Oh yeah - there's actually a thing that started construction before the Eglinton Crosstown LRT and isn't finished yet!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
@pialiroy.bsky.social
Let’s see. Toronto. South Asia. Bengali. Human. Home and the World. Once made radio documentaries. Last one re-aired: Madame Helena Blavatsky.
Oh yeah - there's actually a thing that started construction before the Eglinton Crosstown LRT and isn't finished yet!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Today is also the anniversary of FDR's signing of Executive Order 9066, which authorized the forced removal of 120,000 Japanese Americans from the West Coast.
February 19—not a great day in American history!
“Smith blamed what she called the ‘disastrous open-border immigration policies’ of former prime minister Justin Trudeau for straining Alberta’s health care, education and social services programs. Smith did not mention her government’s ‘Alberta is Calling’ campaign.”
lmao
Closing tomorrow! Get yer vintage typewriters, Canadian art, coins, stamps, hi-fi equipment, antique silver and gently used Ikea bed frames here! Something for everyone! (Terms and conditions apply, buyer must pick up in Cabbagetown.)
19.02.2026 23:29 — 👍 12 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 0Where am I???
12.02.2026 17:24 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0rip cia world facebook, library touchstone
05.02.2026 10:56 — 👍 43 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0I was wrong. It brightened up. Through the smog.
03.02.2026 06:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1Today in weather app news: it is “mostly sunny” in New Delhi. Cough. Cough. No, it is not.
03.02.2026 04:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0During the day I thought I had beaten jet lag. I associate with exhaustion. Now that I am awake at 4 am, I see it was just too easy. Today will be a killer.
02.02.2026 22:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Note to self: don’t drink decaf cappuccino at 10:30 pm. Will most likely mess up fight against jet lag.
02.02.2026 20:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Not sure what was going on with the weather app today? It described the weather in New Delhi as “dreary” - and it is.
02.02.2026 10:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0A young Fred Korematsu
A photo of Fred Korematsu in his later years
"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
Solar provided 59% of electricity in the Australian national (east coast) grid between 9am and 6pm over the past week. It was 30% of total generation.
Life moves pretty fast etc.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
McMaster researchers are looking for South Asian women living in Canada who've received gynecological care to share their experiences in this survey study: gynecologiccaresurvey.mcmaster.ca/surveys/?s=E...
#ParticipateInResearch
And finally, the Margaret Meehan Super-Cut. Her facial expressions alone are a master-class, and then we had 40-45 years of brilliant comedy (and occasional drama) after that.
30.01.2026 18:41 — 👍 101 🔁 34 💬 2 📌 5Yesterday, I clicked on a tiny blue box that appeared in my Word doc and then my characters changed to Bengali for the entire computer! Made it hard to send work emails! Eventually fixed it with a little help. How I don’t click on phishing emails is beyond me! 😂
30.01.2026 14:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0My song of resistance for the people of Minneapolis - St Paul is now available to stream on these platforms
bbragg.lnk.to/cityofheroes
Thanks. We will definitely have to fix the wall now.
29.01.2026 17:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sigh. Water is leaking into the house because of the snow pack on the roof. The inside wall is warping. Had to call snow removal folks.
29.01.2026 16:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Hello fellow eastenders!
29.01.2026 02:52 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0As if anyone can believe what Bessant says.
27.01.2026 17:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0C’est moi.
26.01.2026 04:14 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Timeline cleanse in Toronto.
26.01.2026 04:11 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Snow buried church
Stepped out on to the street to take this photo and the snow was up to my knees. And I'm 6 feet tall.
25.01.2026 23:58 — 👍 3533 🔁 298 💬 7 📌 22I met an absolutely lovely academic who asked whether my department back home is affected by ICE -- a question dramatizing how little info is getting out.
For the record, the small example I chose:
My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.
I know! Too funny!
22.01.2026 19:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ok, I really did laugh out loud. But then I thought about the wind chill.
22.01.2026 14:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Groundhog Day, but Bill Murray's character keeps waking up to discover that he's once again interim leader of the Ontario Liberal party.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...