@bcdiver573.bsky.social
I'm a guy in BC making it work the best I can. Xennial, firm opinions, progressive by nature.
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Hi everyone! This is my personal account, full of content about BC, politics, and things more immediate to my day to day.
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If you want to see my nerd stuff, that's at @pocgamer.com
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Damn. That ruling in favour of the Cowichan has racists out and frothing. It's almost like the 1867 land grab without treaties by Joseph Trutch was a bad idea with long lasting impacts or something.
October 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Damn. That ruling in favour of the Cowichan has racists out and frothing. It's almost like the 1867 land grab without treaties by Joseph Trutch was a bad idea with long lasting impacts or something.
The bulk of these issues are tied to affordable housing unavailability and lack of funding for mental health, health, and social programs. And I can almost guarantee that everyone complaining wants a solution that won't raise taxes or close tax loopholes. 1/2
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Mayors call for help as social disorder holds B.C. communities 'hostage'
Several mayors join rallying cry in Victoria for more Crown prosecutors, bail reform and mandatory care
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September 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The bulk of these issues are tied to affordable housing unavailability and lack of funding for mental health, health, and social programs. And I can almost guarantee that everyone complaining wants a solution that won't raise taxes or close tax loopholes. 1/2
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Hey, @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social, when is BC going to take civil defense seriously in this climate change scenario we're in? We can't keep scrambling every year. We need permanent, full-time people and equipment/resources past what we have now.
September 7, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Hey, @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social, when is BC going to take civil defense seriously in this climate change scenario we're in? We can't keep scrambling every year. We need permanent, full-time people and equipment/resources past what we have now.
Made sheet pan sliders for dinner tonight! 7.5/10 overall, need to adjust seasoning and add bacon bits.
September 7, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Made sheet pan sliders for dinner tonight! 7.5/10 overall, need to adjust seasoning and add bacon bits.
Hi everyone! This is my personal account, full of content about BC, politics, and things more immediate to my day to day.
If you want to see my nerd stuff, that's at @pocgamer.com
If you want to see my scuba stuff, that's at @coldwaterdiver.net
If you don't like progressives, don't follow me.
If you want to see my nerd stuff, that's at @pocgamer.com
If you want to see my scuba stuff, that's at @coldwaterdiver.net
If you don't like progressives, don't follow me.
July 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Hi everyone! This is my personal account, full of content about BC, politics, and things more immediate to my day to day.
If you want to see my nerd stuff, that's at @pocgamer.com
If you want to see my scuba stuff, that's at @coldwaterdiver.net
If you don't like progressives, don't follow me.
If you want to see my nerd stuff, that's at @pocgamer.com
If you want to see my scuba stuff, that's at @coldwaterdiver.net
If you don't like progressives, don't follow me.
Alberta continues to be the absolute worst in Canada.
'Keep away from wokeness': Municipal affairs minister share.google/BGPu9l5bCuep...
'Keep away from wokeness': Municipal affairs minister share.google/BGPu9l5bCuep...
Keep away from wokeness and DEI, new minister warns municipalities
Major municipalities should steer clear of creating drug injection sites, licensing body rub parlours and banning plastic straws, says the first municipal affairs minister from rural Alberta since Jan...
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July 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Alberta continues to be the absolute worst in Canada.
'Keep away from wokeness': Municipal affairs minister share.google/BGPu9l5bCuep...
'Keep away from wokeness': Municipal affairs minister share.google/BGPu9l5bCuep...
Sometimes you crave nostalgia dinner. Sometimes you grab a bottle of Golden Dragon Thick Teriyaki sauce and make an 80's style stir-fry. And then everything is just... Better.
June 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Sometimes you crave nostalgia dinner. Sometimes you grab a bottle of Golden Dragon Thick Teriyaki sauce and make an 80's style stir-fry. And then everything is just... Better.
This one might be weird to some because "Civil Defense" has basically been dead in Canada and the USA since the 1960s.
Ireland, Germany, and Singapore all have Civil Defense type organizations that we should really be copying, because the current ad-hoc approach isn't working.
Ireland, Germany, and Singapore all have Civil Defense type organizations that we should really be copying, because the current ad-hoc approach isn't working.
I 100% agree with this. Canada needs a proper Civil Defence Corps. Organized, uniformed, trained, and equipped. I've been talking about this for ages and I'm glad it's getting more traction.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Canada Needs a New Civil Defence Corps | The Tyee
Trump’s aggression means it’s time to train thousands more civilians for disaster preparedness. Would you join?
thetyee.ca
June 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This one might be weird to some because "Civil Defense" has basically been dead in Canada and the USA since the 1960s.
Ireland, Germany, and Singapore all have Civil Defense type organizations that we should really be copying, because the current ad-hoc approach isn't working.
Ireland, Germany, and Singapore all have Civil Defense type organizations that we should really be copying, because the current ad-hoc approach isn't working.
