🍁 Ian Irving 🍁

Borg meets cat filter.

@sun_girlxo "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."

I spend 95% of my free time in brooklyn but I just went to soho and the west village for the first time in a very, very long time to meet up with friends. What the fuck did I just experience. That was horrible. Insanely crowded, no one knows how to walk, and more lines than I’ve ever seen in my entire life for the most basic shit. The coffee shop I wanted to try had a 35+ minute line so I didn’t even bother. I don’t remember it being this way pre-pandemic?! Am I wrong? Either that, or my tolerance for overstimulation has decreased significantly, but either way I cannot do that again. I’m drawing a hard line the way one does with Times Square

We are planning on extending the Sheppard Subway, and there is an opportunity to think bigger extend the line cheap and efficiently to Toronto's largest development. While the site is currently empty and before housing is built. Read our new article: open.substack.com/pub/moretransi…

We are never going to get high speed rail in Canada if we can't rationally weigh the enormous quantity of urban dwellers who will (largely, but not only) benefit against the small number of rural NIMBYs.

FastTrackTO is launching and releasing our 10 point plan to fix the Toronto Streetcar network. A symbol of the city that could be great with achievable, common sense and low cost changes. The plan if implemented would transform the city. fast-track.to (1/2)

. Chaos at @AirCanada toronto pearsons airport for large baggage drop . Is this the first time you figured out that people fly out west to go skiing. Same as last week, same as next week. More staff and x-ray would help.

@AlertaMundoNews @disfrutalacienc

“We’ve only known this would happen for 113 years, let our kids figure it out.”

In the Region of Waterloo, a Bombardier FLEXITY Freedom LRV glides into Grand River Hospital station. Note how it cruises smoothly through every intersection, thanks to full Transit Signal Priority. In Waterloo, the LRT doesn’t stop for cars. #wrLRT

The TTC has announced Line 6 Finch West opens Dec 7! The new LRT brings 18 stops from Finch West Station to Humber Polytechnic, connecting with TTC, GO, MiWay, YRT and Züm. Soft-opening hours: 6 a.m.–10 p.m., with bus service afterward. Big milestone for Toronto transit!

🚨 JUST IN 🚨 - We're hearing Donald Trump may not pardon the Thanksgiving Turkey at the White House this year because the turkey is having trouble raising the two million dollars pardons cost. This is a developing story.

This is #Taiwan. This is freedom. We will never back down. @PumaShen is set to testify in the #German #Bundestag. You are our hero, Puma.

It was a magical ride with all of you. Our city, our home, our fans showed up on the grand stage...and we couldn't be prouder.

Mount Dennis Station on the GO Kitchener Line and Union Pearson Express will open ahead of Line 5 Eglinton on November 16th. Great news for a Toronto neighbourhood with zero rapid transit connections today. toronto.citynews.ca/2025/10/23/mou…

@Noahpinion And hopefully the USA can replace its #DumbassInChief (DIC?) in 2028. Please.

All that human capital, and yet China is still ruled by a single dumbass.

@parismartineau @ConsumerReports My Cbc news (Some top U.S. protein powders have high levels of lead: report | CBC.ca share.google/F2FYlQ2622RLMo…) and #Twit watching worlds have unexpectedly crossed over

my latest investigation for @ConsumerReports is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day — some by more than 10 times !

“He’s an idea machine,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn said of @Doctorow in @NYTimes. “He’s the source of more ideas about how technology and people should interact than any single person.” nytimes.com/2025/10/05/boo…

Can Cory Doctorow’s Book ‘Enshittification’ Change the Tech Debate? - The New York Times share.google/L5XPmkYLsuzGWA… #Enshittification

For those struggling to conceptualize what modular, factory built, or panelized housing looks like, in light of Prime Minister @MarkJCarney's big announcement yesterday about modernizing construction: A recent 'modular' building in Paris; 15 stories, cross laminated timber, below. Let's not let our lack of imagination (or research) stop us from doing things better, moving forward.

Being Nice doesn’t make you weak. Being a Bully doesn’t make you strong. #TrumpTariffs #TrumpPedoFiles