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real housewives scholar. lying dog-faced pony soldier. municipal politics enjoyer. long suffering mariners fan. 📍🌃 MST Territories

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vanna orecchio @vannaorecchio.bsky.social · 17h
If I send you a fundraising email at 12:17am. And you open it. And click every link. You need to sign up to volunteer. Idk man.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17h
“This is one of the most immediate, concrete, tangible, real, and affordable things that we can do to start to get control of our high energy costs, but also save our planet."
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California just made it legal to turn balconies into tiny power plants
It's the largest state to greenlight plug-in solar panels that help reduce home energy bills.
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vanna orecchio @vannaorecchio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“It’s a huge challenge, but it’s nothing compared to fighting for your life with cancer.” My bestie Katrina lost her best friend, Sarah, to cancer. Katrina is running the Royal Victoria Half Marathon & fundraising for BC Cancer. And she’s only $1400 from her goal.
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First-time Victoria marathon runner honours friend who died of cancer
VITAL PEOPLE: First-time Royal Victoria Marathon runner is taking part to honour her friend, who died of cancer. Tess van Straaten reports.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hacked by a moth.
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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
62% of Canadians say dollar-for-dollar tariffs on US goods is the correct response - 16% say it's too weak, according to Angus Reid
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William Azaroff @wazaroff.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Vancouver has some of the worst air quality in the world right now. So today, we're announcing the Cool, Clean Air, and Safe Spaces Strategy. One standard, applied to every school, every library, every community centre in Vancouver, whether it's run by Council, Park Board, or School Board. 🧵 1/11
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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 28/07/2026
So Vancouver council voted down the Villages plan (as expected) …. But it seems they did pass the updates to R3 zoning that would enable projects like our “Four/Five” single stair prototype to be built in existing R3 zones.
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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
To the people who still envision a walkable, vibrant Vancouver, it's still possible. ABC killed the plan today, but OneCity is committed to bringing more diverse, thriving neighbourhoods to every community. Be a part of it - donate or volunteer at the link in bio.
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vanna orecchio @vannaorecchio.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
These fucking smacked and one was kinda custardy. And the entire bottle of wine made it taste like ~more~
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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 21/07/2026
@wazaroff.bsky.social @onecityvan.bsky.social "We talk about the difference between changes being required versus being permitted." www.onecityvancouver.ca/villages_plan
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William's Open Letter to Vancouver on the Villages Plan
Building a Vancouver for Everyone
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/07/2026
Jimothy, a raccoon with a spinal condition in Seattle, has gone from being a local legend to a national celebrity after several videos of the critter circulated on social media this month and made him an internet celebrity. nyti.ms/4bSwA1q
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Heather H (she/her/Heather) @oneeyedgraeae.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Jimothy, the most famous thing to come from Ballard since Jean Smart.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 13/07/2026
I don’t think Canadian politicians are obligated to make public statements or share their personal condolences when South Carolinian elected officials die of natural causes
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patrick.kennedy @thedotcity.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
we *could* build as much transit as we could ever need.
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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 11/06/2026
Tirana has emerged in recent years as the Balkans’ most ambitious cycling city. What began as a modest effort to introduce bike infrastructure has grown into a broader vision of child-friendly urbanism; combining hardware, software, and orgware into a wholistic strategy for reclaiming public space.🧵
People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along protected infrastructure lined with buildings, trees, lighting, and signage in.central Tirana.People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along protected infrastructure lined with buildings, trees, lighting, and signage in.central Tirana.People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along protected infrastructure lined with buildings, trees, lighting, and signage in.central Tirana.People of all ages and abilities ride bicycles along protected infrastructure lined with buildings, trees, lighting, and signage in.central Tirana.
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vanna orecchio @vannaorecchio.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
what if we kissed at the dump 🥺
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BC Non-Profit Housing Association @bcnpha.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Take a look inside Sen̓áḵw. Hiy̓ám̓ ta Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Housing Society will oversee 1,200 affordable housing units for Squamish Nation members as part of the Indigenous-led development in Vancouver. ow.ly/fHp750Z5GYS #IndigenousHousing #AffordableHousing
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A look inside the rental homes of Senakw's first tower, with tenants now moving in | Daily Hive | Urbanized
This is the first look inside the market rental homes of Senakw's first tower, now complete and entering occupancy this week.
