disillusioned torontonian

i've noticed that there's only ever one person in public spaces with their device volume turned on. it's as if no one wants to be the second asshole.

it's official. the yelly guy is out!

my face as i tried to wait patiently for the bloody tabulation machine to work as i voted in the toronto mayoral election today.

Toronto! The municipal election is happening tomorrow, and your vote could change the course of public transit for the next four years. See which candidates will take a stand for transit riders, and see if their transit commitments conflict with their track record: www.ttcriders.ca/links

when your childhood was not good but because of where you grew up parts of it come off as almost whimsical!

it's probably bad that the most exciting part of tomorrow's election is that it's being held in the school a 1/2 block away and i'm kinda eager to see it inside.

i live in ward 14. today i took a walk from north of danforth to Gerrard square and managed to see one Yelly Guy sign. i know there aren't great choices in this campaign but we've already lived thru 2 ford's and we don't need the mini me version. do what you gotta do but please vote.

We tried "everyone is entitled to an opinion" for three straight decades and all we have to show for it is four thousand cases of measles and a death cult running the government. It's time for people who don't know what they're talking about to shut the fuck up.

if the yelly guy gets elected this is the future site of all yer bike lanes.

Olivia Chow is likely going to win the Toronto mayoral election on Monday, but the fact that Brad Bradford is even close to her in the polls says so many things about where we are as a province and a city, and none of them are great

Toronto municipal election night in 1940. In the first scene, Eaton’s switchboard operators record the vote tallies from the polling stations. Those numbers were run to Old City Hall, in the second photo, where another team of women tabulated the numbers on adding machines.

Debating is not one of Chow’s strengths. Bradford, on the other hand, has spent the past few years speaking almost exclusively in CP24-ready soundbites.

Remember when we were 'sold' AI as a way to free us up so we could do art...

This joke is exclusively for Canadian.

The part of this that begins with "Line 5 is owned by" tells you a lot about what is wrong in Ontario right now.

ontario likes to laugh at the US but we've elected Ford 3 times, after we had elected his brother. and on monday if Toronto elects Bradford we're gonna have to do some serious looking in the mirror.

Bradford is NOT the change this city needs. We do need change, but he is not it. We are the 4th largest city in North America, and we deserve better than him. We lived through the Ford years, we don't need another 'ford.

Toronto you too. There's a lot of silliness going on.

When customer service says it like it is.

Bad traffic has a connection to ridesharing in the same way another conservative bugbear, motorcycle style e-bikes, is a symptom of the explosion of food delivery apps. But we can't take quick sushi delivery from the people, so instead we'll punish poor workers making the deliveries.

i miss the old Now. #wtaf is this?

I used the library as a sanctuary away from a not great home as a kid so was introduced to their value at a young age. I am still a heavy user of the library to this day. I stick pretty close to S Walter Stewart my home branch but maybe I should pop my head into more locations. #imlibrarypeople

It’s wild living in the Information Age and the Dark Age at the same time.

Something I mind amusing, and even more ironic, is how much safety wear the guys removing the bike lanes need to be in proximity to traffic. High viz, steel toes, hard hats, training, police traffic control creating buffer space for them, while removing the same hard won buffer for so many more.

These are not professional protestors. they are families, kids, parents, community members, friends, the young, the old, cyclists, drivers, pedestrians, those who use mobility devices - they are regular citizens that are standing up for what is right and safe.

Please remember what you are seeing and who is fighting to keep streets safe and who is watching them become dangerous. I talk a lot about road safety messaging from authorities being performative and this is exactly why.

a little shout out to the Tim's employee who puts the 11th timbit in your 10 timbit box. a tiny fuck you to the man!

New study shows link between cars and traffic

Ontario man. Ontario.

I've been told Aly Van Wyck-Smart finally got her out of jail just before 10pm. Long day with the cops.

so years ago i posted something about something silly i did once, and it blew up virally and eventually went into a book. and some how i managed to do almost the same thing tonight on the subway. fortunately the person involved had a good sense of humour but #facepalm @thebloggess.bsky.social

"In recent years, the number of [Toronto bike share] users has soared to almost eight million rides as of 2025 ... Mapping generated from Toronto’s open data portals suggests that almost half the users rely on the lanes now being removed." - @johnlorinc.bsky.social spacing.ca/toronto/2026...

G20 levels of police presence to remove a fucking bike lane. Absolute cowards. (Photo: @chanface.bsky.social)

A cop car carrying a flashing neon sign that says "DOUG FORD HATES YOU." Perfect, no notes, thanks for the great visual @ TV writers of the universe!

If cyclists did this cars, it would be a news story with a cop presser.

shame

Protesters blocking the bike lane, cops blocking all the road traffic. *chef's kiss*

Here it comes

Bike lanes coming out, with

i wholly support this incentive and i hope they lower it to at least 40 trips but... and it's sort of a big one. my discounted monthly metropass scheme is still less expensive than this (it's just i have to pay up front). so we're starting. but it still needs to be better.

First and second truck have left. LFG🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