This art is beautiful and devastating.

Victoria Rose Richards@aerialembroidery.bsky.social · yesterday

'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.

The Spokane fire conspiracy theories are almost identical to the Altadena fire conspiracy theories. These people have no understand of how fire works, how science works, or why some things burn. I'm writing a book chapter about it, but the people who need to read it don't read books.

LorennaCleary.bsky.social@lorennacleary.bsky.social · yesterday

The internet is filled with really dumb people who right now think the fires in Spokane WA were fake because the houses burned but trees didn’t. What they’re forgetting is that dead, thin, dry wood burns. Wet, dense, living wood is harder to burn. Old living pine and house vs fire: house loses.

Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy a cargo bike and that’s basically the same thing. 🤩 Happy 6th birthday to my Urban Arrow! Hit this milestone last night.

Absolute gorgeous and that’s because it doesn’t fit the character or scale of the neighborhood which is a positive thing in architecture

Jerome Alexander Horne@jahorne.bsky.social · 3d ago

The first three towers of the Sen̓áḵw in Vancouver. A major Indigenous-led, multi-tower residential and commercial development project by the Squamish Nation located on ancestral reserve land. Meaning "the place inside the head of False Creek."

Please tell my son that Covid is not a threat to children. He has been in constant pain since his infection in 2023. He has missed over a year of school and can no longer play sports or do other extracurricular activities. He spends most of his time in bed.

Ernie Clement playing skee-ball with the third base bag! Love that dude. #BlueJays

Okay but deadly serious if this is Gausman's last week and anyone here manages to run into him at the stadium and get an autograph for me I will dedicate something cool to you*, I am not handling this situation well *I don't know what yet but I promise it will be really cool, trust me bro trust me

1/ This Times Colonist letter is sadly typical of the uninformed nonsense that too many people seem to believe. Beyond the ignorance (nobody on Council has EVER suggested to "abolish street parking"), it denotes a kind of all-or-nothing reasoning that makes no sense to me. #yyj

Here’s a list of nature photographers who I promise are not using AI, post their own photos and really care about the wildlife. No unethical behaviors just to get a good shot. (3/?)

As someone who likes cars (sorry) I am still happy about the idea of a car drifting into a bike lane being destroyed by barriers. Fuck you, get off the road if you can't handle the responsibility that should come with operating a speeding metal chunk of death. People riding bicycles are important

When you consider the potential for Canada to be a powerhouse in geothermal energy ($2.3T mkt), modular house building, energy conservation, EV auto manufacturing, cleantech, it’s depressing to see Cdn political leaders focus on a 20th C energy. Must read. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/15/a...

Canada keeps backing the wrong megaprojects

History shows us energy megaprojects often have three things in common: underestimated budgets, exaggerated jobs and royalty claims, and foreign ownership.

nationalobserver.com

Nobody disputes that having access to a car in a car-dominated society is good. It gives one access to jobs, healthcare, food, education, social opportunities and more. All we're asking is for people to go one step deeper and ask why access to such basic rights requires buying and operating a car.

Romeo Kokriatski@vagrantjourno.bsky.social · 3w ago

I grew up in Jackson Heights in Queens and we still had a car, and our lives got measurably better when we did.

Facing criticism over firefighting budget, Ford says the province will spare no expense to keep Ontario safe, vows to build as many jails as needed to keep fire contained.

Trump's own file release tonight says Russia was working to attack Biden and boost Trump's re-election campaign.

#wildfires #smoke Check where you live in these apps before you blame Canada for any smoke! Canadian media doesn't hide fires affecting cities... what you see isn't the only thing happening. The World is on Fire.

Flock cameras lead to a man being falsely pulled over this week. That man happened to be automotive journalist Joel Feder who has now declared that he wants to dig deep into Flock cameras. This is why I know we will win, because people will always be radicalized towards progress by injustice.

The Giants uniforms look like they were designed by Lisa Frank. #bluejays

Well, if kids didn't have to directly pay for their college education, sounds like a lot of the complaints go away? Why don't we tackle it from that direction? Oh, because if we do that you can't be a hateful bigot toward people who are not responsible for your problems like at all? Ok makes sense.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Gluesenkamp Perez: "At town halls, what I saw was the people who were the most upset had spent the last 12 years driving their girls to sports practice & they view their best shot of their student going to college as an athletic scholarship. So when we rush to moralize we miss some of the nuance."

We limit the speed of ebikes "for public safety", yet this study shows we'd need to limit SUVs to 5.7 km/h for them to pose the same risk to other people #motonormativity findingspress.org/article/1587...

Lime e-bikeshare coming to Victoria this July!! There will be 200 docking locations and nearly 1,000 bikes. The system is meant to meet the needs of locals. Lime will pay the city an annual fee and it otherwise costs us nothing. 3 payment options. Bikes capped at 25 k/h. Helmets included.

Extreme heat events will be increasingly common over the next decades (yes, even here.) We need to be prepared.

Eric Doherty@ericdoherty.bsky.social · last mo.

One federal govt 'expert' recently said 'don't worry, the deadly 2021 BC Heat Dome was a once in a lifetime event'. Not true now, and unless we *rapidly* reduce fossil fuel extraction & burning deadly heatwaves will be a "consistent occurrence" @weatherprof.bsky.social #bcpoli #cdnpoli #yyj

No one “gets away with” things because we’re autistic. We’re socially excluded, denied employment or advancement, & openly discriminated against in every sphere of life. Fuck out of here with the “autism is not an excuse” lectures. Autistics already know that better than anyone.

Reminder: Danielle Smith brought this hateful bullshit to Canada, and used the notwithstanding clause to do it.

ACLU@aclu.org · 2mo ago

There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.

It's hot today. As we head toward the 5th anniversary of the deadly heat dome of 2021, we're joining a rally in Victoria in calling for the right to cool in the CRD with our friends at the BC Heat Collaborative. @sierraclubbc.bsky.social #bcheatcollaborative

Me: Cities would be better for everyone, including drivers, if there was less car-dependency and more safe, viable choices in how to get around. Someone: But I have to drive because [insert reason]. Me: Cities would be better for everyone, including drivers, if there was less car-dependency and…

Parents, the Oak Bay branch of the #GVPL has a Summer Reading Club table set up today. Take your kids over to chat with the librarian and get their summer reading passport! #yyj

The entire strategy of #PierrePoilievre is to lie. Constantly. Relentlessly. Lie. Every single time he’s in front of a mic or posting anything on social media. It cannot be overstated how toxic & destructive this is to the political landscape. He is a menace to 🇨🇦. #cdnpoli #NeverPoiLIEvre

Scott Robertson@sarobertson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Pierre Poilievre flat out lies that Mark Carney took credit for US-Iran deal

Hey San Francisco Giants, this is what class looks like.

Mimi G@glorydayzzz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A few York Revolution players refused to wear Pride jerseys for Pride night, so the organization forfeited the game, will honor all tickets for future games, and is holding a free Pride festival that night, instead. That kind of response is impressive. yorkrevolution.com/york-revolut...

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