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Vulture @vulture.com · 03/06/2026
Bari Weiss’s latest moves have blown up ‘60 Minutes’ — the crown jewel of CBS News. That’s probably the point, columnist Joe Adalian writes.
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The Plot Against 60 Minutes
Bari Weiss’s latest moves have blown up ‘60 Minutes’ — the crown jewel of CBS News. That’s probably the point, columnist Joe Adalian writes.
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vanna orecchio @vannaorecchio.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
vanna, what’s your favourite movie about the labour movement? chicken run.
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vanna orecchio @vannaorecchio.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
J Pod has the opportunity to do the funniest possible thing.
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vanna orecchio @vannaorecchio.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
*dying breath* Sale. One day sale. One day only at the Bon Marche.
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Anna Fahey @trufahey.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
#WALeg said yes to more light-filled apartment homes by legalizing scissor stairs statewide. www.sightline.org/2026/05/13/w...
sightline.org
Washington Passes First Statewide Scissor Stair Reform | Sightline Institute
The measure ushers in more light-filled, infill-suited apartment homes—and sets a model for other states.
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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
My @thetyee.ca piece today is an interview with legendary Vancouver city hall reporter Frances Bula. She's hanging up her press badge to run for council with @onecityvan.bsky.social this October.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/05/2026
According to Bozeman Tenants United, King Arthur and Mountain Meadows Parks have now officially been sold to an undisclosed buyer. The tenant union has voted to continue its rent strike until the new owners drop the rent hike and bargain with the union.
motherjones.com
"It's Life Alert or rent": Montana trailer park tenants are on rent strike
Mobile home rents are soaring nationwide as private equity firms snap up trailer parks.
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vanna orecchio @vannaorecchio.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Mark Carney should buy Spirit Airlines and call it a major project 🫡
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Dan Bertolet @danbertolet.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The perfect, low-cost, infill solution for retrofitting detached house neighborhoods anywhere and everywhere: Six 900 sf, 2-bedroom flats. Selling for $300k (in Portland). On a standard 5,000 sf house lot. Bottom two units accessible. No on-site parking. www.redfin.com/OR/Portland/...
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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 05/05/2026
Even whales aren't safe from being hit by inanimate vehicles in the passive voice
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vanna orecchio @vannaorecchio.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
basking in the thrill of watching my childhood friend win her episode of jeopardy. go madeline go!
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 01/05/2026
a very good, concise explainer worth sending to anyone who thinks the panic over private property begins with DRIPA (and could be resolved by dismantling it)
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vanna orecchio @vannaorecchio.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
the guy doing my routine immigration fingerprinting just shrugged and said, “meh, good enough for government work.” I love him.
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vanna orecchio @vannaorecchio.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
there’s something so pure and girlypop about getting your hair done and ordering lunch with everyone who works at the salon. the people crave community.
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 23/04/2026
Fascinating article on an island lovingly tended by the Coast Salish, a reminder that a lot of the mythology surrounding the environment puts a heavy focus on 'untouched wilderness' when in fact Indigenous people have been consciously working with the land for centuries.
biographic.com
Tending to Paradise
A rare prairie ecosystem shaped by humans in Washington State exemplifies a shift in how conservationists envision our relationship with the natural world.
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
A healthy neighborhood should have diversity of housing types, serving for families at all stages of life.
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vanna orecchio @vannaorecchio.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
happy taurus season, we’re oxmaxxing 🐂
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Bro, you didn't see the Slack? Did you read my email? I sent it to you on Signal. Did it disappear? I texted you. Wait, I meant WhatsApp. I called you. I assigned it to you on Notion. I added you to the invite. It's on the Discord, did you see it? You're not in that channel?
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vanna orecchio @vannaorecchio.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The voters yearn for whimsy.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/04/2026
what’s funny about this is that tarantino wrote this “ezekiel 25:17“ for the film. it isn‘t actually in the bible. publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseth-bo...
