Jason Paris
Fuelled by architecture, design, liminal spaces, transit, Toronto, and too many podcasts. Also: cats, coffee, music, and queerness. **Opinions are lovingly—but unfortunately—just my own** 🌈 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇮🇹
- This does say it well. www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
- Channeling John English’s optimism: fixing LRTs & streetcars isn’t rocket science. Line 6’s rocky start (and likely Line 5's too) shows the frustrations—but also a once-in-a-generation chance to flip the script on surface transit. #TTC
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- I use ISO-8601 dates, the metric system, and 24-hour time whenever I can. Canada’s mash-up of systems drives me nuts, but when a standard is clearly better, we should use it. Especially when the biggest holdout is an outlier — and increasingly hostile. www.torontomike.com/2026/02/iso-... #ISO8601
- Join me for an uncanny and nostalgic journey through Brampton's tragically forgotten malls. Curated by yours truly! Feb. 28 leaving from Toronto’s Chinatown Centre. #LiminalAssembly
- My review… boxd.it/cWnytF #Camden
- That shared experience really does sum up winter here — whether you love it or just get through it, we all go through it together. Maybe that’s why summer feels like such a celebration in every neighbourhood: a big collective exhale after months of cold and snow. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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- Good suggestion, but I don’t think it needs to be moored in the water. I actually think it would be better protected on a dry dock—like London’s Cuddy Shark. Positioning it at eye level with visitors could make it an even more engaging and memorable attraction. spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
- This is a blanket tax hike, not a Canada-specific measure, despite what your headline inaccurately suggests. But then prioritizing clicks over providing information is #blogTO's 'pane quotidiano.' www.blogto.com/travel/2026/...
- The TTC brand is being diluted. Metrolinx runs parts of the higher-order system, and soon riders could see both styles on one line. Consistency is key. A Toronto Transit store could work, but only after we define what Toronto Transit actually is. #TTC #Metrolinx www.torontotoday.ca/local/transp...
- Great development. A true “One Canada” approach makes sense. Curious, though, that Canada’s 4th English-language network (Rogers’ Citytv) isn’t included. Would also love to see Radio-Canada carry the simulcast on ICI Tou.tv, ideally with live French subtitles. #CSA playbackonline.ca/2026/01/30/c...
- I hate this so much. 😭
- Catherine O’Hara of Beetlejuice and Schitt’s Creek has died at age 71. RIP to one of the all-time greatest women in comedy. people.com/catherine-oh...
- This is absolutely true. It also highlights, yet again, the widening gap between Canada’s lived values and a U.S. cultural landscape that is moving backwards on LGBTQ+ rights and representation. #HeatedRivalry www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/tv-...
- I guess this means Eric Braeden, Michael Mealor, Peter Bergman, Susan Walters, Melissa Ordway and Bryton James are jumping on a plane to Atlanta too. #YandR
- Canada needs to relearn how to build nice things. Endless delays and runaway cost escalations are a guarantee that we simply won’t build anything at all. urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/01... #WTRP
- That was once CBLT-TV (CBC) Channel 5 Toronto. urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/01...
- This seems a worthy addition to the Garden District. I signed! Expand the Conservatory at Allan Gardens - Sign the Petition! c.org/8pJ744QPwH via @CdnChange
- This does appear to be persistent across unrespectable and some respectable media currently. Show a pic of a plowed biked lane and just wait for the engagement. That's not news, that's monetizing stupidity. spacing.ca/toronto/2026... #BikeTO
- I wouldn’t expect BlogTO’s rage-baiters to grasp this, but the real question isn’t public-sector pay — it’s how much lower private-sector wages would be without the public sector setting a baseline at all. www.blogto.com/city/2026/01...
- A curious quote as they allow Canadian news on Threads... "Meta has consistently said it will not pay for news posted on its platforms. The company would have to be exempted from the ONA to avoid a legal obligation to pay into Canada’s journalism industry." www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
- Add your voice to this campaign! nwmd.social/s/twitter/4A...
- More of a promotional piece than a true documentary, offering an almost exclusively positive view. Still, it’s worth watching for the restored footage and the way it highlights how this park set the standard for all future theme parks—including Disney’s own. #Letterboxd
- Post-storm my patience is wider. But still… JFC TTC! (@ttcalerts.bsky.social)
- I don’t follow drag closely, but this queen was a runner-up on a recent season of Canada’s Drag Race. If this performance is anything to go by, she absolutely should have taken the crown. 👑 💅 ✨ 🔥
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- Yes, Line 6 has infrastructure issues—but just as many operational. Too many cooks in the kitchen—city/provincial departments plus contractors pointing fingers—and the rider gets no service, while legacy streetcars, with just one cook, run mostly fine. #Metrolix toronto.citynews.ca/2026/01/26/m...
- Over-the-air radio and TV are the most resilient sources of information. Winter Storm Fern made that clear — and it’s true year-round. When other networks fail, terrestrial broadcasts keep people connected. That’s why this spectrum matters. radioink.com/2026/01/26/w...
- Interesting to see the Midtown considered beyond a GO service. Trade-off: no new line to the east, increasingly needed toward Seaton. Likely tied to Alto’s T.O. plans. Still, corridor overdue for passenger service amid development (Junction, Galleria, etc.) #Metrolinx urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/01...
- Don’t fund VIVA projects until it hits 15‑min service 05:00‑00:00. Also, upgrade one Toronto streetcar line per year to full LRT—stop spacing, level boarding, signal priority, no parking. In ~10 yrs, we’d have a real downtown transit network to be proud of. #Metrolinx urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/01...
- Surprised Bolton + Midtown barely get a mention even though they appear on the ‘fantasy’ maps and have been suggested by GO itself. Infill stations won’t slow service—other mature regions run patterns serving different stations on different trips just fine. #Metrolinx urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/01...
- The political focus on York makes Wonderland plausible and it’d free up land currently used for parking. L4 could push past Shep. W and arc southwest through YZD lands, even serving a future stadium site, while finally giving the Keele/401 provincial complex proper higher-order transit. #Metrolinx
- A total disconnect: the podium and tower look like they belong to two different projects. Sloppy, incoherent design — though perhaps on-brand for Markham. urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/01...
- I’m helping to curate this one. Tix are on sale already! #LiminalAssembly
- Inside the Build: The Rundown Set Design www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LAP... #tvo
- This isn’t “fairness.” It’s muzzling democracy. Forcing “equal time” on wildly unequal views distorts discourse. Only OTA stations are hit—cable’s most biased outlets are untouched. Meanwhile, this weakens broadcasting instead of protecting it. #FCC
- Fascinating and infuriating. This leaderboard is live and shows the average speed of all streetcars on a route with ~30 second delay. ttcleaderboard.vercel.app #TTC
- PULL QUOTE: "The standard algorithm-driven approach designed to entice the widest possible audience — typical of U.S. streaming giants like Netflix — would argue the series had limited appeal, no star power and a niche audience." theconversation.com/heated-rival... #HeatedRivalry
- Canada is having a real global cultural moment right now. While Heated Rivalry deserves plenty of the spotlight, Canadian—and international—audiences shouldn’t overlook the absolute gem that is North of North. Season 2 is officially in production 🇨🇦✨ #CBC
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- CBC News shares how the power of proximity – connecting with Canadians on digital platforms, responding during crises, and expanding local reporting – builds trust, relevance, and better journalism. youtu.be/Nk2FiZUOAnU?... #CBCNews
- Not only is it the most powerful platform for reaching #NFL audiences, it’s also technically superior — and free. Losing it all to streaming would be the very definition of “enshittification."
