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SEAN ORR @seanorr.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

About to start the special council meeting on the plebiscite. Even the tech gods know this is a sham process

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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 11/08/2026

This is amazing

A young Famous Players employee standing in front of the hand drawn black and white picture of Spiderman he drew. It is very meme-y with a misshapen head and has the words "sorry we never received the real poster. Sorry for the inconvenience"

Facebook post from Adam Woodrow in a group called Everything Prince George: My son Rogan and I stopped to appreciate this hand drawn movie poster at the theatre today and thought it was awesome. Then we got a chance to meet the artist, Drake. So my son decided to take a picture of the artist with his art work and we thought we should share it for everyone to check out. Keep it up Drake!

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A story of cause and effect: Last November, Ontario banned cities from using speed safety cameras to issue tickets. Reckless speeding immediately surged in Toronto, Ottawa, Guelph, and cities throughout the province. A 🧵 about my latest in Bloomberg (gift link)

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What Happens When Speed Cameras Get Shut Off

In 2025, Ontario banned automated traffic enforcement. Now the number of drivers exceeding the speed limit has surged, according to traffic data.

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Vianne Max @viannemax.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Cyberpunk is fun to watch but shit to live in. I’d rather work towards a solarpunk future - filled with practical hope and working together.

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Peter Waldkirch 華彼德 @pwaldkirch.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I've spent years fighting for homes and a more affordable, equitable Vancouver. Now I want to take that fight to City Hall as your councillor. Go to www.PeterForCouncil.ca and join OneCity so you can support Peter For Council and help me get on the ballot! youtu.be/-d7WFFoqb0c

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I'm Peter Waldkirch, and I'm seeking a Vancouver Council nomination with OneCity!

YouTube video by Peter Waldkirch

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Christopher Porter @canadianveggie.com · 05/03/2026

I've started compiling a comprehensive list of all the progressives angling for city council nominations in Vancouver. It's already a long list and I'm sure I'm missing a few. canadianveggie.com/2026/03/04/p... #vanpoli

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Potential Candidates for the 2026 Vancouver Election

At least 12 council candidates from OneCity, 7 from COPE, and 4 from the Greens are vying for progressive nominations over the coming months, and the list includes some impressive Vancouverites.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Mifflin Gibbs came to Canada for a better life. In that new life he prospered, becoming an activist, elected official and even played a role in getting British Columbia to join Canada. This is the story of one of BC's most important early residents. 🧵1/10

Black-and-white studio portrait of Mifflin Gibbs shown from the chest up, facing slightly to the left while looking toward the camera. He wears a dark suit jacket with a high-buttoned vest, a white shirt, and a patterned tie or cravat. He has short hair, a mustache, and a closely trimmed beard along the jawline. The background is plain and softly graded, with even lighting that highlights facial features and the texture of the suit.

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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

So @evocarshare.bsky.social has a promotion for 50% off the day rate (ie $52.50 + tax, less 10% for BCAA members) but because the day rate kicks in at SIX hours it turns out that a FIVE hour booking still ends up costing $90 somehow, or a four hour booking is $72, etc. I'm miffed, y'all.

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

This whole thread is very much worth reading.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Table For One Please.

side of a building with a billboard that says smoking tables next to non-smoking tables used to be normal too and picture of child biking beside a truck on painted bike lane

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Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 28/07/2025

"A call for power is not He-Man standing in front of Castle Grayskull," David Eby told reporters regarding BC Hydro's new call for 5,000 GW more power.

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

I don't know about questions two and three, but Hard Core Logo and Last Night are both so good. I also really liked Universal Language.

