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Expanded view of planned development extending from Downtown Toronto along TTC subway and LRT stations.
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I fear next week's Twitter cabbie meltdown over Oxford Street's pedestrianisation will be apocalyptic. In 3 months' time, no one will care and will wonder why it wasn't done years ago
Remember the outrage when they removed cars from Trafalgar Square? Aldwych? Now, no one cares
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The only bad thing about the Deansgate Square development is that the same thing isn’t happening in every single other city in the UK
Town over the last 10 years.
A change for the better or are we thinking it should have been left as it was?
Manchester
📸 | @Renaker_
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🇨🇦 In Toronto, Canada, international neighbours can be a lift ride apart: Spain, France and Germany occupy floors 12, 22 and 25 of the same Bloor Street tower. That’s three consulates sharing one very international address.
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King’s College London leads a new £50m MRC Centre of Research Excellence, bringing together scientists and clinicians from King’s, @ucl and the @OfficialUoM to understand how the human brain develops.
kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-leads-5…
#BrainDevelopment #Neuroscience #ChildHealth
We could cut half the bus network and still have the same amount of coverage and service because there is *so much* duplication that it slows down the entire thing.
Replying to @UkPolitoons @MayorofLondon
Annual bus subsidy in London has ballooned from about £700m to £1.2bn this year and £1.7bn in 2029. Totally unsustainable, a network heading for bankruptcy.
The extra 10p won't fill much of the gap because the deficit per journey is about 65p (£1.2bn against 1.8bn journeys).
I wrote a whole blog post about this in May, not that anyone read it.
divyeshmistry.substack.com/p…
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you are absolutely sick in the head for thinking a couple deserved to be BEHEADED for having sex, even if it was in a religious space. Demented and deranged
For those of you who are still being mislead by the fake news of the execution in Saudi.
Here is what really happened. Now judge it yourself.
Nazrul Islam and Sithi Akter, two Bangladeshi nationals employed as cleaning workers for the Bin Laden Group in Mecca, became romantically involved while commuting to work. Nazrul lived in a residential villa in Hayyal Iskan, while Sithi resided in Batha Kuraysh.
In May 2023, the two engaged in illicit relations in a secluded stairwell room between Gates 85 and 87 of Masjidul Haram. Nazrul had asked an Indian acquaintance to stand guard downstairs, but the friend secretly recorded the encounter on video.
Later, when the Indian national attempted to make advances toward Sithi and was rejected, he leaked the video online.
The video quickly went viral, prompting immediate intervention by Saudi authorities, who successfully apprehended all three individuals.
The Indian national received a 20-year prison sentence for recording and distributing the footage.
Nazrul Islam and Sithi Akter were detained immediately following their arrest in May 2023.
Nazrul had originally arrived in Saudi Arabia from Bangladesh between November 10 and 13, 2022. Following his arrest in May 2023, he remained incarcerated throughout a lengthy three-and-a-half to four-year judicial process leading up to October 2026.
Throughout this period, official protocol dictated that the Saudi government notify the employer (sponsor) rather than foreign government authorities.
Various rumors circulated online falsely claiming that the individuals were pilgrims performing Umrah or that the charges stemmed merely from public displays of affection.
While the defendants were unmarried, the severity of the legal outcome was not solely based on the act of zina (adultery). Because the offense took place within the sacred precincts of Masjidul Haram, the court determined that they had severely violated the sanctity and honor of Islam's holiest mosque.
Consequently, senior judges of the Supreme Court handed down the death penalty as an exemplary punishment aligned with Quranic principles and the Sunnah.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Saudi confirmed Oct 14 2026 execution of Nazrul Islam and Siti Akhtar for indecent act in Mecca mosque. Official statements lack post's details of video by Indian, gates 85-87 or May 2023. Consulate: Aug 2023 detention. Narrative is unverified viral claim.
spa.gov.sa/N2701392
thedailystar.net/news/work-and-…
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i’ve always found the relentless demonization of kathleen wynne deeply revealing. like at a certain point, the sheer intensity of the vitriol directed at her says far more about how we treat openly gay women in power than it does about her actual record in office
like the comments under this post are vile
I’m proud to have the endorsement of Kathleen Wynne, the 25th Premier of Ontario.
