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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 29/09/2026

Solid platform, but for me,

And We’ll Make Your Vote Matter – OneCity commits to an instant run off ranked ballot for mayor and the use of new voting methods, like proportional representation, to ensure that your ballot actually reflects who your neighbourhood wants to lead the City, not just who has the best funded campaign. We’ll get there by supporting a Citizen’s Assembly on Electoral Reform that will recommend either a proportional, ward, or hybrid system to improve diversity and representation, ahead of the 2030 election.

Antonio Banderas laptop scene meme. Looking mighty pleased.

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 29/09/2026

Guy built like a Rob Liefeld cover

Rob Liefeld's attempt at Captain America, with the perspective of the head, shoulders and shield completely at odds with the perspective of the chest.

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 22/09/2026

From the discord this afternoon...

Samwise Gamgee and David Eby's head photoshopped on Pippin's body, with the caption, "What about second election?".

Aragorn looks back, annoyed.

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 08/09/2026

What's it like inside your head?

A POV shot of a wizard (judging from their backlit shadow) flipping off a skeleton with a red glowing skull, which is giving the middle finger right back.

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 03/09/2026

This is the Vancouver Greens' last Instagram post, back in July. Look at this poll! This poll is the most specific point the campaign has produced, and it's just a popularity contest winner. It won't matter when people actually go to the polls. They'll remember his name, but nothing else.

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 03/09/2026

"Good Government" So many words to say basically nothing. You'll be a great collaborator. Great! Are we talking about empowering watchdogs? Maybe council meeting changes? I could see this text, word for word, on Ken Sim's campaign site. I wouldn't believe him... But why should I believe in you?

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 03/09/2026

"Economic Development" What is the red tape that needs to be cutting? Is it bylaws or how staff operates? It's there again in the last paragraph, and I still don't know! What kind of good-paying jobs are we talking about? Govt. positions? In small businesses? Why is "arts and culture" here??

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 03/09/2026

"Safety and Wellbeing" This is the most kudos I can give to Fry: He kind of, almost, sorta indicates a respectful, evidence-based approach to drug users and the unhoused. But the "rule of law" right at the end makes me question if this is actually an attempt to bring the police on board. 😬

Safety and Wellbeing

Safety and wellbeing go hand in hand. A healthier city is a safer city with streets and neighbourhoods that are welcoming for all.

Community safety is a balanced with a responsible care approach that reduces causes of harm like addiction, mental health, shelter and poverty with services and supports that respects both human rights and rule of law,

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 03/09/2026

"Affordable Living" I agree, affordability is more than just housing-related spending. What does "everyday costs" mean? Are grocery prices a higher priority than the costs to commute? Apart from "working people" "protecting renters", this could be on Ken Sim's campaign site, which is not great!

Affordable living

Vancouver should be a city people can afford to call home. Affordability isn’t just about housing—it’s about making daily life manageable, with reliable services, fair costs, and a city that works for working people.

I’ll focus on lowering everyday costs, delivering more homes people can actually afford, and protecting renters. Strong public services, smart investments, and value for tax dollars, with a focus on making life easier—not harder—for families and seniors, workers and small businesses.

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 03/09/2026

"Sustainable Growth" First line tries to appeal both to YIMBYs and NIMBYs, which has never worked, ever. "A range of housing options", "investments in parks", "climate action" are all nice things, but not a crumb of anything specific. The next paragraph appears to be draft #2, but just as vague.

Sustainable Growth

We can grow and still protect what makes Vancouver special. I support a range of housing options so people can live in every neighbourhood, alongside investments in parks, green space, and climate action. Growth should be smart, sustainable, and help build a city that’s healthy, lively, and enjoyable for everyone.

We can grow without losing what makes Vancouver special. I will support a full range of housing options, while protecting green space and advancing climate action. Smart, sustainable growth means building complete communities—places where people can live, work, and connect in a clean, green, and resilient city.

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 03/09/2026

OneCity's website doesn't list all of this, but they've been putting out tons of social media posts talking about problems they see, why they want to fix it, and how they plan to do it. Pete Fry's campaign website has some of that, at first glance. Let's take a peek at the bold progressive vision.

Pete Fry's mayoral campaign website. Cuts off most of his face on mobile.

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 16/08/2026

Yeahhh I find the deep red sun and this smoke very eerie

Photo of the North Shore mountains. There's a distinct layer of smoke obscuring the peaks.

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 12/08/2026

Something I loved about urban neighbourhoods in Japan were the coffee shops, izakayas, and other small businesses run out of home ground floors and garages. I really like this from OneCity. Neighbourhoods can be so much more than what we've been locked into.

A melon-pan shop below an apartment in Osaka. It's in front of a couple of larger apartment buildings.

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 12/08/2026

Oofa loofa that's not good.

firesmoke.ca forecast screenshot. Terrible air quality over the entire Greater Vancouver Area.

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 10/08/2026

This worked so much better in my head at 2am last night

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 04/08/2026

Here's another poll released recently with even fewer participants that says more people haven't decided yet than the sum of people who would vote for Fry or Sim. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ pallas-data.ca/2026/07/30/v...

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 01/07/2026

The writing in Pragmata (that I've seen so far)

Garth Merengi quote: "I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards"

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 17/06/2026

This is a fun exercise because these aren't just games that I liked, that left a strong impression on me, that I want to see more of... These are games I wish were more widely experienced and appreciated.

9 Steam games I want to spread:
- Crosscode
- Dungeons of Hinterberg
- Earth Defense Force 6
- Caves of Qud
- Slipstream
- Ikenfell
- Nine Sols
- Melatonin
- Recettear

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 02/06/2026

Today in Neighborhood News, someone stole the bench next to the little library!

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 30/05/2026

The median net worth in BC is $773.5k. The property tax bill, proportionally, is $309. Would you twist your hat, chomp hard on your cigar and waste a lot of people's time in order to pay slightly less than $300 instead?

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 30/05/2026

So, if my back-of-the-napkin math is right, Chip Wilson is quibbling over 0.04% of his wealth, assuming he didn't get any wealthier for one year. ... makes me wanna rip up this napkin

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 28/05/2026

Great visualization of unfathomable scales of greed. However, I don't like that there was no more text after about 100 billion... I still had so much left to scroll!

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 26/05/2026

I'm mostly stunned that this is charging forward with none of this information easily available, and before any terms or agreement even exists! Who exactly needs this and why? Will the answers even be valid when the buildings are finished? Why should we reserve valuable space now for data later?

Despite announcing Telus’s data centre expansion, the federal government has not yet agreed on any terms or amounts to fund, finance or invest in the project. Instead, it is entering discussions with Telus and the proponents of about 160 other projects before considering support for any centres.

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 26/05/2026

Genuine question, is any other project drawing the equivalent of 85,000 BC homes that these three buildings will? If so, that's fair I guess... but if not, I think the "different rates" should apply immediately.

However, she confirmed the company has already secured access to power for the project’s initial power draw and will be charged BC Hydro’s standard commercial or industrial rates.

She added that if the project wanted to expand its capacity and consume more power, it would have to compete in the B.C. government’s new application process for AI and data centres and may be subject to different rates.

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 26/05/2026

We're already going to be squeezed for power over the next decade, do we really need to add more pressure?

The boom also comes while BC Hydro expects the province will need up to an additional 9,700 gigawatt hours of additional electricity each year by 2035 — nearly double the current output of the Site C dam.

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 22/04/2026

The tutorial character didn't do much, but my first "real" run is an avian-mutated gunslinger and the start of every encounter feels like this

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 09/04/2026

Love that the author goes on to both-sides this by hitting the One City statement with the ol' Merriam-Webster check.

OneCity Vancouver, represented on council by Lucy Mahoney and in the mayoral race with candidate William Azaroff, issued a news release following the mayor’s speech.

“He’s promising another tax freeze and a $400 million slush fund to pull the wool over the eyes of Vancouverites,” the release said.

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a slush fund is “an unregulated fund often used for illicit purposes.”

That is not an accurate description of what the mayor pitched as a plan to upgrade community centres through the city’s legitimate capital plan process.

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 05/04/2026

It was unseasonably bright, sunny, and warm yesterday in Vancouver, so naturally, I spent all day playing Twilight Imperium

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 21/02/2026

Unfortunately, I won't be going to GDC this year. It was an honour to have our talk selected and I was looking forward to it, and to catch up with my Bay Area friends. It's just not safe to cross the border, even to San Francisco. Someday soon, I hope.

Screenshot of the GDC page that reads: "Canceled: Sones: A Better Measurement for Game Audio", followed by my name and credentials.

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 23/01/2026

Gearing up for the @onecityvan.bsky.social mayoral town hall! Standing room only! #vanpoli

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 14/01/2026

Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 04/11/2025

It is Sunday. I am watching Shin Godzilla for the first time. In Japanese. It is Monday. I am watching Shin Godzilla for the first time. In English...

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 03/11/2025

Thank you, I liked this article! I've been paying attention to how media depoliticizes things but it's absolutely done by government too.

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 08/10/2025

This morning the ABC-majority council voted to pursue a 0% increase to property taxes for next year. The city staff's report recommended 5-7% just to maintain services. Every non-ABC councillor opposed. A number of opposition call-in comments usually only seen for rezoning motions. Passed 6-4.

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 07/10/2025

It just keeps happening. More money for overtime, more money for more need for overtime, more money, more money, oops we're over budget!

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 17/08/2025

Finding friends around Newcastle

Sleeping cherub(?) below a statue of Queen Victoria

Statue of some guy, with a bike helmet on. I don't think the bike helmet is supposed to be there!

The Vampire Rabbit! Black rabbit with claws, fangs, and long pointy ears.

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 10/08/2025

Just a bee having a nap in a flower

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 30/06/2025

1: Isn't that literally permits though 1-a: Does he want to live in a libertarian utopia 2: This is where he lets slip that the construction is a given, it's only the operation that's conditional. 2-a: What's the fucking point if the damage is done 2-b: This is how you get ants-- err… corruption!

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 24/06/2025

"Ken Sim" YOU LEAVE YOU MOVE YOU VANISH (no bonus, no negotiation) When you were born every dog in the world howled as loud as he could and chased his tail madly turning left in circles.

Poster on a streetlight with a photo of Ken Sim looking smug. This skeet is the transcription of the text on the poster.

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Actually Akshay @akshay.zone · 19/05/2025

I'm a millennial, I can't resist a personality quiz! Sharing the top ones I actually know. Big sidekick energy eh? 😅

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