angela
@angelahjkim.bsky.social
Urbanist • Community Advocate • Organizer @movementyvr.bsky.social / opinions are my own
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📍New Westminster, BC
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📍New Westminster, BC
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angela
@angelahjkim.bsky.social
· Apr 21
yapping my thonkings
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Toxic rhetoric online isn't new, but when political leaders indulge violent language directed at local elected colleagues, it's a failure at most basic level of democracy. Politicians have a moral obligation to call our (not hug out) their supporters when they cross that line. Do better.
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In New West, the political rhetoric has gotten completely out of control, stoked by the New West Progressives. At our Monday council meeting, the two NWP members voted against me attending a conference about countering online harm and misinformation. Meanwhile, on their social media page, there is
November 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Toxic rhetoric online isn't new, but when political leaders indulge violent language directed at local elected colleagues, it's a failure at most basic level of democracy. Politicians have a moral obligation to call our (not hug out) their supporters when they cross that line. Do better.
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Watching friends riding the new REM and going to new Eglinton station be like …
squidward from spongebob squarepants looks out a window
ALT: squidward from spongebob squarepants looks out a window
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Watching friends riding the new REM and going to new Eglinton station be like …
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There's two more days to speak up against cuts to federal transit funding.
No such thing as "Canada Strong" without transit linking our communities.
Tell the Carney government to protect and expand the Canada Public Transit Fund and fund transit operations for more affordable & frequent service ⬇️
No such thing as "Canada Strong" without transit linking our communities.
Tell the Carney government to protect and expand the Canada Public Transit Fund and fund transit operations for more affordable & frequent service ⬇️
November 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
There's two more days to speak up against cuts to federal transit funding.
No such thing as "Canada Strong" without transit linking our communities.
Tell the Carney government to protect and expand the Canada Public Transit Fund and fund transit operations for more affordable & frequent service ⬇️
No such thing as "Canada Strong" without transit linking our communities.
Tell the Carney government to protect and expand the Canada Public Transit Fund and fund transit operations for more affordable & frequent service ⬇️
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The 2026 Vancouver budget risks imposing cuts to road safety initiatives that we simply can't afford. With so few details being released, we call upon council to amend the budget to direct that essential transportation programs and staff be protected.
👉 More: visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/11/12/2...
👉 More: visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/11/12/2...
November 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The 2026 Vancouver budget risks imposing cuts to road safety initiatives that we simply can't afford. With so few details being released, we call upon council to amend the budget to direct that essential transportation programs and staff be protected.
👉 More: visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/11/12/2...
👉 More: visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/11/12/2...
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JUST IN: Katie Wilson significantly extends her lead in the Seattle mayoral race.
She now leads Mayor Bruce Harrell by 1,346 votes, or 0.5%.
That's up from the squeaker-lead of 91 votes in yesterday's update). She won today's batch of nearly 6K ballots by 20% (!).
Not much left at this point.
She now leads Mayor Bruce Harrell by 1,346 votes, or 0.5%.
That's up from the squeaker-lead of 91 votes in yesterday's update). She won today's batch of nearly 6K ballots by 20% (!).
Not much left at this point.
November 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
JUST IN: Katie Wilson significantly extends her lead in the Seattle mayoral race.
She now leads Mayor Bruce Harrell by 1,346 votes, or 0.5%.
That's up from the squeaker-lead of 91 votes in yesterday's update). She won today's batch of nearly 6K ballots by 20% (!).
Not much left at this point.
She now leads Mayor Bruce Harrell by 1,346 votes, or 0.5%.
That's up from the squeaker-lead of 91 votes in yesterday's update). She won today's batch of nearly 6K ballots by 20% (!).
Not much left at this point.
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Awesome event tonight!! More photos to come. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported!
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Awesome event tonight!! More photos to come. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported!
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The Budget Announcement giveth,
The small print taketh away.
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The small print taketh away.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The Budget Announcement giveth,
The small print taketh away.
😐🚌🚊🚎😐
The small print taketh away.
