Bryan Heal

Bryan Heal

@bryanheal.bsky.social

Changing the Game at MLSE Foundation & MLSE LaunchPad. Board Director at StridesTO and SIRC. Toronto Raptors & Tempo fan. Lover of mangos, roti & paneer. Posting about democracy, food, sports, cats, youth, love & basketball. Opinions = my own.

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Hey #catsofbluesky this is Kaia and Shay - two beauties who were the last of their respective litters, and who have since bonded as the siblings they are 🐈❤️. #caturday

New road safety study: Motor vehicle drivers break road rules at much higher rates than cyclists. Safe bike infrastructure and policies encourage yield improved rule-following for all road users. #safestreets

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social

“Cyclists are often perceived as recklessly flaunting road laws. A new study challenges this perception. The study found only 5% of cyclists broke road rules while riding on bike infrastructure versus 66% of motorists who broke rules while driving.” Safe bike infrastructure fuels rule-following.

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🏆 A Canadian classic takes the world stage. Chapman’s Pecan Butter Tart Premium Ice Cream earned the Best Ice Cream award at the International Ice Cream Conference in Argentina. 🇦🇷 Inspired by an iconic Canadian dessert, this flavour proved that a true Canadian favourite could win hearts globally. 🌎

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‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave. “Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way.” If you want people to choose not to drive, make the non-driving trip better & easier for them. It’s as simple as that, really.

theguardian.com‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green waveTraffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way

NO TO THE NINE. #vote 🇨🇦

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social

Alberta, please get in line to vote and stay in line to vote until every possible vote to keep Alberta and Canada strong are cast. Vote like the success of the country and the province depend on it, because they do. Vote to prevent our own Brexit or Trump, because that’s what it would be. VOTE.

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Steven Rattner illustrates the mess we're in: US healthcare is broken. Yale data shows universal care saves $1T and 114K lives annually by cutting corporate waste. 1 in 4 US adults carry medical debt while this admin uses tax dollars to bankroll golf courses and personal enrichment. m.yale.edu/dmfs

m.yale.eduUniversal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study ProjectsA single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

We can’t afford NOT to do it. #MedicareForAllNOW

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“Dutch people cycle an average of 2.6km each per day. If this pattern was replicated worldwide, annual carbon emissions would drop by 686 million tonnes. This mammoth figure exceeds the entire carbon footprint of most countries, including the UK, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Australia.” @euronews.com

euronews.comCycling like the Dutch would slash the world’s carbon footprintIf everybody cycled like the Dutch, we could offset the UK or Australia’s entire carbon footprint.

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“Don’t use real-world locations,” ChatGPT told the shooter, later adding: “You can still be twisted. Just be clever about it.” Our investigation uncovers how OpenAI's chatbot fed a school shooter’s violent fantasies and planning for a massacre

motherjones.comChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation revealsOpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.

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Made in Markdale, #Ontario and delivered to communities across Canada, 🇨🇦 our ice cream has been part of celebrations, traditions, and special moments across the country for over 53 years. We're proud to share our treats with families from coast to coast to coast. 🍦 Thank you for your support. ❤️

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Thanks to the civil servants who tried valiantly & along the way further proved this has nothing to do with facts or sound policy. Gift link in thread ⬇️

Cycle Toronto@cycletoronto.bsky.social

What Ford’s own staff said about bike lanes: Internal records show provincial bureaucrats refuted Doug Ford’s arguments before he ordered Toronto bike lanes removed via @thestar.com

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Edmonton showed up to save Canada! Thank you to all our incredible guests and performers: former Premier Rachel Notley, Henry Sir, Marilyn Buffalo, Ivy DeGagné, and the River Cree drummers.

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At your local rink or in the Stanley Cup Final, you’ve seen Inglasco’s pucks on the ice. They’re the NHL’s exclusive puck supplier, and they’ve been based in Sherbrooke, Québec, for more than 50 years. So remember: behind every puck drop and every goal, is a little bit of Canada.

I want my leaders to be happy warriors.

The Local Magazine@thelocal.to

Former staff say he drove them to tears. Some colleagues call him a bully. But Brad Bradford is betting that this election day, enough Torontonians will be as angry as he seems to be. New from @royinori.bsky.social, a portrait of the man who really wants to be mayor. thelocal.to/brad-bradfor...

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I spoke to NBC about how media coverage of the Cornell case has impacted survivors. The big takeaway? This could be a moment that hurts a lot of people or heals a lot of people, depending on whether these stories result in systemic change.

today.comNational Rape Hotline Calls Are Up 60% Since the Cornell Case Broke. It’s Just One Way Survivors Are Speaking UpFor sexual assault survivors, the Cornell case can feel both infuriating and empowering.

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I appreciate this representation of real life in a floor plan drawing

Philip Oldfield@sustainabletall.bsky.social

A lesson in how to maximise density on tiny scraps of urban land Built on a site of just 54 square metres, this apartment building in Berlin delivers 7 studio apartments By Büro Hacke

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Ophea was #OnTheMove with @brockuniversity @brockueducation at the Brock Faculty of Education, for our conference with their pre-service teachers! It was a great opportunity to share Ophea resources that can help teachers create meaningful, inclusive H&PE experiences for every student.

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90% of Albertans voting to remain in Canada would oppose Alberta joining the United States, including 84% who strongly oppose. Only 5% would support it. From our Alberta Referendum Study, fielded Sept 4-7.

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I am once again at Biidaasige. $1.5 billion in investment that’s going to unlock something like $10 billion in development. An engineering project that allowed landscape architects to lead. We are very fortunate.

He continues to rise up my fav player rankings 🙌🏽

Alexander Abnos@anabnos.com

If your reaction to Wemby saying this is a hearty “hell yeah”, it behooves me to let you know that @theguardian.com does not take business from betting companies, we have a great sports section, no paywall, and a great app. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/o...