Laura Thompson (@lauramcthompson) 's Twitter Profile
Laura Thompson

@lauramcthompson

Interested in Economic Development, Planning, Mapping, Social Media and all things creative....

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Joe Cutrufo (@joecutrufo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Ask not what your president can do to bring down the price of gas. Ask what your mayor can do to make it possible to get around without a car.

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Poor managers are the reason why good employees quit 56% of the time. Don't be that reason. Become a better manager with these 11 simple tactics:

J. Logan Smilges (@jlsmilges) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Every semester, at least a few colleagues express anxiety about student participation. I always suggest reframing the issue to honor multiple forms of engagement: how can we invite students to engage in ways that are accessible to them? Here are some examples from my courses.

Fatima Syed / @fatimabsyed.bsky.social (@fatimabsyed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This morning, I got a leaked document detailing how Doug Ford was gutting conservation authorities - which oversee & protect watersheds - to build houses. Emma McIntosh (same handle on the other app) & I spent the whole day trying to understand and explain what's going on and why it matters thenarwhal.ca/ontario-conser…

Niki Kazemzadeh (she/her) (@mmekazemzadeh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The approximate annual cost for the raise requested by CUPE is $264m. The $200 per child bribe Lecce recently gave out cost around $365m. The license plate renewal fee brought in approximately $1b each year.

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"One of the criticisms I've faced over the years is that I'm not aggressive enough or assertive enough, or maybe somehow, because I'm empathetic, it means I'm weak. I totally rebel against that. I refuse to believe that you cannot be both compassionate & strong." Jacinda Ardern

"One of the criticisms I've faced over the years is that I'm not aggressive enough or assertive enough, or maybe somehow, because I'm empathetic, it means I'm weak. I totally rebel against that. I refuse to believe that you cannot be both compassionate & strong." Jacinda Ardern
Gil Penalosa #Cities4Everyone (@penalosa_g) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk's report to the legislature: "Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives “favoured certain developers” in a controversial Greenbelt land swap that could make the landowners $8.28 billion." Not ONE meter of Greenbelt is needed for housing.

Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk's report to the legislature: 
"Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives “favoured certain developers” in a controversial Greenbelt land swap that could make the landowners $8.28 billion."
Not ONE meter of Greenbelt is needed for housing.
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The characters on ‘Friends’ and ‘Seinfeld’ knew the cure for loneliness. They hung out in great 3rd places. We can fight the epidemic of loneliness by rebuilding these places, especially in public. Well said, Mitchell Reardon businessinsider.com/loneliness-epi…