Pulpfiction Books
@pfbvan.bsky.social
YVR's legendary independent bookstore. Est. 6/00. 'The pessimism of the intellect, the optimism of the will.' (Gramsci). 2025 Living Wage employer.
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@pfbvan.bsky.social
· Sep 20
"That the Trump administration and the MAGA movement are less interested in deliberation and governance than they are in domination and obedience should shape and structure our sense of this political moment."
It's all designed to make you bend the knee. Don't bend.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...
It's all designed to make you bend the knee. Don't bend.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...
"Let's go away for a while."
YVR -> YYC -> LHR w/ @duckdeux.bsky.social, to mostly walk, but also to visit paintings, ceramics, sculptures, photographs & textiles, & Kirsty MacColl's memorial bench in Soho Square.
YVR -> YYC -> LHR w/ @duckdeux.bsky.social, to mostly walk, but also to visit paintings, ceramics, sculptures, photographs & textiles, & Kirsty MacColl's memorial bench in Soho Square.
November 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Let's go away for a while."
YVR -> YYC -> LHR w/ @duckdeux.bsky.social, to mostly walk, but also to visit paintings, ceramics, sculptures, photographs & textiles, & Kirsty MacColl's memorial bench in Soho Square.
YVR -> YYC -> LHR w/ @duckdeux.bsky.social, to mostly walk, but also to visit paintings, ceramics, sculptures, photographs & textiles, & Kirsty MacColl's memorial bench in Soho Square.
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I can no longer follow the plot of this show. I suspect the writers and actors can’t either. I don’t think they have a show runner.
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I can no longer follow the plot of this show. I suspect the writers and actors can’t either. I don’t think they have a show runner.
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Has anyone considered putting one atop the Lee Building?
#VancouverBC - Vancouver mulls digital billboards at key locations for new revenue vancouversun.com/news/vancouv...
Vancouver mulls digital billboards at key locations for new revenue
The city of Vancouver is considering digital billboards at key locations throughout the city as a way to potentially generate new revenue.
vancouversun.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Has anyone considered putting one atop the Lee Building?
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Don’t threaten me with a good time
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Don’t threaten me with a good time
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As a Pacific Northwest gardener I was unironically prepared to read more about the bamboo problem
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
As a Pacific Northwest gardener I was unironically prepared to read more about the bamboo problem
November 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Longtime PFB client worthy of consideration
Exciting news - I’m seeking the mayoral nomination with @OneCityVan! 1 / 5 youtu.be/2MTf7QmcEpc
My name is William Azaroff and I'm seeking the mayoral nomination with OneCity
YouTube video by William for Vancouver
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Longtime PFB client worthy of consideration
[Downloads 28 pp. PDF]
ADOBE: This appears to be a long document! Better let AI summarize it for you!
ME: Hahahaha FUCK NO
ADOBE: This appears to be a long document! Better let AI summarize it for you!
ME: Hahahaha FUCK NO
November 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
[Downloads 28 pp. PDF]
ADOBE: This appears to be a long document! Better let AI summarize it for you!
ME: Hahahaha FUCK NO
ADOBE: This appears to be a long document! Better let AI summarize it for you!
ME: Hahahaha FUCK NO
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Every time I see an excerpt from this Nuzzi production I think of Mencken's lines re: Harding's writing: "It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it. It is rumble and bumble. It is flap and doodle. It is balder and dash."
November 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Every time I see an excerpt from this Nuzzi production I think of Mencken's lines re: Harding's writing: "It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it. It is rumble and bumble. It is flap and doodle. It is balder and dash."
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You know you can always judge a book by its cover. Look at this nice book about bears.
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
You know you can always judge a book by its cover. Look at this nice book about bears.
-HI. So, I have an OLD BOOK at home.
-People I don't know are ENTERING MY DWELLING, looking for things to steal.
-I asked AI, it says it's worth $100.
-BUT, you can have it for $80.
-I'd REALLY APPRECIATE it. I'm tired of STRANGERS touching my stuff.
-Just $80. I'll bring it right down.
-People I don't know are ENTERING MY DWELLING, looking for things to steal.
-I asked AI, it says it's worth $100.
-BUT, you can have it for $80.
-I'd REALLY APPRECIATE it. I'm tired of STRANGERS touching my stuff.
-Just $80. I'll bring it right down.
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
-HI. So, I have an OLD BOOK at home.
-People I don't know are ENTERING MY DWELLING, looking for things to steal.
-I asked AI, it says it's worth $100.
-BUT, you can have it for $80.
-I'd REALLY APPRECIATE it. I'm tired of STRANGERS touching my stuff.
-Just $80. I'll bring it right down.
-People I don't know are ENTERING MY DWELLING, looking for things to steal.
-I asked AI, it says it's worth $100.
-BUT, you can have it for $80.
-I'd REALLY APPRECIATE it. I'm tired of STRANGERS touching my stuff.
-Just $80. I'll bring it right down.