I 100% agree with this. Canada needs a proper Civil Defence Corps. Organized, uniformed, trained, and equipped. I've been talking about this for ages and I'm glad it's getting more traction.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Canada Needs a New Civil Defence Corps | The Tyee
Trump’s aggression means it’s time to train thousands more civilians for disaster preparedness. Would you join?
thetyee.ca
June 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I 100% agree with this. Canada needs a proper Civil Defence Corps. Organized, uniformed, trained, and equipped. I've been talking about this for ages and I'm glad it's getting more traction.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
A solid opinion piece from The Vancouver Sun. BC's lack of biodiversity laws and over reliance on industry to make ethical and environmentally sound decisions is a problem we need to address to have a secure future.
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Opinion: Biodiversity is the foundation of a stronger B.C. — it's time we treated it that way
Opinion: Unlike many other provinces, B.C. still has no stand-alone law that protects biodiversity.
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June 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A solid opinion piece from The Vancouver Sun. BC's lack of biodiversity laws and over reliance on industry to make ethical and environmentally sound decisions is a problem we need to address to have a secure future.
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
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This is brutal and entirely predictable. All studies so far indicate that most models of AI use for creative or knowledge/information processing based tasks leads to declines in capability in those areas.
This past semester was the most stressful of my academic career. I had 180 students and about half cheated at some point in the semester
They submit weekly reflections where the questions are opinion-based, graded only on effort, don't care about grammar
SO MANY students submitted ChatGPT essays
They submit weekly reflections where the questions are opinion-based, graded only on effort, don't care about grammar
SO MANY students submitted ChatGPT essays
I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
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June 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This is brutal and entirely predictable. All studies so far indicate that most models of AI use for creative or knowledge/information processing based tasks leads to declines in capability in those areas.
Watching Alberta flushing itself down the toilet for corporate oil profits that they'll never see and hearing people here in BC talk like we need to be more like Alberta is disheartening. The UCP are a rolling disaster but I guess it's all cool as long as oil companies make bank.
June 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Watching Alberta flushing itself down the toilet for corporate oil profits that they'll never see and hearing people here in BC talk like we need to be more like Alberta is disheartening. The UCP are a rolling disaster but I guess it's all cool as long as oil companies make bank.
The fact that Musk is flip flopping so hard to try to regain his credibility is pretty much the ultimate proof that he's in it for the grift. Don't be fooled. He showed who he is.
June 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The fact that Musk is flip flopping so hard to try to regain his credibility is pretty much the ultimate proof that he's in it for the grift. Don't be fooled. He showed who he is.
Sahara (1943) and its later made-for-TV remake in 1995 have almost been forgotten, which is too bad. The former is rock solid and the latter was surprisingly decemt, and they're rare tank-centric films.
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Humphrey Bogart's 1943 War Movie With 92% On RT Might Just Be One Of The Best WW2 Movies Ever Made
A look at Humphrey Bogart in Sahara.
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May 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Sahara (1943) and its later made-for-TV remake in 1995 have almost been forgotten, which is too bad. The former is rock solid and the latter was surprisingly decemt, and they're rare tank-centric films.
screenrant.com/sahara-world...
screenrant.com/sahara-world...
As a professional diver, this is horrifying on so many levels. Not the least of which is the fact that the dive company doesn't have records of incidents.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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More allegations surface about dive company that left men behind in water
The ABC has uncovered allegations of two more incidents where Perth Diving Academy customers were rescued by passing boats after drifting away from their dive boat, claims the company disputes.
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May 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
As a professional diver, this is horrifying on so many levels. Not the least of which is the fact that the dive company doesn't have records of incidents.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
This was completely predictable. Amd it's not the kids' fault either. We've collectively been telling them for over a decade that "there's money in the trades" and "there's always jobs in trades", and now there's a glut of applicants running headlong into some...1/2
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‘Too many kids get starry eyed’: some skilled trades jobs not guaranteed
One expert says he believes college graduates are being misled into believing its easy to get a full-time job with excellent pay in the skilled trades.
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May 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This was completely predictable. Amd it's not the kids' fault either. We've collectively been telling them for over a decade that "there's money in the trades" and "there's always jobs in trades", and now there's a glut of applicants running headlong into some...1/2
www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/arti...
This is awesome because it blows so much racist stuff away. The Phoenicians and later Carthaginians were multi-ethnic with a unifying culture. I hope we start seeing this diversity in art depicting them now.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c...
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Carthaginians, Ancient Rome's Infamous Enemies, Are Not Exactly Who Scholars Thought They Were, Ancestry Study Suggests
DNA reveals that the people of Carthage, a powerful independent colony founded by the Phoenicians, had little genetic similarity to their counterparts in the Levant
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May 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This is awesome because it blows so much racist stuff away. The Phoenicians and later Carthaginians were multi-ethnic with a unifying culture. I hope we start seeing this diversity in art depicting them now.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c...
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c...
Time to link up with the mothership. #AddToBlackSky
May 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Time to link up with the mothership. #AddToBlackSky
If the provincial government were smart, they'd diversify our energy sources to include more wind in the interior and on the coast, solar in the interior, and geothermal in the north. But that would make sense.
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B.C.'s low snowpack and early melt signal drought, raising concerns for hydro power | CBC News
Drier, warmer weather in much of British Columbia last month has contributed to an early melt, raising concern for widespread drought this summer, the province's latest snowpack and water supply bulle...
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May 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
If the provincial government were smart, they'd diversify our energy sources to include more wind in the interior and on the coast, solar in the interior, and geothermal in the north. But that would make sense.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...