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- Tue, 12:28: RT @balkissoon: Del Grande & Ford didn't "find" themselves in any financial situation. They've both been cllrs for years, & they willful ...
- Tue, 13:21: Property taxes. Congestion fees. RT @mary_margaret32: Bring on any Revenue Generating ideas please! http://t.co/dcij8lY via @TorontoStar
- Tue, 15:50: RT @ddemchuk: RT @antinephalist: Remember last year when we had "a spending problem, not a revenue problem"? Then RoFo gave us a revenue ...
- Tue, 16:02: RT @Spacing: BLOG: Decline by little cuts http://t.co/bpiIG0E
- Tue, 16:26: RT @misscecil: Amazing! NHL 12(EA) adds 12 female character avatars to game. I wish all game companies would do this. http://ht.ly/6taVU
- Tue, 16:52: RT @shawnmicallef: "Team Ford" owns this too. RT @postedtoronto: Peter Kuitenbrouwer: Toronto still on the hook for Transit City http:// ...
- Tue, 20:29: RT @OpenFileTO: EXPLAINER: Where does the mayor's claim of a "35% tax increase" come from? http://t.co/f2m2MvF
- Tue, 20:45: RT @maureenjohnson: Dear CANADA! It appears I will be doing my FIRST CANADIAN EVENT EVER. VANCOUVER, LATE OCTOBER. #ohcanada
- Tue, 21:48: RT @CarolineEAnd: "I wasn't fond of this, but I suppose it's a matter of taste" - Nobody on the internet ever.
- Tue, 21:52: RT @balkissoon: Still looking for adolescents/young adults with queer parents to interview for the Globe - need need need kids outside o ...
- Mon, 16:07: RT @JenLucPiquant: Genius: Fighting Clipboard Zombies with Decoy Clipboards: http://t.co/2fyUSWk
- Mon, 16:32: 5 of 5 stars to Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco http://t.co/BR6VKDo
- Mon, 18:47: @tobiasbuckell I was hoping there was a name for that!
- Mon, 18:57: RT @KateElliottSFF: Juliet McKenna writes an excellent informed post about representing women in fantasy: http://t.co/coOz3iA
- Mon, 19:27: Interesting post-Wicked Pretty Things post. RT @scalzi: YA authors asked by agent to make their gay characters straight http://t.co/l8Aj2Cv
- Mon, 19:31: RT @GraphicMatt: Some thoughts from me on today's proposed budget cuts and, yeah, it includes a chart: http://t.co/ArzNGSw #TOCouncil
- Mon, 20:24: RT @halvedfool: A list of LGBT YA: http://t.co/xylhES3 #YesGayYA
- Mon, 20:28: RT @maureenjohnson: "@opnmthnsrtft I've had convos w 3 parents concerned ab kids "catching gay" from gay charcts" I am concerned ab thos ...
- Mon, 21:05: Never! I defy you! #stupidtrendpieces RT @treykerby: Ikea is redesigning their bookshelves because no one reads anymore: http://t.co/7s9Q7kh
- Fri, 14:45: RT @reporterdonpeat: "Yes, I think that we should kill all the shark to protect the population of the other fish species," speaker says ...
- Fri, 14:45: *facepalm*
- Fri, 14:46: Topical: a nice #sharkfin infographic http://ow.ly/6pU45 via @Visually #TOpoli #TOcouncil
- Fri, 14:50: RT @BikingToronto: Dumb enough to drive downtown during the day? You DO NOT get priority over thousands of pedestrians. http://ow.ly/6pU ...
- Fri, 14:55: OMG best video of the week. RT @doucetteward13: I love how creative people are. http://t.co/lrr0l7G
- Fri, 15:03: Phew. RT @pro_cycling: Jens Voigt extends for a year, will race with RadioShack Nissan Trek in 2012 http://t.co/dU9JYUw #cycling
- Fri, 15:05: RT @Open_File: MT @chantalbraganza: We did this cool thing where we mapped out every film shot in TO over the past five years. Fun! http ...
- Fri, 15:29: Oh dear. I will probably get sucked in by this Gander 9/11 anniversary liveblog. http://ow.ly/6pXG1
- Fri, 15:35: Speaking of Gander, excellent (long) history: http://ow.ly/6pYc1
- Fri, 15:46: RT @chaicube: A little girl got 700 signatures at her school supporting the shark fin ban. This is SO AWESOME. DEMOCRACY IS SUPER ADORBL ...
