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vanessainsquamish

@vanessainsquamish.bsky.social
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white settler on stolen land | squamish, bc | municipal/provincial/federal politics | climate change | things that amuse me | trans/queer rights | indigenous sovereignty.

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Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social · 5h
Françoise has a unique perspective on the disappointing difference between the David Eby of 2013 and David Eby now. And if you're in Vancouver-Fraserview, vote for Françoise! #BCPoli
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
But speaking of staying in one's lane, can we PLEASE switch the default position from "It's fine to use 'AI' for this thing I'm not an expert in" to "Yeah, I'd be really skeptical of any use cases and need to see strong evidence that it's okay, but I'm not the one who can produce that evidence"?
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Mike 🍁 @thewarrenisempty.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
At least BC still has a democratic socialist party
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BC Green Party @bcgreens.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
⚡POLICY DROP: Community Health Reform. bcgreens.ca/pledge-fundi...
Platform Announcement: Community Health Reform
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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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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Elections have a way of clarifying who matters to political parties (car owners) and whose priorities can wait for another day (transit advocates). My dispatch from Day 1 on David Eby’s four day mid-election road trip. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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ANALYSIS | Eby puts needs of car owners ahead of transit advocates in ruling out Metro Vancouver vehicle levy | CBC News
For the last 18 months, a vehicle levy has been talked about by TransLink as a potential way to create a more sustainable funding model, as revenue from fuel taxes continues to decline. But all that w...
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Types of Ghosts II
a series of crude drawings of ghosts.
At the top is the words "the world is full of ghosts
here are some you may recognize or learn to spot"
a tiny one labeled "single celled"
a long one labeled "snake"
a round one labeled "round"
one with a monitor on its head labeled "computer"
one with big teeth labeled "teeth"
a big one making a vacant expression labeled "boring"
one with a smaller one inside of it labeled "double ghost"
One with a cowboy hat and mustache labeled "cowboy"
a wide one labeled "wide"
one hiding behind a bush labeled "shy"
one wearing a trenchcoat and hat, labeled "secret"
one that is dripping a lot, labeled "wet"
one stuck in a can ring labeled "trapped"
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Carney greenwashes and also attempts to Indigenous-wash his pipeline, despite: 1) environmental experts making it clear his ocean conservation plan wont change the fact that this is an orca-killing project 2) Indigenous communities already sounding the alarm about insufficient consultation
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 01/10/2026
Global News asks what comes next. Carney says conditions will be laid out, and final work on environmental processes etc. (Side note: we reported today that there's still a route on the table that could send it to Squamish or the Sunshine Coast.)
nationalobserver.com
A pipeline through Whistler, BC?
The route for Alberta’s one-million-barrel-per-day Pacific Link pipeline project has been described as ending in the Lower Mainland, near Vancouver. But documents show it could expand its footprint in...
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 01/10/2026
So here's my plan: free soda in the vending machines
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As @jameswsthomson.com noted already, the sheer audacity of Carney to begin his oil pipeline announcement by mentioning a wildfire that almost levelled the town. WHAT IS EXACERBATING THE WILDFIRES MARK???? MARK???
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Kim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It has been over 11 years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada released its 93 calls to action. Since then, 14 of them have been completed. That is just 15%. In over a decade. www.indigenouswatchdog.org/2026/09/01/t...
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TRC Calls To Action Status: September 1, 2026 - Indigenous Watchdog
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Time for this classic again.
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Hannah Harris Green @whatsitlike.me · 29/09/2026
But one by one, Canadian OPCs are being shut down. This is not because they didn't successfully save lives. It's because Canada is moving to the right politically and away from harm reduction—something that is happening around the globe. Powell thinks these closures are a good thing.
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Hannah Harris Green @whatsitlike.me · 29/09/2026
This is my beat, but fact checking this piece taught me a lot. I learned abt the extraordinary success of Canadian overdose prevention centers (OPCs)— where people can inject drugs w supervision to avoid overdose & infection. 2 decades in operation, millions of injections overseen, only 1 death.
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Hannah Harris Green @whatsitlike.me · 28/09/2026
When I set out to fact check “The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs” which argues that harm reduction may increase overdoses, I expected some cherry picking and misdirection. But not to find basic math errors and debunked right wing talking points asserted as fact in the Atlantic’s print edition.
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Atlantic's anti-harm reduction screed riddled with errors
A close read of "The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs" found errors in basic arithmetic as well as more deliberately misleading elements
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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today, the BC NDP and BC Conservatives engaged in a downward spiral of rip and ship resource extraction that will hand over more taxpayer dollars to American and multinational corporations.
B.C. NDP, Conservatives both pledge to boost province's resource development
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@jkbjournalist.bsky.social reopened the Epstein case; Heidi Blake seems to have restarted the UK prosecuting Andrew Tate; Ronan Farrow, Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor made the system finally go after Weinstein for real. Journalism has again and again made the justice system do its job.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Conservatives keep making repealing the rights of Indigenous people the centre of their campaign and then act surprised that it's emboldening nazis
