Matthew Cook
@anarchistfish.bsky.social
Social worker on coast Salish Territories.
Shop Stewart in the BCGEU
Lousy Christian, worst anarchist. Politics of the Inferno.
Here for housing advocacy and silly memes
Shop Stewart in the BCGEU
Lousy Christian, worst anarchist. Politics of the Inferno.
Here for housing advocacy and silly memes
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This is accurate when it comes to cars but it actually just model the entirety of modernity.
![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is accurate when it comes to cars but it actually just model the entirety of modernity.
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Update: conversations with friends informs me that we have to keep up the fight for households with just one PWD and 1+ standard earner.
I’m collecting stories to pass on thru advocacy channels. Lmk
We can and we should land the plane on refusing legislated poverty for a handful of our neighbours.
I’m collecting stories to pass on thru advocacy channels. Lmk
We can and we should land the plane on refusing legislated poverty for a handful of our neighbours.
DROP THE PHONE. FORGET EVERYTHING. THIS IS HUGE.
I have called spousal clawbacks legislated poverty for years.
So many will be able to seek gainful employment, come out from illegal rental units, can get married and file taxes together, and more!
I'm crying on the inside for my PWD friends.
I have called spousal clawbacks legislated poverty for years.
So many will be able to seek gainful employment, come out from illegal rental units, can get married and file taxes together, and more!
I'm crying on the inside for my PWD friends.
CARGA UPDATE: BC Ends Spousal Caps and Clawbacks, Expanding Support for People Living with a Disability - BC Green Caucus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2025NANAIMO, B.C. – The BC Greens and BC NDP have announced that, starting December 1, 2025, couples in which both partners receive disability payments will now rece...
bcgreencaucus.ca
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Update: conversations with friends informs me that we have to keep up the fight for households with just one PWD and 1+ standard earner.
I’m collecting stories to pass on thru advocacy channels. Lmk
We can and we should land the plane on refusing legislated poverty for a handful of our neighbours.
I’m collecting stories to pass on thru advocacy channels. Lmk
We can and we should land the plane on refusing legislated poverty for a handful of our neighbours.
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The Tyee's health reporter @michellegamage.bsky.social has been working on a two-part series about why it's so difficult to get a wheelchair repaired in B.C.
This is the second story that focuses on solutions, such as a DIY repair session at Our Community Bikes thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
This is the second story that focuses on solutions, such as a DIY repair session at Our Community Bikes thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
How to Speed Up Wheelchair Repairs | The Tyee
Systemic changes are needed from government and industry, experts say. In the meantime, users are turning to DIY.
thetyee.ca
November 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Tyee's health reporter @michellegamage.bsky.social has been working on a two-part series about why it's so difficult to get a wheelchair repaired in B.C.
This is the second story that focuses on solutions, such as a DIY repair session at Our Community Bikes thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
This is the second story that focuses on solutions, such as a DIY repair session at Our Community Bikes thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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Hi so I'm about to launch a Canadian healthcare newsletter with @pressprogress.ca
If you sign up, I'll be in your inbox 2x a month w exclusive health news, info, research, and more, all broken down and digestible for you.
1st edition goes out soon, see for yourself! pressprogress.ca/pulsecheck/
If you sign up, I'll be in your inbox 2x a month w exclusive health news, info, research, and more, all broken down and digestible for you.
1st edition goes out soon, see for yourself! pressprogress.ca/pulsecheck/
Sign Up for PressProgress’ Pulse Check Newsletter
Hello! It’s me, Brishti, your friendly neighbourhood health reporter, asking you to invite me into your inbox to bring you Pulse Check, a regular Canadian healthcare-focused email newsletter. It’s one...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Hi so I'm about to launch a Canadian healthcare newsletter with @pressprogress.ca
If you sign up, I'll be in your inbox 2x a month w exclusive health news, info, research, and more, all broken down and digestible for you.
