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Thank you for your work! (And for modeling masking.)

Astable Thought, by Iderdown 8 track album

WE ASSUME CHICKEN.
Thanks for the music link. I’ve been into this while working lately: slicerecords.bandcamp.com/album/astabl... - disclosure, the artist is my brother in law.

All candle purchases justified - a neighbour popped by for two seconds yesterday and said “mmm, it smells so nice in here!” @traceynick.bsky.social

www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis...

A poster about consultations on new parks in Toronto … deadline of 2022. It’s 2025 and they’re still there.

Link http://toronto.ca/NorthStLawrenceParks leads to a “we can find that page” message.

Walked past this signage on King Street East today. Consultation deadlines for these new parks was in 2022. And the URL is dead: toronto.ca/NorthStLawre... #Toronto

It makes no sense! (Also you don’t HAVE to have a middle name, so surely they could have filled in what they had and amended later.) AND, the parents who wanted Ayla, she pushed them to Isla - if they knew what they wanted to name their kid why did they use her services? I have so many questions.

This annoyed me so much! Also, 300k in hospital costs because you’re fighting over a middle name? Pick Mary or John and file a name change in a month.

REST. Radical rest. Anything you think you might or should do, do less.

What do we know about the Covid-19 virus five years on? As the virus continues to evolve, experts assess its latest variants, seasonal prevalence and levels of vaccine uptake

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Toronto Parks Need a Reboot - Spacing Toronto Recent Auditor General reports exposed deep-rooted inefficiencies and systemic issues in Toronto’s Parks & Recreation (P&R) Division. Despite these challenges, P&R is staffed by many dedicated public ...

As Toronto's parks department searches for a new general manager of Parks while facing criticism from the Auditor General, landscape architect Fadi Masoud offers proposals for how to revitalize Toronto's green spaces. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

Report suggests arms still flow from Canada to Israel despite denials | CBC News The government of Canada is adamant — with certain, shifting caveats — that it has not allowed arms shipments to Israel since January 2024, and yet Israeli import data and publicly available shipping ...

www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Report suggests arms still flow from Canada to Israel despite denials | CBC News

The Raft of the Medusa is a real choice for a postcard.

I don’t understand why they are publicizing the installation of the security camera. Don’t tell!! Let people try to cut it down (again) and (just a thought) catch them?!?

World War 3 kinda sucks, but you know, it was either this or pronouns

A song from the album got an Academy Award nomination - not the album itself. ("The Prayer" from Quest for Camelot.)

I would not have said I had ADHD but perhaps I did and didn’t realize. Focus and paralysis and decision-making and sleep quality and all of that is worse since I had Covid last summer, also I’m turning 50 this year so … 🤷‍♀️ … I’m told post-Covid ADHD is a thing but no energy or focus to look into it.

ADHD tips would be amazing. (Not sure if that’s my particular issue or if it’s brain fog or peri-m or what but I’m struggling.)

@ifbookspod.bsky.social bonus mini episode incoming in 3… 2… 1…

No option for “it will never open”?

According to this page on @ausmalik.bsky.social’s website the Clarence Square fountain is being assessed for repairs. www.ausmamalik.ca/clarence_squ... - it is still boarded up as of today (14 June 2025). Also, signs say the grass is being rehabbed but it’s pretty much all weeds, sadly.

I don’t know that it’s “iconic” but I do miss it - the fountain at Clarence Square that has been boarded up for a while.

Trying to make it an access to information issue (people will be confused) is ridiculous. Clearly trying to bury their shame. These reports are still useful as witness/bearing, for historians, gerontologists, etc.

This entire #military report era in #LTC will be wiped from the public record in less than a month, thanks to the Ford Government. You have 24 days left to give your comments on this repugnant regulation:
www.regulatoryregistry.gov.on.ca/proposal/50715

In a quick search I was unable to find anything on the City’s website or anything other than a couple of posts on IG. www.instagram.com/p/C_lixkpymti/

An Instagram post from account “culture_to” with a picture of panels with fish and words surround a sad non-working fountain. The caption says: The City of Toronto is pleased to present "Links to a Keystone Species," a new installation by Karen Roberts. Karen's custom-designed aluminum panels will disguise the Salmon Run fountain while it undergoes remediation as part of a multi-year conservation project. Taking inspiration from the Salmon Run fountain, Karen investigates the broader environment and ecosystem of the Salmon population.

Screenshot of a Toronto Star article from June 23, 2015. The is a photo of an empty fountain and the headline is “Fake salmon in decorative fountain are fish out of water: The Fixer” and the sub-headline is “The fountain has seldom worked since it began leaking water into an underground garage in 2010.”

Thank you for that info! A multi-year project according to this IG post. (And it’s already been not working for over a decade. Embarrassing.)

Exactly! Surely this is information they already know how and where to find?!?

I’m afraid to ask about the condition of one of my favourite fountains … Salmon Run fountain at Bobbie Rosenfeld Park by the Dome.

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If you’re me, you’re tracking the number of duplicate tabs in there. How many times did I look that up?

a man in a suit and tie is making a funny face and saying `` go on '' . Alt: a man in a suit and tie (Jon Stewart) is making a funny face and saying “go on”.

Thanks! (The gossip is what the people want, though…)