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stephanie wilson | windward antifascist @windward-afa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Earlier today, the white nationalist group Second Sons appeared at the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc reserve. We can't ignore the white nationalism & white supremacy normalizing residential school denialism, the erosion of Indigenous rights & rising anti-Indigenous racism. cfjctoday.com/2026/09/27/a...
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Apparent white nationalist gathering spotted on Tkʼemlúps reserve Sunday
TK'EMLUPS - A post on social media appears to show a group of masked individuals gathered on the Tkemlps te Se...
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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Wonkette @wonkettemedia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Is Writing An Essay An Appropriate Punishment For Gang Rape? Cornell Is About To Find Out! www.wonkette.com/p/is-writing... By Robyn Pennacchia @robynelyse.bsky.social
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Is Writing An Essay An Appropriate Punishment For Gang Rape? Cornell Is About To Find Out!
A former student has filed a lawsuit against the university for the way they handled her assault.
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Tracey Saxby @traceysaxby.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
3,680 wildfire stories. Only 170 mentioned climate change. The media plays a critical role to inform and educate the public. @theglobeandmail.com @vancouversun.bsky.social @theprovince.com @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social @globalnews.ca I call on you to do better. reclimate.ca/what-canadas...
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What Canada’s Wildfire Media Coverage Is Missing: Climate Change - Re.Climate
When wildfires strike, the news focuses on what’s happening now. But Canadians also need to understand why wildfires are getting worse and what can be done to solve it.
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Abundant Housing Vancouver @ahvancouver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why hasn't Shaughnessy developed into an urban area for tens of thousands of renters like Vancouver's first elite, mansion district: the West End? Walking tour Oct. 3rd!
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The YIMBYs go to Shaughnessy (birthday edition)
Let's walk around Shaughnessy and imagine a better city. Hedges for a few, or apartments on quiet streets for many?
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
APStylebook @APStylebook
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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.
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atomicker.bsky.social @atomicker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
BC Greens Leader Emily Lowan: "… we’ve seen a near decade of BC NDP government and every major issue has gotten worse. This government doesn’t have the vision or ambition to do anything but manage decline of the province." #BCPoli #BCGreenParty #NDP #ClimateCrisis #CostOfLivingCrisis #HousingCrisis
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BC Greens vow to fight for balance of power after early election call
With their opponents more fractured, under more party banners, the BC Greens are in a unique position this snap election.
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vanessainsquamish @vanessainsquamish.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
WANT.
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vanessainsquamish @vanessainsquamish.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Blammo.
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Moebius Stripper @moebiusstripper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
BC rn
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet accuses Carney of breaking Canada’s proverbial window and telling foreign companies to help themselves. He says Carney is weakening laws protecting workers and the environment and using —“instrumentalizing” — the Trump threat as an excuse.
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 19/09/2026
Live shot of the BC Conservative Party caucus.
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
skipped a pretty key step in the movie review process here
the free press: Hold Your Applause for the New Gaza Documentary
There may yet be hard truths in 'NAZA,, including evidence of Israel's systemic failures. But the reporting around it treats flimsy claims as proof of criminality.I haven't seen the film. This means I cannot confidently assess its editing, corroboration, or the
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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hello. They are going to try to fuck with your vote, and we are NOT going to let them. Last week I pinged my friend Dana Chisnell, who knows how elections work, and said "Hey, let’s make it hard for them to fuck with us.” Today, we are very proud to announce the HOW TO VOTE zine. howtovote.tips
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How to Vote / Cómo Votar
A free field guide to what stops people from voting, and what to do about it. English and Spanish, ready to print.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/09/2026
In an incredible move, Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada has announced a gender-affirming care clinic for trans youth, asserting tribal sovereignty and defying the region's ban. It is one of the biggest cross-movement solidarity moments in Canada. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Canada First Nation Leaders Announce They Won’t Comply With Alberta Trans Care Ban
“This is about more than one health service,” officials wrote. “It is about Indigenous sovereignty. It is about our responsibility to care for one another.”
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Disturbing, offensive, but perhaps fitting that Carney is seeking (much like far-right groups!) to rehab Sir John A’s reputation into that of a Great Uniter, rather than someone who engaged in horrific crimes against Indigenous people and Chinese immigrants (in part to build this project!)
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vanessainsquamish @vanessainsquamish.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Labour Day!
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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️
8 Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will. Based on a screenprint by Ricardo Levins Morales after the organizing work done by Robert Owen.
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 07/09/2025
I keep seeing posts about ai models like "actually they're good at this thing now!" but once you understand that ai tools are being built by fascists in service of attacks on humanity, whether or not they can generate useable code or do basic searches kind of stops being the main question
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I've seen everyone sharing that US Dialect Quiz so I decided to make my own, much crappier, CANADIAN DIALECT QUIZ to guess where in Canada you're from
A flow chart I have created with multiple questions and the answers determine where you're from.