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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

100% - I know of no First Nation here that recognized - at any time - a local Metis people. The closest thing to the Metis experience in BC are the Hawaiians - who briefly created a distinct fusion culture, that was fully absorbed back into Native nations here by the mid 20th Century. 1

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

This is just a bananas amount of counterfactual hyperventilation fixated on a draft version of a plan that ended up drastically different than what they're freaking out about. "They were going to sell drugs in the streets!" No, they considered market space at Dowler Place and changed their minds.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

The Vancouver School Board creating a graphic showing how it's going to take 23 years to build a single school for a centrally planned neighbourhood in the heart of B.C.'s biggest city serves as a hilarious indictment of how planning happens here (credit to @city-duo.bsky.social for flagging)

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 25/04/2025

over on X, MLA Dallas Brodie — a lawyer, allegedly! — is claiming federal and provincial recognitions of Indigenous rights & sovereignty are indulgent charades ("entertaining assertions"!), rather than the result of decades of legal cases won by Indigenous nations

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204 bands unilaterally assert sovereignty over territory within the province, much of which overlaps.

For decades, we’ve entertained assertions of sovereignty within our borders and tolerated a de facto veto on development.

Indigenous citizens of Canada have already been given every right possessed by their fellow Canadian citizens. Nevertheless, for several years now, BC governments of various stripes have begun signing secret deals with band leaders relinquishing public land and wealth on the basis of their assertions of sovereignty, including, most famously, the deal with the Haida. That agreement enshrines Haida title claims over the Queen Charlotte Islands and did not require the Haida to cede claims of title over private property.

Private docks are on the chopping block in Sechelt, public access to Joffre Park has been barred by local bands for two consecutive seasons, and 90 acres of prime real estate — the former Jericho Lands military base in Vancouver — have been transferred.

This reorganization of the core structures of British Columbia is transpiring without the consent or consultation of the public.

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Peter Waldkirch 華彼德 @pwaldkirch.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

THIS IS GREAT: "Cities are meant to change. It's in their nature. Trying to lock a neighbourhood in amber doesn't preserve its character, it leads to stagnation. Vibrant, livable n'hoods are ones that grow and adapt to the people that live in them, not stay single family homes."

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Southern African Policy Feed @sadcpolicyfeed.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Sudan | A groundbreaking Sudanese documentary capturing everyday life amid crisis garners global acclaim from Sundance to Berlinale. Its success highlights East Africa’s cultural resilience and storytelling power in the face of political and humanitarian upheaval.

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Joseph Brassey @josephbrassey.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Being real for a second: I have never trusted paper or citizenship to protect me from a sufficiently fascist state. If they really want to, they can say “hey let me see your birth certificate” and then rip it up when you give it to them, say “I guess you don’t have one,” and arrest you.

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Quinn MacDonald @quinnmacdonald.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

*also because ppl keep getting detained by ICE ** and cuz our LGBTQ pals/teammates don't feel safe crossing the border

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Trans people have long warned that most of the victims of anti-trans laws and policies would be cis women and girls who don't have the "right look."

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

In 1890, the Tariff Act came into place in the United States. It placed tariffs on imports of up to 50%. While touted as a way to build American industry, there was also the hope it would force an annexation of Canada. It backfired. Let's learn more. 🧵1/10

The image is a black-and-white political cartoon depicting a man in a suit standing behind a counter labeled "Republican Platform." He is holding a bottle labeled "Untaxed Whiskey, 20¢ Gal." in one hand and a piece of cloth labeled "War-Taxed Common Cloth, Tariff 84%" in the other. Above the counter, a sign reads, "If you don’t see what you want, ask for it." The cartoon, signed by W.A. Rogers, appears to satirize the Republican Party's economic policies, highlighting the disparity in taxation between luxury items like whiskey and essential goods like cloth.

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Are there buildings that aren't historic? Huh, feeling pedantic this morning.

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Isn't there an argument against using Chinese tech because then the Chinese government could use it as a weapon? It's so great that that isn't the case for American tech.

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Kent Clark @comicbooksuperhero.ca · 21/02/2025

Hah, so the VPD are patting themselves on the back for the success they've had with their police initiative to lower crime in the DTES. A couple of problems though... 1. Violent crimes like assault started falling in JULY of that year, before "Project Brighthaven" began. vpd.ca/news/2025/02...

