Reposted by Andréa CoutuThomas Spooks 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 07/04/2026science lady is excited 322599174
Reposted by Andréa CoutuShannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Independent MLA Tara Armstrong introduced a bill to get rid of BC's human rights commissioner Division at first reading BC Conservative caucus voted aye, as did MLAs Brodie, Kealy and Armstrong BC NDP caucus, Green caucus and MLAs Sturko and Boultbee voted nay It failed at first reading #bcpoli 73116
Reposted by Andréa CoutuDarren "Sunshine" Scherck 🌄👨🌾🌽🥔🇨🇦 @mhcca.bsky.social · 19/02/2026I don't care if you're a coach, another player, or a ref. This is an unacceptable violent act. I've had this done to me. It's about exerting control and dominance. Having it done to you by someone who is already in a position of power is an overt statement meant to demean and belittle. Disgusting. 0103
Reposted by Andréa CoutuGlen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Catherine O'Hara's first production with the new comedy troupe in Toronto in 1974. Catherine O'Hara, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Eugene Levy? and Andrea Martin? 19446114
Reposted by Andréa CoutuCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Canada needs to take see the invasion of Venezuela for what it is - a deliberate attack on the international rules based order. We have a bandit nation on our border and we need to be ready for whatever comes next. charlieangus.substack.com/p/venezuela-...charlieangus.substack.comVenezuela - The Lesson for CanadaMake no mistake, the attack on Venezuela by the Trump regime is not about removing a rogue leader; it is a deliberate attack on international law. 1181865623
Reposted by Andréa CoutuStephen Quinn @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social · 31/12/2025I can't think of a more deserving Vancouverite... Nardwuar The Human Serviette is named to the Order of Canada! (Second pic and text clipped from the Globe & Mail) www.cbc.ca/news/politic... 38911
Reposted by Andréa CoutuMarshall Steinbaum @econmarshall.bsky.social · 15/11/2025The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving. 2253504711
Reposted by Andréa CoutuShaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 16/11/2025indeed, for every academic abuser and enabler: i promise there’s an amazing grad student out there who is doing work that’s as good or better. we’ve let the myth of the lone genius guy carry on too long. it’s caused so much harm, in so many ways. 527161
Reposted by Andréa CoutuJason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 15/11/2025This is brilliant. 241097210
Reposted by Andréa CoutuJosie Osborne 🇨🇦 @josieosborne.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Say goodbye to doctors’ sick notes! Effective immediately, employers can only ask for sick notes in limited cases, giving health-care providers more time for patients, not paperwork. 🙌🏼 And we’re not done… more work is underway to cut admin burden for doctors. ✍🏽 🔗 news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202... 196
Andréa Coutu @andreacoutu.bsky.social · 19/10/2025I spent a shockingly long period of my childhood thinking that Jim Croce was singing about a boy detective turned bad. 110
Reposted by Andréa CoutuJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 17/10/2025A haunted house but every room is just two people you have to help use the printer and one is older than you and the other is younger than you 1629631
Reposted by Andréa CoutuSFU Faculty of Science @sfuscience.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Despite a huge growth in women's sports, female athletic footwear is still designed using molds from men's feet. Research from @runnerphysio.bsky.social suggests that the practice known in the industry as "shrink it and pink it" is not meeting the needs of female runners. ow.ly/Ig5W50XcHjg 023
Reposted by Andréa Coutuderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12/10/2025This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States. Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵 246141612772
Reposted by Andréa CoutuJosie Osborne 🇨🇦 @josieosborne.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Healthcare workers are following their hearts to Vancouver Island and across BC! 🇨🇦 Thanks to Nanaimo's @todmaffin.com for capturing the people, the place, and the pride we share in being Canadian and celebrating our public, universal healthcare system. t.co/mot9VDLmLl #bchealthcare #followyourheartt.cohttps://youtu.be/9k7OUowPPMQ 181
Andréa Coutu @andreacoutu.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Hey, @jmcelroy.bsky.social, Mayor Krog is coming for you with this #Degrassi chart that may make @thatkevinsmith.bsky.social speak. 030
Reposted by Andréa CoutuJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Hear me out: a new expensive kitchen gadget of the month club. Every month a new awesome kitchen gadget arrives at your door, and then you get to make it your whole personality for 30 days until it’s dead to you, then a new one shows up and you send the old one back without losing any counter space 2233720
