i don't know if it's the right move, but i'm just deleting & blocking any residential school denialists who show up on my facebook page today
andrea bennett (they/them)
@akkabah.bsky.social
Senior editor at The Tyee. Author of the essay collections Hearty: On Cooking, Eating and Growing Food for Pleasure and Subsistence (ECW Press) & Like a Boy but Not a Boy (Arsenal Pulp). Co-editor of the BC bestselling Points of Interest.
Two years ago, the Union of BC Indian Chiefs urged five municipalities to address the issue of residential school denialism. We check on those council races - by @laurenwatsonjourno.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...
Residential School Denialism Meets BC’s Civic Elections | The Tyee
The Union of BC Indian Chiefs urged five municipalities to address the issue. We check on those council races.
thetyee.ca
I was putting my jeans back on after swimming yesterday and a rock fell out of the cuff, so I think it is time to wash them
When municipal council candidates promise to freeze or lower taxes, it that a reasonable promise? Allison Habkirk, a registered planner and Capilano University instructor, laughs out loud at the question. Wrote about taxes for @thetyee.ca today. thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...
How Much Can Municipal Candidates Lower Your Taxes? | The Tyee
As council hopefuls promise to find ‘efficiencies,’ one outgoing mayor says there’s no more fat to cut.
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Two years ago, the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs called on five municipalities to address residential school denialism. @laurenwatsonjourno.bsky.social revisits those communities as candidates campaign for the 2026 civic elections. thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...
Residential School Denialism Meets BC’s Civic Elections | The Tyee
The Union of BC Indian Chiefs urged five municipalities to address the issue. We check on those council races.
thetyee.ca
Many municipal candidate platforms cite the need to freeze or reduce property taxes, find “efficiencies” and “live within our means.” Is that a reasonable promise? @akkabah.bsky.social reports from Powell River. thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...
How Much Can Municipal Candidates Lower Your Taxes? | The Tyee
As council hopefuls promise to find ‘efficiencies,’ one outgoing mayor says there’s no more fat to cut.
thetyee.ca
I have threatened to write a piece in defence of taxes for years now & it’s finally happening. Narrow focus on municipal tax promises, but still! Still
This isn't exactly a humblebrag because it just indicates that I'm heavy, but if I want to farmer's carry 75 - 100% of my bodyweight i will have to buy these, like, farmer's walk things you can stack plates onto because the gym does *not* have heavy enough kettlebells
This fall I am doing three new challenging things & I'm in the phase where I feel about as bright as a broken light bulb & about as strong as a wet paper towel.
Got a, like, “en guise de rappel” email saying school pic orders are due by Tuesday; child never brought her proofs home; no fear, there’s a code lookup online; ope! record not found; cannot solve the problem. It is driving me NUTS (short drive)
I grew up so angry & on guard & ready to physically defend myself, so I know that I can. But I just don't really want to live like that again. The atmosphere we're living in right now sucks. People feel very, very comfortable being bigoted in online spaces. The "r" word has come back. I hate it.
andrea bennett (they/them)@akkabah.bsky.social · 3d agoWalked by a new rainbow crosswalk today & honestly felt buoyed; checked in on FB and all the people who identify primarily as taxpayers are complaining loudly and angrily, sometimes with a soupçon of homophobia
Walked by a new rainbow crosswalk today & honestly felt buoyed; checked in on FB and all the people who identify primarily as taxpayers are complaining loudly and angrily, sometimes with a soupçon of homophobia
I get why a soup recipe is asking me for two pounds of potatoes or whatever, but listen, that pot is just getting whatever I give it.
Today, the Vancouver Police Department issued a release saying "when it comes to the perception of public safety, the facts matter." In 2020, when the crime rate in the city was down, Vancouver Police Department Chief Adam Palmer argued that feelings mattered as much as facts.
I'm jealous of my cat, who looks very cozy and is sleeping
There’s a roast beef recipe I want to find in my Instagram saved but it’s all frickin handstand drills and reels about Marseille
We've pledged that every year, as summer gives way to fall, we will make sure that this recipe is easily available to one and all. A Times classic with over 20,000 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reviews. nyti.ms/4j71tE3
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Using something called a cheese at the gymnastics gym, I got all the way upside down in my handstand for the first time 🧀🥳
Espied my first IRL mishmash of provincial and municipal elections election signs (😭). Complicating matters: John Henderson was, until recently, running to keep his mayoral seat in Sechelt. Withdrew; joined the provincial conservatives.
Am i exhausted because i‘m fighting off a virus or because the sun has left for the season. A perennial fall conundrum
Suggested a Nightmare Before Christmas movie night to the child; she responded, ”it’s got *Christmas* in the title, bro.”
Beans were such a staple that they were assigned ration points during WWII (www.sarahsundin.com/rationing-in...). Also, that’s when beans without pork became widespread (no pork, fewer ration points). (My family left England post-WWII but the beans on toast never left the family.)
Gianmarco Soresi@gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 6d agoDoes Britain know World War II is over
Big Yikes for the NDP in the new poll just put out today by Mainstreet Research: Conservatives: 45% NDP: 37% Greens: 11% OneBC: 6% CentreBC: 1% That’s the highest number we’ve seen for the Conservatives, but within the margin of error of polls last week. Anger over snap call not subsiding.
@vancolour.bsky.social and I are hosting an in-person conversation with the Vancouver mayoral candidates tomorrow and some more tickets may now be available. There is also a livestream you can sign up for. #vanpoli More info here about our "Mayoral Mixer" events.humanitix.com/mayoral-mixer
Mayoral Mixer: A Conversation with the Candidates
Vancouver's mayoral candidates face the questions voters are actually asking. Co-presented by The Tyee and SFU Public Square.
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Am I going to put a hole in my floor? Let’s find out.
thinking a lot about how to teach my child to navigate issues of consent and assault, knowing that most of the time the justice system offers no justice, only further traumatization and, frequently, humiliation rituals
What are your plans for the day? My plans are tomato. Tomato tomato tomato tomato tomato
Fell while trying to show Sinclair something on her monkey bars; fell onto something on her floor in such a way that I cut a new hole into my pants leg & left a bleeding welt on my worst knee (both of them suck tbh).