Thanks, Dougie!

Paul Kulig@paulkuligto.bsky.social · yesterday

And on cue, another (speeding?) driver wrapped their car around a utility pole on Parkside Drive this morning. There used to be speed cameras on Parkside Drive.

The Jays traded away some fan favourites, and Jeff Hoffman.

I’ll be at Riverdale Park today along with a whole lot of other Toronto history authors, presenters and creators… It’s free, so stop by if you’re in the hood!

York Pioneer and Historical Society@yorkpioneers.bsky.social · last wk.

Are you coming to our Simcoe Day in Toronto event on Monday August 3rd at St. Matthew's Clubhouse? It is FIVE days away! 🎉 We will have Toronto authors & vendors on hand! 📚 @adambunch.bsky.social Susan Grundy Elizabeth Gillan Muir Summerhill Books Details: buff.ly/dnzQEHp

Imagine being so corrupt that even FIFA can't stand you.

AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · 3d ago

FIFA president Gianni Infantino's leadership has become "radioactive" and his 10-year reign as head of world football "is over", says a former head of IOC marketing u.afp.com/SHoJ

Toronto man > Florida man

Massimo (mirror)@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 3d ago

A Toronto man ran 1,105 kilometers (687 miles) over a year, carefully planning his routes to form the shape of a dancing figure. Original post

I wonder if this sort of thing is how turducken happens.

Kester Allen@kesterallen.bsky.social · 4d ago

I don’t get a lot of opportunity to share the peacock-turkey battle photo I took last year, it looked like a dinosaur showdown:

Oooh, there's something that's both opaque *and* useful when facing up to the sky: a solar panel.

Reece Martin@rmtransit.bsky.social · 5d ago

Maybe we could stop using ALL GLASS for bus stops? I've long thought at least making the roof opaque was obvious. . . www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCD2...

We already knew that if 87% of people are opposed to something, they're just a "fringe group" - but it turns out that even 98.98% is a "fringe group." Is anything less than complete unanimity now a "fringe group"?

The Narwhal@thenarwhal.ca · 6d ago

SCOOP: The Doug Ford government received 98.98% opposition to its plan to replace Ontario’s Endangered Species Act with weaker legislation, according to an internal analysis viewed by @fatimabsyed.bsky.social. The bill passed anyway. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enda...

The full video is out now. It's not long - under six minutes - so I'm sure you can find time to check it out 🙂 And as far as I can tell I beat the official Waterfront Toronto film crew (see if you can spot them around the 2:50 mark) to releasing an opening-day video 😆

Not Smooth Steve 🍁@notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · last wk.

The second phase of Biidaasige Park, on Ookwemin Minising in Toronto's Port Lands, officially opened this past weekend - and I have a video about it! The video's live premiere is Wednesday evening at 7:30 EDT (23h30 UTC), and in the meantime, please watch the trailer. youtu.be/2uTmGY_co2Q

A federal judge has thrown out the FBI director’s lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.” trib.al/ouHgmYA

Kash Patel Loses Lawsuit Against Man Who Called Him “Googly-Eyed” Chud

A federal judge has thrown out the FBI director’s lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.”

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Glad I'm not the only one who noticed that (to put it politely) inconsistency.

Aaron Wherry@aaronwherry.bsky.social · last wk.

I'm intrigued by the combination of a minister saying that "fringe voices" scuttled the airport expansion and PC MPPs saying that their constituents' concerns about high-speed rail must be considered.

"I think like a lot of Torontonians, I had never heard of him," Brad Bradford says of Chris Alexander. To be fair, it's not like he has the benefit of a name as memorable as Chris Christopher or Alex Alexander.

The house was moved back from the street so that the subway entrance could be built, then moved back into place. Cool, huh? That's one of the things I mentioned in my video about Spadina station: youtu.be/vq11033vrcc

The Two Spadina Stations

YouTube video by notsmoothsteve

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Tilde Swiñton@frandroid.tabnet.ca · last wk.

Spadina Subway Station, Kendal avenue entrance, Toronto. Also known as the Norman B. Gash House. One of the cutest subway entrances in the city.

Coming to a screen near you: There Once Was A Man From Nantucket

Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.

Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now

The second phase of Biidaasige Park, on Ookwemin Minising in Toronto's Port Lands, officially opened this past weekend - and I have a video about it! The video's live premiere is Wednesday evening at 7:30 EDT (23h30 UTC), and in the meantime, please watch the trailer. youtu.be/2uTmGY_co2Q

Biidaasige Park Phase Two

YouTube video by notsmoothsteve

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Babes > Babesiosis

A double letter is the difference between the Mad Hatter and the Mad Hater.

Far out, man.

I appreciate the TTC's commitment to only hiring the adults from Charlie Brown to do their PA announcements

There should be a bounty program where, if you take a picture of a car parked in a bike lane and send it to the city on some app, you get 10% of the fine or something like that.

Chris@chrisbybikes.bsky.social · 2w ago

The bikes lanes of DTLA

In this week's column, I agree that Canada needs to weild more economic weight with one objective in mind: Beating Trump. (Featuring a @jamellebouie.net shout-out) Gift link in next skeet. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Justin Ling: To hit back at Trump, Canada needs to supercharge its boycott of American goods

The federal government should encourage all Canadians to wield their purchasing power against the U.S. president.

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Dealing with some people makes me understand streaming services that ask "Hey ... are you still there?"

My cartoon in the July 23 Hamilton Spectator: www.thespec.com/opinion/lett...

Timeline cleanse: enjoy these pretty blue flowers.

It's genuinely unclear to me why the premiers could consider rolling this back. It's clearly vexing to the Americans - which means it's effective - and no concession gets you anything but less dignity, until the next time the wind blows the wrong way and Trump gets big mad again.

The Globe and Mail@theglobeandmail.com · 2w ago

Cc @adamschiff.com

Tao of Stieb@taoofstieb.bsky.social · 2w ago

When the Californians assure Canadians that we’re all friends and they are on our side, won’t we please buy their wine and come back to visit.

File recovery software working on a camera memory card: [12 hours of scanning, with inaccurate % complete and estimated time left] Here are a bunch of files from the last few months. Oh, the one you wanted from less than a week ago? Sorry, no can do.

Image from the illuminated edition of the Trump Bible.

I’m running out of American products to boycott but I’ll see what I can do.

CORKYP@corkyp24.bsky.social · 2w ago

Fuck Trump and his new tariffs. All he is doing is pissing off Canada. Millions of Canadians have already been boycotting the USA because of this ass clown. That means no Florida, no Disney, no Vegas, no NY, and many other US tourist attractions. We're not spending a fucking dime in that country.

The full video is now available! Take a few minutes to see the @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social nuclear reactor, cuz let's face it, going inside a nuclear reactor isn't a thing most people do every day.

Not Smooth Steve 🍁@notsmoothsteve.bsky.social · 3w ago

In my next video, I'm taking you inside Canada's most powerful research reactor - also the first university nuclear reactor in the Commonwealth! Please check out the trailer (available now) and come back Monday evening at 6:30 EDT (22h30 UTC) for the live premiere. youtu.be/l5LgZQ7vc_4