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No More Noise and Civic Dashboard are hosting a session on how to make your voice heard at City Hall in Toronto!
https://nomorenoise.ca/events/
@…

Drama in the #meshcore world and AI is at the center of it
https://

So updates from the MSTDN.ca owner this morning.
There are no change coming. The servers will stay where they are. No changes to governance or ownership. Calls from the community to transition to new people are being left unanswered.
State of the instance that has been delayed for years is delayed again with no new dates.
Financials are not being shared but he is claiming that things are still fine, safe and there's nothing to worry about.

Accident mortel d’un avion d’Air Canada Š New York
Les deux pilotes de ce vol d'Air Canada Express ont perdu la vie.
L’avion venait de #Montreal
https://ici.radio-…

Au sujet du mythe du bon colon français
#quebec

I agree with @… , algorithmic feeds are not "necessarily" bad.
What's bad is when they are imposed on you and you don't have a way to turn them off (or have no transparency on what they do)
But having ability to setup our own algo with simple rules within our own feed would be awesome

Cardinals select Jeremiyah Love, running back from Notre Dame, with No. 3 pick in 2026 NFL Draft https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7195838/2026/04/23/jeremiyah-love-cardinals-notre-dame-nfl-draft-pick-3-2026/

Keep resisting America

WSJ:
Time for Trump to Give Up the Jerome Powell Case
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/jerome-powell-james-boasberg-donald-trump-federal-reserve-d2d2d9a0

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Manfred Mann:
🎵 Bring It to Jerome
#ManfredMann
https://open.spotify.com/track/6byMJqOiLTyijvi2XVqhwL

Well I was surprised to see my face on the frontpage of the Toronto Star website this morning

Judge nukes DOJ subpoenas to Jerome Powell - National Zero
https://nationalzero.com/2026/03/13/judge-nukes-doj-subpoenas-to-jerome-powell/

RE: https://mastodon.iftas.org/@iftas/116444798190019412
@… très important svp! @…

Dang, Mama Earth was sharing the same buildling as ours when we had our warehouse in East York
https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/business-economy/workers-rally-against-mass-termination-101-mama-earth-organic…

Mstdn.ca has cancelled their state of the instance.
It was supposed to happen Sunday.
An email had been sent Saturday morning as a reminder so it looks like circumstances have changed between the reminder and the cancellation late tonight
A future date will be shared eventually
https://news.ms…

Sad to see what's happening in #Mexico
Being a tourists there was awesome, i felt more safe than many other places i've traveled.
But how much of it was just the narcos deciding to keep the peace because it is good for business?
If they feel threatened by some governement action, all hell break loose, which is bad for the economy/tourism/etc.
And very oft…

The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady for the second time this year,
a widely expected move amid turmoil in the Middle East and rising energy prices.
Fed officials faced a confluence of issues to consider in their meeting this week:
soaring oil and gas prices,
fluctuating inflation that still remains above the Fed’s target of 2%,
and a weakened job market that unexpectedly saw 92,000 losses last month.
All but one of the 12 voting members of th…

RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/top-stories-01r3k2ttz/-/a-Z9TT91u7Tc-NasCAy_mllw:a:107108217-/0
To be forever remembered as the one who abdicated to Trump
This is your legacy Tim

RE: https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/116443706498880330
We should do this for Canada's shooting in BC.........

Sad to hear about the shooting and death of a Canadian in Teotihuacšn Mexico.
Definitely not a good year for Mexico tourism, which is a shame as it is a beautiful place. I hope local residents stay safe as well
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crm1rg3ydkvo

After a bit of shame, back at seeing people posting photos of their Starbucks on social media.
Lots of people never understand or choose not to understand the power of choosing where you spend your money.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fagstein/116108658442189760
Did not confirm but some on Reddit said they were avoiding ads as well

RE: #deminimis

Évidemment...
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/national/2026-02-20/tuerie-de-tumbler-ridge/openai-etait-au-courant-d-activites-inquietantes-de-la-tireuse-depuis-des-mois.php

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday he won’t step down from the central bank’s board until the Justice Department concludes a probe into his testimony regarding the Fed’s headquarters renovation.
“I have no intention of leaving the board until the investigation is well and truly over with transparency and finality,”
he said at a press conference.
He said he has not decided if he will stay on the Fed board after his term as chair concludes in May,
and t…

I'm lucky I haven't had a lot of health issues myself in my life... but what I got a lot of experience with is health issues for the 2 cats I've had.
I can't stress enough the importance of doing your own research to complement what you hear from your vet.
There has been too many cases where what the vet said wasn't fully consistent or incomplete VS what the real situation was with my cat.
If you care about your little friend, have a vet, but also, be s…

