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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“When the Border Patrol was created in 1924, white supremacists entered the agency, building the culture of xenophobia and impunity … They built a culture of corruption as well—CBP agents are arrested for criminal activity and corruption at a per-capita rate that exceeds any other federal agency.”
Abuse of Power and Its Consequences
Check out this data/research hub from the Southern Border Communities Coalition that provides a deep look at border patrol abuse of power, their culture of unaccountability & corruption and the conseq...
www.southernborder.org
February 11, 2026 at 8:03 PM
“When the Border Patrol was created in 1924, white supremacists entered the agency, building the culture of xenophobia and impunity … They built a culture of corruption as well—CBP agents are arrested for criminal activity and corruption at a per-capita rate that exceeds any other federal agency.”
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Downtown Calgary office towers to be converted into affordable housing with new grant
globalnews.ca/news/1166011...
globalnews.ca/news/1166011...
Downtown Calgary office towers to be converted into affordable housing with new grant - Calgary | Globalnews.ca
The grant is funded through the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF), in which future installments may be at risk depending on whether Calgary city council repeals citywide rezoning.
globalnews.ca
February 10, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Downtown Calgary office towers to be converted into affordable housing with new grant
globalnews.ca/news/1166011...
globalnews.ca/news/1166011...
There are children still fighting for their lives in Tumbler Ridge after this horrific and senseless act of violence, and yet some of the most vile people on certain media platforms are actively flooding social media feeds with disinformation based on bigotry in order to compound the violence.
February 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
There are children still fighting for their lives in Tumbler Ridge after this horrific and senseless act of violence, and yet some of the most vile people on certain media platforms are actively flooding social media feeds with disinformation based on bigotry in order to compound the violence.
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When an active shooter alert went out in Tumbler Ridge, locals turned to Trent Ernst, the one man reporter-editor-publisher of Tumbler RidgeLines. Here is his Patreon (confirmed) www.patreon.com/c/tumblerrid...
Get more from Tumbler RidgeLines on Patreon
News for, by, and about the people of Tumbler Ridge
www.patreon.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:48 AM
When an active shooter alert went out in Tumbler Ridge, locals turned to Trent Ernst, the one man reporter-editor-publisher of Tumbler RidgeLines. Here is his Patreon (confirmed) www.patreon.com/c/tumblerrid...
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My most recent visit to Tumbler Ridge was this past fall. They’ve built a whole science centre and greatly expanded their tourism offerings. Town’s been through some recent wildfires, too. UNESCO recognized area.
I hope you will consider visiting them in better times
I hope you will consider visiting them in better times
February 11, 2026 at 6:02 AM
My most recent visit to Tumbler Ridge was this past fall. They’ve built a whole science centre and greatly expanded their tourism offerings. Town’s been through some recent wildfires, too. UNESCO recognized area.
I hope you will consider visiting them in better times
I hope you will consider visiting them in better times
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Families are still learning if loved ones are alive or dead after the horror in Tumbler Ridge
And conspiracy theories are already spreading
Some have been taken down but screen grabs are circulating widely
I miss the days when people would wait for (and value) facts
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
And conspiracy theories are already spreading
Some have been taken down but screen grabs are circulating widely
I miss the days when people would wait for (and value) facts
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
‘Unimaginable tragedy’: Reaction pours in after deadly mass shooting at B.C. high school
A mass shooting in the northern B.C. community of Tumbler Ridge has left 10 people dead, including the suspect, the RCMP confirmed Tuesday night.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 11, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Families are still learning if loved ones are alive or dead after the horror in Tumbler Ridge
And conspiracy theories are already spreading
Some have been taken down but screen grabs are circulating widely
I miss the days when people would wait for (and value) facts
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
And conspiracy theories are already spreading
Some have been taken down but screen grabs are circulating widely
I miss the days when people would wait for (and value) facts
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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The small-town paper in Tumbler Ridge is going to need support. This is its front page right now. Their subscription page is here:
www.patreon.com/tumblerridge...
www.patreon.com/tumblerridge...
February 11, 2026 at 4:52 AM
The small-town paper in Tumbler Ridge is going to need support. This is its front page right now. Their subscription page is here:
www.patreon.com/tumblerridge...
www.patreon.com/tumblerridge...
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Trent was the first and only media on the scene this afternoon. He went live on FB on the street until his phone died. The. He went home and stayed on FB live on his phone while digging for sources and info on his computer. He was the only connection to the outside.
February 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Trent was the first and only media on the scene this afternoon. He went live on FB on the street until his phone died. The. He went home and stayed on FB live on his phone while digging for sources and info on his computer. He was the only connection to the outside.
