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Martin Reis

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Independent photojournalist on two wheels & artist: Crosswalk Referee | Tour Lego | French Postman. Wears a nice hat | www.tino.ca Tempête Parfaite Collective #SurvivalOfTheFriendliest

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10 years after #BikesvsCars, by @fredrikgertten.bsky.social #Toronto is still fighting.

Doug Ford tried to remove 19km of bike lanes downtown. Protests stopped it — but he’s vowed to appeal, even threatening to use the #notwithstanding clause.

🎥 Watch @martinreis.bsky.social reflect on the fight.

27.08.2025 13:35 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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It's not every day I get to pretend to be Pete Townsend in a music video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S7N...
So Fun! Thanks Lisa SQ!

29.08.2025 12:12 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Lisa SQ - Cold Little Fingers (Official Video)
Lisa SQ - Cold Little Fingers (Official Video) YouTube video by Lisa SQ

This super fun new video by Lisa SQ made me smile:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S7NVJwf6_0

27.08.2025 09:18 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This Thursday evening in Toronto. Reclaim the streets.

10.08.2025 11:00 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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How to properly dive into a lake... I am still working on it.
#summer #swimming

15.07.2025 11:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Brava! 👏

11.07.2025 01:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Court rejects Ford government's appeal of injunction stopping it from removing bike lanes | CBC News An Ontario court has dismissed the province's attempt to appeal a court order that temporarily stopped it from ripping up three major Toronto bike lanes.

Good News. Doug Ford loses appeal. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

09.07.2025 19:52 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Querido Mexico, felicitaciones por los golazos y los taconazos. #vivamexico #copadeoro

07.07.2025 01:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Red Rebels Summer Solstice Performance Toronto performance art mime group celebrate the summer solstice on Toronto Island "Today we celebrate mother earth and the renewable energies provided. Stepping…

The Red Rebels summer solstice performance yesterday was a feast for the eyes, heart and soul. vimeo.com/1095259051

21.06.2025 15:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A community Lego pole on Grace, undoubtedly inspired by the original Tour Lego by @martinreis.bsky.social nearby on Harbord. Passers by are encouraged to add to this whimsical piece of urban art.

Read more about Martin’s work and the original Tour Lego here:

www.westendphoenix.com/stories/art-...

20.06.2025 14:58 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
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From my archives: "Man in the Mirror" (2004)
#cyanotype #film #camera #mirror #plants

16.06.2025 01:52 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Women in Black activists protested in silence at Yonge & Bloor today for Justice and an end to the War in Gaza. womeninblack.org

06.06.2025 21:37 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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This Machine Kills Racists. My 'Skasonic' photographed by @designwallah.bsky.social

06.06.2025 11:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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It's cycling cap season and I am ready. #cycling

01.06.2025 21:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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My friend in Peru adopted an orphan Suri Alpaca. The
young Alpaca really enjoys walks with the family dogs. Adorable.

22.05.2025 02:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Our Spring 2025 Newsletter: Donald Ford's bike lane fixation, biggest-ever winter bike count, e-bikes, and much more! Banner photo by @martinreis.bsky.social #bikesky
www.communitybikewaysto.ca/campaigns/vi...

21.05.2025 20:04 👍 9 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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Performance art I love --> Day Milman 'Free Dance Lessons' www.daymilman.com/free-dance-l...

09.05.2025 21:08 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Today is World Press Freedom Day. I spent over 10 years documenting cycling, activism and bicycle politics in Toronto. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

03.05.2025 16:22 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

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30.04.2025 15:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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There is an election in Canada today. #elxn2025 #votecanada2025

28.04.2025 11:19 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Not normal.

27.04.2025 15:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Beautiful performance by The Red Rebels in Toronto yesterday. Art and activism in harmony. #earthday #redrebels #activism

27.04.2025 14:04 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Meet Toronto’s Red Rebels: Feminist led street theatre meets climate justice If the Red Rebels show up at a climate rally or environmental protest, you can’t help but stop, watch, and reflect.

Wonderful to see such a beautiful group of arty activists that I have been documenting called the Red Rebels in the news rabble.ca/columnists/m...

26.04.2025 00:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks Owen! The Judge was soooo not on the Goverment side of things. Should be interesting what he decides. ;-)

23.04.2025 15:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Judge grants injunction to pause removal of Toronto bike lanes | CBC News An Ontario judge has granted an injunction that bars the provincial government from tearing out three Toronto bike lanes — at least until a ruling is made on a Charter challenge about the issue.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Judge grants injunction to pause removal of Toronto bike lanes. Case raises 'important and complex constitutional issues,' judge says

22.04.2025 17:40 👍 25 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 3
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Hoop Dreams: Parts I & II #basketball #streetphotography

21.04.2025 02:35 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Very busy first day at a Canadian election advance polling station in Toronto. Wait times for up to an hour. #elxn2025 #canadavotes2025 #cdnpoli #canada

18.04.2025 16:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Chris Drew confronts bike lane scrubber on Jarvis street (November 2012)

Chris Drew confronts bike lane scrubber on Jarvis street (November 2012)

Update on the bike lane drama in Toronto: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

18.04.2025 11:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Buffalo Central Terminal. I missed the last train by 30 years.
#photography #urbex #trains #travel

17.04.2025 13:37 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0