Reposted by Andréa CoutuNPR @npr.org · 04/10/2025The Department of Homeland Security has begun targeting unaccompanied children in the immigration system with what they call a “voluntary option” to return to their countries of origin. via @laist.comlaist.comDHS begins targeting unaccompanied children with 'voluntary' deportation offerChildren asked to waive right to see a judge in exchange for $2,500 1681021586
Reposted by Andréa CoutuAndrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 04/10/2025“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943 256169827920
Reposted by Andréa CoutuBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/10/2025“DoorDash intends to send autonomous robots into bike-lanes.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social Here’s what’s frustrating…who cares what they “intend?” It’s up to City Hall what’s allowed in bike-lanes, NOT COMPANIES! Stop acting like tech companies should be able to do whatever they want in cities.momentummag.comDoorDash Plans to Send Autonomous Robots into Bike Lanes | Momentum Mag | Momentum MagDoorDash has begun rolling out Dot, its new autonomous delivery robot — a sleek, all-electric bot that can hit speeds of up to 20mph. 37528113
Reposted by Andréa CoutuJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 16/09/2025This is a reminder that in 1997 they had a dancing baby make a guest appearance on a popular TV show and it’s all anybody talked about for a year and good god I miss when things like that were a big deal 2660744
Reposted by Andréa CoutuAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 14/09/2025I recommend everyone watches this 1603101345395
Reposted by Andréa CoutuJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Will there be an announcement when things get bad enough that we can all stop making car payments or like how’s that gonna work 1735929
Reposted by Andréa CoutuCowleyforniadreaming @holybollards.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Greetings from Toronto, fellow bollard aficionados 31026
Reposted by Andréa CoutuBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.orgusa.streetsblog.orgSeparated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USACities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday. 131067363
Reposted by Andréa CoutuBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/08/2025“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces. Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.” Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Pariswashingtonpost.comParis said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes. 4040721448
Reposted by Andréa CoutuTheo Nash @theonash.bsky.social · 13/08/2025This isn’t an impoverished regional school – this is the University of Chicago. Devastating. 13537461192
Reposted by Andréa CoutuJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Sometimes I measure how crazy things are by pretending we’re in a Star Wars movie that was released a few years ago and imagining how long the opening crawl would have to be to catch everybody up 936040
Reposted by Andréa CoutuBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Never forget, when you’re being asked to prove that safe bike-lanes or pedestrian crossings across currently unsafe conditions are ‘needed,’ it's hard to justify a bridge by the number of people swimming across a raging river. #TheTruthAboutTraffic 626865
Reposted by Andréa CoutuBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Remember these? Still probably my favourite bollards/barriers I’ve seen anywhere in the world. They aren’t just cute and fun (and extra seating) — they’re REALLY heavy. Cars should NOT try messing with these sheep! I took this pic while working for Christchurch NZ years ago. #CityOfSmiles 1033934
Reposted by Andréa CoutuKeith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 01/08/2025I look in the mirror. It's October 1947. I'm test pilot Chuck Yeager, and in a few hours I'll become the first human to exceed the speed of sound. "Oh boy," I exclaim, before heading to the bank to deposit all of my liquid assets into a high interest savings account in the name of Dr. Sam Beckett. 1120030
Reposted by Andréa CoutuJustin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 25/07/2025somebody told me the steller's jay was british columbia's elvis and now i can't unsee it 723618
Reposted by Andréa CoutuBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/07/2025“Giving pedestrians a 7-second head start at traffic lights—known as Leading Pedestrian Intervals (LPIs)—is associated with a 33% reduction in total pedestrian injuries—both fatal & non-fatal—at New York City intersections, according to a new study from Columbia University School of Public Health.”phys.orgNew York City intersections see one-third fewer pedestrian injuries with longer head-start intervalsGiving pedestrians a 7-second head start at traffic lights—known as Leading Pedestrian Intervals (LPIs)—is associated with a 33% reduction in total pedestrian injuries—both fatal and non-fatal—at New ... 834482
Reposted by Andréa CoutuOh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 19/07/2025That’s so cool! Montreal’s bike share system is rolling out trailers that work on BIXIs as well as personal bikes. They’re hoping to have 50 by the end of the summer, and hundreds over the next few years. 9563120
