Aaron Binder

One of the reasons I get so worked up about all this, apart from the clear-and-present danger, is it's a symptom of something bigger that's rotten. Many smart & serious establishment people still think it's silly to talk about though.

I dunno...maybe just nationalize Stelco?

Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon

we need to respond to gen z's success at the box office with a millennialcore Backrooms. The interior of this pop-up kitchen seems normal at first... but then you start to notice the "kiss me and feed me tacos" neon signs become increasingly twisted... the shareables become unshareable...

DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.

Oops. What's that old saying? Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

Wondering what Ontario Place looks like behind all the construction fences? 👇👇😥👇👇

In GOOD Toronto waterfront news, Biidaasige Park continues to green and grow. Toronto's East waterfront is truly a gem with Biidaasige, the Leslie Spit, and Woodbine Beach.

I took these before and after shots mere days apart in October 2024. Ontario Place West Island ripped down in the night, and this is how it still looks today.

Wondering what Ontario Place looks like behind all the construction fences? 👇👇😥👇👇

A popular Toronto-based travel influencer posted an Instagram video and blog about how they replaced car trips with an e-cargo bike and how much they love it. This feels like an indication of big culture shifts - biking is really going mainstream in Toronto!

Ontario is still writing its rules for datacentres. But Ford's pitchdeck for foreign investors explicitly markets Hamilton’s waterfront for deregulated AI datacentre development, including "sovereign" AI opportunities." Sovereign AI. Built for foreign investors. With no rules. #HamOnt

Does it feel like Canada and provinces have a patchwork of rules surrounding data centres? You're right (and I'm so proud of you!) Get the full scoop in @betakit.com | betakit.com/heres-how-ev...

This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.

Ford wants to make it unsafe for this family to bike.

Huge corporations like Amazon, Walmart, and Uber are among the top employers of SNAP and Medicaid recipients. Meanwhile, their CEOs are raking in multi-million dollar pay packages. How is this not a bigger scandal?

American workers are taking home their smallest share of the nation's wealth since 1947 — even as corporate profits soar. Why? This chart has the answer.

Uber just announced it will lay off 10% of its workforce, or around 3,300 workers. Last year, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi made $35M — 360 times his median employee's pay — and announced a $20B stock buyback program to further enrich shareholders and himself. Textbook corporate greed.

OMG, we did! Incredible photos by Richard Seck: www.richardseck.com/criticalmass...

My favourite part of listening to music in 2026 is having to check whether every artist has a pre-2024 catalogue 🫠

To the influencer shooting a doc on TO's "decline": I am sorry you came to our city with your mind already made up. I was also on the TTC a lot this weekend. Much was at Line Fe5t, where TTC employees volunteered to boost small biz in a community impacted by the province's delayed transit project.

Did you know TTC does weddings? My friends hired a bus to get us all from their wedding to the reception in East Toronto! This city ❤️❤️

You know what would be really fun for all of us? Trying to find the easter eggs in my new psycho-retro-futurist website - aaronbinder.com

The footage coming out of Nepal is devastating. I fear we’re looking at thousands dead

The people yearn for car-free streets. "I’ve heard from a lot of people who want a pedestrian street in their neighbourhood" - @chanface.bsky.social Toronto's 2 car-free months on Church Street was an incredible experiment that benefited everyone. Extend it to 6 months in 2027 & forever in 2028.

The people yearn for car-free streets. "I’ve heard from a lot of people who want a pedestrian street in their neighbourhood" - @chanface.bsky.social Toronto's 2 car-free months on Church Street was an incredible experiment that benefited everyone. Extend it to 6 months in 2027 & forever in 2028.

Often I talk commercial rent because a business is given a titanic rent increase. Instead, today I got to talk about the fun & clever Honest Ed's Alley: "I think it gets replicated across the city because it brings a vibrancy that we want to see in Toronto" www.yourcitywithin.com/tokyo-style-...

Often I talk commercial rent because a business is given a titanic rent increase. Instead, today I got to talk about the fun & clever Honest Ed's Alley: "I think it gets replicated across the city because it brings a vibrancy that we want to see in Toronto" www.yourcitywithin.com/tokyo-style-...

Dolly Parton helped millions of children learn how to read and saved millions of lives by funding COVID vaccine research. She improved more people’s lives than almost any political leader in office. Her impact will be felt by generations.

Report: Trump admin demanded Canada execute Bonhomme

Canada's government can't have an ongoing deal with Palantir while claiming tech sovereignty is a top priority. China and France's governments are moving to Linux - Canada should too. From @zdnet.bsky.social | www.zdnet.com/article/chin...

Canada's government can't have an ongoing deal with Palantir while claiming tech sovereignty is a top priority. China and France's governments are moving to Linux - Canada should too. From @zdnet.bsky.social | www.zdnet.com/article/chin...

Not sure if anyone has a burning desire to read my 700-word treatise on keeping moving even when things don't go the way you'd hoped on a Friday evening, but I felt like I had to get some of these thoughts out: danseljak.substack.com/p/a-prisoner...

3/5 Wab Kinew got it exactly right — the President is weak and cannot be trusted to abide by an agreement. We should stand firm, knowing it’s what the vast majority of Canadians want our government to do. But what happens next matters. We are not out of this yet.

Toronto business rent jumped almost 150% in 5 years. And it's still going up. On top of that, when a business is looking for a space, there's no transparency on how much local rent is - or who even owns the building. Help businesses get the transparency to succeed: commercialrent.ca/registry/

We shouldn’t stop at saying we want car-free streets. We should add: ~ wide enough sidewalks for youth to hang out after school ~ benches where families with little ones can rest ~ street canopies that shade elders during their morning walks ~ patios providing a platform for local artists and…

My latest. "When California raised its fast-food minimum to $20 an hour, turnover in those restaurants dropped from a range of 150-300% down to roughly 150-200%" betterwayalliance.ca/why-low-wage...

Great show and new to Bluesky - give them a follow!

The datacentre debate is spreading across Canada. Are you a city councillor wondering what you can do to protect your community. Or maybe a very cool person who wants to stop one or more datacentres?

Reporters. Please read: blundervalley.ca/blog/hamilto... @joeycoleman.ca @justinchandler.work @jordanomstead.bsky.social

It’s surreal seeing it come full circle. The people stuck in the crowded Church Street sidewalk are now free to roam the streets! (At least during the 2 month pedestrianization pilot) Streets are for the people!

Day 2 of church street pedestrianization. I am floored at how fast it happened. Nice work from the TSA interpreting a 8 sites. Even got into the Steps controversy (you can see the remnants of the steps in background)

No Toronto Liberal MP should take being reelected for granted. They continue to play this city. Their own TPA is making plans (900m runway), asking for non disclosure agreements and not revealing anything while MPs keep saying they know nothing, they’ll stand up for TO. Just constant emptiness.

The safe word is WHY