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Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders @movementyvr.bsky.social · 19d

It’s a week celebrating the 1 million transit riders in our region! We’ll be setting up celebration stations at different transit stops across Metro Vancouver, offering coffee, stickers! Tag us @movementyvr and use #GoByTransitWeekYVR to share your experience with us.

It's Go By Transit Week Sept 29th– Oct 5th! Find your Celebration Station. Stop by for free coffee, snacks, and stickers!

Monday, Sept 29th
Surrey
HOLLAND PARK/KING GEORGE STATION

Monday, Sept 29th
Vancouver
MARINE DRIVE STATION

Monday, Sept 29th
Vancouver
VPL CENTRAL BRANCH LIBRARY

Wednesday, Oct 1st
Richmond
RICHMOND–BRIGHOUSE STATION

Thursday, October 2nd
Burnaby
BRENTWOOD TOWN CENTRE STATION

Friday, October 3rd
Coquitlam
LAFARGE LAKE–DOUGLAS STATION

Saturday, October 4th
New Westminster
COLUMBIA STATION

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Cathy Tuttle @cathytuttle.bsky.social · Aug 28

Aftermath of a car crash in Utrecht, Netherlands:
*The street is closed off to cars.
*Police measure angles of impact and look for possible causes (to prevent future crashes).
*Officers politely summarize the incident with people walking & rolling by.

How are car crashes evaluated in YOUR city?

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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · Aug 29

The image is of a three panel comic.

In panel one, a stick figure says “Sometimes friends drift apart.”
In panel two, we see a close up of an otter’s face. The otter says “nope.”
In panel three, we zoom out and see two otters holding hands/paws in the water. One otter says “not us.”

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Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders @movementyvr.bsky.social · Aug 15

📣Thanks to the DigiBC Work Placement Program, we're hiring two students this fall! 🚀

If you're passionate about transit and have a creative streak, we want to hear from you. 🚌💡

See the job description for details on how to apply: movementyvr.ca/work-...

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Jul 23

This photograph series by Mark Cowan documents a phenomenon called 'lachryphagy' ("tear-feeding").

The caiman excretes salt in their tears & the butterflies need the precious minerals for their metabolism & reproduction.

So, they're feeding on crocodilian tears.

(📷: Mark Cowan, Curtin Uni.)

Three shots of a green-silver colored caiman wreathed in 4-6 colorful yellow and orange butterflies. He blinks in two of the shots, looking delighted somehow, while the butterflies swarm his head.
CREDIT: Mark Cowan.

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verdigrisheretic.bsky.social @verdigrisheretic.bsky.social · Jul 22

Yes, 100%

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · Jun 18

The US led the way in fighting malnutrition, and USAID provided a miracle peanut paste that brings kids back from the brink -- until now. Starvation is a problem that we can actually solve, but we're now retreating from the fight. Here's what I found in West Africa: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...

Opinion | This Problem Is Easy to Solve

www.nytimes.com

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Uytae Lee @uytaelee.bsky.social · Jun 8

New link because you could see my banking information in a few frames of the last upload 🥲. Check out "The Uncertain Future of Granville Island" here: youtu.be/STsu3NA1W_k

The Uncertain Future of Granville Island

YouTube video by About Here

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verdigrisheretic.bsky.social @verdigrisheretic.bsky.social · Jun 9

#vancouver
#yvr

verdigrisheretic.bsky.social @verdigrisheretic.bsky.social · Jun 9

Currently a survey is up asking the public for their input on funding for Granville island. It’s very quick, please take a minute to share your thoughts

www.surveymonkey.com/survey-taken...

Thank you! Create Your Own Online Survey Now! | SurveyMonkeySurveyMonkey logo with text in primary

www.surveymonkey.com

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · May 30

Don't ever tell a cargo bike person they can't haul something. 😂

spokesmama.bsky.social @spokesmama.bsky.social · May 30

Ooh, I've never thought about the dollar amount that I've fit on my bike... I love riding with big awkward loads though. One of my faves: two air purifiers & my almost-8-year-old 😁

Tern GSD cargobike parked on a sidewalk, with two air purifiers stuffed diagonally into the rear bags, a seven-year-old child sitting squished in between them

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · May 29

Our first-past-the-post voting system makes cities seem more uniformly left-wing than they are in reality, and makes rural areas seem more uniformly right-wing than they really are.

Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁 @fairvote.ca · May 29

At a time when we need unity, first-past-the-post is pulling us apart.

When a system keeps locking regions into one-party representation, voices are silenced and resentment grows.

We can't wait any longer. Demand proportional representation.

#cdnpoli

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verdigrisheretic.bsky.social @verdigrisheretic.bsky.social · May 29

I’d feel bad if I committed vehicular murder on my commute but that’s just a little personality quirk of mine 🤷

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verdigrisheretic.bsky.social @verdigrisheretic.bsky.social · May 29

Some of you may go without access to shelter, but that is a sacrifice the Kitsilano Coalition is willing to make.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=SdLN...

City of Vancouver abandons Kitsilano supportive housing development

YouTube video by CityNews

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · May 28

The Vancouver SkyTrain gets really good ridership numbers for the length of the system and size of the metro area.

Part of this is fast, frequent, automated service. But another part is that they’ve built a ton of density at many (though not all) stations.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · May 28

Did you know Metro Vancouver is THE North American hotbed for dense transit-oriented development? I’ll be touring a group of municipal leaders from Ontario for 3.5 days next month, riding trains & walking transformed station areas. Was out today scouting with colleagues at @movementYVR.bsky.social!

New dense development at Lougheed Town Centre Station

Dense development in between Gilmore and Brentwood Skytrain stations. #TOD #TransitOrientedDevelopment

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · May 24

🖼️ Yuri Vasnetsov

Owl in branches overlooking a rabbit’s house approached by a duck, a little bird watches from a tree and a little squirrel sits in the branches above the rabbit’s house. Illustration.

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verdigrisheretic.bsky.social @verdigrisheretic.bsky.social · May 23

While I don’t endorse breaking the law, I find running a red is sometimes the only way to guarantee a driver next to you actually sees you

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verdigrisheretic.bsky.social @verdigrisheretic.bsky.social · May 23

Driving the speed limit, coming to a full stop at stop signs, not turning right on red and any behaviour that considers other road users is ridiculed and ostracized.

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verdigrisheretic.bsky.social @verdigrisheretic.bsky.social · May 23

Crash Course is the giant who’s shoulders we stand on
m.youtube.com/watch?v=dySy...

I Can’t Believe How Few People it Takes.

YouTube video by vlogbrothers

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · May 23

This line by @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social:
“Show me a city with a legally protected mansion district near downtown [and subway stations] and i’ll show you a city that hasn’t really taken the housing crisis seriously”

Canada’s New Housing Minister Is Already Saying the Wrong Things

YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · May 21

Ooo! You can watch my SmartyPants for free!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxMR...

How to Fix Grocery Stores | Smartypants Presentation

YouTube video by Dropout

www.youtube.com

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verdigrisheretic.bsky.social @verdigrisheretic.bsky.social · May 15

a cartoon of a man and a girl in a gondola with the words and at last i see the light

ALT: a cartoon of a man and a girl in a gondola with the words and at last i see the light

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verdigrisheretic.bsky.social @verdigrisheretic.bsky.social · May 15

The City of Coquitlam has Dutch style junctions at the Guilford and Pinetree. Having only ever seen them in Not Just Bikes videos, I could not stop smiling for the rest of the day

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · May 9

We do not eat a credit card’s worth of plastic a week. This doesn’t pass even the most basic sniff test but also the paper everyone is quoting doesn’t even say that we ingest that much plastic and I’m sick of hearing it in credible places!!!

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · May 10

If we’re being honest, the biggest threat to urban livability isn’t density or height. It’s the noise, danger, pollution, and wasted space that comes from prioritizing cars above all other modes of transport.

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