Victor Villas
@villasbc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Born at 356 ppm CO₂
🇨🇦 Living the good life in YVR
🇧🇷 Inner voice speaks in pt_BR
🧑🏽💻 Paying bills with software
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.social/@villasbc, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
🇨🇦 Living the good life in YVR
🇧🇷 Inner voice speaks in pt_BR
🧑🏽💻 Paying bills with software
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.social/@villasbc, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
#cbc Listen shows are not regular podcasts - ie public RSS I can subscribe with whatever app I want?
I didn’t know CBC was in a position to be so selective about how they reach their audience. What’s confusing is that they have tons of podcasts, so they know how to do this
I didn’t know CBC was in a position to be so selective about how they reach their audience. What’s confusing is that they have tons of podcasts, so they know how to do this
January 30, 2026 at 4:18 PM
#cbc Listen shows are not regular podcasts - ie public RSS I can subscribe with whatever app I want?
I didn’t know CBC was in a position to be so selective about how they reach their audience. What’s confusing is that they have tons of podcasts, so they know how to do this
I didn’t know CBC was in a position to be so selective about how they reach their audience. What’s confusing is that they have tons of podcasts, so they know how to do this
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@cbc_top_stories/115974049865467682
“Virtue Signaling” = I don’t like what you’re saying but I can’t argue against, but that would mean that I’m wrong and that can’t be it… so I guess the only explanation is that you’re screwing with me
“Virtue Signaling” = I don’t like what you’re saying but I can’t argue against, but that would mean that I’m wrong and that can’t be it… so I guess the only explanation is that you’re screwing with me
mstdn.ca
January 29, 2026 at 8:38 PM
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@cbc_top_stories/115974049865467682
“Virtue Signaling” = I don’t like what you’re saying but I can’t argue against, but that would mean that I’m wrong and that can’t be it… so I guess the only explanation is that you’re screwing with me
“Virtue Signaling” = I don’t like what you’re saying but I can’t argue against, but that would mean that I’m wrong and that can’t be it… so I guess the only explanation is that you’re screwing with me
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With 2025 in the books, we take a look back over the last year for our annual Vancouver City Council Road Safety Report Card. 📝
How did each councillor score? Where did the mayor land? (Spoiler: at the bottom.)
Read the full report card here: visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/01/21/v...
How did each councillor score? Where did the mayor land? (Spoiler: at the bottom.)
Read the full report card here: visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/01/21/v...
Vision Zero Vancouver: 2025 Vancouver Council in Review
With year 3 of this council’s term complete, it’s time for our annual report card! See our 2024 and 2023 scores here. As always, we look for every road safety motion that came to counci…
visionzerovancouver.ca
January 26, 2026 at 1:01 AM
With 2025 in the books, we take a look back over the last year for our annual Vancouver City Council Road Safety Report Card. 📝
How did each councillor score? Where did the mayor land? (Spoiler: at the bottom.)
Read the full report card here: visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/01/21/v...
How did each councillor score? Where did the mayor land? (Spoiler: at the bottom.)
Read the full report card here: visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/01/21/v...
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Carney quoted Greek historian Thucydides, cited Czech democratic hero Václav Havel and outlined how the old systems of the liberal order were over.
Trump said NATO “called me daddy.”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Trump said NATO “called me daddy.”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Justin Ling: In Davos, Trump and Carney gave us two radically different ways to see the world
Making Trump pay for his rhetoric is the only way forward.
www.thestar.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Carney quoted Greek historian Thucydides, cited Czech democratic hero Václav Havel and outlined how the old systems of the liberal order were over.
Trump said NATO “called me daddy.”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Trump said NATO “called me daddy.”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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I don't think I've ever listened to/read a full Davos WEF speech before but this speech by PMMC is something else. The discussion afterwards is good too. You should find some time to read/listen.
Text: paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
YT: www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...
Text: paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
YT: www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...
Davos LIVE: Canadian PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:47 PM
I don't think I've ever listened to/read a full Davos WEF speech before but this speech by PMMC is something else. The discussion afterwards is good too. You should find some time to read/listen.
Text: paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
YT: www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...
Text: paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
YT: www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...
An American thing that will never not be weird to me is root “beer”. It’s like toothpaste soda that lost some of its carbonation
January 18, 2026 at 10:34 PM
An American thing that will never not be weird to me is root “beer”. It’s like toothpaste soda that lost some of its carbonation
If millennials were chained to an abstract notion of “making it” in life mostly based on materialism, Gen Z are going to have it worse because #wealthsimple just dropped a literal ranking of wealth accumulation so we can track very closely how far/close we are to the 1% (or 0.1%)
January 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM
If millennials were chained to an abstract notion of “making it” in life mostly based on materialism, Gen Z are going to have it worse because #wealthsimple just dropped a literal ranking of wealth accumulation so we can track very closely how far/close we are to the 1% (or 0.1%)
I wish I wasn’t exposed to crypto material every time I came to grab a coffee at Funk
January 17, 2026 at 12:55 AM
I wish I wasn’t exposed to crypto material every time I came to grab a coffee at Funk
For the last 3 years of investing in North-American focused total market index funds I’ve noticed a consistent pattern of “bad news, therefore your portfolio went up”.
Invasion of Ukraine, high inflation, genocide in Gaza, trade war, high unemployment… it all boils down to more forcing […]
Invasion of Ukraine, high inflation, genocide in Gaza, trade war, high unemployment… it all boils down to more forcing […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 10, 2026 at 5:41 PM
For the last 3 years of investing in North-American focused total market index funds I’ve noticed a consistent pattern of “bad news, therefore your portfolio went up”.
Invasion of Ukraine, high inflation, genocide in Gaza, trade war, high unemployment… it all boils down to more forcing […]
Invasion of Ukraine, high inflation, genocide in Gaza, trade war, high unemployment… it all boils down to more forcing […]
More US imperialism was on my bingo card for 2026 but not kidnapping a president before I had my first groceries of the year.
My disgust for this bully nation grows louder. It pains me that I moved inwards on their sphere of influence.
My disgust for this bully nation grows louder. It pains me that I moved inwards on their sphere of influence.
January 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
More US imperialism was on my bingo card for 2026 but not kidnapping a president before I had my first groceries of the year.
My disgust for this bully nation grows louder. It pains me that I moved inwards on their sphere of influence.
My disgust for this bully nation grows louder. It pains me that I moved inwards on their sphere of influence.
My most important recap flex
December 14, 2025 at 4:03 AM
My most important recap flex
How interesting. Ladner tops the density ranking of the province
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladner,_British_Columbia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladner,_British_Columbia
Ladner, British Columbia - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
How interesting. Ladner tops the density ranking of the province
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladner,_British_Columbia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladner,_British_Columbia
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Sick of turns on red? If you live in Vancouver, please write or speak in support of restricting them!
Here's how:
https://visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/12/04/dec-10-restrict-right-turn-on-red/
#vacouver #vanpoli #rightonred #turnonred #roadsafety
Here's how:
https://visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/12/04/dec-10-restrict-right-turn-on-red/
#vacouver #vanpoli #rightonred #turnonred #roadsafety
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Sick of turns on red? If you live in Vancouver, please write or speak in support of restricting them!
Here's how:
https://visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/12/04/dec-10-restrict-right-turn-on-red/
#vacouver #vanpoli #rightonred #turnonred #roadsafety
Here's how:
https://visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/12/04/dec-10-restrict-right-turn-on-red/
#vacouver #vanpoli #rightonred #turnonred #roadsafety
These individualistic and selfish crooks having a hard time working together is the reason we can have good things move forward. Thank you and good riddance, bring in the next clown
#bcpoli https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee/115661920773087884
#bcpoli https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee/115661920773087884
The Tyee (@[email protected])
John Rustad insisted he’s still the leader of the B.C. Conservatives Wednesday even after a majority of the party’s MLAs said they had lost confidence in him and the party announced the appointment of Trevor Halford as interim leader. Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/12/04/BC-Conservatives-Chaos-Division/?utm_source=mastodon&utm;_medium=social&utm;_campaign=editorial
mstdn.ca
December 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
These individualistic and selfish crooks having a hard time working together is the reason we can have good things move forward. Thank you and good riddance, bring in the next clown
#bcpoli https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee/115661920773087884
#bcpoli https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee/115661920773087884
How come Waterfront station does not have a bench for me to sit while waiting for someone?
Not even inside Starbucks, just a few inside Subway or A&W 😥
I kind of already imagine answers but come on #vancouver #translink
Not even inside Starbucks, just a few inside Subway or A&W 😥
I kind of already imagine answers but come on #vancouver #translink
December 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
How come Waterfront station does not have a bench for me to sit while waiting for someone?
Not even inside Starbucks, just a few inside Subway or A&W 😥
I kind of already imagine answers but come on #vancouver #translink
Not even inside Starbucks, just a few inside Subway or A&W 😥
I kind of already imagine answers but come on #vancouver #translink
I was a teenager when I first met someone who did not have dinner everyday - because they were poor - and I will never forget the shock followed by shame because it was obvious.
I was in my 30s when I discovered that some people - who are not poor - simply don’t have lunch, or have some sort of […]
I was in my 30s when I discovered that some people - who are not poor - simply don’t have lunch, or have some sort of […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 28, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I was a teenager when I first met someone who did not have dinner everyday - because they were poor - and I will never forget the shock followed by shame because it was obvious.
I was in my 30s when I discovered that some people - who are not poor - simply don’t have lunch, or have some sort of […]
I was in my 30s when I discovered that some people - who are not poor - simply don’t have lunch, or have some sort of […]
Get a load of this guy
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/vance-standard-living-stagnant-immigration-blame-9.6987929
GDP Per Capita is the perfect metric for his type. Deepening inequality means that a few billionaires approaching trillionaire status on the backs of their own working class can […]
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/vance-standard-living-stagnant-immigration-blame-9.6987929
GDP Per Capita is the perfect metric for his type. Deepening inequality means that a few billionaires approaching trillionaire status on the backs of their own working class can […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Get a load of this guy
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/vance-standard-living-stagnant-immigration-blame-9.6987929
GDP Per Capita is the perfect metric for his type. Deepening inequality means that a few billionaires approaching trillionaire status on the backs of their own working class can […]
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/vance-standard-living-stagnant-immigration-blame-9.6987929
GDP Per Capita is the perfect metric for his type. Deepening inequality means that a few billionaires approaching trillionaire status on the backs of their own working class can […]
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"Personal protective equipment is the least effective layer of protection in the hierarchy of controls – by the time you need it, you’re already in danger."
ICYMI: visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/11/02/t...
ICYMI: visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/11/02/t...
The Invisible Pedestrian; or, why Vision Zero doesn’t promote reflectors
As the seasons change, and the days get shorter, we often get asked, “Why doesn’t Vision Zero promote reflectors and lights for pedestrians and cyclists? It seems like everyone wears dark rain coat…
visionzerovancouver.ca
November 21, 2025 at 5:21 AM
"Personal protective equipment is the least effective layer of protection in the hierarchy of controls – by the time you need it, you’re already in danger."
ICYMI: visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/11/02/t...
ICYMI: visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/11/02/t...
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-allowing-doctors-to-practise-in-both-public-and-private-systems-solves/
What does walking towards a two-tiered system solve?
It solves this problem of rich people having "too much of a hard time" getting ahead of poor people for medical treatment […]
What does walking towards a two-tiered system solve?
It solves this problem of rich people having "too much of a hard time" getting ahead of poor people for medical treatment […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-allowing-doctors-to-practise-in-both-public-and-private-systems-solves/
What does walking towards a two-tiered system solve?
It solves this problem of rich people having "too much of a hard time" getting ahead of poor people for medical treatment […]
What does walking towards a two-tiered system solve?
It solves this problem of rich people having "too much of a hard time" getting ahead of poor people for medical treatment […]
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Apparently there are 2 properties in Shaughnessy (one of the wealthiest Vancouver areas) that are classified as *farms* and therefore are exempt from property tax 🤯
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/calls-grow-to-re-examine-bcs-automatic-property-tax-exemptions/
#taxfraud #vanpoli
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/calls-grow-to-re-examine-bcs-automatic-property-tax-exemptions/
#taxfraud #vanpoli
Calls grow to re-examine B.C.’s automatic property tax exemptions
In the city of Vancouver alone, $1 billion worth of property is occupied by private and independent schools, while the region has hundreds of places of worship, charities, and even a “cult” that enjoy freedom from property tax bills.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Apparently there are 2 properties in Shaughnessy (one of the wealthiest Vancouver areas) that are classified as *farms* and therefore are exempt from property tax 🤯
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/calls-grow-to-re-examine-bcs-automatic-property-tax-exemptions/
#taxfraud #vanpoli
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/calls-grow-to-re-examine-bcs-automatic-property-tax-exemptions/
#taxfraud #vanpoli
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We must plan to not only grow, but grow well. We shouldn’t add people but take away amenities. We shouldn’t add children but shrink their play spaces. And once this is built on, this greenspace isn't coming back for at least 99 years.
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
We must plan to not only grow, but grow well. We shouldn’t add people but take away amenities. We shouldn’t add children but shrink their play spaces. And once this is built on, this greenspace isn't coming back for at least 99 years.
#pluribus looks interesting. But I already know that, like Severance, it’s going to flood my timelines with bad takes and the most absurd ways to interpret the story. Thank aliens I don’t share a hive mind with this crowd.
November 13, 2025 at 6:29 AM
#pluribus looks interesting. But I already know that, like Severance, it’s going to flood my timelines with bad takes and the most absurd ways to interpret the story. Thank aliens I don’t share a hive mind with this crowd.
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RE: https://masto.canadiancivil.com/@reece/115533532256114484
"While #canada cannot win any war with the United States, we could stop funnelling money in that direction for things like Windows licenses, and digital services. Perhaps instead of trying to tax Meta and X, the government could just […]
"While #canada cannot win any war with the United States, we could stop funnelling money in that direction for things like Windows licenses, and digital services. Perhaps instead of trying to tax Meta and X, the government could just […]
Original post on masto.canadiancivil.com
masto.canadiancivil.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
RE: https://masto.canadiancivil.com/@reece/115533532256114484
"While #canada cannot win any war with the United States, we could stop funnelling money in that direction for things like Windows licenses, and digital services. Perhaps instead of trying to tax Meta and X, the government could just […]
"While #canada cannot win any war with the United States, we could stop funnelling money in that direction for things like Windows licenses, and digital services. Perhaps instead of trying to tax Meta and X, the government could just […]
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Is there “life after cars?” As authors always say, “you’ll have to read the book.”*
Congrats to @visionzerovancouver.ca on a great packed event last night with @sgoodyear.bsky.social & @brooklynspoke.bsky.social + guests @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @tomflood.bsky.social.
*spoiler: a BETTER life!
Congrats to @visionzerovancouver.ca on a great packed event last night with @sgoodyear.bsky.social & @brooklynspoke.bsky.social + guests @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @tomflood.bsky.social.
*spoiler: a BETTER life!
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Is there “life after cars?” As authors always say, “you’ll have to read the book.”*
Congrats to @visionzerovancouver.ca on a great packed event last night with @sgoodyear.bsky.social & @brooklynspoke.bsky.social + guests @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @tomflood.bsky.social.
*spoiler: a BETTER life!
Congrats to @visionzerovancouver.ca on a great packed event last night with @sgoodyear.bsky.social & @brooklynspoke.bsky.social + guests @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @tomflood.bsky.social.
*spoiler: a BETTER life!
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💫 New panelist alert! We're thrilled to have @tomflood.bsky.social joining @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @thewaroncars.bsky.social THIS SATURDAY for Life After Cars in downtown Vancouver, hosted by the incredible @uytaelee.bsky.social.
A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
💫 New panelist alert! We're thrilled to have @tomflood.bsky.social joining @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @thewaroncars.bsky.social THIS SATURDAY for Life After Cars in downtown Vancouver, hosted by the incredible @uytaelee.bsky.social.
A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...