Distraction is the second leading cause of fatal crashes in our region and province. We hope that all candidates take that seriously, especially those from a party campaigning on public safety. (Video from ABC School Board Candidate Lina Vargas on Instagram)

A reminder on Green council candidate Stephanie Smith

GRIDS Vancouver@grids.reillywood.com · 7mo ago

the story here is that she is widely believed to have been a jerk under the anonymous EastVanHalen handle on Twitter. later when she switched to a public handle she took inspiration from what must have been an important moment in her life: opposing social housing bsky.app/profile/jmce...

Every year of my life I get more and more progressive and more and more confident I will -never- be like Colleen Hardwick. ✌️

Yep, nailed it. Notorious Trump fan over here — definitely me and not the Hardwick voters and their far right connections! My single issue remains never voting for Colleen Hardwick and how absolutely vile she is. ✌️

No Council change or bureaucratic overhaul is going to fix the structural problem that most efficient, timeline driven people cannot stand to work in civic government because of the pace and layers of bureaucracy that slow it down. You can’t just change policy, it’s an entire culture.

I don’t know about this website, man. Seems weird to call a “political compromise” the boldest thing the Provincial government has ever done on housing to combat municipalities that refuse to construct anything, anywhere, that had immediate beneficial impact in cities that aren’t dicks about it.

In other news, John Mayer just announced a 6 day residency at the Sphere in April, bringing back the acoustic / full band / Trio format from the Hollywood Bowl show, and I cannot go for a number of reasons I cannot yet speak about. But I am absolutely devastated.

When your team has been decimated across 4 layoffs over a year, all of you coming from a privately held firm that protected it’s people in tough markets before being bought out by a publicly traded corporate behemoth, how can you possibly get those who remain to care? Everyone is checked out.

If you are in line to quit the BC Conservative Party, stay in line!

Why are new hardcover books $44 dollars now. What is happening. Do not tell me there is this kind of inflation on paper.

Not to Gaylor on main, but Joe Alwyn changing his Instagram profile photo to the Truman Show sure is suspicious.

Colleen Hardwick barely getting more than whatever that Vancouver Liberal dude stands for besides wanting to win is incredible. If nothing else, TEAM failing spectacularly election after election at least keeps me going in this city.

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦@jmcelroy.bsky.social · 3w ago

A new Vancouver mayoral poll by local pollster Justason is out. FRY 45% SIM 30% HARDWICK 11% ALLAM 10% BLIGH 5% Sample size of 509 and was online only, but obviously supports the notion that the left has consolidated support behind Fry quickly.

BAN LEFTS ON ARTERIALS, MY GOD

This is how you Mayor.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 3w ago

No New Yorker should lose their life just trying to get around our city. We refuse to accept preventable tragedy as an inevitable part of living in New York.  That's why we’ve announced more than 100 policies to make our streets safer over the next 10 years.

You truly love to see every other opener drop out of the Ed Sheeran tour. Long live the Irish.

Oh to have had Audrey Hobert in my early 20s. This was absolutely my energy.

Let us please stop comparing marathon runners to that Hyrox woman. Marathon runners exist in their own space, not touching anything, outdoors — not on shared equipment. I don’t need to hear about this story anymore: indoor events with shared equipment need health standards.

Crying over the loss of the Villages plan because my neighbourhood desperately needs more than one coffee shop because I am exhausted and 15+ minutes is too far and all that will save me right now is one fun little beverage.

I Iive in this neighbourhood and the traffic calming is in no way confusing, it makes neighbourhoods safer, and nothing about it at all is bad.

CBC BC News RSS Feed (Unofficial)@cbc-bc-rss-unoff.yvr.whims.io · 4w ago

Vancouver man says traffic calming measures leaving people 'barricaded in their own neighbourhood'

You want me to elect Pete Fey? Get him to commit to banning all lefts off arterials unless at major intersections. ALL of them. Stop fucking turning left at 1st and Lakewood, truly what is wrong with you.

The pearls on Rebecca Walton’s dress in this episode have turned around and this is why I should be hired as continuity officer because these glitches are all I can see.

applying "Make ___ Great Again" to Germany really does kinda give the game away

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

Trump: “Wow! The Populist Party in Germany just had a really big night. They finally got tired of the absolutely horrible Immigration rules and regulations which have hurt Germany so badly. THEY ARE ON THE RISE, and not going to take it anymore! MGGA!!! President DJT”

I'm disappointed that Azaroff has withdrawn from the mayoral race. Pete Fry has offered nothing beyond some name recognition and a vague claim to being "progressive". But here's a fact: he's voted against more social and below-market homes than Ken Sim. He has a lot of work to do to earn my vote.

Ya I’m also ABSOLUTELY not voting for this dude.

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦@jmcelroy.bsky.social · 4w ago

Kareem Allam and the Vancouver Liberals have put out a statement on Azaroff’s departure. There’s a decent number of YIMBY/urbanist voters in OneCity’s camp who are not giant fans of Fry or Sim, so I imagine more of this wooing in the future.

Ya I’m still not voting for Pete Fry so. 🤷‍♀️

BECAUSE HE WOULD BE A CRUMMY MAYOR

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦@jmcelroy.bsky.social · last mo.

OneCity isn’t backing down from the “progressive primary” because they think their money and volunteers will matter more than current polls But also: you can’t underestimate the extent that many key people in their camp think Pete Fry would be a crummy mayor Here’s my analysis of a dramatic day

I am voting for Will, I would vote for Steph, I would never ever ever vote for Pete Fry for Mayor.

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦@jmcelroy.bsky.social · last mo.

The Greens do not have any real platform yet beyond "Pete Fry is great", and arguably less money and organization power than OneCity or COPE, who believe his candidacy could flounder against the ABC machine But you don't get to choose what voters say in a poll, and you have to deal with realities

THIS WAS NOT THE 3RD CELEBRITY TO TAKE FROM US. This is not the news I needed today.

Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · last mo.

Tim Curry, the versatile performer of screen and stage, who made his name as the flamboyant Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, has died aged 80. Read more: www.theguardian.com/film/2026/au...

I’m sick, everything at work sucks, and Dolly Parton has died. I’m going back to bed, I can’t deal with today.

Anyone in my field looking for someone to work on their urban design team? Engagement and charrettes, big event planning and logistics, land use planning, rezonings, deep project management skills atrial for the field - I do it all. Let me know if you know of anyone looking for that person.