Toronto journalist & editor. Contributor to Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, Corporate Knights, Walrus, Spacing. Co-editor: Messy Cities (Coach House, 2025). Author: No Jews Live Here, A Memoir. https://chbooks.com/Books/N/No-Jews-Live-Here.https://bsky.app/profile/johnlorinc.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnlorinc.bsky.social/post/3mvaodc6yis25Today on @spacing.bsky.social: former Ontario cabinet minister Eleanor McMahon on the need to extricate bike lanes from Doug Ford’s culture war. https://spacing.ca/toronto/2026/09/11/election-2026-culture-wars-are-warping-cycling-policy/11 Sep 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:kf6hc2tevimigl6sj3t4m36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvaodc6yis25https://bsky.app/profile/johnlorinc.bsky.social/post/3mvaodc6yis25Today on @spacing.bsky.social: former Ontario cabinet minister Eleanor McMahon on the need to extricate bike lanes from Doug Ford’s culture war. https://spacing.ca/toronto/2026/09/11/election-2026-culture-wars-are-warping-cycling-policy/11 Sep 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:kf6hc2tevimigl6sj3t4m36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvaodc6yis25https://bsky.app/profile/johnlorinc.bsky.social/post/3mup4s3xywk2t#topoli New from me om @spacing.bsky.social : on the eve of the formal start of the campaign, mounting evidence that Brad Bradford’s got some worrying judgment issues. https://spacing.ca/toronto/2026/09/04/brad-bradfords-glaring-judgment-problem/04 Sep 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:kf6hc2tevimigl6sj3t4m36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup4s3xywk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/johnlorinc.bsky.social/post/3mup4s3xywk2t#topoli New from me om @spacing.bsky.social : on the eve of the formal start of the campaign, mounting evidence that Brad Bradford’s got some worrying judgment issues. https://spacing.ca/toronto/2026/09/04/brad-bradfords-glaring-judgment-problem/04 Sep 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:kf6hc2tevimigl6sj3t4m36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup4s3xywk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/johnlorinc.bsky.social/post/3mumufrxkkc24New from me in @torontostar: as the province prepares to waste millions ripping out bike lanes, a pressing legal issue remains unresolved: can govts just walk away from their duty to keep residents safe? https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/what-happened-when-a-dominatrix-and-a-cyclist-met-up-in-court/article_0c61b6ce-506e-4c2c-a139-b6464c4351d5.html03 Sep 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:kf6hc2tevimigl6sj3t4m36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumufrxkkc24https://bsky.app/profile/johnlorinc.bsky.social/post/3mumzqiwfqk24Phillips Square, downtown Montreal. Lovely day, lunch-ish hour. This space achieves that amazing equilibrium - people sitting but also places to sit if you happen by. Why? There are *enough* tables and chairs and benches. No evidence of vagrancy for the pearl clutchers. The E=MC(2) of public space…03 Sep 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:kf6hc2tevimigl6sj3t4m36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumzqiwfqk24https://bsky.app/profile/johnlorinc.bsky.social/post/3mumx22fqqs2gEveryone loves the Plateau’s townhouses with their crazy exterior staircases, but these fourplexes (and similarly configured sixplexes) are the workhorses of Montreal’s post war suburbs. Thousands of them.03 Sep 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:kf6hc2tevimigl6sj3t4m36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumx22fqqs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/johnlorinc.bsky.social/post/3mumufrxkkc24New from me in @torontostar: as the province prepares to waste millions ripping out bike lanes, a pressing legal issue remains unresolved: can govts just walk away from their duty to keep residents safe? https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/what-happened-when-a-dominatrix-and-a-cyclist-met-up-in-court/article_0c61b6ce-506e-4c2c-a139-b6464c4351d5.html03 Sep 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:kf6hc2tevimigl6sj3t4m36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumufrxkkc24https://bsky.app/profile/johnlorinc.bsky.social/post/3muld3djvs22x [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 01:42 +0000at://did:plc:kf6hc2tevimigl6sj3t4m36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3muld3djvs22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnlorinc.bsky.social/post/3muim5qoas22hSo. Many. Questions. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2026 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:kf6hc2tevimigl6sj3t4m36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3muim5qoas22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnlorinc.bsky.social/post/3muih73z3ss2t#topoli Look Toronto, a square in a downtown location (in Montreal) with comfortable seating, moveable chairs, shade, a bit of landscaping, even a low maintenance water feature. (Not rocket science… 👀)01 Sep 2026 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:kf6hc2tevimigl6sj3t4m36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3muih73z3ss2thttps://bsky.app/profile/johnlorinc.bsky.social/post/3mufcz6ehw22xToday on @spacing: A Q&A with Chloe Brown, who is running in Ward 1 vs Ford ally Vince Crisanti. By Sue Grimbly. https://spacing.ca/toronto/2026/08/31/the-return-of-chloe-brown/31 Aug 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:kf6hc2tevimigl6sj3t4m36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufcz6ehw22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnlorinc.bsky.social/post/3mucos6oank26I just deleted my @google map app in favour of @mapquest, which isn’t capitulating to a dictator. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-google-maps-lake-america-lake-ontario/30 Aug 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:kf6hc2tevimigl6sj3t4m36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucos6oank26https://bsky.app/profile/johnlorinc.bsky.social/post/3mu5tmwkouk2zIn case you haven’t signed the Hoekstra PNG petition, here’s the link: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7531 [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:kf6hc2tevimigl6sj3t4m36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5tmwkouk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnlorinc.bsky.social/post/3mtwaznqbf226#cdnpoli Everyone who’s ever dealt with a three year old is nodding vigorously at this headline…25 Aug 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:kf6hc2tevimigl6sj3t4m36v/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwaznqbf226