Oct 21, 2026, 12:30 AMA lady was walking by with a tray of coffees and I was like, whoops let's not get in the way of the regular people going about their business, but she was actually offering them to us! She seemed very sweet and nice. A local resident who moved here around when the bike lanes were put in and was rather hurt and surprised to hear of the local businesses that apparently don't care about her safety.
Oct 21, 2026, 12:45 AMWHAT EVEN IS / THIS BIG MACHINE
(I looked it up. It's a cold milling machine.)
A dump truck has just pulled up at Bloor & Islington.
Oct 21, 2026, 1:19 AMstanding around shooting the shit with a couple other people who were both out here for the first time
the mom was given the sign by someone else and none of us knew what the other Pokemon was lmao.
Oct 21, 2026, 1:25 AMThe mom says the largest group of protesters is effectively kettled at Bloor and Green Lanes so I guess I dodged a bullet there.
The truck guy says they're planning on not just taking out the pavement but repaving tonight too!
Oct 21, 2026, 1:32 AMOh boy they got the Court Services truck here for mass arrests. The milling machine is already going and melting? tearing up? the pavement, a cloud of dust going up
Oct 21, 2026, 2:03 AMCaught up with the "action": a huge swarm of police is clearing the way ahead of the machines with a bunch of protesters being gradually pushed ahead and aside.
I am trying to make my way homeward safely, hopefully no more updates
Oct 21, 2026, 3:07 AMUpdate: home and in comfy pants and with tea and cat!!
There was a delicious damp over the Humber River and I think I even saw a star. And it was difficult but I did all of the hills without having to walk my bike up any of them.
Thanks for following along all. As I said to @cargot_robbie, hopefully there will be something left to protest tomorrow.
Oct 21, 2026, 6:50 PMUpdate update: protest tonight, 7 PM, usual spot
https://status.nevillepark.ca/@nev/statuses/01M5FPVNJADXP7HH9AX7AC2KH7
Oct 21, 2026, 11:17 PM
Oh no! Good thing I left when I did.
Oct 21, 2026, 1:58 AM@rzaichkowski.bsky.social it ended up driving off afaik
@nev @cargot_robbie This was pointed out in a Bluesky thread but *sigh* Toronto is paying their municipal police to enforce a provincial edict that the city never wanted.
Oct 21, 2026, 4:04 PM@jsstaedtler @cargot_robbie we're why the TPS budget is a billion dollars, baby
@nev I'm told the mounted unit is nearby and the cops are on edge because a truck was torched yesterday
Oct 21, 2026, 11:17 PM@krupo lmao like what kind of truck? where?
@nev absolutely no other details so I was skeptical about that claim
Oct 22, 2026, 5:33 PM@krupo apparently a tourist bus on Queen's Quay caught on fire, which is what someone might have misremembered https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/10/21/tour-bus-catches-fire-in-downtown-toronto-no-injuries-reported/
@nev Eevee is the brown one, pikachu, and pichu (baby pikachu)
Edit: Also heart shaped tail on pikachu is female, lighting on the rnd is male
Oct 21, 2026, 1:34 AM@fullywoolly thank you