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The long weekend chatter preparedness kit

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Aug 2, 2019
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Boi-1da @Boi1da
This is not a WIFI issue. Northern Durham doesn’t have the capabilities, towers or whatever to support High Speed Internet. A lot of creatives, and business owners suffer from this problem that has been going on 10+ years. It’s a meeting for a solution to fix this, that’s all :)
6:18 PM ∙ Aug 1, 2019
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Drake has a lot going on right now, but he also got action for his producer Matthew Samuels, a.k.a. Boi-1da, who was struggling to find the high-speed internet access required to share new beats. Pickering mayor David Ryan heeded Drake’s call, and will meet with Boi-1da soon.


A case against branded transit

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Ontario NDP @OntarioNDP
Ford's plan to sell off riders' data as part of a naming-rights offer for Metrolinx trains and stations is a major privacy concern, and the NDP will fight it. Deputy Leader @SaraSinghMPP has asked the Privacy Commissioner to step in. ontariondp.ca/news/ndp-blast… #onpoli
ontariondp.caNDP blasts Ford’s plan to sell transit riders’ data to sponsorsOfficial Opposition has written to Information and Privacy Commissioner
9:30 PM ∙ Aug 1, 2019
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A new Metrolinx mission to pursue sponsors for five GO Transit stations has a side of surveillance capitalism: potential sharing of “aggregated and anonymized” ridership data for research purposes, which the NDP is opposing on social media.


“We walked into a buzzsaw.” Gerald Butts’s claim that Narendra Modi’s government was seeking to embarrass Justin Trudeau during his 2018 trip to India has generated headlines that are drawing attention to John Ivison’s book, Trudeau: The Education of a Prime Minister. It’s set for a bookstore battle against one by Aaron Wherry, Promise and Peril.


Snark about the media bailout

Following an update from Postmedia that estimated at least $8 million in annual taxpayer subsidies, Torstar’s quarterly results exposed its expectation of about $6 million this year, even though the $600-million bailout package has yet to be distributed:

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True North @TrueNorthCentre
According to a report by @mindingottawa, the TorStar/Toronto Star told its shareholders that the Trudeau government’s media bailout netted the corporation $3 million for the first half of the year. #cdnpoli
tnc.newsCanada’s largest newspaper gets $115,000 a week from Trudeau government – True North NewsThe Toronto Star told its shareholders that the Trudeau government’s media bailout netted the corporation $3 million for the first half of the year.
1:03 PM ∙ Aug 2, 2019
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Catching up with the “Yorkville Swindler.” Albert Allan Rosenberg was the subject of a 2015 Toronto Life story about how he scammed his way into high society, then ended up in prison. After his release, Rosenberg was banned from the neighbourhood that’s in his nickname. Toronto Star reporter Amy Dempsey found him now around Midtown.


Finally, big curls of confusion

Sarah Thomson, the past political candidate and headline generator, shared a selfie from the cottage. Does the caption indicate that she actually ran into Kenny G—the musician who also summers near Lake Rosseau—or is it a joke about how Thomson now resembles him?

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Sarah Thomson @ThomsonTO
It’s a beautiful day on Lake #Rosseau and I bumped into 1 of my favourite #musicians ⁦⁦@kennyg⁩ ⁦while getting blueberries!
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8:31 PM ∙ Aug 1, 2019
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