Question 1 is do you call it a hydro bill (which then branches down to ON, QC, BC, MB) or an electric bill (which then branches down to SK, AB, NS, NB, PEI, NL)

Question 2 is do you call it a cabin (BC, MB, AB, SK) cottage (ON and atlantic) camp (northern Ontario) chalet (QC) or bungalow (Cape Breton)

To delineate BC from MB: do you call it dinner or supper

To delineate southern Ontario rural or big city: have you heard of a stag & doe

To delineate SK from AB: do you call a hoodie a bunnyhug

And finally to delineate NL from the other atlantic provinces: whaddayat? (Correct answer: dis is it b'y)
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I can't imagine loving quarterlies and oil and gas profits this much more than your own children
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Read me for free today! “The question that all B.C. Conservatives have to ask themselves is whether this descent into the septic tank of far-right grievance politics is the correct move to build support.” Latest from my column! www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/02/b...
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B.C. politics is in a race to the bottom - The Hill Times
The question that all B.C. Conservatives have to ask themselves is whether this descent into the septic tank of far-right grievance politics is the correct move to build support.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It is DEEPLY suspicious, in a world that is rapidly turning against the rich, that someone would finance a version of this film that tries to get us to empathize with a wealthy oppressor.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 31/08/2026
macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.
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Pulpfiction Books @pfbvan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Some self-defense stickers courtesy @robinbougie.bsky.social, for lovers, defenders & appreciators of human-made media.
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GeekFilter 🏳️‍🌈🐻 @geekfilter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
If you know what JK Rowling is doing & still choose to give money to the Harry Potter franchise, you’ve made your priorities pretty damn clear. I wondered if it was my imagination that HP references were multiplying. Nope! Check out @jessiegender.bsky.social's video. youtu.be/xxD1ekkA7hc?...
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Harry Potter Is Manufacturing Your Complicity
YouTube video by Jessie Gender After Dark
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 26/08/2026
The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs. Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too. Luckily, I have a guide for that.
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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UBCIC @ubcic.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Joan was a fearless warrior and inspirational leader, and we will miss her dearly. The family asks for privacy at this time, and in lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the B.C. Cancer Society.
Top of graphic is Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, and his wife, Joan Stewart Phillip. They are outside at a demonstration, with their fists raised. 

Text reads: The family of MLA Joan Phillip, Amshen, is deeply saddened to share that Joan passed away peacefully this afternoon, surrounded by her the love of her life, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, her children, grandchildren and family at the age of 74. Joan was a fearless warrior and inspirational leader, and we will miss her dearly. The family asks for privacy at this time, and in lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the B.C. Cancer Society.
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six @startwith4mgestradiolenanthateweeklyandtestatonetothreemonths.com · 25/08/2026
i sell a similar necklace. it's made of beads that spell out "listen to your kids and go to therapy." having trouble getting a seed round
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