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Bill 212 directs removal of bike lanes along Bloor, Yonge, and University. But remember that this government and “Captain Canada” are at their lowest level of popularity ever. People outside of the GTA don’t want to see millions spent on Toronto infrastructure. The government aren’t looking for friction, but rather easy wins. Don’t let them have it.

Of the three streets, the one at greatest risk is Bloor West in Etobicoke. A minority of businesses here have been loudly vocal, and the lanes admittedly are quiet compared to their centrally located peers. That doesn’t mean we can compromise.

Bradford Bradford (the 8th place mayoral finisher) has targeted this street, “Captain Canada” has been silent. It’s not a popular or serious issue.

Don’t yield one inch. Fight for the lanes belonging to our neighbours. We can’t build a connected city without standing up for each other.

EDIT: What can we do? Be loud. Don’t agree with watered down proposals. Don’t give up. Vote them out.

Houses on the islands are technically leased out by the government but I’m mainly concerned about whether you would WANT to live on the island, or if you feel it would be too restrictive to your life.

No grocery store, one primary school, limited restaurants, tourists. Inconvenient for home improvement/deliveries.

But beautiful views, access to nature, a community.

Do the pros outweigh the cons for you?

Just curious!

Random thoughts I’ve had recently but bbno$ is one of the best collaborative artists of all time. I know he’s been interested in streamers etc., but I wanted to share some other ideas for dream collaborators I’d love to see one day.

(1) Daniel Handler / Torquil Campbell / Benjamin Gibbard

aka “Lemony Snicket” / lead singer of Stars / lead of Death Cab for Cutie respectively

This trio wrote a musical together called “I LOVE THIS SONG.” They love big ideas as much as bbno$ does, and for sure would be willing to get weird with him. Torq is a Canadian connection. Bring in Andrew Sean Greer (author of “Less”) and I really think something magical would happen.

(2) Broken Social Scene

Maybe Canada’s most famous super group, featuring Feist, Amy Millan (from Stars), Emily Haines (from Metric), Hannah Georgas, among many others. I can really see bbno$ gelling well with the band. I feel like both would gain immensely from the collaboration. BSS has a fresh album out, but I think they could work together on a single to see if things actually mesh well.

(3) Tim Robinson of “I Think You Should Leave”

He did a collaboration with Ben Gibbard already which is probably why I thought of him. But he’s hilarious and I think he and bbno$ would create some of the funniest comedy the world has ever seen. I could see Tim Robinson coming into one of bbno$’s music videos for a lengthy mid-song skit.

(4) Anna Lembe from “North of North.”

The lead of my favourite new show of recent times, Anna Lembe rocks so hard. She and bbno$ seem like such a natural fit, I can’t even explain what’s

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That’s just off the top of my head! Any collabs you are all hoping for?

A lot of people have been discussing the theory that Dana is a figment of the characters’ imaginations. I REALLY think this is unlikely, and while I understand and sympathize with people who believe this in earnest, I don’t think it’s a good way to a view the show.

A quick caveat: yes I understand it’s a fictional show and no character is actually “real.”

Nothing in the show indicates that Dana isn’t real. There would be clues. We also see her interacting with multiple people in the show, patients and staff alike. If she wasn’t real, I don’t think she’d be interacting with these people.

It also doesn’t make sense thematically… like it’s not that kind of show.

A a much more plausible theory is that Dana died between seasons 1 and 2. That’s why she came back to work when she said she was quitting… she came back as a ghost and is unable to leave. This explains why so many people in the show think they can see her and interact with her in season 2 - it’s her spirit manifesting as a corporal being.

I’ve been thinking a lot about this and I really love how the entire griffindor quidditch team looks out for each other. Shown most often with F+G who are always on the lookout for trouble. But also shown with the three chasers who similarly show care and compassion whenever they are depicted.

I think focusing on this aspect would help make Gryffindor feel like a real house instead of "HP’s classmates” - like it broadens the focus beyond his cohort.

Plus, giving Oliver more screentime is a golden opportunity. I find him very funny, and his obsession with winning is one of the best examples of a character caring deeply about something completely unrelated to Voldemort/the main plot. Oliver never is interested in Harry because he's famous. To him, Harry is a good Seeker and that’s all.

I was chatting with someone on another thread, and it occurred to us that the show doesn't necessarily need to stick to a one-book-per-season format. I think television gives the writers a lot more flexibility in how they present the story. Some ideas I had:

(1) The main story is told in flashback.

• Think Better Call Saul, where we see HP as an adult reflecting on his childhood.

(2) The story flips through time.

• A good example is This Is Us. Basically, similar to idea one, there is one through-storyline, but instead of telling the backstory linearly, it gets broken up and shown to us when it's relevant to the main storyline. Similarly, we could centre the action on HP as an adult and then show things as they become relevent, slowly allowing us to fill in the picture.

(3) The source material is compressed into two seasons, allowing for new stories to come after.

• I'm thinking of The Sandman, where some books are adapted in only 1–3 episodes. I think this would work well for HP. Basically, Season 1 would end with Tom's return, and Season 2 would be his rise and fall. Then Season 3 is open territory.

Personally, I think option 3 is the most interesting, but I'm curious what everyone else thinks.

Some might say that it's already been confirmed that Season 1 is book 1, but that's actually not confirmed. During early development, HBO CEO Casey Bloys said, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, could carry the entire first season, which also could pull bits from other books." So I think it's totally possible they are going to be making changes along these lines.

BTW production is using "Philosopher's Stone" as the working title for Season 1. But note that the working title doesn't tell us anything about the actual structure.

