City man: Spacing magazine editor, walking, messy urbanism, Renaissance urban history. Also freelance editor. dylanreid.cahttps://bsky.app/profile/dylanreid.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dylanreid.bsky.social/post/3mtw5eai3p22yActually this could be an opportunity to impose much stricter standards (both emissions and safety), creating a non tariff barrier to US manufactured vehicles lacking Canadian content. Need to remind US car cos that Canada is a significant market. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:whuhxcdf4baseek4emowxtay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw5eai3p22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/dylanreid.bsky.social/post/3mtuq3nc5qc23Got to the right idea, but too many options! (Monday August 24) Wordle 1,892 5/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩25 Aug 2026 02:03 +0000at://did:plc:whuhxcdf4baseek4emowxtay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuq3nc5qc23https://bsky.app/profile/dylanreid.bsky.social/post/3mtulv5objs2xThe Partially Sighted Assassin The Shoplifter Bride (Can you tell I'm reading Atwood's memoir?) [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:whuhxcdf4baseek4emowxtay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtulv5objs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dylanreid.bsky.social/post/3mtuleju4i22xTl;dr: climate change is making mustard seeds sharper due to hot, dry summers. Stop climate change to save mustard! Also learned Canada grows a lot of the world's mustard https://www.thestar.com/business/why-is-this-jar-of-mustard-so-much-spicier-than-usual-an-investigation/article_8a05524d-ca9d-4cfc-874e-7d0bb0371db2.html25 Aug 2026 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:whuhxcdf4baseek4emowxtay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuleju4i22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dylanreid.bsky.social/post/3mtujiaci4s2k"even Chester station, with no bus service at all, is busier than every BART station except a handful in downtown San Francisco. This is because a bustling commercial area and a good transit mode share can create high transit ridership" [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:whuhxcdf4baseek4emowxtay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtujiaci4s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/dylanreid.bsky.social/post/3mtujgb4f3s2k"Considering that the Sheppard subway was truncated to Don Mills, ... its ridership is pretty high. If it continued east to connect with the busy Victoria Park, Warden, and Kennedy buses, or west to connect with the other leg of Line 1 it could be expected to be much busier." [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 00:04 +0000at://did:plc:whuhxcdf4baseek4emowxtay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtujgb4f3s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/dylanreid.bsky.social/post/3mtujcw2rxc2kIt wasn't just the subway, it was the buses that made the TTC so successful. "after the major bus expansion to the suburbs in 1963, the TTC dramatically turned around its fortunes and boomed right up until the late 80s" [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:whuhxcdf4baseek4emowxtay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtujcw2rxc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/dylanreid.bsky.social/post/3mtts7shnms2gsolivagant: noun: A solitary wanderer. adjective: Wandering alone. (via A Word A Day, https://wordsmith.org/words/solivagant.html)24 Aug 2026 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:whuhxcdf4baseek4emowxtay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtts7shnms2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dylanreid.bsky.social/post/3mttiwhlr4c2wSharing mostly because of the perfect title (referencing that delightful Peter Sellers movie). I hope but am not confident the conclusion is true. https://substack.com/home/post/p-21247468024 Aug 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:whuhxcdf4baseek4emowxtay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttiwhlr4c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/dylanreid.bsky.social/post/3mtth7o3idk2wThis, exactly, from @alexbozikovic.bsky.social "Ms. Houben saw the potential for a slab that framed a new courtyard ... That was precisely the right move, extending the spatial logic of the quad that the University of Toronto borrowed from Oxford + Cambridge" https://www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/art-and-architecture/article-university-of-toronto-trinity-college-lawson-centre-for-sustainability/24 Aug 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:whuhxcdf4baseek4emowxtay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtth7o3idk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/dylanreid.bsky.social/post/3mtsbexj6rs2wKind of a shame, this seemed like a promising concept. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 02:35 +0000at://did:plc:whuhxcdf4baseek4emowxtay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsbexj6rs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/dylanreid.bsky.social/post/3mtsay6jk3s2wNo cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll (if you feel like it) [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:whuhxcdf4baseek4emowxtay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsay6jk3s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/dylanreid.bsky.social/post/3mtsatugb422wHad to do a bit of lateral thinking to get to the solution (Sunday August 23) Wordle 1,891 4/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩24 Aug 2026 02:25 +0000at://did:plc:whuhxcdf4baseek4emowxtay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsatugb422whttps://bsky.app/profile/dylanreid.bsky.social/post/3mtrz7bkm4k2dThis is well-meaning, but I always hated gym in school, even with good teachers. Boys self-organized sports during recess, which I joined even if always picked late. I liked the low-key local kid's soccer league. And eventually loved fencing and squash. But never gym. https://thelocal.to/youth-sports-competition-physical-education/24 Aug 2026 00:08 +0000at://did:plc:whuhxcdf4baseek4emowxtay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrz7bkm4k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dylanreid.bsky.social/post/3mtrtejxs622zDisturbing but significant [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:whuhxcdf4baseek4emowxtay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtrtejxs622zhttps://bsky.app/profile/dylanreid.bsky.social/post/3mtppxull222mThird guess made the answer obvious (Saturday August 22) Wordle 1,890 4/6* ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩23 Aug 2026 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:whuhxcdf4baseek4emowxtay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtppxull222mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dylanreid.bsky.social/post/3mtp6bfp4hs2wCanada really needs an unofficial group that creates memes and videos for social media telling the true facts about Canada for US audiences. Maybe our advertising industry can get on that?22 Aug 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:whuhxcdf4baseek4emowxtay/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtp6bfp4hs2w