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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 5h

She already is the most credible leader standing. She’s also the only one that was elected by her party. Our support for her has not wavered.

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 8h

When they go low, we go Lowan 😉

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 17h

In computer science, garbage in, garbage out is the concept that flawed or poor quality information or input produces results or output of similar quality. Believe in better. Hold onto your values, not your noses. In this election, vote for the BC Greens, Lowan and strong candidates like me. #BCPoli

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The ridiculous sparring between Eby and Doerkson is precisely what British Columbians are going to end up with at the Legislature without the BC Greens to reign them in and push back against the dysfunction of their performative verbal brawling. #bcpoli #LeadersDebate

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Couldn’t be more humbled than to receive an endorsement from Joshua Wright one of the staunchest forest defenders on both sides of the border.

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

En Colombie-Britannique 74K personnes parlent français à la maison. 15% du personnel de la BFC Esquimalt est francophone. En tant que député, il est de mon devoir de servir également les francophones qui vivent à Esquimalt et ailleurs dans la province. #bcpoli #langueofficielle

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Come out on Oct. 15th to support South Island Green candidates. I’ll be there, along with BC Green party leader, Emily Lowan.

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

If you believe in better, and think the BCGreens can get us there, come out and canvass with me. It’s a street party! 🙌🏼

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Il faut corriger “les planètes” à “la planète.” Nous n'avons pas tant d'influence que ça. 😉🪐

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

We got out into the woods and into the streets today with a message of optimism in the face of cynicism. In this election, vote Green and hold your values not your nose, as we’ve all been forced to so many times before. Make the leap to Green! 💚🌲 Thanks to the walkers and canvassers who joined me.

Smiling faces on people who are crouched or standing in a group photo at the beach with Green Candidate Sidney Coles.

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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Today the Premier revealed his environmental platform: re-announcing a marine plan signed two years ago, a land target from 2023 and a data centre power cap that’s already in force. What he didn’t say, is that his own government admits B.C. will miss its climate targets.

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Working on it, Matt. :) We should have them soon. 🙂

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

If you live in Esquimalt, Colwood, Vic West or View Royal, there’s no better way to spend a pre-election evening! Come find out more about me and where the BC Greens stand on the issues that matter most to you. Bring your 🍿 leave as part of the Green Wave.

ESQUIMALT-COLWOOD
PROVINCIAL
CANDIDATE MEETING
(includes Vic West + View Royal)
7:30-9 pm Tuesday, October 13th
Live Online Zoom Meeting
(will also be recorded)
Hear where the candidates stand on a wide variety of issues. Use the QR code in the post to register.

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The worsening climate crisis means we need to get serious about food security in BC. The Agricultural Land Act protects ALR land but does not expressly require it to be used for food production or food security. BC Greens will create a public land back and refuse billionaire land grabs. #farmers

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

As a person who has worked in the humanitarian aid sector, the racist and colonial opportunism of this unethical research is not astonishing but it is profoundly disturbing. Opting out of vaccine and pharmaceutical equity in this way is not an unacceptable R&D methodology.

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

You bet! The thread is super helpful. ✊🏼💚

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I had the pleasure of being interviewed this morning by Ryan and Lisa on CFAX radio 1070. Here is the interview in full. To those in my riding,I want to be the bridge between your every day and rhe Legislature. m.youtube.com/watch?v=R9Si...

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"Take a look at our platform:" BC Green candidate says Lowen breathes new energy into party #BCpoli

YouTube video by CFAX 1070

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Who showed up today for Old Growth? A brilliant coalition of grassroots organizers and the BC Greens, that’s who! We sent a clear message to the NDP and to Forestry Minister Ravi Parmar Hands off old growth! #ProtectForests

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

On this National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Gender Diverse People, it must be acknowled that, since the 2019, when the MMIWG2S National Inquiry issued its 123 Calls for Justice, progress has been shamefully slow. No more delays for our Indigenous sisters.

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My highest campaign value? Service. Service to the people who put me in office. Provincial politics must be better connected to municipal realities, the communities that make up the electoral map. It’s not an abstract concept.You listen then you respond by pushing for policies that meet their needs.