1st edition goes out soon, see for yourself! pressprogress.ca/pulsecheck/
If you sign up, I'll be in your inbox 2x a month w exclusive health news, info, research, and more, all broken down and digestible for you.
1st edition goes out soon, see for yourself! pressprogress.ca/pulsecheck/
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“The fifth estate obtained internal Health Canada reports that reveal the federal government was advised by its own experts to expand access to a greater range of safe and regulated drugs for people across Canada.”
From CBC: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
From CBC: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
They’re at risk of dying from opioid overdose. The government cut funding that could help them | CBC News
As deadly drug overdoses climbed across Canada, decision-makers faced political backlash for funding programs that gave drug users prescribed opioids and, against their own experts’ advice, scaled bac...
www.cbc.ca
November 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“The fifth estate obtained internal Health Canada reports that reveal the federal government was advised by its own experts to expand access to a greater range of safe and regulated drugs for people across Canada.”
From CBC: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
From CBC: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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My full story on the “people’s filibuster:” how Ken Sim and the ABC councillors got an earful this week from people opposed to their zero tax increase budget. #vanpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
The ‘People’s Filibuster’ Comes to Vancouver City Hall | The Tyee
Over 600 people signed up to speak to Mayor Ken Sim’s tax-freeze budget. Most were opposed.
thetyee.ca
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
My full story on the “people’s filibuster:” how Ken Sim and the ABC councillors got an earful this week from people opposed to their zero tax increase budget. #vanpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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Wow, what a cynical thing for our mayor to say after all the Vancouverites came together to voice concerns over his budget
November 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Wow, what a cynical thing for our mayor to say after all the Vancouverites came together to voice concerns over his budget
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#BCpoli 21st century inequality has created a massive $$$ pool chasing limited returns = serial bubbles (Dot-com, Housing, Crypto) + soaring asset prices (commodities, real estate, stocks), while wage growth for the majority is stagnant. What is the solution? #TaxtheRich
BC billionaires hoard more wealth every year — and it’s making life worse for…literally everyone else. 2 minutes on how we got here and our game plan to fund the future⚡️Share & join us: bcgreens.ca/join/
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 AM
#BCpoli 21st century inequality has created a massive $$$ pool chasing limited returns = serial bubbles (Dot-com, Housing, Crypto) + soaring asset prices (commodities, real estate, stocks), while wage growth for the majority is stagnant. What is the solution? #TaxtheRich
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BC billionaires hoard more wealth every year — and it’s making life worse for…literally everyone else. 2 minutes on how we got here and our game plan to fund the future⚡️Share & join us: bcgreens.ca/join/
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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My physiotherapist told me yesterday she is moving to Saskatchewan.
This sounds good to me, @davidebybc.bsky.social.
If we’re not gonna eat the super-rich, let’s at least tax them.
This sounds good to me, @davidebybc.bsky.social.
If we’re not gonna eat the super-rich, let’s at least tax them.
BC billionaires hoard more wealth every year — and it’s making life worse for…literally everyone else. 2 minutes on how we got here and our game plan to fund the future⚡️Share & join us: bcgreens.ca/join/
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
My physiotherapist told me yesterday she is moving to Saskatchewan.
This sounds good to me, @davidebybc.bsky.social.
If we’re not gonna eat the super-rich, let’s at least tax them.
This sounds good to me, @davidebybc.bsky.social.
If we’re not gonna eat the super-rich, let’s at least tax them.
Reposted by Matthew Cook
BC billionaires hoard more wealth every year — and it’s making life worse for…literally everyone else. 2 minutes on how we got here and our game plan to fund the future⚡️Share & join us: bcgreens.ca/join/
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
BC billionaires hoard more wealth every year — and it’s making life worse for…literally everyone else. 2 minutes on how we got here and our game plan to fund the future⚡️Share & join us: bcgreens.ca/join/
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443: mother of 3 year old. 130m is devastating blow to families like mine. No housing security. Was evicted while pregnant. No child care here. So many like me. Social housing, social programs. Urgently need city to do its part to prevent against climate emergency. Reject austerity agenda.
