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Trying to figure it all out
Trying to figure it all out
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SCOOP: 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 in his proposed 2026 budget.
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
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 2:53 AM
SCOOP: 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 in his proposed 2026 budget.
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
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Worth noting that because Sim brought forward his proposal for a property tax freeze requiring millions in cuts with just weeks left in the budget process, this is not up for public debate and is not outlined in the documents available to councillors when they vote on this
SCOOP: 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 in his proposed 2026 budget.
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
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 3:26 AM
Worth noting that because Sim brought forward his proposal for a property tax freeze requiring millions in cuts with just weeks left in the budget process, this is not up for public debate and is not outlined in the documents available to councillors when they vote on this
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@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
PressProgress: Defend Canadian Journalism
pressprogress.ca
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
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Last week Balmat released µ-Ziq's 1979, @mikeparadinas.bsky.social' 2nd album for the label. Today we're back with 1979's surprise-released* companion album MANZANA!
(*unless you were in the Bandcamp listening party last week, in which case you knew)
mikeparadinas.bandcamp.com/album/manzana
(*unless you were in the Bandcamp listening party last week, in which case you knew)
mikeparadinas.bandcamp.com/album/manzana
Manzana, by µ-Ziq
13 track album
mikeparadinas.bandcamp.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Last week Balmat released µ-Ziq's 1979, @mikeparadinas.bsky.social' 2nd album for the label. Today we're back with 1979's surprise-released* companion album MANZANA!
(*unless you were in the Bandcamp listening party last week, in which case you knew)
mikeparadinas.bandcamp.com/album/manzana
(*unless you were in the Bandcamp listening party last week, in which case you knew)
mikeparadinas.bandcamp.com/album/manzana
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now blasting This Last Night... In Sodom, such an astonishing album, how the noisy chaos of Slave To This goes into twinkling pop and then perv goth show tunes Murder My Angel and L'Esqualita, absolutely magnficent. One of the best records of the 80s. RIP.
thequietus.com/news/soft-ce...
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Soft Cell's Dave Ball Has Died, Aged 66 | The Quietus
Dave Ball, who as one half of Soft Cell made iconic synth-pop hits like ‘Tainted Love’ and ‘Bedsitter’, has died at the age of 66. Representatives for the artist said he “passed away peacefully in his...
thequietus.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
now blasting This Last Night... In Sodom, such an astonishing album, how the noisy chaos of Slave To This goes into twinkling pop and then perv goth show tunes Murder My Angel and L'Esqualita, absolutely magnficent. One of the best records of the 80s. RIP.
thequietus.com/news/soft-ce...
thequietus.com/news/soft-ce...
Less than 9 minutes to help remind us to pay attention to that which matters more than the madness surrounding us these days. youtu.be/rWR86_YODaU?...
A Love Poem to Our Earth | Lindi Nolte | TEDxBearCreekPark
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
October 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Less than 9 minutes to help remind us to pay attention to that which matters more than the madness surrounding us these days. youtu.be/rWR86_YODaU?...
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I’ve covered events in this city for 20 years. They have ruined one of the best parts of the holiday season in Vancouver.
- Removed an accessible, affordable holiday attraction (site entry always by donation)
- Removed funds from 2 local charities that relied on this year-end boost
- Funding JK
- Removed an accessible, affordable holiday attraction (site entry always by donation)
- Removed funds from 2 local charities that relied on this year-end boost
- Funding JK
Here’s what I’ve learned about Vancouver Park Board’s approval of a Harry Potter attraction in Stanley Park:
- board approved it months ago in a private meeting; I believe it was unanimous
- multiple commissioners expressing regret
- there was a document pushing financial opportunities like this
- board approved it months ago in a private meeting; I believe it was unanimous
- multiple commissioners expressing regret
- there was a document pushing financial opportunities like this
Why Vancouver's decision to host a Harry Potter attraction quickly became controversial | CBC News
It's a story bringing together two very different things that nonetheless regularly attract controversy: the Vancouver Park Board and the Harry Potter universe.
www.cbc.ca
September 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I’ve covered events in this city for 20 years. They have ruined one of the best parts of the holiday season in Vancouver.
- Removed an accessible, affordable holiday attraction (site entry always by donation)
- Removed funds from 2 local charities that relied on this year-end boost
- Funding JK
- Removed an accessible, affordable holiday attraction (site entry always by donation)
- Removed funds from 2 local charities that relied on this year-end boost
- Funding JK
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I support a democratically elected park board. Part of democracy is ensuring that the government’s decisions match the city’s values.
Vancouver is a city for all its people. Trans people included. I am calling on the Park Board to rethink this event and make this right.
Vancouver is a city for all its people. Trans people included. I am calling on the Park Board to rethink this event and make this right.
September 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I support a democratically elected park board. Part of democracy is ensuring that the government’s decisions match the city’s values.
Vancouver is a city for all its people. Trans people included. I am calling on the Park Board to rethink this event and make this right.
Vancouver is a city for all its people. Trans people included. I am calling on the Park Board to rethink this event and make this right.
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seabus memes has gone too far
September 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
seabus memes has gone too far
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Do you believe that climate facts should remain free from political interference and easily accessible? If so, watch our video and consider supporting our initiative.
Find out how you can support: donorbox.org/climate-us-p...
Find out how you can support: donorbox.org/climate-us-p...
August 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Do you believe that climate facts should remain free from political interference and easily accessible? If so, watch our video and consider supporting our initiative.
Find out how you can support: donorbox.org/climate-us-p...
Find out how you can support: donorbox.org/climate-us-p...
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Here's my video on why Vancouver's Integrity Commissioner ruled that Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and his ABC Vancouver councillors violated the city's code of conduct
also i got some sun on grouse mountain yesterday and didn't go to our makeup studio before filming hahahaha whoops
also i got some sun on grouse mountain yesterday and didn't go to our makeup studio before filming hahahaha whoops
August 26, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Here's my video on why Vancouver's Integrity Commissioner ruled that Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and his ABC Vancouver councillors violated the city's code of conduct
also i got some sun on grouse mountain yesterday and didn't go to our makeup studio before filming hahahaha whoops
also i got some sun on grouse mountain yesterday and didn't go to our makeup studio before filming hahahaha whoops
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Vancouver’s Integrity Commissioner has found Mayor Ken Sim and ABC councillors broke the code of conduct on multiple occasions for coordinating amendments to controversial motions in separate private online conversations ahead of public council meetings
August 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Vancouver’s Integrity Commissioner has found Mayor Ken Sim and ABC councillors broke the code of conduct on multiple occasions for coordinating amendments to controversial motions in separate private online conversations ahead of public council meetings
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The cost of just one of the new highway overpasses exceeds everything ever spent on bike lanes in Victoria.
#yyj
#yyj
“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.”
theprogressplaybook.com/2024/01/31/w...
theprogressplaybook.com/2024/01/31/w...
What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution
Close to two-thirds of the city’s residents commute by bike to school or work every day.
theprogressplaybook.com
August 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The cost of just one of the new highway overpasses exceeds everything ever spent on bike lanes in Victoria.
#yyj
#yyj
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What a nice page showing you how to move your newsletter off substack: leavesubstack.com
You Should Probably Leave Substack
You should probably leave Substack. Here’s why and how.
leavesubstack.com
August 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
What a nice page showing you how to move your newsletter off substack: leavesubstack.com
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the only place the city of vancouver announced they approved 230 rental units of housing last night is on a website where the chatbot calls itself mechahitler
July 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
the only place the city of vancouver announced they approved 230 rental units of housing last night is on a website where the chatbot calls itself mechahitler
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I took a look at some of the YouTube interviews Vancouver’s mayor has been doing on Bitcoin, and what he says is pretty wild.
When I asked an economist about these theories he said, “This is not economics, this is — I don’t know what to call it.”
#vanpoli
thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
When I asked an economist about these theories he said, “This is not economics, this is — I don’t know what to call it.”
#vanpoli
thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
Ken Sim’s Love of Bitcoin Makes Critics Nervous | The Tyee
‘The mayor is talking about economics and doesn't seem to understand what he's talking about,’ says a UBC professor.
thetyee.ca
July 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I took a look at some of the YouTube interviews Vancouver’s mayor has been doing on Bitcoin, and what he says is pretty wild.
When I asked an economist about these theories he said, “This is not economics, this is — I don’t know what to call it.”
#vanpoli
thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
When I asked an economist about these theories he said, “This is not economics, this is — I don’t know what to call it.”
#vanpoli
thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
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Today the CBC is reporting that FIFA requires "no public food sales" in a 2km exclusionary zone from BC Place stadium
That's most of the city. They're not sure if restaurants are "public food sales". 😲
That's most of the city. They're not sure if restaurants are "public food sales". 😲
July 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Today the CBC is reporting that FIFA requires "no public food sales" in a 2km exclusionary zone from BC Place stadium
That's most of the city. They're not sure if restaurants are "public food sales". 😲
That's most of the city. They're not sure if restaurants are "public food sales". 😲
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The local cycling community is grieving after three cyclists died following collisions with vehicles on B.C. roads.
cheknews.ca/such-a-trage...
cheknews.ca/such-a-trage...
'Such a tragedy': Cycling community grieves after three deaths in one week
The local cycling community is grieving after three cyclists died following collisions with vehicles on B.C. roads.
cheknews.ca
July 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The local cycling community is grieving after three cyclists died following collisions with vehicles on B.C. roads.
cheknews.ca/such-a-trage...
cheknews.ca/such-a-trage...
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"[The study] logged over 600,000 near-miss moments, indicating that at least three serious incidents occur at a single location every day." 🫨
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
Over 600,000 near-miss incidents with pedestrians, cyclists recorded at intersections across Canada
One in every 770 pedestrians and one in every 500 cyclists experience a high-risk or critical near-miss at intersections across Canada, according to a new study commissioned by CAA.
www.ctvnews.ca
June 25, 2025 at 6:29 AM
"[The study] logged over 600,000 near-miss moments, indicating that at least three serious incidents occur at a single location every day." 🫨
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
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At last! Balmat's latest release is out today, from Stephen Vitiello with Brendan Canty (Fugazi) and Hahn Rowe (Hugo Largo). Melding ambient, post-rock, and dub, it's something of a curveball for us, in the best way. balmat.bandcamp.com/album/second
Second, by Stephen Vitiello, Brendan Canty, Hahn Rowe
9 track album
balmat.bandcamp.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
At last! Balmat's latest release is out today, from Stephen Vitiello with Brendan Canty (Fugazi) and Hahn Rowe (Hugo Largo). Melding ambient, post-rock, and dub, it's something of a curveball for us, in the best way. balmat.bandcamp.com/album/second
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20 Years ago: On June 3, 2005, Vancouver's Gim Wong, 82 set off on his motorbike for a "Ride for Redress." Starting at Mile Zero in Victoria, his plan was to arrive in Ottawa July 1 and have a word to the Prime Minister about head taxes evelazarus.com/gim-wongs-ri...
June 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
20 Years ago: On June 3, 2005, Vancouver's Gim Wong, 82 set off on his motorbike for a "Ride for Redress." Starting at Mile Zero in Victoria, his plan was to arrive in Ottawa July 1 and have a word to the Prime Minister about head taxes evelazarus.com/gim-wongs-ri...
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Some really interesting research cited in this video. So how do we shift the conversation faster? What can we do to get people to see motonormativity as the public health crisis that it is? youtu.be/PdqZsRayyFk?...
This is the biggest barrier to more people riding bikes in cities
YouTube video by Shifter
youtu.be
January 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Some really interesting research cited in this video. So how do we shift the conversation faster? What can we do to get people to see motonormativity as the public health crisis that it is? youtu.be/PdqZsRayyFk?...
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Honored to be included in Kranky’s mix for NTS yesterday! Please have a listen- includes relaxing and beautiful music from @loscil.ca , Pan American, Andrew Pekler, Perila, Somesurprises and many talented others.
www.nts.live/shows/kranky...
www.nts.live/shows/kranky...
Kranky 28th May 2025
Playing Experimental, Ambient, Ambient Techno. The inimitable Kranky Ltd, live from LA once a month.
www.nts.live
May 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Honored to be included in Kranky’s mix for NTS yesterday! Please have a listen- includes relaxing and beautiful music from @loscil.ca , Pan American, Andrew Pekler, Perila, Somesurprises and many talented others.
www.nts.live/shows/kranky...
www.nts.live/shows/kranky...
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For noen kan et lite regnbueflagg bety at vi føler oss tryggere. Man ser flagget og tenker; « her kan jeg passe inn»
En enkel måte å vite at jeg også blir satt pris på.
Veldig fin video
Oslo Pride🌈
En enkel måte å vite at jeg også blir satt pris på.
Veldig fin video
Oslo Pride🌈
May 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
For noen kan et lite regnbueflagg bety at vi føler oss tryggere. Man ser flagget og tenker; « her kan jeg passe inn»
En enkel måte å vite at jeg også blir satt pris på.
Veldig fin video
Oslo Pride🌈
En enkel måte å vite at jeg også blir satt pris på.
Veldig fin video
Oslo Pride🌈