Michael Blackburn
@108blackburn.bsky.social
Vancouver BC taijiquan (t'ai chi) teacher and busy dad of two great guys.
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Not our beloved Fraser Street... My heart is broken. I feel so sick reading the horrific details of what people experienced at this evening's attack. This is a violent violation of a special safe place shared by so many, on a day to celebrate Lapu Lapu. Take care of each other.
April 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Not our beloved Fraser Street... My heart is broken. I feel so sick reading the horrific details of what people experienced at this evening's attack. This is a violent violation of a special safe place shared by so many, on a day to celebrate Lapu Lapu. Take care of each other.
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He’s just obsessed with stealing other peoples land. He will do whatever we all give him the impression he can get away with.
February 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
He’s just obsessed with stealing other peoples land. He will do whatever we all give him the impression he can get away with.
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3 is also true but not necessarily great — his attempt to strike balance between climate policy and support for the petroleum industry slipped far to the latter, with Ottawa financing megaprojects while revenues remained provincial
I agree with 2, 4 and 5. Don't buy the others.
Justin Trudeau’s legacy is a solid one.
Consequential but controversial. But a solid one.
— CPP bigger
— CCB ⬇️ child poverty
— TMX ✅ and LNG Canada supported
— One of best COVID responses in G7
— CUSMA
— Key investments in AI + ZEVs
And much of that will endure.
#cdnpoli
Consequential but controversial. But a solid one.
— CPP bigger
— CCB ⬇️ child poverty
— TMX ✅ and LNG Canada supported
— One of best COVID responses in G7
— CUSMA
— Key investments in AI + ZEVs
And much of that will endure.
#cdnpoli
January 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
3 is also true but not necessarily great — his attempt to strike balance between climate policy and support for the petroleum industry slipped far to the latter, with Ottawa financing megaprojects while revenues remained provincial
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Tonight on APTN National News: The office of Alberta’s child advocate says Indigenous youth in the system are still over-represented in serious injuries and deaths.
A 17-year-old boy from the Norway House Cree Nation is dead after being shot by the RCMP.
Watch here: youtube.com/live/KxvBVm-...
A 17-year-old boy from the Norway House Cree Nation is dead after being shot by the RCMP.
Watch here: youtube.com/live/KxvBVm-...
November 22, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Tonight on APTN National News: The office of Alberta’s child advocate says Indigenous youth in the system are still over-represented in serious injuries and deaths.
A 17-year-old boy from the Norway House Cree Nation is dead after being shot by the RCMP.
Watch here: youtube.com/live/KxvBVm-...
A 17-year-old boy from the Norway House Cree Nation is dead after being shot by the RCMP.
Watch here: youtube.com/live/KxvBVm-...
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The BC legislature will not have a fall sitting, per the premier's office
NDP MLA Raj Chouhan will continue to serve as Speaker so no need for a sitting to appoint the speaker and get things moving
The house will resume in February 2025 for a throne speech #bcpoli
NDP MLA Raj Chouhan will continue to serve as Speaker so no need for a sitting to appoint the speaker and get things moving
The house will resume in February 2025 for a throne speech #bcpoli
November 22, 2024 at 11:10 PM
The BC legislature will not have a fall sitting, per the premier's office
NDP MLA Raj Chouhan will continue to serve as Speaker so no need for a sitting to appoint the speaker and get things moving
The house will resume in February 2025 for a throne speech #bcpoli
NDP MLA Raj Chouhan will continue to serve as Speaker so no need for a sitting to appoint the speaker and get things moving
The house will resume in February 2025 for a throne speech #bcpoli
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B.C.’s all-party support for active reconciliation is faltering during election campaign: The B.C. Conservatives, which are now tied in opinion polls with the NDP ahead of the Oct. 19 election, say they would repeal the UNDRIP law
B.C.’s all-party support for active reconciliation is faltering during election campaign
The B.C. Conservatives, which are now tied in opinion polls with the NDP ahead of the Oct. 19 election, say they would repeal the UNDRIP law
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 1, 2024 at 1:53 AM
B.C.’s all-party support for active reconciliation is faltering during election campaign: The B.C. Conservatives, which are now tied in opinion polls with the NDP ahead of the Oct. 19 election, say they would repeal the UNDRIP law
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This is good news in part because BC is forging an important path for power-sharing between colonial and Indigenous governments—BC's apparently a leader in legislatively implementing the UNDRIP, but the Conservatives had vowed to overturn that: www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
‘It’s path-breaking’: British Columbia’s blueprint for decolonisation
First Nations are negotiating with government on sharing crucial decisions over forestry, mining and construction
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2024 at 6:33 PM
This is good news in part because BC is forging an important path for power-sharing between colonial and Indigenous governments—BC's apparently a leader in legislatively implementing the UNDRIP, but the Conservatives had vowed to overturn that: www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
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When you hear any politician, especially in Ontario but anywhere really, attack bike-lanes by claiming they’re “bad for business,” watch this video again. And share it again. And again.
And again.
And then remember they’re probably lying about the other reasons they hate bike-lanes too.
And again.
And then remember they’re probably lying about the other reasons they hate bike-lanes too.
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate anywhere, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story from Toronto. Politician claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small businesses, & THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION just obliterates him with data. toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/1...
November 22, 2024 at 4:09 PM
When you hear any politician, especially in Ontario but anywhere really, attack bike-lanes by claiming they’re “bad for business,” watch this video again. And share it again. And again.
And again.
And then remember they’re probably lying about the other reasons they hate bike-lanes too.
And again.
And then remember they’re probably lying about the other reasons they hate bike-lanes too.
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Premier David Eby quietly dismantles a ministry that never delivered on its original mission
Rob Shaw: B.C.'s Ministry of Air pulls a vanishing act on addiction crisis
Premier David Eby quietly dismantles a ministry that never delivered on its original mission
dlvr.it
November 22, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Premier David Eby quietly dismantles a ministry that never delivered on its original mission
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Opinion - The problem with public architecture in Canada: What explains this bland brand of badness? The central answer is hidden in the weeds of public policy: design procurement. Our governments do not care about design, and their practices make that clear
The problem with public architecture in Canada
What explains this bland brand of badness? The central answer is hidden in the weeds of public policy: design procurement. Our governments do not care about design, and their practices make that clear
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Opinion - The problem with public architecture in Canada: What explains this bland brand of badness? The central answer is hidden in the weeds of public policy: design procurement. Our governments do not care about design, and their practices make that clear
I read this recently and agree — an exceptional book about an aspect of US history I knew little about.
Incredible book. Such an important story that many of us had never had heard about. If you haven’t read it, take time to do it. #booksky #bookmedsky
November 22, 2024 at 4:00 PM
I read this recently and agree — an exceptional book about an aspect of US history I knew little about.
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Still the greatest interview exchange in the history of rock and roll. Bob Dylan. Playboy Magazine. March 1966.
November 22, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Still the greatest interview exchange in the history of rock and roll. Bob Dylan. Playboy Magazine. March 1966.
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“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars… Now it appears that work is paying off. #Oslo & #Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.” #VisionZero www.theguardian.com/world/2020/m...
How Helsinki and Oslo cut pedestrian deaths to zero
After years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 7:16 AM
“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars… Now it appears that work is paying off. #Oslo & #Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.” #VisionZero www.theguardian.com/world/2020/m...
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Never forget, if you design a city for cars, it fails for everyone, including drivers.
If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking and public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.
INCLUDING DRIVERS.
The “war on cars” has always been a lie.
If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking and public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.
INCLUDING DRIVERS.
The “war on cars” has always been a lie.
November 22, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Never forget, if you design a city for cars, it fails for everyone, including drivers.
If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking and public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.
INCLUDING DRIVERS.
The “war on cars” has always been a lie.
If you design a multi-modal city that makes walking, biking and public transit attractive options, it works better for everyone, including drivers.
INCLUDING DRIVERS.
The “war on cars” has always been a lie.
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Choose one alive or human
November 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Choose one alive or human
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but if all you accomplish this weekend is reading a riveting novel cover-to-cover whilst drinking multiple kettles of tea and consuming a scandalous amount of croissants, then you will have accomplished more than enough.
November 22, 2024 at 10:10 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if all you accomplish this weekend is reading a riveting novel cover-to-cover whilst drinking multiple kettles of tea and consuming a scandalous amount of croissants, then you will have accomplished more than enough.
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I think about this all the time in terms of arts funding. in the 80s it was just accepted as fact that a cultured city should have a good opera company. even if you didn’t like opera, you’d write them a big annual check every year and put your wife on their board. it was just what the rich DID
seriously, we don’t even have even vaguely intellectual super rich working on their rare butterfly collections anymore
November 22, 2024 at 4:34 AM
I think about this all the time in terms of arts funding. in the 80s it was just accepted as fact that a cultured city should have a good opera company. even if you didn’t like opera, you’d write them a big annual check every year and put your wife on their board. it was just what the rich DID