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[URBAN NOTE] Eight Toronto links
[URBAN NOTE] Eight Toronto links
Samantha Edwards writes at NOW Toronto about the controversy surrounding the visit of transphobe author Meghan Murphy to give a speech at the Palmerston library, with authors even threatening a boycott of the network.
Natasha Tusikov writes at The Conversation about how Sidewalk Labs’ proposals for the Port Lands would give it great and unaccountable political power.
blogTO looksat the 1945…
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I believe that same-sex couples may not only be permitted but may indeed have a religious obligation to marry the one they love & are fully and exclusively committed to. It's true that according to one Talmudic approach, the purpose of marriage is to procreate together. But another Talmudic approach explains that the purpose of marriage is to liberate one another from the depths of existential loneliness. Indeed, this is a deep religious insight of the rabbis that marriage is just not just about family but also deeply existential. In Jewish thought, love is not a strange emotion to be conquered. Rather, love is a spiritual value to be cherished & celebrated wherever it is found. "Rav Nachman said in the name of Shmuel that even though a man has many children, he may not remain without a wife, as it says: ‘It is not good that man be alone.’ But others say that if he does have children then he may abstain from procreation and he may even abstain from taking a wife altogether," (Yevamot 61b). תלמוד בבלי מסכת יבמות דף סא עמוד ב מסייעא ליה לרב נחמן אמר שמואל, דאמר: אע"פ שיש לו לאדם כמה בנים - אסור לעמוד בלא אשה, שנאמר: +בראשית ב'+ לא טוב היות האדם לבדו. ואיכא דאמרי: הא יש לו בנים - בטיל מפריה ורביה ובטיל נמי מאשה
Rabbi-Shmuly Yanklowitz (Orthodox Rabbi and Activist)
[NEWS] Five Canadian politics links: Doug Ford, Kathleen Wynne, Canadian citizens, Three Percenters
[NEWS] Five Canadian politics links: Doug Ford, Kathleen Wynne, Canadian citizens, Three Percenters
Doug Ford hired a crowd of actors to pretend to be supporters. Is this astroturfing a sign of American influence on Canadian politics? The Toronto Star reports.
Andrew MacDougall at MacLean’s argues a question tossed off in passing by Doug Ford to Kathleen Wynne, asking where she lost her way, resonates at a deep level about her government. The article is ,a href=”https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/…
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[NEWS] Five LGBTQ links: molly houses, trans in Germany, being femme, changing sexuality
Atlas Obscura takes a look at the history and culture of the “molly houses”, gay bars of 18th century England.
Atlas Obscura notes how pioneering German sexologist Marcus Hirschfeld managed to acquire limited recognition of the chosen identities of trans people in pre-Nazi Germany.
These interviews at VICE with five queer people, talking about what “femme” means to them, are interesting.
VICE’s u…
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[BLOG] Some Monday links
[BLOG] Some Monday links
James Bow talks about how Ontario aiming for experimental hydrogen-powered trains, not electric ones, is a mistake.
Marginal Revolution reports on the community that WalMart took to a West Virginia county it is now leaving.
Diane Duane shows an old novel proposal from 1999 that she found again, and is now dusting off.
Transit Toronto notesthat the time-based transfer program on the St. Clair…
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[PHOTO] The six painted rhinoceri of Woody's, Church Street (#woodystoronto)
[PHOTO] The six painted rhinoceri of Woody’s, Church Street (#woodystoronto)
Church and Wellesley bar Woody’s has taken advantage of the CaféTO program, setting up tables on sidewalks and parking areas to make up for the inaccessibility of its interior spaces. The barriers protecting the street spaces of Woody’s were painted with images of the bar’s rhinoceros, each one with different colours and patterns.
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[PHOTO] “You Are Loved” (#queer, #lgbtq)
[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links: Y&E, shuttle, 1929 Labour Day, Liberty V, Port Lands, Chick-fil-A
[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links: Y&E, shuttle, 1929 Labour Day, Liberty V, Port Lands, Chick-fil-A
Will a pedestrian death at Yonge and Eglinton lead to an easing of the nightmare for people faced with Eglinton Crosstown construction? blogTO ,a href=”https://www.blogto.com/city/2019/09/yonge-eglinton-construction-pedestrian-nightmare/”>reports.
An automated shuttle is set to pilot in 2020 in east-end Toronto. Global News reports.
Jamie Bradburn writes about the Labour Day celebrations in…
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