Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenChristopher Porter @canadianveggie.com · 28/09/2026I made a tool to analyze and grade the voting records of the Vancouver City Council. Who was the best on housing? Or transportation? If you don't like my grading scheme, you can easily override it with your own and share that. canadianveggie.github.io/vancouver-co... #vanpolicanadianveggie.github.ioVancouver Council ScorecardBuild a personal Vancouver Council report card from the issues and votes that matter to you. 2237
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/09/2026Manchester City found guilty of breaking Premier League’s financial fair play rulestheguardian.comManchester City found guilty of breaking Premier League’s financial fair play rules* City face sanctions after more than 100 rule breaches * Club insists it is innocent and is expected to appeal Manchester City face substantial sanctions from the Premier League after an independent panel found they had acted in bad faith and broken numerous rules over financial fair play. The Premier League did not issue a statement but sources confirmed to the Guardian that City had been found guilty on almost all of more than 100 charges. City are surprised at the timing of the news because they say the process is ongoing. It is understood the club intend to appeal against a guilty verdict, confident of winning. Continue reading... 157316
Velvet Prison Warden @andyferris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is a looong interview and Huang at multiple points says smart things but sure let's pick at out of context snippets for clout. 000
Velvet Prison Warden @andyferris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026One of the things I love about past me is that he asked to be taken out of St. George's and my parents, to their credit, did so. 111
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenMichael Wiebe @michaelwiebe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Vancouver has a housing shortage because it prioritized maintaining its single-family neighborhood character. blog.michaelwiebe.com/p/how-vancou...blog.michaelwiebe.comHow Vancouver planned a housing shortageThe city put neighbourhood character first and housing supply second 14111
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenBryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 21/09/2026What comes after the Villages Plan? There's a lot we can/should do city-wide in our R1 zones. * Allow strata lane houses * Allow more plex units per lot (on big lots) * Allow corner stores * Allow smaller lots * Allow Accessory Commercial Units * Allow 'Affordable-Ownership' Small Apt. Buildings 3427
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenKathryn @kmsheps.bsky.social · 21/09/2026 I urge everyone to vote OneCity across the board, but especially for School Board. No other party has put forward a slate this experienced. VSB schools have seen brutal cuts in services and an apalling lack of open engagement at the board level. Schools, teachers and our kids deserve better. 0166
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenDenis Agar (he/him) @denisagar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It always blows my mind how much faster electric trains are than diesel 415017
Velvet Prison Warden @andyferris.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Interesting idea but the extra particles from the rubber might mitigate enthusiasm. 000
Velvet Prison Warden @andyferris.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"Urbanist techbro" is shorthand for my idea of AI is only LLMs and I can't be arsed to think of any other use. Many such cases. 000
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenSE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 17/09/2026the thread as one page to make it more shareable for people who are not bluesky sickos skywriter.blue/@segyges.bsk...skywriter.bluePage by SE Gyges | @segyges.bsky.socialI'm back, I missed you all. Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult. I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?... 1225361
Reposted by Velvet Prison Wardentodd nickel @toddnickel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Reviewing candidates for Park Board. 7/7 ABC candidates failed / declined (?) to provide contact information as per the City of Vancouver elections webpage. 052
Reposted by Velvet Prison Wardensoonergrunt @soonergrunt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Please read this article. It's important. 194
Velvet Prison Warden @andyferris.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I’m trying to be a glass is half full guy so I hope Fry has a few more policy announcements and maybe this will give him the time he needs to get a financial agent. 060
Velvet Prison Warden @andyferris.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Just went with my kid to his first day of school. Bloody hell he’s a grade 12 now 040
Velvet Prison Warden @andyferris.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Waiting for a train at Olympic Village. In Vancouver we put in fare gates to cost more than they return to punish folks. But don’t have have gates at the platforms to make it slightly harder to kill oneself in a public way. 000
