Vyas Saran @vyas.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Run away from the suburbs all you want, the mall comes for thee. Thanks Justin for having me on and allowing me to write a little love letter to the mall I grew up with and continue to submit to. 4262
Vyas Saran @vyas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Anyone familiar with tenant displacement in the last 5 years alone knows that working class young people and immigrants (and not the N-driver Lamborghini kinds) are far more likely to be the ones facing displacement risk. 140
Vyas Saran @vyas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026ken sim spun a 180 so fast into a position opposite of his today that CERN came calling asking for advice from him, so this guy says they're acting in tandem? This is one example of the small but loud and unpleasant crowd making urbanists look very unreasonable. 140
Reposted by Vyas SaranDavid_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Classic win-now move. You have to give Pittsburgh credit for going for it while their championship window is open. 1022487342
Reposted by Vyas Saranryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 08/05/2026wild stuff e360.yale.edu/digest/china...e360.yale.eduPhotos Capture the Breathtaking Scale of China's Wind and Solar Buildout 23718207
Reposted by Vyas SaranPatrick Johnston 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @risingaction.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Dan Murphy, managing his way through the worst moment. theprovince.com/sports/hocke...theprovince.comCanucks: Spare a thought for MurphPJ's ponderings: The final acts are the hardest. Take Dan Murphy's efforts for the late John Garrett. 2414
Vyas Saran @vyas.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Calling my shot now: Stephanie Allen will win on October 17th. 091
Reposted by Vyas SaranGregory Balloch @gregballoch.bsky.social · 28/04/2026“Today is the first time I’ve uttered the word ‘Cheech’ and not smiled” - John Shorthouse on SN650 relaying the words he received from Chris Cuthbert after hearing about John Garrett’s passing 1336
Vyas Saran @vyas.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Nearly 30,000 raised in just over 24 hours. gofund.me/c4d29c06agofund.meDonate to Sean Orr is Suing Ken Sim – Help Fund the Fight, organized by Vyas SaranMy name is Sean Orr, and I’m a Vancouver City Councillor with COPE. On Febr… Vyas Saran needs your support for Sean Orr is Suing Ken Sim – Help Fund the Fight 273
Reposted by Vyas SaranCOPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors @copevancouver.bsky.social · 11/03/2026 “COPE has Sean's back. So does Vancouver. We’re going to ensure he’s re-elected with a commanding mandate.” Full statement: www.votecope.ca/news/ 46312
Vyas Saran @vyas.bsky.social · 10/03/2026SueKenSim.ca has raised nearly $8,000 in less than 5 hours. 060
Vyas Saran @vyas.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Lawsuits are expensive. Unlike Ken, Sean wasn't elected as a wealthy man with friends in high places. But he does have you. If you don't have much to give, give $16 (the number of times Ken apologized in one interview). If you have more, please give more. SueKenSim.ca Please share.gofundme.comDonate to Sean Orr is Suing Ken Sim – Help Fund the Fight, organized by Vyas SaranMy name is Sean Orr, and I’m a Vancouver City Councillor with COPE. On Febr… Vyas Saran needs your support for Sean Orr is Suing Ken Sim – Help Fund the Fight 06930
Reposted by Vyas SaranJustin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Sean Orr has filed legal action against Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim for saying to media without evidence that Orr was dealing drugs on Christmas Day 2451897
Reposted by Vyas SaranPete Quily @pqpolitics.bsky.social · 28/02/2026ABC Lenny Zhou deleted #WeChat video (smearing ALL #Vanpoli opposition councillors as drug users & drug dealers) & apologized But in English only Meaning thousands of Mandarin Chinese speakers in Vancouver may not know this is a lie. Mike Tan via @vyas.bsky.social www.tiktok.com/@miketanyvr/...tiktok.comVancouver Mayor Ken Sim and Cllr Lenny Zhou spread lies calling non ABC Cllrs Drug Users and Drug Dealers on Chinese social media and to Chinese media. Cllr Zhou has apologized in English. I am callin...TikTok video by MikeTanYVR 2106
