TIL, the city of #Kitchener was named after this fucking guy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Kitchener,_1st_Earl_Kitchener
Starved 22,000 Boer kids under 16 to death in concentration camps in South Africa circa 1901.
Over 27000 Boers and 14000 Black people died in those camps.
TIL, the city of #Kitchener was named after this fucking guy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Kitchener,_1st_Earl_Kitchener
Starved 22,000 Boer kids under 16 to death in concentration camps in South Africa circa 1901.
Over 27000 Boers and 14000 Black people died in those camps.
🌤️ Weather accounts for Ontario, Canada:
@barrie__ontario
@brampton__ontario
@cornwall__ontario
@guelph__ontario
@hamilton__ontario
@kingston__ontario
@kitchener__ontario
@london__ontario
@mississauga__ontario
@north_bay__ontario
@orillia__ontario
@ottawa__ontario
@peterborough__ontario
@sault_ste_marie__ontario
@st_catharines__ontario
@sudbury__ontario
@thunder_bay__ontario
@timmins__ontario
@toronto__ontario
@windsor__ontario
4/5
The accounts below are discussion groups. Follow a group to see its discussions in your timeline, mention a group to post to it. (More info about how to use Fediverse groups: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse)
➡️ @ontario - Ontario discussion group
➡️ @toronto - Toronto discussion group
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS PART OF THE THREAD, IT MIGHT SPAM THE GROUPS.
5/5
➡️ @leveller_ottawa - Community newspaper at Carleton Univ
➡️ @scholarsportal - Service arm of Ontario Council of Univ Libraries (in English & French)
➡️ @XtraMagazine - LGBTQIA+ news in Canada
➡️ @cardamomaddict - Freelance food writer
➡️ @topw - Photography walks in Toronto
➡️ @JanLuitPhotos - Nature & fine art photographer in northern Ontario
➡️ @DebOppermann - Nature, wildlife photographer in Ontario
➡️ @Hagukh - Photographer of wildlife, lichen, moss etc
3/5
🌤️ Weather accounts for Ontario, Canada:
@barrie__ontario
@brampton__ontario
@cornwall__ontario
@guelph__ontario
@hamilton__ontario
@kingston__ontario
@kitchener__ontario
@london__ontario
@mississauga__ontario
@north_bay__ontario
@orillia__ontario
@ottawa__ontario
@peterborough__ontario
@sault_ste_marie__ontario
@st_catharines__ontario
@sudbury__ontario
@thunder_bay__ontario
@timmins__ontario
@toronto__ontario
@windsor__ontario
4/5
➡️ @leveller_ottawa - Community newspaper at Carleton Univ
➡️ @scholarsportal - Service arm of Ontario Council of Univ Libraries (in English & French)
➡️ @XtraMagazine - LGBTQIA+ news in Canada
➡️ @cardamomaddict - Freelance food writer
➡️ @topw - Photography walks in Toronto
➡️ @JanLuitPhotos - Nature & fine art photographer in northern Ontario
➡️ @DebOppermann - Nature, wildlife photographer in Ontario
➡️ @Hagukh - Photographer of wildlife, lichen, moss etc
3/5
➡️ @OttawaCititzen - Newspaper based in Ottawa
➡️ @TorontoLife2019 - Culture, news, food, politics etc in Toronto
➡️ @blogTO - Local news, events, restaurants in Toronto
➡️ @PostCityMag2pjr - Lifestyle & culture news in Toronto
➡️ @bsdcan - Annual tech conference for BSD-based OSes
➡️ @ottawasystems - Community-run talks on systems programming in Ottawa
➡️ @va3db - Amateur radio operator in Ottawa
➡️ @MetrolandMedia - Local newspapers in Ontario
2/5
➡️ @transit - About Toronto public transit, TTC & Greater Toronto
➡️ @bikeottawa - Advocating for cycling in Ottawa
➡️ @deathbydenim - Bike ride videos in Ottawa
➡️ @CyclingGuide - Cycling route app in Ontario
➡️ @showuptoronto - Calendar of activism, mutual aid, advocacy etc in Toronto
➡️ @londonlabourcouncil - Trade union based in London, Ontario
➡️ @JasonThorne - Chief planner for city of Toronto
➡️ @AnimeLondon - Anime club in southwest Ontario
🧵 1/5
Stopped at my local for a couple of pints and some hang time with friends.... A buddy snapped this as I was getting ready to pedal home
#BikeTooter
#PedalOn
#WindsorON
#YQG
#Ontario
#Canada
#Bicycle
#BikeNite
And our last question of the week:
Q8. Do you have a photo to share from a ride or of something cycle-related from the past week? It doesn't have to be anything special. If you'd like to, share one and tell us about it!
#BikeNiteQ#BikeNite #BikeTooter#Cycling#MastoBikes cc @bikenite
Stopped at my local for a couple of pints and some hang time with friends.... A buddy snapped this as I was getting ready to pedal home
#BikeTooter
#PedalOn
#WindsorON
#YQG
#Ontario
#Canada
#Bicycle
#BikeNite
This is such a great project by @vlrny.
https://turtlebower.org/about/
Many neurodivergent and disabled people of all ages struggle with housing and as many of us age we are faced with more and more isolation and the possibility of traumatic institutionalization.
