Today COPE and Stephanie Allen have announced THE PEOPLE'S AUDIT - a plan to open the books at Ken Sim's city hall, talk to city workers, the public, and partners, and create a comprehensive report on Ken Sim's term to reverse the damage and clean up the mess. 1/

The only way to get money out of politics is to defeat money. The only way to defeat money is to organize. It’s hard work but it is known to work.

🌏🐶🦕🥳 Vegetable Gremlin ⍼​👻🥦💥🏠♫@vegetablegremlin.bsky.social · 16h ago

Abdul El Sayed talkin bout being outspent 11:1 but lookin like his supporters got a win regardless. It’s a nice twist on “get the money out of politics” to instead be like “we can defeat the money”

“People know this is a city that’s being run for the super-rich. We can all feel that the system is rigged." @stephanieformayor.bsky.social Vancouver doesn't have to be this way. Today @seanorr.bsky.social & Stephanie Allen announced plans for the People's Audit. dailyhive.com/vancouver/co...

COPE Vancouver announces ambitious plan to clean up Ken Sim's 'mess' with audit | Daily Hive | Urbanized

"A Vancouver you can afford."

dailyhive.com

The other thing about this statement is that it gives the lie to the whole premise of the EHRC guidance and MAS's "I can recognise a skinned tranny at 50 paces" interview (no, really bsky.app/profile/rose...) They know full well that there are those of us who pass, it is meant (like Cass, like

ᚅᚓᚃ ᚆᚐᚔᚏᚇᚑ ᚃᚆᚑ ᚇᚔᚄ@ciara2001.eurosky.social · 12h ago

This is Stock's "collateral damage" in action

fightbacknow.civicdeeds.com/actions/calg...

The new Bond producers are insisting that their Bond movie "has to be different." Counterpoint: It needs to adhere rigidly to the same egg-obsessed formula that Fleming perfected.

Paul Cornish@paulgcornish.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I've been reading James Bond novels again and I think I've cracked the formula. Amazon, please take note for any movies you plan on making:

It's what we wait all year for, really... ADULT PIRATE PAKS 🍔 Pirate Pak Day at White Spot is coming up on August 12, in support of Zajac Ranch for Children

Pirate Pak Day at White Spot 2026

Pirate Pak Day returns August 12th, sailing into participating White Spot restaurants throughout BC in support of Zajac Ranch for Children.

miss604.com

Now why hasn’t Canada 🇨🇦 done this?

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 14h ago

Burnham considering public inquiry into UK activities of Jeffrey Epstein

You could watch Guerric Haché (@quillipede.bsky.social) talk about misinformation and manipulation in this great presentation by @openmedia.org! Also, remember Guerric is running for the nomination for Vancouver Parks Board, with the meeting this Saturday for COPE members! He's terrific!

Quillipede@quillipede.bsky.social · 6h ago

I'm participating in a panel on misinformation and manipulation presented by @openmedia.org on August 18th in Surrey! It'll be a chance to discuss patterns I've seen and wrestled with in my time in politics, and also dust off my philosophy degree. Check it out! surreylibraries.ca/events/reali...

My wife just climbed a chain link fence and fell in an algae filled storm drain to save some baby ducks in Asbury Park and a dude then gave her a joint for being awesome. This was like the fourth bizarre animal rescue event of this trip.

I first became familiar with Abdul El-Sayed during uncommitted & it was a great comfort to see Democrats stand up against genocide, then I watched them get shut out of the DNC, and yet they still voted for Harris. To watch him rise to become the Senate candidate and heal divisions, feels like hope.

if it was a guard rails problem it would be one of those "we're thinking about taking the concrete barriers between the driving lane and the bike lane out because drivers keep crashing into them" ones

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6h ago

It’s not a guardrails problem but rather a fascism problem.

Meanwhile at AIPAC HQ 😏

Child's Berrinche Tantrum

ALT: Child's Berrinche Tantrum

static.klipy.com

Seriously. Kernow is, for the first time, the honoured nation at the Lorient Interceltic Festival - attended by one million and broadcast to many more in Brittany and France, and BBC Spotlight dedicate a whole evening news to…….Boardmasters. We are not served.

Kernow Cornwall Flag Waving

ALT: Kernow Cornwall Flag Waving

static.klipy.com

“The City of Vancouver should work for the people who live here, young people, families, and those who have been long-time contributors to this city." @stephanieformayor.bsky.social Stephanie Allen has a plan to clean up Ken Sim's mess: www.votecope.ca/news/stephan...

Stephanie Allen and COPE will Clean up Ken Sim’s Mess and Make Vancouver Affordable With The People’s Audit — COPE Vancouver

August 5th, 2026 Vancouver, BC - Today Stephanie Allen and COPE are announcing the People’s Audit to improve service delivery, cut waste, and clean up the mess left by Ken Sim’s mismanagement. “T...

votecope.ca

Note that pretty much all of the incidents mentioned are in fact anti Zionism not antisemitism. And the supposed prof that praised Hitler almost certainly didn't happen.

Unofficial CBC News Mirror@cbcnews-mirror.bsky.social · 4h ago

We absolutely need more transparency at city hall and get a full picture of which departments were hit hardest with Zero Means Zero. The mayor’s budget task force was basically DOGE, gutting the equity office and climate funding. Time for a People’s Audit!

COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors@copevancouver.bsky.social · 5h ago

“The City of Vancouver should work for the people who live here, young people, families, and those who have been long-time contributors to this city." @stephanieformayor.bsky.social Stephanie Allen has a plan to clean up Ken Sim's mess: www.votecope.ca/news/stephan...

SUPER IMPORTANT, VANCOUVER!!!!

SEAN ORR@seanorr.bsky.social · 8h ago

Remember as your eyes burn from the smoke today, Ken Sim and ABC voted to allow fracked gas in new builds, cancelled $8 million in climate retrofit grants; voted against funding for cooling kits for people in the Downtown Eastside; and got rid of the climate justice charter.

What the fuck is happening?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 10h ago

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on rockets crashing into the moon: "It's not a big deal right now. The moon has clearly seen better days."

“That’s kind of what started unraveling for me very quickly: this facade that we were helping these democratically elected boards” represent their constituents, Jonathan Paz told 404 Media. Flock repeatedly insisted it wasn’t collaborating with agencies like ICE but turned out it was a lie, he said.

Why a Flock Worker Quit: ‘They Lied’

Jonathan Paz’s job was to convince cities to buy Flock cameras. After initially being enthusiastic about the company, he started to get disillusioned.

404media.co

Windows tracks you and reports everything back to Microsoft. The first tool to disable this behaviour has been released. It's a start.

Meet deGDID: Windscribe's answer to the Windows tracker that VPNs cannot mask

Microsoft's Global Device Identifier links your machine across sessions and IP addresses, and Windscribe's free deGDID tool tries to break the chain

techradar.com

💋

Silly me, I thought the EHRC was there to defend Human Rights, not enforce removal of rights using threats

This is Stock's "collateral damage" in action

Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 12h ago

Cis woman on now speaking about how much she has been challenged, had security called on her because she has PCOS. Says she's never had a problem with trans women but multiple problems with GC women. She's on the verge of tears.

Transphobia. Homophobia. Misogyny. They're all the same thing. The same bigotry rooted in hatred of anyone who steps beyond the narrow gender parameters established for them. The fight is the same fight. You cannot fight one without fighting them all.

Piss freely my trans siblings. Piss freely. It is guidance. It is not criminal law no matter what the Daily Mail and your bigot aunty on Facebook say.

Slurms MacKenzie@slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 17h ago

EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect today so remember to be an absolute pain in the arse to any service provider who is trying to actively enforce it.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Resign, Carney. ⚜️@lalegault.bsky.social · 17h ago

@maddow.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

I think he earned it? m.youtube.com/watch?v=iXiD...

Abdul El-Sayed on Uncommitted, Kamala Harris and Healing Tensions in Black and Arab Communities

YouTube video by The Clay Cane Show

m.youtube.com

Resign, Carney. ⚜️@lalegault.bsky.social · 20h ago

MI comes down to Detroit and if the Arab and Black community made up. I hope they did.

I know it is late, but this is just a reminder that it is the last night (23:59 PDT) to send what I like to call a victim impact statement regarding THE PROPOSED BC HYDRO SUBSTATION AT NELSON PARK to the BC Utilities Commission. Instructions are here: drive.google.com/drive/u/0/fo...