Some facts about this summer in Toronto:
1. Y’all gone shabang the shit of it
2. It’s going to suspiciously feel like no one has a job.
3. Every street festival is going to feel like DoWest. Do with that info what you pls.
4. It’s going to be the return of FOMO
Do you think that Somali teenager saw hope when he saw the maple leaf on the uniforms of the people who beat and sexually tortured him for hours before killing him?
this is what a major Canadian newspaper chooses to publish on their front page on the five-year anniversary date of a Muslim family getting run over and killed by a white supremacist in London Ontario.
Brad Bradford continues to campaign against things that *he* supported under Tory's mayoralty, before Chow stepped foot into office. This time its the world cup deal that Tory negotiated and signed. Brad happily supported Tory in this awful deal at the time.
NEW: The City of Toronto says only a fraction of the 2026 FIFA World Cup tickets it bought as an investment remain unsold, with the soccer gamble looking set to pay off a week before the games begin. #ToPoli
https://t.co/aPqVogOFmu
Wow crazy that the three guys ( @nickfrosst@aidangomez@1vnzh ) who started the AI company that got a quarter billion in federal money think the governments national AI strategy is an “incredible step forward” lol
It’s cool that Canada is slashing budgets for the public sector and just kinda hoping that AI will be able to provide those services, while these massive companies are shutting down their AI use because it costs so much fucking money
Jets at Billy Bishop:
▶️ would reduce 8,000 new homes planned for 37,000 residents
▶️ could require 86,000 existing homes "to have restrictions on balconies and outdoor space, non-operable windows and mechanical ventilation" because of noise and pollution
#ONpoli#Cdnpoli
This was HEARTBREAKING
Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, who volunteered in Gaza, exposed Israel:
"I held a lifeless child in my arms. There was no equipment to save him. This is not a war; it is a massacre of the innocent."
One death should be one too many but if you're brown, black, indigenous, or some sort of "other" in Canada, you just don't matter as much to the people and systems meant to protect you
Damn I guess actual hate-motivated murders aren't enough, we gotta pump the numbers up for our political leaders to show the same concern afforded to others. Good to know!