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Speeds from 154 to 119
"Safe Parkside" filed a Freedom of Information request to get top speeds from the ill-fated & much abused Parkside camera. The speed limit is 40km/h.
Killers, all of them, with the ear & heart of Premier Doug Ford.
Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
i'll say it again, my loud and vigorous support for any democrat who calls for televised hearings and criminal charges for everyone involved in DOGE. this guy should never be able to live in peace again.
the real thing issue is that we have some groups of young men *claiming* to be driven right because of problems like male isolation when the right is not actually offering material solutions to those problems. what the right is offering is social and political power over women.
Motherfucking wind farms…
The photo shows an individual with long, gray hair wearing a dark shirt adorned with a prominent red design featuring abstract, wing-like patterns. The person is also wearing a necklace with a round pendant and a few beads. The background is a plain, textured wall in a neutral color.
Murray Sinclair was a Senator, judge and university chancellor.
But his greatest contribution was as chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the early-2010s.
This is the story of a lifelong champion of Indigenous rights.
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Hi Ian, this is awful and I'm so sorry for this woman. If she's your neighbour and you have the ability to follow up with her, there are resources on the City of Toronto website to help with an investigation. She may get more traction with staff than with police.
www.toronto.ca/community-pe...
🚨 TAKE ACTION: Bill 5 would gut the Endangered Species Act, hand power to wealthy developers, and break promises to First Nations.
Submit your comment by May 17 to help stop it.
Environmental protections didn’t start this trade war. Erasing them won’t end it.
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First Nation leaders in Alberta send a strong message to Premier Danielle Smith. “This is and always will be Indian land”.
Treaties are with the Crown and predate the province of Alberta. FN leaders say they "would go to war."
@brandimorin.bsky.social's latest
ricochet.media/indigenous/l...
I was talking about local journalism and forgot to mention the invaluable work of @spacing.bsky.social and @johnlorinc.bsky.social, who did the legwork to investigate Therme. But no one listened.
Weekly reminder.
What do regular Canadians see as the opportunity for transformation in their local communities? We're hearing from experts about what has to change - what positive vision of Canada do Canadians have? How do we understand our collective potential? Is there a story of possibility amidst the anxiety?
Raise a glass to the hardworking Canadian federal civil servants - unbelievably, I just received my new passport less than 10 business days from the day I submitted my application. No line ups, fully online process, delivery to my doorstep. Amazing!
Historically, Hamilton is known as Steeltown but it really should be Biomedical Town. We are truly spoiled with incredible doctors and scientists. This is such an exciting development!!
One of the fundamental changes wrought by the populist wannabee's is the belief that one's party can' lose without something nefarious happening. Part of doubting democracy itself.
Maestro David Briskin led the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra and the audience in a rousing rendition of O Canada before the opening of Swan Lake. #ElbowsUp is not one of ballet’s traditional positions of the arms, but everyone in Canada is adapting.
The thing about this video with Trudeau & Miller is that you know that no such video of Poilievre exists, or ever can exist. I'm a f*cking Indian, I have serious issues with this country, but I'll never hate it as much as PP does. This is home, and I can't hate someone who sees it the same way.
The best way to defend democracy is by participating. If you're in Ontario and you're eligible to vote, now is the time to show up. #onpoli (also kudos to the Elections Ontario staff, I was in and out in less than 2 min!)
This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Just a couple of Canadians heading out on a Saturday night
Americans could never. #truepatriotlove
Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now
This is a 21st century Trail of Tears. And an actual American Empire. Every bit of hyperbole before the election missed the mark, this is somehow worse.
Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
Advice to Canadians post-Saturday:
Yes, we should cut the USA and its wares out of procurement and private purchases
No, we should not have “buy Canadian” policies. We should contract and buy the best in the world, minus USA. National-preference policies are the very thing we’re protesting
Today we launched the Pledge for Canada.
We have voices from across the political, cultural, labour, Indigenous spectrum.
We are building a movement to maintain pressure on our leaders not to sell out our nation or our values.
Please sign and join the movement.
engagement-canada-pledge.ca
There Is Only One Way to Fight a Bully via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
