Reposted by Tom WeatherburnMatt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 31/07/2026People talk about how AI is increasing productivity, but when I google search for "Piketty Laser Eyes" it still doesn't automatically generate a picture of Thomas Piketty with laser eyes. 49512
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Camogli. These things slide out & make ped areas. Deliveries when needed. Local police don’t extort $100s of $1000s todo this. 66711
Tom Weatherburn @tdubolyou.bsky.social · 16/06/2026www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...theglobeandmail.comAnthropic, Trump officials working toward deal to restore Fable 5 and Mythos 5Anthropic took new AI models offline after the U.S. government ordered it to suspend export to destinations worldwide and all foreign nationals 040
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnBrian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 10/06/2026MYTHOS is so powerful that it must be protected by strict guardrails that prevent anyone from ever learning whether or not it's actually powerful at all 19014
Tom Weatherburn @tdubolyou.bsky.social · 08/06/2026In 2018 we built the Fruit Trees of Toronto map. Its been the most popular page on @maptodotca.bsky.social. I rebuilt it from scratch: svelteJS, maplibre, protomaps and 2026 data. Explore by species, location and ripening month. www.mapto.ca/maps/2026/6/... #maps #toronto #opendata 0206
Tom Weatherburn @tdubolyou.bsky.social · 03/06/2026corporateknights.com/buildings/on...corporateknights.comOntario’s Bill 98 strikes a final blow to Toronto’s green building policies | Corporate KnightsThe new legislation removes requirements for EV charging and erases sustainable design from planning mandates 002
Tom Weatherburn @tdubolyou.bsky.social · 28/05/2026“Design as civic infrastructure” is a concept that resonates deeply. Great ep of the Design Better Podcast substack.com/@aarronwalte...substack.comJessie McGuire: National Design Award-winning studio leader on design as a civic toolEpisode 178 of the Design Better Podcast 000
Tom Weatherburn @tdubolyou.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Another fun one for @spacing.bsky.social I used @torontoopendata.cityof.toronto.ca, scraped school facilities data and looked online at larger facilities to create a map of pitches across the city. This is for a special issue of Spacing Magazine on Toronto Soccer. #maps #mapping #gis #toronto 081
Tom Weatherburn @tdubolyou.bsky.social · 09/05/2026open.substack.com/pub/citythat...open.substack.comSmall Lots and the Case for Single Stair ReformA step towards more family friendly housing 010
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnDesign Reviewed @designreviewed.com · 27/03/2026Idea Extra Issue: Herb Lubalin, 1969 Special Issue devoted to Herb Lubalin. 120 pages of Lubalin’s work from 1956 – 1969 #herblubalin designreviewed.com/artefacts/id... 0284
Tom Weatherburn @tdubolyou.bsky.social · 25/03/2026www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-p...torontotoday.caContentious Palmerston redevelopment gets green light after redesignThe proposed redevelopment at 501 Palmerston Blvd. has faced significant opposition from neighbours — over size, parking and building character concerns 000
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 18/03/2026When you're too drunk to stay at the club but your jam hits as you're walking out the door 15640166
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnMore Neighbours Toronto @moreneighboursto.bsky.social · 18/03/2026"Parkdale has been called a suburb, a slum, a ghetto, a village. Each label has carried consequences... justified a different kind of intervention. From regulation to clearance to revitalization, every era produced a group powerful enough to define what Parkdale was and to act on that definition."youtube.comWho Decides What a Neighborhood Is? | The Story of ParkdaleYouTube video by Praeteritum 073
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnBrilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Map of The Most Commonly Spoken Languages In Toronto Other Than English Credit: Alex McPhee (@awmcphee.ca) Full list of languages here: brilliantmaps.com/toronto-l... 0207
Reposted by Tom Weatherburnderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12/03/2026i feel like if i was tasked with not starting a war and bringing back US manufacturing jobs, i could have done a better job than this 742259282783
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnToronto City Planning and Development Review @planning.cityof.toronto.ca · 13/03/2026Looking for development activity data in Toronto? The Development Pipeline Dashboard is an interactive tool that lets people explore development activity across the city. The dashboard highlights the number of projects, residential units, residential and non‑residential space. 187