Toronto cops keep showing up to arts events about Palestine.
What can organizers do?
https://www.thegrindmag.ca/cops-keep-showing-up-to-arts-events-about-palestine-what-can-organizers-do/

@… @… avez vous banni le serveur @bird.makeup ? je vois zéro profile depuis notre instance

Metrolinx weighs removing UP Express luggage racks to add standing room: leaked document
Also standardize 3-car trains (existing fleet), and 4-car train (would require new purchase)
https://www.…

If you live in #Willowdale two journalists are starting a new initiative to bring a new news outlett to the neighborhood.
They want to hear from the community, fill out this Google survey

There was a lot of noise when #Ycombinator decided to drop Canada from their list of eligible countries for corporations to be resided in.
A lot less noise when they backtracked and re-added Canada, totally missed that when it was re-announced

US supreme court rules against US tariffs...
There will be lots of bad articles out there about what it means, so hold on on big analysis.
#tariff

RE: https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/116253508712654219
It’s been hilarious to read the discourse on LinkedIn regarding ChatGPT instant checkout
First it was the biggest revolution in ecommerce in decades. Brought billions in market share to Etsy, Sh…

Iran keeps hitting oil and energy infrastructure. This is how they got the US by the balls. Trump can't afford a forever war that brings gas price through the roof ahead of the midterms. He's in deep shit.
And that's the thing with drones.. easy to build in mass quantities and hard to defend against, there's no way they can have anti-drone protection in every country around Iran.

My favorite tool to calculate the ideal RRSP contribution
#rrsp #reer

At democracy exchange conference today!
#democracyxchange #dxc26

Shorter, more frequent GO train plan ‘unlikely to materialize’: leaked document
https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/municipalities-transit-and-infrastructure/shorter-more-frequent-go-tr…

#Metrolinx finally admits what everyone has been expecting, the Ontario Line will open later than 2031
It might also require closures of the DVP for some crucial engineering work (the line will go over the freeway)

On s'attendait Š rien de moins de la CAQ
#villedequebec

Today I learned the San Marino Grand Prix from my youth was actually not in San Marino.
It was just another name for Imola, which is in Italy, not San Marino.
#f1 #grandprix

What i like about this article from @… on the Billy Bishop Toronto airport is that it looks a the numbers.
Even if we ignore the whole noise and gas pollution, this airport is not doing so well since they introduced the train to Pearson and it's unclear how adding jets would fix it.
The value prop of the airport is that it's small and…

Québec annule le projet de #tramway de #gatineau
https://www.led…

DemocracyXchange in Toronto from today to Saturday. I’ll be there physically Saturday!
#dxc26 #democracyxchange

Yep. He thought dropping bombs would make it a quick war and quick victory lap. He has no appetite for long conflicts.
Now, no regime change, oil price rising, he’s likely to just change the definition of what a victory is to save face. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/20

Timed my 3 weeks vacation perfectly.
Didn’t realize family day was a thing until it was already booked.
So I get a short week back at the office
#familyday

Wealthsimple just announced a partnership with Twitter
That’s just after a week after announcing their intention to offer prediction markets
If you’re a customer and you are unhappy, email them: complaints@wealthsimple.com
Also good to start looking at alternatives
#wealthsimple

I had missed the news that after years of growth, #cocoa prices have crashed on the international market.
https://www.reuters.com/business/en…

I’m really curious with everyone in my extended family that got the flu vaccine but not Covid. You can get both together, have to go out of your way to refuse the Covid one.
Why?

Launch: Entreprenorth
A movement of Northern Indigenous entrepreneurs who are innovating solutions to strengthen economic resilience and community wellbeing for generations to come.
#indigenous

Lily Cheng in #Willowdale is again advocating against new housing next to a subway station
According to her, adding 2000 new residents to the neighborhood would be a risk to lose the Costco (???). As if adding new people to the neighborhood would make Costco leave.
Yes some "essential local retail shops" (aka Starbucks) would leave... But there's no shortage i…

Region filtering in #meshcore
https://buymeacoffee.com/ripplebiz/region-filtering

Autobiographie que j’ai lu très rapidement en une fin de semaine, par Gilles St-Croix co-fondateur du cirque du soleil.
Histoire fascinante sur les débuts et la croissance du cirque.
(Malheureusement il a tout donné Š sa carrière et très peu Š sa famille.)
Publié en 2016 donc bien avant les déboires plus récentes
#cirquedesoleil

How Ayala Took Land Away from Poor Iloilo Fisherfolk to Build a High-End Resort
#ayala

The province of Ontario has purchased part of the rail that will be used for the Northlander train, which will come in service within the next few years. This should allow to prioritize passenger service as opposed to freight.
That purchase alone is 25% of the distance of the future Timmins <> Toronto train

Shelley Caroll (and likely other Toronto councillors) are joining Doug Ford on asking for an injunction the Al Quds Day protests and linking it to acts of violence against synagogues.
Is there anything out there showing us that the two are related?
I'm happy to be proven wrong, I just don't see the connection.

