO
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Iono single handedly makes every Stage 2 deck so much more viable. #pokemonTCGpocket
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Excited for April 5 to go to the toy and collectible show in #PTBO. If anyone wants to check out some childhood nostalgia and maybe spend a bit too much money...
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
We desperately need a qualified, intelligent, well-spoken person who doesn't make our riding look like a clown car as our MP. I miss that.
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Todd Devlin @todddevlin.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Just received email from @thestar.com saying last year over 1 million Ontarians relied on food banks for support. There are only 16 million people in Ontario. That’s an alarming number.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
It's tough seeing the prices of everything in Ontario go up in response to this trade war, knowing they will never ever go back down. And it'll be the super markets and billionaires to stand to profit the most from the suffering of cash-strapped Canadians.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Whoaa the downtown #PTBO Nordia building is for sale. That's BIG. It's a huge building and a sign of the times for how remote work changed call centres.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I hate hate hate hate hate that media corps are using AI to ruin classic TV shows and movies. And I really hate that because these are often the "definitive versions" which sit on streaming services for years, it becomes impossible for people to watch non-garbage versions without original DVDs.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
“Loitering, hanging around the neighbourhood, troubled individuals." Good catch from the Arthur noting the type of language used by councilors and the public during this meeting.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Glad this got approved despite opposition from neighbours. I do feel sorry for them, there will be impacts of living next to a community with high needs, but this type of triage housing for chronically unhoused people is desperately needed.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
I fundamentally disagree with the Strong Mayor Powers. They're clearly designed for those politically aligned with Ford to push his developer-friendly agenda. However, if you're going to use them, then this is how it should be used. It's about time.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
If we stalled every affordable or transitional housing project because the neighbours hated it, nothing would ever get built. Despite what some city councillors may think, you can't build it at the edge of the city where it won't offend anyone. People are GOING to live next to them.
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Finally! I've been trying to get this lil guy for ages. Just the cutest, I don't care if he's bad. #pokemonTCG #PokemonTCGPocket
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Taylor Clysdale @taylorclysdale.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I get that we just had an unprecedented triple whammy of snow storms and the city is still catching up, but it's been days and the sidewalks are STILL like this. #PTBO
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