- Thu, 12:25: RT @larrylarry: Congestion is not an issue downtown. Congestion is a car-addicted suburban disease, attacking downtown.
- Thu, 13:10: RT @timfalconer: In light of the latest cretiny over the Yonge-Dundas scramble, here's my old @OpenFileTO post on pedestrians http://t.c ...
- Thu, 13:14: Shame we killed, what was it called, Transit City. MT @balkissoon: @larrylarry When was last time you took TTC in the burbs? It is heinous.
- Thu, 13:18: Personally, driving (& parking) downtown turns me into a screaming, frothing, hateful, ragey person. Much prefer to take TTC & read a book.
- Thu, 13:30: I took a vacation with a friend who honestly, truly prefers to drive, loves her car, would never take transit. It was odd.
- Thu, 14:08: RT @TabathaSouthey: Here @Robsonian deftly explains Toronto's waterfront development situation: http://t.co/4L76qZn #CodeBlueTO
- Thu, 14:09: RT @chrisjamesdrew: Fully agree! Need them in #TorCen east! RT @cabbagetownmatt: Woohoo! 1st @BIXItoronto ride+it handled like dream-exp ...
- Thu, 15:07: Just noticed @melly_m and @chrissyhsn immortalized (for today) in Metro re scramble. Well done.
- Thu, 15:58: RT @matociquala: Hey guys, our hashtag made the Guardian: http://t.co/RdxvBQa #buyabiggaynovelforscottcardday couldn't have done it wit ...
- Thu, 16:02: RT @larrylarry: Downtown "Traffic" Study = $375K or the cost of a couple officers dedicated to ticketing illegally stopped cars for a fe ...
- Wed, 12:49: RT @cityslikr: Worst thing we could do now is throw up our hands in despair and defeat. Mayor won nothing yesterday. http://t.co/x68YHcx ...
- Wed, 12:50: RT @marynmck: my disease geeks, i have seen Contagion, and i can confidently say you will love it. (not sure what normal people will thi ...
- Wed, 14:50: RT @CherylRainfield: Sept is Roald Dahl month! http://t.co/58BGiyJ #kidlit
- Wed, 15:14: RT @GraphicMatt: Another month, another contentious issue, another chart. Here's how to save the Port Lands from the Fords: http://t.co/ ...
- Wed, 15:21: RT @joshuahind: I say Matlow and Triple-M team up and form a Wonder Twins Council-middle leadership team. #TOpoli
- Wed, 15:24: 2 things: 1) Still not crazy about clip-on as opposed to screw-back earrings. 2) Dry shampoo is the BEST INVENTION EVER. (Today, anyway.)
- Wed, 15:46: #buyabiggaynovelforscottcardday Melusine and sequels by Sarah Monette. (Someone prolly already covered that. But I love them!)
- Wed, 15:50: #buyabiggaynovelforscottcardday The Bermudez Triangle by @maureenjohnson
- Wed, 15:56: RT @MagneticCrow: Ah. This is the why for the #buyabiggaynovelforscottcardday thing: http://t.co/g5voAt0 Oh Mr. Card. What is wrong wit ...
- Wed, 16:18: RT @shawnmicallef: Coast guard. RT @AuthenticCoast: @shawnmicallef Help is on its way with our CBC Radio 3 Nova Scotia playlist http://t ...
- Tue, 12:29: RT @joshuahind: I don't care if Waterfront TO is planning to build a series of yurts on the port lands, I'd prefer that to a fucking sho ...
- Tue, 12:37: RT @CodeBlueTO: Spacing: Ford plan signals "political uncertainty continues to batter the long-contested shores of Lake Ontario" http:// ...
- Tue, 13:40: As late as ever, but clean/new pedicure/coffee/breakfast (homemade granola, peaches)/coffee/lunch AND EARRINGS. Not so bad.
- Tue, 14:21: I LIKE it. RT @thorintoronto: @joshuahind @RobinMarwick Time for some "Yurt-loving pinko" buttons? #TOpoli #TOWaterFlaunt
- Tue, 14:23: RT @CodeBlueTO: The first #CodeBlueTO buttons will be available this afternoon! Hooray!
- Tue, 14:32: RT @GraphicMatt: Essential reading. RT @DavidHains: A brief history of the waterfront contextualized for Doug Ford: http://t.co/BashuBx ...
- Tue, 14:58: RT @CodeBlueTO: According to @DoucetteWard13, the City Clerk received 81 written comments on the Port Lands item! Thanks for taking acti ...