Reposted by Velvet Prison Warden✨Directed by John Carpenter✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The visuals in this film Christ almighty 1210410
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenPeter Waldkirch 華彼德 @pwaldkirch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Since the relative strength of OneCity vs Van Greens is a topic of discussion right now, I'd just like to point out that Pete Fry's financial agent is Pete Fry 4171
Velvet Prison Warden @andyferris.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Water street is still the one I would like fully and permanently pedestrianized. I walked through it today and it was full of folks enjoying themselves. 060
Velvet Prison Warden @andyferris.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This is babby brain thinking as lots of folks like gas lobbyists and the VPD are making bank of ABC. But sure take shots at One City that consist of pure grade copium. 041
Velvet Prison Warden @andyferris.bsky.social · 04/09/2026lol mayor vibes told an ABC rally that the city couldn’t afford to “go back to the one city cope years” so I trust Green Party folks are going to be normal about this. 010
Velvet Prison Warden @andyferris.bsky.social · 03/09/2026It's such a Green thing to say only I can have valid feelings, and you non-Green have obviously invalid ones. 020
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenPeter Waldkirch 華彼德 @pwaldkirch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Glad to have had the opportunity to say this: Pete Fry would be a bad mayor. I believe in judging politicians on their record, not their vague vibes. And Fry's record on housing, active transportation, and more is BAD. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... 2323
Velvet Prison Warden @andyferris.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie that came out when you were 20 years old? 020
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenDenis Agar (he/him) @denisagar.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Soapbox moment: sidewalks matter. Like, a lot. Even in Vancouver, we have a long way to go to upgrade sidewalks so everyone can get around. @womentcities.bsky.social's Our City Hall campaign rules and you should read their stuff. Here's a highlight: www.womentransformingcities.org/ourcityhall 0204
Velvet Prison Warden @andyferris.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Please correct me if Im wrong but ABC aren't doing any public debates right? Only in house events. 000
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenTrudi @trudiagogo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Super proud board co-chair here! WTC released our policy asks of Vancouver municipal candidates yesterday. The work is based in extensive community engagement and these changes will make real positive impacts. #Vancouver www.womentransformingcities.org/ourcityhallwomentransformingcities.orgOur City Hall — Women Transforming Cities 064
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenEvangelion Screenshots @ngescreenshot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Peter Cullen 1941-2026 319068
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenBC Policy Solutions @bcpolicy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Let’s talk solutions. The BC public post-secondary education sector is facing its worst funding crisis in history. Join us on September 17 to discuss how we got here and—most importantly—how we get out! Register at: bcpolicy.ca/events 122
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenGRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 24/08/2026I’m doing my part 🫡 www.reillywood.com/blog/unite-h...reillywood.comA Hotel Union Is Trying to Stop New Hotels in VancouverUnite Here Local 40 is a BC hospitality workers’ union: hotels, airports, food service. In 2026 they became one of the most active forces at Vancouver City Hall, and they’ve been pretty explicit that ... 152
Velvet Prison Warden @andyferris.bsky.social · 24/08/2026It's bleakly funny to hear folks complaining about Vancouver hotel prices and not really know that a hotel union is partially responsible for this. 180
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenJens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 20/08/2026One way to understand the restrictiveness of zoning is to look at land price gradients across zone boundaries, @lausterna.bsky.social and check into what that looks like in Vancouver.doodles.mountainmath.caZoning Constraints and Land Price Gradients – Mountain DoodlesSteep land price gradients across zoning boundaries are an indication of zoning restrictions being binding. We take a look at what this looks like for the City of Vancouver. 24315
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 20/08/2026One of the funniest (sob) things I learned during my time at California YIMBY was that sometimes lawmakers adjudicate differing positions by counting how many studies support each. Also for their purposes, an AER article and a 3D pie chart some nonprofit made were each one (1) study. 924619
