James McLeod @jamespmcleod Twitter profile

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

4 months

I just don't think you can train an AI to have a long dark night of the soul.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

Ok so Tim Hortons spent more than a year silently and illegally tracking users through their mobile app, and the proposed class action settlement is ... a free coffee and a donut. I swear to fucking god. This is real.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

I'm done with winter. The jacket mandates, the frostbite, the outdoor swimming pool closures, all of it. Done with it. Lift all these restrictions and let me live my life.

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James McLeod

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4 years

This story is absolutely wild, and strongly suggests that the Nova Scotia shooter who killed 22 people in April was either a confidential informant, or an agent of the RCMP.

The Nova Scotia shooter case has hallmarks of an undercover operation - Macleans.ca

Police sources say the killer's withdrawal of $475,000 was highly irregular, and how an RCMP ‘agent’ would get money

www.macleans.ca

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

4 years

Remember when Indigenous protesters peacefully blockaded railway lines as an act of protest, and it was treated as a national crisis with active engagement by law enforcement and politicians? That was earlier this year.

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@JohnJeddore

4 years

Just imagine the government response if these acts were being done by First Nation fishers.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

If you hear "working class" your mind goes to white truckers and factory workers rather than a multicultural mix of Uber drivers, Amazon warehouse workers and service industry employees, you need to update your thinking.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

7 months

This is fucking insane. The driver is breaking multiple laws. The pedestrian did nothing wrong here, and is at absolutely no fault.

Richmond RCMP

@RichmondRCMP

7 months

Pedestrian safety is a two-way street. What pedestrians and drivers can do to make our roadways safer

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

1 year

I think it says a lot about John Tory that he felt no sense of shame about shutting down warming centres for unhoused people or violently evicting them from parks, but as soon as the public was aware of his sex life he was so ashamed that he resigned instantly.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

5 years

A while ago somebody on here pointed out that TTC fare evasion is a $425 fine but if you park your car and don't pay, the fine is $30. I think about this a lot, and I cannot think of a good rationale for the difference in penalties.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

If you are a citizen of Canada and no other country, and you reside in Canada, nothing good will result from following American electoral politics more closely than you follow municipal politics in the place where you live.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

Congratulations to the Loblaws Corporation on a very successful PR stunt.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 months

On Sunday in Toronto, the sun will set after 7pm for the first time in 2024. And we will have light after 7pm every day until the end of September.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

Nicki Minaj was trying to warn us about inflation and nobody listened.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

3 years

What an interesting tweet for Facebook's Canadian manager of public policy to post.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

Legitimately how do you reconcile the idea that the modern monarchy is powerless, purely symbolic, and not in conflict with democratic values when you have a peaceful protester quietly holding up a sign being led away by cops?

Standard News

@standardnews

2 years

🔴An anti-Royal protestor holding a poster with the slogan ‘Not my king’ has been pictured being led away by police 👇

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

4 years

Based on the allegations in this story alone there's got to be a public inquiry. The allegation that a mass shooter who killed 22 people may have been an RCMP agent, and then the police lied about it, needs to be explained or repudiated with evidence.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

This is a heartbreaking news story about a couple that bought a house for $350,000 in 2015 and sold it for $740,000 recently. What a tragedy.

Sellers caught by price drops as housing market cools | CBC News

As home prices begin to fall across the country, an Ottawa family is packing up their belongings and moving without nearly as much cash they’d hoped to get from the sale of their first house.

www.cbc.ca

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

4 years

Like, the killer got $475k in cash right before the shooting spree, and the reporting here is explosive.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

3 years

Atlantic Canada managed to control the spread of Covid using public policy.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

I can't believe this is real. This is Beaverton territory.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

6 months

If I got wrecked by literally the Bank of Canada in the replies, I would simply never post again.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

1 year

I hope that this sex scandal doesn't tarnish John Tory's real legacy:

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

3 years

[David Attenborough voice] the brands have arrived to pick what's left of the corpse

McDonald's

@McDonalds

3 years

welcome to McDonald's what can i get you?

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

This has gotta go in a textbook or something.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

4 years

The Maclean's reporters who wrote this story are sufficiently well-sourced on the file that they actually obtained the footage of the killer withdrawing the money from Brink's just before the shooting spree. This story is also essential reading:

The Nova Scotia killer had ties to criminals and withdrew a huge sum of cash before the shooting -...

New evidence including a video of the killer raises questions about his activities prior to the Portapique shooting and RCMP transparency around the case

www.macleans.ca

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

THREAD 🧵 Tonight is Nuit Blanche. I’m very excited to finally talk about the unauthorized public art installation that I have been working on since August. I’ve got a few things to say about Shout-out to my collaborator @truhig . (Follow him!)