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VPD initiative reduces street crime in Gastown, Hastings Crossing - Vancouver Police Department

Vancouver – A Vancouver Police initiative to improve safety in [...]

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Brishti Basu @brishti.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Vancouver Island's @docs4saferdrugs.bsky.social will be back outside Royal Jubilee Hospital today and tomorrow with pop-up overdose prevention sites. They will be joined by former BC Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe, and have support letters from multiple groups eg BC Family Doctors and BC Nurses Union.

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Very fun series. The first two were great, and I'm so happy we're finally getting a third.

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

If you want to feel the interconnectedness of things while also laughing and crying this might be the thing for you: youtu.be/y-373fptEXI?...

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Universal Language - Official U.S. Trailer - Oscilloscope Laboratories HD

YouTube video by Oscilloscope Laboratories

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

America, your MAGA leaders are blatantly lying to you about us in Canada, like they pretty much lie about everything, because they’re trying to condition you to be ok with isolating your country and attacking your allies while supporting fascists & dictators. Even X’s own community notes knows it.

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

the other day @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social said that at least 600 people are sleeping outside every night in Vancouver. $5M would top-up the $500/mth shelter portion of social assistance to market rent for each person for the rest of the year

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Thanks @davethompsonvic.bsky.social I didn't know I had a page to watch slowly refreshing all night long.

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Class three of the Spada Sola di Achille Marozzo at @thcc-official.bsky.social Victoria was going through his five defenses against the thrust. I had a great time, and I really miss teaching swords full time.

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Paksarra @paksarra.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Also note that Project 2025 defines gay/transgender people as *inherently pornographic.* A cute fluffy novel about two lesbians opening a tea shop with nothing spicier than hand-holding will also be porn. Oklahoma currently has a bill in process that criminalizes the ownership of pornography.

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

We should be supporting efforts to save lives, not punishing doctors who are trying to get things done. Results over process.

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Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · 30/01/2025

The same land that fits 67 homes in suburban Loudoun County houses 2,200 residents in Georgetown. With Silver Line construction at $165M per mile, that means $139,372 per potential rider (left) versus just $1,279 (right). Land use is major for transit success.

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I voted yesterday! Have you had your say in the Crystal Pool referendum yet?

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Yes, please. Weight based auto levies would be super.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

On this day in 1988, the Supreme Court of Canada held that the abortion provision of the Criminal Code was unconstitutional and violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Let's learn more about the landmark R v Morgentaler case 🧵1/15

The photo depicts a person standing in front of a banner that reads "Abortion Rights Action" in English and "La Canadienne a le droit à" in French, which translates to "The Canadian woman has the right to." The individual is raising both hands, with fingers forming a peace or victory sign. The person is dressed in a suit and tie

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Check the thread for the head officials announcement, but we're still taking applications for CCC officials

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Running a Bolognese sidesword intro for THCC Victoria tonight, first of four sessions. Today's going to be an intro to the movements, then we'll run through Marozzo's sword alone material over four weeks. It's gonna be fun! #marozzo #schermabolognese

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I'm pumped for you. And also pumped for me. The first two were so fun!

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Really fun scrimmage today. Was torn between reffing and coaching, then remembered that I'm IPR at a double header on Sunday, and should probably practice that. Good news: I still remember how pack works. #rollerderby

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Reminder to renters: your rent is probably going up this year by more than the tax increase to pay the Crystal Pool loan, so you should probably vote yes just so that your rent increase pays for community amenities rather than just your landlord's new iPhone(s) or whatever. #victoriabc

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Post your favourite Star Trek character but wrong answers only

G'Kar from Babylon 5, smiling like an absolute lunatic

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

The gall of Holborn never ceases to amaze.

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Roland Cooper @swordcoop.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

We were on lunch break in the atrium next to the barbershop, and a boomer sat close by and started having THE LOUDEST conversation on speakerphone. My coworker pulled out his own phone and started playing music as loud as possible until he pulled up videos of goats screaming. It was a scene.

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