The gabrielest
@gabrielest.bsky.social
I live in and talk about Vancouver. Revolutionarily empathic
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"GenAI is the futu--
January 6, 2026 at 3:31 AM
"GenAI is the futu--
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hey paying salaries and pensions and hiring bonuses and overtime to the same people is expensive!
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VicPD requests nearly 10% budget increase for 2026
The Victoria Police Department is hoping to receive a nearly 10 per cent increase to its "core" budget for the 2026 year.
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January 3, 2026 at 12:16 AM
hey paying salaries and pensions and hiring bonuses and overtime to the same people is expensive!
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Finally, signs of spring
January 1, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Finally, signs of spring
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In Gaza, at the ruins of Shifa hospital and despite the war, 168 Palestinian medical doctors graduated yesterday as board specialists in different medical fields
December 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
In Gaza, at the ruins of Shifa hospital and despite the war, 168 Palestinian medical doctors graduated yesterday as board specialists in different medical fields
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October-7th and what followed have radicalized me very hard against ethnonationalism. Just legions of people on every side who should and absolutely do know better saying “ok but [attrocity] is good when it’s us tho” and being taken seriously for some reason. Fuck your blood and fuck your soil.
I read Just and Unjust Wars and it’s so funny how much of his stuff post-October 7 is him saying things he said were wrong in his book are okay when Israel does it
December 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
October-7th and what followed have radicalized me very hard against ethnonationalism. Just legions of people on every side who should and absolutely do know better saying “ok but [attrocity] is good when it’s us tho” and being taken seriously for some reason. Fuck your blood and fuck your soil.
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As a resident of Canada's Greatest Neighbourhood, I am often thinking about ways it could be better
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM
As a resident of Canada's Greatest Neighbourhood, I am often thinking about ways it could be better
What would be the best gift for him to get now? We could send it in Ma's name
Michael Ma collected his own conservative secret santa gift before crossing the floor BUT DID NOT DELIVER ANYTHING TO THE NAME HE DREW
HE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN JAMIL JIVANI’S SECRET SANTA
LMFAO THIS DIVAAAAAA
HE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN JAMIL JIVANI’S SECRET SANTA
LMFAO THIS DIVAAAAAA
December 13, 2025 at 7:06 AM
What would be the best gift for him to get now? We could send it in Ma's name
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One thing I've learned in the last 10 months is that it's very easy for people to identify a problem, but they often face great difficulty to do a thing that's 100% in their control if it could hypothetically cause them a personal inconvenience.
Continues to be an illuminating experience!
Continues to be an illuminating experience!
December 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
One thing I've learned in the last 10 months is that it's very easy for people to identify a problem, but they often face great difficulty to do a thing that's 100% in their control if it could hypothetically cause them a personal inconvenience.
Continues to be an illuminating experience!
Continues to be an illuminating experience!
Have you seen the unreleased 1940 Disney Clair de Lune? This could have replaced the terrifying demon piece
Fantasia/ Deleted Segment: Debussy- Clair de Lune (Moonlight) from Suite Bergemasque
YouTube video by Tristan MA (TristanMA)
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December 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Have you seen the unreleased 1940 Disney Clair de Lune? This could have replaced the terrifying demon piece
What do these people know about Avignon and when did they know it?
Here’s my story on John Rustad’s very bad day, why his failures appear to be rooted politics rather than ideology, and what questions the party will have to quickly answer the moment they stop having two leaders
ANALYSIS | Actual leader of the B.C. Conservatives up in the air — and so are their next moves | CBC News
Wednesday was the final day the B.C. legislature was in session for 2025 — and it sure delivered a season finale.
www.cbc.ca
December 4, 2025 at 6:04 AM
What do these people know about Avignon and when did they know it?
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She's being punished with indefinite paid holiday.
October 31, 2025 at 2:07 AM
She's being punished with indefinite paid holiday.
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The brother of federal Industry Minister, Mélanie Joly, is the president and CEO of Intelcom, a courier company that exploits subcontracted delivery drivers for pennies per package. It stands to benefit mightily from the dismantlement and privatization of public postal services in Canada.
The privatization crisis at Canada Post
Canada Post is under attack. Political favouritism, privatized delivery, and precarious subcontracting are putting workers and public service at risk. From Intelcom’s exploitative practices to the gov...
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October 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The brother of federal Industry Minister, Mélanie Joly, is the president and CEO of Intelcom, a courier company that exploits subcontracted delivery drivers for pennies per package. It stands to benefit mightily from the dismantlement and privatization of public postal services in Canada.
