Chow resorts to fear campaign to bring back speed camera cash grab | Toronto Sun - "Can we talk about that report to Toronto City Hall that Mayor Olivia Chow used to claim that speeding was out of control. The report, and the way the data is presented, is dodgy at best, relying only on percentages without also presenting the hard numbers. What’s worse is how Chow is presenting this as a matter of life and death — you support speed cameras or people dying at the hands of out-of-control motorists... The report compared data from locations around the city looking at the speed vehicles were travelling at before and after the speed camera shutdown. They examined 13 locations where the speed limit was 30km/h, 53 locations where the speed limit was 40 km/h, and 38 where the speed limit was 50 km/h. “Across 104 locations with comparable before-and-after data, the average 85th percentile operating speed increased by 4.8 km/h,” the report read. Wait? Chow said people were driving like it was a highway, but the average increase was less than 5 km/h. Meaning that in a 30 zone, people who were speeding were doing on average 35 km/h. You can do the math on the other zones. So how do we arrive at the idea, widely reported by the media following this story, that there is a 410% increase in big speeding following the removal of speed cameras? Of the 13 locations where the speed limit is 30 km/h and the city was able to compare before and after data, they found that when speed cameras were active, just 1.4% of all drivers were clocked at speeds 16 km/h or higher than the limit. After the speed cameras were taken out, the city says the percentage of drivers clocked at 16 km/h or over jumped to 7.2%. The city calculates the increase from 1.4% of drivers to 7.2% of drivers to be a 410% increase and uses that to scare people. For zones with 50 km/h as the speed limit, Chow says the increase in those going fast is a 480% increase. The actual percentage of drivers going 16 km/h over or more in those zones went from 0.5% to 2.9% and she pulls out the 480% increase figure to scare people... The mayor pushed back on the call by Premier Doug Ford to install more speed bumps by saying ambulances and fire trucks can’t safely navigate those traffic calming features. That might be a serious argument if Chow didn’t support bike lanes reducing response times for emergency vehicles in areas bike lanes shouldn’t be in just because she likes more bike lanes. As for the claim that dropping speed cameras causes more deaths, the city’s own report shows that’s not true. During the period of this study from December 2025 until May 2026, there were 25 fatal collisions and 25 deaths in areas where speed cameras once operated. The report also shows that from December 2021 until May 2022, those same speed camera zones saw 25 fatal collisions and 27 deaths... The entire problem with the way the speed camera operations were set up in Toronto, in Brampton, in Ottawa or Mississauga, is that it was a cash grab. Any safety considerations were secondary to the amount of money municipalities could collect. Money and not safety is why they set them up and money and not safety is why Chow is fighting to bring them back."
Left wingers hate cars and love taxes. The municipalities admitted it was a cash grab too, so
Meme - "Bookstores feel like they come from a parallel reality these days.
>Step inside
>Top 40 dance music blasting
>Instantly assaulted by multiple stands for books with covers featuring garish colour combinations and huge bold simple fonts.
>They are all best sellers with 75 awards each from prestigious literary institutions that were established 3 weeks ago
>They all have trite, nonsensical, pseudo-poetic titles like 'All The Fire That We Hold Tomorrow'
>The authors all have vaguely African or Indian last names, or are Sarah J. Maas.
>Every book is covered in reviews claiming it is 'brave', 'timely', 'a pertinent reminder', or 'necessary'
>Another stand is full of books promising me how to Un-F*CK YOUR FINANCES or beat Anxiety with Keto.
>A giant poster for a deeply moving celebrity autobiography hangs from the ceiling
>Trip over a stack of books from 2017 about Trump gathering dust in the corner
>Return a week later to find a whole new suite of books, authors, and awards have been randomly generated and placed on display.
Do not buy from these homosexual locations!"
The UN is being used as a weapon against the West - spiked - "
Meme - Andy Riley: "It's taken me ages to realise, but if Frodo had led a chicken along on a bit of string, I and made the chicken carry the ring all the way, no risk of Frodo turning evil. Sure the chicken might turn nasty but realistically how much damage to middle earth can one evil chicken cause"
Jacob Kolman: "The exact logic elves and wizards used when they let a hobbit carry it"
Meme - "Happy June teeth to all who celebrate"
"The ROSENBERGS DIE TONIGHT"
Keywords: Happy Juneteenth to all who celebrate
Reasonable Blackman: Wikipedia Page for a Non-Existent Historical Figure - "There are markets in historical knowledge, as in all things. When the market wanted “great men",” historians discovered great men. When the market wanted “pioneering women,” historians discovered pioneering women. For the past few years, we have seen high demand for “people of color” who lived in pre-modern Europe. But the supply is very, very low. Under such conditions, can you blame academics for creating new supply? It’s what the people want. Well, I blame them... I doubt the article, published in the journal Shakespeare in 2015, made an enormous splash. The Reasonable Blackman Wikipedia page wasn’t created until 2019. What changed? Well, the times changed. The market for knowledge changed. And a more prominent book took up the argument: Miranda Kaufmann’s Black Tudors, of 2017. Kaufmann, as best I can tell, was the first to call our guy by the highly memorable “Reasonable Blackman.” Salkeld later cited to personal correspondence in which Kaufmann defended her choice as “the most modern composite of the variations in which he is recorded.” Read: it’s the catchiest. Don’t just make your product. Market it... Reasonable Blackman was not a Black man. He wasn’t even a Blackman. He was an English silk weaver named Reasonable Blackmore. He left almost no trace in the records. That wasn’t because he was a “blackmoor.” It’s because almost no one left more than a trace on the records."
