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Calendar page for December with a photograph of a crossing guard posing in the centre of a Toronto intersection.

Calendar page for December with a photograph of a crossing guard posing in the centre of a Toronto intersection.

Shoutout to Kathleen featured on the final page of the @westendphoenix.bsky.social crossing guard calendar.

Her morning dancing tunes at Queen and Shaw are πŸ‘Œ ✨
#Toronto

03.12.2025 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Salvation Army is not a charity. They are an evangelical church that uses donated money to actively oppress gay rights. They've been especially cruel to trans people.

The Salvation Army is not a charity. They are an evangelical church that uses donated money to actively oppress gay rights. They've been especially cruel to trans people.

It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.

03.12.2025 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7639    πŸ” 5202    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 135

There's a couple reasons so many IWW songs are set to the tunes of hymns and one is that the Salvation Army Band would show up and try to stop workers organizing by playing hymns to drown out speeches, so the Wobblies came up with words so they could sing along. SA has been trash all along.

03.12.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1775    πŸ” 790    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 14
The Toronto skyline seen across the water from Hanlan's Point on a clear day in 2009. A small plane is taking off from the Island Airport into a bright blue sky. Photo by Peter Mintz, Fonds 589, Item 196.

The Toronto skyline seen across the water from Hanlan's Point on a clear day in 2009. A small plane is taking off from the Island Airport into a bright blue sky. Photo by Peter Mintz, Fonds 589, Item 196.

We have permission for take-off! Hello Bluesky!

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#Toronto #TOHistory #TOArchives

01.12.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3
Kids Can Press company logo and logo and image of Franklin character with statement text,”Franklin the Turtle is a beloved Canadian icon who has inspired generations of children and stands for kindness, empathy, and inclusivity. We strongly condemn any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin’s name or image, which directly contradicts these values.”

Kids Can Press company logo and logo and image of Franklin character with statement text,”Franklin the Turtle is a beloved Canadian icon who has inspired generations of children and stands for kindness, empathy, and inclusivity. We strongly condemn any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin’s name or image, which directly contradicts these values.”

01.12.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 14957    πŸ” 4004    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 654
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape

01.10.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 10174    πŸ” 3610    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 60
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International media, you can do better than this.

"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.

27.11.2025 09:17 β€” πŸ‘ 256    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 10

It's the digital Hapsburg effect

28.11.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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World-famous brewing institution leaving U.S. for Canada A renowned American beer brewing school is heading north and getting ready to settle in at a new address in Montreal.

Trump’s immigration policies have cost Chicago a world famous brewing school

The Siebel Institute will relocate to Montreal

β€œregulatory changes in the US have made it much more challenging for many of our international students, who have become the majority of our student body, to attend classes”

27.11.2025 04:50 β€” πŸ‘ 388    πŸ” 168    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 15

It’s the $2k rent for <500sqft that make them livestock pens.
Micro-apartments like that should be affordable for people that work one full time minimum wage job or are on ODSP.
Or for people that want to save money for a big ticket item, like a year on sabbatical.

22.11.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I just distinguish between humane, livable apartments and condos that are like overpriced urban-professional veal pens in the sky, which is what it feels like developers were cranking out for a decade and a half here.

21.11.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good old Woz. Good for him.

21.11.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2552    πŸ” 406    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 58

Growing up my friend lived on the same street as Wozniak and on Halloween he gave out full bars and we stanned for him then and we stan for him now.

Silicon Valley picked the wrong Steve to lionize.

21.11.2025 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 346    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œQuiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.

19.11.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 17493    πŸ” 3503    πŸ’¬ 677    πŸ“Œ 230

So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.

Got it.

18.11.2025 05:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7631    πŸ” 2044    πŸ’¬ 211    πŸ“Œ 82
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The Salvation Army are a hate group. Do not forget that this winter.

17.11.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 10359    πŸ” 5410    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
meme comic of someone pushing two buttons at once the first button says 'gratitude for this timeline on a grand cosmic level’ and second says 'understanding it still takes work to make it better.' the last panel is a bud giving a thumbs up and he is labled 'buckaroos proving love is real'

meme comic of someone pushing two buttons at once the first button says 'gratitude for this timeline on a grand cosmic level’ and second says 'understanding it still takes work to make it better.' the last panel is a bud giving a thumbs up and he is labled 'buckaroos proving love is real'

buckaroos know this classic way

17.11.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 994    πŸ” 185    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1

I do want to note Mamdani's transition specifically calling attention to like, people applying for city jobs and how many CVs they got in the mail, etc, because when was the last time you saw a politician actually talk about expanding state capacity other than hiring more cops?

17.11.2025 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 950    πŸ” 178    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

If some motherfucker has a full-time job and qualifies for government assistance, that's welfare being paid to their employer

17.11.2025 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 382    πŸ” 98    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m okay with it because if they had, it would have made the movie a minute or two longer

16.11.2025 00:55 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the reasons these people are trying to womanize 15-year-olds is so they can marry them and train them (raise them) to be the submissive wives they want. Some of these folk voted against ending child marriage for that very reason.

15.11.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 916    πŸ” 192    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 9
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pic: nancy reagan shaking hands with donald trump in the 80's. both of them have very likely given sloppy toppy to bill clinton, which is why they are shaking hands. ronald reagan stands in the background wearing a tan fucking suit like the depraved piece of shit he ever was

caption: game recognize game pic: nancy reagan shaking hands with donald trump in the 80's. both of them have very likely given sloppy toppy to bill clinton, which is why they are shaking hands. ronald reagan stands in the background wearing a tan fucking suit like the depraved piece of shit he ever was

14.11.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1325    πŸ” 306    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 31

All-human social media is totally about to become a Thing. AI-free is about to become a digital product selling point.

14.11.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Indigenous activists from Brazil’s lower TapajΓ³s region and TupinambΓ‘ tribes, joined by other activists stormed the Global Climate Summit (COP30) in Brazil demanding land rights and real climate action, not fancy summits full of all talk.

13.11.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 102    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

Our gyro

06.11.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 712    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5
Crosstitch guide image reads β€œthis machine kills fascists” with clipart images of an onion, a sub and a bottle of mustard

Crosstitch guide image reads β€œthis machine kills fascists” with clipart images of an onion, a sub and a bottle of mustard

Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc

06.11.2025 22:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5379    πŸ” 1249    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 32
Art by Liberal Jane. Captions read:β€œFight Poverty Not The Poor.”

Art by Liberal Jane. Captions read:β€œFight Poverty Not The Poor.”

It's not radical to want everyone
housed and fed.🧑
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Art by: @liberaljane.bsky.social

06.11.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 197    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Sewer grate

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.

06.11.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 119    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 5

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