Bob Basil
@professorbasil.bsky.social
CMNS prof at University Canada West, retired from Kwantlen Polytechnic U. Author / editor / publisher + Vancouver flâneur. Stanford U. & Univ. Buffalo alum.
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2/2 I asked the officers to call the property representative & offered to give them the number. One gave my bike & trailer a cursoryblook. Said they didn't need to do street check but did one anyway. Admitted they were clueless about #Vancouver Fairview. Rotational, drive-by-policing sucks!
June 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
2/2 I asked the officers to call the property representative & offered to give them the number. One gave my bike & trailer a cursoryblook. Said they didn't need to do street check but did one anyway. Admitted they were clueless about #Vancouver Fairview. Rotational, drive-by-policing sucks!
It's awful that you get harassed this way. You are a blessing to your neighbourhood and our city.
June 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
It's awful that you get harassed this way. You are a blessing to your neighbourhood and our city.
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I feel like a million bucks. Defunded from a state-sanctioned violence organization that defends capital 🙌
May 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I feel like a million bucks. Defunded from a state-sanctioned violence organization that defends capital 🙌
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There is an underlying racism to this that devalues the expertise, knowledge, and craftsmanship of the Chinese engineers that bring this product to market.
Stop buying into it.
Stop buying into it.
April 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
There is an underlying racism to this that devalues the expertise, knowledge, and craftsmanship of the Chinese engineers that bring this product to market.
Stop buying into it.
Stop buying into it.
Learning takes time. You can't learn how to cook, play piano, sew, box, etc., over the course of a single afternoon.
January 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Learning takes time. You can't learn how to cook, play piano, sew, box, etc., over the course of a single afternoon.