Vyas Saran @vyas.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Mike Tan, running for a OneCity nomination, offers his perspective on Mayor Ken Sim/Cllr Zhou’s manipulation of the Chinese community against Cllr @seanorr.bsky.social 2196
Reposted by Vyas SaranKent Clark @comicbooksuperhero.ca · 21/02/2026This is such an important point: the toxic drug crisis is not an issue of the DTES or of Vancouver, the plurality of deaths occur in towns across BC. It's easy to ignore when you assume it's just some group of "others" dying on the street. But it's not. It's your neighbours. Dying in their homes. 1168
Reposted by Vyas SaranJustin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Sean Orr is all but certain to run for council instead of mayor, but him getting thousands more views for his announcement than Azaroff’s ultimatum post is an affirmation to COPE supporters that they have their own leverage in these conversations 510412
Vyas Saran @vyas.bsky.social · 04/12/2025if the city is removing these important ways for residents to communicate concerns to the government they should just post the $450,000 per year city manager donnie van dyk’s address so we can talk to him in person 071
Reposted by Vyas SaranMichelle Gamage @michellegamage.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Been covering DULF's constitutional challenge for @thetyee.ca this week. Crown prosecutors have tried to poke lots of small holes in what founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum were doing. Nyx and Kalicum have largely defended themselves saying they were doing the best they knew how at the time. 47634
Reposted by Vyas SaranMichelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 25/11/2025when you hear city councillors like @lisadominato.bsky.social say that this budget reduces the financial pressure on seniors, people with disabilities, and families — remember all of those people can defer their property taxes indefinitely. this is a bad argument I hear too often. 2296
Reposted by Vyas SaranRobert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 23/11/2025The Cowichan hysteria keeps getting dumber. Now cities are coming out to make statements about old land claims - if the news is going to cover it, they should mention it's been on the First Nation's website for nearly a decade. It's not some big secret. 1/2 globalnews.ca/news/1153572...globalnews.caKwikwetlem First Nation filed a land claim in 2016 including the Riverview lands | Globalnews.caThe land in question covers several publicly-owned parcels in Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam, including the Riverview lands, but not private properties. 23212
Vyas Saran @vyas.bsky.social · 22/11/2025the last time i saw hockey at pacific coliseum evander kane was good 080
Reposted by Vyas SaranMichelle Gamage @michellegamage.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Vancouver's last all-night drop in centre for street-based sex workers is facing an uncertain future as the city considers changing how its funded. If the KCS closed there would be no other drop in centres for sex workers, anywhere in the city. That's dangerous. thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...thetyee.caVancouver’s Last Sex Worker Drop-In Centre May Shutter in Spring | The TyeeThe city is changing how it funds Kingsway Community Station. That’s ‘dangerous,’ its program director says. 01515
Reposted by Vyas SaranAndrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Health Canada convened an independent expert advisory group in 2020 to provide guidance on safer supply. Health Canada heavily redacted its final report, but unredacted version obtained by CBC shows the expert group said drug crisis is driven by prohibition and recommended expansion of safer supply 314885
Vyas Saran @vyas.bsky.social · 13/11/2025very impressed by COPE Councillor Orr for reporting summaries of every speaker for this budget, and actually staying until the end unlike most ABC councillors my crude count is there were less than 10 in favour, roughly 260 opposed, with around 330 more speakers to go. 27716
Reposted by Vyas SaranStewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 13/11/2025Austerity budgets are always about short-term gains, and long term losses. Vancouver's City Council is voting on a budget that will save little and cost the city much. stewartprest.substack.com/p/vancouver-...stewartprest.substack.comVancouver Goes SmallThe city risks big new problems with its proposed turn to austerity 1259
