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Jen Stewart

@jstewgie.bsky.social
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Riding bikes, reading books, petting dogs, trying to improve the world in Victoria, BC. Proofreader and editor. Past lives in law and QA. Swearmonger.

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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 5h
Just FYI, Canadians in prison have the right to vote (thanks to the Charter and the SCC): www.elections.ca/content.aspx...
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Voting by Incarcerated Electors
Information on voting by incarcerated electors in Canada.
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Club Saanich @thesaanichdaily.bsky.social · 8h
Taxing labour in general is bad policy. Tax wealth or property instead. Tax corporations instead.
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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 15h
Cris Derksen was commissioned to compose this piece Return to Stardust for this piano competition. She died one week later in a car crash. I heard it in performance today on In Concert Revival Hour and had to share its beauty. vimeo.com/1193646970
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Eric Guo - Returning to Stardust - Cris Derksen
Eric Guo Returning to Stardust - Cris Derksen The award-winning performance of Cris Derksen's commissioned piece for the 2026 Bader & Overton Canadian Piano Competition on May 7, 2026. "Returning t...
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 17h
Exactly. This is such a lie. Email had a purpose. The internet had a purpose. Search had a purpose. Everybody loved Silicon Valley in the 90s because they made shit that did what it promised. Now 3 guys who never made SHIT have ALL the money in SV. They're scam artists. Not engineers.
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Torrance Coste @torrancecoste.bsky.social · 14h
Big crowd out at the BC legislature, calling on the BC government to stop logging old-growth forests, pledging to vote on this issue on October 24 #bcpoli
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 16h
Again, *they're* the dickheads who called the election, and they didn't find a candidate in time to get the paperwork sorted out? The BCNDP really sucks. #BCPoli
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Dave Bidini @davebidini.bsky.social · 19h
Disembodied voice in the Shoppers Drug Mart— owned by the Westons— tells me to consult their A.I. doctor for advice b4 seeing pharmacist. Valuing tech over humans and pushing a dangerous robotic nihilism. I’d suggest shopping elsewhere.
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FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 19h
Yeah well they can just fuck all the way off.
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#YYJ #OakBay #BCPoli
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
New indie bookshop in my tiny town!! #OakBay #YYJ
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Jonah Hill: So Excited!
Alt: Jonah Hill: So Excited!
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Ian St. @ian-st.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Wall lizards entering the discussion…
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Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) Waving
ALT: Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) Waving
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Victoria is deer and peacocks all the way down #YYJ
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Jay Gamble @drjaydrno.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Do we get to use the words “sedition” and “treason” yet?
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It's really bothering me how David Eby and the NDP's sole response to the Conservatives is to become more conservative themselves. No grand vision, no moral compass, just pandering and enshittifying. #BCPoli
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Sarah Starkweather for Oak Bay @starkweatherforob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you know you know. #OakBayBC #yyjpoli
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Motherfucker #BCPoli
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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · 02/10/2026
Listen: I don’t want to minimize the danger of high e-bike speeds. But if the problem here is that stores sell e-bikes that can drive faster than legal limits, then where’s the story about how literally *every car dealership has been doing the same thing for decades*?!?
cbc.ca
Hidden cameras show some stores unlocking speed limits on e-bikes, selling e-scooters that go up to 120 km/h | CBC News
A new hidden camera investigation by Marketplace shows how some stores are selling e-scooters and e-bikes with top speeds much higher than provincial speed limits and with recommended rider ages young...
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Tracey Saxby @traceysaxby.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fun facts: 🔥Since 2007, BC’s climate pollution has decreased by 2.3 million tonnes. 🔥Approved LNG export projects will increase BC’s climate pollution by 21.2 million tonnes by 2035. 🔥This is ten times more pollution than we’ve managed to cut in nearly 20 years.
Trends in BC's greenhouse gas pollution from 1990 to 2023, with two projected futures. Approved LNG projects will increase BC's emissions by 21.2 million tonnes. If we meet BC's climate targets emissions will decrease by 80%. From 2007 to 2023 BC has only reduced 2 million tonnes of climate pollution.
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What will happen to all the artists who have studios in this space? We need more than just hotels in this town. #YYJ
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Torrance Coste @torrancecoste.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thats the deal with finite resource extraction: it is by nature unsustainable. Most of the jobs and investment disappears after construction —corporations and investors get the longer term benefits. For workers, the option offered for more prosperity is another megaproject.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 02/10/2026
Carney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policy
thebeaverton.com
Carney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policy
Vancouver, BC – Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced more than one billion dollars in federal funding to keep the ocean safe from the consequences of his own actions.
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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you're PO'd in BC about the new pipeline, remember: David Eby AGREED to it, in exchange for funding and approval for his pet LNG projects:
pm.gc.ca
Canada-British Columbia Cooperative Prosperity Agreement
PrefaceBritish Columbia and Canada are partners in a period of great consequence for our country. The world is changing rapidly. In response, we are focused on what we can control: building an afforda...
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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Voting Conservative in BC will raise my cost of living by $1200 a year MINIMUM when they cancel Pharmacare. Tell all your old people about the BC Conservatives and Pharmacare. That adds up. Fast.
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#CdnPoli
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This councillor in my muni is complaining that Bill 44 "takes work away" from council. Good! I don't want Hazel Braithwaite (or anyone) to have veto rights over every planned unit in Oak Bay. Bill 44 provides consistency and predictability and takes change-averse councillors out of the picture. #YYJ
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Great to hear Jason D'Souza pushing back on a Liberal MP re: pipeline on All Points West. She says "I think I've been clear." He says "No you haven't, it's a yes/no question and you haven't answered it." (Unfortunately I tuned out for the actual question itself. Anyone know what he asked?) #BCPoli
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atomicker.bsky.social @atomicker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Alternatively: There is no money in pipelines, full stop. According to the PBO, the last pipeline the Liberals built, Trans Mountain, is "worth less than it cost to build"; 20 years from now, it will still be billions in the red.
cbc.ca
Trans Mountain pipeline is worth less than it cost to build: parliamentary budget office | CBC News
The Parliamentary Budget Office estimates the Trans Mountain pipeline is worth less than it cost to build, according to an updated financial assessment of the controversial project.
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Lego fanatic in my life informs me that the $800US pricetag for this thing is "a good price to piece ratio." I remain skeptical.
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Rick @calder12.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Housing people works. It should be our first step in social safety nets always.
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Amazing candidate for the Greens. LaPointe has crucial experience of navigating crises and urging the cowardly BCLib and NDP govts to do the right thing, which they refused to do despite thousands of deaths. #BCPoli #YYJ www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
B.C. chief coroner Lisa Lapointe announces retirement | CBC News
Lapointe is stepping down after 13 years in the position, many of those spent responding to an increasing number of deaths from the toxic drug crisis.
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Reminder to do what you can to support candidates you want to see elected in your municipality and/or provincial riding. This girl and I combined a dog walk with delivering cards for @starkweatherforob.bsky.social. Dogs may not be able to vote, but they sure know good people! #YYJ #BCPoli
dog with election info cards
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026
Man, imagine you're minding your own business, getting kind of drunk with your friends at a picturesque brewery in Maine, when suddenly John Roberts walks by and you get to start heckling him. Must have felt incredible. That's the dream. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
The chief justice used to preside over a Supreme Court whose members were afforded more privacy and freedom than many other public officials. Once, years ago, Mr. Lipson and the chief justice found themselves up the peninsula from Port Clyde without a car, Mr. Lipson recalled in an interview. So he stuck out his thumb by the side of the road and a pickup truck pulled over. He and the nation’s top jurist hopped in the back and hitchhiked back to town.

