Joey Schwartz
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General purpose noodnik. Bike Law Foundation Ambassador.
Toronto
Joined March 2009
SpaceX is now targeting launch on Dec. 28 at 6:08 p.m. PST (9:08 p.m. EST / 0208 UTC). Our live coverage will begin about 30 minutes prior to liftoff. Live stream:
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#Ghost Bike memorial ride for Samuel Wilketts will happen next month. He was Toronto's first cycling fatality of 2025. https://t.co/zXyVDW8OIt
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Marc Garneau was a rare politician. He came to the House of Commons as a Canadian space hero and never deviated from setting an example of competence, non-partisanship and exemplary leadership. On a personal level, he was warm, engaging and unusually down to earth. We have lost
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If the failure of Starship does not get you down, don't worry, I've got you. I'm chasing a couple of other shitty news stories in space-world.
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It is devastating to hear how someone can be so careless that their actions cause so much death and grief.
#NEW Daughter of couple killed on Parkside Drive in October 2021 by dangerous driver says crash ‘haunts me every day’
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Falcon 9 is vertical on pad 39A in Florida ahead of tonight's launch of the @Firefly_Space Blue Ghost and @ispace_inc RESILIENCE lunar landers to the Moon in ~3.5 hours from now → https://t.co/0h1QaJCVyY
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Today, a report revealed that Doug Ford’s plan for a private spa at Ontario Place, and to rip the Science Centre out of Flemingdon Park, will lead to even more traffic chaos on Toronto’s waterfront. If Ford calls a snap election, let’s take a stand and fight for our city.
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I spoke with Jeff Bezos on the eve of his company's first orbital launch attempt. He was both affable ... and anxious. https://t.co/O2aosTLMXR
arstechnica.com
There are some things that can only be tested in flight."
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I recently spoke with outgoing NASA Administrator Bill Nelson about the future of Artemis, the selection of Starship HLS just before he was sworn in, and his relationship with Elon Musk. https://t.co/xdJhZwEVdm
arstechnica.com
I was almost intrigued why they would do it a few days before me being sworn in."
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The SUV that many think of as safe for their kids is actually not safe at all.
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Spacing's Sabat Ismail spoke to @AlbertKoehl about his new book, "Wheeling Through Toronto: A History of the Bicycle and Its Riders", and the history and current state of cycling in Toronto. #bikeTO
spacing.ca
Albert Koehl is an environmental lawyer and a founder and coordinator of Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition. Spacing’s cycling columnist Sabat Ismail did a Q&A with him about his new book, Wheeling...
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What if Doug Ford is his own — and Ontario’s — worst economic enemy? What if, instead of the incoming U.S. president, it is the long-serving Ontario premier who is the problem? Thursday's column online now:
thestar.com
We know with statistical certainty that Ontario is already facing serious economic bumps today — not from Donald Trump’s tariffs but Doug Ford’s fecklessness.
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Next at the Spacepower Conference is a fireside chat with @ulalaunch President and CEO @torybruno.
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Cycling group launches Charter challenge of Ford government’s bike lane legislation https://t.co/djF8rMkyeJ More to come via @TorontoStar
thestar.com
In a lawsuit, Cycle Toronto argues that Bill 212 puts lives at risk and seeks an injunction to stop the removal of bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge and University.
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NEW: Cycle Toronto is launching a legal challenge over Bill 212 and is looking for a court injunction to prevent the removal of separated bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge and University. The group says secondary routes "do not exist." #onpoli
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Ontario Bill 212 now being challenged in Ontario Superior Court. #CycleTO #bloorbikelanes
https://t.co/ownK0UYeWv
cbc.ca
A cycling advocacy group is leading a court challenge against recently passed legislation that gives the Ontario government sweeping control over the installation and removal of municipal bike lanes,...
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