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YVR's legendary independent bookstore. Est. 6/00. 'The pessimism of the intellect, the optimism of the will.' (Gramsci). 2025 Living Wage employer.

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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 20d

"That the Trump administration and the MAGA movement are less interested in deliberation and governance than they are in domination and obedience should shape and structure our sense of this political moment."

It's all designed to make you bend the knee. Don't bend.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

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Toilet Hinckley Jr @garbledskulls.bsky.social · 13h

“It’s baffling why the administration would do this!”
-idiot who has never taken even a cursory glance at Project 2025, which the current administration has been using as an instruction manual since literally day one

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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 15h

"After learning of Rustad’s confirmation that phones had been searched, Johal mocked him:

'Hey John, next time you’re snooping through colleagues’ phones looking for messages to me, try checking under I.P. Freely, Al Coholic, Hugh Jass, Jacques Strapp, or Seymour Butz.'"

thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Rustad Defends His Push to Search MLAs’ Phones | The Tyee

The effort to identify the source of leaks from the divided Conservative party failed.

thetyee.ca

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17h

Breaking news: MIT’s president turned down the Trump administration’s offer of priority access for federal funding, publicly releasing a letter that emphasized the elite university’s values.

MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding

MIT is one of the nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.

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Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca · 18h

this is huge and legitimately the best thing Carney has done for Canadians.

it should have been done decades ago. it's horrific that previous prime ministers didn't

Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦 @jrobson.bsky.social · 19h

Announcement from PM Carney moments ago and this is good news. I've been working on this issue with @saulschwartz.bsky.social and @agenestgregoire.bsky.social for years. We've documented how many Canadians don't file and miss out on or loose benefits, .. 1/3

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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 1d

Pleased to be (so far as I can tell) the sole bookstore in Western Canada carrying Hanuman Editions' wee trade paper originals.

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Catherine “Halloween meme participant” Winters @catherinewinters.com · 2d

This is going to end with costume parties being illegal for the public and every single government employee forced to wear a stormtrooper helmet.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 2d

Kristi Noem praised for ‘staring down’ Antifa. It was a dozen reporters and a guy in a chicken suit

Kristi Noem ‘stares down’ Antifa. It was reporters and a guy in a chicken costume

www.independent.co.uk

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Coast Funds @coastfunds.bsky.social · 3d

“For us, Nenagwas means a new beginning for our people.”

Tlowitsis Nation hosted an open house to welcome members and supporters to Nenagwas – a new community whose name in Kwak̓wala means “a place to come home to.”

🔗 Learn more: coastfunds.ca/news/nenagwa...

Nenagwas Open House: Tlowitsis Nation Has “A Place To Come Home To”

On September 10, Tlowitsis Nation hosted a small open house in their new community, Nenagwas, which translates from Kwak̓wala to “a place to come home to.” The open house welcomed community members, a...

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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 3d

Ahem, "Vaster Than Empires & More Slow" ?!

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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 3d

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Dr. Drew Brayshaw 🌊🪨 @drewbrayshaw.bsky.social · 9d

I had an idea, and I don't know if it's necessarily a good idea or not, that I'd do a thread of my favorite 10 landslides from the database. But why not? I'll probably do it next week when I'm back in the office.

Dr. Drew Brayshaw 🌊🪨 @drewbrayshaw.bsky.social · 11d

Bumping again for the afternoon crowd.

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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 3d

"Chicken noodle soup. Where is the Nutella? My life is ruined. Chicken noodle soup "

- Direct quote from my 10-year-old

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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 4d

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Stanley Q Woodvine @sqwabb.bsky.social · 4d

Impatient to see the much vaunted "checks & balances" that I've heard all my life are built into the United States political system to prevent exactly what's happening now. Appears tho, that a bunch of fast-moving fascist wannabees figured out the checks & balances only work s-l-o-w-l-y, if at all.

Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 4d

On sale @ both PFBs tomorrow (Tue 7th) at opening. Special orders available for pick-up at the same time.

I live semi-nearish; anyone who wants to pick up from Main Street at 12:01am is welcome to DM ***before 9pm*** & if there is any interest I'll walk over & briefly reopen the shop.

