Amina
@ayasinvan.bsky.social
Former WNBA player•anti-imperialist Pan-African•BAP•former Vancouver Planning Commissioner #newwest
🏗️cities are capitalisms playground for race-class struggle, and yet I love public housing, parks, trains, libraries, bike lanes & benches when we get them
🏗️cities are capitalisms playground for race-class struggle, and yet I love public housing, parks, trains, libraries, bike lanes & benches when we get them
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Amina
@ayasinvan.bsky.social
· Sep 14
Life is 1/3 exciting, 1/3 boring, 1/3 a nightmare, do with that what you can.
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Hey #NewWest. See all these people pissed off about Vancouver's slash & burn budget? We're not doing that. We work to keep taxes in check but respect our residents when they tell us that public services matter and & worth the investment. pub-newwestcity.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Hey #NewWest. See all these people pissed off about Vancouver's slash & burn budget? We're not doing that. We work to keep taxes in check but respect our residents when they tell us that public services matter and & worth the investment. pub-newwestcity.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...
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We had attempts this year by the ABC allies on our Council to bring a zero-percent austerity budget to #NewWest; a warning of what their plans are if they win a majority. We held them off, but if you want to keep #NewWest moving forward, we could use a little support: www.communityfirstnw.ca/events
Events
www.communityfirstnw.ca
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
We had attempts this year by the ABC allies on our Council to bring a zero-percent austerity budget to #NewWest; a warning of what their plans are if they win a majority. We held them off, but if you want to keep #NewWest moving forward, we could use a little support: www.communityfirstnw.ca/events
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We've managed over the last three years to keep tax
(and fee!) increases in line with population growth + CPI, while opening a big new rec centre, meeting our provincial housing regulations, and investing in community partnerships that support arts, culture and sport. #NewWest is getting it done.
(and fee!) increases in line with population growth + CPI, while opening a big new rec centre, meeting our provincial housing regulations, and investing in community partnerships that support arts, culture and sport. #NewWest is getting it done.
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
We've managed over the last three years to keep tax
(and fee!) increases in line with population growth + CPI, while opening a big new rec centre, meeting our provincial housing regulations, and investing in community partnerships that support arts, culture and sport. #NewWest is getting it done.
(and fee!) increases in line with population growth + CPI, while opening a big new rec centre, meeting our provincial housing regulations, and investing in community partnerships that support arts, culture and sport. #NewWest is getting it done.
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My entire life would be different if this had happened in 2017. I would never have been able to become an epidemiologist. Nor would my classmates and colleagues and friends who fought the COVID-19 pandemic.
This ungrateful evil country is on its last leg.
This ungrateful evil country is on its last leg.
The Donald Trump administration has excluded nursing, physical therapy, and public health as “professional” degrees under new federal student-loan rules.
Loans for these fields will be limited to $20,500 a year, compared to “professional” degrees, where the limit is $50,000 a year.
Loans for these fields will be limited to $20,500 a year, compared to “professional” degrees, where the limit is $50,000 a year.
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
My entire life would be different if this had happened in 2017. I would never have been able to become an epidemiologist. Nor would my classmates and colleagues and friends who fought the COVID-19 pandemic.
This ungrateful evil country is on its last leg.
This ungrateful evil country is on its last leg.
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Two men who occupy prominent positions in Canada’s media landscape just travelled to Israel, where they received a briefing from the Israeli government.
Yeah. What are journalism ethics anyway?
Those men were TVO’s Steve Paikin and Global News’ Ben Mulroney:
Yeah. What are journalism ethics anyway?
Those men were TVO’s Steve Paikin and Global News’ Ben Mulroney:
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Two men who occupy prominent positions in Canada’s media landscape just travelled to Israel, where they received a briefing from the Israeli government.
Yeah. What are journalism ethics anyway?
Those men were TVO’s Steve Paikin and Global News’ Ben Mulroney:
Yeah. What are journalism ethics anyway?
