Mayor of Gastown
@mayorofgastown.bsky.social
My name is Paul and I live in Gastown.
Cycling, LFC, Raptors, and more cycling.
Cycling, LFC, Raptors, and more cycling.
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NBA players to put up a 20 point, 25 rebound, 10 assist game in the last 40 years: - Nikola Jokic; - Scottie Barnes
December 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
NBA players to put up a 20 point, 25 rebound, 10 assist game in the last 40 years: - Nikola Jokic; - Scottie Barnes
Still true
This quote is from a piece that’s 8 years old now.
Thinking about that time I got quoted in the National Review about Bari Weiss
December 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Still true
I'd almost forgotten about this . . . at least Martin Amis is dead now and clean of the stain of allying with these clowns.
@margaretatwood.bsky.social and Rusdhie have always been suspect.
@margaretatwood.bsky.social and Rusdhie have always been suspect.
Maybe everybody, including @anneapplebaum.bsky.social, Atwood and Rushdie thought this as well, in their heart of hearts, when they signed the Harper's Letter along with Bari Weiss.
December 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I'd almost forgotten about this . . . at least Martin Amis is dead now and clean of the stain of allying with these clowns.
@margaretatwood.bsky.social and Rusdhie have always been suspect.
@margaretatwood.bsky.social and Rusdhie have always been suspect.
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NORAD Santa tracker is Woke
December 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
NORAD Santa tracker is Woke
If you're solo and want to have a great Christmas Eve, turn up at your closest Irish expat pub and let it flow over you.
December 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
If you're solo and want to have a great Christmas Eve, turn up at your closest Irish expat pub and let it flow over you.
By the logic of @sallyjenx.bsky.social, WADA was more to blame for Lance Armstrong's doping than he was.
Canada is treacherous - The Atlantic
"Global TV may have been merely careless in letting the segment out, but since they are Canadian, I would not rule out treachery, and an effort to make Americans and their media look silly, no matter their political views." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
"Global TV may have been merely careless in letting the segment out, but since they are Canadian, I would not rule out treachery, and an effort to make Americans and their media look silly, no matter their political views." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What Bari Weiss Got Right
And what she got wrong
www.theatlantic.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
By the logic of @sallyjenx.bsky.social, WADA was more to blame for Lance Armstrong's doping than he was.
Over to you, @cityofvancouver.bsky.social and @kensimcity.bsky.social. If it's data you want, the data from NYC is unequivocal
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Over to you, @cityofvancouver.bsky.social and @kensimcity.bsky.social. If it's data you want, the data from NYC is unequivocal
Weiss, meet Streisand.
December 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Weiss, meet Streisand.
Minor news, I know, but I'm moving to the meteorological calendar from from the astronomical. It really does make more sense and, in these times, I do need more things which just make sense.
December 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Minor news, I know, but I'm moving to the meteorological calendar from from the astronomical. It really does make more sense and, in these times, I do need more things which just make sense.
The Onion, still keeping it real.
Community Does Jack Shit To Make Christmas Better For Town’s Second-Poorest Family — theonion.com/community-do...
Community Does Jack Shit To Make Christmas Better For Town’s Second-Poorest Family — theonion.com/community-do...
Community Does Jack Shit To Make Christmas Better For Town’s Second-Poorest Family
WAYNE, NE—After coming together and pooling resources to save Christmas for the town’s most impoverished family, a tight-knit Nebraska community reportedly did jack shit this week to make the holiday ...
theonion.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The Onion, still keeping it real.
Community Does Jack Shit To Make Christmas Better For Town’s Second-Poorest Family — theonion.com/community-do...
Community Does Jack Shit To Make Christmas Better For Town’s Second-Poorest Family — theonion.com/community-do...
Was just walking through the bitterly cold Vancouver rain and this made me feel better about our weather.
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Was just walking through the bitterly cold Vancouver rain and this made me feel better about our weather.
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Still not sure who did this, but it’s really good advice for cities.
December 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Still not sure who did this, but it’s really good advice for cities.
Mick Foley was always the best of the wrestling world. He still is.
December 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Mick Foley was always the best of the wrestling world. He still is.
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We found an Account
December 15, 2025 at 4:18 AM
We found an Account
Marti di Bergi will live forever. RIP
December 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Marti di Bergi will live forever. RIP
The company forcing AI down our throat across their entire product suite is warning us about Ai-powered password attacks? There's an Alanis song for that . . .
Microsoft Warning — Act Rapidly And Change Passwords As Attacks Strike www.forbes.com/sites/daveyw... (Photo: Getty Images)
December 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The company forcing AI down our throat across their entire product suite is warning us about Ai-powered password attacks? There's an Alanis song for that . . .
Give me my EU passport back, motherfuckers!
OUTRAGED minority still can’t cope with the idea that Brexit was tried, tested… and failed. 🤦♂️
📊 Polling:
• 5 million Leave voters passed
• Youth voters back Rejoin
• 1/3 of Leave now wants back in
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺Britain is pro-EU.
❌ The only people still keeping Brexit alive are the ones making money off it.
📊 Polling:
• 5 million Leave voters passed
• Youth voters back Rejoin
• 1/3 of Leave now wants back in
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺Britain is pro-EU.
❌ The only people still keeping Brexit alive are the ones making money off it.
December 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Give me my EU passport back, motherfuckers!
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OUTRAGED minority still can’t cope with the idea that Brexit was tried, tested… and failed. 🤦♂️
📊 Polling:
• 5 million Leave voters passed
• Youth voters back Rejoin
• 1/3 of Leave now wants back in
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺Britain is pro-EU.
❌ The only people still keeping Brexit alive are the ones making money off it.
📊 Polling:
• 5 million Leave voters passed
• Youth voters back Rejoin
• 1/3 of Leave now wants back in
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺Britain is pro-EU.
❌ The only people still keeping Brexit alive are the ones making money off it.
December 11, 2025 at 6:45 AM
OUTRAGED minority still can’t cope with the idea that Brexit was tried, tested… and failed. 🤦♂️
📊 Polling:
• 5 million Leave voters passed
• Youth voters back Rejoin
• 1/3 of Leave now wants back in
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺Britain is pro-EU.
❌ The only people still keeping Brexit alive are the ones making money off it.
📊 Polling:
• 5 million Leave voters passed
• Youth voters back Rejoin
• 1/3 of Leave now wants back in
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺Britain is pro-EU.
❌ The only people still keeping Brexit alive are the ones making money off it.
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Noooooooooooooooo!!!!!
December 10, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Noooooooooooooooo!!!!!
I'm no meteorologist, but that looks like a lot.
December 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I'm no meteorologist, but that looks like a lot.
Those glasses look very punchable.
December 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Those glasses look very punchable.
RIP Martin Parr www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Martin Parr: the photographer’s career in pictures
A look back at the career of Martin Parr who has died at the age of 73
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
RIP Martin Parr www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
I'd suggest thst we hang all the billionaires, but start with the tech billionaires.
Counter proposal: public hangings of tech billionaires.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
December 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I'd suggest thst we hang all the billionaires, but start with the tech billionaires.