Early voting in the municipal election starts today! The Victoria Conference Centre is open until 8pm. Super easy, no lineups.
Brandon Williamson
@brantastic.bsky.social
Urbanist and Naturalist. 🏳️🌈🚲🚞🌱 he/him
Victoria!!! Are you ready for this? We are so excited to meet you and talk about how to make a city that works for everyone. See you there? #yyj www.victoriaforall.ca/events
From the Draft Saanich Climate Plan. Owning and operating cars is expensive. Having more and better transit options saves people money. #yyj #transit www.saanich.ca/assets/Commu...
There are now 2,900 billionaires, and they hold $15.8 trillion. The wealth of the bottom 50% of the global population, over 4 billion people, is estimated at $3.7 trillion.
If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
This might be the best photo I've ever taken and I expect it will win some pretty significant awards. In the meantime, feel free to make it into a meme format. #shitonyourenemies
California quails are sooo cute. I don't even care that they're not native. I love em.
Taking all my besties out for a ride around town.
We need a party rooted in: 🟠 Moral clarity - on climate, oligarchy and genocide 🟠 Solutions as deep as the crises we face 🟠 Public ownership, massive reinvestment in universal services, transfer of wealth from the top to everyone below.
Bike ridership on the Galloping Goose Trail completely blew past previous April records this year! Good weather surely helps, but this April surpassed even peak summer numbers experienced less than a decade ago. data.eco-counter.com/public2/?id=...
How many of my Bluesky friends are iNat users? Did you know the city nature challenge is this weekend and Greater Victoria is participating? www.inaturalist.org/blog/107296-...
Celebrate 10 Years of the City Nature Challenge with iNaturalist!
This April will mark the 10th anniversary of the City Nature Challenge, and iNaturalist is more involved than ever before! What is the City Nature Challenge (CNC)? If you use iNaturalist regularly, ...
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If you give a shit about trans people at all, like a tiny bit, please tell your friends and neighbours not to vote conservative. They might not listen to you. But they might.
Mel Woods@melwoods.me · last yr.The Conservative platform is here, and a Pierre Poileivre government says it would ban trans women from women's federal prisons. There's also that line about broadly "protecting women's spaces in federal institutions and policy" that is worth noting 👀 xtramagazine.com/video/conser...
The National Park Service has removed "T" and all mention of transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument. Trans women were some of the most influential activists behind the Stonewall movement and what followed. 3 articles of clothing laws were why raids happened. Erasure.
I'm so excited that @lucymaloney.bsky.social is running for Vancouver city council with @onecityvan.bsky.social! She’s been a tireless advocate for safer streets, affordable housing, and caring for our most vulnerable. She’s also just a lovely human being. Let’s get her elected!
Meet Lucy Maloney: OneCity's Council By-election Candidate
Building a Vancouver for Everyone
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No jurisdiction that has reduced homelessness has ever done the following: - frame the solution as the problem - reduce housing and supports - turn low-income housing into high-income housing - use human lives as a negotiating tool www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Vancouver mayor rejects new supportive housing projects, promises ‘crackdown’ on gangs
Vancouver’s mayor intends to reject any new social housing projects proposed in his city.
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If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery. #bikesky
Seumas B@seumasb.bsky.social · 2y agoIf you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery. #bikesky #banff
This is going to get missed today but terrible news from OptBC who may have to close many/all of the abortion clinics they operate across BC.
Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada@abortionrightscan.bsky.social · 2y ago🚨 Options for Sexual Health Clinic in #BC needs our help! 🚨 Due to funding shortages, their 52 clinics across #BritishColumbia are at risk of closing. Write your MLA, and share how these closure would affect you ⬇ win.newmode.net/optionsforse... www.optionsforsexualhealth.org/impact/share...
What if you could take a polluted corridor and make it an urban forest? Brussels did. (Same spot, 2009 v. 2023)
Sen̓áḵw under construction as of December 2024. The occupancy of Tower 1 is estimated for November 2025.
Spot the differences: 2024 Victoria cycling map vs. all routes currently under construction or planned for 2025 and 2026 budget cycles. Big focus on new protected bike lanes on arterial and collector streets. There's a lot to look forward to!
Ok, I have seen posts about it but didn't realize it's actually a setting where you can make it so you can't post photos w/o alt text. In case anyone else was also confused on this or doesn't know how, it's under settings-accessiblity and then you just click a box that says require alt text.
This is a good reminder! The Quadra/McKenzie Study is up against significant pushback, primarily around reduced car lanes to support bus lanes and the RapidBus line planned on McKenzie.
I was over the moon when I first saw a humming bird hawk moth hiking in the Sooke Hills this spring - not one, but two on the same trip! Species: Rocky Mountain clearwing (Hemaris thetis)