La pression populaire a fonctionné, et Radio-Can va se bouger le cul pour avoir RDI sur des plateformes canadiennes et tou.tv et va mettre Amazon en pause en attendant
Y'en a vraiment qui vivent dans une tour d'ivoire
https://press…

GO train near Oakville was seconds away from ‘worst-case’ derailment, internal Metrolinx report shows
Again, this had to be leaked to the media because there’s no transparency about anything at Metrolinx.
#metrolinx #trains

After my pilgrimage to Finch West last week, it was time to discover Eglinton West through Line 5 LRT on a beautiful Saturday
-It’s very fast underground
-Stations are very deep (and cold!)
-Spacing of stops seems adequate
Waiting 10min for the next train feels long when you’re used to the subway, especially since the timing of the next train signs are entirely wrong still months after opening (and Transit app also doesn’t work underground)

C’est bien la le problème des agences de transport privées. Elles te laissent au bord de la route et bonne chance
#rem
https://www.

@… @…
Nwt.social could be added I believe!

It's #opendataweek and there's a blog post on the history of Open Data in the city of Toronto
Started in 2009!
https://open.toronto.ca/a-history-worth-remembering/…

Met with a member of « Canadians for digital sovereignty » tonight at the @… meetup, as well with @… .
Lots of us working on this issue in different ways, it just seems we need to connect more

Marc Benioff 'Jokes' ICE Is Watching Salesforce Employees Who Traveled to the U.S.
#salesforce
https://www.404media.co/marc-benioff-jokes

Ontario regional train return to the North announced their pricing
#northlander

Canada’s first fully Indigenous-owned department store closes amid funding challenges
https://www.thestar.com/business/canadas-first-fully-indigenous-owned-departmen…

The Suburb That Won’t Sleep
Food is bringing thousands of people together to an unexpected place: a plaza west of Toronto. Some fear it’s tearing a neighborhood apart.
It's Ridgeway in #Mississauga

Follow packs aka "Collections" are coming to Mastodon soon
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/designing-collections/

Very curious what Trump means, did he only say that to prop the stock market and it means nothing concrete and the US is still stuck in that war without clear objectives
Or does he just give up on changing the regime in Iran because he doesn't see an exith path?
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/09/trump-iran…

Read in my local #Willowdale facebook group. So glad those people can't block... fourplex anymore.
Imagine the outrage if a 3 million dollar home was to be built and would require letters, public consultations, etc, etc. But yet, when it's 4 families moving in, they would LOVE the opportunity to join a meeting and scream at this idea.

First #earthquake in #Mexico
#puertoescondido

Data obtained through freedom of information requests show wait times have increased dramatically since Health811 replaced Telehealth Ontario, peaking at a monthly average of more than 11 hours.
https://thelocal.to/health811-telehealth-wait-times-ontario/

My transit app arrival time has been the exact same ETA as the food delivery arrival time that I pickup when I exit the subway.
Car and subway converging to the same place at the same time.
Who will win?

What those different versions of the Iranian flag appearing at protests mean
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/what-those-different-versions-of-the-iranian-f…

PSPP chef du PQ va faire une entrevue avec Rebel News, la dérive Š droite continue
Complètement débile
https://www.reddit.com/r/Quebec/comments/1seyhur/pspp_en_entrevue_avec_alexa_lavoie_de_rebel_news/?sort=new

Je vous l’avais bien dit.. en avril on ne découvre pas d’un fil
-Signé, quelqu’un d’expérience qui a sa fête en avril.

It’s what I believe since the beginning of the Iran bombardment.
Trump thought he could do like Venezuela. Quick change of power, put an ally in place, no occupying military force needed. Looks like a hero. That’s what he wants for Cuba too.
But now he’s in deep shit. Every day the war continues without a change of power, he looks like a loser. War is not popular and oil price is skyrocketing, the entire opposite of what the game plan was to get mid term votes.

