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Weekly roundup March 30 - April 5

05 April 2020

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Screenshot from Twitter. 2020-04-04T12:43:19.000Z. Díaz Villanueva (@diazvillanueva). Maravilloso https://t.co/hQ5Wn8l4Ja.

They’re banning being outside now edition

Articles/Columns

‘Missing Maps in Canada? Canadian Red Cross Community Mapping’ – A Year of Blogs – March 2020 Missing Maps

What Everyone’s Getting Wrong About the Toilet Paper Shortage Marker

Isolating at home is easy in a Forest Hill mansion. It’s a lot tougher in a tiny condo Toronto Star

They’re outlawing walks in the park over COVID-19 now. This cannot stand National Post

"Why are are public spaces so crowded?" ask public officials who have not expanded public spaces in decades.

— Doug Gordon (@BrooklynSpoke) March 31, 2020

Screenshot from Twitter. 2020-04-02T13:37:34.000Z. Oliver Moore (@moore_oliver). Hot take: shaming people for driving to parks during #covid19 is effectively saying they are only for those who live within walking distance. Any guesses which ends of the economic spectrum are most/least likely to live near city green space?.

Screenshot from Twitter. 2020-04-02T12:11:00.000Z. Kate Harrison (@KatlynHarrison). We're already asking a lot of people to not have any physical human interaction. IMO shutting down public spaces like parks - which can be used by individuals, safely - is too far. This is a good thread explaining the ramifications of that unrealistic expectation..