Alasdair Lindop
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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦@snarkysteff.bsky.social · 5d agoVote early for municipal elections, BC. You're "just not into politics"? Your landlord is. Your employer is. Guy whose doorbell sas it's recording you every time you walk by, he votes. Folks who hate immigrants, they're "into" voting. You won't shape your city? They will. #bcpoli #yyj #yvr
Just as well there aren't any candidates in the upcoming Vancouver election that recently used to work for the VPD....
P.O.W.E.R.@policeoversight.ca · 7d agoNEW: Behind the Vancouver Police distortion of hate crime statistics The VPD "altered their posted press release after the publication of my story, and added a new, more accurate graphic that aligned closer to the data obtained via FOI" @brishti.bsky.social www.policeoversight.ca/p/behind-the...
Can confirm that running a 15k route with a pub and two beers at the 7.5 km mark is not a good idea
Gotta shut down the factory that makes this kinda guy
Took a whole 3 minutes from push off from the dock for the alarm of the BMW next to us to go off. #bcferries
This might be the most interesting real estate project in North America right now when it comes to the debate over how to build more housing and bring down the cost of rent. Today: The story of a place called Sen̓áḵw and the skyscrapers NIMBYs couldn’t stop. buff.ly/FM2xPrJ
The guy wearing a MAGA wandering the children's area of the Calgary Science Centre, days after his people murdered elementary school kids has a lot of fucking nerve.
re: hockey, Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest boxers ever to live, gave up three years in the prime of his life — years in which his fighting would have been at peak; actual money incalculable — rather than fight in an unjust war, so noping out on grandpa’s burger bash should be an easy choice
If I still lived in the UK, I'd be joining the upswell
The Green Party of England & Wales@greenparty.org.uk · 9mo agoHelp us make hope normal again. Join the Green Party now.
What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last yr.NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.
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My team at @sightline.org is growing again! We're looking for someone with research and writing chops who's eager to address the climate crisis through state and local policy in the Pacific Northwest. Application deadline: July 21st. Spread the word!
Sightline Institute@sightline.org · last yr.We're hiring a lead researcher for our Climate + Energy program! You could steer our efforts to transition Cascadia off coal, oil, and gas to a clean energy future. 👓 Influence climate policy at the state-, local-, and provincial-levels 💲$106-$125k + 10% retirement 📍Remote from Cascadia
Congestion pricing by the # ‘s 6 months in: * 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily * Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65% * Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025 * $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements * B’way attendance +12% * Subway ridership +7% So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
Somewhere, Joanna newsom is practicing her harp and smiling at Andy Samberg saying, “for once, I don’t have to be ashamed of my cousin”
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.Newsom: "Arrest me. Let's just get it over with, tough guy. I don't give a damn ... Tom, arrest me. Let's go."
Ms Rachel got attacked for refusing to erase the children of Gaza so she responded by making a music video with 3 yo Rahaf, a double amputee from Gaza who lost her legs in an Israeli strike. Be a bad-ass like Ms Rachel. My toddler loves her. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtq-...
YouTube star Ms. Rachel sings with 3-year-old double amputee from Gaza
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra)
