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William Turman

@willnturman.bsky.social

Cities, bikes, housing, trains, Kitchener-Waterloo, trans rights are human rights, he/him Opinions are mine.

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Just ONE DAY left to submit a comment on Bill 60, which will block not only ALL new bike lanes in Ontario that take away car lanes, but also puts bus lanes, patios, and pedestrian streets at risk too. Submit your comment here before the end of November 22: ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-1...

21.11.2025 19:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿšจ Bill 60 would BAN new bike lanes that take a lane from cars โ€” province-wide. This is a direct attack on road safety, climate action, and livable cities. Raise your voice. Tell the Ford government: #SafeStreets arenโ€™t optional.
#Bill60 #BikeHamOnt #HamOnt #onpoli

07.11.2025 11:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Andโ€ฆ Regional Committee supports a full ION light rail extension to Cambridge 15 to 1! Onwards to Cambridge!

(To be fully ratified at Regional Council on November 19.)

04.11.2025 17:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Great thread to follow along public decisions making on ion to Cambridge

04.11.2025 17:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Repeat this over and over. Doug Ford will kill people.

24.09.2025 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 168    ๐Ÿ” 68    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

I see a surging trade union movement supported by a resurgent federal @ndp.ca.

Add a common front of social movements and we could push the Carney-Poilievre alliance off the damaging path theyโ€™ve put Canada on.

Sec 107 must go!

And itโ€™s just the start.

#DrawTheLine

16.09.2025 20:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 85    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is the way

16.09.2025 20:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This.
I believe there should be no political violence. And until people calling for an end to political violence also mean violence resulting from policy, systemic racism, wage theft, etc. itโ€™s hard for me to take them seriously. They usually just mean to end politically inconvenient violence.

15.09.2025 16:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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After Charlie Kirk's death, teachers and professors nationwide fired or disciplined over social media posts At least a dozen faculty and staff have faced fallout over insensitive comments online.

I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"

13.09.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19028    ๐Ÿ” 5152    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 671    ๐Ÿ“Œ 340
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Charlie Kirkโ€™s Legacy Deserves No Mourning The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasnโ€™t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social

"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesnโ€™t make anyone a bad person. Itโ€™s a choice to write an obituary that begins โ€œJoseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.โ€

13.09.2025 02:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13211    ๐Ÿ” 3979    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 143    ๐Ÿ“Œ 167

I strangely find the run backs kinda cathartic. Itโ€™s a different mindset like speedrunning where you arenโ€™t exploring, just honing your route to be as fast and efficient as possible. I thought The last judge run back was fun.

12.09.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Building ION to Cambridge, Costs and Benefits Things are heating up on ION stage 2, with more voices for LRT and with Regional Council hearing next week about the preliminary results of the Initial Business Case. In November, staff will share the...

Our first IONizeWR newsletter update is on the initial business case. We want to see LRT all the way to downtown Cambridge, and then keep building. Let's think bigger:

06.09.2025 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hot take: we should actually build shorter buildings next to loud roads and get higher towards the centre of residential blocks. Current patterns maximize the # of homes that get blasted by a jerk revving a Harley. 1 small building could block the sound for tall buildings behind.

27.08.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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IONize Waterloo Region Charge Up Waterloo Region With Transit

Itโ€™s time to IONize Waterloo Region!

Announcing our new campaign to build ION light rail the full length to Cambridge, and then to keep building. Check it out, and sign up for our newsletter for updates:

26.08.2025 16:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

In case you're wondering, yes there are still "wait and see" Carney apologists in comments. Nothing is going to wake them up until after it's too late.

08.07.2025 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 370    ๐Ÿ” 77    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 53    ๐Ÿ“Œ 34

Anyone else get what look like fake ai generated videos from mark carney asking people to sign up for an AI service?

22.08.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is actually a very cool thing to say.

โ€œArrest me for striking, I dare youโ€

18.08.2025 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank the Downtown BIA too! They put in an enormous amount of work on this!

18.08.2025 01:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Best day of the year in 77 days. Countdown is on

17.08.2025 23:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Asian night market in Kitchener is phenomenal. Probably one of the best events to close king street. Even the permanent stores have lineups onto the street.

17.08.2025 23:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The Asian night market in Kitchener is phenomenal. Probably one of the best events to close king street. Even the permanent stores have lineups onto the street.

17.08.2025 22:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

- gaps in the stall walls/door

How is this not on the list?! Give me fully separated, sound insulated stalls If Harper had won the election Iโ€™d call in to the barbaric cultural practices hotline for every toilet that lets me hear anything, see a shoe, or make eye contact through a closed door.

15.08.2025 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Here we are, pushing AI to replace work, and nowhere part of that discourse is people working less because of it.

We should have a shorter work week for the same pay.

10.08.2025 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Israel's international isolation is painful. But it is also necessary | Opinion ***

"The Israeli government must be stopped and pressure has become necessary." www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...

05.08.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

just when you think things canโ€™t get worse, they find a way

26.07.2025 03:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 263    ๐Ÿ” 71    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

All very good opinions.

21.07.2025 19:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's almost as if the speed limit applies at night, and in the summer too! Who knew!

15.07.2025 02:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Alternate headline: โ€œteenager, struck by driver of dangerous vehicle, sent to hospitalโ€.
SUVs striking pedestrians are more likely to result in serious injury than smaller cars. This is not a secret.

12.07.2025 20:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s somehow still more controversial to be against this than to be for it

27.06.2025 11:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2418    ๐Ÿ” 677    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

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