Those men were TVO’s Steve Paikin and Global News’ Ben Mulroney:
The most opposed budget in Vancouver history has been passed. This is precisely why people have lost faith in the council meeting “democratic process.” When a decision is cooked to empower the wealthiest class and the armed force funded to protect them, it doesn’t matter how many show up against it.
JUST IN: Ken Sim and ABC have voted through a Budget that makes deep cuts.
This austerity budget makes Zero Sense.
Press release: www.votecope.ca/news/zero-se...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
This austerity budget makes Zero Sense.
Press release: www.votecope.ca/news/zero-se...
#vanpoli #FightForVancouver
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The most opposed budget in Vancouver history has been passed. This is precisely why people have lost faith in the council meeting “democratic process.” When a decision is cooked to empower the wealthiest class and the armed force funded to protect them, it doesn’t matter how many show up against it.
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As @apihtawikosisan.bsky.social said: at least he just admitted it rather than dissembling. But, damn, it's disturbing how deep the pretendian rot goes. It says a lot about Canada's relationship with Indigenous people that many of the most celebrated Indigenous writers and artists are ethnic frauds
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
As @apihtawikosisan.bsky.social said: at least he just admitted it rather than dissembling. But, damn, it's disturbing how deep the pretendian rot goes. It says a lot about Canada's relationship with Indigenous people that many of the most celebrated Indigenous writers and artists are ethnic frauds
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This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
Let’s be inclusive and not leave white women out of this very apt description as well. Especially those who love to drop the term “woke” in periodically to make it appear as though they’re providing some kind of socio-political and generationally astute analysis.
People are always like real job stability is in medicine or the law, but the most secure job is actually white guy writes op-eds about how he’s sick of the minorities.
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Let’s be inclusive and not leave white women out of this very apt description as well. Especially those who love to drop the term “woke” in periodically to make it appear as though they’re providing some kind of socio-political and generationally astute analysis.
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The Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar region of Ethiopia erupts for the first time in almost 12,000 years!
Volcano Erupts for the First Time in Almost 12,000 Years
The Smithsonian says it hasn’t erupted during this geological epoch.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar region of Ethiopia erupts for the first time in almost 12,000 years!
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Texas has become a major data center hub, and these projects could increase the risk of blackouts in the winter when the Texas grid is already strained.
Texas data center expansion raises blackout risk during extreme winter weather
Texas' supply and demand balance can become tight during winter and potentially fall into deficit as data center demand grows.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Texas has become a major data center hub, and these projects could increase the risk of blackouts in the winter when the Texas grid is already strained.
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Three points about E-scooters (& siblings):
🛴🛴🛴
E-mobility devices are here and are not going away;
E-mobility devices can improve urban mobility, affordability, & livability;
E-mobility devices are a novel safety challenge in our traditional transportation realm.
What do we do about this? 🧵
🛴🛴🛴
E-mobility devices are here and are not going away;
E-mobility devices can improve urban mobility, affordability, & livability;
E-mobility devices are a novel safety challenge in our traditional transportation realm.
What do we do about this? 🧵
November 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Three points about E-scooters (& siblings):
🛴🛴🛴
E-mobility devices are here and are not going away;
E-mobility devices can improve urban mobility, affordability, & livability;
E-mobility devices are a novel safety challenge in our traditional transportation realm.
What do we do about this? 🧵
🛴🛴🛴
E-mobility devices are here and are not going away;
E-mobility devices can improve urban mobility, affordability, & livability;
E-mobility devices are a novel safety challenge in our traditional transportation realm.
What do we do about this? 🧵
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When I talk to Seniors in #NewWest, this is the #1 public safety concern on their mind 😲. Attribute that to the “novel threat” idea, or to the legislative void that means most users are on sidewalks in urban areas, but seniors never stop calling on cities to *do something* about this hazard...