Reposted by Andréa CoutuJustin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 17/07/2025In 2023 Ken Sim filed multiple code of conduct complaints against opposition councillor Christine Boyle, costing her thousands of dollars in legal fees Now, Boyle is the Minster of Municipal Affairs and Housing, and is the main government point person for everything Sim wants life's rich tapestry 1536449
Reposted by Andréa CoutuAnine Hartmann @aninehartmann.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Kids playing in the road is a safety win. These two 11 year olds spent six hours chalking a record breaking skipping pattern down their street in Norway. After drawing 1040 squares, they were interviewed by their local newspaper. 213312
Reposted by Andréa CoutuJustin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 16/07/2025people "want" news but what they actually "like" is lifestyle and culture and sports and humour and basic information about their region and opportunities to laugh and argue connect if you don't give people both, there's no reason to be community/geography based in your approach 6983
Reposted by Andréa CoutuRebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 14/07/20252SLGBTQAI+ individuals are overrepresented in the homeless population, at 13%, despite only representing 4% of Canada’s population. “I would say the most common reason is due to their families not being accepting of who they are as human beings." #LGBTQ+ #2SLGBTQAI #Pride #Vancouver #Canadamiss604.comHelping 2SLGBTQAI+ Youth Find CommunityCovenant House Vancouver ensures that their staff are equipped with the knowledge and sensitivity needed to support 2SLGBTQAI+ individuals 1195
Reposted by Andréa CoutuBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 13/07/2025After 33+ years of city planning, one thing I long ago lost tolerance for is the deliberate spreading of lies about planning processes to scare people, especially seniors, ESL etc. It’s a reasonable question to ask “why are you spreading lies & scaring your neighbours about what’s being proposed?” 819922
Reposted by Andréa CoutuBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/07/2025This is remarkable. 013334
Reposted by Andréa CoutuBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/07/2025“Toderian, Vancouver’s former planning chief, has identified a 3-part formula for child-friendly downtowns. Housing is most critical: Without [two or] three-bedroom apts, it’s ‘game-over’ for families in downtowns, he says.” Read on — my interview on kid-friendly downtowns, in Bloomberg Citylab.bloomberg.comStruggling Downtowns Are Looking to Lure New CrowdsTraditional business districts in cities like Chicago and Portland are still waiting for office workers to return. Can younger residents and families fill the gap? 411529
Reposted by Andréa CoutuJen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 08/07/2025If you hold CTRL, it will pause Task Manager so the processes don't move around when you're sorted by resource usage 32769181
Reposted by Andréa CoutuBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/07/2025NEW: Paris reopens the Seine River to public swimming after a century-long ban! “About 1,000 swimmers a day will be allowed to use 3 public bathing sites after €1.4bn clean-up program.” 14 more bathing spots beyond the city are planned. Big, bold leadership. @annehidalgo.bsky.social @paris.frtheguardian.comParis reopens River Seine to public swimming after century-long banAbout 1,000 swimmers a day will be allowed to use three bathing sites after €1.4bn clean-up programme 1039585
Reposted by Andréa CoutuThe Tyee @thetyee.ca · 10/06/2025B.C.’s information and privacy commissioner is concerned about the number of freedom of information requests going unanswered in the province. @amandafollett.bsky.social reports. 📄thetyee.caBC Privacy Office Forced to Obtain Court Order for FOI Request | The TyeeCommissioner says the ‘unprecedented step’ reflects the growing problem of the government neglecting its duty to provide records. 115047
Reposted by Andréa CoutuKelly McGahey @kellymcgahey.bsky.social · 02/06/2025This. #CovidIsNotOver #PublicHealth 011
Reposted by Andréa CoutuBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/05/2025“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusinessfastcompany.comWant To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike LaneResearch from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of. 7614210
Reposted by Andréa CoutuBig Sag ♐️Traveling Menace @neau.blacksky.app · 09/05/2025I cried, so now y’all can too. Mr. Riddick graduated at 80 years old! It’s never too late, and this is important as I constantly doubt myself. 💙💙💙 congratulations to you sir!!! 520202833016
Reposted by Andréa CoutuMeaghan McLeod @meaghanmcleod.bsky.social · 04/05/2025What is the job of a school board trustee if not reading emails from interest holders and being responsive to them? One ABC trustee in @vsb39.bsky.social decided to treat advocacy emails from over 200 parents/caregivers as “spam”, and to post his grievance on X, compromising parent privacy. 53917