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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Hey #booksky who is reading or has read BUTTER by Asako Yuzuki?! I am loving it & have such an appetite for the recipes in it! Who wants to have a #bookclub & foodie event with me & some 🧈 ? @harpercollinsca.bsky.social

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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Did you have conversations with people at Xmas parties that you’re still thinking about? Me: it’s criminal that Doug Ford bull(y)dozed Ontario Place & hundreds of trees in the cover of night! Man: Canada has lots of trees.🌳 What would your response be?

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a bald man wearing glasses is sitting at a table with ketchup and mustard bottles and talking to a man .

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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Last night I went to a Christmas Party & rode my bicycle because that’s my transportation of choice + it’s reliable, efficient, & fun! Returning home I rode on clear dry streets as bike lanes on Davenport & Annette were an icy snirty mess. No photos as it was -14C #bikeTO #WinterTO

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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Dancing Through Life!! I need to do more of this … and will! #BikeTO who is interested in #CyclingDanceParties ?

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Imagine if we had designed children’s playgrounds in ways that were unnecessarily dangerous for kids, but instead of fixing the unsafe design (we know how!), we mandated that kids wear protective gear like helmets. That’s basically what adult bike #helmetlaws are. Design safe infrastructure.

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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

An active transportation reflection: Having the privilege to run daily errands by bike, feeling the movement of my body, the cool air on my face, and the mental stimulation, does me so much good. It’s not just about the moment, it’s an investment in my well-being for the long term.

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Harri Vaarala @harrivaarala.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Why should winter stop us from carrying out our daily activities in a sustainable way? ❄️☃️🚲🚲 This simple innovation from Oulu, Finland🇫🇮, makes winter cycling easier and even a bit more enjoyable🤗 #MeanwhileInOulu

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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

#CyclingGoodCheer lasts longer than the ride with joyful memories ❣️ @bikewaysto.bsky.social #JoyRide

Me dressed up in sparkly skirt and burley trailer yellow cover on trailer

Me on bicycle waving leading people on Bloor

My friends in costumes - Heather in cape with antlers & Ingrid in onesie and antlers hugging

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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Never a bad thing when Rudolph aka @jsquaredink.bsky.social leads of Cycling Good Cheer party #BikeTO

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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Could you imagine a hundred drivers taking over spaces like this? People on bikes just make sense. #BikeTO

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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Thanks to everyone who JOY’nd us for #CyclingGoodCheer today!! #bikeTO was festive @bikewaysto.bsky.social @bromptoning.bsky.social

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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

#CyclingGoodCheer groups from Scarborough, North York, & Etobicoke will combine TODAY at St George & Bloor Street 1pm Come watch &/& or jingle with @bikewaysto.bsky.social 5th annual Sustainable Santa Claus Parade along Bloor & Yonge #bikeTO www.communitybikewaysto.ca/events/cycli...

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Cycling Good Cheer Holiday Bicycle Ride — Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition

Join our 5th annual Cycling Good Cheer holiday bicycle ride through Toronto.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Just another helpful reminder that a human being on a bicycle is the most efficient amongst all animals and machines in terms of energy consumed in moving a certain distance as a function of body weight. Obvs.

Graph showing all the animals and machines in terms of energy efficiency

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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Congratulations to Toronto’s newest planning chief @jasonthorne.bsky.social. Toronto’s lucky to have your experience and vision. 🇨🇦 www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...

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Toronto picks former Hamilton official as new planning chief

Hamilton former planning manager will tackle a city in the midst of rule changes and upwards growth.

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Norm Di Pasquale🇨🇦 @normsworld.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

In the Queens Park media studio where @mikeschreiner.bsky.social is calling out the massive waste of taxpayer money at Ontario Place. We’re very pleased to hear all opposition parties speak out against the MegaSpa deal, and committing to cancel the deal & call for accountability. #topoli #onpoli

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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I need a JOY RIDE, how about you?! Sunday December 8th 5th Annual @bikewaysto.bsky.social #CyclingGoodCheer holiday bicycle ride in #BikeTO Don some antlers & ring your bells, details here www.communitybikewaysto.ca/events/cycli...

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Cycling Good Cheer Holiday Bicycle Ride — Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition

Join our 5th annual Cycling Good Cheer holiday bicycle ride through Toronto.

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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

#CyclingGoodCheer is just that along with holiday tunes & antlers! Be inspired to JOY’n us this Sunday Dec 8 by @bromptoning.bsky.social 🎥 youtu.be/rr2sq2vqCqs?...

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Cycling Good Cheer

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

My holiday wish is that one day our sidewalks will be as wide as our trucks.

a large truck parked half on the sidewalk and road.

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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

#CyclingGoodCheer is the antidote to #Bill212 WEST END RIDE Santa, elves, & reindeer! Mabelle Park 11 am FREE hot chocolate & cookies. Get a photo with Santa! Bring a non-perishable food or toy donation. Fly 11:45 & ride east along Bloor St 🤶🏾🦌🧝‍♀️ www.communitybikewaysto.ca/events/cycli...

