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I left Xitter ( X is pronounced SH in Portuguese ) for Bluesky s and green fields. Born when there was only 310.3 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere

www.cnn.com/2026/09/08/u... The EMAS system described in this article was refused by the Toronto Port Authority. They demanded from City Council a 150 meter RESA, so they would be almost halfway to lengthening the main runway for Jets. They have eliminated a real safety build. @Toronto

The airport safety system that could have slowed the plane that left the runway in Miami, killing 5 people | CNN

When the Amazon Air cargo plane barreled off the runway at Miami International Airport this week going nearly 130 miles an hour, there was little to slow it down. The 156-foot-wide jet crushed vehicle...

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www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... Porter Air, Nieuport (terminal owner, and the Port Authority have all been money losers ! None of them have made a profit since 1999. Nieuport is a subsidiary of the Yankee Bank JP Morgan and they think that by destroying the Waterfront they will make a profit

Why no jets will fly out of an expanded Billy Bishop airport

A multibillion-dollar expansion with no anchor airline and no business case is not a transportation strategy; it is an airport in search of a tenant.

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Any cyclist on a street with no bike lane should take up the whole traffic lane (as is there legal right) until anyone with “ford” in their name wakes the hell up. You wanna talk congestion. You have no idea.

The Competition Bureau was more than willing to wade into the Billy Bishop airport expansion. Imagine that. I spent years trying to get them to look at price fixing of gas prices. Nada. They had nothing to say about grocery giant price fixing. But the airport expansion? They were all in.

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