They just updated the board and now they're running expo lines back past 22nd st all the way to waterfront again! #skytrain #expoline
Commercial Dr.
I should have updated this post for the benefit of others. Sorry! Yeah something with the track between commercial and Main St. is causing delays. And very long stops at stations - probably due to one line between those stations. But communication was weak.
I should have updated this post for the benefit of others. Sorry! Yeah something with the track between commercial and Main St. is causing delays. And very long stops at stations - probably due to one line between those stations. But communication was weak.
November 9, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Going around the other direction now... Sounds like it's still blocked but there are expo lines running from production o 22nd now
Oops, Skytrain broken between Main St and Broadway, I never go this way to Port Moody, I tried it today.... 😔 They're bunching them through. This is such a long stretch without switches, Quebec St area to Nanaimo Stn...
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Going around the other direction now... Sounds like it's still blocked but there are expo lines running from production o 22nd now
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Bluesky readers, I need books please. Here are authors I love. Can you recommend anyone similar?
Fantasy: T Kingfisher, VE Schwab, Katherine Addison
SciFi: Becky Chambers, Martha Wells, Ann Leckie
Romance: KJ Charles, Cat Sebastian, Courtney Milan
Here’s an enchanting scene to say thank you!
Fantasy: T Kingfisher, VE Schwab, Katherine Addison
SciFi: Becky Chambers, Martha Wells, Ann Leckie
Romance: KJ Charles, Cat Sebastian, Courtney Milan
Here’s an enchanting scene to say thank you!
November 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Bluesky readers, I need books please. Here are authors I love. Can you recommend anyone similar?
Fantasy: T Kingfisher, VE Schwab, Katherine Addison
SciFi: Becky Chambers, Martha Wells, Ann Leckie
Romance: KJ Charles, Cat Sebastian, Courtney Milan
Here’s an enchanting scene to say thank you!
Fantasy: T Kingfisher, VE Schwab, Katherine Addison
SciFi: Becky Chambers, Martha Wells, Ann Leckie
Romance: KJ Charles, Cat Sebastian, Courtney Milan
Here’s an enchanting scene to say thank you!
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The headline "Can San Francisco Be Saved?" (as though it could be lost) captures how even a publication as rational as
@theatlantic.com feels obliged to cater to "urban doom loop" vibes.
Big cities are natural engines of prosperity. They do not need "saving." 1/
@theatlantic.com feels obliged to cater to "urban doom loop" vibes.
Big cities are natural engines of prosperity. They do not need "saving." 1/
Can a city as creative as San Francisco actually solve its enduring problems of homelessness and addiction?
Introducing “No Easy Fix,” a new miniseries from Radio Atlantic:
Introducing “No Easy Fix,” a new miniseries from Radio Atlantic:
Can San Francisco Be Saved?
Introducing No Easy Fix, a new three-part miniseries from Radio Atlantic, about the widespread addiction and homelessness that threaten the city’s future
www.theatlantic.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The headline "Can San Francisco Be Saved?" (as though it could be lost) captures how even a publication as rational as
@theatlantic.com feels obliged to cater to "urban doom loop" vibes.
Big cities are natural engines of prosperity. They do not need "saving." 1/
@theatlantic.com feels obliged to cater to "urban doom loop" vibes.
Big cities are natural engines of prosperity. They do not need "saving." 1/
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For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historyes, love of language, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
July 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historyes, love of language, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
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@indigenousx
“I just saw a post arguing how traditional hunting practices aren’t traditional because they were fishing from a motorboat... white ppl imagine our cultures as frozen in time and our identities, and our ‘authenticity’, as being tied to that period.”
www.instagram.com/p/DKi68VrzBP...
“I just saw a post arguing how traditional hunting practices aren’t traditional because they were fishing from a motorboat... white ppl imagine our cultures as frozen in time and our identities, and our ‘authenticity’, as being tied to that period.”
www.instagram.com/p/DKi68VrzBP...
June 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
@indigenousx
“I just saw a post arguing how traditional hunting practices aren’t traditional because they were fishing from a motorboat... white ppl imagine our cultures as frozen in time and our identities, and our ‘authenticity’, as being tied to that period.”
www.instagram.com/p/DKi68VrzBP...
“I just saw a post arguing how traditional hunting practices aren’t traditional because they were fishing from a motorboat... white ppl imagine our cultures as frozen in time and our identities, and our ‘authenticity’, as being tied to that period.”
www.instagram.com/p/DKi68VrzBP...
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Nice Buddhist consideration of Mohsen Mahdawi posted before he was released. 🙏🏼 tricycle.org/article/mohs...
Mohsen Mahdawi, the Buddhist
Understanding and responding to the latest college-student abduction by ICE
tricycle.org
May 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Nice Buddhist consideration of Mohsen Mahdawi posted before he was released. 🙏🏼 tricycle.org/article/mohs...
The Hop Chocolate was almost as good as the otters and the moon jellies :)
Happy International Hot Chocolate Day! Beat the cold this weekend with a Hop Chocolate, one of our Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival offerings this year! Plus, you get to keep the adorable tree frog mug! 🐸
February 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The Hop Chocolate was almost as good as the otters and the moon jellies :)
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She speaks truth.
February 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
She speaks truth.
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Feb 1-14, 2025
SEVERE: ON
VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, MB, North, QC
HIGH: BC, NB, NL, NS, PEI, SK
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 42 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: ON
VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, MB, North, QC
HIGH: BC, NB, NL, NS, PEI, SK
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 42 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
February 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Feb 1-14, 2025
SEVERE: ON
VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, MB, North, QC
HIGH: BC, NB, NL, NS, PEI, SK
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 42 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: ON
VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, MB, North, QC
HIGH: BC, NB, NL, NS, PEI, SK
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 42 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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Next time I teach soc of media, this reading would possibly be useful but all probably anger all my students.
I've been unsatistifed with the takes I've read on Canadian nationalism lately. Its something I think an awful lot about, so I wrote seven short essays on culture, identity and how there can be no nationalism with out a national project.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/what-canad...
noraloreto.substack.com/p/what-canad...
What Canadian nationalism?
We long ago sold off Canadian cultural production, leaving nationalism nothing from which to draw on.
noraloreto.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Next time I teach soc of media, this reading would possibly be useful but all probably anger all my students.
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We have this in Canada, featuring 25 national, regional, and local indie news publications. Bookmark it and support them with $$
#cdnnews #cdnmedia
www.unrigged.ca
#cdnnews #cdnmedia
www.unrigged.ca
February 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
We have this in Canada, featuring 25 national, regional, and local indie news publications. Bookmark it and support them with $$
#cdnnews #cdnmedia
www.unrigged.ca
#cdnnews #cdnmedia
www.unrigged.ca
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This is a 21st century Trail of Tears. And an actual American Empire. Every bit of hyperbole before the election missed the mark, this is somehow worse.
February 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is a 21st century Trail of Tears. And an actual American Empire. Every bit of hyperbole before the election missed the mark, this is somehow worse.
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“What ex-security officials think of Pierre Poilievre’s top secret security stance.”
This is damning, but remember these professionals are actually being careful & diplomatic as such figures always are. I can imagine what they’d REALLY like to say.
For example, what OTHER reasons would he refuse?
This is damning, but remember these professionals are actually being careful & diplomatic as such figures always are. I can imagine what they’d REALLY like to say.
For example, what OTHER reasons would he refuse?
What ex-security officials think of Pierre Poilievre’s top secret security stance - National | Globalnews.ca
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre argues that accepting classified intelligence would stop him from holding the Liberal government to account.
globalnews.ca
January 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“What ex-security officials think of Pierre Poilievre’s top secret security stance.”
This is damning, but remember these professionals are actually being careful & diplomatic as such figures always are. I can imagine what they’d REALLY like to say.
For example, what OTHER reasons would he refuse?
This is damning, but remember these professionals are actually being careful & diplomatic as such figures always are. I can imagine what they’d REALLY like to say.
For example, what OTHER reasons would he refuse?
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Goodmorning friends Happy #thicktrunktuesday In the darkest of winter days, hope waits patiently with trees.
January 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Goodmorning friends Happy #thicktrunktuesday In the darkest of winter days, hope waits patiently with trees.
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I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
drive.google.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
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A great read.
"When your enemy wants you disoriented, your ability to focus is an important means of self-defense. What matters to you in this moment? Most of us can meaningfully dedicate ourselves to one or two causes, at the most. What can you commit to doing something about?"
"When your enemy wants you disoriented, your ability to focus is an important means of self-defense. What matters to you in this moment? Most of us can meaningfully dedicate ourselves to one or two causes, at the most. What can you commit to doing something about?"
I wrote about Trump's executive orders, including his attacks on trans and undocumented people, and how we should be orienting ourselves to defy fascist violence in this moment. This piece includes commentary from @chasestrangio.bsky.social and @silkys13.bsky.social.
A Brutal Beginning: Orienting Ourselves Amid the Shock and Awe
We must be prepared to live and act defiantly, deriving no legitimacy from the illegitimate brutes who would govern us.
organizingmythoughts.org
January 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A great read.
"When your enemy wants you disoriented, your ability to focus is an important means of self-defense. What matters to you in this moment? Most of us can meaningfully dedicate ourselves to one or two causes, at the most. What can you commit to doing something about?"
"When your enemy wants you disoriented, your ability to focus is an important means of self-defense. What matters to you in this moment? Most of us can meaningfully dedicate ourselves to one or two causes, at the most. What can you commit to doing something about?"
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Everyone in the US: "Holy shit our government is lying to us about China???"
Everyone in China: "Holy shit our government has been telling us the truth about the USA???"
Everyone in China: "Holy shit our government has been telling us the truth about the USA???"
January 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Everyone in the US: "Holy shit our government is lying to us about China???"
Everyone in China: "Holy shit our government has been telling us the truth about the USA???"
Everyone in China: "Holy shit our government has been telling us the truth about the USA???"
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About to read the Vulture piece on Neil Fucking Gaiman
Here’s the free archived link archive.ph/TKpxH
Here’s the free archived link archive.ph/TKpxH
January 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
About to read the Vulture piece on Neil Fucking Gaiman
Here’s the free archived link archive.ph/TKpxH
Here’s the free archived link archive.ph/TKpxH
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If you’re interested in better cities but haven’t read much about it, here are some starter books I’d recommend:
Walkable City by @jeffspeck.bsky.social
Human Transit (new edition) by @humantransit.bsky.social
Road to Nowhere by @parismarx.com
Curbing Traffic by @modacitylife.com
#UrbanismBookClub
Walkable City by @jeffspeck.bsky.social
Human Transit (new edition) by @humantransit.bsky.social
Road to Nowhere by @parismarx.com
Curbing Traffic by @modacitylife.com
#UrbanismBookClub
January 12, 2025 at 6:48 AM
If you’re interested in better cities but haven’t read much about it, here are some starter books I’d recommend:
Walkable City by @jeffspeck.bsky.social
Human Transit (new edition) by @humantransit.bsky.social
Road to Nowhere by @parismarx.com
Curbing Traffic by @modacitylife.com
#UrbanismBookClub
Walkable City by @jeffspeck.bsky.social
Human Transit (new edition) by @humantransit.bsky.social
Road to Nowhere by @parismarx.com
Curbing Traffic by @modacitylife.com
#UrbanismBookClub
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Great article!
Extremists target Trudeau and Canada | The Kingston Whig Standard
www.thewhig.com/opinion/extr...
www.thewhig.com/opinion/extr...
January 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Great article!
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“Looking at dollars and cents, highways are a poor economic investment. They occupy nearly 25% of U.S. urban land — an area equivalent to West Virginia and valued at $4.1 trillion — yet their supposed benefits don’t justify these enormous costs.” Via @fastcompany.com
The real cost is a LOT higher.
The real cost is a LOT higher.
It's time to start removing highways. For real this time
Removing highways can breath new life into cities—so why are cities so slow to actually do it?
www.fastcompany.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
“Looking at dollars and cents, highways are a poor economic investment. They occupy nearly 25% of U.S. urban land — an area equivalent to West Virginia and valued at $4.1 trillion — yet their supposed benefits don’t justify these enormous costs.” Via @fastcompany.com
The real cost is a LOT higher.
The real cost is a LOT higher.
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Cripes, this post certainly was bait to the genocide supporters on this site.
Allowed me to add to my blocks, though.
Allowed me to add to my blocks, though.
It’s genocide.
It’s not even an argument.
Israel will wear this stain for generations to come.
It will never rub off.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
It’s not even an argument.
Israel will wear this stain for generations to come.
It will never rub off.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israeli lawmakers call on military to destroy food, water and power sources in Gaza
***
www.haaretz.com
January 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Cripes, this post certainly was bait to the genocide supporters on this site.
Allowed me to add to my blocks, though.
Allowed me to add to my blocks, though.
So if 'everyone is talking about' what the orange pumpkin south of the border is saying, then you're just giving him what he wants. Stop feeding the troll. I turn off the radio when the conversation is orange for longer than 30 seconds. @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
So if 'everyone is talking about' what the orange pumpkin south of the border is saying, then you're just giving him what he wants. Stop feeding the troll. I turn off the radio when the conversation is orange for longer than 30 seconds. @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social
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NYC is showing the rest of North America that we are long overdue for drivers to be paying their fair share for the externalities their actions generate. Revenue raised will support significant transit infrastructure investments. Here in Canada, who wants to be first? Vancouver? Toronto?
Last night with a cold windchill of 16 we still had a fun group of people show up to celebrate the start of NYC's Congestion Pricing including the 1st drivers to pay the toll!
Due to the cold or fumbling with my thick gloves, my audio was corrupted. But in the end this simple montage will suffice!
Due to the cold or fumbling with my thick gloves, my audio was corrupted. But in the end this simple montage will suffice!
NYC Congestion Pricing Starts: Look at the Fun We Had! (A simple montage)
YouTube video by Streetfilms®
youtu.be
January 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
NYC is showing the rest of North America that we are long overdue for drivers to be paying their fair share for the externalities their actions generate. Revenue raised will support significant transit infrastructure investments. Here in Canada, who wants to be first? Vancouver? Toronto?