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Yikes! this meeting is such a cry for public infrastructure. It's like reading the Old Testiment.
408: new mother. Son turned blue because couldn’t heat pool. Turned away from library. Took months to get subsidy for daycare. Nanny was struck at crosswalk that had already been identified but city stretched too thin. What more will families have to endure? Invest in our city!
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Yikes! this meeting is such a cry for public infrastructure. It's like reading the Old Testiment.
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PLEASE INCREASE MY PROPERTY TAXES!
— Vancouver homeowner
— Vancouver homeowner
339: homeowner teacher. Opposes. Math doesn’t add up. Show your work. This budget will me and my child. Libraries helped me with post partum depression. Takes a village to raise a child and this budget kills that village. Please increase my property taxes! I feel so ignored
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
PLEASE INCREASE MY PROPERTY TAXES!
— Vancouver homeowner
— Vancouver homeowner
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Unacceptable! X is fighting a BC order to remove a non-consensual intimate image, instead of doing the right thing & removing the image. These harmful images have no place online, anywhere, ever. We’re joining the case to defend BC’s laws & ensure survivors receive real protection, not half measures
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Unacceptable! X is fighting a BC order to remove a non-consensual intimate image, instead of doing the right thing & removing the image. These harmful images have no place online, anywhere, ever. We’re joining the case to defend BC’s laws & ensure survivors receive real protection, not half measures
This is a great step forward. As a social worker I have been advising people for years to hide the fact that they're married, or in a relationship because being honest could cost them $300 a month, and PWD isn't much to start with.
But it does need to go WAY further...short🧵
But it does need to go WAY further...short🧵
DROP THE PHONE. FORGET EVERYTHING. THIS IS HUGE.
I have called spousal clawbacks legislated poverty for years.
So many will be able to seek gainful employment, come out from illegal rental units, can get married and file taxes together, and more!
I'm crying on the inside for my PWD friends.
I have called spousal clawbacks legislated poverty for years.
So many will be able to seek gainful employment, come out from illegal rental units, can get married and file taxes together, and more!
I'm crying on the inside for my PWD friends.
CARGA UPDATE: BC Ends Spousal Caps and Clawbacks, Expanding Support for People Living with a Disability - BC Green Caucus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2025NANAIMO, B.C. – The BC Greens and BC NDP have announced that, starting December 1, 2025, couples in which both partners receive disability payments will now rece...
bcgreencaucus.ca
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This is a great step forward. As a social worker I have been advising people for years to hide the fact that they're married, or in a relationship because being honest could cost them $300 a month, and PWD isn't much to start with.
But it does need to go WAY further...short🧵
But it does need to go WAY further...short🧵
Reposted by Matthew Cook
DROP THE PHONE. FORGET EVERYTHING. THIS IS HUGE.
I have called spousal clawbacks legislated poverty for years.
So many will be able to seek gainful employment, come out from illegal rental units, can get married and file taxes together, and more!
I'm crying on the inside for my PWD friends.
I have called spousal clawbacks legislated poverty for years.
So many will be able to seek gainful employment, come out from illegal rental units, can get married and file taxes together, and more!
I'm crying on the inside for my PWD friends.
CARGA UPDATE: BC Ends Spousal Caps and Clawbacks, Expanding Support for People Living with a Disability - BC Green Caucus
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 13, 2025NANAIMO, B.C. – The BC Greens and BC NDP have announced that, starting December 1, 2025, couples in which both partners receive disability payments will now rece...
bcgreencaucus.ca
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
DROP THE PHONE. FORGET EVERYTHING. THIS IS HUGE.
I have called spousal clawbacks legislated poverty for years.
So many will be able to seek gainful employment, come out from illegal rental units, can get married and file taxes together, and more!
I'm crying on the inside for my PWD friends.
I have called spousal clawbacks legislated poverty for years.
So many will be able to seek gainful employment, come out from illegal rental units, can get married and file taxes together, and more!
I'm crying on the inside for my PWD friends.
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We can do better. We need to be more transparent. I pass the mic. 235: David chudnovsky (former COPE guy and MLA). I know about governance and budgets.,short term pain does not lead to long term gain. Today’s housing crisis was caused by what we were told was short term pain. We are still paying
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 AM
We can do better. We need to be more transparent. I pass the mic. 235: David chudnovsky (former COPE guy and MLA). I know about governance and budgets.,short term pain does not lead to long term gain. Today’s housing crisis was caused by what we were told was short term pain. We are still paying
There's a statue where I wanna topple the top half.
What's up again from Brazil, featuring a procession of the Virgem de Nazaré highlighting the ecomartyrs of Latin America (and also a statue, unrelated).
November 13, 2025 at 4:45 AM
There's a statue where I wanna topple the top half.
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What's up again from Brazil, featuring a procession of the Virgem de Nazaré highlighting the ecomartyrs of Latin America (and also a statue, unrelated).
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
What's up again from Brazil, featuring a procession of the Virgem de Nazaré highlighting the ecomartyrs of Latin America (and also a statue, unrelated).
Great to see @emilylowan.bsky.social get out in front of the lng project.
Mark Carney is about to announce more of his “elbows up” major projects.
But under the surface, one that’s being sold as an Indigenous-led LNG project is actually — spoiler — American as hell.
That’s not even the worst part!
@emilylowan.bsky.social joined me to discuss:
But under the surface, one that’s being sold as an Indigenous-led LNG project is actually — spoiler — American as hell.
That’s not even the worst part!
@emilylowan.bsky.social joined me to discuss:
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Great to see @emilylowan.bsky.social get out in front of the lng project.
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"Refuse the Capitalist Death Culture that Says Work = Worth"
Seen in Vancouver.
Seen in Vancouver.
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"Refuse the Capitalist Death Culture that Says Work = Worth"
Seen in Vancouver.
Seen in Vancouver.
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Brian Montague can cross a bridge but not a bike lane.
the VPD guy just blamed bike lanes for poor response times.
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Brian Montague can cross a bridge but not a bike lane.
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Despite Ken Sim trying to call our reporting "false" regarding the loss of Vancouver's sustainability department, city staff just confirmed under pressure from council that those jobs are not in fact safe in the budget, as it now stands.
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Despite Ken Sim trying to call our reporting "false" regarding the loss of Vancouver's sustainability department, city staff just confirmed under pressure from council that those jobs are not in fact safe in the budget, as it now stands.
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My plans today? Not me glued to the livestream of rad Vancouverites fighting the proposed populist austerity budget. 👀
My heart goes out to the staff who maintain absolute professionalism in the face of their jobs getting cut… to benefit a small class of residents: overvalued landowners.
My heart goes out to the staff who maintain absolute professionalism in the face of their jobs getting cut… to benefit a small class of residents: overvalued landowners.
Y'all, I didn't realize how bad this budget motion in Vancouver was until I watched the Council meeting for the last 15 minutes. It's fundamentally massive austerity sanitized through bureaucracy.
Of note: ABC is not acknowledging their previous commitments to transparency re: providing line items.
Of note: ABC is not acknowledging their previous commitments to transparency re: providing line items.
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
My plans today? Not me glued to the livestream of rad Vancouverites fighting the proposed populist austerity budget. 👀
My heart goes out to the staff who maintain absolute professionalism in the face of their jobs getting cut… to benefit a small class of residents: overvalued landowners.
My heart goes out to the staff who maintain absolute professionalism in the face of their jobs getting cut… to benefit a small class of residents: overvalued landowners.