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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · 12h

Shaughnessy Walking Tour this Saturday, Oct. 3rd @ 2pm You won't be seeing these rezoning signs in Shaughnessy anymore. Find out why! www.eventbrite.com/e...

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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 30/09/2026

Yesterday, a 27 year old pedestrian was killed crossing Granville Street near 52nd St. Did you hear about it? www.youtube.com/shorts/vKXqZ...

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Another pedestrian hit in Vancouver. Did you know?

YouTube video by Vision Zero Vancouver

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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Cars, welcome to The War on Cars.

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Mike F @mikefeaver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

With the increasing length of the Expo Line, people often bring up the idea of making the SkyTrain faster by adding skip stop or local/express service patterns In short, local & express services should be possible with additional platforms at 4 stations This thread explores one way to do that

A map depicting Vancouver's SkyTrain network showing all lines with some form of local & express stopping pattern, also showing connecting RapidBus, planned RapidBus, B-Line, SeaBus, and SFU Gondola

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026

ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

In response to our reporting, Susan Collins has mustered a defense that is full of incorrect and misleading claims. We’ve reviewed FBI evidence, examined thousands of pages of records and interviewed dozens of people. Here are the receipts.

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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe

ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026

NEW: Nevada said that 185 voters in the state identified by DHS as noncitizens were, in fact, citizens — and the agency appeared unwilling to substantiate its claims. The revelation deepens concerns about the reliability of the Trump administration's ongoing effort to identify alleged noncitizens.

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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens

Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026

MS NOW reports that their White House reproter was denied access to the White House this morning despite a court order demanding she have access

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026

Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng

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NPR @npr.org · 24/09/2026

A federal judge's ruling restored CNN, MS Now and Politico's access to the White House. Gabe Rottman says better procedure alone may not resolve the broader First Amendment fight. n.pr/4ydcEj0

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

People in winter climates take pride in being resilient. Sometimes we joke about other places that can’t handle snow or cold. “They shut down schools for *that*?” But one mention of bikes, we turn into wimps. We forget how to dress for normal winter temperatures. “What is how can plow snow???”

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Cycling Through a Montreal Winter

YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The law is that “Although the WH is not required to open its doors to the news media, once it establishes press facilities for credentialed journalists, it cannot deny access based on the content of a journalist’s coverage.” That's exactly what Trump is doing. joycevance.substack.com/p/its-a-nice...

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It’s a Nice First Amendment You’ve Got There…

Mea culpa for the long post on a Saturday night, but read on and see if you don’t agree that it’s essential.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 18/09/2026

Vancouver’s Villages Plan promised to legalize four- to six-story apartments off arterials, but the plan fell through. @Sightline.org www.sightline.org/2026/09/18/t...

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The Death—and Lessons—of Vancouver’s Villages Plan | Sightline Institute

Legalizing apartment homes on quiet side streets was the right idea. Delivering it will require political courage.

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Bruce "86 47" Dawson @randomascii.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Every time we talk about the Pennsylvania measles outbreak I wish news organizations would remind people that: 1) The only reason more unvaccinated people aren't dying is because there are enough vaccinated people to slow the spread. Please say thank you you ungrateful freeloaders.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on

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Lloyd Alter @lloydalter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

YES! I have written, "Many lives would be saved if Canada were to decouple its safety standards from those of the USA. We could have safer cars if we followed Euro-NCAP standards for car design." Safer trucks too lloydalter.substack.com/p/canada-sho...

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Canada should make side guards on trucks mandatory; the usual excuse no longer works

Now that we are plotting an independent course from the USA, it’s time to develop our own safety strategies and standards.

