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TTC hacker vigilantes are here to help

Mar 20, 2019
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Reports about increased TTC fare evasion might be creating more rider desire to do something about it. Software guy Robert Leyzerovich shared some videos of himself managing to hack the Presto system by trying to use the card uploading function on its app. When he tapped his card, Leyzerovich claims the gate screen went black, requiring a restart process during which others entered for free. 


Tokyo Smoke reviving 333 Yonge

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From HMV to THC — The site of the former HMV flagship store on Yonge Street will soon be a #cannabis store: torstar.co/ASCW50nye0H #Toronto
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7:46 PM ∙ Mar 19, 2019

The former HMV flagship location hopes to shift to something more enduring than fidget spinners: a cannabis store under Canopy Growth’s Tokyo Smoke brand. While the first of Ontario’s licensed cannabis storefronts will open April 1, others might take longer.


Maclean’s and Chatelaine saved by St. Joseph. Seven months after Rogers Media announced it wanted out of magazines, seven brands—including Canadian Business, Flare, Hello! Canada and Today’s Parent—will be owned by St. Joseph Communications. (Feel free to speculate wildly on whatever this means for the St. Joseph-published 12:36.)


The hot new media acronym is QCJO

It stands for Qualified Canadian Journalism Organization, a status that will be conferred on media outlets that are able to meet some confusing conditions attached to the government’s new media-stimulus program. The wording makes it sound like the Liberal priority is supporting political reportage.

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Requirements that news orgs seeking funding be "primarily focused on matters of general interest and reports of current events &must not be primarily focused on a particular topic such as industry specific news..." will eliminate a number of sports and arts focused publications.
12:20 AM ∙ Mar 20, 2019

Honey and Barry Sherman’s house is coming down. North York Community Council approved the swift demolition of the mansion where the billionaires were found dead. But the spectre of death doesn’t creep out everyone: Maple Brook Homes wants to change the name of Cemetery Road in Uxbridge, even though its residents seem to have no problem with it.


Workin’ Moms is officially problematic

While homegrown bristling about the CBC sitcom centres on the industry connections of Ivan Reitman’s children, landing on Netflix means the show has entered a new dimension: hot takes about how it exudes other privilege.

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The series peddles dull and sometimes harmful stereotypes about working moms and postpartum depression.
slate.trib.alWorkin’ Moms Offers an Infuriating, Blinkered Take on Modern MotherhoodIf these were the only struggles working mothers faced, we’d hardly need to talk about them at all.
6:40 AM ∙ Mar 20, 2019
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When your social media archaeology gets you faved at Fox News. Toronto writer Anna Fitzpatrick noticed a retweet of Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker tweeting about cheating on sleep with his “hot” friend coffee, then ended up finding 13 more variations on that dad joke in a decade.


Finally, our very own Toe Bro

Jonathan Tomines is a chiropodist at the Mississauga Foot Clinic who gained a significant following on YouTube for his focus on spectacular toe problems. Now he’s taking on Dr. Pimple Popper with Toe Bro on A&E:

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