- Tue, 16:19: RT @shelleycarroll: Consultant's example of a good Waterfront Mall is the most disappointing Mall I've ever shopped in , Darling Harbour ...
- Tue, 16:19: RT @madhatressTO: Yes, @CouncillorMB, @cllrainslie, Mammo, and @DenzilMW care SO much about your opinion, they left when public deputati ...
- Tue, 16:35: RT @BrianDunning: Can we please change the term "conspiracy theory" to "conspiracy fantasy"? Gives real theories a bad name.
- Mon, 12:30: Today's Google Doodle is really something. Happy Birthday Freddie!
- Mon, 12:45: Problems with checking in on work on a stat holiday: sometimes you discover people who should know better have done something REALLY STUPID.
- Mon, 12:45: Hope I didn't just flame my colleagues too badly but God dammit.
- Mon, 12:50: RT @BorowitzReport: Twitter would be a great way to tell people about all the cool stuff we were doing if we weren't on Twitter.
- Mon, 12:54: "The Economist posits them as data scientists, but this misses the ability to ask interesting questions, and having hunches..." (1/?)
- Mon, 12:55: "... – being so immersed in the data that relevancy screams out." What does this guy think a scientist DOES? http://ow.ly/6lBoA
- Mon, 12:56: Otherwise, interesting post via @warrenellis and this guest poster http://ow.ly/6lBrH
- Mon, 18:54: Tilde the dachshund has come for a visit. No small matter, as I'm on the 2nd floor and her legs are only 3 inches long.
- Mon, 19:01: I take it from the increasingly imperative yaps that she now wants back downstairs.
- Mon, 20:13: 4 of 5 stars to The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett http://t.co/k9Hqjfw
- Sun, 19:48: OK Twitter, a decision looms. Do I finish the book that is annoying me b/c I want to find out what happens?
- Sun, 19:49: Or do I cast it aside b/c the clunky writing and annoying characters are making me crazy?
- Sun, 19:49: I have already paid $2.40 in library fines for it, but this should not affect your advice.
- Sun, 23:41: RT @margiehope: @electricland Cast it aside. The world is full of GOOD books! You will have to pay the fine anyway--why pay more in time ...
- Fri, 12:40: RT @CodeBlueTO: CBC @MetroMorning reports Doug's Port Lands plan has been in the works for "months", behind closed doors, no public inpu ...
- Fri, 12:41: RT @madhatressTO: Well, NO ONE could have predicted this #sarcasm #TOPoli RT @StarGTANews: City buyout puts morale ‘in the toilet' http: ...
- Fri, 14:36: RT @TabathaSouthey: Its "Twitter etiquette" discussion day on CP24. I'm pretty sure they'll be mention of possible loss of life if 1 goe ...
- Fri, 15:00: RT @madhatressTO: THE BEST analysis written about the problems with Ford's transit plan. A must read #TOPoli #tocouncil (via @timkraan) ...
- Fri, 15:09: @wmzed I'll be right there. Wait, where are you?
- Fri, 15:12: Point of Honour by Madeleine E. Robins. #fridayreads #reading #bookcountry
- Fri, 15:33: RT @jaimewoo: A friendly reminder: remember to pick up booze Sunday as LCBO is closed Monday. Don't buy it today as you'll drink it all ...
- Fri, 15:50: RT @grist: Raising chickens is totally rock and roll http://t.co/0wtKC40 // My grandmother & great-aunt raised chickens in Forest Hill.
- Fri, 16:05: RT @settostun: Idiotic: "Finally a beer just for women!" Comes in pink, purse-looking 6pack http://t.co/KS69MAo via @edyong209 @MaraHvis ...
- Fri, 19:03: RT @HoltzReport: Update on TN mom reptd to child services for letting girl bike to school: http://t.co/zOyXcEZ .@BikePortland No wonder ...
- Thu, 13:58: RT @HULKMAYOR: HAPPY BIRTHDAY DON VALLEY PARKWAY! HULKMAYOR WANT KNOW WHEN YOU GET MARRY AND HAVE BABY HIGHWAY! WAR ON CAR OVER! #TOpoli
- Thu, 17:09: RT @dreahouston: Religious rights take priority over 'other rights': Toronto Catholic Board http://t.co/ceJYInU #Canqueer #GSA #Onpoli ...
- Thu, 19:42: RT @UNICEFLive: Happy September! The govt will match donations to the #HornofAfrica until #september 16. http://t.co/EE5P9MY or Text GIV ...