Now, Mr. Lipson said, he is cautious about introducing his friend to strangers. This year, on an outing to nearby Monhegan Island, people recognized the chief justice as he walked by a brewery and started to chant: You should be ashamed.
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 01/10/2026
He nods at "the existential challenge of climate change." While announcing a brand new oil pipeline.
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've just lost another morning to Life Labs, a shit company that profits off of necessary medical procedures. Their "appointment" system is a complete joke and I fucking hate them. But their staff is wonderful. #YYJ #BCPoli
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How about we bring in the cap AND leave the tax as-is? We need the revenue! #BCPoli
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't drink beer but if I did I'd for sure choose one of the zillion local breweries without racist assholes in charge. #BCPoli
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good to hear the Victoria fire chief flat-out contradicting the firefighters' union and saying no, bike lanes do not slow down emergency vehicles. #YYJ
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Most TV is just this now.
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It was a beautiful day for the South Island Powwow (and for the Reconciliation Bike Ride, but I didn't get any photos of that) #YYJ
blue sky, green grass, many people in orange shirts and brightly coloured regalia
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
OK, I've tried Le Croissant Chaud, and my official verdict is "not nearly as good as GoodSide." #YYJ
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, holding a red ball labeled "A SILLY MEME".
The second panel shows Sarah taking the ball and going through a door labeled "GROUP CHAT".
The third panel shows a group of women sitting together and consoling one woman in the center. The woman in the center is saying "...And that's how it happened. It's been the worst day of my life."
The fourth panel shows Sarah standing in the doorway behind them awkwardly holding the red ball.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Study for ninâkatohkâtitonân (We Look Out for One Another) Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2026
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Andrew Appleton @aaoakbay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Friends, big news! Super grateful to have this opportunity and have Oak Bay - Gordon Head go Green again! Please reach out if you have folks that would like to sit down with me and discuss the issues, look forward to meeting you. bcgreens.ca/candidates-2...
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Andrew Appleton - Oak Bay-Gordon Head
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oak Bay, our Green candidate is a familiar face! @aaoakbay.bsky.social #YYJ #BCPoli bcgreens.ca/candidates-2...
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Andrew Appleton - Oak Bay-Gordon Head
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Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 29/09/2026
Here’s the thing about white supremacy in BC today: The Premier and opposition party have spent the last year saying “First Nations are coming for your homes. Private property is sacrosanct.” These politicians deny such statements are stoking racist backlash. But they are
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Opinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"what do you expect to happen? have every rapist fired from their job and ruin their life?" uh yeah that'd be a good start
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si oppington ☣️ @stillwellgray.ca · 29/09/2026
"the median salary has risen" yes but costs have risen more. that's the next sentence. the next sentence should always be "but costs have risen more"
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reading the DULF decision. www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/2... Para 34: "this is a crisis caused by the unpredictability of the toxic drug supply... PWUD do not know the contents nor the potency of the drugs they are taking." #BCPoli #CdnPoli
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2026 BCSC 1855 R v Kalicum
Citation:
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In many ways, the only thing boys need to learn are the lessons we already teach girls. They need to learn to be part of a community. And if they understand that, then the lessons on consent and sexual violence come naturally.
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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is massive!!!!! Think of it like the Morgentaler case. #BCPoli #CdnPoli
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