Scotty
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Vancouver had 117 people die during the 2021 heat dome climate disaster.
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Vancouver had 117 people die during the 2021 heat dome climate disaster.
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“I live my life without a transit schedule, and I like it.”
That’s a great, succinct statement about the benefits of frequent service.
That’s a great, succinct statement about the benefits of frequent service.
The #1 piece of advice that TransLink's CEO offers other North American transit agencies:
Provide frequent service
Provide frequent service
October 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“I live my life without a transit schedule, and I like it.”
That’s a great, succinct statement about the benefits of frequent service.
That’s a great, succinct statement about the benefits of frequent service.
I love the Uniqlo supima tshirts but man they wrinkle like crazy
October 6, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I love the Uniqlo supima tshirts but man they wrinkle like crazy
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There's a wrong way and a right way to report this
September 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
There's a wrong way and a right way to report this
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Global News laid off 26 journalists in B.C. and Alberta today.
In B.C. the layoffs include virtually all of the online team, along with many others.
The business is increasingly cruel, and the hollowing out of newsrooms providing fair and reliable information continues to suck.
In B.C. the layoffs include virtually all of the online team, along with many others.
The business is increasingly cruel, and the hollowing out of newsrooms providing fair and reliable information continues to suck.
September 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Global News laid off 26 journalists in B.C. and Alberta today.
In B.C. the layoffs include virtually all of the online team, along with many others.
The business is increasingly cruel, and the hollowing out of newsrooms providing fair and reliable information continues to suck.
In B.C. the layoffs include virtually all of the online team, along with many others.
The business is increasingly cruel, and the hollowing out of newsrooms providing fair and reliable information continues to suck.
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You hear transportation engineers (especially for state DOTs) say stuff like, "People want to drive. We're not in the business of social engineering." Honey, your profession has socially engineered our society since the 1950s. It's time to invest more fairly across transportation modes
Imagine a 100m race where we’ve given cars an 80m head start after many decades of building almost ONLY for them. If we then set a transportation goal of “balance” between many more choices in getting around, by definition we have to prioritize the new choices for a while, or they’ll never catch up.
September 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
You hear transportation engineers (especially for state DOTs) say stuff like, "People want to drive. We're not in the business of social engineering." Honey, your profession has socially engineered our society since the 1950s. It's time to invest more fairly across transportation modes
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It never ends! #ProLifeMyAss
“The #Trump administration has dealt a sharp blow to work on H.I.V. vaccines, terminating a $258 million program whose work was instrumental to the search for a vaccine.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/h...
“The #Trump administration has dealt a sharp blow to work on H.I.V. vaccines, terminating a $258 million program whose work was instrumental to the search for a vaccine.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/h...
Trump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 1:16 AM
It never ends! #ProLifeMyAss
“The #Trump administration has dealt a sharp blow to work on H.I.V. vaccines, terminating a $258 million program whose work was instrumental to the search for a vaccine.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/h...
“The #Trump administration has dealt a sharp blow to work on H.I.V. vaccines, terminating a $258 million program whose work was instrumental to the search for a vaccine.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/h...
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For the younger Canadians among you - FYI, no, it is not normal to be 2 weeks away from the election and 4 days away from advance voting and yet have NO PARTY PLATFORMS!
For the policy-oriented among us, this era of campaigning only on vibes and news releases is frustrating. 😡
For the policy-oriented among us, this era of campaigning only on vibes and news releases is frustrating. 😡
April 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
For the younger Canadians among you - FYI, no, it is not normal to be 2 weeks away from the election and 4 days away from advance voting and yet have NO PARTY PLATFORMS!
For the policy-oriented among us, this era of campaigning only on vibes and news releases is frustrating. 😡
For the policy-oriented among us, this era of campaigning only on vibes and news releases is frustrating. 😡
Not me tracking down the buildings treadmill manual to change it to kilometres because miles is such a bullshit unit
a little girl in a blue shirt is standing in front of a shelf filled with glassware .
ALT: a little girl in a blue shirt is standing in front of a shelf filled with glassware .
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March 4, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Not me tracking down the buildings treadmill manual to change it to kilometres because miles is such a bullshit unit
YIMBYism is wild because you start to ask questions like “why was single family zoning created?” and “are our regulations for building safety based on any actual safety data?” and soon realize that ~85% of the rules governing our cities are based on nothing but tradition and vibes.
We went through this with zoning, and now we're going through it with building code: trillion dollar industries depend on these things, yet a bunch of precocious bloggers can swoop in and expose these institutions as full of pseudoscience. Does nobody do their job? @aarmlovi.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Tropical plants are wild
March 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Tropical plants are wild
The best jersey in Boston the other night.
February 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Trumps latest video from airforce one about the steel tariffs sounds like we’re in economic war
February 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Trumps latest video from airforce one about the steel tariffs sounds like we’re in economic war
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In a sentence never before uttered by humans, I am delighted to share that an alligator stole my conservation instructor’s hat by jauntily walking into the water while wearing it 🐊
February 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
In a sentence never before uttered by humans, I am delighted to share that an alligator stole my conservation instructor’s hat by jauntily walking into the water while wearing it 🐊
It was awful waiting 3 years for season 2 of #Severance but dang this is an amazing season so far and we’re only 2 episodes in
January 24, 2025 at 5:59 AM
It was awful waiting 3 years for season 2 of #Severance but dang this is an amazing season so far and we’re only 2 episodes in
I need like a universal filter to filter out all indie games using a pixel art style. It’s become a bit much
January 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I need like a universal filter to filter out all indie games using a pixel art style. It’s become a bit much
Me unfollowing a dog insta because the dog died :(
January 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Me unfollowing a dog insta because the dog died :(
It is a relief to know that our ancestors were worriers — awake in the darkness with crowded minds. Their worry is why we’re here.
Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
January 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Another ssri side effect oof
January 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Another ssri side effect oof
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It’s never a good sign when I have an opportunity to post this exceptional public health graphic.
January 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It’s never a good sign when I have an opportunity to post this exceptional public health graphic.
Now the bakery has added a tip prompt ugh
January 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Now the bakery has added a tip prompt ugh
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Also, single-family neighbourhoods are actively subsidized by denser parts of the city.
My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.
Any questions?
Recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
Any questions?
Recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
December 29, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Also, single-family neighbourhoods are actively subsidized by denser parts of the city.
I want to instant block anyone that replies in a thread with a screen shot of a ChatGPT output
December 31, 2024 at 4:02 AM
I want to instant block anyone that replies in a thread with a screen shot of a ChatGPT output