Iain Campbell

Ok, slightly conspiracy-ish but their whole bleating about AI's "existential risks" is a misdirect to get AI regulations to focus on idk ending humanity or whatever and not copyright and human responsibility for chatbots telling people to kill themselves etc.

New from me at TVO, on Chow's big big win, what's next, and why YIMBYs should have the courage of their convictions. www.tvo.org/article/anal...

From Lula’s victory speech. Hard to argue. 🇧🇷 “We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. We cannot have monstrously large corporations earning millions and billions, paying no taxes to this country and trying to steer our election results.”

Ontario waiting for the provincial Liberals to show some sign of life…

If you require a consensus from existing residents of a neighbourhood to build new housing for other people, you’re not going to build a lot of new housing for other people.

The Ford government knew there was a scam going on with OSAP at a handful of career colleges. Instead of stopping it, they cut funds to all students. Now they've frozen OSAP for private career colleges that had nothing to do with the fraud. The knew it. They chose not to act.

If a car is blocking the bike lane you can call and call and call and they will not send any police. If there are safety advocates blocking the bike lane with a protest, riot police will be there immediately.

If you pretend to die they will show up with 100 police officers, but if you actually die they will show up with 1 to fill out the paperwork.

Last night people on bikes stood up against the destruction of safe infrastructure. Tonight, we will return to bear witness and protest decisions that put the public at risk. They will try to take out the last intact lane markings tonight 1/2

"There is simply no problem facing Toronto for which the answer is 'more cars.' ...it does not matter whether those cars are electric or gasoline-powered, driven by humans or computers." — @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social

Important story from Star's Brendan Kennedy: The provincial agency responsible for online gambling secretly shelved a research study showing higher-than-expected problem gambling, and schemed how to ensure Ontarians never saw it www.thestar.com/news/investi...

In Toronto, more people are killed and injured by vehicles than from violent crimes. Anyone who claims to be a champion of safety, but who isn't advocating for safer roads, is just fear mongering or dog whistling.

Please donate to our Bike Lane Protest Fund: gofund.me/4b115029b 4 have been arrested & require criminal lawyers, daily protests need snacks & hot coffee etc. Be among the first 50 to donate & get a free hi vis vest (email info@thebikinglawyer.ca with proof of donation - no min amount) 1/2

The hundreds of Toronto Police that have been deployed to ensure #bikelane removal goes ahead in the face of strong opposition provides a clear indication of who gets served and protected in this society.

This photo from Toronto... For removing a bike lane... Why are things like this man? I feel like I'm losing my damn mind. (Photo Cred: www.reddit.com/r/toronto/s/...)

The people of Ontario gave you no such mandate. You got votes from 13% of the population, 300k total votes in Toronto What you're doing will make congestion worse. So, what exactly are you doing? Why do you need more of our money to do it if you're such a good businessman? #Bill212

We can't get money for healthcare, but we can get a bottomless budget to remove accessible infra that people in this area voted for. When a privileged minority over-ride the needs of the majority and get police protection to do it - you have to question who the police are here to protect #Bill212

What Ford’s own staff said about bike lanes: Internal records show provincial bureaucrats refuted Doug Ford’s arguments before he ordered Toronto bike lanes removed via @thestar.com

I decided to write this summary of council's housing actions from this term in a long form. A lot of stuff happened! Did it amount to anything? Check back later. theunofficialplan.substack.com/p/looking-back

Aly Van Wyck-Smart: ‘Her meteoric rise to fame came quickly when she won a Silver medal at the 2019 Para World Swimming Championships in the S2-100m backstroke & a bronze 50m. With those results she quickly moved the target from Paris 2024 to Tokyo 2020.’ #BikelanesSaveLives youtu.be/8fKi6S8ogto?...

Verdi Alliance and ATS Traffic are actively dismantling the Bloor Street West protected bike lanes in Etobicoke contrary to the will of Toronto City Council. Neither of these companies is based in Toronto. Tell them to keep their workers home: cycleto.ca/stay_home

Crime is so bad in Toronto, dozens of cops are available to stand and watch construction.

Toronto has 5500 linear km of roadways. Protected bike lanes now occupy about 1/4 of the space on 110 km of them. That is 0.5% of the city's road space. If cyclists are 0.5% of all traffic citywide, they're getting their fair share. In fact they are much more numerous.

Fresh story and photos from today for @nationalobserver.com. Last night, protestors halted construction crews who were set to remove the lanes.

So we have here an unidentified gang of men doing this work, against the wishes of the local residents who voted for it, all under the protection of the police? This sounds eerily similar to some other pretty f'd up governments in other countries

Hostile govt. If the chuckleheads who support this removal action ever faced this kind of hostility from govt while just trying to get around they’d loose their fucking minds.

An as @dylanreid.bsky.social wrote in @spacing.bsky.social, often good change only comes after a blood sacrifice.

The MTO intends to violate their construction permit and begin work during the day to remove bike lanes. If you can, head down to the area but if not await urgent call outs for more info on when the removals are starting so we can have all out for that.

The highest office in the land of Ontario & he’s still doing the same thing he did w his brother in 2012 on Jarvis. It’s an incredibly small & determined legacy.

Museo Nacional de Antropologia: insanely cool

"Ripping out these protected bike lanes against the will of Toronto city council is a colossal waste of $48 million. The province’s own experts know it will not ease traffic congestion, it will put people’s lives at risk, and there is no network of side streets that could replace these lanes."

540,000 people lost! It's strange to go to public consultations for housing in some of these places and hear people say that they're not anti-growth, just worried about infrastructure. By the numbers, these areas have been anti-growing for decades.

The Ford government had been warned for years that a few private career colleges were ripping off the system. Instead of cracking down, the Ford government used it as an opportunity to cry poor and cut OSAP for all students (Video: CTV) www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/arti... #onpoli

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It’s been two years since Ontario Place West Island was destroyed for a planned private spa. Hundreds of trees were cut down - here’s a snapshot of the many species who lost habitat. 🧵

Put another way, Ford wants to spend more on removing bike lanes in Toronto ($48M) than he's spent protecting all of Ontario's businesses from an international trade war. Ontario deserves serious leadership, that follows through on promises, and actually puts people before profits.

Crews are currently replacing streetcar tracks on King West that have reached their end of life. During this work, we *should* be installing newer double-point switch designs and modern control systems.

So much respect for this, and the framing. ABC, the right wing version of Progress Toronto, has used health care workers/hospitals as reason to rip them out. This puts a lie to that (and on University ambulances can bypass cars in the wide bikelanes if needed). So many lies.

"What is certain, however, is that a vast sum of our money will be wasted, countless Torontonians will find themselves profoundly inconvenienced for extended periods, and, eventually, a cyclist will get struck by a car. But at least the congestion will be worse."

Another Huge Turnout of Cyclists for Critical Mass Ride in Toronto in Support of Bike Lanes #safecycling #saferroads tinyurl.com/4akerdcd

They're tearing down four existing apartment buildings on my street, the largest of which is 12 storeys, because the OP puts growth here. But this couple downtown might not be able to live next to a bungalow in Canada's largest city forever. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Only around 40% of rush hour traffic at Bloor and Shaw in Toronto is made up of cars. Before the bike lanes on Bloor, over 80% of traffic was cars. Now more commuters pass through the intersection, although raw number of cars has decreased. If you build it, they will come.

Unfortunate that this is likely to be the new, time-consuming reality for editors. Handled with rigour, care and integrity by @perreaux.bsky.social & @irpp.org. This is how you build and maintain a trustworthy publication. policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/09/dani...

wood fireplaces in the city should be banned. huge externality, brutal for air quality