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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

It's the declaration of the rights of Indigenous peoples. If a politician is attacking it they're a white supremacist who offer their voters nothing beyond racism and journalists should treat it as such

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Sonia Théroux @soniatheroux.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Just gonna say it: "open debate" is a format that privileges combative men conditioned to assert and take space from others. And it does nothing to help inform voters.

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

No increased cost to drivers leaves us with a likely sales tax as the funding source.

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Great response in this thread from Victoria on cyclists using pedestrian signals. While technically wrong, other municipalities like Vancouver have designed bike crossings at major roads to use the pedestrian signal, instead of a bike specific light (or a regular traffic light)

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Westside Backyard @westside-backyard.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Every day I walk past apartments prominently taller than their neighbours without second thought, but others are incensed by them. I've been thinking about the experience as a pedestrian versus as a driver, and I found myself near The Raven as an illustrative example.

A photo taken on the south sidewalk of West Broadway & Dunbar, where a street tree in the process of dropping its autumn leaves obscures the 14 storey Raven apartments from view.

A photo taken from the middle of the street. The 14 Storey Raven apartment's upper half is visible above the neighbouring low rise buildings.

A photo from the north sidewalk of West Broadway, where only the top storey and rooftop of the 14 storey Raven are visible above the closer 4 storey building.

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Hell yeah new west is doing mushroom wall politics

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Cheap housing in cities is the biggest long term threat to conservative governments and the UCP appears to have realized that. Interested to see how Edmonton responds

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"The federal government said it will also work with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) to provide low-interest financing for apartment building owners to retrofit more than 280,000 homes over the next eight years."

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

All I want is a cool mayor who deeply cares about their city 🙏

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Spooky enjoyer 🍁🎃 @benjaminoknobi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

THE CANADIAN PEOPLE WANT GOVERNMENT TO DO SOMETHING AND WILL NOT BE DENIED

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The whole thing is incredible! I think I prefer the night half as well, but it's all so so good

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This also completely ignores the fact that a big reason that TransLink needs a new funding model is that the transit gas tax has gone down substantially because of the adoption of hybrids and EVs.

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The complete disregard for urban left voters by the NDP is expected and disappointing. Once again the failure of governments to build more housing in supposedly urban places has left the parties to fight over suburban voters who can only be bought by inefficient gas subsidies

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Two groups advocating for interregional public bus service in BC: www.betterislandtransit.ca Vancouver Island specific (With a brand new website I just finished!) And transitalliancebc.ca Public Transit Alliance of BC, a coalition of 20 organizations across BC!

betterislandtransit.ca

Better Island Transit

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If I figure out I'll let you know probably not important

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There's no WAY that even 50% of the population knows who this guy is

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

True, this could more accurately be characterized as Weaver reaching for relevance again

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Weaver running with centrebc would be a very interesting fuck you to Lowan (not unexpected, just ... interesting)

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I think you could ask most people who David Eby is and still get a big portion of people who have no idea

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Streetcar along Rockland Ave

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

why would anyone put that on strava lol

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's so fascinating that in Metro Van the streetcar preempted development do much that it just ran into the first in multiple places

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Yeah Eby being in the positives was the bigger takeaway for me here. Apparently talk of a fall election has rapidly increased in the last couple of days

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Her transportation section is great! It's too bad the housing section leaves a lot to be desired

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It's definitely not 'done' (the planters have been asphalted over) but I sure hope the bricks aren't done either. I'll hold comment until the station is done

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

And to think they could've just not posted it and avoided the implications!

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

There are a ton of benefits to internet-ifying the electricity grid. If nodes of different sizes can communicate with each other it can dramatically reduce the need for designing the grid for peak capacity. This wasn't an option previously, but now batteries can create buffers

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Rhi Faux @rhifaux.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is my neighbourhood & this reporting is lousy - as are the people leading these efforts. The traffic calming here was well-advertised, involved extensive consultation, and does not barricade anyone in their own neighbourhood. It has made the area much safer for people walking and rolling. 1/

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Yeah I got a family doctor this year for the first time since I was a kid and I've never had to wait for longer than a week to see him. Things are getting better!

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Mobi + Transit is often the fastest option! I live 20min walk away from the Canada line, and taking a Mobi shortens a trip downtown from 30 min to 15 min

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We want traffic calming! No no not like that! This is pretty boring reporting from CBC tbh

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

They'd still need a majority for that right? I'd also be curious to see if green voters would go for that

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

When I was there I was shocked to see how pervasive they were, from large cities to tiny towns in Tuscany. It's very odd how little they are talked about

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I live close to Simon Fraser Elementary, which is like 250% over capacity because the catchment includes OV. The impact of this school don't just be in Olympic Village!

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I just watched the video and he did not call for Fry to drop out. He said that he thinks he's the best option, but he's meeting Fry tomorrow and talks continue

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

As I understand it, this is capacity, not actual output. China is still consistently building coal plants, but primarily as backup power. Most of the time this 'coal capacity' isn't actually used

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

One may wonder, for the seven hundredth time, what Asian LNG demand BC and Canada are foreseeing when building LNG terminals that won't be ready for another 10 years

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Those look much better! I really appreciate the separate entrances too, before there was only one which would lead to head on collisions

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My helmet hot take is that participating in helmet discourse is useless because it never goes anywhere. Do I have a take? Of course! But I'm not going to tell you. It's a secret

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Accusing your own team members is an interesting strategy

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I've followed this project since it appeared on the dev tracker. Exactly what Victoria should want. 2 years is 2 years too long to approve a project like this

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Riding on the sidewalk is mostly annoying, not dangerous

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A teenager crashed his ebike outside my apartment last night and he was, in fact, not riding on the sidewalk!

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Kind of embarrassing for BC Hydro to be completely outdone by one project

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

There's another one advertising a "Family App!" that appears to just be GPS tracking for your child

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