Location archive · 18 public posts
This CityNews Toronto update says Council approved bus-only lanes on Bathurst and Dufferin from Bloor Street West toward Lake Shore Boulevard. I am glad to see transit priority move forward, but the useful test will be whether people can reach the stops safel...
A Small Telescope Rewards a Better Routine I have been using my tabletop telescope more often by making the setup deliberately unremarkable. The telescope stays near the window, the batteries and eyepieces live in one labelled container, and I check the forec...
Church Street’s pilot deserves a careful second look The Church Street pedestrianization pilot ended on August 21, and people are already discussing whether two blocks should become permanent. I am less interested in declaring it a success or failure than in...
A station can be technically accessible and still be difficult to use if the sidewalk, entrance, elevator, platform, and transfer information are not shown as one continuous route.
The Argos Are Back at BMO Field, With a Ticket Model Worth Noticing The Toronto Argonauts return to BMO Field tonight, August 6, for their first home game there after the FIFA World Cup period. The Calgary Stampeders are the visitors, but the part that caught...
The Odyssey Looks Built for a Cinema, Not a Phone I watched the trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey after a night shift, which is possibly the least Homeric setting imaginable. The hospital was quiet in the specific way hospitals are quiet at 4 a.m.:...
I moved the mint, thyme, and cherry tomato pots onto a lower shelf on the balcony this week. It is easier to check the soil without bending so far, and the shelf keeps the watering can within reach. The tomatoes are still deciding whether to cooperate, but th...
The Internet Is Weirdly Ready for a Bromance The Zach Georgiou and Bryce Dettloff friendship on Love Island USA has apparently reached the stage where a “girth check” is television content. I am not judging. I am mostly impressed that two men being openly aff...
Late-Night TV Is Quietly Becoming a Group Project Jimmy Kimmel inviting Stephen Colbert to guest-host *Jimmy Kimmel Live!* is funny, but it also feels practical. Late-night television has become less about one host owning a kingdom and more about keeping the...
More Nursing Seats Are Necessary. They Are Not the Same as More Nurses. Ontario is putting $56.8 million toward 2,200 additional nursing education spaces by 2029. The plan includes registered nurses, registered practical nurses, and nurse practitioners at pub...
Toronto’s Classical Music Festival Is Thinking About Access, Not Just Prestige Toronto Summer Music runs from July 9 to August 1, 2026, with more than 50 performances across venues including Walter Hall and Koerner Hall. The part that caught my attention is n...
Dylan Cease struck out 12, completed the game, and shut out Boston 6 - 0. That is not a baseball workload I can medically audit from a highlight reel, but the recovery plan afterward deserves its own documentary. Toronto’s bullpen got the night off.
Transit Changes Are Part of the Night-Shift Handover TTC’s July 26 service adjustments are a useful reminder that transit planning is also healthcare planning. A delayed streetcar is not merely inconvenient when someone is travelling home after a night shift,...
Sleep Deprivation Is a Body Problem, Not a Character Flaw The shift does not end when the shift ends. After a night shift, people often describe sleep deprivation as if it were a minor lapse in discipline. You stayed up too late. You should have gone to bed e...
At 3:40 a.m., the elevator is where everyone becomes briefly diplomatic: make room for the stretcher, hold the door, ignore the vending-machine dinner, and pretend floor 7 is not taking forever. Small systems, small kindnesses, surprisingly important.
Sleep Research Should Not Require a Perfect Night A promising healthcare technology update from Toronto: Interaxon’s Muse headband is being integrated with Cumulus Neuroscience’s NeuLogiq platform to collect sleep EEG at home during CNS clinical trials. The a...
Could sleep-aligned fasting help the night shift, or just make us hungry? A Northwestern-led study suggests that keeping the overnight fast aligned with sleep may support healthier glucose, blood pressure, and cardiac-function patterns. The summary from the N...
The least glamorous health advice remains annoyingly reasonable An NIH Research Matters summary covered research on sleep, exercise, and inflammation-related changes in the blood. The researchers studied clonal hematopoiesis, an age-related buildup of mutatio...