Tom Piekarski

I do policy stuff. I tweet about the environment, agriculture, cities, space, philosophy and music.
Tweets are my own views.

[Tom Piekarski @tomaszpie]

@Spacebuggin Likely have seen this but @BMRTO
https://t.co/bOnIBkEnNp

[Tom Piekarski @tomaszpie]

@jichikawa Could you point me in the direction of these debates? Lots of talk this past winter, at least in Toronto, around what counts as an enclosed space once restaurants started putting up structures around their patios lol

[Meg Beretta @megberetta]

We shouldn't be so afraid to say that, and I'm tired of writing words like, "meeting citizens expectations." I want to start talking about righting wrongs, supporting human rights, and exploring the future.

[Tom Piekarski @tomaszpie]

@vanessakayague can you spill the beans?

[Tom Piekarski @tomaszpie]

@totalvibration @FaithColoccia mamiffer tiny desk is what we need!!!!

[Tom Piekarski @tomaszpie]

@misterminsoo Really gotta know about the Melvins collabs

[Tom Piekarski @tomaszpie]

@clairerousay Super ready to donate ❤ hate this

[Tom Piekarski @tomaszpie]

@GoodWillsmith Never felt ashamed and never understood the hate. An almost flawless discography. That very 2000s indie sense of being too cool to care about shit is very on display in some of the awful takes.

[American Dreams Records @AmerDreams]

First full review of @clairerousay's "a softer focus" is in, and it's a hit! Thank you Tom Piekarski and @exclaimdotca!

[Tom Piekarski @tomaszpie]

I reviewed the new @clairerousay, which has been in constant rotation and is easily the most comforting thing I've heard all year

[Exclaim! @exclaimdotca]

On 'a softer focus,' @clairerousay has delivered her most accessible and daring album to date. For listeners who find her brand of experimental music opaque, this new collection of songs may be the introduction they need. Our review (@amerdreams): https://t.co/4M2ZTcECYJ

[Canadian Dimension @CDN_Dimension]

With non-fungible tokens (#NFTs), ₿lockchain boosters are creating speculative markets to financialize art, suggesting uncertainty for small creators. New from @ktrnstm. https://t.co/XORbdIrKLZ

[Tom Piekarski @tomaszpie]

@jpstrose @notthecolour Oh no no no, not me. Aren't you an Albertan in some capacity? Toronto has changed you...

[Tom Piekarski @tomaszpie]

@notthecolour @jpstrose they sure do

[Tom Piekarski @tomaszpie]

@QuatuorBozzini @exclaimdotca thank you for the music!

[Tom Piekarski @tomaszpie]

Last week I reviewed @QuatuorBozzini's great takes on Lucier for @exclaimdotca. Comes v recommended.

https://t.co/niJ8YtjHu6

[Vass Bednar @VassB]

Att'n entrepreneurial wonks in the agriculture, food policy, and technology space(s): new role @TELUS_Ag directing public policy for the agri-tech scale up in Canada and around the world 👇🌱 🖥️ 🌎

[Tom Piekarski @tomaszpie]

...space is an *environment* (again duh) worth protecting (something we are SO bad at) but its in short supply it seems.

[Tom Piekarski @tomaszpie]

I've been trying to better understand space policy in Canada and abroad in my spare time and probably to no one's surprise I'm upset at how adversarial and militarized (duh) the whole thing is. Am trying to find any discussion from governments that takes seriously the idea that..