😐🚌🚊🚎😐
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"It is well documented that public transit significantly benefits economic productivity [...]. For a 500-page productivity-focused budget, it’s striking that the term “public transit” appears only three times." 🚍
Great piece by @1alexhemingway.bsky.social
Great piece by @1alexhemingway.bsky.social
Three missed opportunities in Canada’s federal budget
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first federal budget comes at an important moment for Canada as we face an increasingly hostile United States and the need to chart our own path.
The choices this gover...
bcpolicy.ca
November 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"It is well documented that public transit significantly benefits economic productivity [...]. For a 500-page productivity-focused budget, it’s striking that the term “public transit” appears only three times." 🚍
Great piece by @1alexhemingway.bsky.social
Great piece by @1alexhemingway.bsky.social
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💫 New panelist alert! We're thrilled to have @tomflood.bsky.social joining @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @thewaroncars.bsky.social THIS SATURDAY for Life After Cars in downtown Vancouver, hosted by the incredible @uytaelee.bsky.social.
A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
💫 New panelist alert! We're thrilled to have @tomflood.bsky.social joining @lucymaloney.bsky.social & @thewaroncars.bsky.social THIS SATURDAY for Life After Cars in downtown Vancouver, hosted by the incredible @uytaelee.bsky.social.
A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
A few tix still available!
visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/08/01/l...
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“If the water isn't able to be treated and reused in the mines and for development, why is it good enough for us to drink?” said Billy-Joe Tuccaro, chief of the Mikisew Cree First Nation. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
Alberta chiefs say oilsands causing cancer surge, call for halt to tailings plan
Indigenous leaders in Alberta say unchecked oilsands development is devastating their land and could be linked to rising cancer rates in their communities.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“If the water isn't able to be treated and reused in the mines and for development, why is it good enough for us to drink?” said Billy-Joe Tuccaro, chief of the Mikisew Cree First Nation. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
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Vancouver is just a police department at this point.
Vancouver's proposed 2026 budget has been released.
It proposes a property tax freeze, a 10% increase to the Police Services budget, a 6% increase to Fire/Rescue Services, and lots of other cuts, including Arts & Culture, Planning & Sustainability, and much more.
Full report here.
It proposes a property tax freeze, a 10% increase to the Police Services budget, a 6% increase to Fire/Rescue Services, and lots of other cuts, including Arts & Culture, Planning & Sustainability, and much more.
Full report here.
council.vancouver.ca
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Vancouver is just a police department at this point.
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I'm at the #CUTA2025 conference in Montreal this week. Great presentation by @jedwinmok.com and @chittimarco.bsky.social about escalating transit costs in Canada. What do the countries with highest costs have in common? English is their primary language.
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I'm at the #CUTA2025 conference in Montreal this week. Great presentation by @jedwinmok.com and @chittimarco.bsky.social about escalating transit costs in Canada. What do the countries with highest costs have in common? English is their primary language.
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I wish there was a way to convey how much of a big deal this is to me, I wish you could feel it.
Our work on housing policy, condensed in a single report, has finally been translated to English. You can download it here:
carrefour.vivreenville.org/publication/...
(Click "Télécharger le PDF")
Our work on housing policy, condensed in a single report, has finally been translated to English. You can download it here:
carrefour.vivreenville.org/publication/...
(Click "Télécharger le PDF")
Opening Doors | Publications | Carrefour Vivre en Ville
Consultez notre publication « Opening Doors ». Carrefour Vivre en Ville
carrefour.vivreenville.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I wish there was a way to convey how much of a big deal this is to me, I wish you could feel it.
Our work on housing policy, condensed in a single report, has finally been translated to English. You can download it here:
carrefour.vivreenville.org/publication/...
(Click "Télécharger le PDF")
Our work on housing policy, condensed in a single report, has finally been translated to English. You can download it here:
carrefour.vivreenville.org/publication/...
(Click "Télécharger le PDF")
Arrived to Valerie Plante’s Montreal,
Leaving Brian Montague of Montreal’s Montreal
Leaving Brian Montague of Montreal’s Montreal
November 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Arrived to Valerie Plante’s Montreal,
Leaving Brian Montague of Montreal’s Montreal
Leaving Brian Montague of Montreal’s Montreal
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A quick explainer on Montreal’s election:
The urbanist Projet Montréal party of outgoing mayor Valérie Plante has lost the election to the opposition Ensemble Montréal.
Projet deserves a *lot* of credit for Montreal’s transformation in the past 10 or 15 years to be more bike/pedestrian-friendly.
The urbanist Projet Montréal party of outgoing mayor Valérie Plante has lost the election to the opposition Ensemble Montréal.
Projet deserves a *lot* of credit for Montreal’s transformation in the past 10 or 15 years to be more bike/pedestrian-friendly.
November 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
A quick explainer on Montreal’s election:
The urbanist Projet Montréal party of outgoing mayor Valérie Plante has lost the election to the opposition Ensemble Montréal.
Projet deserves a *lot* of credit for Montreal’s transformation in the past 10 or 15 years to be more bike/pedestrian-friendly.
The urbanist Projet Montréal party of outgoing mayor Valérie Plante has lost the election to the opposition Ensemble Montréal.
Projet deserves a *lot* of credit for Montreal’s transformation in the past 10 or 15 years to be more bike/pedestrian-friendly.
New West’s CRCL mentioned at CUTA conference whoop whoop
November 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
New West’s CRCL mentioned at CUTA conference whoop whoop
if i took a shot every time i said “ahh the façade!!!” while i walked around montreal i would not be here
October 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
if i took a shot every time i said “ahh the façade!!!” while i walked around montreal i would not be here
CUTA Young Leader Summit Drip
October 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
CUTA Young Leader Summit Drip
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To people looking for a home today, writes @dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social, it matters a great deal whether that home is built next year, or in ten. Re-legalizing small apartment buildings throughout our cities would create more homes faster. www.sightline.org/2025/10/28/t...
To Build Fast, Think Small | Sightline Institute
How re-legalizing small apartment buildings would spur the homes city dwellers need now.
www.sightline.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
To people looking for a home today, writes @dannyoleksiuk.bsky.social, it matters a great deal whether that home is built next year, or in ten. Re-legalizing small apartment buildings throughout our cities would create more homes faster. www.sightline.org/2025/10/28/t...
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since this game began two more conservative MLAs have left their caucus
October 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
since this game began two more conservative MLAs have left their caucus
I was watching the baseball game at a small korean restaurant over dinner and yall there was a lot of shibal in the air
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I was watching the baseball game at a small korean restaurant over dinner and yall there was a lot of shibal in the air
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BREAKING Ireland elects independent Catherine Connolly president. The Sinn Fein-backed leftist campaigned on economic justice at home, fury over Gaza
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Ireland elects a leftist who campaigned on economic justice, Gaza
Catherine Connolly, an independent endorsed by Sinn Fein, campaigned on calls for urgent domestic reform with an unflinching critique of Israel’s war in Gaza.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
BREAKING Ireland elects independent Catherine Connolly president. The Sinn Fein-backed leftist campaigned on economic justice at home, fury over Gaza
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Platform screen doors (PSDs) in Seoul were fundamentally a political issue. Once political support was secured, financial and engineering barriers quickly gave way.
Loved this piece by @seung.bsky.social explaining how 200+ stations received PSDs in <10 years.
www.substack-bahn.net/p/how-seoul-...
Loved this piece by @seung.bsky.social explaining how 200+ stations received PSDs in <10 years.
www.substack-bahn.net/p/how-seoul-...
How Seoul Metro Installed Platform Screen Doors Everywhere
The political history of a safety equipment
www.substack-bahn.net
October 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Platform screen doors (PSDs) in Seoul were fundamentally a political issue. Once political support was secured, financial and engineering barriers quickly gave way.
Loved this piece by @seung.bsky.social explaining how 200+ stations received PSDs in <10 years.
www.substack-bahn.net/p/how-seoul-...
Loved this piece by @seung.bsky.social explaining how 200+ stations received PSDs in <10 years.
www.substack-bahn.net/p/how-seoul-...
I am gonna be in montreal this time next week??! Crazy
October 24, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I am gonna be in montreal this time next week??! Crazy