Results tagged “nevada”

Whether we like it or not, some of us will be in Toronto all summer, with nary a trip or vacation elsewhere in sight. As a remedy, we've created Tourist. Every weekend morning of the summer, bright and early, we're featuring a photo (or two) from a globe-trotting photographer in the Torontoist Flickr Pool.

The Star reports that TTC operators have a rate of post-traumatic stress disorder four times higher than Toronto police officers. The syndrome is often a result of witnessing, or becoming the victim of, physical violence, and is now the second leading cause of missed work days at the TTC. Arming operators a la Mad Max probably isn't the right solution, but hoping that the assholes who assault drivers will magically disappear may not be realistic. Anyone?

Flickr has just launched Places, a new location-centric way to explore the best photography in the world. Harnessing the site's geo-tagging features (which allow users to plot their photos on a map), Places creates a page for most major cities, regions, and countries, featuring popular photos, popular photographers, popular tags, and popular groups for that area. In addition to checking out the fun that is Toronto's page (top recent tags: "santaclausparade" and "parade," current...