Dan H
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Officiating expert | Teacher | ChPC | UBC KIN Masters | Personal account — views mine & should be yours | Vancouver, BC | 🇨🇦🇹🇹 | he/him
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Don’t read this if you haven’t watched the new Knives Out movie but I wrote about how the series only works because Blanc doesn’t treat the mysteries like a game but is always protecting the most vulnerable individual in the case
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Benoit Blanc’s road to Damascus
There’s several tensions at work in the new Knives Out movie, Wake Up Dead Man — religious belief vs nonbelief / atheism, innocence vs guilt, love vs hate, what a community looks like, what is the tru...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Don’t read this if you haven’t watched the new Knives Out movie but I wrote about how the series only works because Blanc doesn’t treat the mysteries like a game but is always protecting the most vulnerable individual in the case
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Well deserved for Drew. He was one of the first wave of North American VARs that FIFA leaned on, so I thought he might get pigeon-holed as a VAR. But he’s consistently been a very good referee over a period of years and this should be a good final.
#MLS @proreferees.bsky.social
#MLS @proreferees.bsky.social
The referee for the MLS Cup will be Canada’s top official, Drew Fischer.
Full crew:
REF: Drew Fischer🇨🇦
AR1: Cory Richardson🇺🇸
AR2: Nick Uranga🇺🇸
4TH: Pierre-Luc Lauziere🇨🇦
VAR: Carol Anne Chenard🇨🇦
#VWFC
Full crew:
REF: Drew Fischer🇨🇦
AR1: Cory Richardson🇺🇸
AR2: Nick Uranga🇺🇸
4TH: Pierre-Luc Lauziere🇨🇦
VAR: Carol Anne Chenard🇨🇦
#VWFC
December 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Well deserved for Drew. He was one of the first wave of North American VARs that FIFA leaned on, so I thought he might get pigeon-holed as a VAR. But he’s consistently been a very good referee over a period of years and this should be a good final.
#MLS @proreferees.bsky.social
#MLS @proreferees.bsky.social
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Scenes from the VERY Happy Southside: @whitecapsfc.com 3-0 victory in the first game of the @mls.bsky.social 2025 playoffs. #utfss #vwfc
October 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Scenes from the VERY Happy Southside: @whitecapsfc.com 3-0 victory in the first game of the @mls.bsky.social 2025 playoffs. #utfss #vwfc
My view is that sports leagues are more concerned about *saying* they set/broke records than they are about actually *doing* it.
So, the more information they keep to themselves, the more control they have over the framing. And they can’t be fact-checked because the information isn’t available.
So, the more information they keep to themselves, the more control they have over the framing. And they can’t be fact-checked because the information isn’t available.
#PWHL's Amy Scheer was asked about the number of #PWHLVancouver season tickets sold.
“I think Vancouver might be at the very least the top three in season tickets for the league.”
Do you have a number you can provide?
“No, that's proprietary information.”
“I think Vancouver might be at the very least the top three in season tickets for the league.”
Do you have a number you can provide?
“No, that's proprietary information.”
October 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My view is that sports leagues are more concerned about *saying* they set/broke records than they are about actually *doing* it.
So, the more information they keep to themselves, the more control they have over the framing. And they can’t be fact-checked because the information isn’t available.
So, the more information they keep to themselves, the more control they have over the framing. And they can’t be fact-checked because the information isn’t available.
A lot of people are dunking on this post for various reasons, but I feel constrained to point out there is ZERO evidence that social media ‘debate’ affects people’s opinions in any type of meaningful, large-scale way.
One of the biggest mistakes left-of-center pundits and influencers made was decamping to Bluesky. They made themselves irrelevant, shrunk their audiences, and dramatically lessened the positive impact they could have on our public debate at the precise time we needed it most.
September 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A lot of people are dunking on this post for various reasons, but I feel constrained to point out there is ZERO evidence that social media ‘debate’ affects people’s opinions in any type of meaningful, large-scale way.
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"As an athlete, it feels manipulative. World Athletics is taking advantage of the passion we have for this sport, knowing we're going to do whatever they say to be eligible." www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
'Invasive' gene test by World Athletics causing headaches for athletes before world championships | CBC Sports
Two Canadian athletes say the rollout of the SRY gene test ahead of the World Athletics Championships in September has been a mess and has caused a lot of unnecessary stress to them, Athletics Canada and others to figure out how to get tested.
