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🍁 Toronto transit & urbanism nerd | πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» Software Developer | 🌈 Your gay best friend

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Disappointed to see Toronto’s planning committee not support small-scale retail in n’hoods in their ever growing quest it seems to suck all the charm out of the city. Corner stores & cafes next to houses? The horror.

30.10.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Only Councillor Matlow stands for neighbourhood coffee now and he needs our support -

31.10.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah but it closes at 10pm

31.10.2025 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I joined Dan Seljak for a coffee at a neighborhood cafe (that would currently be banned from opening in Toronto) to discuss how local retail like this, along with grocers and convenience stores, contribute to our quality of life.

31.10.2025 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Toronto is a lame-ass city in many respects (you can't have a corner store on a residential street unless it opened before 1959)

30.10.2025 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Top municipal issues are Pizza Badiali and that one corner store that makes lattes.

30.10.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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in Toronto we aren’t allowed to have nice shops in residential areas and according to these ladies, an example of why that’s important is because there’s a place in our city that makes pizza that is *so freaking good* that it attracts people from all over the world

30.10.2025 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 6
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These miserable misanthropes moved to a neighbourhood with grandfathered retail and then have the audacity to say it and not they are out of place.
www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-h...

30.10.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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No corner coffee shops: Toronto committee waters down neighbourhood retail plan It’s the second time in less than a year councillors balked at allowing certain businesses to open on some residential streets
30.10.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 6

Is he okay?

30.10.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Organized opposition to everything πŸ˜”

30.10.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As always, watering down the proposal before consultations does not actually help it go over better. It never works and yet we keep trying to appease the unappeasable. You can make the change infinitesimal and some RAs will still pretend it's apocalyptic, spreading misinfo to their mailing list.

30.10.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Darn… the Residents Associations are often like 2 people so it wouldn’t surprise me

30.10.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜We’re reasonable people’: Residents’ group fears noisy bars will follow new city rules allowing neighbourhood corner stores Residents’ group fears noisy bars will follow new city rules allowing neighbourhood corner stores

So is the opposition to this just a successful one-woman astroturf?

www.thestar.com/news/gta/we-...

30.10.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Community consultation is just completely broken.

28.10.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œPizza Badialis is a huge issue”

… is it though?

30.10.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Prince Harry and now the Pope? Toronto and Canada truly stands alone.

29.10.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Signage at a burger place 

100% Fresh Canadian Beef
Five Guys
416-591-0404

Signage at a burger place 100% Fresh Canadian Beef Five Guys 416-591-0404

Patriotically ordering from my local Canadian Five Guys to stop Donald Trump once and for all, you’re welcome

29.10.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah tbh his best traits are the willingness to backtrack on anything too unpopular, and keeping the far right in check

29.10.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Now we understand why his family disowned him.

29.10.2025 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Etobicoke Centre Coun. Stephen Holyday said he remains as opposed to neighbourhood retail as he was back in December, suggesting having businesses in neighbourhoods could worsen worries about home break-ins.

β€œThere’s a heightened acuity about strangers in the area,” he said.

Etobicoke Centre Coun. Stephen Holyday said he remains as opposed to neighbourhood retail as he was back in December, suggesting having businesses in neighbourhoods could worsen worries about home break-ins. β€œThere’s a heightened acuity about strangers in the area,” he said.

Councillor Stephen Holyday suggests permitting more neighbourhood retail will… increase residential break-ins? So, like, people who are in a neighbourhood to go to a store will decide, on a lark, to commit some spontaneous burglary? www.thestar.com/business/tor...

28.10.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 7

Yeah it’s pretty much a moonshot crazy idea due to track ownership between Kitchener and Brampton

28.10.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It should be 15 minute GO service (all the way to Kitchener) who’s with me

28.10.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

This is ridiculous. UP Express is not express if it's making 2 additional stops (3 if it also goes to Woodbine). People going between Union and Pearson are getting squeezed by commuters during core hours. Not a way to welcome or say goodbye to visitors, or generally get people out of taxis.

28.10.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

To be fair it’s probably better covered in French

28.10.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They should invent a fall that lasts long enough to wear all of your spring/fall outfits at least once

28.10.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Everyone deserves at least three Indigo bookstores, they have different vibes.

27.10.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

X is bad for you.

27.10.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Net approval rating in the United States for:

- Donald Trump: -10%
- Canada - +49%

From CNN broadcast

Net approval rating in the United States for: - Donald Trump: -10% - Canada - +49% From CNN broadcast

It’s time to vassalize the US like it’s a HOI4 Kaissereich mod.

We will be greeted as liberators.

27.10.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Never forget what they took from you.

27.10.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 145    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 7

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