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William Buckingham 🇨🇦

@wbuckingham.bsky.social
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Human. Male. Cycling. Skiing. Football (the ball is round kind). Throws right. Bats right. Votes left. Recovering IT professional.

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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“His persona as a tough-on-crime, penny-pinching populist feels entirely disconnected from the eager urban planner who entered office at 32 full of ideas about expanding bike lanes, raising property taxes on the rich and cutting funding to the police.”
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We were taking last nite at a party about Bradford’s bizarre framing of his dramatic change of opinions/flipflops. That a restaurant would take a smoothie off the menu if it didn’t sell. Smoothie politics, not leadership or sign of a moral foundation.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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The Rundown @therundowntvo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Are Toronto's bike lanes really empty? Charlie Buckley hit the streets to count cyclists, dug into city data, and compared the numbers with major cycling cities around the world.
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Wendy Ad 🇨🇦🌈🐝 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🐾🐈🌻🇺🇦🍁🇦🇷 @muchogatos.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yes, add Staples, the contract Ontario teachers must adhere to buy their supplies via a money card. More expensive and American owned. It is proven teachers can buy their supplies for much less. So much for spending taxes wisely. Now we are funding the US regime of facism, racism,oligarch & murder
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William Buckingham 🇨🇦 @wbuckingham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Staples?
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Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Put another way, Ford wants to spend more on removing bike lanes in Toronto ($48M) than he's spent protecting all of Ontario's businesses from an international trade war. Ontario deserves serious leadership, that follows through on promises, and actually puts people before profits.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No matter what happens in the 2026 midterms -- or even the 2028 presidential election -- Canadians will never trust the United States the way it used to. The north remembers. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/29/o...
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America still doesn't understand how deep the rift goes
Memo to our friends (and yes, our enemies) to the south: the problem isn’t just Donald Trump. It’s you
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
RE: Bike lanes save lives and promote health. Removing bike lanes will lead to injury and death. #signed by 600 healthcare workers and counting via #doctorsforsafecycling h/t @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @ffsafestreets.bsky.social @cycletoronto.bsky.social @safestreetsto.bsky.social #BikeTO
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Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All those Toronto drivers who shouted about bike lanes' [non-existent] effect on emergency vehicles will no doubt throw their support behind congestion pricing. Right?
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Graeme Bayliss @gbayliss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I wrote about Premier Doug Ford's apparent indifference to human life for @thestar.com: www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Graeme Bayliss: His cyclist friend was killed. Why did Doug Ford’s response include ‘lmao’?
No one is expecting the premier to mash out the Bixby letter on his iPhone. Yet we might expect more than this.
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Doctors for Safe Cycling is BACK! We will be launching a letter to Premier Ford tomorrow, Tuesday, September 29th, 2026 at 10 am - Gerrard & University in Toronto. Sincerely, Doctors for Safe Cycling” Cc: @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social @cycletoronto.bsky.social #BikeTO
doctorsforsafecycling Doctors for Safe Cycling is
BACK!
We will be launching a letter to Premier Ford tomorrow, Tuesday, September 29th, 2026 at 10 am
- Gerrard & University in Toronto. Please join us in your health professional garb (scrubs, stethoscopes, white coats) if you can. Feel free to bring signs. All health workers are welcome.
Sincerely,
Doctors for Safe Cycling
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's not even destroyed buildings and rubble it's just dust and ash
Cover of the Scottish national showing the genocide in Gaza (it's just complete annihilation)
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our premier is such a piece of shit.
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I hope whatever civil engineering firm lands this RFP is haunted at night by visions of the cyclists they'll be killing. I hope their iron ring they were given at graduation when they took an oath to the public starts to itch and weigh on their finger like an anchor.
What is certain, however, is that a vast sum of our money will be wasted, countless Torontonians will find themselves profoundly inconvenienced for extended periods, and, eventually, a cyclist will get struck by a car. But at least the congestion will be worse.
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
CRITICAL MASS
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On Friday night nearly 1000 people on bikes rode west to the site of Ford's first incoming bike lane removals, Bloor just east of Islington. Strength in numbers. #criticalmass
1000 bikes take up an entire road lane in defence of bike lanes in toronto
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You take our bike lanes, we take the road. Toronto showed up Friday night. 📸 @geoffreybercarich via Instagram
Cyclists taking the lane stretching kms of a city street
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William Buckingham 🇨🇦 @wbuckingham.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
… but there would you rather live?
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 27/09/2026
Meta unsure why women not buying pervert glasses
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Meta unsure why women not buying pervert glasses
MENLO PARK, CA — As Meta’s totally cool, definitely-not-creepy smart glasses become more popular with tech bros and straight-up pervs, the tech company is reportedly baffled as to why their glasses wh...
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 27/09/2026
Trump vows to punish Canada for EU alliance as soon as he finishes losing Iran war
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Trump vows to punish Canada for EU alliance as soon as he finishes losing Iran war
WASHINGTON D.C. - President Donald J. Trump has pledged to extract terrible, systematic revenge on all of Canada for daring to enter talks with the European Union, just as soon as he finishes losing the war he started in Iran.
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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Doug Ford & his buddy Brad BradFORD think we should ride on the trails instead of direct to work, shops, friends. Do they know there is no street lighting on our trails?!
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Doug Ford says, “Don’t go down to the US and buy a product.” #cdnpoli So why is he forcing Ontario teachers to buy $66 MILLION worth of classroom supplies… from a U.S. company?
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Janet Joy 🇨🇦 @jsquaredink.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles for transportation in Toronto on our public streets.