During critical emergencies such as this horrific act of violence in the community of Tumbler Ridge news should be available to all, and not behind a pay wall. I found it difficult finding consistent coverage off social media about what’s become Canada’s and British Columbia’s worst school shooting.
We have removed our story about today's school shooting in Tumbler Ridge from behind the paywall. Updates will be coming here:
RCMP say 10 dead in school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, BC
Six victims were located dead at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, while another died on the scene, according to the RCMP. The suspect was found dead at the school from what appeared to be a self-inflic...
www.nationalobserver.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:00 AM
During critical emergencies such as this horrific act of violence in the community of Tumbler Ridge news should be available to all, and not behind a pay wall. I found it difficult finding consistent coverage off social media about what’s become Canada’s and British Columbia’s worst school shooting.
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CBC’s coverage has been comprehensive and compassionate. Other news outlets just peppered this story in between their usual news hour stories. This is a national tragedy. We are all thinking about this small community tonight.
Mayor of Tumbler Ridge Darryl Krakowka: "I will know every victim. I've been here 19 years ... I don't call them residents, I call them family." www.youtube.com/live/-SIOpuE...
🔴 LIVE: 10 dead, including suspect, in mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
YouTube video by CBC News
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:55 AM
CBC’s coverage has been comprehensive and compassionate. Other news outlets just peppered this story in between their usual news hour stories. This is a national tragedy. We are all thinking about this small community tonight.
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A massive CBC investigation has confirmed that the Canadian government knew our weapons were reaching Israel through the "U.S. Loophole", and they were quietly investigating the legal fallout while publicly lying to us about it.
Link in bio to email your MP about the "No More Loopholes Act".
Link in bio to email your MP about the "No More Loopholes Act".
February 6, 2026 at 9:52 PM
A massive CBC investigation has confirmed that the Canadian government knew our weapons were reaching Israel through the "U.S. Loophole", and they were quietly investigating the legal fallout while publicly lying to us about it.
Link in bio to email your MP about the "No More Loopholes Act".
Link in bio to email your MP about the "No More Loopholes Act".
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
This technical feat done in protest by the stunning Surya Bonaly in ‘94 - a back flip, landing on one skate - was deemed as “lacking grace,” when a Black-French woman did it.
As she said: “If I had been white or American, I might have won a gold medal at the Olympics or at the World Championships."
As she said: “If I had been white or American, I might have won a gold medal at the Olympics or at the World Championships."
February 10, 2026 at 8:21 PM
This technical feat done in protest by the stunning Surya Bonaly in ‘94 - a back flip, landing on one skate - was deemed as “lacking grace,” when a Black-French woman did it.
As she said: “If I had been white or American, I might have won a gold medal at the Olympics or at the World Championships."
As she said: “If I had been white or American, I might have won a gold medal at the Olympics or at the World Championships."
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Leonard Barnes, anticolonial journalist: 'British rule in India & Africa is a form of Fascism just as barbarous as German or Italian. For Britons, therefore, the enemy is not merely the ambition of a Mussolini or a Hitler, but also the general structure & functioning of the British Empire itself.'
February 6, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Leonard Barnes, anticolonial journalist: 'British rule in India & Africa is a form of Fascism just as barbarous as German or Italian. For Britons, therefore, the enemy is not merely the ambition of a Mussolini or a Hitler, but also the general structure & functioning of the British Empire itself.'
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Hussam Qassem made a drum set from plastic, wood, and metal scraps.
Video shows him playing the drums and singing to his forcibly displaced family in their tent in Gaza while children around him sing and dance.
Video shows him playing the drums and singing to his forcibly displaced family in their tent in Gaza while children around him sing and dance.
February 10, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Hussam Qassem made a drum set from plastic, wood, and metal scraps.
Video shows him playing the drums and singing to his forcibly displaced family in their tent in Gaza while children around him sing and dance.
Video shows him playing the drums and singing to his forcibly displaced family in their tent in Gaza while children around him sing and dance.
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Drop Site News revealed earlier this week that Israel paid the genocide enablers at Google $45 million to spread its propaganda amid growing international outrage over its siege and destruction of Gaza
February 10, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Drop Site News revealed earlier this week that Israel paid the genocide enablers at Google $45 million to spread its propaganda amid growing international outrage over its siege and destruction of Gaza
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Canada paid for the bridge. Trump now wants half.
I put this together from my notes of years of covering this thing locally, going through his grievance list. www.dailydetroit.com/canada-paid-...
I put this together from my notes of years of covering this thing locally, going through his grievance list. www.dailydetroit.com/canada-paid-...
