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dustin @godfrey.work · 29/09/2026

BREAKING: Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx's charges are being thrown out. she said they did a public service "at considerable personal cost."

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dustin @godfrey.work · 28/09/2026

with a decision expected tomorrow in the constitutional challenge against DULF's criminal charges, i did a deep dive for @defactomedia.ca into internal VPD documents to look at how their relationship with DULF changed so dramatically www.defactomedia.ca/how-vancouve...

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How Vancouver police turned against DULF

Court records show the same inspector who encouraged the compassion club’s founders also approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Jackie Jackson died two days ago. His death did not get the fanfare that the big celebrities get but I assure you he was no less than any of them: a titan astride the earth. In this thread, a few of the songs he played bass on. You know these songs. You know their bass parts. youtu.be/DKVB_CtU8XQ

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YouTube video by Toots & The Maytals - Topic

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Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ve always looked a little askance at academics on the bus to campus hunched over their laptops catching up on work. But now I’ve figured out who they are: Department Chairs! #NewDeptChairRealizations #academicsky

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Blue Note Records @bluenoterecords.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

John Coltrane was born 100 years ago today September 23, 1926. Trane was still near the start of his remarkable creative journey when he went into Rudy Van Gelder’s living room studio on September 15, 1957 and recorded his first great masterpiece: “Blue Train.” bluenote.lnk.to/JohnColtrane...

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Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This looks great. A whole lotta urban geography undergraduate students are going to be watching it in the future …

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Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Saturday morning in Kits. “For Mayor.” So I guess the gloves are off? The entent cordiale is no longer cordiale … or an entente, even. #vanpoli

A lime green poster on a lampost. It features a smiling man and the phrase “Our guy Pete Fry for mayor.”

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

5:25 on a Friday of a long weekend to announce your chief administrator is out truly impressive metro vancouver

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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Every year, 46% of all food in Canada is wasted. At the same time, 1/4 of Canadians, including 2.4 million children, are not getting access to the food they need. Grocery giants are making record profits, and our grocery bills are skyrocketing. (2/5)

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy Rice Truck Day to all who observe

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

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Liu Cao 曹流 @drliucao.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

✨What is sensory urbanism and how do undergraduate students understand, investigate, and interpret it? This summer, I took 3 students to deliver a fieldwork around this theme, with Shanghai as the research site. This video shows their understanding and affective experiences of the urban space👇:

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QuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

techno-optimists befuddled by declining popular support for “the robot that tells you to kill yourself”, “the pervert glasses“, and “the camera network that stalks you”

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

*INDIANA JONES AND THE CLOSURE OF THE ARCHAEOLOGY DEPARTMENT*

A news story: "Disney Reportedly Planning Full Reboot of the INDIANA JONES Franchise"

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Ian Crook @icyvr.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

@yvrwxwatcher.bsky.social Stunning #Lightening show from the North Shore this evening. #Vancouver #BritishColumbia #Photography #ECK #BlueSkyArtShow All images are copyright Ian Crook. Technical details in Alt text. Some other strikes were so bright they blew out the image...

This is a series of photographs of brilliantly bright lightening strikes in the Vancouver area, taken from the North Shore of Vancouver. Photos taken using Nikon 24-70 Sii lens @f4, 6 seconds, ISO 64.

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Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The journal Urban Geography is recruiting a Frontline Editor (Jan 2027 for 3 years). Applications due by Sept 18 👇 www.urbangeographyjournal.org/news

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News → Urban Geography

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Here's Dean Wareham performing his Galaxie 500 classic Tugboat in Olympia, WA at the weekend youtu.be/7kNfWSR6KUc. You can watch the full concert recording at www.youtube.com/live/Tjw5WCa... (H/T to @fullofwishes.co.uk)

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Dean & Britta - Tugboat (Galaxie 500) - Olympia, WA 16th August 2026

YouTube video by A Head Full of Wishes

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University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Sarah Brothers, author of HIT DOCTORS, discusses her more than seven years of fieldwork in San Francisco in LSE Inequalities: "At the very margins of society, I met the “hit doctors” who practice care without credentials."