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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 17/09/2026

"Every year in BC, 300 people die on our roads. If this was an issue of a few bad drivers, surely we could have put a stop to this by now. This is a systemic issue. So rather than focusing on individual responsibility, vision zero takes a systemic approach." youtu.be/sdnuGUO7V3c

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Call for Provincial Action on Road Safety - UBCM 2026

YouTube video by Vision Zero Vancouver

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

the fact that the NTSB is conducting a federal safety investigation of the helicopter crash, but nobody is going to do anything about the original deadly car crash, really shows just how few fucks our country gives about every day traffic violence that kills 40k people every year

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026

Look at this photo we found from Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding. Can you spot the Russian oligarch close to Putin who bankrolled the event? 🧵

A group photo shows about 35 people, including Donald Trump Jr.; his wife, Bettina Anderson; Ivanka Trump; Jared Kushner; Tiffany Trump; and Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev.

Little Pipe Cay/Lux Hospitality Bahamas; Laura Gordon Photography via Instagram; Laura Gordon Photography

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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 10/09/2026

With road injuries & fatalities on the rise, the next Vancouver council must act to make our streets safer. We created a list of 10 actionable items for Year 1 of the new council and sent it to all the parties. Read the list, who endorsed, and who declined to do so: visionzerovancouver.ca/vote/

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Election 2026

We asked each party to commit to implementing key road safety measures if they form government, within their first year in office.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

New study finds the social cost of driving a car 1 km—including pollution, crashes, infrastructure, and noise—is more than *triple* the private cost paid by the car owner. doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

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Bruce "86 47" Dawson @randomascii.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I "love" it when OneDrive uses 5% of CPU (that's more than an entire core of my 22-logical-processor laptop) when OneDrive is fully disabled on my machine. There is nothing to sync you muppets!

Screenshot of Windows Task Manager showing OneDrive.Sync.Service.exe using 5% of CPU

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Bruce "86 47" Dawson @randomascii.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Is it just me or is Google Maps on desktop getting a lot worse? For about a year it's had a bug where it just stops drawing. I have to refresh the web page to restore functionality.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/09/2026

But *because* antitrust worked, we forgot how corrosive monopolies were. When the neoliberal economists of the Reagan/Thatcher era told us that we were missing out on the "efficiencies" of vast corporations, we blundered into their trap, letting them define the debate.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 09/09/2026

As many people have observed, the problem with vaccines is that they work *too* well. The incredible, astounding, profound wonders of vaccines led many people to think of measles as a rash, the flu as a bad cold, mumps as a thing that makes you look like Brando playing Don Corleone.

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Bruce "86 47" Dawson @randomascii.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social - in your recent interview with Vision Zero's Margie Sanderson the banner on screen said "Vancouver road safety group says traffic collisions cause more injuries than random assaults" - why not "Vancouver road safety group _points out_ traffic collisions cause..."

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

Car crashes are the #1 source of preventable injury and death for Vancouverites, with the most vulnerable road users disproportionately affected. Ken Sim is hyper focused on "public safety," but is road safety on his agenda? 🤔 We speak to @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social youtu.be/TeemN0rp950

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Is Road Safety on Ken Sim's Agenda? - Vision Zero Vancouver on CBC

YouTube video by Vision Zero Vancouver

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Bruce "86 47" Dawson @randomascii.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Why is AI so terrible? Why do people keep expecting that AI can be trusted to do anything? I searched on Google for "ben shelton match today" and it confidently told me about something that happened a _year_ ago, while claiming that it happened today. So dumb.

Screenshot of AI search summary explaining "Why did Ben Shelton retire from the match today?"
The summary then gives a detailed explanation of a match against Adrian Mannarino that happened a _year_ ago

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Jeff Baker @jwbee.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The City of Berkeley is entering the fifth year of debate, and the first year of lawsuits, over whether this parking space represents a critical resources to the disabled and disadvantaged. What it's mostly used for is for locals to park their for-sale cars for weeks at a time.

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Bruce "86 47" Dawson @randomascii.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

CityNews is covering Meta's banning of the Penthouse's Instagram page over a clever joke. Let's get this video upvoted so that Meta can't hide their suppression of harmless speech: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2Xp...

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Vancouver night club slapped with social media ban after its latest U.S. commentary

YouTube video by CityNews

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Bruce "86 47" Dawson @randomascii.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I hate that the default for how long Windows 11 waits to lock your device when you put it to sleep is 15 minutes. This feels hugely insecure.

