c_9

@c_9@mstdn.ca

Nerd since the 90's. Lead teams by day, read transit reports by night, curl/bike on weekends. 🗳️👨‍👨‍👦🚉🚲🏳️‍🌈 advocate. Anti-fascist, anti-racist, feminist. Trans women = women, trans men = men. I try to amplify better voices. Opinions my own. #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth #PublicTransit #Acadian #FrancoOntarien #GayDad

"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world."

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aburtch, to ai
@aburtch@triangletoot.party avatar

One of the most obvious tells in an #AI written article is the overuse of the word “important." Everything is always "It's very important to..." “We must remember the importance of…"

That and the gobs and gobs of filler sentences that state the obvious or don't tell you anything new you didn't know. "Here we are going to discuss why [this] and the benefits of [that]…”

c_9,

@aburtch There’s more than a little “high school student trying to fill out the required page count for the essay” vibe.

c_9, to climate

If someone has concerns about the federal carbon tax increase, you can reassure then that it’s only in provinces without their own carbon pricing, and only about half a TTC fare per tank of gas:

“Going from $65 per tonne to $80, means the carbon price on a litre of gasoline will now be 17.6 cents per litre, up 3.3 cents per litre from before. … filling a 50 litre tank from empty will cost about $8.80 in carbon price, about $1.65 more.”

https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/environment/carbon-pricing-101-what-todays-increase-could-mean-for-you/article_6cea03ec-7010-5e81-a1f6-7513bcf46339.html

c_9, to random

Both trucks have the same size cargo bed.

I see trucks like this daily in Toronto, accomplishing little, but blocking our sidewalks and making our residential streets more dangerous. Usually their bed is covered to avoid … getting wet, maybe. It is exceedingly rare to spot a truck like this doing anything actually requiring the size of its engine and wheels.

#TheWarOnCars #SafeStreets

First place I saw it: https://mastodon.social/@schizanon/112188113459884543
Oldest source i could find: https://www.reddit.com/r/keitruck/s/n75bEcl5Do

cyberlyra, to random
@cyberlyra@hachyderm.io avatar

Wrote a paper today.
Still got it.

c_9,

@cyberlyra That’s really awesome, I’m so happy for you! It makes me think about all the public transit research and advocacy work that I used to do and now never find time for. Maybe I should send my husband and kid on a vacation!

c_9, to random

I just got a long ranting email as a result of my comments to CBC - it included a claim that I likely don’t take transit, and that the author hasn’t taken transit since the late 90’s. Ooookay.
https://mstdn.ca/@CodeRedTO/112147570615494683

c_9, to climate

Holy crap. In the EU, fuel consumption monitoring devices are required on new cars. They studied over 10% of all cars sold in 2021 and turns out they use way more fuel, and generate way more CO2, than anybody thought. Nearly a quarter more. Plug-in Hybrids do poorly too.

This means our projections about getting cars off the road for the climate crisis is hugely undercounting the effects. More rail, more e-bikes, more electric, faster.

#ClimateCrisis #CO2 #TheWarOnCars
https://mastodon.ie/@sinabhfuil/112138746226813931

c_9, to random

Simple. Provide a form for homeowners to indicate they provide permission for using their water usage as a proxy for registration of non-vacancy. Less work for everyone, more accurate results.
https://mastodon.social/@GraphicMatt/112130021209599992

c_9, to transit

This is an example of a city councillor who likes derailments and passenger injuries.


https://mastodon.social/@GraphicMatt/112129832627165465

c_9, to Toronto

Absolutely endorse this column from Ed Keenan in the Star.

“The public is paying for the World Cup and Ontario Place redevelopment, so why are the deals secret?

When the costs and benefits of any government action are kept secret, how is our democratic system supposed to hold that government accountable?”

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/the-public-is-paying-for-the-world-cup-and-ontario-place-redevelopment-so-why-are/article_f9d07e82-e5f4-11ee-89a2-dfcc56f8c05e.html

c_9, to random

Look at me I built an RSS feed #superhacker

c_9,

TVO can’t handle creating RSS feeds, or author pages, or author newsletters. So like a good person driven to a life of villainy, I built a Google alert instead.

Here’s the link if I am now your RSS feed: https://www.tvo.org/article/will-bonnie-crombies-new-housing-policy-light-a-fire-under-the-ford-government

notjustbikes, (edited ) to random
@notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com avatar

I was just talking to an American friend about Canadian housing prices, and he shared this graph with me. 😬

Further proof that the Canadian housing crisis really has been insane for over 20 years, with apparently no end in sight.

