
Brent Toderian
@BrentToderian
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Global advisor on better cities. City planner + urbanist leading @TODUrbanWORKS. Past Vancouver chief planner. Past/founding @CanUrbanism president. Speaker.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined February 2012
NEW: “Canadian urbanist @BrentToderian teamed up with the city of Paris and, in particular, its mayor, Anne Hidalgo, on a new exhibition that shines a light on cities and global climate action.” Thanks @momentummag! https://t.co/5VQu8cyQLr
What an Exhibition Launch today at Paris City Hall! As I shared with media & guests, It’s been a HUGE honour to be invited by Mayor Anne Hidalgo to co-curate this unique Exhibition powerfully “connecting the dots” between better city-building and urgent climate action!
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Idiots. Dangerous idiots. Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error https://t.co/mtiqXPiRhw via @NYTimes
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Scientists who focused on other infectious diseases, like Ebola, now spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo, also were let go.
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Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt: “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist." https://t.co/QFwLJrFY6C
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Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
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There is an explosion of videos of ICE behaving in ways that shock the conscience of many observers and I wonder if there will be political consequences or not.
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NEW: “Toderian says it’s easy to be distracted by futuristic innovations like electric cars, drone delivery networks & hyperloops. ‘The real solutions are a lot less sexy and a lot more common sense… Tech won’t save us if we get the fundamentals wrong.” https://t.co/x0UIhwldUM
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Murders per 100k residents: * Houston 19.0 * Dallas 16.6 * San Antonio 15.9 * Ft. Worth 10.8 * NYC 4.6
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The ENERGY at our big public event in downtown Kingston, Jamaica (700-800 registered plus walk-ins) was off the charts. Powerful constructive energy around an urgent call to action (I was VERY blunt!) Will it, all the media & 3 days working with local leaders, be a turning point?
OCTOBER 9th in Kingston Jamaica! If you’re nearby, register to come hear me speak on better cities, better waterfronts and the future of Kingston city-building. I’ll be meeting and working with local leaders that trip too, helping as much as I can. Spread the word.
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The ENERGY at our big public event in downtown Kingston, Jamaica (700-800 registered plus walk-ins) was off the charts. Powerful constructive energy around an urgent call to action (I was VERY blunt!) Will it, all the media & 3 days working with local leaders, be a turning point?
OCTOBER 9th in Kingston Jamaica! If you’re nearby, register to come hear me speak on better cities, better waterfronts and the future of Kingston city-building. I’ll be meeting and working with local leaders that trip too, helping as much as I can. Spread the word.
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“Peace prizes are earned through sustained commitment, not through social media tantrums and not from intimidation…one late contribution does not erase years of enabling violence and division.” Bad news, Trump. The world knows who and what you are.
theguardian.com
US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says
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“The transformation is astonishing. [Paris] has quickly become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. What started as a series of emergency pop-up bike lanes, built during the pandemic has evolved into a permanent bike network spanning hundreds of kms.”
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One half of Canadians are on the brink of bankruptcy? Really? Proportion of the adult population that actually goes bankrupt in a given year, on average: Less than one tenth of 1 per cent. https://t.co/29e4EEHtxW
1/2 of Canadians are now on the brink of bankruptcy and Mark Carney’s response? Doubling the deficit and adding housing bureaucracy — pushing even more Canadians toward mortgage delinquency.
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George was just trying to get to work. ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process. This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look
"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7, there's a glass door, and officers just always standing, like sitting out there,
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"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7, there's a glass door, and officers just always standing, like sitting out there,
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Hey Toronto @TorontoPearson Airport. You close the passport control for connections at 9 pm? And not a single sign/person there to explain we have to go all the way out, thru security and SO far from connection gates? Thanks for turning a normal layover into a near heart attack.
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John Rustad’s phone searches: reporter asks Rustad if he is paranoid. Rustad chief of staff Brad Zubyk jumps in: “That’s bullshit. Shut up. You’re cut off. You’re not getting another question, ever. You’re done here.” Interesting media relations strategy.
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The things you have to say to placate the toddler dictator.
🚨 JUST IN: Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado DEDICATES her prize to President Trump "I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!" "We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than
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“Peace prizes are earned through sustained commitment, not through social media tantrums and not from intimidation…one late contribution does not erase years of enabling violence and division.” Bad news, Trump. The world knows who and what you are.
theguardian.com
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BREAKING: Donald Trump has just signed an executive order,... placing a 50% tariff on "Fjords,"... because he believes they're,... Scandinavian-manufactured automobiles.
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