How ignorant. Doesn't he know that "these isles were black before they were British"?!
Meme - Abu Yusuf Al-Hanbali: "Muslims should not have any affinity, loyalty or allegiance to secular politicians, be they Muslim (oxymoron) or non-Muslim. Muslims should have a strong disgust towards secularism, for it separates Allah from politics."
Lisa Reid: "So, this is a public admission that Islam is POLITICAL! Allah is not separate from politics meaning Islamic Sharia Law. Thank you for your honesty!"
Time to arrest Abu Yusuf Al-Hanbali for promoting Islamophobic stereotypes about Islam being inherently political and incompatible with secularism!
BBC's "Children in Need" Charity Funded Terrorists - Business Insider - "Oops! In what the BBC's calling "a rare allegation," its Children in Need charity accidentally supported the propaganda efforts of the Islamic terrorists who bombed the London transit system on July 7, 2005. The charity donated 20,000 pounds (or roughly $40,000) to a school that also subsidized an Islamic bookshop where two of the suicide bombers regularly met. The terrorists also used their location to try to indoctrinate nearby school children."
Meme - Brianna Lee: "Happy Father's Day to the best there is <# I couldn't ask for a better father to my boys :) Cheavez Clapp"
WFMY News 2: "Cheavez Clapp has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Brianna Laray Lee."
‘Mexican Batman’ tapes men to lamp posts - "A vigilante has been nicknamed Mexico’s “Batman” after hunting down bike thieves and taping them to lamp posts. Police in the western state of Jalisco are searching for a suspect after at least five men were bound to poles with “ratero”, Spanish for “thief”, written on their foreheads. Some also had cat whiskers and moustaches drawn on their faces, while others had their mouths taped shut... The person responsible was nicknamed the “Batman of Lagos de Moreno” by Luis Cardenes, a prominent journalist. Local media reported the man, whose identity is not known, became frustrated with what he called inadequate law enforcement and decided to take matters into his own hands, like the fictional comic book character... Mexico has long struggled with high levels of violent crime, with more than 36,000 violent carjackings recorded nationwide in 2023 alone."
Thief told police: ‘You’re lucky I’m not grooming girls’ - "Judge Christopher Hehir jailed Stanbury for three years and four months at Southwark Crown Court, saying may die in prison if he did not give up drugs. “Ultimately, the only person who can truly help you is you,” he told him. “No one puts a gun to your head and forces you to take heroin or other drugs, and no one puts a gun to your head and forces you to go out burgling. “You have a choice – go on wasting more of your life in prison and possibly dying in prison, or take a step back, look in the mirror and resolve to change your ways.” The judge said Stanbury was “confrontational” with those trying to help him, and that past efforts to avoid prison in favour of rehabilitation “simply have not worked”. He added: “Your tendency is to blame others for your misfortunes, rather than asking yourself whether you might be to blame.” The court heard Stanbury had 50 previous convictions, stretching back more than 30 years and covering 140 offences, with the “vast majority” for non-dwelling burglaries... After his arrest four days later, Stanbury replied “so what?” when confronted over his breach of the criminal behaviour order, the court heard. The prosecutor added that Stanbury also insisted he was “not some druggy”, but took heroin to “calm himself down”."
How ignorant. Doesn't the judge know that as a minority, Stanbury is a victim of racism and colonialism and so not responsible for his actions?
The pointless world of Unesco - "So what has gone wrong for Unesco’s heritage filter? As is often the case with large multinational organisations, there isn’t exactly a single cause. But the fact that Unesco relies on voluntary contributions from its member countries to pay its 2,000 or so staff plays a role. After all, if you’re dependent on national governments to pay the bills, you want to make sure they’re getting some kind of recognition in return."Unesco - "So what has gone wrong for Unesco’s heritage filter? As is often the case with large multinational organisations, there isn’t exactly a single cause. But the fact that Unesco relies on voluntary contributions from its member countries to pay its 2,000 or so staff plays a role. After all, if you’re dependent on national governments to pay the bills, you want to make sure they’re getting some kind of recognition in return."
