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neil21 @neil21.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Infrastructure determines behaviour, making some things easy/natural and others hard/weird. Municipal elections are on now in #bcpoli. Vote for candidates supporting more neighbours & more sociable public spaces. Fewer cars littering streets and more sidewalks, bike lanes, bus bulges and plazas.

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

My design research workshops are now trauma centers because everyone has been so gd gaslit. It is dehumanizing and abusive to hire someone explicitly for their expertise and ritualistically demean and dismiss it.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It's worth noting that in the olden days (like, 15 years ago) areas like White Rock/South Surrey, the Tri-Cities, or Ridge Meadows had 5-15 reporters solely dedicated to local community news. There was a business model that supported that, and it's a huge issue that no longer exists.

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Rhi Faux @rhifaux.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Hey Vancouver friends, PLEASE sign this petition to save the traffic calming that has made my neighbourhood much safer for my kids and everyone else walking and rolling through it. It’s under attack by a vocal minority with the ear of the media and 2 municipal parties (TEAM and ABC, fyi). 1/

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 08/10/2026

And yes, wondering about the ecological footprint. Misinformed policies, missed opportunities and the infrastructure (or lack thereof) to be lighten boating’s impact. Sailboats are almost the equivalent of hybrid vehicles of the water for that matter. The opposite end of the convenience spectrum.

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 08/10/2026

My critiques are rooted in my experiences as a semi-regular passenger on a small 50-year old keelboat, watching my partner engage in and oversee all maintenance and upgrades (plumbing included) and having my capacity to be involved erode fairly rapidly due to health issues.

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 08/10/2026

I am (unfortunately) the perfect audience for this 2-hour video on the effects of cruising, but it was interesting to see comments online that cruises can be accessible getaways for wheelchair users and in some cases more cost effective than assisted care for seniors.

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 07/10/2026

Via Steven Sater’s Instagram, just connecting the dots now between Gavin Creel, the friend whose death Sara Bareilles writes about in Good Grief, and Duncan Sheik, who died on Sep 17 and wrote the music for Spring Awakening (in which Creel played the role of Melchior in their early workshops).

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 06/10/2026

I’m coming around to your way of thinking… just got home from a grocery run and made sure my freezer has both mashed potatoes and tater tots for my likely to be difficult coming week.

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 06/10/2026

This entire thread is worthwhile reading for any expert who speaks to a news outlet that might employ AI. The risk of having one’s words entirely repackaged will only increase as newsrooms feel the pressure to do more with fewer actual people on the tools.

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 05/10/2026

Watching how the other half lives as a BC Ferries occasional user (but not dependent on it) - referring to the ferry system to the south and over the line from us. Scrolling the rest of the timeline, sounds like a whole lot of affected folks.

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 05/10/2026

I was a little surprised to see a kiosk at Surrey Central selling watch straps. I ordered fancy fabric straps for my Apple Watch online from an operation in East Van last year.

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Glyn Bowerman @glynbowerman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s also kind of wild that a 20-person patio equals 1 parked car. Cars are absolute hogs for space. And they’re almost always single-occupant.

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 05/10/2026

Unrelated, there’s a polyglot from Hong Kong who learned Welsh after immigrating to Wales, well enough in a couple years to speak it in a live interview on local television and… it’s just really cool /astounding?

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 05/10/2026

Jaws on a gondola in the 007 movies.

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Why is it important for journalists, librarians and community members to collaborate on local information and storytelling initiatives? What becomes possible when librarians and community members practice journalism together rather than simply consume it?"

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Stronger Together: A Webinar Series for Librarians and Journalists

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 05/10/2026

…and, tragedy! I tried blind baking pastry in a French white at too low a temp; the pastry completely split (!!!). It did significantly better blind baked in metal on a higher temperature but still leaked large pools of lard during final bake. End result, fortunately, was still delicious.

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 05/10/2026

Was waiting to see if anyone would go for Sexy Strait of Hormuz but maybe that’s too fraught with peril.

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 05/10/2026

Finally, something addressing the devastation post carbon tax rescinding.

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 03/10/2026

I once picked up a bag of cedar balls that were marketed to me specifically for use in closets.

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Anthony Floyd @anthonyfloyd.ca · 01/10/2026

Lighthouses of the BC South Coast. Cool. mapped.earth/lighthouses/...

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I believe fraternity hazing and military hazing and sports team hazing where men abuse each other is acclimating them into a broader culture of abuse where they will then believe it is their right to abuse other more vulnerable people. It’s so insidious. And that’s also why I think men defend it

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 30/09/2026

One of my favourite election season traditions is still going. I love it.

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 29/09/2026

JOY. Did my blind bake test and the fatty pastry has turned out to be usable. Full steam ahead with the tourtière prep!

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 27/09/2026

(That emoji of course is the butter and lard melting and deep frying and potentially totally burning the flour.)

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 27/09/2026

Definitely a flew too close to the sun moment trying to be hoity-toity using grams AND scale up the recipe. My troubleshoot feels solid tho: I tried adding more flour to one disc, cleaved off a small bit from the attempted save and the original, and will bake a small test/see if I need more fixes. 🫠

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 27/09/2026

Oooof, not my finest baking moment. Messed up the math when trying to convert a recipe to grams and got confused with some of my ingredient substitutions so now there is a very good chance my pie crust is completely out of whack on the fat to flour ration. Eeeeeee.

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Denis Agar (he/him) @denisagar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Who is the most transit-friendly Canadian provincial premier or American/Mexican state governor?

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 27/09/2026

Bought smoked gouda for the first time in a long time. Labeling appropriately. I also now know where within walkable distance the best cheese selection lives. So dangerous!

Cheese wrapped in paper in a plastic bag with a label, white on black: “Hazardous drug. Handle properly.”

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 26/09/2026

Very displeased to see coach buses shortcutting on my local neighbourhood bikeway on a Saturday afternoon. Are they new here? Do they know or care that this bikeway has roundabouts? At least they’re keeping to the speed limit, which I guess makes them better than 3% of the other traffic.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026

I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 25/09/2026

Just combing through search results and saw a couple of recipes on grocery store websites where you make the tourtiere like normal with pie crust on the bottom and put mashed potatoes on top like you would a cottage or shepherd’s pie. Whether to include the potatoes in the fill is my question…

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 25/09/2026

A tourtiere with a pie shell bottom *and* potato topping? Maybe I’ve found my weekend cooking project…

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 25/09/2026

On the one hand, I love modern fire safety. But in the other, I have two noise cancelling devices on my head and the fire alarm testing is still breaking through and I have to work from home today fml 😵‍💫

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Be Quiet Shh

Alt: A person sits at their office desk with two pillows coarsely taped to either side of their head.

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 25/09/2026

My partner swears by Steve at Atomic (coming up on 20 years as a customer), though he’s admittedly somewhat of an acquired taste. He is very principled in maintaining older / niche bikes, I can say that much, and he undoubtedly knows what he’s doing.

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 24/09/2026

(Oh, this is a good reminder to have a Sense8 rewatch.)

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 24/09/2026

Aww, I’m glad the giant soap bubble dude is still doing his giant bubble thing.

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 24/09/2026

Hot take: mutual respect and co-existence is the geekiest path to walk of all.

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”

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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

we're facing existential threats from inattentive or lazy work, as well as burnout, fatigue, low sleep — stuff that requires the kind of regulation of working conditions that the tech industry has been ambivalent on, because management was psychotic and workers were happy with the fancy cafeteria

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 23/09/2026

This feels like the Kristen Schaal is a horse bit in pin form.

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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 22/09/2026

Together w/ @crashcoalition.bsky.social & @movementyvr.bsky.social, we're calling upon the Chief Coroner, Dr. Baidwan to assess the greater fatality risk of pickups and large SUVs on road safety, and to make recommendations to address these dangers. Read more: visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/09/21/o...

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Oversized Vehicles. Oversized Danger.

British Columbia has become the latest province in Canada where the Chief Coroner is being asked to investigate the growing danger to pedestrians, cyclists, and other vulnerable road users from pic…

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 22/09/2026

A fresh strawberry smoothie and a muted but sparkling sky morning for equinox. (Feeling a smidge less sickly-green… but I can’t hold on to this.)

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 20/09/2026

Trying hard not to succumb to the belief that all my problems could be solved by a really, really good colcannon. (And failing.)

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 17/09/2026

I hope wearing my mask kind of sort of maybe gets the point across? I’ve not been challenged but the anxiety is so real.

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 17/09/2026

*the overarching class struggle, to clarify.

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Karen Quinn Fung 馮皓珍 @kqf.ca · 17/09/2026

IMHO it ultimately comes down to how some process their oppression/their journey out of it. Some people see themselves as having earned the right to dole out charity according to their individual discernment of who is deserving. Others internalize the class and “getting it wrong” matters less.

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