Toronto city hall still throwing up roadblocks to road safety CBC
How Could Travel Giant Thomas Cook Fail? The New York Times
ME: "Water is wet. Can you please confirm?"
— Tristin Hopper (@TristinHopper) October 1, 2019
AMERICAN CIVIL SERVANT: "You're damn right it's wet. Hold on, let me patch you onto our department head to confirm for sure." *in distance* "Hey Phil! Pick up line one!"
A free Bixi Sunday. Ride took us over to Parc Maisonneuve and back toward Marché Jean-Talon. A pit stop for gnocchi and Kem CoBa. Solid free biking day.
Total trip distance: 21.26 km
Moving time: 1h 49m
Did the city move the goalposts for accepting LRT? * CBC*
How Costco gained a cult following — by breaking every rule of retail The Hustle
5 myths about pedestrian collisions that could be making it harder to end road deaths Toronto Star
This is actually my favorite TikTok pic.twitter.com/PWtVOSkO77
— Dave Jorgenson 🗞 (@davejorgenson) September 23, 2019
Long View: The 16th-Century Trade Route That Brought China to Mexico Americas Quarterly
The Popeyes Chicken Sandwich Is Here to Save America The New Yorker
Google added a big blue “Order Online” button to many of its restaurant listings. Restaurant owners wish it would go away. The New Food Economy
oh my god, i need this to be me in 20 years pic.twitter.com/xJ4RIrpBiD
— abolish ice in the name of Mary (@hashtag_dta) August 10, 2019
Cover story: The curious case of a shared database newsroom
At Toronto’s Lunchroom, co-working turns to community The Globe and Mail
The high cost of Canada’s ‘free’ roads The Globe and Mail
Last week @Delta gave me my own private jet...kind of. pic.twitter.com/p14OGLw1jv
— vincent peone (@vincentpeone) August 12, 2019
A ride to the market and Aubut, then through St Henri and back.
Total trip distance: 8.65 km
Moving time: 0h 36m
Mount Royal: Saving ‘the people’s park’ from fanciful schemes Montreal Gazette
In Toronto’s war on the car, the enemy comes from within Toronto Star
Conservation Halton blindsided by provincial letter asking it to shut down non-core programs The Hamilton Spectator
unmotivated to write ... time to bust out my pomodoro technique again -- write for 25 minutes, eat a tomato, write for 25 minutes ... pic.twitter.com/HWvQQ1r7QS
— Philip Guo (@pgbovine) August 12, 2019
tinder but it’s cats. everyone makes their cat a profile. the swiping doesn’t matter. U just. Look at cats and their interests and then look at MORE CATS
— christine lynn herman 🏳️🌈 (@christineexists) September 6, 2019