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

1 year

Queen West.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

6 months

In a reasonable society where the police felt some level of accountability to the public, there would be an explanation for why a cop was running around with an assault rifle in the busiest subway station of Canada's largest city.

6ixBuzzTV

@6ixbuzztv

6 months

Spotted at Bloor Station 😳

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

3 years

absolutely begging somebody to leak Biden's briefing notes on this to @kenklippenstein . .

Nicki Minaj

@NICKIMINAJ

3 years

The White House has invited me & I think it’s a step in the right direction. Yes, I’m going. I’ll be dressed in all pink like Legally Blonde so they know I mean business. I’ll ask questions on behalf of the ppl who have been made fun of for simply being human. #BallGate day 3

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

3 years

@ldobsonhughes the idea that an "optimal learning environment" is even in the same area code right now is laughable

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

Ok. I am in High Park. Pedestrians and cyclists abound. There are also a lot of cars here. Personally I think cars should be banned, but at least they are supposed to be limited to 20km/h. I have a radar gun. Let's do this.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

4 years

It's still way too early, but I think that "The Last Great American Dynasty" will go down as one of Taylor Swift's all-time best songs.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

3 years

Maaaaaan, this graph.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

4 years

Late last year I received a trove of my personal data generated by the Tim Hortons app. For the past six months I've been trying to make sense of it. This is what I found. Double-double tracking: How Tim Hortons knows where you sleep, work and vacation

Double-double tracking: How Tim Hortons knows where you sleep, work and vacation

financialpost.com

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

3 years

the punk rock band "The Offspring" has a more stringent vaccine mandate than Ontario schools or long-term care homes

Variety

@Variety

3 years

Offspring Drummer Says He’s Been Booted From Band for Not Getting Vaccinated

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

6 months

When I was a kid, Steve Stavro, owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs and founder of Knob Hill Farms, owned this house a few blocks from where I grew up. If you went to the house, a butler in tails answered the door and gave each child a pomegranate. I swear to god.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

1 year

The thing to remember about John Tory is that he engaged in a sexual relationship with an employee, and if he's going to continue to weild power and not resign his office immediately, then he should be investigated immediately to understand the extent of his abuse of power.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

1 year

John Tory announces that he's resigning to spend more time with the people he loves: the senior leadership team at the Rogers Communications Corp.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

3 years

The fact that basically everyone I know in Ontario got their first vaccine dose at some random unlisted pop-up clinic they heard about in their group chat remains very, very weird.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

5 years

I will treasure this moment, past midnight on a packed subway car, surrounded by people exuberantly singing O Canada.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

1 year

THE POLICE BROUGHT AN ASSAULT RIFLE TO YONGE & BLOOR DO YOU FEEL SAFER ALREADY?

Jurassic Parkour

@megfenway

1 year

Perfect ad for @johntory 's Toronto. Cops with weapons of war standing in front of a pillar stating "your money should work as hard as you do." My money isnt working smart or hard in this city. It's arguably not working at all.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

3 years

If you live in Ontario, how many times have you been asked to show your proof of vaccination? For me it's zero.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

1 year

really, truly incredible public outreach work happening here

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

1 year

Never seen a man more focused on taking the time to reflect on a serious error in judgement and rebuilding the trust of his family.

Toronto Star

@TorontoStar

1 year

Embattled Mayor John Tory watches the action as the Toronto Raptors take on the Orlando Magic at Scotiabank Arena. 📷: @rlautens

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

3 years

Alberta, I regret to inform you the rest of Canada is paying attention to you right now.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

3 years

On vaccines, it is pretty incredible that Toronto police were bumped to the front of the line ahead of vulnerable groups, and now the Toronto police union is fighting for the right of cops to not get vaccinated.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

3 years

Seeing a lot of ~feelings~ in the timeline from Ontario 40s who don't think they should be at the front of the line for vaccines yet. 1. You can't correct poor planning and targeting on a society level with personal agency. 2. Getting vaccinated is the goal. Don't overthink it.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

1 year

I really thought Tory was only interested in screwing Toronto.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

4 years

Old me would've been like, "Voice tweets are dumb nobody needs this." Technology business reporter me wonders why twitter wants a large corpus of voice data associated with individual accounts, and what kind of AI algorithms they'll be training with it.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

7 months

I absolutely guarantee that the person behind this account thinks taxes are too high.

Culture Critic

@Culture_Crit

7 months

This is what subway stations are supposed to look like. (Saint Petersburg)

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

4 years

@GillPearsonNL It is absolutely astounding. And the journalists who wrote this story are serious professionals with established reputations. These aren't allegations that can be dismissed.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

9 months

it is profoundly funny that SBF is going to sleep in jail tonight partially because he violated his bail conditions by using a VPN to watch a football game for literally no reason

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

3 years

In spite of everything, Canada is still facing a dire shortage of credible ideas for how the federal government could have procured more vaccines substantially sooner than they did. Simply say they should've, or it would've been better if they had, is not really useful.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

1 year

There is something spectacularly funny/sad about the fact that Elon is clearly addicted to this site and shitposting at night is his release, but it's gone all weird on him because he bought the site and it's his day job too now.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

13 days

Absolutely insane to get four people killed, including an infant, by engaging in a high speed car chase going the wrong way on the 401, over a LCBO robbery. Like ... c'mon.

