Author of"The Story of Upfront Carbon," reformed architect and developer, teacher of sustainable design at Toronto Metropolitan University. https://lloydalter.substack.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mu5ump4qrs23It will never happen because trump lite Doug Ford hates them as much as Trump and pulled them down at a cost of millions. For all his captain Canada talk don’t forget who he is. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5ump4qrs23https://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mu5cb5elpk2zTrump and Duffy want to launch a thousand rockets a year, and remove almost all environmental protections and oversight. Between launches of thousands of satellites and building of thousands of data centres, these tech advances the Abundance gang say will help mankind are contributing to killing it. https://lloydalter.substack.com/p/trumps-plans-for-space-could-trash28 Aug 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5cb5elpk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mu3igg7xpk22well put [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3igg7xpk22https://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mu3el2wank26With all the obits for Tim Curry, none mention his great role as Dr. Petrov in The Hunt for Red October. “Well if you like borsch perhaps, but I've eaten better in an oily GALLEY. My wife said to the waiter, "where did this man learn to cook? AFGHANISTAN?”27 Aug 2026 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3el2wank26https://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mu2vgvthqs2cI don't know how @theguardian.com can publish this article without a peep about how they have destroyed mass timber in the UK. The article even explains how it is fire-safe. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2vgvthqs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mtyduqenjs2j@thebeaverton.com is just brilliant here “At press time, Ford was telling the assembled media how useful the current trade war was for distracting the people of Ontario away from the fact that he is currently attempting to murder every cyclist in Toronto.” https://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/08/breaking-doug-ford-challenges-donald-trump-to-a-corruption-fight-in-the-school-parking-lot/26 Aug 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyduqenjs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mtyan77gt227I am working my way through this, a great guide. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyan77gt227https://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mtyajvptc227Why is the District of Muskoka building a robotic prefab plant, when they already have an award-winning Passive Home panel factory in the district? Why do smart people get so stupid about prefab? https://lloydalter.substack.com/p/why-is-muskoka-investing-17-million26 Aug 2026 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyajvptc227https://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mtt5ojv6as2jWe should use this time not only to stop using products from the USA, but also the tired, high-carbon planning and development patterns we copied from them. We can build, instead, a walkable, wooden world. https://lloydalter.substack.com/p/mark-carney-says-youre-at-war-when24 Aug 2026 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtt5ojv6as2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mtrqwjann22rAnother example of how Doug Ford feeds our money to his friends, this is scandalous (but then every day in Ontario is another scandal, and it just rolls off him) [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrqwjann22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mtpgpjfyjs26Excellent take. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 23:32 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpgpjfyjs26https://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mtp5yqorc22oI rarely listen to long speeches, but this one was amazing, I am a proud Canadian today. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtp5yqorc22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mtoyuvahas22Where is Dave Winfield when you need him, he would clear out those pigeons on the field.22 Aug 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoyuvahas22https://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mtoabb6p422jIt’s Lutnick that did this. He fucked us over the Gordie Howe bridge and thought he could do it again. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoabb6p422jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mtlomoartc24Interesting research couples a Direct Air Capture system with a cement plant to produce zero-carbon cement. Which is a great idea if you have all the time, money, and renewable electricity in the world. If only. https://lloydalter.substack.com/p/can-cement-plants-actually-remove21 Aug 2026 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlomoartc24https://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mtjenbiwm22nNothing like good fresh Ontario blueberries at this time of year. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjenbiwm22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mtezlvs6f22jDinner last night was my favourite food in the world, Brie Pasta from the Silver Palate cookbook. We have had it every August for close to 40 years when the local Ontario field tomatoes come out. Eating it only in August makes it so special. This year, eating Ontario makes it more so.18 Aug 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtezlvs6f22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mteyypbzhc2jEvidence doesn't matter in Canada; Doug Ford can screw the City any time or way he wants to. But I will keep reposting anyway. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mteyypbzhc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mtbvxogas22xWhy couldn't he run in a ward where we don't have a smart progressive councillor? [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbvxogas22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mtbrzh6n422tA reader summarises Huscroft: -I know because common sense -researchers just making stuff up -people gonna die whatever -gotta have lanes because cars [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbrzh6n422thttps://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mtbku6z2w22mJustice Grant Huscroft wraps himself in the Charter and then doesn't stay in his lane. He sticks his nose into the merits of bike lanes. He demeans @shoshannasaxe.bsky.social . He blames cyclists for their own injuries and deaths by choosing to ride in traffic. https://lloydalter.substack.com/p/quelle-surprise-court-says-doug-ford17 Aug 2026 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbku6z2w22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mt5h4z4phc2yThis story about Harry Stinson is amazing, I have known him since he started with The Groaning Board restaurant. Development is hard; we started at the same time and followed parallel paths but at least I kept my house and found writing. https://apple.news/ArL2wVQIzRfeK3buVbTZLEg15 Aug 2026 19:52 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5h4z4phc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mt4k4htryk2eFree link to FT article that is worth a read. The 900 comments asking “why is this in FT?” and calling the author an idiot are profoundly depressing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Aug 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4k4htryk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mt32s5s34k2uI thought we would lose this; the province's right to do what it wants would win the day. Then the judge gets into the arguments, says more car lanes reduce congestion, shits on @shoshannasaxe.bsky.social as a fan of bikes, to clearly be car-brained. they contradict their own argument. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt32s5s34k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mt2su624o22wThis is one of the most aggravating lines:" The original ruling is talking of injuries and deaths that will occur only if the bicyclists choose to ride on the roads that have no bicycle lanes," So if Doug rips out the bike lanes, then the deaths are the bicyclists' fault, not his.14 Aug 2026 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2su624o22whttps://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mt2rmefsjc2hGood summary. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2rmefsjc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/lloydalter.bsky.social/post/3mt2nnifq522mI wrote this almost two years ago, and @johnlorinc.bsky.social said the same thing, and it is still true. https://lloydalter.substack.com/p/doug-ford-will-have-blood-on-his?utm_source=publication-search14 Aug 2026 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:e4yqv376dndpgfea7easgs3r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2nnifq522m