Cycling Good Cheer poster with illustrations of a tree, Santa’s, & reindeer

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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

And Toronto regresses thanks to interference by DoUG FoRd who is NOT the mayor or a councillor in the city!

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a blue car is driving down a road covered in trash

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved public transit, not only did it transform the city’s public life and economic success, but the car traffic got better. The traffic got BETTER.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens. Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”

Post from Latino pollster Mike Madrid:

“Doing some research for an upcoming article on the last “mass deportation” of Mexicans during the 1930’s.

Over half of those deported were US citizens.”

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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Just a woman who loves riding her bicycle in NYC! “It’s glorious” says Keri Russell, The Diplomat

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Bromptoning (Heather & Pier) @bromptoning.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Can confirm that restricting non-local cars in the core is awesome! I cycled with some Swifties to the Rogers Centre to take some pics. Everyone there was happy and relaxed, even the security guard who was directing foot/bike traffic.

People on bikes in front of lit-up CN Tower (Toronto).

People taking selfies in front of the "Taylor Swift, The Eras Tour" sign at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.

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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

The Eras Bike Tour encore will be Nov 23 💫 get lit & roll with us! #taylorswift & #bikeTO you know you want to roll thru TO with Swifties 🎶 it’s a joyous event

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

So I’m not saying that two of the biggest urbanism “gets” yet for Bluesky, my friends @jeffspeck.bsky.social and @mikelydon.bsky.social, have just arrived here because I kinda twisted their arms… (Ok maybe I am claiming that…) Anyway, follow them FOR SURE! Jeff & Mike, have fun. #UrbanistShoutOut

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Barcelona has metro, trams, buses, bike-lanes, and walkable (& sit-able) streets. They also have these electric “trackless trams,” which are smooth-riding long buses that look like trams (which are considered cooler so it might help with ridership). I admit, they ARE very cool. Thoughts? #Barcelona

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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

The Eras Bike Tour 💫 was too much fun!!!

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

It's a clear case but Fords (plural) have wasted massive amounts of sunk costs and increased later costs down the line for their political wedges and personal Snuffleupaguses

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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I have been be-speckled! Everyone is welcome at Eras Bike Tour #prizes for costume & bicycles 💫 meetu.ps/e/NzXrj/R1gz...

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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 13/11/2024

The supplementary report on Doug Ford's bike lane ban bill is now available. City staff say it could cost $48 million in provincial tax money to remove bike lanes. And city would lose out on $27 million invested to install the infrastructure. www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis... (PDF)

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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 13/11/2024

In summary, Ford's bike lane removals will, according to a new City Hall report: - Cost $75 million in direct costs and sunk costs. - Make traffic much, much worse for at least nine months during construction to remove lanes - Have minimal long-term impact on car travel times.

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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 13/11/2024

Toronto Council meets today! Mayor Olivia Chow has set rental housing incentives as her top key matter, so that will be debated first after the usual housekeeping and introductions. The meeting is streaming live here. I'll post happenings. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEwW...

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City Council - November 13, 2024

YouTube video by Toronto City Council

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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Very important line here from Transport Secretary Louise Haigh on road safety: "We treat road safety in a way as if it is somehow a natural accident. If the number of people being killed or seriously injured on our roads, were being killed in any other way, we'd be treating it as a pandemic."

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Jay Pitter @jaypitter.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Check out my 10 Rules For Better Public Spaces 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 This is not intended to be an exhaustive list; I didn’t include public space healing, which is a significant part of my practice. But I’ve captured several key ideas. Thoughts? Additional ideas? #cities #public #space

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

BREAKING URBANIST ALERT: Tonight I encouraged 2 of my favourite urbanists anywhere, @mitchellsilver.bsky.social and @jaypitter.bsky.social, to try out Bluesky. Trust me, you’ll REALLY want to follow them! Plus I’m going to launch one of my fav hashtags I used on the other site, #UrbanistShoutOut!

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Bird @birdadoo.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Goodreads is owned by Amazon & there is an AMAZING alternative‼️ The StoryGraph is a black women-owned competitor to GoodReads with better UI in my opinion. When you sign up you can even transfer your data from Goodreads to StoryGraph!

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The Reading Line @thereadingline.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

@jsquaredink.bsky.social is going to add shimmer to #bikeTO with an Eras Bike Tour social ride Nov 14 inspired by BLANK SPACE 🎶 youtu.be/JIjn11sg0IU?...

Night time photo of Toronto sky dome and cn tower

Neon blue light & silver boots for my costume & bicycle

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

HERE IT IS! My 1st Urbanism & City-Building Starter Pack. I’ll keep adding to it as more city champions arrive here on Bluesky & I discover more of you. Please share this far & wide to support and grow our urbanism community here. Our cities need all the help they can get! go.bsky.app/G7isZfk

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The Reading Line @thereadingline.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Hello everyone who loves books, bicycles, and our city! The Reading Line celebrated our 10th anniversary 10.4.2024 🎉 What’s a #BookRide ? Check out this short documentary! youtu.be/h-jEswu9pKQ

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The Reading Line 2018 BOOK RIDE

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