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Jun Nogami @jnyyz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sept 2026 Critical Mass This month's ride started at High Park. A pretty big crowd. This guy had a great lighted sign. You might guess who it is referring to at the moment. Two of the many usual suspects it was great to see. David goes over some safety instructions. And we're off for one lap of…
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Sept 2026 Critical Mass
This month's ride started at High Park. A pretty big crowd. This guy had a great lighted sign. You might guess who it is referring to at the moment. Two of the many usual suspects it was great to see. David goes over some safety instructions. And we're off for one lap of High Park. I'm corking at the Grenadier. It took a looong time for everyone to go by.
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Canadian Resistance 🇨🇦🇪🇺 @cdnresistance.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
CTV News is talking about American customs officers going through people’s cellphones. Why bother travelling to the United States to begin with? I’m continuing to boycott that country.
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Historica Canada @historicacanada.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Aujourd'hui, c'est le jour des Franco-ontariens et Franco-ontariennes en Ontario! Cette date a été choisie pour commémorer le premier déploiement du drapeau franco-ontarien en 1975. Apprenez-en davantage sur cette communauté importante et dynamique dans notre article : buff.ly/EEFqiJO
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Francophones de l'Ontario (Franco-Ontariens)
L’Ontario abrite la plus grande communauté minoritaire de langue française au Canada, et la plus grande communauté francophone de toutes les provinces à l...
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geo1860.bsky.social @geo1860.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you see a road hazard report it to your local municipality. If you're injured because of a road hazard be sure to contact our office and file notice with the municipality within 10 days!
pothole beside storm grate repaired hold in roadway with lose gravel
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ivory1.bsky.social @ivory1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Happy Punctuation Day! #NationalPunctuationDay
Standard comma: You know Bob, Sue and Greg? They came to my house.
Oxford comma: You know Bob, Sue, and Greg? They came to my house.
Christopher Walken comma: You know, Bob, Sue, and Greg, they came, to my house.
William Shatner comma: You, know, Bob, Sue, and Greg, they, came, to my, house.
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bike lane removals near Islington on Bloor are imminent. Keep up the vigilance. Keep up the direct action. #StrengthinNumbers #CriticalMass @cycletoronto.bsky.social @jnyyz.bsky.social @lanrickbennett.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social
cyclists on bridge in huge crowd protesting
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Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Written by @ewr.bsky.social and well worth your time: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Contributor: We need more of the hopeful sci-fi that 'Star Trek' gave us 60 years ago
Today's dystopic warnings have value, but we also need inspiration and a vision to work toward.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
SUI says officer who gave a cyclist a beating won't be charged. Little surprise there from SIU, but we will all pay for the civil $ + this cop will continue to be paid.
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Toronto Police officer won't be charged in cyclist arrest that led to head injury: SIU
Videos of the arrest were shared widely in June, leading to some claims of “excessive use of force.”
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Despite our protestations, the SIU has seemingly greenlit use of force by police against cyclists for minor traffic infractions. With a mandate to determine criminality, the SIU didn't have to make such a broad anti-cyclist finding: thebikinglawyer.ca/blog/siu-end...
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SIU Endorses Police Use of Force That Left 21-Year-Old Cyclist With Traumatic Brain Injury Over Minor Traffic Offence
police ticket cyclists for traffic infractions leading to a violent takedown and injuries to cyclist
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Lanrick Bennett @lanrickbennett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Autobesity [noun]: the alarming growth of private cars in height, width, length and weight at the expense of public space, the environment and overall safety. (video maker #unknown) - Marco Te Brömmelstroet Cc: @tomflood.bsky.social @thewaroncars.bsky.social @ffsafestreets.bsky.social
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 21/09/2026
In Graeme MacKay’s latest cartoon, Trump pushes Canada toward the EU
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Thosmas @thosmas9.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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I wish ill on ___ @monicarooney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Was at a craft fair in Brad Bradford’s riding yesterday. There was a stand selling mayoral candidate voodoo dolls. The vendor said everyone kept taking the pins out of Chow and putting them in Bradford. #Toronto
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
All out for Critical Mass Friday! Meet at High Park 6pm. Ride at 6:30. We ride together for safe infra.
back shot of cyclists taking up space on bloor at night
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Calm Bee @calmbee55.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A time will come when a politician who has wilfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own. -H.G. Wells (21 Sep 1866-1946)
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Tyler Watt @tylerwatt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Doug Ford likes to play “Captain Canada.” 🇨🇦 But while he talks about buying Canadian, his government keeps sending Ontario tax dollars to American companies. Ontario deserves more than words. #onpoli
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Brian O @proudcanadaveteran.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 17/09/2026
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Airline industry group opposes privatization of Canadian airports
IATA says consumers would ultimately pay the higher fees charged to airlines by for-profit companies
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🎃EM-SCREAM-KAYVEE 🔪 @youremceekayvee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Guys we need to all do our part to prevent monks from hiking. Remember, only you can prevent forest friars.
Monks praying in the forest
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Marquito Carlsonic @markalancarlson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Upon hearing the new FBI hiring policy.
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William Buckingham 🇨🇦 @wbuckingham.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Absolutely not. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 I’d PAY a million dollars to NOT unite with the USA!
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William Buckingham 🇨🇦 @wbuckingham.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Gee, maybe Canada should do the shame thing. Goodbye F35s, hello SAAB!
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William Buckingham 🇨🇦 @wbuckingham.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’m really tired of hearing from Samantha, the assembly technician.
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