Windows settings:
"If you've been away, when should Windows require you to sign in again?"
Set to 15 minutes

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Owen @oweninvan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I think it needs to be said: OneCity has been the ONLY party willing to stick their necks out to reduce carbon emissions, especially on land use policy, where City Hall can actually make a difference (& where it's cheaper than free)

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Incredible

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Bruce "86 47" Dawson @randomascii.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It appears that the US is flexing their digital muscles against a Vancouver strip club that dares to poke fun at Donald Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario. www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/v...

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Vancouver strip club's Instagram taken down after sign calls out Trump's lake fiasco

"Can't handle a pool, but wants our lake?"

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026

This is demonstrably, measurably improving the health of the people who live there. Most notably, it increases the respiratory *& cognitive* health of children. They literally do better in school. If this country really gave a shit about children, this would be at the top of the public-policy list.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Asking drivers why they don’t wear helmets is kind of nonsensical — it provides little benefit. The big benefit would be drivers getting more physical activity, e.g. from cycling. Bike helmets are *good* if a cyclist choses to wear one. But *bad* if they discourage someone from cycling.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/09/2026

The best time to act was 13 years ago, after Snowden. The second best time is now. eof/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/09/2026

He started with the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, who lost his Office 365 and Outlook accounts in retaliation for swearing out a genocide warrant for Netanyahu: www.justiceinfo.net/en/156691-ho... 30/

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How sanctions can weaponize US tech against the ICC

The International Criminal Court depends significantly on American IT companies for its daily functions and operations. The sanctions against its staff serve as a strong wake-up call that such measure...

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Bruce "86 47" Dawson @randomascii.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's amazing how quickly the fire department can put out a seemingly big fire, as seen in this video I got half an hour ago from my Vancouver condo: youtu.be/8NkCYcVTVhM

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False Creek casino fire, put out in twenty seconds

YouTube video by OneWheelGuy1

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Bruce "86 47" Dawson @randomascii.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

There is a particular North Vancouver hike that I do (to the Hollyburn Fir) which seems to reliably trigger my phone connecting to a US cell tower, 40+ km away. It is weird to get roaming messages when I am that far into my own country.

Two text messages, from June 28th and August 30th, saying "Welcome to United States of America" and continuing on to talk about roaming

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

These people had protected status. They lived here legally. They worked, they paid taxes. They made lives. Raised families. Now we’ve dehumanized them. Ripped away that protection and told them to get out. This is a stain on the soul of this Nation.

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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Jon Ossoff: "In Donald Trump's America, the rich get tax cuts, the well-connected get stock tips, and everybody else makes sacrifices." Republicans care about two things, ending democracy and giving rich people tax cuts. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed

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Bruce "86 47" Dawson @randomascii.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Why is just Lake Ontario being renamed to Lake America? Obviously Michigan should be renamed this way, since it is entirely in America. And Superior should be renamed to Lake America because it is the biggest. And then you might as well do Huron and Erie, for consistency.

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Reilly Wood @reillywood.com · 27/08/2026

This old @randomascii.bsky.social post is one of my most frequently referenced, I use it several times/year to remind myself how to write about performance randomascii.wordpress.com/2018/02/04/w...

What We Talk About When We Talk About Performance
Posted on February 4, 2018 by brucedawson

TL;DR – the phrase “90% faster” is interpreted by people in two different ways:

90% less time
The speed (ops/sec or km/h) is 90% greater

I strongly prefer #2 but due to the ambiguity this phrase should never be used. The preferred unambiguous phrase should be “1.9 times as fast” (or “ten times as fast”, if that is what you were trying to say). To do otherwise is to risk being misunderstood by a significant portion of your audience.

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Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

XKCD cartoon features stick-figure person holding a hammer and addressing his bent leg: "Listen up, leg. I've been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off." This cartoon is titled "TARIFFS."

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