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Hegseth Borrows Violent Prayer from ‘Pulp Fiction’ to Bless Iran War at April Pentagon Worship Service
For the second month in a row, Pete Hegseth, who likes to call himself “secretary of war,” read a violent prayer — that echoes a scene in the Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction — during a worship ser...
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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This is more than legislation. This work is personal to me. theonion.com/illinois-bec...
theonion.com
Illinois Becomes First State To Require Haircut Leave While Bob Grows Out
SPRINGFIELD, IL—As the landmark bipartisan legislation passed into law Thursday, Illinois became the first state in the union to mandate paid haircut leave while an employee’s new bob grows out. “Effe...
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Forbes @forbes.com · 13/04/2026
Now 14 months in, Canada’s rejection of the U.S. is the most successful tourism boycott in memory.
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Canadians Visiting U.S. By Car Down 35% In 2 Years
Now 14 months in, Canada’s rejection of the U.S. is the most successful tourism boycott in memory.
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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Master-class, feature length commentary here about Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, how cities evolve, and how cities find sustenance when Trump demonizes them at every turn. Via Frank Wilkinson: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Boston’s Michelle Wu Is a Model Wartime Mayor
Building affordable housing and filling potholes while trying to protect a democracy and economy under siege: Welcome to the world of a blue-city boss in the Trump era.
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Saad Asad @realsaadasad.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Most small Seattle apartment buildings have no elevator — locking out seniors, wheelchair users, and parents with strollers. Washington just passed a law allowing smaller, cheaper elevators. Other states should follow. www.sightline.org/2026/03/19/w...
sightline.org
Washington State Leads on Elevator Reform
Washington State Leads on Elevator Reform
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
so happy for my emotional support astronauts
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vanna orecchio @vannaorecchio.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I’m going to need Artemis II to come home so I stop crying. Naming a crater after an astronaut’s late wife? Apollo crew members sending wake-up calls? Bringing a piece of the Wright brothers plane with them? I can’t handle this.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
These are legitimately gorgeous www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/r...
nytimes.com
Designs for New York’s A.D.U.s Are Here. These Are Our Favorites.
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Duncan Deeznuts @parasocialista.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Not every time "Washington State passed SB6354 by overwhelming margins, allowing Rivian&Lucid to sell vehicles direct to consumer, ending Tesla’s monopoly on direct EV sales. The bill passed after Rivian spent $4.6 million on a ballot initiative threat that forced dealer associations to negotiate"
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Rivian Threatened a Ballot Measure. Washington Just Opened Its Doors.
Washington State passed SB 6354 by overwhelming margins, allowing Rivian and Lucid to sell vehicles directly to consumers and ending Tesla’s 12-year monopoly on direct EV sales in the state. The bill ...
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patrick.kennedy @thedotcity.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Did this interview with an Oakland reporter but hadnt seen the story, on Oakland's high rankings in the Atlas of Inner City Highway Impacts oaklandside.org/2026/03/12/o...
oaklandside.org
How could Oakland raise billions in revenue? New report suggests removing freeways
The highway impact report found Oakland forgoes $23.9 billion in development and $181 million a year in property taxes thanks to urban land swallowed up by freeways.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
pete hegseth firing everyone but his tailor
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Patrick Johnstone @pjnewwest.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Really proud of this work led by Councillors Nakagawa and Henderson. #NewWest continues to lead in protecting renters, in this case we may be saving lives when the next Heat Dome arrives.
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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is taking Indigenous culture past the Moon: his mission patch was designed by Henry Guimond, an Anishinaabe artist, incorporating one Indigenous perspective about the seven sacred laws, which are represented by animals. 🧪 #ArtemisII
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Jeremy Hansen's patch for the Artemis II mission
CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen's patch was created for his participation in the Artemis II mission by Anishinaabe artist Henry Guimond. It includes personal and Indigenous elements important to Jeremy.
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Eastside Urbanism @eastsideurbanism.org · 01/04/2026
📆😂 www.bellevuechamber.org/news/bellevu...
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Mayor's Cheekbones Exceed Development Height Restrictions
Bellevue building inspectors issued a formal notice of violation this week after determining that Mayor Mo Malakoutian's cheekbones exceed allowable height limits under the city's land use code.
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