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The tanker route for the proposed new pipeline. One spill of Alberta oil sands bitumen around Race Ricks will impact the Esquimalt-Colwood shoreline for hundreds of years. Tell Eby it’s not worth the risk to the whales, orcas, fish, otters, herring, and shore birds that live there. #VotegGreen

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Amnesty Canada @amnesty.ca · 02/10/2026

Our world is in a state of climate emergency. Canada could be part of the solution; regrettably, it has chosen to be a major part of the problem amnesty.ca/press-releas...

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LNG Canada Phase II advancement a major blow to climate, Indigenous rights, Amnesty International says

The Canadian government has announced that the investors behind LNG Canada have opted to proceed with Phase II of the project.

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You know what I wish? I wish the health and wellbeing of Canadians was a matter of national security. The Liberals and the BC NDP have lost the plot of what it means to believe in a liveable, sustainable present and future. $100M on a snap election could have been diverted to healthcare in BC.

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

As parents, the concerns are global. Climate impacts don’t respect borders or riding boundaries. BC Greens are fighting for the same things. A vote for the BC Greens is a vote for a liveable future. I’m running in Esquimalt-Colwood. Let’s turn it Green! 💚

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Lifting my hands to the hard-working organizers from the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations of today's South Island Powwow on this day of Truth and Reconciliation. MC Gordon Cuthbert reminded us that reconciliation is not just about a single day, but a journey. #TruthAndReconciliation

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BC Green Party @bcgreens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"I want to support Esquimalt and Colwood in continuing to be places where people and their families feel welcome, safe, and are able to thrive." - Sidney Coles @westernwriter.bsky.social

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Mimi @mimibbee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Canadian Government needs to step in where AI data centres are involved. Sign the petition.

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So proud to be part of Team Green ✊🏼💚

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“More than 489m hectares (1.2bn acres) of forests have been cleared since 1990, while an even greater area is degraded, the world body said in a call for governments to make forest restoration a national priority.” #forests

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 29/09/2026

It’ll be difficult to find something more.. “less than smart” than this WH Accord on “self regulating super intelligence”.

White House Accord on Super Intelligence
Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities
In order to build a positive future for the American people and the world, we believe every company is responsible for developing its own technology safely and in a way that builds trust with customers and the public.
This starts with every company that is training and deploying frontier models having robust internal processes and controls to ensure that their technology behaves as intended and that any issues are promptly identified and resolved. Therefore, in addition to any other precautions, we believe each company should implement the following four layers of controls and audits:
(1) Implement robust internal controls to monitor the capabilities and alignment of its models during training and deployment around areas like cybersecurity, biosecurity, and chemical threats, and to ensure that its models do not hack or access technical systems in unintended ways.
2) Empower an internal team to ensure all of the controls, monitoring, and detection are operating as intended, and that any issues are remediated.
(3) Partner with an independent external auditor or evaluator to carry out independent assessments of whether the controls, monitoring, and detection are operating as intended.
(4) Designate an independent committee of the board of directors to oversee and receive reports from the teams operating the controls and the intemal and external auditors and evaluators, as well as to ensure any issues identified are remediated.
Together, these steps will give each company, its customers, and the public confidence that the technology is operating as intended.
The participating companies will meet regularly to establish standards and best practices to improve the safety of their systems.
Over time, it may make sense to codify these steps into laws or regulations. Regardless of whether this is required of companies, we believe that implementing these controls and audits is critical to en…

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026

Germany is building a digital Noah's Ark for US climate data www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Emily Lowan (she/her) @emilylowan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

David Eby just called a snap election, right on top of local municipal elections. #bcelection2026

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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Masked Canadian white nationalists came onto Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc territory at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School carrying a banner asking “Got Bones?” This is a disgusting provocation a few days before Orange Shirt Day/Natl Day of Truth & Reconciliation.

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Sidney Coles PhD, PhD @westernwriter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A beautiful concert in Esquimalt by Victoria Baroque sponsored by the Township Community Arts Council. Great setting at the Ward Room at the CFB there. #music #arts

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