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August 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"As an athlete, it feels manipulative. World Athletics is taking advantage of the passion we have for this sport, knowing we're going to do whatever they say to be eligible." www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
A couple of thoughts on last night’s @whitecapsfc.com #MLS game:
Thomas Müller is *dialed in*. There was some talk about why he has the captaincy, but if you watched the game, you saw a captain. Intense in a good way and the team responded. If he keeps this up, he will be a hero in Vancouver.
Thomas Müller is *dialed in*. There was some talk about why he has the captaincy, but if you watched the game, you saw a captain. Intense in a good way and the team responded. If he keeps this up, he will be a hero in Vancouver.
August 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
A couple of thoughts on last night’s @whitecapsfc.com #MLS game:
Thomas Müller is *dialed in*. There was some talk about why he has the captaincy, but if you watched the game, you saw a captain. Intense in a good way and the team responded. If he keeps this up, he will be a hero in Vancouver.
Thomas Müller is *dialed in*. There was some talk about why he has the captaincy, but if you watched the game, you saw a captain. Intense in a good way and the team responded. If he keeps this up, he will be a hero in Vancouver.
Vancouver and Ottawa have been trading that third spot for a few months but crucially, Ottawa no longer has games in hand. Huge road win for #VanRiseFC in the head-to-head matchup 🏔️⬆️ #NSL
#VanRiseFC win 3-2 over Ottawa.
They’re on a heater with a 4-0-2 run moving them past #OTTRapidFC into third spot in the #NSL standings.
#VanRiseFC return home to Swangard to play Montreal on Saturday, August 30.
They’re on a heater with a 4-0-2 run moving them past #OTTRapidFC into third spot in the #NSL standings.
#VanRiseFC return home to Swangard to play Montreal on Saturday, August 30.
a vancouver rise banner is being held up in front of a crowd
ALT: a vancouver rise banner is being held up in front of a crowd
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August 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Vancouver and Ottawa have been trading that third spot for a few months but crucially, Ottawa no longer has games in hand. Huge road win for #VanRiseFC in the head-to-head matchup 🏔️⬆️ #NSL
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“Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza…we call on Sport Canada and Tennis Canada to forbid Canadian athletes to compete against Israeli athletes at the Davis Cup and all other international events.”
- 413 🇨🇦 academics, athletes + sports journalists, inc 3 former UN special rapporteurs + an Olympic 🥈ist
- 413 🇨🇦 academics, athletes + sports journalists, inc 3 former UN special rapporteurs + an Olympic 🥈ist
August 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza…we call on Sport Canada and Tennis Canada to forbid Canadian athletes to compete against Israeli athletes at the Davis Cup and all other international events.”
- 413 🇨🇦 academics, athletes + sports journalists, inc 3 former UN special rapporteurs + an Olympic 🥈ist
- 413 🇨🇦 academics, athletes + sports journalists, inc 3 former UN special rapporteurs + an Olympic 🥈ist
My ‘wild hare’ theory on this bitcoin thing is that Ken Sim is just hedging in case he loses the next election. If he can’t be mayor, he’d be happy as a YouTube influencer #VanPoli #BCpoli
Mayor Sim taking the stage now to applause. He’s speaking with Scott Dedels. Mayor says he’s committed to giving audience a lot of value in this speech. Says he’s going to be unfiltered.
August 18, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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What we are witnessing with air Canada is a complete breakdown in Canada's industrial relations regime.
It's part of a trend that should be scaring the hell out of average people.
It's part of a trend that should be scaring the hell out of average people.
August 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
What we are witnessing with air Canada is a complete breakdown in Canada's industrial relations regime.
It's part of a trend that should be scaring the hell out of average people.
It's part of a trend that should be scaring the hell out of average people.
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“Air Canada flight attendants will defy the back-to-work order and remain on strike after the federal government ordered binding arbitration to end the work stoppage”
Air Canada flight attendants to defy back-to-work order, remain on strike: union | CBC News
Air Canada flight attendants will defy the back-to-work order and remain on strike after the federal government ordered binding arbitration to end the work stoppage, the Canadian Union of Public Emplo...
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August 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“Air Canada flight attendants will defy the back-to-work order and remain on strike after the federal government ordered binding arbitration to end the work stoppage”
No matter which party is in government, they will take every opportunity to run roughshod over Section 2(d) of the Charter. You have the right to form a union and to strike, except when it's inconvenient, in which case, get your ass back to work.
This country is so hostile to labour rights #cdnpoli
This country is so hostile to labour rights #cdnpoli
August 17, 2025 at 2:34 AM
No matter which party is in government, they will take every opportunity to run roughshod over Section 2(d) of the Charter. You have the right to form a union and to strike, except when it's inconvenient, in which case, get your ass back to work.