Canada Paid For The Bridge. Trump Wants Half.
I've followed this project for nearly a decade. Trump's threat to block the opening of the Gordie Howe — demanding half of a bridge we didn't pay for — deserves context. Here's the line-by-line realit...
www.dailydetroit.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Canada paid for the bridge. Trump now wants half.
I put this together from my notes of years of covering this thing locally, going through his grievance list. www.dailydetroit.com/canada-paid-...
I put this together from my notes of years of covering this thing locally, going through his grievance list. www.dailydetroit.com/canada-paid-...
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Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
This managed to sound like Sir David Attenborough and a British football commentator encountering Somali food for the first time.
Had me cackling the entire time, especially when he said “wow! get the banana quick.”
Had me cackling the entire time, especially when he said “wow! get the banana quick.”
February 10, 2026 at 1:24 AM
This managed to sound like Sir David Attenborough and a British football commentator encountering Somali food for the first time.
Had me cackling the entire time, especially when he said “wow! get the banana quick.”
Had me cackling the entire time, especially when he said “wow! get the banana quick.”
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"What exactly do you expect Carney to do / not do?"
A thread of 50 specific items (with links, and not in any particular order), a large fraction of which are in line with warning signs we pointed out early on and were told to be quiet, wait and see, or trust his 4D chess acumen.
1/??
A thread of 50 specific items (with links, and not in any particular order), a large fraction of which are in line with warning signs we pointed out early on and were told to be quiet, wait and see, or trust his 4D chess acumen.
1/??
January 22, 2026 at 6:06 PM
"What exactly do you expect Carney to do / not do?"
A thread of 50 specific items (with links, and not in any particular order), a large fraction of which are in line with warning signs we pointed out early on and were told to be quiet, wait and see, or trust his 4D chess acumen.
1/??
A thread of 50 specific items (with links, and not in any particular order), a large fraction of which are in line with warning signs we pointed out early on and were told to be quiet, wait and see, or trust his 4D chess acumen.
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#Newwest Council meeting tonight, and I’m glad this week I get to watch in slightly rainy New West in the same time zone rather than snowy Toronto +3hrs ahead.
Some interesting items on the agenda:
- Budget 2026
- Electrick Kick-Scooter regs
- BHM proclamation
- AI policy
- Triple-Net lease reform
Some interesting items on the agenda:
- Budget 2026
- Electrick Kick-Scooter regs
- BHM proclamation
- AI policy
- Triple-Net lease reform
Agendas, Reports, Minutes, and Video
www.newwestcity.ca
February 10, 2026 at 12:18 AM
#Newwest Council meeting tonight, and I’m glad this week I get to watch in slightly rainy New West in the same time zone rather than snowy Toronto +3hrs ahead.
Some interesting items on the agenda:
- Budget 2026
- Electrick Kick-Scooter regs
- BHM proclamation
- AI policy
- Triple-Net lease reform
Some interesting items on the agenda:
- Budget 2026
- Electrick Kick-Scooter regs
- BHM proclamation
- AI policy
- Triple-Net lease reform
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On Wed, noon PT, join our 1st health care webinar—The not-for-profit advantage: a better future for primary care in BC.
Hear how primary health care works better when it is team-based, community-governed & not-for-profit from Melinda Markey, Leslie Keenan, Leah Walker.
Hear how primary health care works better when it is team-based, community-governed & not-for-profit from Melinda Markey, Leslie Keenan, Leah Walker.
The future of primary care in BC
This webinar series explores a better direction for primary care in BC with not-for-profit team-based models where diverse teams of practitioners offer a broad range of health and social supports that are responsive to local community’s needs.
bcpolicy.ca
February 8, 2026 at 8:00 PM
On Wed, noon PT, join our 1st health care webinar—The not-for-profit advantage: a better future for primary care in BC.
Hear how primary health care works better when it is team-based, community-governed & not-for-profit from Melinda Markey, Leslie Keenan, Leah Walker.
Hear how primary health care works better when it is team-based, community-governed & not-for-profit from Melinda Markey, Leslie Keenan, Leah Walker.
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I remain shocked by how much work was done after Katrina (subj of my diss) on evacuating pets in disasters relative to evacuating people without cars, or with disabilities, or with poverty, or elderly, or, or, or
I tell you what, Ring figured out exactly how to weaponize white people’s empathy in service to a corporately controlled surveillance state.
Tell them it will find your dog.
Tell them it will find your dog.
February 9, 2026 at 9:19 AM
I remain shocked by how much work was done after Katrina (subj of my diss) on evacuating pets in disasters relative to evacuating people without cars, or with disabilities, or with poverty, or elderly, or, or, or
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