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Yinnon G

@yinnong.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor, Master of Urban Innovation program, IMI, UTM Thoughts on planning, housing, and finance in Toronto and elsewhere

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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 3h
How far are we from an international initiative to take control of the West Bank from Israel?
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
תראי להם את הקטע של אריאל אליאס (אולי בעצם לא) www.tiktok.com/@ariel_comed...
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No not like the little mermaid From my special 'A Jewish Star' available on YouTube #comedy #standupcomedy #jewishtiktok
TikTok video by ariel elias
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I never understood this argument (maybe this is a mailbag q?). Why can't a board member call for more prudent and efficient spending? Isn't that their prerogative and has been the practice of other fiscal conservatives on public boards?
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
What a time to be an insufferable small business in America
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Pittsburgh bucket list checked off
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Disgraceful pandering to conspiracy theories. We know the names and numbers of those killed from friendly fire on 7 Oct 7. 22 people. That's 2% of the victims of that day. Out of these 22, 17 were potentially killed by "Hannibal"-style orders (not so clear).
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 05/10/2026
Mapping Tariffs explores “the potential impacts of tariffs on jobs and businesses across Canadian cities and communities at the neighbourhood and city level”. [mappingtariffs.org]
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Mapping tariffs
Examining potential local impacts on jobs and businesses across Canada via maps and charts
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New open access paper! On impact investment, community foundations, and social housing We ask whether social finance can truly be 'social' and find that place matters! Community foundations' impact investment responds to local housing org's scale and capital needs in a way that larger funds don't
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Not the easy listening cover of Skinny Love playing at Shoppers Drug Mart
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Perhaps its best expression of Kahanism is the mass Sukut party yesterday at the site of the Nova Oct 7 massacre. While grieving families begged them not to dance on ground on which their loved ones were murdered, they did so nonetheless www.timesofisrael.com/ground-satur...
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Ground ‘saturated with the blood of our children’: Anger after holiday revelry at Nova site
Bereaved families confront participants at Re’im memorial; KKL-JNF says festivities weren’t approved, organizers cite backing from former hostages and Gaza border residents
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Read it here, open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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<fc>PUTTING SOCIAL FINANCE IN PLACE</fc>: Geographies and Strategies of Philanthropic Impact Investment in Housing
This article examines the rise of impact investment in social housing in an age of entrenched financialization and enduring public underinvestment through the case of philanthropic investors in South...
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This work builds on, and responds to, the important critique from @dancohen.bsky.social and others that have pioneered the research on social finance in geography, but (we argue) have not fully accounted for the importance of scale and proximity in determining outcomes
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We argue that place-based investment brings capital to the scale of smaller organizations, draws on networks to field and source deals, and uses foundations' deep pockets to make housing orgs more competitive when attempting to acquire assets in hot markets >
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New open access paper! On impact investment, community foundations, and social housing We ask whether social finance can truly be 'social' and find that place matters! Community foundations' impact investment responds to local housing org's scale and capital needs in a way that larger funds don't
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@uoftcities.bsky.social just released a tool that shows the exact same pattern in Toronto municipal politics bsky.app/profile/dami...
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Also the exact same argument that paved the way to the assassination of Rabin in 1995. This should be treated as incitement
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If you're looking to support Palestinian communities facing settler violence, please consider donating to this cause
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
See you beauts in two weeks 😍
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Not to mention zero effort made to lower artificial barriers for skilled worker certification. Immigration policy ends up being shaped by professional colleges and guilds that don’t like competition
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Who would you vote for if these were the candidates?" 🌹Democratic Socialist Who Supports Medicare For All, Ending Military Aid To Israel, And Abolishing ICE: 48% 🔴Conservatives Republican Who Supports Tax Cuts, Repealing Obamacare, And A Ban On Most Abortions: 40% YouGov / Sept 21, 2026
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
הו וואו עם ג׳ינקסי! וויתרתי בניו יורק כי זה היה עם מג סטלטר
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh no I don't hate it
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Justice for Toby Ziegler www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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US confirms for first time it has deployed weapons in space
Analysts warn of an acceleration in high-risk arms race with Russia and China in Earth’s orbit
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
More Carpetbaggers TO
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Hotelling's Law!
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
In the history of enshittification, there has never been a case as bad as Mendeley. I wish all the worst for the developers who killed it. I wish them pain, suffering, and a premature demise. I wish their loved ones would be required to sign into Mendeley to attend the funeral
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Oh, they financialized personal injury lawsuits now. Free markets are so efficient! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/b...
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How Wall St. Profits When Personal Injury Lawsuits Pay Out
Personal injury cases have exploded, in number and magnitude, funded by companies betting on a win — and offering investors a piece of the action.
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
There’s a few of them strewn around- odd/poignant choice of public art
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Keep Billy Bishop Cute
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
החשד הראשוני שלי: בן משפחה ממין זכר הוא או הגורם או המניע
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Pete @peeete.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Adding another pathetic point to the pathetic graph.
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Very much so
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
No - we used to compensate labour appropriately, then needlessly entangled gender equality with a rapid and rabid neoliberalization. That's how increased women's labour force participation didn't change the domestic labour imbalance and didn't contribute to minimizing inequality
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"Unremarkable men" used to be called "the working class" but somehow we're talking about gender and not economic restructuring
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Children of Men starting to look like the better timeline
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Some services have guest modes that log out after a determined date. Still worth logging out manually but worth knowing just in case
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
There's a lesson to be taught here about regional cooperation but we might need to wait till 2028 to learn it www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Canada issues air quality warnings over US wildfire smoke after Trump tariff threat
Officials say smoke from US fires has crossed border days after US president accused Canada of improper fire management
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We need to check this for Canada as well
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
זוועת אקלים קשה :( www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
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Gift-redeem
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Arguably a smart political dig by Burnside
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Cameras on buses document drivers and parked cars > tickets are issued automatically > Drivers learn that infractions are easily recorded and punished
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This happens elsewhere on bus lanes and is very effective
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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Which streets do you think delineate the TO neighbourhood you live in? We co-developed a tool which invites you to map your area's limits – tell us where you think they are, and we'll report back on discrepancies between your borders and the official ones! carte.utoronto.ca/neighbourhoods
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
TABARNAK
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
איך זה עומד בתנאי התמ"א? לא נדרשת תוספת יחידות?
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Happened to us a few years back in BCN. Obnoxious ground crew ushered us off the plane aggressively and we missed the stroller pick up point. Wasted time complaining and arguing, ended up buying a stroller in Carrefour
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Abject failure of TPS but somehow they aren't held accountable
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Also, a handful of California‘s many republican congressmen can stop tariffs tomorrow. Till then, it is not a friendly state.
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
If anyone needs me I’ll be sitting in a bath of champagne for the rest of the day
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Yinnon G @yinnong.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
מתכון לאכזבה
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