Dylan Reid

I’m tired of Doug Ford playing with Toronto as if it were a game of SimCity 3000.

Billionaires’ % share of federal election spending in:

2008: 0.3%

2024: 19%

@nytimes.com #GildedAge
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

Really enjoying the typo for Furey. Now that would create an interesting race. (Spacing ran a parody Mayor Squirrel account several elections ago but a Furry would be something else).

They're shy and adorable!

The hellebore is getting ready to bloom! #SignsOfSpring

‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities - and society at large

I'm one of many professors quoted in this report from Alice Speri. I really appreciate The Guardian taking an angle which has basically eluded every other major outlet.

A fortunate guess in the right direction after a difficult start! (Monday March 9)

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Car-shaped bike parking in what would normally be a car’s parking spot

YES. In the same sentence he said the war was complete, he proposed a policy that would vastly enlarge the war! Media reported the first half, and then later reported a different part to make it seem like a change! But it was incoherent, nonsensical slop all along.

This, too, is sanewashing!

TBH I found those a bit baffling. I mean, the show was fun no matter who the guests were, but I rarely had any idea who they were.

Waiter, I ordered medium rare Psychology. This is barely cooked.

i just can't... i fail to can

#BikeTO

Vast majority of Canadians want Andrew removed from royal line of succession Angus Reid poll also found that only 29% of Canadians want a long-lasting constitutional monarchy, while almost half are against the idea.

Once again noting that Canadian legal precedent is that the Canadian Parliament can remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession to the Canadian Crown via normal legislation *separately and distinct from any UK legislation*. nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

Someone on here yesterday pointed out that you can tell they didn’t see any of this coming because they would have done insider trades on the oil futures market if they had.

(Also that would mean Hallowe'en was in the dark again, like it should be. It's weird having trick or treat while it's still light).

Woke up in the dark again this morning.
If we do Daylight Savings (which I don't mind) it should be for just 6 months of the year like it used to be, not 8 like it is now. Only switch when dawn at like 5 am.

Oh good - I'm glad to hear it's now in place.

A bit of a long shot worked out (Sunday March 8)

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Canada has not got around to even setting that up yet. I think it's still a political promise?

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Let us do the Tyme Warpe agayne!

Port Vale stun Sunderland to reach first FA Cup quarter-final in 72 years Ben Waine scored the winner in Port Vale’s shock 1-0 win over Sunderland, which takes the League One strugglers into the last eight of the FA Cup for the first time since 1954

Nice to see at least one surprise in the next round.

Port Vale stun Sunderland to reach first FA Cup quarter-final in 72 years www.theguardian.com/football/202...

I'm not really suffering from the lost hour of sleep, but definitely thrown off my daily timing by the extended light - had not realized it was this late in the afternoon

Social Capital and the Built Environment: The Importance of Walkable Neighborhoods Objectives. I sought to examine whether pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use neighborhoods encourage enhanced levels of social and community engagement (i.e., social capital). Methods. The study investigated the relationship between neighborhood design ...

“…persons living in walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods have higher levels of social capital compared with those living in car-oriented suburbs. Respondents living in walkable neighborhoods were more likely to know their neighbors, participate politically, trust others, and be socially engaged.”

‘Dark, like our future’: Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran’s oil depots bombed Residents report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

“Compounding matters is that the #American #economy is relatively #energy-intensive – which is to say, a lot of #energy goes into each dollar of output. Canada’s economy is worse yet, in large part because the #transportation system remains #carbon-intensive.” #Canada #cdnecon

The closing of the Gulf of Hormuz, and Ukraine's campaign blowing up Russia's very flammable oil storage, might remind nations how vulnerable it is to rely on fossil fuels and encourage the energy transition to renewables?

I agree with the conclusion, but for most of history most people who went to university did so to become priests, lawyers, or doctors. Immersion in humanities was originally in opposition to universities, and long subordinate in them until relatively recently.

I was reading that the shipping industry believed it would resolve quickly because “it would be too catastrophic to not resolve quickly” but it turns out that’s not how things resolve?? is this bad??

The Lost Promise of Better Streetcar Service Readers with long memories might recall the early days of plans for a new streetcar order including discussions about how large a vehicle should be purchased. A major concern at the time was the po…

I know it's not economically efficient, and harder to make accessible, but I feel like it would be more ideal to have more short streetcars than fewer long ones, especially on routes that are shared with traffic. More frequent and also nimble. share.google/pYlfoy75Eg3W...

I'm sort of sad the new streetcars don't have that trinity of lights ...