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnOliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 09/03/2026It’s been a half-century since the OPEC oil crisis. Good thing the west has spent that time engineering smaller cars, developing renewables and working aggressively to reduce reliance on fossil fuels www.wsj.com/world/middle...wsj.comThe Long-Feared Persian Gulf Oil Squeeze Is Upon UsTraffic through the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a virtual halt, unleashing the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s. 24012
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnJason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Enjoying a now-totally-legal 😀 espresso at Finch Store w/ Mayor Chow, Councillor Bravo & one of the main community voices who helped make the neighbourhood retail initiative happen @anotherglassbox.bsky.social Thx to Yana & entrepreneurs like her who bring life + community to local neighbourhoods! 111811
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnLee Cronin’s Pablo Hidalgo @infinata.bsky.social · 06/03/2026The only one who could ever reach me / Was the son of a… 272393445
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/03/2026I do appreciate that this administration is too incompetent to manufacture even the thinnest pretext for this, so we don't have to relive that 2002-2003 run when opposing an obviously idiotic war basically made you feel like the one sane person in a Twilight Zone episode. 582321326
Tom Weatherburn @tdubolyou.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Pete walkers handlebars looking better than ever 000
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnToby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Where do parents find the time to parent? Less sleep, work and screens. Amazing chart feat. in @alphaville.ft.com Further Reading. homeeconomics.substack.com/p/where-do-p... 1231186
Tom Weatherburn @tdubolyou.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Exploring overlays on DEM data in Blender. Versions show forest and water, satellite imagery, Greenbelt plan areas, and colour-coded watersheds. Testing different palettes. Long way to go, but sharing progress—feedback welcome. #map #mapping #gis #blender #Toronto #Ontario #DEM #3D 0112
Tom Weatherburn @tdubolyou.bsky.social · 04/02/2026I completed the Applied Data Science with Python specialization from the U of M, which included 5 courses: Introduction to Data Science Applied Plotting, Charting & Data Representation Applied Machine Learning Applied Text Mining Applied Social Network Analysis #datascience #ai #python 140
Tom Weatherburn @tdubolyou.bsky.social · 04/02/2026The Planning Research and Analytics team in @planning.cityof.toronto.ca has published a Development Pipeline dashboard. It shows development activity over the past 5 years. Have a look here: lnkd.in/g8pBE-Ej #Toronto #DevelopmentPipeline #RE #BI #Tableau #dashboards 2172
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnShawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Add Palmerston to the list of places that need a good Le Corbusiering. Next to the Annex, Cabbagetown and mid-etobicoke. The more righteous and self-proclaimed-special, the more hot towers go in. 10498
Reposted by Tom Weatherburntaylr @taylordahlin.com · 27/01/2026brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis 327233477736
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 25/01/2026This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit. It's all white supremacy and greed. 19066352139
Tom Weatherburn @tdubolyou.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Playing with elevation data in #Blender. This is the #Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) boundary which includes all of the watersheds that converge in Toronto. Going to try draping some orthophotos and land cover data over this. Other ideas? #Maps #Mapping #GIS #3D #dataviz 0103
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnSpacing @spacing.bsky.social · 20/01/2026The Eglinton cover section, meanwhile, features Cheryl Thompson and @johnlorinc.bsky.social on the Golden Mile, a map of Eglinton density by @tdubolyou.bsky.social (slice below), and pieces by @theurbangeog.bsky.social, Todd Harrison, and more ranging from east to west. 082
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnSpacing @spacing.bsky.social · 20/01/2026New issue! Issue 73 explores Eglinton Avenue, Toronto's "prime rib" from east to west, as it awaits its new transit line spacing.ca/toronto/2026...spacing.caNEW ISSUE: Crossing Town - Spacing TorontoWe still don’t know when the Eglinton Crosstown LRT will open. It could be any day – the testing is all done. Or it could be many weeks away, given its history – there are still processes to go throug... 24316
Tom Weatherburn @tdubolyou.bsky.social · 20/01/2026If you spend any amount of time using microsoft copilot you will understand why hes worried. 020
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnAnyChart @anychart.com · 22/12/2025Love good charts & maps? 👀 #DataViz Weekly is back with new data viz picks worth a look: > Time with others @flowingdata.com > NYC parking lots housing potential @tdubolyou.bsky.social > China's rise in trade @ourworldindata.org > AI questions beyond tech earnings @bloomberg.com See it on our blog. 011