Toronto Star

@TorontoStar

13 days

#Breaking : Grandparents, infant among 4 people killed in wrong-way police chase on Highway 401 in Whitby

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

1 year

So the Toronto Police responded to legitimate fears about crime and violence in the TTC by dishonestly tweeting an old photo of a police horse. The snow was the giveaway. Thank you @g_meslin for your important contribution to Toronto civic discourse.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

3 years

There is a serious cognitive dissonance between the level of vaccine uptake in Ontario, and the absolute goat rodeo that is the distribution process.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

Found a vehicle obeying the speed limit. It was the High Park trackless train carrying children.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

1 year

An amazing milestone in Canadian online life: The Food Professor corncobbed.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

1 year

Having sex with an employee who's younger than your youngest child is definitely something to be ashamed of, to be clear.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

3 years

If the idea of Canada is worth a damn, it's not because we sanitize and glorify a comforting narrative of our own history. If we can't right the horrific wrongs of our past and work build a more equitable society, I don't know what I'm supposed to be proud of.

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James McLeod

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7 months

Apparently when John Tory's wife found out about the affair he was happening with a staffer, the two of them hired Navigator to do crisis communications ... between Tory and his wife.

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James McLeod

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2 years

I know it's a holiday long weekend and all, but it's pretty crazy that two RCMP officers were intimidated and extorted for money in rural Nova Scotia and then the RCMP issued a news release to *thank* the criminals.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

Merry Christmas from Canada's distinguished mall Santas.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

At a bare minimum, if there aren't going to be mask mandates and broad public expectations for collective action to control Covid, I think that people are being real jerks when they heap scorn on the folks who choose to still wear masks.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

Hey @TPSOperations is this legal?

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

Just caught a Toyota doing 49km/h in a 20 zone. You seeing this @gordperks ??? Say something.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

1 year

YOU WERE THE POLICE CHIEF FOR THE FIVE YEARS THAT CREATED THE CURRENT SITUATION

Mark Saunders

@marksaunders_TO

1 year

We can’t normalize random acts of violence. We can’t normalize car thefts. We can’t normalize lockdowns in our schools. Without safe communities, we can’t build a prosperous, healthy city. #ToPoli

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

I keep thinking about this story and getting mad. I know it doesn't do any good to villainize the unvaccinated, but every unvaccinated person in the ICU made a choice, and it contributed to denying this woman cancer treatment. This woman, and thousands like her.

CBC Edmonton

@CBCEdmonton

2 years

Senior's cancer surgery cancelled during 4th wave, now given just months to live

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

4 years

My dad, who turns 70 today, is cooler than I'll ever be. He's been spending the pandemic rebuilding his observatory and the telescope he built from parts. (He follows me on twitter and will give me a whithering look later for this post, but that's my price for helping.)

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

1 year

The thing about John Tory is that he's just an absolutely hall of fame loser. Ran for politics and lost repeatedly. Then when he finally won, he implemented loser policies. And then he engineered an end that ensures his legacy will be all the damage he did. World class loser.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

I think anybody who's made it this far without catching Covid should get a no-questions-asked break for a couple days as a reward for their accomplishment.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

I cannot get over this story. They wanted to upgrade to a bigger house and thought that "the way the market was" they could get a deal on a bigger home while still expecting to sell their existing home at peak market price. Homeowner brain is wild.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

1 year

the most embarrassing tweet ever posted

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

5 years

You know who I mean

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

11 months

Today's painting. The Gardiner Expressway. The country is on fire and the air is full of smoke. Toronto is planning to spend $1.2 billion to rebuild a crumbling highway.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

3 years

It is honestly embarrassing how myopic Canada is, as a country, about the office of the prime minister. The leader of a G7 country should have a modern, well-maintained official residence and a plane that doesn't fall apart on long trips. This shouldn't be controversial.

Abigail Bimman

@AbigailBimman

3 years

As everyone weighs in on @MercedesGlobal ’s scoop on new PM plane, here’s my contribution: piece that came loose during Trudeau’s India trip...this very photo/tweet with my expert circling later ended up in ATIPs as officials tried to figure out how to respond to requests...

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

3 years

If Carey Price is selected by the Kraken in the expansion draft, that creates an opening for Mark Carney to play goalie for the Habs next season.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

3 years

I am moderately proud of this photo I took, looking down off my balcony yesterday.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

Literally the first car was going double the speed limit. @JohnTory says cars should obey the law. Where are the police?