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I met with the “hit doctors” who practice care without credentials

We see the very poor who inject drugs as either self-destructive or as passive victims of a broken system. But Sarah Brothers found something else.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

British Columbia Simon Fraser University Pipe Band wins World Pipe Band Championships in Scotland Saturday's win in Glasgow marks the SFU pipe band's 7th world championship www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Simon Fraser University Pipe Band wins World Pipe Band Championships in Scotland | CBC News

For the first time in 17 years, the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band has won the global title at the World Pipe Band Championships held in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

My sounds-like-conspiracy-theory-but-is-probably-true take is slopAI firms are deliberately targeting education sector; it’s underfunded & weakly protected & by becoming standard there they create generations of dependent users which is only thing that can stop inevitable financial bubble bursting

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Cristina Temenos @ctemenos.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

In Santiago Wednesday? I’ll be speaking about my current research on urban care infrastructures, politics and planning in the crisis city.

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 12/08/2026

INSIDE HEALTH CANADA'S 180 ON SAFE SUPPLY When the Fifth Estate ran a story last November on two expert reports that should have informed regulated opioid policy, the feds were ready for a media storm. It never came. Instead, Health Canada held fast to a "low-profile communication" strategy. 1/

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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 11/08/2026

The Government™ has made an ad about Ai Data Centres, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

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Honest Government Ad | Ai Data Centres

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 05/08/2026

Little Mountain is one of the most enraging developer sagas in Vancouver history: 700 social housing residents evicted in 2007, developer received $299 million in interest-free loans to redevelop, then left site empty for years. crazy to see mayor and council spinning this as a success story.

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Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

🎵"I'm dissing the bread, just like Emily Wilson did ..."🎶 www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social #odyssey

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Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Where is the university ethics committee that has stepped up to the plate and said "There's no ethical way to use Generative AI"?

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Quiet Alarm - A Review of CBC's #Climate Reporting www.sfu.ca/ceri/publica... #EndClimateSilence

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Got upset and made this so hopefully people will actually listen. What the fuck are we doing here folks?

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Roger Keil @rkeil.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Book in hand!

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Urban Affairs Review @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

We are thrilled to announce the publication of "Politics is Urban: Reflections on Warren Magnusson's Life and Ideas" edited by @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social and @rkeil.bsky.social. You can download the free ebook or purchase a paperback copy online! Details below 👇

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Xander Lenc @xlenc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

"Today, when I look at the empty teaching podium in the hall, I realize that Israel did not just kill a geography teacher, but assassinated a “compass” that was guiding us toward our homeland. He taught us how to see in geography a face of truth."

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Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Check out some excellent new reporting from The Tyee and research from CCPA on lessons we can learn from Scotland to help fix our health care system here at home. Links to both articles here: tr.ee/U7vxHj67_j

The Tyee news article homepage, title: What Scotland can teach Canada about fixing its doctor shortage, picture of a creek surrounded by stone and brick buildings in Scottish city or town.

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives article homepage, title: Improving primary health care: access: Lessons from Canada and Scotland, graphic of a ticket dispenser on a hospital wall

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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The global evidence of mega-events shows governments inflate the economic benefits and downplay the public costs Businesses are reporting less activity than last year We're seeing this in BC—just like in Toronto What else could $1B buy? #bcpoli #vanpoli www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

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Vancouver has 2 FIFA World Cup matches left. Are businesses profiting?

While the province has promoted hosting the FIFA World Cup in Vancouver, some shopkeepers and hotel managers are reporting a downturn in business this summer even with soccer fever everywhere. B.C. To...

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Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Talk about a low block! ... They parked the (school) bus! ... It was a game of 100 halves! ... etc. and so on

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The Luddites are having a moment (again): they're being discussed and rehabbed everywhere from NPR to US Catholics Magazine to Psychology Today. So, adapted from my book on the subject, here's a short-ish rundown of what you need to know to understand the Luddites in the age of AI.

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Understanding the Luddites in the age of AI

The Luddites are back in fashion, but too many people still get them all wrong. This is what they really stood for, fought against, and why they matter now more than ever.

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Eugene McCann @ejmccann.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

First game I can recall watching… in black & white on my gran’s tv. Next day I was outside with my ball saying “I’m Czechoslovakia!’ (Love football hate fifa … and uefa).

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Oeming @oeming.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

World Cup might be the closest thing we’ll get to world peace

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