Daniel Nguyen

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New MMI piece! In the middle-class housing space, policymakers can become so engrossed in policy nuances that they lose sight of the broader picture.

Here are six questions we've been asking policymakers and planners to help them see the big picture.

https://www.missingmiddleinitiative.ca/p/designing-communities-for-the-middle

Designing Communities for the Middle Class: A Six-Question Test

A tool to challenge governments to deliver on middle-class homeownership.

Missing Middle Initiative
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Once again, China is building their stupid hydro dams in Tibet, without any consideration to their neighbouring countries
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/why-chinas-neighbours-are-worried-about-its-new-mega-dam-project-2025-07-22/
Fair Vote Canada ๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ๐Ÿ (@fairvote.ca)

This is what decision-making looks like under first-past-the-post. One party controls everything, even if most voters did not choose them. Tired of this democracy distortion? Demand proportional representation.

Bluesky Social
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It's been Rugby's sleeping giant for almost 50 years: With the Rugby World Cup headed for the USA and the MLR Final this weekend, it felt high time to dig in and ask the question: Can rugby ever, truly, expand in the United States of America?
https://youtu.be/GmHuqA-xwu0
I have the same feeling on this issue regarding Mayor Valรฉrie Plante.
They both care more about symbolism than about meaningful change.
#canada #montreal #toronto #housing
https://mastodon.social/@mikepmoffatt/114756464002863547
Suspected China state hackers exploited patched flaw to breach Canadian telecom
Maximum-security Cisco vulnerability was patched Oct. 2023 and exploited Feb. 2025.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/06/suspected-china-state-hackers-exploited-patched-flaw-to-breach-canadian-telecom/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Canadian telecom hacked by suspected China state group

Maximum-security Cisco vulnerability was patched Oct. 2023 and exploited Feb. 2025.

Ars Technica
Spoilers for tomorrow's piece, on the need for 3+ bedroom homes.
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'Ten messages for a man who thinks children should stay off the roads and stick to the park'

From my Diagram Club newsletter, to which I post lots more things like this: https://open.substack.com/pub/diagramclub

@davewalker Wow your books and drawings are amazing ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿคฉ