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Richard Dettman
@rwdettman.bsky.social
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Vancouverite. Radio lifer, most recently 680 NewsRadio Toronto & 1130 NewsRadio Vancouver. RTDNA Lifetime Achievement award. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FamilyWheels. Former blue check. 🦋12/23
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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · Nov 19
This day was just a token
Too many words are still unspoken
Oh well, we'll catch up some other time
A cortado coffee in a place on Burrard Street, Vancouver
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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 6h
I now understand this strange desire to be a loan officer.
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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 9h
“…would have also stopped doctors from providing puberty blockers to minors, prevented the use of "wrong pronouns" in schools and banned the use of public funds for gender transitions.”
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Castanet.net @castanet.net · 9h
Kelowna MLA's bill that would have stopped doctors from providing puberty blockers defeated (BC)
Kelowna MLA's bill that would have stopped doctors from providing puberty blockers defeated - BC News
A British Columbia private member's bill tabled by a Kelowna MLA that would have given parents the right to sue doctors up to 25 years after they provided care for transgender children has been voted down in the legislature even before making it to first reading.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 18h
Canada vs. America
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BIV News @bivnews.bsky.social · 1d
BCGEU strike prompts renewed calls for B.C. liquor law changes
Restaurant owners want to be able to buy booze from private liquor stores
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 1d
We will rebuild
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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.bsky.social · 1d
Horrible, horrible images from Portland:
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d
It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.
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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 1d
“Cut off The Beaverton’s mic!
Now, dammit!”
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 1d
Alberta government to ban the number 58,008 in schools
Alberta government to ban the number 58,008 in schools
CALGARY — With the province's teachers on strike, Danielle Smith’s UCP government has tabled new legislation banning the use of the number 58,008, in order to “protect Alberta’s most precious resource...
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d
This is why the Christian Nationalism that has become so dominant inside the GOP poses a serious threat to democracy. If you believe that you're doing God's will by crushing "the anti-Christian, terroristic left," then obviously it makes no sense for you to feel constrained by things like the law.
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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 1d
Responding to the points in order:
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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 1d
(Interior: big bookstore)
-I’m looking for the new book by…it’s a bestseller but I don’t see it on the tables.
-(stops chatting with coworker, types) S-t-u-a…
-nope, s-t-e… and I’ll just add S to the last name, there
-oh we have 3, in Humour
-(wife finds it, buried)
At least I finally got one!
Pic of Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism” by Stewart “Brittlestar” Reynolds, alongside a blue and white mug
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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 2d
Burn
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 2d
Today in the BC Legislature:

#bcpoli
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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 2d
Accurate
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Chris Taylor @christaylornyc.bsky.social · 2d
Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal

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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 2d
Editor in chief, city editor, features editor
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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 2d
You guys I’m not even kidding #cars
Reverse angle pic of parking spot with concrete on three sides
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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 2d
People of BlueSky, behold the world’s safest parking spot. #cars
Underground parking space with concrete walls or pillar on three sides.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4d
BREAKING: A federal judge has granted a restraining order blocking President Trump's call-up of the National Guard in Portland.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d
Kristi Noem is mad they wouldn’t let her in to use the restroom in Illinois today.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 4d
He's the same age as Alexander Skarsgard and Colin Farrell
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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 5d
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Americans! The planes are ancient and slow, but the pilots put on a highly skilled aerial ballet. Enjoy!
—The Upstairs Neighbours
The Star of These American Air Shows Will Be … Canada?
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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 5d
Mild disagreement but no offense taken
Longhair cat lying on her back
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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 5d
Paul Krugman’s (free) newsletter today is a bullseye and the best example of why you should subscribe:

“it’s the nature of Trump’s party, not his personal depravity, that is responsible for the decline of American democracy.”

Pic: cinnamon bun and apple cider doughnut at Fox+Oak in Squamish, BC
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Merrymac Farm Sanctuary @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social · 5d
Travelers should be advised there is a belly rub pile up behind the barn. Please seek alternate routes.🚦
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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 6d
Big Dumb Hat, but with a bite out of it.
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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 6d
Marge large
#cats #floof
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 6d
Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star
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Richard Dettman @rwdettman.bsky.social · 7d
Toyota Canada sold 238,933 vehicles. In all of 2024.
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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 7d
BYD said in an exchange filing on Wednesday that it sold 396,270 cars in September, a 5.5% decline from a year earlier.
Tesla's biggest Chinese rival is feeling the heat in China's car wars
BYD said in an exchange filing on Wednesday that it sold 396,270 cars in September, a 5.5% decline from a year earlier.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 7d
US energy department cancels $7.6 billion in funding meant for projects reut.rs/4o33Kzb
US energy department cancels $7.6 billion in funding meant for projects
The U.S. Department of Energy on Wednesday said it planned to cancel $7.56 billion in financing for hundreds of energy projects that it said would not provide sufficient returns to taxpayers.
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