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Sim rationalizing his budget. #vanpoli youtu.be/s9Khl0T_BEA
Vancouver mayor stands by city's budget
YouTube video by CBC British Columbia
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
VPD parking illegally on a loading zone so they can have breakfast at the Sylvia Hotel.
November 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
So ABC passed their horrible budget.

I seriously hope lots of people will show up and protest Sim when he has his FIFA live fest next year. Getting him shamed in front of an international audience would be a great foreplay for booting him and his party out next year. #vanpoli
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Wonderful work by the VPD. Parking their surveillance trailer in the middle of the bike lane. God behave if they’d taken a parking spot.
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Reality check: The Supreme Court actually did the right thing in its child pornography ruling
Reality check: The Supreme Court actually did the right thing in its child pornography ruling
The Supreme Court of Canada’s rejection of child-pornography mandatory minimums reflects an allegiance to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, not a crisis.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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The final agreement from COP30 doesn't mention fossil fuels, argues we are only 80% of the way to 1.5C, sets out an insane timeline of GHG reductions, and mentions 'a rapidly narrowing window.'

The COP is dead and burried. And COP30 was the final nail.

unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Train arrival
November 21, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Pluribus is Elon Musk’s biggest fear turned into a TV show.
November 21, 2025 at 4:10 AM
“[…] using the notwithstanding clause to override rights in this case is necessary some parents need intervention to prevent them from making decisions that may not be in the best interests of their children.”

Parental Rights! The CONservatives scream.

Not like THAT! The CONservatives scream.
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
New book day.
November 19, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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I love how the firefighters union, when confronted with data about the safety of single stair, argue “Well New York and Seattle have good firefighters, unlike here in California where we suck ass at our jobs”
November 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.

The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.

The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.

Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.

A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro

www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Today is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. One of our volunteers @margiesanderson.bsky.social spent the morning postering locations where pedestrians have been killed this year in Vancouver alone.
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Hey Vancouver!

Stop giving the VPD more money every year to make the city worse.

Address crises compassionately.
Address crises cost effectively.
#DefundVPD
One year, 4,464 calls, 92% required no police intervention. The Alternative Neighbourhood Crisis Response (ANCHOR) in Centretown is sending the right people to help in cases of mental health or substance use crises. It represents the de-tasking of police and it works.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Centretown crisis response team handled thousands of calls in its 1st year, report shows | CBC News
Launched in August 2024, the Alternative Neighbourhood Crisis Response (ANCHOR) team responded to 4,464 calls in its first year, according to numbers in a new city report. The pilot program aims to pr...
www.cbc.ca
November 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“Peace through strength”? Well. They really all do say the quiet part out loud.
Remember that show Dinosaurs? They had an episode where the military had an invasion called Operation We’re Right, which I thought was apt.

Never let performatively masculine people name anything.
Operation Strapping Manservant
November 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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🚨 No. No you cannot violently detain one of his employees and then try to be a patron while his employee is still detained or imprisoned or has been deported. Damn right! This is how natural consequences work.
November 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Wonder if they saw it coming?
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Because Vancouver Drivers.
November 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
For no particular reason: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iBw...
Ken Sim (with Dan Boeckner)
YouTube video by No Gods No Mayors
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Yeah. Time to look for alternatives on all things U.S. tech.

The sad thing is: Germany almost got there -5 years ago before politicians sold people out and went back to Microsoft.
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.

The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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A crossing guard was killed by the driver of a dump truck yesterday. absolutely heartbreaking.
Look at our intersections, look how hostile these are for people/children - this is what we continue to build and defend at all costs. These aren't accidents, these are results. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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True story.

Via @xkcd.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM