Brad Cavanagh
@canspice.bsky.social
Runner, father, walker, husbander, affordable housinger, noted finder of far-off explosions, curler, Governor Blood, not the mayor of Dubuque. He/him/his.
Team Asteroid 2024 YR4.
Team Asteroid 2024 YR4.
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I don't know how many times I have to say that it is the role of government to design and fund a public transit network.
We can't expect a private company to provide a public good.
We can't expect a private company to provide a public good.
Downtown Victoria bus depot closing as demand drops
Capital City Station opened in 2016 and hosts the B.C. Ferries Connector and the Vancouver Island Connector.
www.timescolonist.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:30 PM
I don't know how many times I have to say that it is the role of government to design and fund a public transit network.
We can't expect a private company to provide a public good.
We can't expect a private company to provide a public good.
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Could there be some kind of pattern?
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
I’m constantly astounded at the sheer level of artistic production coming out of Iceland. Novels, movies, music. Amazing.
February 18, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Could there be some kind of pattern?
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I mean, the BCNDP bragged while releasing the budget about BC's low provincial taxes. So... can't really blame fiscal constraints. This would be a case of fiscal decisions.
Due to fiscal constraints, B.C. government is slowing its pace of building new housing & infrastructure.
Reallocating $1.4 billion from planned housing projects. Delays for $1.8-billion Burnaby Hospital Phase 2 and long-term care. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre
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Reallocating $1.4 billion from planned housing projects. Delays for $1.8-billion Burnaby Hospital Phase 2 and long-term care. #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre
dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc...
B.C. slows pace of housing and infrastructure buildout, including Burnaby Hospital | Urbanized
With growing financial pressures, B.C. government will slow the pace of constructing its housing and infrastructure projects.
dailyhive.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:44 AM
I mean, the BCNDP bragged while releasing the budget about BC's low provincial taxes. So... can't really blame fiscal constraints. This would be a case of fiscal decisions.
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"Ford tells students to not pick 'basket-weaving courses' in wake of OSAP cuts"
How to say "I don't understand post secondary education without saying " I don't understand post secondary education"
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
How to say "I don't understand post secondary education without saying " I don't understand post secondary education"
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ford tells students to not pick 'basket-weaving courses' in wake of OSAP cuts | CBC News
Premier Doug Ford had choice words for students expressing concerns over cuts to OSAP grants Tuesday, telling them to "not pick basket-weaving courses" and to invest in education that gives students i...
www.cbc.ca
February 18, 2026 at 12:45 AM
"Ford tells students to not pick 'basket-weaving courses' in wake of OSAP cuts"
How to say "I don't understand post secondary education without saying " I don't understand post secondary education"
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
How to say "I don't understand post secondary education without saying " I don't understand post secondary education"
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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loving the number of people who have gotten EXCITED about a walkable Pattullo Bridge but good urbanism doesn’t spring from seismically unsafe 90 year old bridges
focus more on plausible projects in your backyard and less on billion dollar moonshots that could kill hundreds but look fun in AI
focus more on plausible projects in your backyard and less on billion dollar moonshots that could kill hundreds but look fun in AI
February 17, 2026 at 4:46 AM
loving the number of people who have gotten EXCITED about a walkable Pattullo Bridge but good urbanism doesn’t spring from seismically unsafe 90 year old bridges
focus more on plausible projects in your backyard and less on billion dollar moonshots that could kill hundreds but look fun in AI
focus more on plausible projects in your backyard and less on billion dollar moonshots that could kill hundreds but look fun in AI
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Kilauea's erupting, too. Dramatically.
[V1cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (west Halemaʻumaʻu crater)
YouTube video by USGS
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Kilauea's erupting, too. Dramatically.
New level of going down the rabbit hole: camera tripods, tripod heads, and mount plates.
February 15, 2026 at 5:31 PM
New level of going down the rabbit hole: camera tripods, tripod heads, and mount plates.
“She didn’t have to bring out the nose butter.” Freeski big air is wild.