This country is so hostile to labour rights #cdnpoli
This country is so hostile to labour rights #cdnpoli
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Last night, COPE members joined a solidarity picket line with Air Canada flight attendants.
Today's move by the federal Liberal government to deny these workers their rights to collective action and collective bargaining is an attack on all working people.
📸 Cody Dilullo
#Solidarity #vanpoli
Today's move by the federal Liberal government to deny these workers their rights to collective action and collective bargaining is an attack on all working people.
📸 Cody Dilullo
#Solidarity #vanpoli
August 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Last night, COPE members joined a solidarity picket line with Air Canada flight attendants.
Today's move by the federal Liberal government to deny these workers their rights to collective action and collective bargaining is an attack on all working people.
📸 Cody Dilullo
#Solidarity #vanpoli
Today's move by the federal Liberal government to deny these workers their rights to collective action and collective bargaining is an attack on all working people.
📸 Cody Dilullo
#Solidarity #vanpoli
Great week in Calgary with our #officials at the National High Performance Selection Camp and the coaches that will support the program over the next few years.
#hockey #officiating
#hockey #officiating
August 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Great week in Calgary with our #officials at the National High Performance Selection Camp and the coaches that will support the program over the next few years.
#hockey #officiating
#hockey #officiating
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I think it’s simple that a person who doesn’t do a thing and instead allows a machine to do it for them can’t claim to be part of the group or history of the profession. An artist who doesn’t make the art isn’t an artist. A writer who doesn’t write is not a writer. It’s not the ideas but the making.
August 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I think it’s simple that a person who doesn’t do a thing and instead allows a machine to do it for them can’t claim to be part of the group or history of the profession. An artist who doesn’t make the art isn’t an artist. A writer who doesn’t write is not a writer. It’s not the ideas but the making.
Here’s an artifact from the future exhibition “Profiles in Cowardice”: An unsigned, pro-genocide editorial in Canada’s most prominent newspaper.
(Yes, I understand what an editorial board is; no, that doesn’t make it better)
(Yes, I understand what an editorial board is; no, that doesn’t make it better)
“It is beyond a doubt that Hamas propaganda has sought to exaggerate certain instances of suffering.”
The editorial board of Canada’s national newspaper The Globe and Mail has just published genocide denialism.
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The editorial board of Canada’s national newspaper The Globe and Mail has just published genocide denialism.
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August 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Here’s an artifact from the future exhibition “Profiles in Cowardice”: An unsigned, pro-genocide editorial in Canada’s most prominent newspaper.
(Yes, I understand what an editorial board is; no, that doesn’t make it better)
(Yes, I understand what an editorial board is; no, that doesn’t make it better)
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“It is beyond a doubt that Hamas propaganda has sought to exaggerate certain instances of suffering.”
The editorial board of Canada’s national newspaper The Globe and Mail has just published genocide denialism.
archive.ph/2025.08.02-1...
The editorial board of Canada’s national newspaper The Globe and Mail has just published genocide denialism.
archive.ph/2025.08.02-1...
August 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“It is beyond a doubt that Hamas propaganda has sought to exaggerate certain instances of suffering.”
The editorial board of Canada’s national newspaper The Globe and Mail has just published genocide denialism.
archive.ph/2025.08.02-1...
The editorial board of Canada’s national newspaper The Globe and Mail has just published genocide denialism.
archive.ph/2025.08.02-1...
Based on the TT trend of the 4 American cities, my #Canadian 4:
• Toronto
• Montreal
• Vancouver
• Halifax
Honorable mentions: Quebec, Charlottetown, Calgary, St. John’s.
Criteria: you have to balance culture, history, overall global relevance.
• Toronto
• Montreal
• Vancouver
• Halifax
Honorable mentions: Quebec, Charlottetown, Calgary, St. John’s.
Criteria: you have to balance culture, history, overall global relevance.
August 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Based on the TT trend of the 4 American cities, my #Canadian 4:
• Toronto
• Montreal
• Vancouver
• Halifax
Honorable mentions: Quebec, Charlottetown, Calgary, St. John’s.
Criteria: you have to balance culture, history, overall global relevance.
• Toronto
• Montreal
• Vancouver
• Halifax
Honorable mentions: Quebec, Charlottetown, Calgary, St. John’s.
Criteria: you have to balance culture, history, overall global relevance.
