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Cartoon showing how each time vehicles have gotten bigger, it’s led other people to think their vehicles need to be bigger too. The final panel shows people discussing that they’ll need to install whirling spike clubs, or else be destroyed by other drivers…

True story.

Via @xkcd.com

John Egerton Ryerson, the grandson of Egerton Ryerson and a Captain in the Canadian army, lived right across the street from me when he died in WWI. Fascinating, I did not know this.

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Colombia is now hosting more immigrants than China, India, France, and Germany.

For a developing nation of 50 million, this is unprecedented.

Here's what's happening ↓🧵

A large, modern metal sculpture resembling a vase or pitcher stands in an outdoor park surrounded by fallen autumn leaves. The sculpture is made of thin vertical rods, creating a semi-transparent effect. In the background, yellow-leaved trees are brightly lit by sunlight, and a tall building is partially visible. Water appears to be flowing down the sculpture, sparkling in the light.

We also saw this sculpture, apparently called "Vessel" in Taddle Creek Park, which was so beautiful.

Also a working water feature in the City of Toronto?! In October?!?! I was shook.

It's been said before and it's worth saying again that libraries as a new concept would be *inconceivable* if proposed today (considering our seemingly increasing neoliberal worldview)

I'm particularly grateful that Toronto could foster and continue to grow this amazing service (now open Sundays!)

Exterior of a small library entrance with sign in cree, "Mahsinahhekahnikahmik"

Like the Spadina Road Branch next door to the Native Canadian Centre that specializes in Indigenous literature. Its exterior notes the Cree word for "the lodge or place of the book", Mahsinahhekahnikahmik

Or my own home branch of Parkdale that includes a library of musical instruments. So cool!

Toronto Reference Library building taken from Yorkville Ave with red brick facade, surrounded by modern high-rises, cars, and pedestrians on the street.

Old library building (Yorkville branch) with columns and steps, surrounded by modern buildings. Interlocking brick road in the foreground

Interior of Lillian H Smith Library with a tall, circular atrium featuring multiple floors and railings. Bookshelves and tables filled with books are in the foreground, along with a sign about social and crisis support services. A large round light fixture hangs from the ceiling.

Got a chance to go on a library tour with my Built Environment & Health Class and guest lecturer @lanrickbennett.bsky.social this morning.

I already loved Toronto's library system, but there are consistently more things to learn and discover. Like the many unique ways that branches specialize.

This is such an important connection. Basically unlocks Weston and a chunk of Etobicoke beyond it. Right now the ride along Trethewey is worse than trying to pronounce it.

They're significantly faster, but saying that around these here parts can be controversial.

I love when this happens! And I also love that the rest of the night was likely much quieter in Seattle ;)

Very straightforwardly detained by secret police for speech. I honestly don't know what establishment figures are telling themselves any more to avoid cognitive dissonance over this shit.

Come for their stupid right-wing polices that bankrupt their countries, stay for their inability to do hair.

This is incredible camera work

I'm getting so tired of this city...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’ Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

the Brazilian right is attempting to pass measures through the legislature to shield Bolsonaro and other legislators from the legal consequences of the failed coup, for which Bolsonaro was recently sentenced to 27 years. these photos are of the massive protests in response.

YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity! How This Small City Built Light Rail For Cheap

The most underappreciated issue in urbanism is the Anglosphere’s transit construction cost problem.

It’s not just that we’re spending too much money on any particular project.

It’s that we could be getting *much more transit* for the *same amount of money we’re currently spending*.

I'll give them a listen just for that dope af album cover.

...reconciliation? I'm morbidly curious how they're going to try to make that argument.

Prime Minister Carney shakes hands with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico City, Mexico.

Canada and Mexico are launching a new strategic partnership. This is a roadmap to deepen the strong ties between our nations and make North America the most competitive and dynamic economic region in the world — in trade, security, energy, and climate action.

Am I missing something? The screenshot does not seem to say this. It says that parking is available through the building and for that reason on street parking permits aren't available to these tenants.

I know from personal experience that this exception has been the case for many years.

Today I went to an academic lecture that was about gay cruising in Mexico's subway system and academic discourse can honestly be so fun sometimes.

Check your backups, go remove the batteries from stored electronics, go contact that someone you’ve been thinking of lately and go chase up that weird thing your body has been doing lately.

Glass container showing a dessert in a light caramel colour with crumbled dark, chocolate cookie sprinkled on top

Today I made my first Canadian chocotorta. Did not have Chocolinas, of course, and the quality of the cream cheese and dulce de leche was a little suspect, but we'll see how it tastes tomorrow.

The TTC is an absurd transit agency. There's not even any indication on their Twitter of any issues with the 504 line. This is apparently normal and ok?

Is there anything better than a project that improves transit and cycling?

Montreal’s sustainable mobility corridors (“corridors de mobilité durable”), like here on Henri-Bourassa, are transforming arterial roads with bus lanes *and* protected bike lanes at the same time.

The both internal and external pressures to be a perfect by-the-book parent and mould your kids into the best possible versions of themselves seems absolutely exhausting.

Can't fault people who look at that prospect and go "Nah, I'm good."

Well, this is horrifying.

(I think I'm gonna start a new "Well, this is horrifying" series)

This all being said, the official viewing area's playlist can only be described as "Imagine Dragons-y" and so they could likely use some help from my playlist.

It attracts an incredibly diverse crowd of all ethnicities, ages, and ability level. The progressive urge to paint this event as anything but family friendly fun, tradition, and culture is frankly absurd.

I really wish the left could stop being enemies of joy on *so many fronts*.