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James Wanless 🇨🇦

@wanless.bsky.social

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Live Simply • Think Critically • Move Daily Retired ux designer & research analyst, reader, writer, photographer, musician, runner, cyclist, other things. Born 319 ppm CO2. 🌍 West of Victoria, BC, Canada 🔗 wanless.info

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · Sep 20

Updated / edited this many times over the past 18 months - one long post now. Pinning it to my profile for posterity. Essentially, I was severely injured by a careless driver in April 2024, while cycling.

#crash #braininjury #stroke #recovery #visionzero #retired

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Near Death

On April 14, 2024, I was involved in a severe crash while cycling, resulting in extensive injuries. This post includes regular updates to my recovery progress.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 2h

So, much as I am not remotely a baseball fan, I am about to watch my second #worldseries game in a row. A simple meal and a little fine BC whisky on tap as well (and I have been dry the past few weeks).

James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 5h

Not going to lie, it feels very good to be homeowners again. Got the keys this morning, with our main moving day coming on November 12th. In particular, it will be very nice to move away from the noise and busyness of the inner harbour.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 23h

What difference would that make? Both are just platforms of hot garbage, and a complete waste of time.

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🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 1d

Sign the petition:

Remove Pete Hoekstra as US ambassador to Canada.

Let’s send Pete packing! 🖕👋

#Canada
#PeteHoekstra
#MrPotatoHeadNeedsToGo

Canadian Cpt. Picard @cdncptpicard.bsky.social · 2d

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Sign the Petition

Remove Pete Hoekstra as US ambassador to Canada. Let's send Pete Packing!

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 2d

That wasn't a difficult guess but I got all three correct.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 2d

When the police and ICBC team up for road safety "advice," they will always place responsibility entirely on the most vulnerable users. With my crash (which nearly killed me), the police left it up to us to charge the driver or not, and we couldn't even get a copy of the police file.

James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 5d

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Striking B.C. public service workers announce tentative deal with government | CBC News

The B.C. General Employees' Union (BCGEU) has announced a tentative deal has been struck with the provincial government, which could bring an end to a weeks-long strike that has impacted everything fr...

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 5d

I get that take, but my issue is that it just makes the arbitrary barring of entry or kicking people out for no reason beyond them wanting to, easier all the time. It's just another indication that the country doesn't respect people's rights and freedoms. In most cases they also don't need to.

James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 5d

“They didn't tell me anything, and I just feel violated.”

Why anyone would willingly go south to the authoritarian regime now is utterly beyond me

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U.S. to photograph Canadian travellers when they enter and exit at all land borders, airports | CBC News

The United States is expanding its facial identification program for travellers, with the goal of collecting images of non-U.S. citizens entering and exiting the country by all modes of transport.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 5d

"They're"

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 7d

If anyone is looking for a mortgage broker, we had stellar service from Kam at Auxilium Mortgage. We reconnected when we came back almost a year ago. Our application had challenges associated with my early retirement, and he still came through like a champ. Highly recommend. DM for contact info.

James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 7d

CBC should stop setting their hair on fire about every comment Trump makes. He's an amoral jackhole.

There's never going to be a decent trade deal. Trump is using tariffs to try and break Canada economically.

The entire focus should be new markets and surviving the tariffs until Trump is gone.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 8d

This guy goes to a pub, kills a pedestrian, panics, flees the scene, then lies about how his SUV was damaged, and all he needed to do was write a letter to get no jail time.

The alcohol, fleeing, and lying alone should have warranted jail time.

#visionzero

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No jail time for driver who pleaded guilty in death of 90-year-old pedestrian in Nanaimo - Nanaimo News Bulletin

Judge hands down nine-month conditional sentence

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 8d

I mean, the whole party is "turmoil" and loaded with science deniers, conspiracy nutjobs, racists and homophobes, so when even THEY can't get behind you, it's probably time to bail.

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B.C. Conservatives management committee calls on John Rustad to resign as leader | CBC News

John Rustad is facing calls to resign as leader, according to a scathing letter from the B.C. Conservative Party management committee. Five MLAs have been kicked out or quit the party since it became ...

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 9d

Nice afternoon out for the dog walk. I like sunny haze.

#photography #victoria #yyj

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 11d

So it begins again ... But hopefully this will be the last time for a while.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 12d

Whatever you say, Homer. Keep defending the guy who's been suspended six times, almost entirely for shitty cheap shots. Sorry, but I don't give an asshole like that the benefit of the doubt. It was late and high.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 12d

The Night Epstein Died

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 13d

Shandy met her doppelganger, "Lorelai" on this morning's walk. However, Shandy is a compact 45 lbs, and Lorelai is the "runt" of her litter, who will likely hit a paltry 100 lbs.

#dog #dogs #dogsofbluesky #pibble #pitbull

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 16d

A very brief update to mark 18 months since my crash. Everything is fine, fitness is good, but getting my splenectomy abdominal incisional hernia repaired is absolutely a gong show, as I wait for not only a second CT scan, but also a #colonoscopy.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 19d

I love it when accounts like yours make it clear who I should mute for their stupid takes.

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James Wanless 🇨🇦 @wanless.bsky.social · 19d

#vancouver #goldenhour #photography October in different years.

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Zac de Vries @zacdevries.bsky.social · 29d

When a single car crash can gridlock Greater Victoria, it shows the fragility of autocentricity.

Walkable neighborhoods, safe cycling routes, and rapid & reliable transit aren’t just nice-to-haves—they’re resilience. They give people options, cut congestion, and keep the city moving!

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Dr James on a bicycle, psychologist, cycologist 🇨🇦 @jamesbicycle.bsky.social · 24d

David Bowie 2002. Prescient. Thoughtful.
"One of the dangers of the American way is that it's America first in everything it does. There is virtually no interest in the ambitions, feelings, needs or sensitivities of any other nation.. It's one of the things that makes us resent Americans much"

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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 27d

If you drive a 2025/2026 Tesla or still use X, there really isn't an excuse. You really are just an asshole that looks the other way.

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