I genuinely don’t know how to process the liberal/centrist inability to use words correctly.
A very prominent, influential federal politician thinks being admonished for their views by people on the internet is “oppression”. And I don’t think it’s a rhetorical device, he really believes it.
A very prominent, influential federal politician thinks being admonished for their views by people on the internet is “oppression”. And I don’t think it’s a rhetorical device, he really believes it.
Still punching left. You can’t make it up.
The liberal way.
The liberal way.
July 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I genuinely don’t know how to process the liberal/centrist inability to use words correctly.
A very prominent, influential federal politician thinks being admonished for their views by people on the internet is “oppression”. And I don’t think it’s a rhetorical device, he really believes it.
A very prominent, influential federal politician thinks being admonished for their views by people on the internet is “oppression”. And I don’t think it’s a rhetorical device, he really believes it.
Building off Derek's post, I have real difficulty with how Canadian conservatives tend to view the courts as Schrödinger's justice system. They're all-in on the legal system — back the blue, innocent until proven guilty, etc. — until they're the ones interacting with the system.
the criminal ‘justice’ system has long been broken beyond repair and does nothing more than serve capital
July 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Building off Derek's post, I have real difficulty with how Canadian conservatives tend to view the courts as Schrödinger's justice system. They're all-in on the legal system — back the blue, innocent until proven guilty, etc. — until they're the ones interacting with the system.
I get that Toronto is the biggest city and it's a great soccer city. I also get that it's much easier to plan for a fixed site, rather than scrambling to get everything ready based on who qualifies.
But god forbid the final is Vancouver-Calgary and there's like 4k people in stadium #NSL
But god forbid the final is Vancouver-Calgary and there's like 4k people in stadium #NSL
The NSL announces that the league’s inaugural final will be played at BMO Field in Toronto as a neutral site on November 15.
No doubt going to be a cold one. For fan purposes, you’d also hope that AFC Toronto qualify as well.
Always risks and rewards with neutral venues.
No doubt going to be a cold one. For fan purposes, you’d also hope that AFC Toronto qualify as well.
Always risks and rewards with neutral venues.
July 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I get that Toronto is the biggest city and it's a great soccer city. I also get that it's much easier to plan for a fixed site, rather than scrambling to get everything ready based on who qualifies.
But god forbid the final is Vancouver-Calgary and there's like 4k people in stadium #NSL
But god forbid the final is Vancouver-Calgary and there's like 4k people in stadium #NSL
Canada boycotted South Africa, they currently won’t play Russia or Belarus, and in 2022, the govt pressured Canada Soccer into cancelling a game with Iran.
How is this different?
How is this different?
Canada is set to host Israel in Halifax for a tennis Davis Cup match.
This is unacceptable. Canada must not welcome a country currently conducting genocide, comprised of former IDF officers, to participate in an athletic event on its soil.
www.cbc.ca/sports/tenni...
This is unacceptable. Canada must not welcome a country currently conducting genocide, comprised of former IDF officers, to participate in an athletic event on its soil.
www.cbc.ca/sports/tenni...
July 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Canada boycotted South Africa, they currently won’t play Russia or Belarus, and in 2022, the govt pressured Canada Soccer into cancelling a game with Iran.
How is this different?
How is this different?
This is a minor detail in the larger story, but it is not insignificant: under the current circumstances, there should not be American military aircraft in Canadian airspace for any reason #cdnpoli
July 17, 2025 at 4:39 AM
This is a minor detail in the larger story, but it is not insignificant: under the current circumstances, there should not be American military aircraft in Canadian airspace for any reason #cdnpoli
I am the first to defend salaries for public officials because we want expertise and we don’t want officials looking for bribes. So it’s disappointing amount of double-dipping and conflicts of interest that are uncovered.
Richmond councillors are debating the future of the Olympic Oval.
But it's really a debate over the way the city allowed one bureaucrat to run both the municipality and the Oval for more than a decade without many questions being asked.
But it's really a debate over the way the city allowed one bureaucrat to run both the municipality and the Oval for more than a decade without many questions being asked.
'We're not doing our job': Richmond councillors push for more oversight of Olympic Oval | CBC News
Councillors in Richmond, B.C., are concerned about a lack of oversight of the city-owned Olympic Oval. Council says it will consider whether to cap the amount of money the city gives to the recreation...
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July 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I am the first to defend salaries for public officials because we want expertise and we don’t want officials looking for bribes. So it’s disappointing amount of double-dipping and conflicts of interest that are uncovered.