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnTom Weatherburn @tdubolyou.bsky.social · 10/12/2025How many housing units could fit on the surface lots of NYC? I mapped them and estimated based recent construction. tdubolyou.github.io/nyc-lots/ #NYC #map #mapping #sveltejs #D3 #maplibre #dataviz 151
Tom Weatherburn @tdubolyou.bsky.social · 16/12/2025I voted for Tobi over Thiel but I dont think he’ll win 000
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnTrevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Black Americans navigated Jim Crow through guides like the Green Books by sharing their experiences. Know a Green Book establishment? Share your memories, and upload photos or documents. Your contribution makes the archive complete. greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky 04517
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnPhil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 11/12/2025The tragedy of this province is that we have all the things conceivably needed to be one of the greatest places to live on earth, but our governing class is relentlessly obsessed with mediocrity. 2153
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnJeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 12/12/2025It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats. 602718767
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 11/12/2025I want to stress again that California is not in a situation where it's gaining tech jobs at a slower rate than the rest of the country (like 2021/2022), but is outright losing tech jobs as the rest of the US gains Cali is down 75k tech jobs from peak & nearly 20k from pre-COVID 5797
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnSaloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 09/12/2025Big new blogpost! My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more. --> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful. www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu... 28806313
Tom Weatherburn @tdubolyou.bsky.social · 10/12/2025How many housing units could fit on the surface lots of NYC? I mapped them and estimated based recent construction. tdubolyou.github.io/nyc-lots/ #NYC #map #mapping #sveltejs #D3 #maplibre #dataviz 151
Tom Weatherburn @tdubolyou.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Fun little exploratory project. I mapped transit oriented surface parking lots in NYC and applied recent development densities to estimate housing potential. Link at the end. #NYC #Planning #Dataviz #mapping #maps #map #housing 1105
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/11/2025Imagining that the climate battle is about *information* -- that those who have good information will act; that those who aren't acting must be lacking information -- has been utterly disastrous for decades now, but advocates & pols can't seem to break out of it.nytimes.comMany Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War 2334586
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnLora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...cnbc.comMeta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing allegesMeta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents. 679154726059
Tom Weatherburn @tdubolyou.bsky.social · 21/11/2025I’m not sure he understands it’s quite helpful for the LPC when American Fascists mimic the rhetoric of our Conservative Party. 010
Tom Weatherburn @tdubolyou.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Increasingly find myself listening to @drfeifei.bsky.social as a source of credible (understatement!) and insightful info about AI. This episode of @lennysan.bsky.social’s podcast is a great example. open.spotify.com/episode/35Aa...open.spotify.comThe Godmother of AI on jobs, robots & why world models are next | Dr. Fei-Fei LiSpotify video 110
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 19/11/2025It's not a foolproof plan but every political debate from now on should be a Normal Guy competition. Ask them to describe grocery shopping in detail. Talk about what it's like to have a friend 118104341976
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnThe Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 23/09/2025When the province took over the Toronto District School Board, it also took over the subsidiary that manages the TDSB’s $20 billion worth of land. As @wendyglauser.bsky.social writes, critics fear repercussions not just for schools, but also for whole neighbourhoods. thelocal.to/tdsb-takeove...thelocal.toWhat Happens to TDSB’s $20 Billion Worth of Land Under Provincial Supervision? | The LocalThe TDSB is one of Toronto’s largest landowners. When the province took over the board, it also took over its subsidiary that manages its properties—and it’s not saying what’s next. 189
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Like this motherfucker was cooking with this one 545443
Reposted by Tom WeatherburnBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10/09/2025A good enough reason to spend lots of time doing art is just that it’s fun to do art 9907124