“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?)
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Rewatch Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
That’s it. That’s the post.
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Ok it’s not quite the whole post. The movie doesn’t have to be based on a provable conspiracy, since those are really hard to prove, & it’s a movie with cartoons! But there’s plenty of evidence of dark money attacking public transit.
"Britannica’s lawsuit said that OpenAI unlawfully copied nearly 100,000 of its articles... The complaint said that ChatGPT produces “near-verbatim” copies of Britannica’s encyclopedia entries, dictionary definitions and other content, diverting users who would otherwise visit its websites."
The 2017 environmental assessment on jets at the Toronto Island airport is now public. Maps of proposed landfill and of maximum building heights, which would interfere with purpose development in the port lands.
If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.
This. Exactly.
2- and 3-wheeled vehicles have delivered more emissions reductions than #EVs, globally.
And you get fewer children & youth killed by cars. And better cities. Win-win-win.
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Big shoutout to @tomflood.bsky.social @brenttoderian.bsky.social and @grantennis.bsky.social with the new Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social .
Cities deserve facts, not fear. Time to call out the myths from bad actors and tell better stories about how cities actually work.
The congestion charge in Oxford was brought in on a 'temporary' basis last year. It was anticipated to raise $425K per month, but instead it raised $1.3 million per month, a huge amount in a small-ish city. Why are so many cities leaving money on the table? www.bbc.com/news/article...
And, sure, snow shows all the space that cars consume but don't really need, but it's more than about sneckdowns. It's about who your city prioritizes and if it even sees certain populations — such as people with disabilities, the elderly, and others — at all. Join us and take a listen!
Overhead shot of snowy intersection with yellow cabs and dotted lines outlining where snow has created space that can be a future bike lane, public plaza and pedestrian refuge.
New BONUS episode: "What Snow Reveals About Cities (Plus More From Our Book Tour.)"
All the snow we've gotten has revealed some truths about what cars do to cities, and what we can learn from it. We also give our thoughts on Miami, Pittsburgh, Toronto and Phoenix!
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A month in hospital costs: $30,100
Month in prison: $9,400
Month in shelter: $6,800
Supportive housing per month: $3,800
@uhn.ca's Dr. Andrew Boozary
h/t @urbantruth.bsky.social
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#ICYMI October 3, 2024
"Dunn House, a partnership between @uhn.ca ’s Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine, the City of @toronto.ca , @unitedwaygt.bsky.social and Fred Victor, is set to begin welcoming the tenants in November..." uhnfoundation.ca/stories/pres...
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It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow
It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker
This was never about woman's sports
An official letter from the Kansas Division of Vehicles dated February 23, 2026, with a redacted recipient address. The letter notifies the recipient that due to the enactment of Senate Bill 244, all Kansas driver's licenses and IDs must reflect the holder's sex at birth. It states that the recipient's current credential will become invalid immediately upon the law's publication on February 26, 2026, with no grace period. The recipient is directed to surrender their current ID to receive a new one matching their sex assigned at birth. The document concludes with instructions on how to appeal the notice if received in error, along with contact information for the department.
Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license.
This is pure cruelty.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...
Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses "The legislature did not include a grace period." ERIN REED FEB 25, 2026 88 5 21 Share Kansas Sate Capitol // farzinvousoughian
1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses.
Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked.
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As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.
Imagining an ICE officer who *raided the concentration camp so children couldn’t write more letters about how bad being in a concentration camp is* going home tonight and being asked “how was your day” and going “yeah pretty good”
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Warren Kinsella: "This is so dumb. It's @CBC putting language games ahead of its job, which is to report."
Toronto Sun columnist Warren Kinsella is posting fake CBC News Network screenshots on X dot com falsely claiming CBC is using terms like "policepersons" and "gunperson"
Somebody posted the full Bad Bunny super bowl performance on Reddit. I haven't seen it posted anywhere else yet.
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New from The Local: Torontonians have been waiting a long time for the Eglinton Crosstown. How long? We got illustrator Michael DeForge to show us.
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The inhumane and deadly impacts of the US regime cuts to foreign aid mean we will not end the AIDS epidemic.
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Do you know why reading a screen and a physical piece of paper differs? Or why handwriting is processed differently to typing? Or how multiple-choice quizzes are poorer for memory than narrative answers?
Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath explains all
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Here’s the thing about the human rights underpinning democracy: they are universal.
As soon as a group of human beings can be slaughtered with impunity because a more powerful group wants them gone, then all is already lost. It’s just a matter of time until the jackboot comes for your face.
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”
-Edward R. Murrow
This is huge: For the first time since the early 1970s, coal power generation has fallen in both China & India.
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"Things here are very, very bad," a source in Tehran said on Sunday. "A lot of our friends have been killed. They were firing live rounds. It's like a war zone, the streets are full of blood. They're taking away bodies in trucks.”
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I believe she will be the first out woman to represent the US at the Olympics in figure skating
We're at the "Don't go out in public if you have brown skin because you might be murdered or kidnapped" stage of white supremacist fascism.