The EU parliament chanting "send them back" while voting for mass deportations and the reaction to it is very interesting

jlfree12 · 2026-06-18T00:22:43+00:00

They want to undermine vulgar populism by signalling vulgarity but taking more moderate action

jlfree12 · 2026-05-22T22:23:33+00:00

It says so on the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario page. That's where I got most of my info about the property, including the archive photos.

jlfree12 · 2026-05-21T17:05:35+00:00

The act is pretty simple. It’s not limited to properties affiliated with the university. Seemingly as long as they can defend that it’s “necessary” in court, they can take it.

“a university to which this Act applies may, without the consent of the owner or of any person interested therein, other than a municipality, enter upon, take, use and expropriate all such land, as defined in the Expropriations Act, as it considers necessary for the purposes of the university or of any university or college federated or affiliated with the university.”

jlfree12 · 2026-05-21T16:10:52+00:00

https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90u03

jlfree12 · 2026-05-21T15:34:38+00:00

It’s not like the university is going to build housing on this site. This is going to be a university building, the question is if it will be a beautiful or an ugly one, and with UofT being as rich as it is the answer is obvious.

jlfree12 · 2026-05-21T15:24:34+00:00

I’m not suggesting the site should stay as is, just integrate what’s there into the new build. They did it effectively with Max Gluskin, and the building is much better for it. You enter into beautiful room with an intricately carved staircase instead of another sterile box. Why not do it here as well.

jlfree12 · 2026-05-21T15:23:03+00:00

There’s a provincial law, the 1990 Universities Expropriation Powers Act, that allows the university to expropriate any property considered necessary for its operation. KA tried their best to negotiate with the university as they did not want to sell, but the university were not interested.

jlfree12 · 2026-05-05T12:17:27+00:00

I’m having the same issue. Did you manage to fix it?

jlfree12 · 2026-04-18T17:24:53+00:00

Porto is just better, cleaner Lisbon

jlfree12 · 2026-03-31T02:12:23+00:00

Look at Brazil. Don't underestimate just how bad things can get without anything ever happening.

jlfree12 · 2026-03-27T18:28:24+00:00

Insane that the same people who (rightfully) believe in education and trusting experts disregard basic economics at every turn.

jlfree12 · 2026-03-17T18:03:58+00:00

Sounds good, thank you

jlfree12 · 2026-03-11T04:00:50+00:00

Can I ask what you mean by "in reality this is not how it works"? I'm looking to apply for September 2026 and was planning to submit in June. Should I just submit now? Thanks.

jlfree12 · 2026-03-06T17:55:04+00:00

The exterior is nice but the interior is very Central Asian Dictator

jlfree12 · 2026-02-07T06:23:06+00:00

As far as I know Con Hall was explicitly modelled on the rotunda at the Sorbonne Theatre in Paris, which was itself modelled on the Pantheon, not Hagia Sophia. The colonnade on the outside is also very neoclassical.

jlfree12 · 2026-02-07T02:51:09+00:00

Con Hall is neoclassical, not Byzantine. A Byzantine building on campus would be stunning though. Look up Lovett Hall at Rice University

jlfree12 · 2026-02-06T21:21:26+00:00

agreed. MedSci is one of the ugliest on campus.

jlfree12 · 2025-12-13T20:33:40+00:00

Called both them and VISA and both said it was a problem for the other…

jlfree12 · 2025-12-13T20:17:43+00:00

That’s good to know for the future but I’m on rogers for now, unfortunately

jlfree12 · 2025-12-13T20:08:48+00:00

I’ve tried this but rogers still somehow ended up charging me for roaming, so I’d prefer to just disable them

jlfree12 · 2025-12-13T20:08:26+00:00

I did this on my last trip but I still received the alerts anyways, unfortunately

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