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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Americans in the replies not fully understanding this is just a prelude to Ryan fully Murdoching them all!

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Wait, is the Murdoch thing real?!?

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

To my fellow members of Toronto—St. Paul's: I emailed my MP Leslie Church tonight about her endorsement of Brad Bradford. While I don't expect a reply, here is my email in case you'd like some inspiration for your own. Always tell your representatives how you feel! They work for you!

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I mean, obviously talk it over with your family first, but seems like it could be a solid investment

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Saw her in person at both Tempo games, and she is SO awkward… seriously looks like she must play some other, different sport and accidentally stumbled onto a WNBA court…

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I absolutely LOVE these spell-check posts. I always end up writing my own imaginary issue of FF just pondering them!

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If you were Max’s kid, and tomorrow Schneider approaches you with an idea…

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

To be fair, the dissonance is a lot less when you add the words ‘short sleeved’ in the front… (For context, tonight’s Blue Jays giveaway…)

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My favourite part is that their street is named after Bishop Strachan, the withered heart of the Family Compact… almost too on the nose…

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Well, my 85 year old mom, a diehard Blue Jays fan and optimist, usually ends her morning message to the family group chat with a string of baseballs and blue hearts. Today, even she seems to be accepting the inevitable…

A string of blue hearts and baseballs, but with weepy and sad emoji faces added in

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Okay, is this exchange from our family group chat this afternoon nerdy enough?

A photo of Raptor medical guy Alex McKechnie at today’s Tempo game chatting at the sidelines, immediately identified by my son when I shared the photo

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“It’s funny because it’s true…” he says, wracked with sobs, tears flowing freely down his face….

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

So are you going with Glendon Glendon or Mellow Mellow?

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I look forward to the issue of FF where the team decide to go into this establishment, but the bartender refuses to let Johnny come in, just in case…

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Does this urban magic include allowing the local baseball team to score more runs? If so, I’M INNNNN

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Starting to worry joining you on a Toronto Star community walk last year might have been a bad idea, what with the villainy and all…

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 03/09/2026

Hi Doug Ford,

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

To be fair, Jenny, they do offer a convenient alternative where you create a code breaking grid that you have to always have accessible. It’s like being in a DaVinci Code/National Treasure type adventure, except not fun in any way.

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scott daGHOSTtino @scottdagostino.ca · 03/09/2026

A report from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce last year said that every dollar invested by the federal government in arts and culture generates $29 in economic activity. I’m very happy to see rail and transit funding but yes, we treat arts funding as some unnecessary frill and that must change 👇🏼

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This is in Bradford’s riding, earlier tonight. I have friends with flooded basements, and one with a tree through his roof. Waiting for Brad to condemn Kinsella’s comments…

An intersection where the rainwater has completely overwhelmed the storm drains. The water covers everything between the inside edge of the sidewalk all the way across two lanes of traffic.

My two lane plus parking side street, with water covering all but the middle third, and spilling over the sidewalk curb

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Observing The City @observingthecity.ca · 02/09/2026

Brad 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.

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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Staples (🇺🇸) is now open for some ON teachers. How do prices stack up against the TDSB supply centre for classroom basics? TDSB: $290.38 Staples: $668.98 Staples Teachers: $584.56 But Paul Calandra took over the TDSB claiming financial mismanagement and Doug Ford wants you to #BuyCanadian. #OntEd

A chart comparing the prices for basic classroom items such as dry erase makers, tissues, and pencils for the TDSB distribution catalogue, the regular Staples website, and the Staples for Teachers website where elementary classroom teachers can spend $750 each from the $60M Doug Ford and Paul Calandra moved out of public education classrooms and programs that support students.

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I was a participant in a university study comparing drunk driving to exhausted driving, so got to experience 0.08 in a controlled lab setting. At the limit, you are DRUNK drunk - like “your friends should worry about you walking home” drunk… THREE TIMES THAT?! ON DUTY?! Criminal.

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Logan runs out of beer and the store is closed? Bracing myself now.

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Feel like it’s GOTTA be a dc20 - the leopard would need to be CONVINCED

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Bateman’s face when he essentially stole home created some pretty incredible vibes in the ol’ dome too!

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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The last time the Americans tried to claim Lake Ontario in 1813, we intentionally lured them into Fort York and then blew up our entire gunpowder magazine to kill as many Americans as possible. A foundation part of Toronto history is "blowing our own fort to smithereens rather than being American"

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Andy @rallycap.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

An easy way to remember the Great Lakes (Canada) HOMES Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior An easy way to remember them is the US SHAME

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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Good morning! Would love to see your favourite photos of #LakeOntario for no specific reason whatsoever.

A panoramic photo of sunrise over Lake Ontario near downtown Toronto. The pink and blue sky is reflected in the surface of the lake.

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

From an early spring walk by Ashbridges Bay

Waves from Lake Ontario (which, fun fact, is the Indigenously named lake that my province was named AFTER!!!) lapping the shore of Ashbridges Bay in Toronto.

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It is the last part in a several week series, each column focusing on one of her Toronto homes. Each piece has her go and see one of them, interview the current residents, and reflect on her time there - the penultimate one was especially good. Really neat kind of memoir!

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The trade pb (which I believe had a $5.95 Canadian cover price!) of this might be my most re-read comic ever. The moment where he is at his absolute nadir, but drags himself back up to face Shingen? INCREDIBLE.

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

There was a neat series in the Toronto Star (that just ended yesterday!) where a writer revisited all the Toronto houses she has lived in - really nice, poetic piece - very reflective and introspective in the best way. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

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Cathrin Bradbury: Kendal Avenue is the last stop on my Toronto homes tour and where I take stock of my life

Revisting the homes of my past has meant coming face-to-face with every version of myself I left behind.

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll (if you feel like it)

A cloudy Toronto skyline, featuring the CN Tower

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

That looks like Brent’s parents’ house on Corner Gas

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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Thanks to Doug Ford and Paul Calandra, 80,000 elementary educators have to order classroom supplies from Staples this year instead of from their school boards. I decided to do a little comparison shopping for school supplies many of us will have to order over the course of a school year. 🧵 #OntEd

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I’m late to this party, but I’m pretty sure nobody has hit this yet! (And I’m not being Gen X ironic - we often catch reruns on weekend mornings- it is truly such a fun show!)

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This thread is a nice li’l reminder of why history is important. Hope some Americans will stumble across it.

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Kate Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 22/08/2026

One thing I was hoping to find in Kingston was a poetry book by the late Kingstom resident Bronwen Wallace. I did find one. This poem show why I think she’s one of the greatest 20thc poets: ‘Lonely for the Country Sometimes these days you think you are ready to settle down. 1/n

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

What a beautiful piece of writing - thanks for sharing it!

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I would like to know if we can convince Gabe Blanc to move to Beaches East York, like maybe sometime this week?

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Tom Veenstra @tomveenstra.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Passing time outside the Dome, waiting for the giveaway. Reading this little library find - a 1980s baseball murder mystery by former Star sports writer Alison Gordon. The main character? A feisty redhead reporter determined to solve a murder… cast @clareblackwood.bsky.social in an adaptation NOW!

A bearded dude outside the Skydome reading a mystery novel called ‘The Dead Pull Hitter’

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