February 15, 2026 at 2:40 AM
“She didn’t have to bring out the nose butter.” Freeski big air is wild.
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The BC Government list stats (including financial data) for all local gov'ts, going back more than a decade. Fascinating what you can glean from a few spreadsheets. www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...
February 14, 2026 at 2:18 AM
The BC Government list stats (including financial data) for all local gov'ts, going back more than a decade. Fascinating what you can glean from a few spreadsheets. www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...
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Wouldn’t it be nice if there were bus lanes on Broadway so that the buses didn’t have to sit in traffic.
February 14, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Wouldn’t it be nice if there were bus lanes on Broadway so that the buses didn’t have to sit in traffic.
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
February 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
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CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF!
(I never post Olympic videos bc the IOC will hunt you down but I am taking that risk so that you can hear the Canadian curling cursing)
(I never post Olympic videos bc the IOC will hunt you down but I am taking that risk so that you can hear the Canadian curling cursing)
February 13, 2026 at 9:44 PM
CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF!
(I never post Olympic videos bc the IOC will hunt you down but I am taking that risk so that you can hear the Canadian curling cursing)
(I never post Olympic videos bc the IOC will hunt you down but I am taking that risk so that you can hear the Canadian curling cursing)
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A Valentine's Poem.
February 13, 2026 at 12:52 PM
A Valentine's Poem.
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Hey #NewWest, we have heard that people might want to gather tomorrow to lean on each other on the provincial Day of Mourning. All are invited to City Hall at 6pm tomorrow for a candlelight vigil. No agenda, no speeches, just community.
February 12, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Hey #NewWest, we have heard that people might want to gather tomorrow to lean on each other on the provincial Day of Mourning. All are invited to City Hall at 6pm tomorrow for a candlelight vigil. No agenda, no speeches, just community.
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![Comic. [Person with ponytail pointing to diagram on wall as she talks to two other people, one with short hair.] PERSON 1: The high carbon content of the skeleton indicates that the individual lived less than 12.6 billion years ago, after the first round of stellar nucleosynthesis. [caption] Cosmologist carbon dating](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiaaaa2fduedn5fusan4xvikaehxgps2yxdlv7vb3j7ep323zta2u4@jpeg)
February 10, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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The antidote to this bullshit is being in community with our neighbors and not willingly participating in the surveillance state.
A week or so ago I stopped to stretch out hip (that I fucked up slipping on ice) on a public sidewalk. The house I was in front of had a ring camera and the owner rushed outside to yell at me for stopping. Unhinged behavior, especially for someone living in a fucking city.
February 10, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The antidote to this bullshit is being in community with our neighbors and not willingly participating in the surveillance state.
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Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
www.404media.co
February 10, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
New vinyl Sunday, today it’s the Original Soundtrack for Limbo, by Martin Stig Andersen. Moody, dark, ethereal. So good.
February 8, 2026 at 9:15 PM
New vinyl Sunday, today it’s the Original Soundtrack for Limbo, by Martin Stig Andersen. Moody, dark, ethereal. So good.
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
February 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
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You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
transnews.network
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
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Bruce Fanjoy has launched a petition to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top security clearance.
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7148 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
February 6, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Bruce Fanjoy has launched a petition to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top security clearance.
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
It's open for a couple of months.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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In case you're wondering why major news channels keep booking the same (sometimes idiotic) men again and again on their 24-hour newscasts, here's some insider intel:
I can tell you why, at least at CTV. I used to chase produce for Newschannel when Power Play was off air.
You'd show up for work, making (in my case) less than 50K a year, and you'd have like, two hours at a time to find someone to speak about XYZ, on national TV, with next to no notice.
You'd show up for work, making (in my case) less than 50K a year, and you'd have like, two hours at a time to find someone to speak about XYZ, on national TV, with next to no notice.
February 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
In case you're wondering why major news channels keep booking the same (sometimes idiotic) men again and again on their 24-hour newscasts, here's some insider intel: