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Mark Sakai 🍁

@marksakai.bsky.social
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Housing government relations staffer, fan of good urban design, Lions STH, and committer of golfing atrocities. ⛳ Canada🍁 is a proud sovereign nation, and always will be. More Housing Options, For More People, In More Places. Opinions are my own.

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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The reason why voters don't think about Metro Vancouver during this already confusing election is because we can't vote for our reps on the MV Board.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Someone should tell The Orange Moron about this little thing called the Welland Canal.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Was this a test run of the "AI wipes out humanity" algorithm?
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Everything he (and his administration) says is a lie.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Well, I can attest that the smell of a rib eye steak on a hot grill, just approaching medium-rare, does wonders for my mood.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm going to declare that The West Wing is a 21st century show. And I'm also going to add The Americans.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everything he says is a lie.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We'll be there in 2 weeks. Any "can't miss" recommendations?
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I was at UBCM and it seemed pretty clear to me that he's referring to the next big order of boats.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's time to play the Gripen card.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
And your amplification of the Japanese-American internment (and that of Japanese-Canadians, as well), is also a tremendous lasting legacy.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Uh, Trump in a swimsuit? That's something I'll never be able to un-see.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There are two gorgeous day-trip rides that I won't take now: Artists Point (Mt. Baker) and the Chuckanut. Both fabulous twisties and amazing views. But there's no bloody way I'm crossing that border until someone Makes America Sane Again.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Everything he says is a lie.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
YVR should be renamed Terry Fox International Airport.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Can landfills and toxic waste dumps all over the U.S. be renamed for Trump?
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I agree 100%. Sometimes I'll watch a YouTube video of someone visiting BC for the first time, and they're amazed how gorgeous everything is. Reminds me to not take this place for granted.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Yes, it's important to have a dozen reporters doing play-by-play on the trade wars, but it's also important to have a single reporter ranking malls and roadside attractions.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I was reading about this almost 10 years ago. www.aspendailynews.com/archives/art...
aspendailynews.com
The end of football as America's pastime
he era of football as a America's number one sport may be drawing to a close amid political backlash and growing evidence that the sport does permanent damage t...
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
AKA PNE weather
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Congratulations, Orange Moron. You probably just cost your cross-border tourism sector another billion dollars or so.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Does he know who he's talking to???
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Oh, he knows full well that a majority of Canadians won't run back to liquor stores to buy Kentucky bourbon. But he can tell Orange Julius Caesar that "I got the provinces to put it back on the shelves."
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
If she's a deep cover Russian spy, then everything makes perfect sense. It all falls into place.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Natalie reads bedtime stories to him.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I've taken out-of-province visitors to both, and the uniform reaction is mild amusement about the goats, and jaw-dropping awe over the trees.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A serious omission: The Museum of Anthropology at UBC.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Then it's actually something newsworthy. "The President actually made two factually correct statements this week, a new record high for him."
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It's time for a chart.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Princeton to Penticton via Hwy 3, 3A & 97
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
That fits. Patrick Condon next up?
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is what happens when people see housing supply as a class war, and have zero understanding about the actual mechanics of housing supply and demand.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
People attacked by Trump/MAGA should wear it like a Badge Of Honour.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Making Algae Great Again
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Sadly, this result doesn't surprise me in the least. Once I saw the NIMBY army mobilized (including one group using 'questionable' tactics), the degree of election-year spinelessness was inevitable. Courage to do the right thing is something you *might* see in year 1-2 of a term, not in year 4.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I don't even bother to waste the eyeball energy to read Todd anymore.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
His arm is an absolute rocket launcher.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Yeah, I'm "in the same boat" (31 across)
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Councillors can certainly decide how much credence they wish to attach to speakers' intentions or antics. IMO, this speaker's credibility is pretty close to zero.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
IMO the challenge for these channels is the dilemma of balancing the amount of "deep-dive". More would interest serious subject nerds like myself, but might also be TL:DR for the casual viewer, but a content level that would be more mainstream, would be too "surface level" for people like us.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Stay with me on this one: Canada = Ukraine; USA = Russia. Basic message from the underdogs: "Don't f*ck with us".
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Public hearings like this are why, despite recruitment attempts, I've never considered running for Council. There is no way that I would be able to sit there for hours and listen to these people drone on about their self-important concerns. OTOH, my eye muscles would get a serious workout.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
IMO, every government "defeats itself". Elections are often about "it's time for a change", rather than "this other party offers better policies". And TBH, I'd rather have "government by elites" rather than "government by morons", which is what our neighbours south of border have right now.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I don't feel sorry for him at all. He's using his position and supposed reputation as an "expert" to do real harm to affordability in the Metro Van region (and who knows where else?). I honestly don't understand why media and YouTubers like B1M actually consider him some sort of SME.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
It's an election year. Gotta protect the NIMBYs.
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
If the jerseys were reversed, would DD say the same thing?
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Steveston, baby!
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Trump can build a 5,000' high border wall, and get Canada to pay for it! Are there no limits to the depths of this man's stupidity?
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Mark Sakai 🍁 @marksakai.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
On the other hand, I'm pleased to hear that US lawmakers are keen to prevent the flow of US firearms across the border into Canada. Right? Right?
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