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Shawn Micallef: How Toronto killed ‘Sesame Street’ with its heritage rules — and how we can bring it back In the face of opposition from even small groups, the city ends up watering down even the best ideas.

How Toronto killed Sesame Street. My column on the retreat from allowing shops in neighbourhoods
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

Bluesky post from B'nai B'rith Intl. (@bnaibrith.bsky.social) -- B'nai B'rith International condemns in the strongest possible terms Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow's reference to "the genocide in Gaza" in her remarks at a recent event hosted by the National Council of Canadian Muslims. Includes link to an article from thecjn.ca.

Just blocked B'nai B'rith's Bluesky account over this Zionist group's continued denial of the fact that genocide is being committed in Gaza & encourage others to block them too. Mayor Olivia Chow's recent remarks about Gaza are based on international experts & must be encouraged. #TOpoli #cdnpoli

Sewer grate

Harbord cyclists beware: in the new lanes some sewer grates have been put in the death position by contractors. This @ Manning just ate my tire but luckily was coming to a stop. Jarring still. At speed I’d be over the handlebars. There were others along way.

I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC

I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.

I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.

America could NEVER have been ready for a President likeTrump

Something that is true in #biketo as well

Editorial: Bike Lane Haters Keep On Losing - Streetsblog Massachusetts As it turns out, a considerable number of informed voters understand that if we actually want less traffic, we need to design streets that favor more efficient modes of transportation.

Editorial: Bike Lane Hating Politicians Keep On Losing -
As it turns out, a considerable number of informed voters understand that if we actually want less traffic, we need to design streets that favor more efficient modes of transportation.
#mapoli
mass.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/e...

You want to start by the most recent because a lot of older emails will have been handled by someone else. So if you see something else on the same subject that of older you can safely ignoring it and just use the thread of the most recent.
If your emails are grouped by thread is a bit different.

Seriously, I usually do a quick pass starting by most recent : stuff that has been dealt with , stuff that will need to be looked at, stuff I would never have looked at in the first place. In then end I usually have a dozen or so of threads I actually have to work on

CTRL-A, DEL

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

U.S. government official refers to Doug Ford as ‘Prime Minister of Ontario’ during TV interview “This Prime Minsiter of Ontario, who I imagine is smarting from the Blue Jays loss last night, spent $75 million trying to broadcast across the U.S. border,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said...

You know that in French, there is no distinction between premier and prime minister? Premer ministre du Canada, premier ministre de l'Ontario

www.thestar.com/news/ontario...

Images of creative Dutch biking infrastructure

IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.

Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.

#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com

He wants to be the mayor of Toronto too,b apparently

Go back to 90%+ marginal tax rate and 77% inheritance tax. This is what America was doing when it was great

This Reagan quote makes Dear Leader fuhrerious!

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

I was thinking of Tampopo

Such a great movie

This is another gross jurisdictional overreach from a government that feels no shame peddling false statements.

Doug Ford’s Toronto is a shortcut for cars to drive through unimpeded, not a city of vibrant communities where people live and thrive.

Ohhh Rathburn. That one would be awesome.

3 cars (graphic) behind a bicycle and person walking into a shop. Text: I'll just be a minute, it's ok i left my bike lights blinking The Biking Lawyer logo

Relax, I’ll be right back.

Content done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

Thou Shalt Share This Photo Because Trump Doesn’t Want You To He sure as hell wouldn’t want you liking this post or subscribing to this newsletter either.

Trump ordered Treasury employees not to share any more images of his demolition of The White House.

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.

The President is building an army to attack his own country.

Trump is having his own “let them eat cake” moment while so many go without pay, he’s busy building a ballroom and tearing down the people’s house.