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Jeremy Wike

@jswike

cyclist, flâneur, expatriate british columbian

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Joined January 2011
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Shame on you, @MaritStiles
Pariah Carey (@DesmondCole) profile picturePariah Carey
@DesmondCole23 Oct 2023
"Nobody should be censored or disciplined for condemning what the UN and Amnesty International have documented for decades: that Palestinians have been subjected to Israeli military occupation and apartheid, and that Gaza has been under siege since 2007." thestar.com/opinion/contribu…
Black feminists in defence of Sarah Jama and Palestinian human rights

Black feminists in defence of Sarah Jama and Palestinian human rights

The attack on Jama comes amidst deepening government repression of those who speak out in defence of Palestinian life.

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Imagine the horror of living near a park
Doug Saunders (@DougSaunders) profile pictureDoug Saunders@DougSaunders20 Dec 2020
Truly heroic story about a couple who spent $1.7 million so they and their neighbours could avoid the disgrace and humiliation of living in a home overlooking a public park, the way losses like Jerry Seinfeld or John Lennon or Sting or Lauren Bacall did. golfweek.usatoday.com/2020/1…
Ohio couple saw neighboring golf course being converted to a public park — so they bought it

Ohio couple saw neighboring golf course being converted to a public park — so they bought it

An Ohio couple with business ties to a small Columbus suburb has purchased the Westchester Golf Course for $1.7 million. But new owner Bryan Wallake, who, with his wife, Tamie, closed on the deal on...

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This idea described by @alexbozikovic and the @globeandmail about my beloved hometown is beautiful – in terms of both journalistic presentation and the plan itself theglobeandmail.com/canada/t…
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If a car can drive over/through it, it is not a separated bike lane. blogto.com/city/2020/08/bike… #BikeTO #TOpoli #BikeTO
Bike lane separators flattened by cars less than two weeks after installation in Toronto

Bike lane separators flattened by cars less than two weeks after installation in Toronto

It's been less than two weeks since the city installed protective barriers shaped like ocean waves along the temporary Bloor Street bike lane, and it…

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every. single. time. it's the same unfounded objections blogto.com/city/2020/05/toro… #biketo
Some Toronto business owners oppose the city’s plan for new bike lanes

Some Toronto business owners oppose the city’s plan for new bike lanes

The City's announcement earlier this week that they plan to introduce roughly 40 km of expanded and accelerated bike routes throughout the city was c…

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Maybe this would be a great time for @TorontoPFR to get a bunch of manure and fertilise the parks?
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hey @TorontoPolice, pick up after your pets (Dovercourt north of Argyle)
Image from Jeremy Wike (@jswike)
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My main takeaway from this announcement is holy shit Google was funding a lot of awful groups. agreenergoogle.com/
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For this trip @AirCanada managed zero of four flights on time, and this last delay comes with the added bonus of missing the last train in to the city. Thanks!
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Does anyone not on BlogTO's payroll use 'the 6ix'?
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Hey @foodora_ca please stop leaving garbage on my bike.
Al Carbone is a jackass.
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Definitely a good idea to spend 2+ billion to rebuild a crumbing freeway instead of investing in proper transit options @JohnTory blogto.com/city/2018/01/ttc-…
The TTC was total chaos during this morning's commute

The TTC was total chaos during this morning's commute

It was a painful start to the day for tens of thousands of commuters in Toronto after TTC service went straight up wackadoodle all over the place. Z…

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Nearly hit by a truck turning right, through a bike lane. Everyone, please remember your turn signals. #BikeTO
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I just supported @CANADALAND at Patreon.com/CANADALAND because Canada needs independent media!
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"Another way of understanding privatisation is to say: how can we do public services as expensively as possible?" -Paul Mason
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Spacing@Spacing23 Sep 2016
It's a shame that Mayor Tory isn't brave enough to talk about property taxes but happy to sell TO Hydro. thestar.com/news/gta/2016/09…
Expert disputes Mayor Tory’s hydro infrastructure claims

Expert disputes Mayor Tory’s hydro infrastructure claims

Mayor John Tory’s claim that Toronto Hydro hasn’t built a transformer since 1955 disputed by energy worker union.

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Can we stop thinking of transit as a money-making enterprise and start treating it as a service already?
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Spacing@Spacing4 Jul 2016
Scarborough Subway will potentially increase local driving habits. Why hasn't that been part of the debate? #topoli spacing.ca/toronto/2016/07/0…

LORINC: The Scarborough subway and the climate change agenda - Spacing Toronto

What will future residents of Scarborough think, 30 or 40 years hence, when they cast their minds back to the craven transit decisions being made today by the likes of Mayor John Tory and his deputy,...

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The rise and fall of great world cities: 5,700 years of urbanisation – mapped gu.com/p/4mkc3/stw
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