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 4d

website currently getting yelled at for their defense of famous transphobe is concerned that slopmonger is a slur

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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 4d

Pleased to discover this one back in print, & at a very reasonable price point, too.

"[L]ike its predecessors, a near-faultless technical performance...[plus] 2 new items to the Beauman repertoire: relative structural simplicity and profound emotional resonance."

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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 4d

"Johnny & Mary" the very best of this exemplary period

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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 4d

Here's Hansard's draft transcript of the exchange
www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-cont...

Dallas Brodie: I have a point of order to raise.

I’m looking at section 40(2) and 40(3) of the standing orders. The first one is: “Disrespectful or offensive language forbidden.” That’s sub 2. “Irrelevance in debate.” That’s sub 3.

Sub 2 says: “No member shall use offensive words against any member of this House.” The Premier has repeatedly referred to me as being racist, denialist and hateful. Am I now allowed to use words like “stupid,” “incompetent,” “financially illiterate” and “anarchist”? How far does this go?

The second one is: “No member shall be irrelevant in debate.” He takes shots at me sideways whenever he can, and I’m not accepting it anymore. It’s unacceptable language in this House. I could call him lots of names — believe me — but I’m not taking this anymore.

Raising questions about public expenditures of money in this province is not against the rules. Anybody who takes public money is open to questioning, and you shouldn’t be questioned about whether you’re racist. If you want no questions, don’t take public money.

I would like a declaration from the Speaker about whether people can call each other names in this House anymore.

Hon. David Eby: I feel like I should be paying the member rent for the amount of space I’m occupying in her head.

Interjection.

The Speaker: Shhh. Please.

Hon. David Eby: In my answer, I was specifically referring to the staff member that was hired by the Leader of the Opposition who was fired recently for being a racist residential school denialist — properly fired, by the way. I congratulate him for taking that appropriate stand. A little late, but he did take it. I support it. You wouldn’t find me hiring people like that.

If the member thought I was talking about her, perhaps that’s her issue.

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Damian Moppett @damianmoppett.bsky.social · 4d

If I was Trump I’d be way more worried about soy bean farmers being radicalized and using me as their origin story than any left leaning antifa mf

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 4d

In a non ironic genuine way middle aged guys have dealt with the male loneliness epidemic and it’s called getting into prog

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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 4d

It's the best, & I've always been hopeful for another iteration of Elmore Leonard twelve minutes in the future ever since.

Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 4d

& Peripheral's first paragraph

Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 4d

PFB WG canon: "Hologram Rose"; Virtual Light; "Hippie Hat Brain Parasite"; "The Winter Market"; "Hinterlands"; 99.99% of the "Distrust" essays esp. watches, Becker/Fagen.

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Fernando Medrano @fmed.bsky.social · 5d

That heavy bass you are hearing wafting over the city? That’s Mad Professor doing a live remix of Massive Attack at the Chan Centre. All the cool Gen X dubheads are here.

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paulseesequasis @paulseesequasis.bsky.social · 5d

“I’d become sort of involved in things that were happening to people. No matter what colour they be, whether they be Indians, or Negroes, the poor white person or anyone who was I thought more or less a bad shake. I thought I had the instinct toward championing the cause.” - Gordon Parks

A Dene woman kneels, looking down on a sleeping infant, inside a canvas tent. Photographed by Gordon Parks, outside of Yelllowknife, NWT, in 1945.

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Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca · 5d

I wonder how long he can keep this bit going. it's been 9 months and troops have been deployed to two American cities so far.

he's going to be saying the same thing 4 years from now when troops are in every "leftist" city guarding polling stations to prevent "antifa" from voting.

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 6d

Because accepting that you live under fascism is an excuse for giving up. You're not the White Rose, and you're not the Resistance. You live in a democracy. Act like it.

MJ @lkpolicynerd.bsky.social · 6d

What’s your end goal by fighting about the semantics of fascism though? Feels like you’re just trying to downplay the severity of the situation we’re in, which is quite irksome

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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 5d

"Creative writer"? Trump hates you and wants you replaced with slop

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