(FYI: this data is not the whole country, but major metros in each)

c_9,

@tkneubuhler @notjustbikes Interesting how Ford tells on himself here: allowing gentle density would cause a lot of yelling and he personally has a history of not being able to handle a lot of yelling unless it’s from downtown. So he blocks the opportunity for housing.

#ONPoli

c_9, to random

I’m not saying that The Joker actually designed this puzzle. But I’m not NOT saying it, you know?

c_9,

Back to Arkham with [you|me]!

c_9, to random

The first Starbucks in Toronto to vote to unionize is at Pape and Danforth! Technically Gough and Danforth. And they have a terribly inconsistent approach to service. I hope they improve and thrive!

https://usw.ca/first-starbuckstor-joinusw/?fbclid=IwAR13x60Kohl09QFKwFAUjPKDr35D9Bgnm2HPTG-QQa43X5oUBLB09AEcO8w_aem_AaXgPOrmE-FhzfLQdzxd63fVl00G4IHkf7GEWvLRfK3H8rPEXRnbmcUItXGrjUndNeU

c_9, to random

Jen Gerson has some concerns about the Online Harms Act: https://www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-this-briefing-did-not

"If you love the idea of Human Rights Tribunals, imagine that they keep their powers, but now Jordan Peterson gets to appoint all the members."

She's got a point.

c_9, to random

Friends, I want to ask for a ridiculous favour. My cousins and I scattered across the globe have a chat group and we have come together to support one cousin in an unusual way: we are trying to help her cat win a prize on the internet.

If you could spare a minute and have a Facebook account, you can vote for her cat for free here: https://americasfavpet.com/2024/bubby-2421

If this isn’t for you that’s ok. I hope you have your own project for adding love into the world on the go too!

❤️ 🐈 🌎

c_9, to random

“Toronto signed a secret agreement that gave it the right to withdraw from hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup if it didn't receive financial support from senior levels of government by mid-2020, internal emails obtained by the Star show.

“But for reasons that remain unclear,” (⚠️ THE REASON IS JOHN TORY FYI ⚠️) “the city didn’t trigger the deal, leaving it on the hook for the skyrocketing costs of games.”

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/toronto-signed-a-secret-deal-that-would-have-let-it-back-out-of-hosting-the/article_fc9d08ba-db09-11ee-849e-cb7a1baf95c0.html

#TOPoli #2026WorldCup

c_9,

@18thcianc He didn’t hurt them. Every conservative policy choice can be evaluated or even predicted based on who is paying the price.

c_9, to random

This looks amazing. Please RT.

National theatrical launch of TAUTUKTAVUK (WHAT WE SEE) in honour and celebration of #InternationalWomensDay

Award-winning film featuring a unique contemporary Inuit women’s perspective, a film the Globe and Mail calls “an essential step in healing”.

Toronto, ON March 8-15
Winnipeg, MB March 8-10
Quebec City, QC March 8
Hamilton, ON March 8, 11, 14
Vancouver, BC March 15-22
Montreal, QC March 15, 16, 24
Ottawa, ON March 24, 28

Tickets:
https://tautuktavuk.isuma.tv/screenings

c_9, to random

Tired: post a photo showing today’s newspaper

Wired: post a photo showing that your fingers don’t look weird

c_9, to climate

Which city from this list most subsidizes natural gas transport under city streets? Try to guess:

Edmonton
Halifax
Kelowna
Regina
Toronto
Winnipeg

It’s Toronto! We lose up to $200 million in potential city revenue - a 4.8% property tax increase! - by not charging for using underground pipes.

So who actually charges their gas utility the most from that list? EDMONTON, ALBERTA.

Stop subsidizing fossil fuels.

In the @NatObserver: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/03/05/news/toronto-mulls-ending-enbridge-free-pass

#CDNPoli #FossilFuels #ClimateCrisis

c_9, to Toronto

"A transparent police force? In Toronto that’s fantasy, not reality.

If the police were not upfront about a simple pedestrian collision caught on video, why should we believe them about anything else?"

Shawn Micallef in the Toronto Star: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/a-transparent-police-force-in-toronto-that-s-fantasy-not-reality/article_ed0af52c-d7dc-11ee-9aa9-974290eb6df2.html?source=mastodon

#Toronto #TOPoli #TorontoPolice

c_9, to random

I just learned there’s a White Privilege Conference coming up…

…taking place in Tulsa Oklahoma.

c_9, to Toronto

At the Royal Canadian Curling Club near downtown Toronto, the Riverdale “Do It On The Ice” bonspiel is in progress!

Riverdale is the oldest @Pride league in the world!

#Toronto #Curling #LGBTQSports

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