- Thu, 21:01: RT @CodeBlueTO: Supporting the People's Plan for the Waterfront. Our site is live!: http://t.co/Rs5Ze3D #CodeBlueTO
- Thu, 21:48: Awwwww. RT @ClimateDog Starting our Climate Dogs training with a trust fall exercise. http://t.co/WvISK6I
- Thu, 22:11: Can't I read to amuse myself too, M. Flaubert? MT @goodreads: "Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself..." http://ow.ly/6jbQq
- Fri, 00:57: RT @realjohngreen: Hi. I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you for everything you do to decrease suck and increase awesome. kthxbai.
- Wed, 14:43: RT @TabathaSouthey: Yes, Meccano's more Ford appropriate. It was more costly. You could build a ferris wheel & it was hard 2 get anywher ...
- Wed, 15:12: RT @JoelAKH: What are you afraid of? This article contains strange phobias and ways to overcome your fears. #akhca, #phobias http://t.co ...
- Wed, 15:16: RT @Robsonian: Meanwhile, @TheGridTO polls kids playing in Sherbourne Common on the pros/cons of the park: http://t.co/h3CV253 #Cute #Co ...
- Wed, 15:19: “We had 15 people in the room and everyone’s jaw just dropped when they saw it.” But in a good or a WTF way? http://ow.ly/6hF5h #CodeBlueTO
- Wed, 15:25: RT @madhatressTO: Taxpayers have already PAID for an approved waterfront plan. No one asked for a new one #TOpoli #tocouncil #CodeBlueTO ...
- Wed, 15:27: People, please ffs stop calling DoFo's idiot waterfront scheme a "plan". It isn't. Step 1: Monorail. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit! #CodeBlueTO
- Wed, 17:10: RT @CindyWilkey: CBC poll on the Port Lands plans. Have your say: http://t.co/HaoNNnR #CodeBlueTO
- Wed, 18:36: RT @ivortossell: Daddy won't buy me a subway. Mommy will you buy me a subway? I want a subway! I WANT A SUBWAY
- Wed, 18:36: RT @maureenjohnson: (Imagine the annoyance you can cause at home, school, or work with an open parenthesis just hanging there.
- Wed, 18:39: RT @maureenjohnson: BEHOLD. The MJ MAGNETIC WORDS SET. (The image looks like a solid, but they break into words for your FRIDGE.) http:/ ...
- Tue, 14:13: Have lost all respect for 20th Century Master after seeing their Hansen & Scorpions compilations.
- Tue, 15:04: RT @Robsonian: Wait: a ferris wheel so big each compartment is a different retail space? And the monorail goes right through the middle! ...
- Tue, 16:10: RT @HULKMAYOR: HULKMAYOR CAN'T BELIEVE GOING SAY THIS BUT, MONORAIL!!!! #TOpoli
- Tue, 16:46: RT @dylan_reid: Still astonished that Doug Ford actually said "There's nowhere to shop downtown except the Eaton Centre" on Metro Morning.
- Tue, 19:30: RT @FordForToronto: The Fords have a terrible, no-good, very bad plan for Toronto's Port Lands http://t.co/fZWn0Nw #TOCouncil
- Tue, 20:43: RT @CodeBlueTO: #CodeBlueTO! We need your help to keep the people's plan for the Portlands and Lower Don Lands alive! Stay tuned!
- Tue, 20:54: RT @DrRubidium: "So, instead of working on your thesis you were running a meth lab?!" ~ PhD advisor http://t.co/03knPUE
- Tue, 20:56: I fully endorse this plan. RT @sexytypewriter: If Mayor Ford's #monorail actually comes to fruition, let's nickname it The Gravy Train!
- Tue, 22:40: Will they show anything but beach volleyball? RT @rgriff: Happy day! NBC is going to show London Olympics events live http://t.co/hsh6pYP
- Wed, 11:58: .@MetroMorning Pls stop calling D Ford's idiot waterfront scheme a "plan". It isn't. Step 1: Monorail. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit! #TOpoli
- Mon, 14:44: RT @grist: Jaded New Yorkers aside, Irene was serious business http://t.co/KDGnTeO
- Mon, 18:11: Stunning photos of an Arctic fox by @ElfshotGallery: http://ow.ly/6fKVv
- Mon, 20:29: 4 of 5 stars to The Vinland Sagas by Gisli Sigurosson http://t.co/xWzE2r8
- Mon, 21:36: Cakes like these are why I have Pink Cake Box in my RSS reader: http://ow.ly/6fXih (bathtub) http://ow.ly/6fXiV (tree stump)
- Mon, 22:24: Walking through Athan Phillips Square on my way to & from work is always special but never more so than this past week. #RIPjack
- Sun, 14:16: RT @PolarisConnect: Help us get 1000 followers at MTCC by Sunday 4pm! RT and win a @PolarisConnect prize pack! New followers will be ran ...
