This is illiberal

Just realized I can't refer to the 2008 GFC simply as The Crisis, because these days it's like, which one

As expected, Scarborough becomes the battleground state of the mayoral election. Reminder: Chow's 2023 victory very much relied on her ability to break through in the suburbs, especially NE

Quite the opposite IMO: the utter lack of public parliamentary oversight in Canada is ridiculous. Can you imagine that metrolinx CEO refusing to answer questions if the opposition could have subpoenaed him?

This Is Just To Say

I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update

and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize

Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying

מה נאמר, ג׳יזס קרייסט

If I were opp leader I’d campaign with “they skim off the land (greenbelt phootage), they skim off the sea (ON place), the skim off the skies (plane)”

האם יש מקום לשיח על פציעה מוסרית? לדעתי כן. כחלק מתהליכי ריפוי וצדק מאחה של החברה הישראלית והחברה הפלסטינית, שהם בתורם חייבים להיות חלק מהסכם שלום ופיוס. לאחר שהחייל הגיע על ברכיו והתחמן לסליחתו של הילד, לאחר שהילד קיבל פיצוי על מה שעבר, אפשר ואף רצוי לדבר גם על הפגיעה בחייל.

a supposedly fun thing i'll never do again

How bad are things in the US? Researcher returning to *Erdogan’s Turkey* to avoid “state imposed violence”, that’s how bad

Yup

Copy and paste to the US, Israel, and Ontario too imo

Find yourself a mayor who will collab with John Wilson 😍

Okay CTA. This is a good sign.

the point of the SoC analysis is to show that 2023 Chow fared better than Penalosa, Keesmat or 2014 Chow because she managed to tap into Scarborough votes

I'm gonna guess we'll be hearing a lot about Scarborough in the next few months because of this:
(source: schoolofcities.github.io/place-and-po...)

As I was saying... www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

In this specific case, they took turns with Metro and the province over 50 years

School districts acting as developers is a good thing, actually.

It's 1986. Scarborough Council can buy some land and guarantee a right-of-way for an LRT to North Scarborough. Instead they decide to abandon the plan because there will never be enough demand for RT in that part of town.

Only marginally better than EELRT

An education in the humanities paying off in unexpected ways

Congratulations to the new populist-socialist leader of the NDP, coming up from the ditches of *checks notes* UCC and three-generation political dynasty

OR you could just hire the failed exec from the next town over. Tough choice.

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The UAA just announced that they will not rent projectors and screens for their upcoming annual conference. Not sure if early April Fools prank or just a general wish to watch the world burn

And a poorly maintained park+connection to Rosedale ravine just steps away. Such a pointless investment

מצד אחד הלם מצד שני איזו בשורה נהדרת במישור הגנטי

Ford is Trump is Ford.