Both are obviously mega Canadian stars who are ultra popular in USA and worldwide. They’re born just 16 months apart and both believed in their music from a young age. But their paths to success are way different with bbno$ grinding hard for years, and Bieber being discovered when he was still determining his sound.

Personally I don’t really like Bieber’s music or his personality very much. I understand I don’t know him personally but I don’t really find him to be very talented or interesting.

But bbno$ has a quality in his music that feels really welcoming and inclusive. He’s also outspoken and clear. I think he’s one of the kinder musicians touring today. Again I don’t know him personally but that’s just the vibe I get.

Curious is anyone else feels the same. This came to my mind randomly because Bieber was tapped to headline the World Cup halftime show, and I felt like bbno$ would have been a much better pick. Am I hating on Bieber too much?

Baron rejected an available option that would have saved the characters from death or prison: being there for Nikki.

His options were quite clearly laid out: help Nikki in her state, kill her, or kill himself. I think there’s a version of this story with a redeemable Bear who never takes advantage of Nikki and helps her be the best version of herself, in spite of the wish.

I wish he had explored this option. After the call with the customer service rep, he finds Nikki in her gross state. I wish he had dropped everything else and tried to help her. It would have upended his life, but it was the only responsible option other than death.

I understand the point of the movie is that his narcissism prevents him from centring others. But I think the idea warranted further exploration.

EDIT: I don't necessarily think Bear could have saved Nikki... it probably still ends in tragedy. But I think the “be there for her” path deserved more exploration before the story concluded that death was the only way out.

I just read a thread talking about how they want the Quirrell / Voldemort reveal to be announced and I don’t want there to be a “reveal.”

I think it would be smarter and bolder to treat the show like an ensemble vs a mystery. The mystery aspects of the books are really weak. Instead, we should follow Quirrell throughout the season. We should see Ginny’s perspective when she’s writing in her diary. It should be clear that Sirius Black is on HP’s side.

The books are kids books and are written with a Scooby-doo esque reveal at the end of each and it always falls so flat. I hope they have hired good writers who can create something fresh and more interesting.

EDIT: You guys are seriously telling me that you want to watch a 10 episode show where the first nine eps pretends that Snape is up to no good??

EDIT 2: Personally I’d rather learn new and interesting things like: what do Quirrell and Tom talk about before bed; how does Quirrell source a dragon egg and a troll secretly while working a full time job, why does Snape/Albus not know that Voldemort is under their nose the whole time.

Hey don't know if this is the right place for this but I wanted to understand something about some of the PUP songs.

Has anyone noticed that some of the songs are related to alcohol? Like talking about drinking beers or needing a drink but after morbid stuff they don't really do that kind of stuff anymore in their lyrics. and I think I remember hearing somewhere they don't drink anymore when they're doing shows, just like sometimes backstage or we.

So what's up with all this? Like is alcohol important to them or is it more complicated than that?

EDIT: I think I didn’t make this post very clear. Basically I’m going to a PUP concert this August and I’ve been worried that Alcohol will be a big thing. Like do most people drink in excess? Will people give me a hard time if I mostly stick to soft drinks?

EDIT 2: But am I right that alcohol used to be important to them but now they’re mostly sober? Like they want us to drink or no?

EDIT 3: No but if I’m at the concert, and say the jumbotron shows me and a beer, will the band/crowd say “drink drink drink” even if I don’t want to chug it.

For the books I kind of get it because, even though the first book was set 6 years before it was published, the books were being written in the early and mid-nineties.

The movies I kind of got it; they were trying to be faithful to the books.

But what’s stopping the new series from changing the time period to a more contemporary time period? I think that would make the story way more interesting.

Wizards are always borrowing technology from muggles - clocks, brooms, fireplaces, trains, radios, newspapers, toilets. I’d be interested to see what enchantments they can do with a modern smartphone.

Updating the time period would connect more with the present-day audience too. Of course Hogwarts can still be a bit Victorian, but that will just add to the joy of HP when he arrives for the first time.

Pro: it would make mistakes like Dudley’s Playstation a non-issue.

Con: it would mean that HP’s mum and dad would be born in 1995 which feels weird.

Hey - sorry if this has aleady been asked and answered. I did a check and didnt find anything.

The lyrics of DVP say:

>I'm driving fast to get away
Doing 180 on the Don Valley Parkway

Because the line before says they are driving fast, I used to think that they were doing 180 km/hr on the highway, but the more I thought about it, the less I thought this was realistic. Is it possible they mean doing a 180 degree turn on the DVP?

EDIT: I did some more digging and discovered it actually is 180***°*** turn. wiiild

First, assuming there is more than one season.

In my view, the early books are pretty well adapted into the movies. I wonder if the series will change/add more to the first two stories to flesh them out.

Obviously I think it’d be a fun episode to portray the handoff of Norbert as a heist story, but other than that, there’s not much missing from the first two books I’m excited to see on screen. I hope this makes sense.

Seems like a no brainer to me. The big brands are owned by coca-cola and Pepsi so I know that restaurants have deals with these brands.

EDIT: I’m talking more about fancy sit-down restaurants. Why won’t they sell a small bottle of Gatorade or whatever if they can sell me a coke in a fancy glass bottle??

“Voluntarily” is there to do a lot of heavy lifting - removing things like airport security, maybe even Service Ontario (well… maybe not… like why were you there?)

Think: “Could you turn around without losing anything.”

What’s coming to mind for me is Bar Ape on a summer evening when a close aunt was visiting.