Excellent analysis for electing school trustees to #Vancouver School Board! #vanpoli #bced #Vote #publicschools
E_Van_Mama@e-van-mama.bsky.social · 8h agoWhy school trustees matter so much in this Vancouver Election. A thread 1/X: #vanpoli / #bced
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E_Van_Mama@e-van-mama.bsky.social · 8h agoIts also why the first two votes on my ballot will go to Sherry Breashers (#321) of One City and Suzie Mah of COPE as I’ve seen both of these strong education advocates fight for kids in VSB over the past few years. 9/X
At least 20 dead after earthquake in Indonesia, rescuers say
At least 20 dead after earthquake in Indonesia, rescuers say
Tsunami warning lifted after three hours
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@myphronesis.bsky.social & Sherry Breshears will be fantastic @onecityvan.bsky.social School Board trustees! www.facebook.com/share/14hYxn...
Programming reminder: at 8:10 on The Early Edition, we're holding a forum between the three left-wing mayoral candidates that have pledged to support each other if a clear frontrunner emerges: - COPE's Stephanie Allen - Green's Pete Fry - OneCity's William Azaroff On the pod/YouTube soon after!
Video of visually impaired Palestinian boy crying over broken glasses draws global attention
Video of visually impaired Palestinian boy crying over broken glasses draws global attention
Ayoub Junaid, seven, given new pair but needs surgery as Gaza’s children remain unable to access treatment A video of a seven-year-old Palestinian boy in Gaza who suffers from a severe visual impairment crying over his shattered glasses has drawn widespread attention across social and international media. The footage of Ayoub Junaid has shone a light on the plight of the many visually impaired children in Gaza who, because of Israel’s blockade and the devastation caused by the war, have been unable to access eye examinations, corrective lenses or specialist ophthalmic surgery. Continue reading...
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i literally just wanted to own a two bedroom home in a walkable neighborhood where i can have three cats and a dog and wear nice outfits to go feed pigeons and now society is about to collapse
glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity
@onecityvan.bsky.social candidates out and about at Vancouver schools meeting parents and listening to their thoughts about our schools, parks, and city. #bced #vanpoli @sherrydb.bsky.social @myphronesis.bsky.social
This kind of behaviour has no place in City Hall, or any workplace, quite frankly.
Pete Fry@ptfry.bsky.social · 5mo agoYesterday, an adversarial City Councillor leaned into my office uninvited to call me a “f#@!ng donkey” I think he meant it as an insult. But donkeys are intelligent, loyal, tough as heck, and regularly deployed to protect livestock from predators. That’s a nice compliment. Thanks! #donkey 🚫ABC
Voting is now open for the OneCity nominations. I haven't voted yet, but this is what I'm thinking. I know you don't need to rank everyone, but I did for completeness. canadianveggie.com/2026/05/03/o...
OneCity 2026 Nomination Race
With voting now open for the OneCity council, school, and park board primaries (May 3-10), here is who I’ll be supporting. It’s not an easy choice.
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Over a decade ago, this dedicated PAC parent made childcare happen in our East Van school through a partnership with the neighbouring community centre. Now she's running for VSB trustee. Help me support this highly qualified @onecityvan.bsky.social candidate if you're voting this week. #vanpoli
Sherry Breshears for Vancouver School Board Trustee
Sherry Breshears is running for School Board trustee to create a strong public school system in Vancouver
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@sherrydb.bsky.social is running for nomination as Vancouver School Board trustee: sherry-breshears-for-trustee.lovable.app?utm_id=97760...
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Sherry Breshears would be an excellent trustee for the Vancouver School Board with One City Vancouver! Let’s support her to win the nomination! www.facebook.com/share/p/17FZ... @onecityvan.bsky.social @reddyforchange.bsky.social @pattibacchus.bsky.social
I saw part of an interview on local news and “We hadn’t practiced for the church yet so we didn’t know what to do” It just broke me. WTF are we doing? If we as a nation are not going to go to war for our children then we deserve to fall.
What percentage of the US population do you think really knows & understands what's going on right now?
I genuinely think part of the current political dynamic is that a lot of Dems -- especially your typical educated, affluent city-dwellers -- simply can't believe what's going on. Even though it's right there on the TV, right there in the streets, it's hard to shake the feeling of unreality.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.Kristi Noem says the administration is "going from city to city around this country and pressuring these politicians to get on board with keeping their people safe. What is going to be the story here in Washington can happen in Chicago, Boston, San Francisco ... "
She was brought to the US as an 8yo, worked hard, studied, earned a scholarship, planned to become a nurse. ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.
After six months in ICE custody, Charlotte woman chooses voluntary removal to Honduras
A 20-year-old Honduran woman who has lived in the Charlotte area for more than a decade will soon be removed from the U.S.
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I’m here in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, where military style vehicles have pulled up down Wilshire and Alvarado, amid rumors of an ICE raid in the park have proliferated since last night
Bluesky you deserve some fireflies in a cornfield. Not pictured-the young hawk chased away by robins, the enormous kale after the rain, the smell of the tomato plant leaves.
Wow so you’re telling me everyone who cheered on the Iraq war is on board with this now too? And so are the people who opposed the Iran nuclear deal and killed it? You’re kidding.
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
Cardinals choosing the next pope have been offered a dossier on candidates - with a subtext Conservative groups linked to “biased” report that seeks to influence cardinals going into Vatican Great work from CNN and Christopher Lamb www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/w...
Cardinals choosing the next pope have been offered a dossier on candidates – with a subtext | CNN
When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday at the start of conclave, the process of electing a new pope, they will be sealed off from the world.
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And since this is Bluesky, where local issues get zero traction, let’s try tagging: @pattibacchus.bsky.social @reddyforchange.bsky.social @richardsonyvr.bsky.social @bcsta.bsky.social @bceducationmatters.bsky.social @lisabeare.bsky.social @vancouverdpac.bsky.social #vanpoli #bced
This letter campaign was supported by the Vancouver DPAC Inclusive Education Working Group, of which I am a member. Many of the parents and caregivers who used the accessible letter template added stories and statements of their own and every one of those deserved to be read. They were not “spam”.