“The single best predictor of what people believe is how many times they’ve heard it.” — FrameWorks Institute Via Urban Truth Collective

When it comes to spreading disinformation, dark money buys a lot of repetition, because repetition works.

Repetition works.

Repetition works.

Repetition works.

(Did we mention that repetition works?)

#UrbanTruth

Of course it's Councillor Cheng. She loves catering to car drivers.

Today on my podcast Canadian History Ehx: Laura Secord!
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Doug Ford's right wing flunkies say that people who are pissed that he spent $28 million of taxpayers money on jet are a "petty jealous mob."
They are citizens who deserve funded ERs or have kids with special needs who should have support in school.
Ford needs to stop whining.

person on a time trial bike in black "E-bikes are cheating," says man wearing a space helmet whose bike and components are made of ultralight materials designed by NASA and aerodynamically tested in wind tunnels for F1 racecars.

"E-bikes are cheating," says man wearing a space helmet whose bike and components are made of ultralight materials designed by NASA and aerodynamically tested in wind tunnels for F1 racecars.

Let's call this policy what this is.

It's socialism. It's Leftism. And it's curing actual ills. Righting institutional wrongs.

It's not coming from someone who is infallible, or someone who is always correct.

It's coming from someone who promised to help and is trying to keep those promises.

This was an FOI request from advocay group Safe Parkside - exactly the kind of information Ford wants to hide.

Just remembered: others in our complex have sold houses but don't like condos (mainly the unpredictable fees; also the large size of most condo buildings). Our rent goes up, but no one ever asks for thousands of dollars for a special assessment.

Many people in our apartment complex have been here decades. A few raised children in 3-bedrm units, then moved into smaller units as family units shrank. A few are now widows or widowers & landlord would love for them to leave so they can gut & renovate then double the rent. 2/2

I wonder when renting will be as normal here as in Europe. I'm 3rd-generation lifelong Toronto renter (on both sides of my family). I've always had a modest income, yet renting has allowed me to live in Toronto (always south of Eglinton). 1/2

JFC.

I've seen the humans by the lake characterized as "rich" or the classic misanthropy, "condo people" (who, because they couldn't afford a house, are lesser humans) but adjacent to the airport is a dense cluster of affordable housing/co-ops. Little Norway et al.

And get rid of the renters! (real goal of NIMBYs)

All the focus on Canada Post finances, let’s check to see how much we gave Oil & Gas in 2024

$29.6 Billion in subsidies, loans, tax breaks and funding 😂 silly silly country #cdnpoli

Cop SUV parked in the bike lane in front of a Tim Hortons truck, both with lights on, just before dawn.

Cops parked in the bike lane directly in front of a Tim Hortons truck parked in the bike lane is the chef's kiss of policing in Toronto. Spoiler - the cops were not ticketing the doughnut & coffee supply truck.
#BikeTO

EU ‘right to repair’ laws may save millions of phones from landfill Smartphone manufacturers make their batteries hard to replace. Tough new EU rules will change that.

EU ‘right to repair’ law

The EU will soon require smartphone manufacturers to let users replace their batteries.

The tough new rules - endorsed by the European Parliament this week - could save millions of phones from landfill.

www.euronews.com/2023/06/22/n...

“This is not the itinerary for a bachelor party.”

We can’t afford to keep housing affordable, or to pay teachers and nurses what they deserve, or to adequately fund programs like OSAP or ODSP, but we can afford to buy a rich man a private plane?

Shawn Micallef: Toronto’s main drag is a real drag. So why is the Yonge Street redesign taking the slow road? The sluggish pace of the transformation Toronto’s most famous street is in sharp contrast to how quickly Church Street is set to become pedestrianized.

"The timeline for a scaled-backed yongeTOmorrow is also tediously long, with tendering for construction starting in 2030 or later. Toronto should install temporary measures to create more space for pedestrians like New York did nearly 20 years ago."

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Named for Audrey & Theodor Geisel (Dr Seuss) for generous contributions to library & devotion to improving literacy. (Photo of whole not mine.)

Memories! As a teen in an apartment with 5 other family members, I'd walk out to the nearest payphone. My boyfriend had the number & called me there at a pre-arranged time so we could talk in private.

pretty sure our federal ministers of defense, global affairs, and finance have more reason to fly overseas for work than dougie.
Dougie wants to be mayor of Toronto and Cdn PM, but can't get his gov't to support schools, hospitals and municipalities which are his prime provincial responsibilities.

So Trumpy. "I'm the victim here!"

The Narwhal celebrates a slew of spring award nominations and honours | The Narwhal The Canadian Journalism Foundation, Society of Environmental Journalists and Institute for Nonprofit News have all recognized our reporting in recent weeks

We're celebrating this spring, as several journalism award programs have named The Narwhal as a winner or nominee in recent weeks. We're so proud of our stellar team of journalists who never give up. 🎉

thenarwhal.ca/spring-2026-...

Right up there with "Man who started fire puts it out."

LOL.

WTF is up with yongeTOmorrow? A blog about cycling and political advocacy based in Toronto, Canada. (#BikeTO)

ICYMI - The yongeTOmorrow public consultation is happening TOMORROW (5:30 - 8:30 PM) at Central YMCA (20 Grosvenor Street). Please attend to demand the reinstatement of previously proposed pedestrian priority zones. #BikeTO #WalkTO #TOpoli #VisionZero www.twowheeledpolitics.ca/2026/04/wtf-...

Some roof leaks & others, but apparently still very desirable and there are long-term occupants. It's a co-op condo now.

Two boxes with arrows looping between. The first box says "These shoebox condos are gross. Stop building them. We need more family-sized units!" And arrow labelled "Oppose this building" points to a second box, which reads "These are luxury condos. Stop building them. We need starter homes." The arrow pointing back to the first box also says "Oppose this building".

Reminder that this “glut” of small units was approved under a planning process that took ~2.5 years to complete. Almost like that process is designed to allay the concerns of people who already own homes and has zero to do with the new homes themselves. www.thestar.com/real-estate/...

The TTC wants to make Toronto’s streetcars faster and more reliable. Here’s how On Thursday, the TTC board will contemplate a slate of measures to help speed up the city’s much maligned streetcar system.

Calls for “more consultation” sound reasonable—but they sidestep a familiar pattern: a few loud local voices mobilize, bring a councillor onside, and the outcome is predictable—the stops stay, while the goal of faster, more reliable service keeps getting pushed aside. www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...