Reposted by Vyas Sarankaren ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 31/10/2025we all understand what's happening here, right 35914
Reposted by Vyas SaranAndrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 31/10/2025In 100 per cent unsurprising news, the bank that supposedly pulled funding from a Richmond project because of the Cowichan court decision says it definitely did not pull funding because of the Cowichan court decision www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/cou...thecanadianpressnews.caCouncillor says $100M project denied loan over Cowichan case, bank says not a factorA Richmond, B.C., councillor says a company based in the city has been refused financing for what she says is a $100 million project because of uncertainty over their site 59540
Reposted by Vyas SaranClement Nocos @clementnocos.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Every time Anthony Banda in the Dodgers bullpen. 032
Vyas Saran @vyas.bsky.social · 28/10/2025this is why watching sports from the west coast is superior 170
Reposted by Vyas SaranClark @clrkaitken.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Playoff hockey OT has the “snort cocaine riding a motorcycle out of a helicopter” quote, but playoff baseball extra innings is like playing Russian Roulette every fifteen seconds 7919277
Vyas Saran @vyas.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Why is an ABC Vancouver politician contacting a person making death threats against Councillor Orr? This person claims to know Orr's address, is doxxing him, and advising people on how to break into his home. Does ABC Mayor Ken Sim condone doxxing and murdering public officials? #vanpoli 32510
Reposted by Vyas Saranirina cerić @irinaceric.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Seriously considering using this when teaching Aboriginal Title (under Cdn settler law). You can trace these stages in the caselaw, from St. Catherine's Milling (3-5) to Calder (5-6) to Tsilhqot'in (6-7). 274
Reposted by Vyas SaranRedeye @redeyeradio.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Our Starter Pack! You can follow these progressive folx we curated, and get started building a great feed. Click on the URL and choosing any or all to follow. Please share widely! go.bsky.app/CbHSC2k 13217
Reposted by Vyas SaranAdam @chalicotherex.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Late November, time to crack out the Lydia Tàr Christmas album 1143
Reposted by Vyas SaranChenchen Zhang 🤦🏻♀️ @chenchenzhang.net · 16/11/2024she's the reason the "international human rights regime" still has meanings 8446153
Reposted by Vyas SaranKatie J. Wells @katiejwells.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Bok, in an epic project, "investigate[d] the moneyed world of conferences and contracting that has sprung up around urban solutions — and whether they’re actually solving anything at all." Thrilled to see some of the first reporting on her findings. 094
Vyas Saran @vyas.bsky.social · 15/11/2024if you are a driver and you want to honk your horn a lot, but in a healthy productive way that supports the labour movement, go to your nearest canada post depot and let that thing go next to the picket line. the posties are on strike! bsky.app/profile/tony... 1151
Vyas Saran @vyas.bsky.social · 15/11/2024garland: wow rick these burgers are delicious, what’s in’em? tocchet: well connor, do you remember when i said i’d “make something” out of vinny desharnais? #canucks 060
Reposted by Vyas SaranDana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 15/11/20242 more prisoners died this morning. www.newarab.com/analysis/new...newarab.comNew Palestinian testimonies reveal horrors of Israel's prisonsIn-depth: Harrowing testimonies from Tariq Abed and Al-Araby TV journalist Mohammed Arab reveal shocking details of torture, rape, and abuse in Israeli jails. 212295
Reposted by Vyas SaranOlamide Olaniyan @olapalooza.bsky.social · 15/11/2024jordan peterson in a save-on-foods aisle, frothing at the mouth at the thought of “western family” 25011
![Edit of 2022 @picardie_aurora tweet about Biden learning that Queen Elizabeth died
chief of staff: Mr. Mamdani. very sad news. Dick Cheney has died.
Mamdani: [munching a spoonful of ghee]" hot damn. we do that?
in the original Biden was munching "a block of Kerrygold butter"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zltqtmydso6kikzw7wafpj4p/bafkreihpg5hk26jxsemsekvhnlzyfudz7bmlxmpz54q4jvdz3ihjati2ii)