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On Wed Sep 17, City of Vancouver Councillor @lucymaloney.bsky.social will intro a motion that aims to unlock new apartment buildings up to six floors, and corner stores, on quiet Vancouver streets, including cycling routes and local streets around parks. (1/3)
September 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
On Wed Sep 17, City of Vancouver Councillor @lucymaloney.bsky.social will intro a motion that aims to unlock new apartment buildings up to six floors, and corner stores, on quiet Vancouver streets, including cycling routes and local streets around parks. (1/3)
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Vancouver park board commissioners will be asked to weigh up dozens of possible options to reduce the number of cars entering Stanley Park each year. Read more:
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Six-storey parkade among ideas for Stanley Park's future
Park board staff are giving commissioners dozens of options to manage traffic in the park
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September 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Vancouver park board commissioners will be asked to weigh up dozens of possible options to reduce the number of cars entering Stanley Park each year. Read more:
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Carney’s first 100 days: Unpacking the new prime minister’s ‘disappointing move to the right’ with @lindamcquaig.bsky.social.
From backtracking on the Digital Services Tax, to his disappointing response to #Gaza, she says Carney has repeatedly capitulated to Trump.
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From backtracking on the Digital Services Tax, to his disappointing response to #Gaza, she says Carney has repeatedly capitulated to Trump.
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Carney’s first 100 days: Unpacking the new prime minister’s ‘disappointing move to the right’ with Linda McQuaig
‘If it comes to a U.S. invasion, no amount of military spending on our part is going to defend us from that’
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August 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Carney’s first 100 days: Unpacking the new prime minister’s ‘disappointing move to the right’ with @lindamcquaig.bsky.social.
From backtracking on the Digital Services Tax, to his disappointing response to #Gaza, she says Carney has repeatedly capitulated to Trump.
ricochet.media/politics/car...
From backtracking on the Digital Services Tax, to his disappointing response to #Gaza, she says Carney has repeatedly capitulated to Trump.
ricochet.media/politics/car...
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Between a "No Other Land" crew mate filming himself being killed by a settler, to a journalist being killed by airstrikes he was covering minutes earlier, I'm not sure how much more televised Israel's genocide can be
August 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Between a "No Other Land" crew mate filming himself being killed by a settler, to a journalist being killed by airstrikes he was covering minutes earlier, I'm not sure how much more televised Israel's genocide can be
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One of the biggest lost opportunities during COVID was not turning Granville Island into a pedestrianized haven for small biz and artists.
Met up with a friend on Granville Island and immediately remembered why I hate it and don't recommend it unless you LOVE endless traffic jams
August 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
One of the biggest lost opportunities during COVID was not turning Granville Island into a pedestrianized haven for small biz and artists.
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Once again: to be politically conservative is to be scared, of everything, all the time.
Bernie Moreno says Cincinnati might be need to put on a "watch list" and claims he no longer visits Chicago and New York City because he's scared of crime
August 3, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Once again: to be politically conservative is to be scared, of everything, all the time.
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On June 16, Doctors Without Borders sent an open letter with a very clear message to EU leaders: The #EU can and must act now to stop mass atrocities in #Gaza.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...
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Palestine: MSF statement on the EU’s failure to protect people in Gaza again | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
The EU ignores calls to end Gaza’s siege, enabling Israel’s attacks on civilians amid ongoing humanitarian catastrophe.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca
July 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
On June 16, Doctors Without Borders sent an open letter with a very clear message to EU leaders: The #EU can and must act now to stop mass atrocities in #Gaza.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...
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have you tried simply not doing war crimes
July 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
have you tried simply not doing war crimes
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👇🏽Devastating Haaretz headlines, with IDF whistleblowers.
Non-paywalled story: archive.ph/2025.06.27-2...
Non-paywalled story: archive.ph/2025.06.27-2...
June 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
👇🏽Devastating Haaretz headlines, with IDF whistleblowers.
Non-paywalled story: archive.ph/2025.06.27-2...
Non-paywalled story: archive.ph/2025.06.27-2...
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Zohran Mamdani won New York’s primary race because of his support for Palestine, not in spite of it, progressives say.
Mamdani’s New York victory boosts pro-Palestine politics in US
Zohran Mamdani won New York’s primary race because of his support for Palestine, not in spite of it, progressives say.
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June 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Zohran Mamdani won New York’s primary race because of his support for Palestine, not in spite of it, progressives say.