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Only two provinces and a territory to go and I'll have been all over this stupidly large country.

Little Mountain is one of the most enraging developer sagas in Vancouver history: 700 social housing residents evicted in 2007, developer received $299 million in interest-free loans to redevelop, then left site empty for years. crazy to see mayor and council spinning this as a success story.

The Tyee@thetyee.ca · 9h ago

Controversial developer Holborn Group promised new social housing buildings when it bought the Little Mountain land from BC Housing in 2008 and tore down existing social housing. thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...

We’ve set up a video game hot take show inside of Big Walk. Welcome to Big Talk Our first episode is up on the Restart.Run socials IG/TikTok/YT Shorts We would love to bring more people on the show

Another study on youth transition that find that about 97% of all youth who says they're trans turn out to be. Only 1.1% who start HRT stopped it for any reason whatsoever. This is, like, the fifth youth transition study that I'm aware of, and all of their results have been identical.

Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 4d ago

Canadian researchers found that 97 percent of youth who seek treatment for gender dysphoria still identify as trans years later.

It is funny that as more people get duped by AI, the response more frequently seems to be to insist that the models are developing godlike intelligence and we all need to be sooo careful when the real lesson is clearly that the human psyche can get absolutely one-shotted by personalized flattery

As people gather in Vancouver this weekend to celebrate Pride, we join in recognizing the diversity, strength and spirit of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities across BC. It's a time to celebrate progress and the right of people to live, love and thrive as their authentic selves. Happy Pride!

[illustration of Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag] 
Happy Pride, Vancouver! 
Stand together in Pride

I feel like every job recruiter on LinkedIn pitches their roles without really looking at where people are at these days. "Would you like half your salary for a contract job that's 5-days-a-week onsite in a mostly unreachable location?"

I realize that as of last year, maybe the year before that, I think I've spent more time living in English in a >95% way, than I have in French with the same percentages. The % shifted drastically when I did Katimavik, and never recovered.

Astonishing. RFK Jr. adds 8 members to a 6 member FDA advisory panel. 6 of them were sellers of peptides, and the 7th a compounding pharmacist. In an 8-6 vote with all 8 votes coming from these new panel members, the panel approved 4 peptides against the objections of FDA scientists.

FDA Panel Supports Lifting Restrictions on Four Peptides (Gift Article)

In an all-day hearing, the agency’s scientists argued against allowing broad access to unproven drugs that the agency had banned three years ago.

nytimes.com

I refuse to use generative apps. When I encounter material that was made with GenAI, I refuse to engage with/support it. When programs I use implement it, I find another program, or learn how to disable the AI functions entirely. (1)