Radio Can sur Amazon, vraiment degueulass
https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/chroniques/2026-03-06/ici-rdi-sur-prime-video/l-entente-qui-ne-passe-pas.php

So since when has #mstdnca been down?

Le Nouveau-Brunswick n’utilisera plus X pour ses communications au quotidien
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2226139/fin-twitter-reseau-social-nb-grok?partageApp=rcca_appmobile_appinfo_android

@… considérant vos initiatives sur la souveraineté numérique, allez vous vous joindre Š @… ?
@…

Many months late but I did a pilgrimage to the Line 6 Finch West LRT.
Rode from Finch West to Humber and back (with a stop at Plaza Latina)
I liked the train, comfortable and mostly smooth.
But after Chow announcement that signal priority was active… I wonder if they had to roll it back? We had to stop at almost half the red lights. This line would be amazing if only it wasn’t stopping all-the-time.

15 years ago I was contributing to a RRSP matching program at my first employer for a short period of time.
I was in my mid-20s and once i quit my job, i forgot about this account, moved to a new address and lost track of it.
Few months ago Canada Life tracked me down, told me i had money sitting in it for 15 years and I could retrieve it. (It was a nice surprise)
I finally took the time to look into it today. Over 15 years, the return was 0.5%. I made $40.

We might get surprised by what else in our economy will go down as a result of the #bitcoin crash

Love to see advocacy for the Sheppard subway
However with so much density already out east in Scarborough the priority is really on serving existing residents, not a potential development in Downsview that might or might not pan out with the current halt on new condo construction.
https://

Du Brexit au Bregret https://www.lapresse.ca/international/europe/la-presse-au-royaume-uni/du-brexit-au-bregret/2026-04-04/la-presse-au-royaume-uni/les-promesses-no…

Trump is sure not going to like seeing front pages of all media’s about fighter jets being shut down in Iran
So much for his speech of victory
Especially if the pilot ends up captured

Former treasurer being sued by Edmonton community league cites software glitches for missing money
Chad Ohman says reimbursements for community upgrades were rightfully owed
—
I had missed that the statement of defense had been released
https://www.

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@susurros/116161484960904704
Of course they did.
When the world isn’t looking they are back to mass atrocities very quickly

Had so much fun taking the cable bus (line 3) in Mexico City. It’s fast and the view is amazing. Makes me think of a ski lift but just a bit higher.
🚡🚠
#mexicocity #cdmx #transit

One of your biggest risk when travelling abroad as a Canadian tourist isn’t what people assume.
Roads and transport is often much more dangerous abroad than it is locally
#tourism
https://www.

L’ascension et la chute de Pablo Rodriguez
Évidement la perspective est d’un côté seulement, mais article intéressant néanmoins.
https://lactualite.com/politique/lascension-et-la-chute-de-pablo-rodriguez/

Things I never took for granted in urban design: public trash cans.
They are really hard to find in Mexico City.
You’re expected to bring your own trash back home. Or drop it at the same business where you bought your stuff. That’s it.

Anybody else going to #DemocracyXchange this year in Toronto?

I feel like many might be overstating the significance of the Claude Code leak. It's not their model, just the client to connect to it. Sure there's a few funny things in the code, but it changes nothing really to what AI is becoming for coders.
What it shows however is that very high usage of AI for code without proper review and agressive development targets can lead to major mistakes. Anthropic is known for using their own tools quite agrresively.

Apparemment que la ville de Montréal a cessée de publier les données de comptage vélo par Eco-Compteur Š cause d'un manque de budget? Ouch
Probablement pour ça que notre bot @… est mort
https://

RE: https://mastodon.social/@matt_birchler/116151577312352678
It shows that at least on the chatbot side, user habits are not sticky. Just switch from one to another at the next controversy and they all work relatively the same.
I know AI valu…

À travers cet article on apprend que VIA va commander 42 locomotives et 320 voitures. Mais ça prendra certainement plusieurs années #viarail
https://www.

The Conservative party of Canada is officially announcing they are against the Alto High Speed Train.
They just shoot themselves in the foot with a lot of voters, and this also signal the Liberal need to get this started asap before another election.
#altohsr #highspeedtrain

It seems again that Trump is not willing to send troops on the ground.
That’s why he said the Iranian people must take power. He expects the population to rise.
It might happen. But if it doesn’t, this is all for nothing. Just a dangerous play that might backfire severely.

Was not on my bingo card, but the federal/provincial and city of Toronto agrees for funding of the #Waterfront East project!
Toronto is getting a new streetcar lane
#topoli #toronto