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Skye

@skyenott.bsky.social
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Citizen, cyclist, classic car enjoyer, biodiversity enthusiast, software developer, recreational lumberjack #ykabike 📍Kamloops BC

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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 21m
"Privatize the profit, socialize the cost" example one million
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 27m
Austerity and cuts for everyone except the global corporations that own our oil industry
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Tim Ford @timfordwrites.bsky.social · 14h
Something's gotta change. In BC, we have a situation where the Greens are polling at 15% and they could end up with just 2 seats. Mixed Member Prop Rep - keep your MP but vote for Party as well, add List MP Seats, minimum threshold of 10% province/nationwide. #cdnpoli
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 14h
Long overdue. I'll never forgive Trudeau for breaking the promise of proportional representation.
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stephanie wilson | windward antifascist @windward-afa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So egregiously backwards & short-sighted. Every person in this province subsidizes cars. Your municipal taxes pay for parking & roads whether you have a car or not. Your provincial taxes pay the health care costs from car-related pollution & crashes. Your federal taxes subsidize O&G companies.
Statement from David Eby

Metro Vancouver mayors have told us they need a sustainable funding path for Translink and there have been a number of options discussed as part of that work.  We will come to a solution to support Translink, but the path to sustainable funding for that organization cannot be on the backs of drivers who are already struggling with the prices at the pump.  A vehicle levy or road pricing are not options we would proceed with. That's the last thing people need at a time when Trump is driving up costs. The real cost to drivers would be the Conservative parties’ plans to double car insurance rates and make drivers pay more. People can't afford that.
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 30/09/2026
The case against billionaires — a corrosive, anti-democratic force. You can have billionaires or you can have democracy. But you can’t have both. www.davidmoscrop.com/p/the-case-a...
davidmoscrop.com
The Case Against Billionaires
You can have an ultra-wealthy class or you can have democracy. You can’t have both. Choose...wisely.
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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That seems like such a key point here: someone in power understood the urgency Governments have so utterly failed to respond to this crisis. People like Nyx and Kalicum stepped in and this court ruling acknowledges both their efforts and the abdication of government
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Take off your masks, cowards
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's the Year of Linux on the Desktop
Fresh Ubuntu install on a laptop
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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
We need to ban foreign ownership of BC farmland immediately. The super-billionaire heir to the Walmart fortune, Stan Kroenke, now controls over 13% of BC’s farmland - this is a threat to BC’s sovereignty, food security and farmers. Read the Tyee’s in-depth coverage on this issue.
A Tiny BC Farming Town's Fight Against Billionaire Speculators
A US company's pursuit of land near Dunster has reignited calls for stiffer foreign ownership rules.The purchase of dozens of farm properties by two U.S. billionaires has prompted a small B.C. community to call for restrictions on foreign ownership of agricultural land.
Since 2008, a company co-owned by American billionaires Bobby Patton Jr. and Mark Walter has bought 25 properties in Dunster, an unincorporated community of approximately 240 people located 40 minutes north of Valemount.Patton Jr. and Walter are co-owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers through their company
Guggenheim Baseball Management, and were estimated to have a combined net worth of more than $5 billion in 2020. By contrast, the average household income for those living in the Dunster area is about $60,000 per year.Unlike many other provinces, British Columbia has no restrictions on foreign ownership of agricultural land.
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COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is maybe the only hope of staying under +2C? Because it's pretty clear nothing else is going to change until it's too late
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 22/09/2026
Funny, because the Truckers got three weeks to hang out before police lifted a finger. Interesting.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
OpenAI and Microsoft admitted LLMs are predatory tech built on “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said AI has created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This idea that private capital runs everything in the most efficient way is so deeply ingrained in people but it's demonstrably false. The function of private capital is to extract profit, and they're not particularly good at that in a lot of cases.
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What a meaningless question. More efficiently than what? Than a non-profit with experience operating infrastructure? Than an investor with no experience operating infrastructure? Than a random person plucked off the street? It's a question that's so incomplete as to mean nothing.
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Patrick Johnstone @pjnewwest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
YVR is the best airport in North America, one of the best in the world. What exactly is the urgency to “fix” his? We have serious shit to fix in this country that a rush to sell off assets doesn’t solve. news.yvr.ca/yvr-recogniz...
news.yvr.ca
YVR recognized as Best Airport in North America for record 15th year, 10th Best Airport in the World
Skytrax Award recognition as voted by millions of travellers follows record-breaking year for both cargo and passenger volumesVancouver International Airport (YVR) has once again been named Best Airpo...
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
To be clear most of the civilians in question were little girls at the school the US bombed three times on the first day of the war
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Unlocking value" and "finding efficiencies" always means laying people off, paying less, charging more. Capital expects a return!
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christoaivalis.bsky.social @christoaivalis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Avi Lewis is the only one speaking out against Carney's privatizations schemes and how they fail workers We don't need another 407 catastrophe
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Legalize plug-in balcony solar in BC www.pluginsolarpower.ca/take-action?...
pluginsolarpower.ca
Take Action — BC | Plug-In Solar for Canada
Over 5 million European households cut their power bill with a balcony solar kit, plug it into a wall outlet. Canada hasn’t legalized it yet. We’re working to change that, province by province and fed...
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Just switched to Fizz Mobile (Videotron) it was super easy and way cheaper than my old plan. Use my code XFKGC for $25 off
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Jeremy Caradonna @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
There's also a ridership study as part of this work. Nothing like this has been done before and it's different than the 2018 high-level costing study for the entire E&N line. So while the Feds didn't announce funding the revival of the line, this is a *major* vote of confidence for the project.
