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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 6h

Could have cancelled it, but then you’d have some fucking right wing asshole drumming up a GoFundMe for “free speech” and getting ten times the coverage and putting more people in danger.

Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 6h

“A motion calling on the Vancouver Park Board to officially apologize for hosting an upcoming Harry Potter attraction passed Tuesday in a unanimous vote.”

‘This will not happen again’: Vancouver Park Board apologizes for hosting Harry Potter event

A motion calling on the Vancouver Park Board to officially apologize for hosting an upcoming Harry Potter attraction passed Tuesday in a unanimous vote.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 6h

Fuck yes.

Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 6h

“A motion calling on the Vancouver Park Board to officially apologize for hosting an upcoming Harry Potter attraction passed Tuesday in a unanimous vote.”

‘This will not happen again’: Vancouver Park Board apologizes for hosting Harry Potter event

A motion calling on the Vancouver Park Board to officially apologize for hosting an upcoming Harry Potter attraction passed Tuesday in a unanimous vote.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Dave Bidini @davebidini.bsky.social · 21h

Here is a link to the beautiful first single from our new album, one of the two non instrumental pieces, written by Kevin Hearn. Record comes out Nov 21st! m.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ0V...

Rheostatics - The Inland Sea

YouTube video by Rheostatics

m.youtube.com

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 10h

Awesome! Does this mean a tour in the near future?

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 6

Know your rights, Illinois.

Stay safe and stay informed.

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 12h

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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Jeremy Caradonna @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social · 11h

I love your commitments to the facts and understanding of process.

For context, the City of Victoria froze taxes in 2021 due to the pandemic. It was a disaster that ended up costing the city $20m. Interest & inflation costs don’t just magically disappear.

It’s poor governance and hollow populism.

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 13h

This is like OF in the 80s 😂😂

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 13h

Did you make it?

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 18h

Today, Reid Hamer-Jackson could rightly be called B.C.‘s most notorious local politician, whose string of scandals has helped inspire the province to consider rewriting the rule book for mayors and councillors.

@tyolsen.bsky.social and Kristen Holliday report. #bcpoli

Mayor of Chaos: How Kamloops Politics Became Infamous | The Tyee

Car dealer Reid Hamer-Jackson won office with charisma and ideas. Then the wheels came off.

thetyee.ca

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 1d

@swan-vancouver.bsky.social does good work.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety"

Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime

www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

www.404media.co

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TheeAfroLesbian🌈 @zisshit.com · 1d

I’m $100 away from my goal!!

TheeAfroLesbian🌈 @zisshit.com · 15d

-$500 today at the vet. Unfortunately Carrots teeth have gotten worse. He has an infection so his procedure got moved up. If I don’t have the money *before* they will NOT help him. His surgery is now Oct. 15th. for $800. I already put $100 down.

$100/$800
Venmo: @zzz22
CA: $ziizzzii

💜 THANK YOU 💜

Carrot sitting all the way back in his carrier not wanting to come out at the vet

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 1d

Really fantastic article! Great read.

Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: I teamed up with @castanetkamloops.net to write this long in-depth account of Reid Hamer-Jackson's three years as mayor of Kamloops. I also talked to the unrepentant mayor for two hours.

thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Mayor of Chaos: How Kamloops Politics Became Infamous | The Tyee

Car dealer Reid Hamer-Jackson won office with charisma and ideas. Then the wheels came off.

thetyee.ca

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 1d

I noticed a _pretty hilarious_ goof in this episode of Death in Paradise.

I bet the prosecutor loves taking their cases to court. “No warrant Your Honour, they drifted through the window on an ocean breeze”

Death in Paradise jokes are still topical, right?

Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! Carney goes to Washington and comes back with more “safety” policies that don’t help the average Canadian. Sheesh.

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 1d

(Almost) Every conservative hardship is self-made or entirely fabricated. As opposed to the people who are actively being kidnapped by family and fucking brainwashed into self-hatred and harm. They want sympathy for their cruelty, whether it’s bitten them back or not.

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 1d

Mark Carney needs to be honest with the world and Canadians. Why are we entertaining this bullshit? #cdnpoli

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We call them the water drugs. The drugs that come in through water. They're not coming. There are no boats anymore. Frankly, there are no fishing boats. There are no boats out there period, if you want to know the truth. Does anybody go fishing anymore?"

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 2d

Love is Blind is always a train wreck, but usually it’s pretty fun to watch. This Denver season is too much though. The red flags, traditional gender roles, MAGA-adjacency are all too fucking much. I’m done after 2.5 episodes.

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 2d

What a great picture!

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 4d

About 125,000 transgender people are assaulted in the restroom every year.

No transgender woman has ever been convicted of assaulting a woman in a public restroom.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 4d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 5d

such "collaborations" make healthcare workers into police.

one of several amazing resources from @interruptcrim.bsky.social

cc @hrna.bsky.social @dsdp.ca
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 5d

Sure, he’s a gangster, but he does a lot of work with animal conservation. We got to see feedings for a rare sarlacc and a rancor.

Brian Altano @brianaltano.bsky.social · 6d

GUY WHO JUST CAME BACK FROM DOING THE JABBA'S PALACE COMEDY FESTIVAL:

You know, I gotta say they're really great in there, they're just like us. I thought it was only gonna be women in chains and a trapdoor monster they feed slaves to but like, they also have a band that plays cool music.

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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 5d

I want to issue a challenge to all of us to go one day without spending all our energy pointing out conservative hypocrisy (it's been well established) and instead try to talk about anything else that feels productive. Just one day, as a treat. Just to see what happens

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