Meme - "Tucker Carlson: "I just love George Galloway" Galloway is a socialist who has been an open apologist for every terrorist groups and murderous dictator (going back to Saddam Hussein) in the last 40 years. How can anyone still pretend this demagogue Marxist bigot is on the right?"
"Tucker Carlson to Sky News: The UK does not have a democracy. George Galloway would be the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom if you had a democracy."
Meme - Zach Schieffer: "My little cousin had career day at school a while back. Most kids put astronaut, firefighter, or pro athlete. Couldn't be prouder."
"Career Day: When I Grow Up
When I grow up, I want to be a... Life cycle & CRM Retention Specialist
Why do you want this job? because the money is in the back end not the first purchace
What will you do at this job? Segment the list so we dont email everyone the same build the welcom flow and the abandond cart increes the LTV and lower the churn
Draw yourself at work: Me at 2am sending the campane *sleepy stick figure and phone*"
Meme - Johan Christian Sollid @sollidnuclear: "Everyone dunking on French nuclear this week while the big red rectangle just sits there doing its job"
"Public net electricity generation in France in week 26 2026
Solar *highly variable*
Nuclear *very constant with barely a blip*
Wind offshore *highly variable*
Wind onshore *highly variable*"
AtomicAstrid @AtomicAstrid: "Just an insane amount of headlines due to a tiny tiny dip - people want nuclear to be intermittent, they like it when they get this confirmation"
Standing desks could be bad for your health - "A new study from Australia involving over 83,000 participants has found that prolonged standing may not improve heart health and could even increase the risk of certain circulatory problems. Researchers discovered that standing for extended periods did not reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. In fact, spending too much time either sitting or standing was linked to a higher risk of problems such as varicose veins and feeling dizzy or light-headed when you stand up... Much of the enthusiasm was based on limited studies that didn’t comprehensively assess long-term health consequences. This gap in knowledge prompted researchers to investigate further. In the new study, participants wore devices to track their sitting, standing and physical activity over several years. This objective measurement provided accurate data, reducing the inaccuracies often found in self-reported information. The researchers found that sitting for more than 10 hours a day was associated with a higher risk of heart disease and stroke. However, simply standing more did not mitigate this risk. In fact, standing for extended periods was linked to an increased risk of circulatory problems. Prolonged standing can cause blood to pool in the legs, leading to conditions such as varicose veins. The study’s large sample size and use of objective data strengthen the reliability of these findings. However, as an observational study, it cannot definitively establish cause and effect. Also, the average age of participants was around 61, which may limit how these results apply to younger people. These findings suggest that simply swopping sitting for standing isn’t a perfect solution. Our bodies respond better to regular movement rather than static positions, whether that’s sitting or standing. Incorporating short walks, stretching or light exercises throughout the day can interrupt long periods of inactivity and offer significant health benefits. Workplace interventions promoting movement have shown promise. Researchers found that office workers who reduced their sitting time by adding periods of standing and light activity saw improvements in blood sugar levels and other health markers. Another study indicated that alternating between sitting and standing, combined with brief walks, was more effective for health than standing alone."
MAHA Action on X - "The editors of the world's most prestigious medical journals are sounding the alarm, and nobody is listening. "We have peer reviewed, high impact editors in most of the journals that are the most high impact, saying that they don't believe what is being published in those journals is trustworthy anymore." "The BMJ, The Lancet, all of those editors have come out and said, we have a huge problem. We can't replicate this research and we actually don't even know who did the research." "Everywhere we've looked for corruption, we've found it." Emily Kaplan, co-founder of the Broken Science Initiative. @broken_science"
How ignorant. Why don't these dangerous far right extremists just Trust the Science?!
Christian Heiens 🏛 on X - "We dropped a nuclear bomb on Japan, twice, and 80 years later they light up their cities in our colors as a show of how much they love us. Meanwhile, we bailed half of Europe out, twice, and their governments take every last opportunity to signal how much they despise us."
TankieRepublic on X - "Europeans and Canzcucks online talk exactly like they’re Chinese allies, they legitimately don’t know americans are still contractually obligated to die for them"
Film Updates on X - "‘OBSESSION’ has grossed over $370M worldwide. It will surpass ‘SINNERS’ tomorrow to become the highest grossing live-action original film of the 2020s."
Kaguya’s Top Gal on X - "The no budget film made by a 20 something white guy beat the astroturfed Hollywood black revenge porn propaganda movie, that’s actually amazing"
Meme - remakingmanhood: "I can vote for progressive Dems. I can vote for centrist Denis. I can vote for Democratic socialists. God help me, I can vote for an AIPAC Dem if I'm forced to. Because I am a Democrat who understands what will happen if I fail to vote blue no matter who. Vote progressives in the primaries (it's working) vote blue no matter who in the general elections. Rinse and repeat. Seeing some "how we got here" messaging discipline showing up from some low follower accounts. This is how they do us. This is the fight AIPAC wants us to have."
"Vote blue, no matter who" - and left wingers call the other side a cult and Nazis while electing a Nazi and spreading Jewish influence conspiracy theories
Meme - Death reading book: "Yo, kid. Better tie your shoelaces."
Kid: "Is that how I'm going to die?"
Death reading Book of Death: "Um no, you're gonna die peacefully of old age."
Kid running off: "Awesome! I'm gonna go try heroin!"
"War and Peas"
Former Coronation Street actress stripped naked during drunken rampage in Scots pub - "Imogen Boorman, 52, terrified staff and customers at The Picture House in Montrose... Boorman stripped bare, drank from draught beer taps and sprayed a customer with the draught juice gun... [She] picked up a bottle of whisky and began drinking from it, before proceeding to remove her clothing. She continued drinking from the bar display and when a customer tried to intervene, she struck him on the face four times. Mr Hamilton continued: "The accused then removed all of her clothing, leaving her completely naked." He explained Boorman picked up a bottle of whisky and began rubbing herself in a sexual manner. Still nude, she lay on the bar and began drinking straight from the draught beer taps. While on the bar, she took the hands of the man she had hit and placed them on her naked breasts. He was eventually able to pull them away. Lying down on the bar, she began rubbing the man's groin, over his clothing, with her feet and then grabbed a draught juice gun and used it to spray him in the face. Boorman then left the bar area and went to the pub's dining section. There, she sexually assaulted the same man by dropping to her knees and trying to pull down his trousers "in a sexual manner". Four police officers arrived and given Boorman's state of undress, two female officers approached and attempted to clothe her. Drunken Boorman resisted their help and lashed out her arms at them violently. After she arrived at West Bell Street HQ in Dundee, she assaulted one of the constables and grabbed her arm, causing scratching and reddening."
Basil the Great on X - "🚨SHOCKING STORY: Two women from the Netherlands were lured to Pakistan by the son of a politician promising them investment opportunities They were kidnapped, gang raped, beaten before being told their organs would be sold if they did not find people to pay their ransom of $2 million They stole the equivalent of $17,000 dollars from the women before driving them through a local town During the drive they crashed their car allowing the women to escape The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs is aware of the case and dealing with it The two women are now being cared for by health professionals"
AngloFash on X - "As soon as I see the word ‘Pakistani’ I don’t read any further because I automatically know it’s about them raping someone."
The Hollywood Handle on X - "‘MINIONS’ director confirms no Minions worked for Hitler. (Via: @Polygon)"
Endymion on X - ">Minions director
>Confirms they never worked for Hitler
>Minions canonically work for villains
What did he mean by this?"
Emeka Amakeze on X - "A man ordered a bowl of beef noodles on a delivery for $30. When it arrived, he searched the entire bowl and found only one slice of beef. So, he called the restaurant to complain but the owner confidently replied, "Even if there’s only one slice, it’s still beef, right?" The man hung up. Then he went downstairs and bought half a pound of beef. He covered the whole bowl with beef, took a photo and posted it in the review section "So, satisfied. The restaurant has amazing service. They’re incredibly generous with the beef. Definitely the right choice." A few days later, the restaurant, started receiving tons of complaints. The platform removed them completely."
Listening to a new Torontonian's point of view. : r/toronto - "Today, I had a customer who traveled over two hours from downtown Toronto to my shop in Scarborough (near STC), all by transit. Now that the RT is gone, its quite a long ride. Him and his elderly parents, originally from Brazil, were in great spirits when they arrived. They've recently acquired their PR status and will be finally settling in Toronto soon. What struck me most was their perspective on the city—they spoke of Toronto with such admiration, seeing it as a place full of hope and well-functioning systems. They talked about the people and social networks and compared the city to Sau Paulo. The multiculturalism, the cleanliness and how much safer they feel. Growing up here, I've often heard about the city's challenges, but their words reminded me of its strengths and the optimism it can inspire. It was a powerful reminder that every place has its own magic and hope."
"It’s the same when people bitch about the TTC. Go to almost any other transit system in North America and you’ll wish it was half as good as the TTC. People who don’t travel really lose perspective on how great Toronto is."
Ironic. Canadians who tell others to travel to realise how good Canada has it think the world has only 2 (developed) countries: Canada and the US. Arrogance and complacency ftw