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Jeremy Caradonna @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The important piece here is that the Feds are contributing $500k to closing the funding gap for the technical feasibility study that's already underway on the Reconciliation Corridor, which would run from the West Shore to Vic West, and is led by First Nations. cheknews.ca/feds-crd-ear...
cheknews.ca
Feds, CRD earmark $1.2M for Langford to Vic west rail study
The federal government and Capital Regional District have promised more than $1 million combined in funding for another feasibility study into restoring rail between Vic West and Langford.
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If they build passenger rail on the island I will seriously consider moving there
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Cycle Toronto @cycletoronto.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Funny. We get told that Toronto's not California without 6-month long winters (?) where you can bike all year round. Is it possible it's not about the climate but it's about the infrastructure?
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Who is building the housing on Mission Flats currently and who is it for? (I haven't been out that way in a while maybe construction is complete) Concentrating all the supports out there could create its own problems
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Patrick Johnstone @pjnewwest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Road deaths are not inevitable. dailyhive.com/vancouver/sa...
dailyhive.com
'Road deaths are not inevitable': Metro Vancouver leaders push for safer B.C. roads | Daily Hive | Urbanized
Municipal leaders are pushing for safer B.C. roads, but they're saying they need help from other levels of government to take action.
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Seems like Canada has an awful lot of leverage with global energy markets in chaos to make a favourable trade deal with the US but of course Alberta won't play ball
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Oh CAN the sun and plants and animals all work together well wow who knew the shade might make grass more nutritious for lambs thus requiring fewer acres of grass per pound of lamb wowweewow
m.economictimes.com
Lambs grazing under an Oregon solar farm had 38% less grass than those in an open field, yet gained the same weight as shade made the pasture more nutritious
Lambs grazing beneath solar panels at an Oregon State University research farm had access to 38% less forage than lambs in an open pasture, yet gained almost exactly the same amount of weight. Researc...
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Where's the Bus? The Rural Transportation Crisis in BC
youtube.com
Lunch & Learn | First Nations Call for Safe, Affordable Transportation
YouTube video by West Coast Climate Action Network
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Nobody really knows what's going to happen with Super El Niño so that's exciting
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
On the plus side, it's now really easy to spot which owners put thought and care and effort into their business
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Need some chill dark ambient jazz for working as we slip into cozy season? You can get the entire Manet discography for just 5 bucks: ambientmanet.bandcamp.com/album/dark-s...
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Dark side of the valley, by Manet
8 track album
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New study in Montreal finds that transit investment generates far more economic benefit than spending on more car infrastructure: "According to the research, public transit generates more than triple the amount of GDP compared to single-vehicle use."
globalnews.ca
Transit push in Montreal could generate more GDP than vehicular focus: study - Montreal | Globalnews.ca
A new study released by the Metropolitan Community of Montreal (MMC) finds the economic benefits of public transit are far greater than personal automobiles.
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Early last month, Meta deleted around 50 ads posted on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads that directly included child sexual abuse material" Big tech must be destroyed
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Taking the train from Kamloops to Vancouver should not take 15 hours
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 18/07/2025
Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
disconnect.blog
Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
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Mark Allen @markallen.io · 02/09/2026
This will kill people just so Doug Ford can save 30 seconds on his commute to the office a few days a month. I'm still baffled that the provincial premier can have so much impact on city level decisions.
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I changed my default search engine from Google to DuckDuckGo years ago, slowly moving all my email off Gmail, it's really not that hard
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Did you know Canada Post has an online marketplace with all Canadian products? I didn't canadashops.ca
canadashops.ca
Canada Shops | Add more Canada to your cart
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Got a burrito at Hugo's in Fresh St this weekend and I'm still thinking about it
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Canada Post could give a free email address to every Canadian if there was any political will to take on US big tech
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Green paint is an excellent first step, that should be followed by physical separation
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Why does Mexico have its own home built EV and Canada doesn't? We don't even have plans to build one, they want to retool the idle auto plants to build weapons of war
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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
After a disastrous week for the BC Conservatives, instead of focusing on housing or healthcare, they're falling back on a divide and conquer strategy, stoking racism and disinformation along the way. DRIPA is about upholding human rights. That's why BC Greens will always fight to defend it.
vernonmatters.ca
Elections BC allows petition bid for Indigenous law’s repeal to proceed
VICTORIA — Elections BC says it has granted in-principle approval for a petition to proceed seeking the repeal of British Columbia's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. The petition's...
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Geoff Dembicki @geoffdembicki.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Stunning new financial analysis from @desmog.com. During a year when gas prices skyrocketed for regular Canadians, oil executives personally raked in over $1 billion worth of stock holdings increases. "Angry yet?" writes @manderson98.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2026/08/27/c...
desmog.com
Canadian Oil Executives’ Stock Holdings Increased by Over $1 Billion Amid War and Wildfires
Executives at Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Suncor, and Imperial Oil saw their personal stock holdings and options skyrocket this year, according to a DeSmog analysis.
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Lol www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Wiped out: US faces surging toilet paper prices amid trade war with Canada
Paper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimated
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I don't like being in the "find out" phase of climate change
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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Since we’re considering trade reprisals — I wrote last year about how easy it would be for Canada to make toilet paper completely unavailable to Americans. It could be done without any tariffs or embargoes. It may be happening already. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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