Mat Abramsky

Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood's response to the pushback to his collaboration with Israeli musician Dudu Tassa goes beyond pointing out that shutting down collaborations between Middle Eastern artists will do nothing to bring peace. He also points out that Jews have a long history in Yemen and Iraq, including Tassas's grandfather, who was a famous composer in Iraq. My Jewish family was driven out of Iraq. I know that those trying to shut down our music are just mad they didn't totally destroy our culture, like they wanted. Shutting down music has nothing to do with helping Palestinians, and everything to do with the continual cultural erasure and persecution of the Jews of the Middle East. Thank you @JnnyG for standing up to hate.

Congrats to beautiful, smarter, genuinely BETTER half! 😘

Some of these COVID screening questionnaires are getting a little out of hand... "Do you have an upset stomach? congestion? headache or fatigue?" I am an Ashkenazi Jew over the age of 28. What do you think?

Way too much excitement going around about gov’t employment benefits. Glad we can help people in need - it’s important. But I hope those that can get by without help are doing so with pride. #CERB This too shall pass, and then we’ll all have to help pay the bill.

@nejatian Poor indoor air quality. Gets me every time.

In dealing with #COVID19 there a lot more people working on the front lines to help us and keep us safe. Let's watch out for them as they watch out for us. @tema_foundation is the best in the business to help. #mentalhealth

#COVID2019 is the ultimate spring cleaning opportunity. I now know who’s email lists I’m on....and I have the time to #unsubscribe. #SocialDistancing

Getting an email every hour from another business that I custom, explaining reduced hours and services. My heart goes out to the owners, staff, and suppliers. Those small businesses take risk everyday to do what they ❤️ and bring us the products and services we ❤️. #SmallBiz

Yeah @naama_blonder, spreading the #YIMBY gospel. @CityPlanTO “Be Brave!!” Beyond TO, my fav cities in the world (LON, VIE, MTL, PAR, BCN) embrace 3-6 storeys. Gentle density could: ✅ Maintain neighbour character. ✅ Reduce housing cost. ✅ Help save our shops! #TOpoli

Much happier #FaceFriday today - post your selfies to prove you’re not a bot!

@ChrisSpoke @LiveZoku

@eric_m_martin That would be great!

@mabramsky had a convo with your dad at our co-living exhibit a few weeks ago at the Interior Design Show. I'm co-founder at Picnic Design, the architecture firm that created the award-winning exhibit. He thought we should connect and talk co-living. Are you in Toronto now? Eric

@mjrichardson_to @alexbozikovic @CityPlanTO @TO_Transport @TORHousing Appears the rest of us can advocate for density here: engage.mysocialpinpoint.ca/danforth-study…

@alexbozikovic ...not “ALL” of these people. Some of us were there to ask for much MORE Density, LESS Parking and SIMPLER Built-Form as part of the #Danforth planning study. That said, there was a huge generational-divide on ‘Car -vs- Bikes’ and ‘Heritage/Height -vs- Housing’ in #TOPoli.

All of these people are now going to feel that a six story building, surrounded by houses, on top of a subway, is an appropriate level of density. In a city region of 7 million with a housing crisis.

‘Nuff said

@donnelly_b Share a little about yourself at milyou.co/join ... or meet me @banditbrewery for a cold one 😁

@mabramsky How do I check out one of your coliving suites?

Showed one of our #coliving suites to a ridiculously nice Indian guy yesterday. Left SF because he didn’t have a hope of a green card. 10th of his friends to move to the GTA from SF in 18 mos. ... #OhCanada

All we need to do is provide market rate housing, and a warm welcome. The spin off benefits will be incredible. #Diversity, economic growth, and a culture of innovation and education. It’s why 🇨🇦 is the best country in the world.

He’s an engineer for a medical device firm in Mississauga and wants to live, car-less, in Toronto’s West End. Prob earns $100k+ and will HAPPILY pay 40-50% in taxes to have clean air and water, healthcare, opportunity, and a friendly welcome. Great deal for us, I’d say!

Proud of your leadership here!