As Kathleen says, we come from different political traditions but we share a value system. We both believe that government exists to lift people up and to help them do the things they cannot do themselves.
This election is a choice between moving forward together to make our city more caring, or going backwards with cuts to the services families depend on. Kathleen is a leader that has always stood up for families, and I am committed to building a city that works for everyone.
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MTA should close this station until the people who did it confess or until someone rats them out. I'd give it 2 weeks tops until someone gives them up.
Pay your fare, losers.
Anonymous submission:
Last week, a group of activists disabled the OMNY readers at the BQ Church Avenue station in Brooklyn with an automatic center punch and drill. They opened the gate so people can ride for free, and painted the cameras to protect themselves and fellow riders from surveillance.
This was deliberate act of protest against unaffordable transit, hyper-surveillance in predominantly Black and brown neighborhoods, and the MTA's collaboration with the military industrial complex.
YOU ARE BEING WATCHED. OMNY records when and where you travel, your photograph, name, DOB, billing address, and other personal details. This invasive tech creates a profile to track your life and travel patterns. OMNY’s privacy policy places no limits on the data it collects about you.
EVERY TAP FUNDS A WAR PROFITEER. OMNY is operated by Cubic, a military equipment company making combat simulators. They sell the F-35 fighter jet training system to imperialist zionist entities like israel. The F-35 is a key weapon in israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, and all of the US's imperialist wars, responsible for massacring millions of people.
FIGHT BACK. The MTA and Cubic don't deserve your hard earned cash. Take action, smash a reader, jump the turnstile, hold the gate for others. If you must pay, use cash for OMNY cards, and tap yourself and fellow riders in. This makes you all less traceable. Cover your face and identifying features. Always check for police before evading the fare. Remember, contracted security guards have no authority to stop or detain passengers.
RIDE FREE, FUCK THE NYPD, AND FREE PALESTINE!
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i would vote for canadian sinn fein before the democrats
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Something that gets lost in housing discourse is the difference between IRL vs online NIMBYs
IRL NIMBYS tend to be old people who hate poors, traffic, & change.
Online NIMBYs are usually leftists with weird beefs. They think YIMBYs are annoying and supply/demand isn't real.
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Awesome picture of millions of dollars being thrown into a big hole
The hundreds of Toronto Police that have been deployed to ensure #bikelane removal goes ahead in the face of strong opposition provides a clear indication of who gets served and protected in this society.
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I still can't believe how many of my progressive mutuals are CELEBRATING this porn ban on the UK!
Are you ALL this fucking easy to manipulate and brainwash?!?
Seriously, read through this thread by Snow and tell me this is something to celebrate JFC
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Sorry to be boring but painkillers aren’t sold in small, individually foiled boxes in Europe because nobody takes them, it’s to prevent suicides and overdoses. After this became law in Britain in 1998, paracetamol-related deaths fell by 43%!
Home vs original home. Big city regions, can't hate them
If you don't have at least 1 million people within a 30km radius of your city, you live in a rural poophole. You should move.
Test it for yourself: tomforth.co.uk/circlepopulat…
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ok i’m sorry but this is insane. the word ‘reverting’ is deeply loaded and implies followers of other religions are somehow wrong. i understand why some converts may want to use it about themselves but for non-Muslims to use it is just ridiculous. SFL has seemingly lost her mind!
Replying to @axiochrono
The actual term within Islam is "reverting". Just saying.
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"Revert" for converts is a modern English term preferred by some (mainly Anglophone) Muslims based on fitrah. Not traditional Arabic; "aslama" means become Muslim. Arabic "irtadda" means apostasy.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversio…
islam.stackexchange.com/questions/32/w…
beginnings.org.uk/converts-rever…
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The Toronto Police arrested Aly Van Wyck-Smart, a Paralympian with cerebral palsy who was protecting part of the bike lane from removal.
On the bright side, the construction workers put the bollards back and said we'd won for the day.
ARREST: (DEMONSTRATION)
Bloor St W & Lothian Ave area
3:15 pm
-one adult female has been arrested for Mischief & Obstruct Police
-further information will be provided via news release
#GO2173692
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