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenIan Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 13/08/2026In the last couple Vancouver municipal elections, I crowd-sourced your thoughts on where the various parties sat on the traditional political compass plus the urbanist axis. It's worked pretty well so let's do it again! Add your votes here: forms.gle/fEqcGzbiHGg5...forms.glePlotting the Vancouver municipal partiesIn 2018 and 2022, we at the Cambie Report relied on you to help us plot the chaos that is Vancouver politics. We used a survey to help plot political parties along three axes (extending the concept of... 32011
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenWilliam Azaroff @wazaroff.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Right now in Vancouver, if you want to open a bike repair shop in your alley? Illegal. Bakery from your back door? Illegal. Haircut in your spare room? You guessed it. Illegal.  That's ridiculous. So we're gonna fix it. 🧵1/7 #VanPoli #YVR #VancouverVotes2026 #GoodBusinessStartsAtHome 26414
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenM. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The purpose of American zoning is to put the most people—low- and middle-class families—in the worst locations so that the best locations, the quiet, elevated side streets, can be reserved for a small number of wealthier people. Everything else is just kind of window dressing. 1341481
Reposted by Velvet Prison Wardentoscanini dacron @mintcaketime.bsky.social · 12/08/2026inside you are three wolves 5643471010
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Please don’t write in the newspaper 700 years from now that I got absolutely smoked. 403118635
Reposted by Velvet Prison Wardenjordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The shaman of Bad Dürrenberg are the remains of a 25-35 year old woman, who was buried 8600 to 9000 year ago in Germany. Around her, were the remains of an extraordinary head-dress, made from the bones and teeth of different animals such as deer, wild boar, crane and turtle. 341770404
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenHari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 31/07/2026A year in which no Grands Crus Classés vintages were declared would do more to focus elites on the threat of climate change than any number of excess heat deaths 28228
Velvet Prison Warden @andyferris.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I don’t dispute that OneCity needs to raise the profile of all their candidates…. BUT… don’t let one poll calcify things and that goes does double for supposedly knowledgeable local media types. 000
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenAnise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 31/07/2026A long while ago, I wrote a pretty good piece on O Brother, Where Are Thou?, lies, & Oz. It was rejected on the explicit grounds that Real Classicists had no interest in engaging with "low-brow shallow comedy". Anyhow, at this moment of #Odyssey reception, here it is. medium.com/@anisestrong...medium.comAll Coens Are Liars: O Brother, Where art Thou? and Homer’s OdysseyAll Coens are Liars: 1127587
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenVictoria De Capua @victoriadecapua.com · 28/07/2026Hey #scriptsky! If you're a professional screenwriter who offers services/consulting and you want to help @storypeer.com survive, please check out this post and request a survey link if you can. It's 14 easy questions. If you're a pro-writer mutual you can also DM me here, or request a follow.reddit.comFrom the Screenwriting community on Reddit: SURVEY - StoryPeer wants to hear from professional screenwriters who offer consulting and notes servicesExplore this post and more from the Screenwriting community 2129
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenNorth Shore News @northshorenews.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Legacy of service remembered following the death of Squamish's Michael Coyledlvr.itLegacy of service remembered following the death of Squamish's Michael CoyleTributes are flooding in from across the province for Michael Coyle, a Sovereign's Medal recipient and co-founder of the BC Silver Alert system, who died on Saturday. 13721
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenMichelle Gamage @michellegamage.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Hungry for more DULF coverage? Check out Stephanie's feature for @breachmedia.ca. It's beautiful and helps explain the context of the ongoing unregulated toxic crisis. 095
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenRob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Good opportunity to post the nasty new single from the gentleman on the left. youtu.be/irLqUpIfHmA?...youtu.beJohn Carpenter - The Ferryman (Official Visualizer)YouTube video by John Carpenter 41525
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenSammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...climatecoloredgoggles.comResearchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health. 16175182808
Reposted by Velvet Prison WardenGRIDS Vancouver @grids.reillywood.com · 23/07/2026ok, confirmed that at least 3 of the California speakers were from the hotel union. if you're a reporter interested in this, hit me up 0204