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I try to read all the Booker winners, so I am in the middle of this year's (Flesh) right now. It's decently well-written, but if it is the last word on masculinity (total lack of interiority, driven solely by sexual impulses that cannot be explained or controlled) then masculinity is in real trouble
Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I try to read all the Booker winners, so I am in the middle of this year's (Flesh) right now. It's decently well-written, but if it is the last word on masculinity (total lack of interiority, driven solely by sexual impulses that cannot be explained or controlled) then masculinity is in real trouble
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Funny that the mayor wants to monetize every city function from libraries to the fire dept, but not street parking
November 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Funny that the mayor wants to monetize every city function from libraries to the fire dept, but not street parking
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If you're a vancouver based business owner who wants to show support for the city's sustainability, planning and arts programs and staff, here's a letter to sign:
(letter facilitated by stand.earth)
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
(letter facilitated by stand.earth)
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open Letter: Vancouver Businesses Urge Council to Protect Vancouver’s Clean Competitiveness in Budget 2026
Sign on to the letter here. SUBJECT: Vancouver Businesses Urge Council to Protect Vancouver’s Clean Competitiveness in Budget 2026 Dear Mayor and Councillors, We are writing as businesses based and w...
docs.google.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
If you're a vancouver based business owner who wants to show support for the city's sustainability, planning and arts programs and staff, here's a letter to sign:
(letter facilitated by stand.earth)
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
(letter facilitated by stand.earth)
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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We've heard a couple of speakers in support of the budget this afternoon, a change from yesterday when most people were opposed. I believe it took until speaker 225, Paul Beesla, to get to a supporter of the budget yesterday. (Speaker 111 pretended to be in support but satire doesn't count)
November 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
We've heard a couple of speakers in support of the budget this afternoon, a change from yesterday when most people were opposed. I believe it took until speaker 225, Paul Beesla, to get to a supporter of the budget yesterday. (Speaker 111 pretended to be in support but satire doesn't count)
The headwaters of the St George Rainway. An actual current with riffles this morning, flexing the stems of the aquatic plants & bringing the sound of running water. This all-seasons park is the best thing COV's added to the neighborhood in my time here (25.5 yrs!)
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The headwaters of the St George Rainway. An actual current with riffles this morning, flexing the stems of the aquatic plants & bringing the sound of running water. This all-seasons park is the best thing COV's added to the neighborhood in my time here (25.5 yrs!)
It's not a Tardis
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
It's not a Tardis
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107: if you have concerns about budget survey process, fix it. If you think this is a brigade, where are your folks? Stuck in traffic? I think everyone is looking forward to the next election
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
107: if you have concerns about budget survey process, fix it. If you think this is a brigade, where are your folks? Stuck in traffic? I think everyone is looking forward to the next election
Got a preview of the thinking behind the COV budget via the mayor's former bagel joint on the corner. Opened strong & seemingly credibly, then relentlessly hiked prices & cut corners, its revolving door of staff looking more & more miserable, til only tourists who didn't know any better ate there.
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Got a preview of the thinking behind the COV budget via the mayor's former bagel joint on the corner. Opened strong & seemingly credibly, then relentlessly hiked prices & cut corners, its revolving door of staff looking more & more miserable, til only tourists who didn't know any better ate there.
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Ken Sim's austerity budget is so severe that they're going to be REMOVING EXISTING BABY CHANGING TABLES
Vancouver, is this really who we are?
Vancouver, is this really who we are?
Listening to Vancouver Council budget discussion in the background this morning. In response to a question from @seanorr.bsky.social about where they'll be retracting from the city just said they're planning to REMOVE baby changing tables and menstrual product dispensers to save costs. Shameful.
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Ken Sim's austerity budget is so severe that they're going to be REMOVING EXISTING BABY CHANGING TABLES
Vancouver, is this really who we are?
Vancouver, is this really who we are?
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that’s just it. imagine if we were to reduce the VPD’s budget by 10% a year.
police want more because increasing “social disorder, mental health issues, addiction” which are the consequences of not only cuts to social infrastructure but also of economic inequality
I want a functioning society
police want more because increasing “social disorder, mental health issues, addiction” which are the consequences of not only cuts to social infrastructure but also of economic inequality
I want a functioning society
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM
that’s just it. imagine if we were to reduce the VPD’s budget by 10% a year.
police want more because increasing “social disorder, mental health issues, addiction” which are the consequences of not only cuts to social infrastructure but also of economic inequality
I want a functioning society
police want more because increasing “social disorder, mental health issues, addiction” which are the consequences of not only cuts to social infrastructure but also of economic inequality
I want a functioning society
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was just thinking of their budget increase demand, but yup, that’s the total! really reasonable when you think about it— who wouldn’t rather have eight billion cops than a functioning society www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Vancouver Police Board wants city to increase budget by $50M amid mayor's tax freeze promise | CBC News
The Vancouver Police Board has voted to approve a budget request of just over $497 million in 2026, a $50 million increase over 2025's final budget.
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
was just thinking of their budget increase demand, but yup, that’s the total! really reasonable when you think about it— who wouldn’t rather have eight billion cops than a functioning society www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Nan Gregory, an older Point Grey resident, voiced what she wants her city to be. She’s opposed to the proposed property tax freeze, as all speakers so far have been.
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Nan Gregory, an older Point Grey resident, voiced what she wants her city to be. She’s opposed to the proposed property tax freeze, as all speakers so far have been.
Plato's REPUBLIC, trans. Allan Bloom. Missed in undergrad; read as a curious adult. Totally unprepared for its wild tonal shifts & unexpected humor. Thought experiment? Political program? Allegory? Any single critical POV refuses to cohere. Think I've read it a dozen times now. Still fresh.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Plato's REPUBLIC, trans. Allan Bloom. Missed in undergrad; read as a curious adult. Totally unprepared for its wild tonal shifts & unexpected humor. Thought experiment? Political program? Allegory? Any single critical POV refuses to cohere. Think I've read it a dozen times now. Still fresh.
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Vancouver’s climate leadership exists because people across the political spectrum fought for it, putting planet before partisanship. Let’s do that again. 🌿
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Vancouver’s climate leadership exists because people across the political spectrum fought for it, putting planet before partisanship. Let’s do that again. 🌿