Bing Singleton

dad, partner, rowing, tax, librarian, coach, writer, hockey, hanlan bc, beast end toronto, married to ocker, he/him Opinions are my own, RTs not endorsements.

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

So we paid all the costs of construction, and now we’ll get only half the revenues? Do I have that right? https://t.co/JImBDwX4Hy

[Bing Singleton @bingsingleton]

19:18 train also delayed.

[Bing Singleton @bingsingleton]

Hey, @Metrolinx, @GOtransitLW . Train EB through Appleby at 18:18 cancelled. Next train at 18:48 also cancelled, announcement made 10 minutes after scheduled arrival. Really? Quite hot here on the platform. Who’s in charge? #metrolinx #torontotransit #gotransit @PrabSarkaria

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

"Very poor white people” are being convinced that “very poor, hard-working brown or Black people” are responsible for the “problems caused by billionaire white men”, Allison Morris, Crime Correspondent at the Belfast Telegraph, says in the wake of the riots that spread through the capital of Northern Ireland overnight.

[El Enmascarado 𝕏 | Money Maker @ElEnmascarado_X]

Durante los Juicios de Núremberg, Hermann Göring concedió una entrevista al psicólogo Gustave Gilbert y dijo:
«Por supuesto que la gente no quiere la guerra. ¿Por qué querría un pobre agricultor arriesgar su vida en una guerra cuando lo mejor que puede esperar es volver a su granja de una pieza?
Naturalmente, la gente no quiere la guerra. Nadie quiere la guerra en Rusia, Inglaterra, Estados Unidos, ni siquiera en Alemania. Eso es evidente.
Pero, al final, son los líderes de un país quienes determinan la política. Y siempre es sencillo arrastrar al pueblo, ya sea en una democracia, un Estado comunista, un parlamento o una dictadura fascista.»
Gilbert objetó:
«Pero hay una diferencia en una democracia: el pueblo tiene voz a través de sus representantes elegidos.»
A lo que Göring respondió:
«Eso está muy bien, pero, tenga o no tenga voz el pueblo, siempre puede ser llevado a obedecer a los líderes. Eso es fácil. Todo lo que hay que hacer es decirles que están siendo atacados y denunciar a los pacifistas por falta de patriotismo y por exponer al país al peligro. Funciona igual en cualquier país.»
— Diario de Núremberg, 18 de abril de 1946
¿No les resulta familiar?

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

"Kick the druggies out" is a failed policy. We kicked drug users out of safe consumption sites. We kick them out of parks. So where are they going to go? @abctoronto_ calls for zero use on the TTC - I agree and in fact I would like zero drug use - period. 👇👇👇

I know a ton about Toronto drug use because I'm an evening and overnight ER doctor for the past 19 years. I see it all, everyday. I deal with the overdoses, the withdrawal, the violence and the injuries. I deal with people's broken lives. And I see people die. So I'm really informed on this topic.

The bottom line is we can't keep pushing these people away. They will just move somewhere else that somebody doesn't like.

The answer is: we have to pull them towards something. And what something is that:
-safe consumption sites
-no barrier housing
-plentiful drug rehab facilities

You can push them around all you want. But they're not going to go away. You have to pull people who use drugs to something that will help them.

[Josh Matlow @JoshMatlow]

The City of Toronto has been debating a Maximum Temperature By-Law for well over a decade. Meanwhile, too many tenants, including seniors and vulnerable people, have been left boiling in their own homes. This is a matter of basic health and safety. And it can’t wait any longer.

[Matthew Keys @MatthewKeysLive]

Just one day after ending "The Late Show" on CBS, Stephen Colbert returned to TV — to host a public access show with rocker Jack White in Monroe, Michigan.

Appearances by Jeff Daniels, Eminem and Steve Buscemi.

[BBC Newsline @bbcnewsline]

Unmarked graves of thousands of people who died in Belfast during the Irish famine have been officially marked, thanks to a campaign by a young historian. More than 170 years after the first bodies were laid to rest, Belfast City Council has recognised the burial ground.

[Gino Hard @GinoHard_]

P.K. Subban has fulfilled his $10 million commitment to Montreal Children’s Hospital — the largest donation by an athlete in Canadian history ❤️

A decade-long promise kept, with approximately 100,000 children helped. Respect 🫡

[Ron Butler @ronmortgageguy]

Possibly The Best Place To Do Financial Crime In North America: ONTARIO!

Fortress Development Guys stole $400M from old folks & the disabled 8 years later got convicted but out on appeal

iPro Realty guys ADMITTED $10M was gone: No Charges

Here CRIME PAYS!

[TDot Resident @TDotResident]

Dalton McGuinty's staff went to jail for deleting records

[David Moscrop @David_Moscrop]

This is a bad frame. The post office is a service.

How much did the military “lose” last year?

[Reid Wiseman @astro_reid]

Only one chance in this lifetime…

Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos, I couldn’t resist a cell phone video of Earthset. You can hear the shutter on the Nikon as @Astro_Christina is hammering away on 3-shot brackets and capturing those exceptional Earthset photos through the 400mm lens. @AstroVicGlover was in window 3 watching with @Astro_Jeremy next to him.

I could barely see the Moon through the docking hatch window but the iPhone was the perfect size to catch the view…this is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye. Enjoy.

[Old Canada Series @oldcanadaseries]

Avro Arrow's Maiden Flight in 1958. credit: cbc

[Tina Yazdani @TinaYazdani]

SCOOP: the TDSB is actively fighting a city policy meant to protect school lands from mid-rise development.

Critics say this is concrete proof the Ford government is looking to sell off active school properties to developers “to address a funding shortfall of their own making.”

[LeafsJellyHD @LeafsJelly]

A lovely and emotional message as @Bonsie1951 signs off for the final time at home

[Joe Bowen BA,LLD,U of Windsor @Bonsie1951]

They sing the Gerry and the Pacemakers classic You’ll Never Walk Alone before every Liverpool football game. It is how I feel about Toronto Maple Leafs hockey fans. I tried to put it into words last night during my last home game. A copy of those thoughts is attached. Thank you so much.

[Tina Yazdani @TinaYazdani]

Premier Ford’s cellphone records dominated the first day of the spring session.

Critics hammered him on why he won’t release them: “is the premier changing the rules to hide the truth?”

Ford says he’s protecting constituents’ personal information & cabinet confidentiality.

[Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy]

Local government that takes 4-month Christmas break says attendance important.