Community living has the potential to save lives if done right - if it’s done for and by the people who live in that community and not by ableist people who want to hide away disabled people.
“In its current form, Turtle Bower is a seedling place–an old 3 bedroom farmhouse in a small town just outside of Guelph, Ontario renovated to add a wing with four wheelchair-accessible bedrooms as well as a massive shared kitchen built for co-living.
[…]
Right now we are inhabited by a mix of abled and disabled folks all just trying to get through. We want to be more; we want to be a collaborative co-living household that takes care of all within its borders.”
A vision of community support needs community funding (https://turtlebower.org/donate/)
#Guelph#Ontario#Canada#CoHousing #LongCovid#ActuallyAutistic#Spoonies #DisabilityJustice https://disabled.social/@vlrny/115035488756724553
This is such a great project by @vlrny.
https://turtlebower.org/about/
Many neurodivergent and disabled people of all ages struggle with housing and as many of us age we are faced with more and more isolation and the possibility of traumatic institutionalization.
Community living has the potential to save lives if done right - if it’s done for and by the people who live in that community and not by ableist people who want to hide away disabled people.
“In its current form, Turtle Bower is a seedling place–an old 3 bedroom farmhouse in a small town just outside of Guelph, Ontario renovated to add a wing with four wheelchair-accessible bedrooms as well as a massive shared kitchen built for co-living.
[…]
Right now we are inhabited by a mix of abled and disabled folks all just trying to get through. We want to be more; we want to be a collaborative co-living household that takes care of all within its borders.”
A vision of community support needs community funding (https://turtlebower.org/donate/)
#Guelph#Ontario#Canada#CoHousing #LongCovid#ActuallyAutistic#Spoonies #DisabilityJustice https://disabled.social/@vlrny/115035488756724553
Good day all! I was out on vacation last week with my family, so that's why there weren't any episodes of Fireside Fedi!
This week though! WOW! I'm nervous and super excited! All times are Eastern, UTC-4.
2025-08-12 1500 @benpate developer of the indie music hosting platform @howdy ! SUPER excited to talk with Ben and all of the amazingness he's working on.
2025-08-13 1100 @rwg is the Ontario Research Chair of Digital Governance for Social Justice, York University. Robert has written numerous books about the current environment of social media, including his next book "Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, The Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media."
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La discussione sulle ciclabili in #Canada è sullo stesso livello che da noi, ovvero bassissimo e becero.
Il premier dell'#Ontario (conservatore) voleva eliminare con una legge le poche nuove ciclabili di #Toronto, con una sindaca progressista (vi ricorda qualcosa?).
Un giudice ha bloccato la legge, chiamata: "ridurre il traffici, facendoti risparmiare tempo", perché i dati presentati dimostravano che, a causa di ben noti fenomeni (come il #trafficoIndotto), la congestione è in realta migliorata grazie alle #ciclabili.
Adesso la stessa situazione si sta presentando in altre province Canadesi, come in #Alberta, ma il precedente dell'Ontario rende la vita difficile a chi porta avanti posizioni ideologiche e antiscientifiche contro la #mobilitaSostenibile.
Chissà se in situazioni simili da noi i giudici agirebbero nello stesso modo. I dati d'altra parte parlano chiaro.
La discussione sulle ciclabili in #Canada è sullo stesso livello che da noi, ovvero bassissimo e becero.
Il premier dell'#Ontario (conservatore) voleva eliminare con una legge le poche nuove ciclabili di #Toronto, con una sindaca progressista (vi ricorda qualcosa?).
Un giudice ha bloccato la legge, chiamata: "ridurre il traffici, facendoti risparmiare tempo", perché i dati presentati dimostravano che, a causa di ben noti fenomeni (come il #trafficoIndotto), la congestione è in realta migliorata grazie alle #ciclabili.
Adesso la stessa situazione si sta presentando in altre province Canadesi, come in #Alberta, ma il precedente dell'Ontario rende la vita difficile a chi porta avanti posizioni ideologiche e antiscientifiche contro la #mobilitaSostenibile.
Chissà se in situazioni simili da noi i giudici agirebbero nello stesso modo. I dati d'altra parte parlano chiaro.
Toronto/Ontario request. Friend is dealing with a past slumlord at the LTB. Looking for a good rental paralegal that knows how to handle lying slumlords. There is evidence against the lies, plus a bad faith N12.
Toronto/Ontario request. Friend is dealing with a past slumlord at the LTB. Looking for a good rental paralegal that knows how to handle lying slumlords. There is evidence against the lies, plus a bad faith N12.
Looks like Toronto housing bubble is starting to burst with developers are quietly cancelling condos. Meanwhile, total condo sales fell by 75% from 2022 to the first quarter of 2025, according to data from market research firm Urbanation, and the average resale condo price dipped by 13%.
Ontario colleges lose nearly 10,000 jobs, and face cancellation or suspension of more than 600 college programs.
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