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
When I talk to Seniors in #NewWest, this is the #1 public safety concern on their mind 😲. Attribute that to the “novel threat” idea, or to the legislative void that means most users are on sidewalks in urban areas, but seniors never stop calling on cities to *do something* about this hazard...
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This is why #NewWest is holding a Forum on Thursday to talk openly about all of the above: what are the benefits of E-mobility, and how do we address both the real & perceived safety concerns with Gov’ts uncertain how to act?
Join us and give us your input! www.newwestcity.ca/calendar-of-...
Join us and give us your input! www.newwestcity.ca/calendar-of-...
E-Mobility and Safer Streets in New Westminster | City of New Westminster
www.newwestcity.ca
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This is why #NewWest is holding a Forum on Thursday to talk openly about all of the above: what are the benefits of E-mobility, and how do we address both the real & perceived safety concerns with Gov’ts uncertain how to act?
Join us and give us your input! www.newwestcity.ca/calendar-of-...
Join us and give us your input! www.newwestcity.ca/calendar-of-...
$5.77 for a produce run, including watermelon, bananas, avocados, and local cherry tomatoes! This is why I love the neighbourhood Sandy Farm produce market and also why we need more small, walkable produce markets, by right, woven into our communities. Fresh, affordable, and accessible. #newwest
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
$5.77 for a produce run, including watermelon, bananas, avocados, and local cherry tomatoes! This is why I love the neighbourhood Sandy Farm produce market and also why we need more small, walkable produce markets, by right, woven into our communities. Fresh, affordable, and accessible. #newwest
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Newly unsealed internal communications from Meta reveal senior staff saying Instagram is a drug and "We’re basically pushers."
The new court filing reveals Meta staff allegedly worked for years to obscure the social media platform’s potential dangers from parents and children.
The new court filing reveals Meta staff allegedly worked for years to obscure the social media platform’s potential dangers from parents and children.
November 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Newly unsealed internal communications from Meta reveal senior staff saying Instagram is a drug and "We’re basically pushers."
The new court filing reveals Meta staff allegedly worked for years to obscure the social media platform’s potential dangers from parents and children.
The new court filing reveals Meta staff allegedly worked for years to obscure the social media platform’s potential dangers from parents and children.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
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Results are in for Iowa City’s two-year pilot of free public transit…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Results are in for Iowa City’s two-year pilot of free public transit…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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Rest in power Imam Jamal Alamin formerly known as H Rap Brown former chairman of SNCC former minister of justice of the Black Panther Party.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Rest in power Imam Jamal Alamin formerly known as H Rap Brown former chairman of SNCC former minister of justice of the Black Panther Party.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Someone actually wrote a comment under this video saying “imagine me going to an Asian country and complaining about the beauty standards,” the entire point going over their head.
The euro-colonial world has been poisoned with westernized beauty standards, incl Asian, African, and SAmerican nations
The euro-colonial world has been poisoned with westernized beauty standards, incl Asian, African, and SAmerican nations
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Someone actually wrote a comment under this video saying “imagine me going to an Asian country and complaining about the beauty standards,” the entire point going over their head.
The euro-colonial world has been poisoned with westernized beauty standards, incl Asian, African, and SAmerican nations
The euro-colonial world has been poisoned with westernized beauty standards, incl Asian, African, and SAmerican nations
I heard great things about this North Van coffee shop, so I went to visit a friend today to grab coffee and was delighted to see the way it was set up with the Mind Flayer on the roof, thinking it was a permanent fixture only to find out it was just a part of their Halloween decorations still up.
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I heard great things about this North Van coffee shop, so I went to visit a friend today to grab coffee and was delighted to see the way it was set up with the Mind Flayer on the roof, thinking it was a permanent fixture only to find out it was just a part of their Halloween decorations still up.
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Airstrikes don’t “test” a ceasefire. They break a ceasefire. Language isn’t that hard, media. Neither is professionalism and bravery.
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Airstrikes don’t “test” a ceasefire. They break a ceasefire. Language isn’t that hard, media. Neither is professionalism and bravery.