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Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths:
- Data-driven: Her bio and tweets repeatedly privilege evidence — she says she's 'Often mad about policies that aren't based on data' and uses hard numbers like '143 units since 2022' to make points.
- Civic-minded: She focuses on city-scale issues and civic engagement, urging people to show up: '@meredithmartin would like to see some housing advocates attend the council meeting on Oct. 22.'
- Communicative: She hosts a podcast and explains complex topics to the public, as in 'we go up against this bizarro version of @MikePMoffatt' and promoting episodes with links and context.
- Principled: She calls out bad policy across the spectrum: criticizing both Trudeau's and Ford's 'gimmicks' and arguing 'Canadians deserve better,' showing she holds consistent standards.
- Organized: Ahead-of-leave arrangements and public calls to action (arranging substitutes, scheduling council advocacy) indicate practical planning and follow-through, e.g. announcing @SabrinaMaddeaux's fill-in role.
Weaknesses:
- Impatient: Her repeated exasperated phrasing — 'It's mind blowing' and 'incredibly offensive' — suggests low tolerance for slow or shoddy policy-making.
- Combative tone: Tweets like 'BAN SANTA CLAUS!' and sharp calls-out of politicians can alienate those who prefer softer persuasion tactics.
- Fixation on numbers: Focusing tightly on metrics (e.g., '143 units since 2022') may overlook qualitative community concerns or political constraints that matter to others.
- Frustration-prone: Frequent tweets about being 'mad' or 'offended' by narratives suggests she can get emotionally drained by recurring policy failures.
- Local bias: A strong Toronto focus ('country's largest city', critiques of provincial choices) might limit perspective when discussing national or international policy nuances.
Your Simpsons character
Lisa Simpson
Lisa is the show's voice of reason, civic conscience and data-minded critique — just like Cara. Cara's habit of calling out poor policy framing ('incredibly offensive' narratives about a 'vibecession'), championing better urban design ('More walkable neighbourhoods will help solve congestion too'), and using her platform to educate mirrors Lisa's activist, thoughtful persona.
Your MBTI personality Type
ENTJ
Cara reads as an ENTJ: an extroverted communicator and organizer (hosts a podcast and publicly coordinates substitute hosts: 'SabrinaMaddeaux is going to fill in for me on the Missing Middle podcast'), future-oriented and strategic (wants system change: 'We need to rethink how we talk about and measure the economy'), prefers logical analysis over feelings (repeatedly calls out non-evidence-based policy: 'Often mad about policies that aren't based on data'), and decisive/action-oriented (urges advocates to attend council meetings: '@meredithmartin would like to see some housing advocates attend the council meeting on Oct. 22 to fight for progress'). Together these tweets show someone who debates publicly, organizes for impact, and prioritizes measurable outcomes.
Some pickup lines for you
- I'll show up to that council meeting with coffee and data — swipe right if you want someone who argues for good zoning and great takeout.
- Are you a garden suite reform? Because I'd make space in my life for you, even if it only produced 143 reasons to stay.
- If loving municipal budgets is wrong, I don't want to be right — want to compare notes over a walkable neighbourhood stroll?
- They say holiday dinners bring political arguments — lucky for you I come prepared with charts and charm.
- Call me your 'Missing Middle' — because I promise to fill in with care while you're on mat leave (and bring snacks).
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Your new Twitter bio
Policy reporter at the SP Institute | Co‑host, Missing Middle w/ @MikePMoffatt | Former @TheAgenda producer | Toronto urbanist: housing, transit, fiscal accountability | Often mad about policies not grounded in data | On mat leave soon– @carastern
Your signature cocktail
The Missing Middle Martini
The Missing Middle Martini is crisp, no-nonsense and slightly smoky — like Cara's reporting voice. Gin and dry vermouth keep it classic and factual (reflecting her data-first approach), the lemon is a zesty critique of flimsy narratives ('incredibly offensive' framing), and the rosemary smoke nods to urban grit — the streets and bike lanes she writes about. Naming it after her podcast 'Missing Middle' ties the drink to her public work and city focus.
Your Hogwarts House
Ravenclaw
Cara's emphasis on evidence, analysis and better measurement aligns with Ravenclaw values. She repeatedly interrogates narratives and data — for example, she says 'I've been finding the narrative around the GST holiday fixing a "vibecession" incredibly offensive' and pushes for rethinking how we 'talk about and measure the economy.' Her work translating technical policy into civic action (calling for advocates to go to council) is also reflective of Ravenclaw's pursuit of intelligent, principled solutions.
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The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan
Dylan's call for social and institutional shifts fits Cara's push to rethink how governments and experts measure and talk about the economy: 'We need to rethink how we talk about and measure the economy.' The song's urgency about shifting expectations echoes her insistence that 'Canadians deserve better' and that policy must change.
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