Falcon schema & process modelling analyst in Toronto.
Toronto, Canada
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I would add to Zizek, that American toilets have far more water than British ones, so there is less chance of the turd leaving marks on the porcelain.
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HonestReporting Canada recently used a topless photo of one of their targets and now they just created a sexualized/fake image of a Toronto Star contributor's body.
They are clearly not being deterred from engaging in this extremely disturbing behaviour.
Hey creeps at @HonestRepCanada, why did you take a picture of my head from @springmagca and put it on a sexualized body (that is not mine) with parts of “my” breasts and bra showing? Perverted behaviour.
This is a good time to remember that a recent @UN report states that “Israel has implemented a concerted policy to destroy the health-care system of Gaza … deliberately killed, wounded, arrested, detained, mistreated and tortured medical personnel and targeted medical vehicles” and that “attacks against health-care facilities directly resulted in the killing of civilians including children and pregnant women”, constituting “the crime against humanity of extermination.
It is long past time for Israel to end the attacks on health, end siege on Gaza, end the illegal occupation of Palestine, and stop committing genocide and the crime against humanity of apartheid. #FreePalestine
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NEW PUBLICATION: “Understanding the Drivers of Transit Construction Costs in Canada” in @UofTCities @CANURB
The first from me, Balthazar Crane, @ChittiMarco, and @Amer0204
So why are transit projects so expensive in Canada? Here’s what we found: 1/🧵
stateofcitiessummit.ca/files…
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Dear Ontario Premier Doug Ford (@fordnation),
My 10-year-old son was identified with a need last year and had to change public schools.
I now bike him 2.2km to school in the mornings and he bikes home alone.
We use the 8-year-old Bloor Street bike lanes which make the roads safe for him to do this.
With the roads full of Amazon delivery vans, speeding Ubers, massive buses, and whizzing food delivery e-bikes my son was nervous to bike alone.
We got him a rear view mirror and bike lights and practiced together a few times.
He uses the Bloor Street bike lanes which are full of many other kids riding to and from school.
You are now proposing to spend $48M in provincial taxpayer money (1) to overrule the wishes of the City of Toronto (2, 3, 4) to rip out these bike lanes, which you know pose a direct safety threat. (5)
If this happens we’ll need to ask his grandfather to pick him up in his car.
I’ll likely start driving him in the morning more since his grandfather's car can’t fit his bike on the way home.
Instead of what we need and want—*more* bike lanes that are proven to ease congestion, traffic, and pollution (6)—you’re proposing I spend more money, use more gas, spew more fumes, get less exercise, and create more car traffic.
In 2017 you spoke about bike lanes on @TVO and said: "You're nervous when there's no bike lanes. At least I was. We have to make sure there's never a death in the city. One death is way too many when it comes to bicycle riders. I felt so much safer when it's separated." (7)
Please reverse course here.
Keep the bike lanes.
It’s not too late.
Thank you,
Neil Pasricha
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(1) cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/r…
(2) cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/t…
(3) thestar.com/news/olivia-chow…
(4) cycleto.ca/ilovebikelanes
(5) thestar.com/politics/provinc…
(6) epub.wupperinst.org/frontdoo…
(7) instagram.com/p/DAV_NkJxi7J/
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CC: Ontario Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria (@PrabSarkaria), Ontario MPP Marit Stiles (@MaritStiles), Ontario MPP Jessica Bell (@JessicaBellTO), Ontario MPP Chris Glover (@chrisgloverndp), Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow (@oliviachow), Toronto Councillor Alejandro Bravo (@bravodavenport), Toronto Councillor Dianne Saxe (@DianneSaxxe), Doctors for Safe Cycling (@Docs4Cycling), Cycle Toronto (@CycleToronto) Chrystia Freeland (@cafreeland), Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau), Jon Haidt (@JonHaidt), Lenore Skenazy (@FreeRangeKids), and Jeff Speck (@JeffSpeckFAICP)
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Our campaign, Canlit Responds, was asked to comment for this article. None of it was published. Here's what we sent, with minor edits for clarity.
ALT Dozens of authors nationwide chose to withdraw from the Giller Prize because they have determined that lending their work to an organization sponsored by the Canadian entities financing Israel’s occupation and slaughter of Palestinians, comes at too great a moral cost. In addition to Scotiabank’s significant stake in weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems, Indigo (through the HESEG Foundation) has contributed over $40 million to enable lone soldiers to join the IDF in the past five years, and the Azrieli Foundation has past and present investments in illegal settlements, and donated millions to organizations promoting the suppression of voices critical of Israel. Daily, the world witnesses the Israeli government bury Palestinians in mass graves, set fire to hospitals, schools, and universities, and stifle artistic and creative life across Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon, all while escalating tensions in the region with attacks on Iran, Yemen, and Iraq. These demands are based on our colle
A contentious partnership, high-profile resignations and accusations of antisemitism. Inside the turmoil at Canada's most prestigious literary prize trib.al/g0ZY13j
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When I was growing up in the 1960’s and 70’s a statement like this was inconceivable, and a vast majority of Israelis would have celebrated it. And now, here it is (and has been for years). Are there risks? Of course. But that’s what leaders are for.
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Seems like more people should be talking about how a libertarian charter city startup funded by Sam Altman, Marc Andreessen, and Peter Thiel is trying to bankrupt Honduras.
Próspera is suing Honduras to the tune of $11B (GDP is $32B) and is expected to win, per the NYT 🧵
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BREAKING: Exposing Canadian Media Complicity In Genocide: CBC and G&M, two case studies by @ArarMaher. Please share widely.
ararmaher.wordpress.com/2024…
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you didn't hear about it because the entire Western media and political class immediately memory-holed it, but Ismail Haniyeh proposed Hamas laying down arms and accepting a two-state solution months ago. Israel assassinated him because they want genocide
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THREAD: I’m interrupting my review of Arab-Israeli wars, which I will resume next week, to comment on a current development:
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The autocratic entitlement on display at the highest levels of @MemorialU in its dealings with student protesters is (almost) unbelievable. Board of Regents chair Glenn Barnes—wait for it—was caught emailing the parents of students who had contacted him to support divestment. 🧵
ALT screenshot of Barnes' email
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THREAD (Part II): With respect to the 1967 June War, it is certainly true that a majority of Israelis lived in genuine fear of annihilation in the period leading up to the war.
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THREAD: When Israel and its apologists are confronted with evidence of criminal policies and actions they are unable to deny or dismiss, they typically resort to the argument that those who initiate wars should not complain about their consequences.
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NEW - Opseu is on the air with this commercial amid the LCBO strike. It features a supposed grocery CEO, who is clearly meant to be Galen Weston. The government also out with an ad featuring the LCBO CEO urging the union to return to talks.
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This world has normalised this. A psychotic army bombing a trapped defenceless civilian population for 271 days straight. This is what western civilisation and its subservients stand for.
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.@BhabhaFaisal: "Many will be delighted U of T will have its front campus clear of protestors after Justice Koehnen granted it an injunction to clear the encampment. But the order is far from a simple win for the university and the pro-Israel groups it sought to appease." 🧵
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Metrolinx is conducting it's second round of Consultations for the Sheppard Subway Extension. They've presented 3 options for the eastern portion of the extension. Let's talk about each one, which one is best, and what options are missing. (1/15)
