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Conrad Nobert @conradnobert.bsky.social · 13h

Casually throwing away a decade of work, probably 10s of millions of dollars worth, and making Edmonton start from scratch. Stopping a building boom in its tracks too. Red tape reduction my ass.

Edmonton will be required to adopt rules for high-density infill development that revert to the parameters in place before its 2024 zoning changes for housing types, density and height, and to restore minimum on-site parking requirements in place before 2020. Edmonton will have three months from Oct. 8 to amend its bylaw.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12h

Christ. "Conservatism" now means overruling local government, imposing regulations, and restricting property rights. What a f'ing joke.

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Mihai Cirstea @mihai-cirstea.bsky.social · 3h

All this. And what's more, the VPD's own data show that in 2022, when they were on a moral panic crusade about crime under Kennedy Stewart, Vancouver had actually seen the biggest 4-year drop in crime of any time period on this chart.

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 4h

Nothing in my life has brought me more pleasure than years of reading aloud to my kids. Nothing.

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

You know you’re old when you think “I’ve never even heard of the Bayside Lounge?” and then you look it up and realize you used to go to trivia nights there almost weekly in the 90s.

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Thank you! Just booked the 15th.

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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It's true! I booked an appointment for the 13th today

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I love watching big brain educational programming without having to see the Trivago guys big teeth every six minutes.

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Does everyone know you can stream @knowledge.ca for free and there are no ads? I was watching Knowledge more than Netflix so cancelled it. I do send $15 a month to Knowledge anyways because I think we’re very lucky to have it in BC.

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J. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'm on principle opposed to the idea of Canadians being able to pay out of pocket for a better version of the national public broadcaster. Ie. a two-tier CBC. $5.99 is affordable - but you're paying ~$3 a month in taxes for Gem too. I'd rather we all pay $4 a month instead and remove ads for all.

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I’ve never joined a political party but I will join your “I’m not paying twice for CBC Gem” party if you start it up.

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I work in middle management but I think I’m well within the untouchable tier. I’d better start wearing sunglasses to work.

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I had to google this and apparently it comes from a chart for eye colour from a 1998 doll catalog that somebody posted to 4chan. Yet, this person seems to be using it in all seriousness? knowyourmeme.com/memes/1998-e...

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1998 Eye Chart | Know Your Meme

1998 Eye Chart is an eye color diagram from a 1998 doll catalog in which eye colors ranging from light blue to dark brown are assigned individual designati

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“Vehicle Ahead Motion Detected” Good thing she has the safety bot turned on while she’s driving and self-taping an election video at the same time. JFC.

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just saw a couple in Richmond remove two Linda Li NDP election signs from a vacant lot and put them in their garage. Not cool. I will contact the candidate’s office and Elections BC.

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

More impressive if you put them in the ceiling though.

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I think there will be two holes if you do.

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’m asking my boss to cap me at $999,999.99 for my next raise.

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you want something some people think is healthier than canola oil, avocado oil has a high smoke point too.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hot take: I don't think social media made people dumber. We've been dumb this whole time. It's just that you used to have to have a job that people sent their dumb letters to, to notice. This made "Engaging with fools" an occupational hazard rather than the 24/7 experience it is presently.

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It’s been two years since Ontario Place West Island was destroyed for a planned private spa. Hundreds of trees were cut down - here’s a snapshot of the many species who lost habitat. 🧵

Side-by-side comparison of a landscape on the Toronto waterfront. In one scene, an island is covered in trees reflected in a still channel of water. The other image of the same place shows a barren stretch land with a pile of rubble in the centre.

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

BC Greens are the only party in this provincial election with policy that is AGAINST mass death

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Simon Little 🍁 @simonplittle.ca · 03/10/2026

We are very lucky to have some investigative reporters in Canada who are ready to meet the pivotal moment we're in.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.

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BC Green Party @bcgreens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

⚡️CANDIDATE ANNOUNCEMENT: Douglas Courtemanche for Vancouver-Quilchena! bcgreens.ca/candidates-2...

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I remember the "I won't buy gas from Pierre Trudeau" bumper stickers when Petro-Can started up.

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Elephant Mastodon @emath.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Western Separatism is a fringe, white nationalist obsession. It was in 1981 when Holocaust-skeptic (to be generous) Doug Christie launched the Western Canada Concept, it was in 2019 when racist criminal Chris Barber's consigliere Brad Wall launched the Buffalo Project. Some things don't change.

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illumi @yallchemist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

lol one of our website designers used our organization's entire monthly claude credits yesterday and now half the company doesn't know how to do their jobs. it's october 2nd.

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Looks like the BC Greens have a candidate lined up for Vancouver-Quilchena, Dr. Douglas Courtemanche: bcgreens.ca/candidates-2...

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Douglas Courtemanche - Vancouver-Quilchena

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

When we talk about vehicle levies I think about working class people living where transit sucks. People living in transit starved areas shouldn’t be punished for having to have a car. I think targeted vehicle levies (if possible ) and congestion pricing are the way to go. Doing nothing is not.

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I can walk two blocks, hop on a bus, and be downtown Vancouver in less than 30 minutes. A vehicle levy makes sense for someone like me. My spouse has an annualy recurring job in Cloverdale. Transit takes about 2-3 hours to get there so she drives.

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Also, the BCNDP when they decide to call an election that nobody wants.

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Real Henry VIII vibes here.

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Looks like there will be three right wing candidates running in Vancouver-Quilchena. That should be fun!

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 30/09/2026

The National Post is using language that seems wildly irresponsible and dangerous here Citing ancient “Jewish law,” it labels Avi Lewis as a “rodef” The ultranationalist extremist who assassinated Yitzhak Rabin rationalized his killing on the same basis: www.theguardian.com/world/2020/o...

None of this applies, however, when a Jewish person presents a clear and present danger to the Jewish community. When that happens, Jewish thought is much more forceful: you must prevent the perpetrator from
causing harm.

Jewish law developed two character sketches to describe such scenarios. The first is known as a "mosar" — a Jewish person who informs to oppressive
authorities, potentially leading to the imprisonment, torture or death of community members. The second, called a "rodef," refers to a Jew who is actively pursuing another with the intent to harm or kill them. In both scenarios, the law is clear that a Jew is duty-bound to step in. Protecting the community and its members is the most important thing.

It was around then that Yigal Amir, an earnest law student, made up his mind to kill the prime minister. Later he would insist he was not swayed by extremist rabbis; he had reached his own decision that Rabin - through his willingness to cede territory and to allow the creation of a Palestinian Authority, with its own armed police force - was a rodef and therefore a legitimate target. He got a weapon easily enough. With his brother, Amir was working on the creation of an anti-Palestinian militia. Nor was access difficult; on at least three occasions before the rally, Amir attended public events where Rabin was present. He was waiting for the right moment: he didn't want to shoot and miss.

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“There are those who oppose both supervised consumption sites and public displays of drug use; who oppose supportive housing and visible homelessness; who support rehab as a panacea, without acknowledging research that shows rehab without adequate supports increases fatalities…”

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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Can we stop pretending the Canadian Taxpayers Federation is a credible, non-partisan org now? Their press releases get an awful lot of play in news stories considering Binda, Gunn, etc

The BC Conservative Party announcing on Twitter that Carson Binda, director of CTF BC, is the party's candidate in Vancouver-Quilchena in the 2026 election

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Isn’t the CTF like three people? Who’s going to load the photocopier if he gets elected?

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yep. If you work at a university, the premise of this book/show is a very big “Yikes!”

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yep. If you work at a university, the premise of this book/show is a very big “Yikes!”

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Also, how did I not know about Vulfpeck? I only discovered them last night.

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Watch this and try to tell me that AI will ever be able to achieve anything even remotely close to the collective joy 14,000 people are experiencing: youtu.be/rv4wf7bzfFE?...

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Vulfpeck Live at Madison Square Garden

YouTube video by Vulf

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

When you have no concept of how people engage with music

nicksaraev ~
@nicksaraev
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I am not joking when I say this.
Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.
Al music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all Al music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.
Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.

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Substack @substack.com · 30/09/2026

As Canada marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Pulitzer Prize and Peabody Award winning journalist @conniewalker.bsky.social shares her work digging into survivor testimonies—records that face the threat of imminent destruction contactingconnie.substack.com/p/who-is-pro...

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Who is protected by the destruction of Indian Residential School records?

“There’s not a single Indigenous person in Canada, who has not been touched by the legacy of Residential Schools.” - Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)

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Ian Patton @pattoni.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You need to redo that in oil paint at a bigger scale. Like 12 feet by 8 feet. I’d buy it.* *if I had the means

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