- Sun, 22:14: I'm #reading Tilting by Robert Mellin http://t.co/P25Jj2G
- Mon, 00:13: 4 of 5 stars to There Are No Polar Bears Here by Catherine Simpson http://t.co/rilwcFh
- Mon, 02:32: Still catching up on world events. Lovely photo gallery of retired 9/11 search and rescue dogs: http://ow.ly/6f6pi
- Mon, 02:52: RT @slammerkinbabe: Cosmo is running an article titled "What Your Va-Jay-Jay Is Dying To Tell You." Shor in the dark: "Don't call me va- ...
- Sat, 15:10: RT @nprmonkeysee: The Weather Channel is more into reporting what's happening. CNN is more into teasing what might happen to YOU.
- Fri, 18:06: RT @NYCMayorsOffice: If you are in Zone A, prepare to evacuate asap. Don’t be complacent. Even though the sun is shining now, don’t be f ...
- Fri, 18:06: RT @MykeCole: For those of you thinking of riding this thing out, we will have to risk our lives to come and rescue you. Don't you do it ...
- Fri, 18:33: RT @maureenjohnson: So it turns out I can't go home anyway, as NYC has started a mandatory evacuation: http://t.co/IXRZtmn
- Sat, 01:51: RT @wanderu: Off the clock, *on vacation*, @ivortossell captures something beautiful and true about Jack Layton. http://t.co/Ousbp94 #RI ...
- Sat, 01:55: RT @modernscientist: We anticipate internet loss to be the biggest problem we face, but as seasoned Midwestern farm kids, we are fully p ...
- Thu, 14:45: RT @RobinMarwick: Great article on boys and reading via @pragmaticmom http://ow.ly/6cATl - if seeking books for boys try http://t.co/h8gij77
- Thu, 15:30: Cleaning up Lascaux cave paintings at @sciamblogs : http://ow.ly/6cEW0
- Thu, 16:43: RT @robyndoolittle: So funny. @TOMayorFord has been sending ppl who contact him for help to the press gallery. They come to us confused. ...
- Thu, 16:44: RT @tinybuddha: "Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes." ~Eleanor Roosevelt
- Thu, 16:58: How bad would it be to just delete all my unread emails and start over from scratch? #postvacationbacklog #prevacationbacklog #despair
- Thu, 20:29: RT @JenLucPiquant: What women don’t want: pink beer, pink cars, a new pink ghetto http://t.co/PoeI2PM via @globeandmail
- Thu, 21:57: "If you wouldn't do your job for free, you should quit." I appreciate the sentiment, but... #firstworldproblems
- Fri, 03:49: Anyone who has ever sung in a choir, or sung harmony, should watch Finest Kind sing John Barleycorn Deconstructed: http://ow.ly/6dfhP
- Wed, 15:49: I'm back! Newfoundland is an amazing place with wonderful people and you should all go visit.
- Wed, 16:43: @joraonyx Luckily TARDIS rectangular, so lots of blue icing should do the trick. Party ideas: DIY sonic screwdriver? Pin tail on the Dalek?
- Wed, 20:40: RT @kristynwongtam: Drivers, want more space on the roads? Push for bike lanes http://t.co/OWFsLKf /via @globeandmail
- Wed, 21:07: RT @kaboom: A wonderfully simple way to assess your neighborhood! RT @FreeRangeKids: City planning meets The Popsicle Test: http://t.co/ ...
- Wed, 21:09: RT @cityslikr: The Sun's intrepid columnist @SueAnnLevy discovers libraries give away things for free. A travesty. http://t.co/nIxDTfd # ...
- Wed, 21:13: RT @grist: RT @beelovestore: @Grist wrote a great little piece mentioning our project at O'Hare. Thanks for the support!! http://t.co/3O ...
- Wed, 21:24: RT @pajiba: Hot Damn! It's The Soggy Bottom Boys! Ten Film Soundtracks For The Musically Ignorant http://t.co/mdUPXSH
- Thu, 01:47: RT @matociquala: Women fighters in reasonable armor: http://t.co/xycjQ27
- Sun, 13:35: Leaving Gros Morne today. :( Must come back!
- Sun, 23:40: Wow, phone service once more! Cool.
