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Anthony Floyd
@anthonyfloyd.ca
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💬 He/him
🏠 Dad to two, @gwenfloyd.bsky.social's +1
🚲 Safe cycling advocate
📷 Photography
🎲 Board games
✈ Composites
👨‍💻 Software dev (Python, Fortran)
🎓 PhD
🍁 Vancouver BC
🌐 https://www.anthonyfloyd.ca
🐘 @anthonyfloyd.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
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emilyoram.bsky.social
This is incredible
June 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Reposted by Anthony Floyd
natashabulowski.bsky.social
SCOOP: Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes in his proposed 2026 budget.
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Reposted by Anthony Floyd
kwardvancouver.bsky.social
hey what happened to defunding the police? Its not even on this list of options
Preferred options to balance budget To balance the budget, residents would prefer the City continue to offer the same services but not to the same level, for example reduced hours (39%), followed by an increase in business property taxes (32%). Businesses also prioritize continuing to offer the same services but not to the same level, for example reduced hours (43%). However, they disagree with residents on the next best option, with 32% selecting an increase in user fees for City services that currently have fees
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Reposted by Anthony Floyd
kwardvancouver.bsky.social
defunding the police has more support than a 0% property tax increase among participants of the city’s budget survey

fund the city, the people said.
Top Five Suggestions for City Programs or Services to Reduce or Stop • Respondents who indicated they would support continuing to offer the same services but not at the same level or stopping some services, were asked a follow up question about which services they would consider this for. The following includes coded open-ended comments from residents and businesses that completed this survey question. • Feedback indicates a focus on changes to municipal operations that include reductions in City staff and streamlining services and departments. • Both groups also suggest decreasing the policing budget, improving fiscal management and reducing services and supports related to substance use 1 Police budget (14%) 2 City staff (14%) 3 City spending (13%) 4 Housing supports/ homelessness services (12%) 5 Services and supports related to substance use (11%) Base: Those answering Quotes: Stop funding the policy so heavily. Reducing City management staff. Reducing general staff at the City. Prioritize within the limits of the budget and not extend the budget. Low-income housing and supports to the homeless population. Safe drugs and injection sites should not be funded by taxpayers. usinesses (n=205) 1 City efficiencies (15%) 2 City spending (14%) 3 Police budget (14%) 4 Services and supports related to substance use (13%) 5 City staff (12%) Quotes: Why have you not looked at alternate more cost-effective service delivery rather than charge more? Cut the City of Vancouver budget instead of keep spending and ask for more property tax. Less funding to the Vancouver Police Department. Harm reduction services subsidized by the City; these are failing... Reduction in city workforce to right size the human resources.
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Reposted by Anthony Floyd
kwardvancouver.bsky.social
42% of residents and 37% of businesses surveyed supported a 5% property tax increase in order to maintain the current level of services in the city of Vancouver

but wait there’s more

a lot more

1/?

council.vancouver.ca/20251112/doc...
Preferred Property Tax Scenarios (based on June 2025 direction) • Residents and businesses were asked about their preferences for property tax increases relative to service levels (reflecting 2026 Budget scenarios staff were directed to explore in June 2025). • Most respondents are supportive of some increase in property tax. Of the options presented, the most preferred was a “property tax increase of 5% that maintains the current level of City services” (42% residents, 37% businesses). • On October 8, 2025, Council provided direction for staff to move forward and prepare the 2026 Budget with a 0% property tax increase, while prioritizing core City services and maintaining community grants, library and community centre services. This direction is different than the budget scenarios suggested in 2026 Budget survey ey question preamble: “The City continues to face significant financial pressures related to overall rising costs, regional levies from Metro Vancouver and E-Comm 9-1-1, among many factors. As mentioned, property tax increases are one financial tool that the City can use to help address rising costs, balance the budget and maintain service levels. For the City to continue providing the same level of services, analysis by staff showed a 5% increase in property taxes would be needed due to cost pressures. In an effort to address affordability for residents and businesses, City Council asked staff to create three budget scenarios based on 0%, 1.5%, and 2.5% property tax increases. Property taxes are the City’s main source of revenue and help fund the services people rely on. For that reason, decisions about property tax rates and service levels are considered together during the budget process.”
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Reposted by Anthony Floyd
janrosenow.bsky.social
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.

Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Q's first 'nucks game.
Two people sitting in the stands, wearing Canucks merch.
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Reposted by Anthony Floyd
adventuredice.ca
In 10 minutes - Dungeons and Dragons 5e! with
@mspixieriot.bsky.social

Watch live: twitch.tv/PlaidDogEvents
Donate: andreasadventurers.ca
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The cast line up for a game of Oops! All Divas, taking place on Sunday November 9 at 1 pm Pacific, with GM Pixie and Jojo, Mario, MellE, Phoenix. All for Andrea's Adventurers charity RPG Weekend
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
anthonyfloyd.ca
Ok, I know "long-form commentary" seems better than sound-bites, but there's no way I'm going to watch a "film-length" explainer no matter how interested I am in the topic.

What is "film-length" even, anyway? 60 minutes? 90 minutes? 180 minutes? 13 hrs of LOTR?

I wasn't even motivated to find out.
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
anthonyfloyd.ca
Ahahahahaha the Vancouver car-eating banana barrier made it into their slide deck.
November 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
anthonyfloyd.ca
I'm fun on Saturday nights.
#SafeStreetsForPeople #BikeYVR
A graphic that say "Safe Streets for People" in the Mamdani campaign style.
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Reposted by Anthony Floyd
lanrickbennett.bsky.social
Channel your own @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social here

homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/f...

h/t @meghancarnold.com
BIKE LANES FOR EVERYONE
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
anthonyfloyd.ca
Saw @tomflood.bsky.social standing on a corner in the Olympic Village on my way to the @visionzerovancouver.ca workshop. I had to stop and flash my "Bicycle Freedom" t-shirt at him 😄

Welcome to Vancouver, Tom, sorry I couldn't stop and chat. #bikeyvr
November 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
anthonyfloyd.ca
TIL my 3D printer will make rather good quality minis, which was something I thought only resin printers could do.

Uh oh. #3dprinting #BambuX1C
Four DND or fantasy style miniatures printed in grey PLA sitting on a project map with a black background.
November 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
anthonyfloyd.ca
"Citywide solar access policy might limit allowable max height on some sites"

Shadows. Once again you're using shadows as an excuse to not build housing. Why try to hide that?

Solar access policy, lmao
November 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Reposted by Anthony Floyd
jtindahaus.bsky.social
I am once again asking everyone to use my Canadian, free, science-based #Menopause website at www.Herstasis.com
Herstasis Health
Have a healthy menopause!
www.Herstasis.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Reposted by Anthony Floyd
lukelebrun.ca
Hi Bluesky 👋

Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP

It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history

I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Reposted by Anthony Floyd
ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social
Inaccurate violent crime statistics touted by Vancouver mayor’s party
Inaccurate violent crime statistics touted by Vancouver mayor’s party
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s ABC party published inaccurate statistics about a decrease in violent crime in the city when touting the impact of its “historic investments” in public safety.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Reposted by Anthony Floyd
bollardfan.bsky.social
The Vancouver budget will be devastating to services so many rely upon and to the hardworking employees delivering them, but here's one tiny sliver of good news: the scheme to spend millions to widen Beach Avenue and tear out the bike lane appears to have been dropped from the Capital Plan!
November 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Reposted by Anthony Floyd
paulisci.bsky.social
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women

🧵
November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
anthonyfloyd.ca
Drove Q to Granville Island tonight. Tesla driver had some sort of interaction with a pedestrian in the crosswalk on Anderson under the bridge. Driver then got out of his car, opened the trunk, walked over to the sidewalk, and attacked the pedestrian.

So that was fun.
November 7, 2025 at 2:24 AM
anthonyfloyd.ca
If this was you, BC 169 ADM driving a Toyota Matrix, you're an asshole. Dark, pouring rain, on a designated bike route, in a car canyon, and you feel the need to honk and close pass. An absolute tool, a moron, an imbecile. As you heard while I narrated behind you the whole way. (video next) #bikeyvr
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
anthonyfloyd.ca
Anthony, what is it like doing engineering internationally? Sometimes you're working with Americans, sometimes with EVERYONE ELSE. Which means holding all "intuitive" numbers in my head in at least two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT unit systems.
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
anthonyfloyd.ca
Vancouver Goldeneyes, huh?
A screenshot of Perrin Goldeneyes from the Wheel of Time TV series. It's a man with a mean look, a beard, "fantasy" armour, blood on his face and ... golden eyes.
November 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
anthonyfloyd.ca
In other news, the tide was as high as I've ever seen it in False Creek this morning. Maybe 3 ft below the top of the Seawall? It was weird seeing all the gangways horizontal.
A screenshot from a bikecam on Vancouver's seawall path near Go Fish. There's shrubbery on the left with condos, a divided path, then the seawall on the right. The water level of False Creek is quite high. The fishing wharf in the distance has a gangway that is level from the shore to the floating docks.
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM