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I don't think it's possible to actually read the sign, one would need to go to the top floor there and look around from the edge, or, the building behind where I was standing might provide a better view a few floors up. I'm pretty sure this is an edge case of the accessible positioning guidelines.

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So this is funny, was walking downtown #yyj, near that parkade next to the church that recently got the green light to... Not be that. Anyway, there's the standard "development being proposed" sign but it's impossible to read due to positioning. They put it at the top??

First photo, zoomed out max to show the entire width of the building.... You can just barely make out a sign there

Regular zoom, getting closer I think, still can't quite make it out

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Have you been inside before? I went when I was maybe 8 or 9, in the 90s when it was the maritime museum. There are trap doors, secret passages. It is a relic that needs to be preserved. It can be a museum, all on its own. It wasn't open when I went, but there would be gallows, or remnants of such.

I tried to get a photo showing floor to ceiling the whole side. Metadata from the photo says August 6, 2026. It's such a cool building, too. Can someone from the province actually stand up and acknowledge this building? Wtf are we doing here?!

View of the damaged sides of 28 bastion square

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Hey, can you give some cold hard cash rebates to those of us that don't use gas at all? Maybe you can pay for it with not lowering this tax. Thanks greatly 🙏

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Permanent DST usually lasts until push comes to shove, and a bunch of elementary kids walking to school get run down because the driver is bleary-eyed and it's pitch black out before school starts in the dead of winter. Mark my words, when, not if, the bodies start piling up, the clocks flip back.

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And they point out on that page "the group's trying to shape your ballot" Oh really. There's one or two groups I think you've forgotten to include here.

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They're coming for my boy, Jack Sandor. And for what, 'being endorsed by gang of five' That's some BS right there.

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Look at the non-enforsed cansidates. They've added tags with the negative yellow colour, "gang of five" and those that aren't of the gang themselves, "endorsed by gang of five" .... They point out the... Firefighter picks? Really?! It's the exact same slate.... Who tf are these people??

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The Victoria sustainability network do this "gang of five" thing a lot.

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There's a common phrase you'll hear from opposing candidates, "the gang of five" This is *wild* to me, and I'm not sure if anyone is making the connection to the cultural revolution, but MY GOD this rhetoric needs to be tuned down. Do they really think Victoria council is being Maoist here?!?

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Hey, can you give some cold hard cash rebates to those of us that don't use gas at all? Maybe you can pay for it with not lowering this tax. Thanks greatly 🙏

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I wonder what happens if folks show up to these citizens assemblies and say "this is fine, actually" I think the whole thing is predicated on a silent majority sharing Bruce's vision for the city. I'm not sure he has a plan if people show up & oppose *checks notes* adding better vehicle access. Smh.

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I keep checking the score, and it keeps going up.

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Have you considered joining the great federation of Canada??

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But today, when left looking at the options for whom to give feilty to the highest government office, for federated control of the great NA.. Reviewing each of the options, the "leader" of the pack, can't help but think of arrested development.... "Her?" .... Not a great option.

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So where does that leave us. I think parts of Monroe make sense. We are separated by oceans from everyone else. Anyone entering NA with an invading force would not be welcome, I think that makes sense. I also think it makes sense for it to be a federation of 2nd level governments, states & provinces

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That is the hard stop for me. The place where I get off the annexation train. Americans don't provide basic freedoms to their populace. The constitution so many are sworn to defend & protect is a ragged ancient document that has no place guiding law in the year of our lord twenty twenty six

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And all of this without a fundamental and modern set of human rights. I need to look at amendments to find what should be encoded. And the things that haven't been encoded are substantial, left to reside on judicial convention which is eroded by bought & paid for legislators, judges & executors.

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The invasion of wealth into the political sphere, and the capability for corporate entities to excert considerable control over elected officials, and the politicization of public service and professional associations. The Mariana-Trench sized gap between those that can do this easily, and can't.

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The continued promotion of "culture wars" whereby sexual or gendered deviants are described with contempt, outright called paedophiles. Basic healthcare is denied, and for what - some kind of religious fervosity that stands in stark contrast to what I would describe as basic human rights?

It's terrifying the rhetoric coming out of Washington these days. Outright invading sovereign nations to acquire control of their oil fields (referring to Venezuela), to the threats of annexation of long standing allies & descriptions of immigrants and foreigners as vermin or parasites

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Back when it was announced (James Monroe, president of USA circa 1823) it was only targetted towards Europe, but has since come to encompass Russia, China and any foreign power the US views as a threat. Indeed Monroe is synonymous with "One America" ... That is, intended to be the whole continent.

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Rivikah @rivikah.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Having a thought on the Monroe Doctrine. This is basically the idea that "we [Americans] do our own colonizing over here, tyvm, we don't need no foreign European powers interfering with that."

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Meanwhile, I am pissed off that we didn't get a larger property tax increase this last cycle. We voted directly for a property tax increase and then council spends all this time debating what to cut to minimize the increase? No. Give us the increase we voted for. (This is about the pool)

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Just checked, completely sold out 😯 that's too bad, it looked really good

The max lime passes are definitely worth it. They expire in a month, and it's $35. If you use these bikes literally more than twice it makes sense to get subscription & pass. Works out to 10m/day. Buys a ride like this every couple days, good for cooldown!

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Finally got my watch to record the bike ride. Someone suggested to me Vancouver Street, which is a great suggestion, the whole scariness of cook st is avoided completely, much less busy street. I think next time I try Richardson down to St. Charles, that'll be the boundary of lime zone. Tour de #yyj

Lime receipt
30 Sep 2026 (5:00 PM - 5:46 PM)
12.2 km distance, 45:56 time.
Cost: 11.50 reduced to 0.00

Map of Victoria overlaid with a bike route. Fort to Vancouver, down through Beacon Hill, along Dallas Rd to Dock Rd, along the shared lanes in James Bay to Superior St, Then to Government, up to Wharf, along the Johnson St Bridge. Vic west harbour path to the trestle, Gorge Rd East to Hillside, Blanshard, back down Fort.

Hear rate graph overlaid with speed. Average speed: 20.6km/h. Max speed: 34.2km/h. Avg heart rate 155bpm. Max heart rate 185bpm

Specifically referring to Mike Harris here. I'm pretty sure he hasn't visited downtown Victoria since 2016, and gets all his views about this place from the lead-brained boomer takes on Facebook. There's a non-zero chance he rips up every single bike lane given the chance. I wouldn't put it past him

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This doesn't apply to everyone, obviously, but my goodness there is A LOT of old wealth here, and they want nothing more than to elect officials that sit in their hands and do nothing but establish an authoritarian state, because of the warzone. These people are detached from reality.

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Then tell them to take out their cheque book and give more, (call them and absolute cunt here if you need to, to really drive home the point), because they can afford it. They could afford to pay double what they are now, be real. Give that money to our place in the meantime.

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If someone looks you, straight in the eye, and says "property taxes are too high in Victoria, BC and need to be lowered," be sure to remind them of their million dollar home, then remind them to take a walk down 900 block and see how good they actually have it. Walk, don't drive. You'll be fine.

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Some of us who live here are VERY WEALTHY and some of us who live here are VERY POOR. Any increase to the only tax the city can realistically raise (property taxes) is bourne by the VERY WEALTHY property and business owners.

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Victoria has walkable infrastructure, a bike lane network. People are engaged with civics and the potential for major projects. People are well fed, get exercise, can be their true selves. The city could always use more investment. Yea, that's the other thing.

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If anyone leads with some kind of "broken" rhetoric, it's a hard no. This city is world class and anyone describing downtown core as some kind of warzone is a bit detached from reality. This is literally paradise? Like lemme go ahead and *broadly gesture* at the world at it's worst. Yet Victoria?

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Meanwhile, pointing at > 0 homeless people as a sign that absolutely nothing is being done, or what is being done is making everything worse, or whatever is being done is somehow causing a drug pandemic. What is clear is whatever IS being done is bad, everything is awful no one can fix this but me.

Thoughts on the #yyj municipal election. I think there's a lot of candidates out there that are decrying a "crisis" in the city , accusing existing elected of being arrogant, not listening to the public, and ramming $NICHE_PROJECT_SOME_NIMBY_TOLD_ME_ABOUT through council without any consultation.

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