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

4 years

I will be maintaining my physical distancing policies from WestJet and Air Canada.

Toronto Star

@TorontoStar

4 years

Air Canada, WestJet to drop physical distancing policies as air travel ticks up

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

1 year

If twitter doesn't die, we're all gonna need to act like this night never happened.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

21 days

Hard to read the coverage of this case and not come away with serious misgivings about the Toronto police, and the Crown prosecutor. It's good that it didn't lead to a conviction, but it sure seems like Zameer has been massively victimized by the justice system.

Anthony Collins

@comma_chameleon

21 days

On Monday’s @TorontoStar A1: A judge apologizes to Umar Zameer as he is acquitted in the death of Toronto police Const. Jeffrey Northrup: @powellbetsy @KenyonWallace report, 📸 Andrew Francis Wallace. Plus: @njaved on Peel Region. And @KopunF on the fight over volleyball courts.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

1 year

Whether or not you think Loblaw Companies Ltd. is responsible for food inflation or not, the meta-narrative of Galen Weston Jr specifically being cyberbullied about it into launching a deeply misguided PR blitz on twitter is funny as hell.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

Ontario still has options. If the current tactics don't work the government can declare a Joel Plaskett Emergency which grants them additional power chords.

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@jamespmcleod

2 years

Canadians should be way, way, way more mad about this than they are.

Tefficient 🚥

@tefficient

2 years

A mobile data gigabyte consumed never carried a lower revenue. That's true for all of our 46 studied countries - now with Greece's 1H 2021 added to our analysis.

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@jamespmcleod

2 years

@univrsle Presumably they get paid a percentage of the total settlement ... and they really like donuts.

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@jamespmcleod

3 years

If I hear one 55+ complaining that they can't get a vaccine because of the 40-somethings, I swear to god...

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@jamespmcleod

1 year

This is a story about housing policy, infill, mixed-use communities, and what can happen if you have a regulatory system that allows for rapid approval of new construction.

fragrance and foolishness

@Brieyonce

1 year

Allow me to introduce you to the most ridiculous yet amazing thing you will see this week.

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@jamespmcleod

8 months

When the police say they don't have sufficient resources to respond to violent crime and serious property crime in the city, remember that this is how they choose to use their equipment and money.

The Biking Lawyer (Dave Shellnutt)

@TheBikingLawyer

8 months

On a Sat AM in #HighPark @TorontoPolice set up SUVs to block the road, force cyclists to stop, threaten them w tickets & mock them for riding loops in a car free park. This kind of mis-enforcement is a huge waste of resources & an indictment of TPS' understanding of vision zero.

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4 years

I get that there are going to be a lot of jokes, but it's worth remembering that the person who was infected with COVID-19 at the Brass Rail is a human being and deserves as much sympathy as anybody else who's struggling with this pandemic.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

3 years

The Greater Toronto Area is 18.5 per cent of Canada's GDP. Just ... like ... that's a useful number for people to know, I think. Especially non-Toronto people. Especially people who live in provinces who like to talk about how much they contribute to the country's GDP.

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@jamespmcleod

2 years

Just caught somebody going 50 in the park. Four wheels, and powered by fossil fuels so @TPSOperations doesn't care.

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@jamespmcleod

1 year

My unpopular opinion is that cutting down some trees to build a new public transit line in a city that desperately needs additional transit infrastructure is fine.

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@jamespmcleod

4 years

It's really hard to make sense of the 66 million people (and counting) who looked at the past four years of Donald Trump and said, "Yes, let's keep doing more of this."

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@jamespmcleod

2 years

I'd like to take you to an art installation you might not visit. This is North Toronto. We call this "Tax Shelter" The M5M postal code neighbourhood has 2,360 households making over $250k — highest concentration in Ontario. Toronto has the lowest property taxes in Ontario.

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1 year

The thing I don't get is, if you're the PMO, how do you not ask CSIS for every scrap of paper they have on Han Dong weeks ago, just to do your due diligence and make sure you're not... Y'know... Blindsided later by a Global News reporter with a scoop...?

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

3 years

NL what are you doing throwing more than a thousand votes at the PPC? You don't even have lockdowns. What is happening.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

7 months

@RonDrodge Pedestrians can, and should, do whatever they feel is best to protect themselves. That's not at issue here. The issue is the cops presenting both pedestrians and drivers as having an onus to improve safety, while depicting a wildly unequal scenario.

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James McLeod

@jamespmcleod

2 years

Canadian NHL stars are arguably the greatest beneficiaries of Hockey Canada's toxic culture — they're venerated and paid millions of dollars (and apparently if they commit sexual assault, it gets covered up and paid off.) NHLers' silence on the issue is morally repugnant.

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@jamespmcleod

2 years

John Tory has had eight years to fix this.

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