Brad Cavanagh
@canspice.bsky.social
Runner, father, walker, husbander, affordable housinger, noted finder of far-off explosions, curler, Governor Blood, not the mayor of Dubuque. He/him/his.
Team Asteroid 2024 YR4.
Team Asteroid 2024 YR4.
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School and city officials are here for today’s announcement by Premier Eby @davidebybc.bsky.social about funding for a new #NewWest elementary school
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
School and city officials are here for today’s announcement by Premier Eby @davidebybc.bsky.social about funding for a new #NewWest elementary school
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For the airplane + red aurora + big dipper fans. 😍
November 12, 2025 at 6:11 AM
For the airplane + red aurora + big dipper fans. 😍
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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Drivers that don’t yield to pedestrians at crosswalks and endanger them should lose their license tbh
November 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Drivers that don’t yield to pedestrians at crosswalks and endanger them should lose their license tbh
One more lane! One more lane! One more lane!
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
One more lane! One more lane! One more lane!
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This is a great day!
November 9, 2025 at 5:20 AM
This is a great day!
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Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
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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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“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
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Also, Vancouver is one of the only big cities in Canada not to have a low income transit pass.
You pay $100-$200 per month, regardless of your ability to do so.
In Alberta, the pass is as low as $5/month.
You pay $100-$200 per month, regardless of your ability to do so.
In Alberta, the pass is as low as $5/month.
Did you know BC has some of the most affordable auto insurance rates in Canada? ICBC's basic auto insurance rates won't change through spring 2027, marking seven years in a row without a rate increase. News.gov.bc.ca/32970
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Also, Vancouver is one of the only big cities in Canada not to have a low income transit pass.
You pay $100-$200 per month, regardless of your ability to do so.
In Alberta, the pass is as low as $5/month.
You pay $100-$200 per month, regardless of your ability to do so.
In Alberta, the pass is as low as $5/month.
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We ranked the NDP leadership candidates by how likely they are to disappoint you
We ranked the NDP leadership candidates by how likely they are to disappoint you
After Jagmeet Singh’s disastrous run of the NDP has shown, left wing politicians will always disappoint you.
www.thebeaverton.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We ranked the NDP leadership candidates by how likely they are to disappoint you
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
Two days later, another five-star album: Nirvana's "Nevermind"
106 albums into listening to each album from the "1001 Albums You Must Listen To Before You Die" and I just added my seventh five-star album: "Back at the Chicken Shack" by The Incredible Jimmy Smith. So smooth.
November 6, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Two days later, another five-star album: Nirvana's "Nevermind"
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Let's do what Brent is suggesting
Regarding Prime Minister Carney’s federal budget: I don’t pretend to fully know it, and there are elements that concern me, but if I were the NDP I’d pledge to support it if a significant investment in urban public transit (nation-building, climate etc) was added, and if I were PM Carney I’d agree.
November 6, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Let's do what Brent is suggesting
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I wrote this article! 🙂
This is IMO one of the biggest discoveries of the year, but you haven’t heard about it bc of a NASA press release/embargo stuck bc of the shutdown. I however have no such constraint (we’re tracking it in radio but haven’t finished the paper) so got to write about it! 🔭🧪
This is IMO one of the biggest discoveries of the year, but you haven’t heard about it bc of a NASA press release/embargo stuck bc of the shutdown. I however have no such constraint (we’re tracking it in radio but haven’t finished the paper) so got to write about it! 🔭🧪
A cosmic explosion known as GRB 250702B is by far the longest gamma-ray burst astronomers have ever seen—if it’s even one at all
These Cosmic Outbursts Normally Last for Minutes. This One Went on for Hours—And Nobody Knows Why
A cosmic explosion known as GRB 250702B is by far the longest gamma-ray burst astronomers have ever seen—if it’s even one at all
www.scientificamerican.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I wrote this article! 🙂
This is IMO one of the biggest discoveries of the year, but you haven’t heard about it bc of a NASA press release/embargo stuck bc of the shutdown. I however have no such constraint (we’re tracking it in radio but haven’t finished the paper) so got to write about it! 🔭🧪
This is IMO one of the biggest discoveries of the year, but you haven’t heard about it bc of a NASA press release/embargo stuck bc of the shutdown. I however have no such constraint (we’re tracking it in radio but haven’t finished the paper) so got to write about it! 🔭🧪
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2023: ABC refunds millions of dollars of Empty Homes Tax to developers
2025: ABC refuses to use EHT money for its intended purpose, putting 81 affordable homes for women and children at risk
What an astonishing decision by Ken Sim and ABC.
2025: ABC refuses to use EHT money for its intended purpose, putting 81 affordable homes for women and children at risk
What an astonishing decision by Ken Sim and ABC.
November 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
2023: ABC refunds millions of dollars of Empty Homes Tax to developers
2025: ABC refuses to use EHT money for its intended purpose, putting 81 affordable homes for women and children at risk
What an astonishing decision by Ken Sim and ABC.
2025: ABC refuses to use EHT money for its intended purpose, putting 81 affordable homes for women and children at risk
What an astonishing decision by Ken Sim and ABC.
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Trump just continually shooting our country in the face. This unwarranted (and likely illegal) destruction of Goddard is madness. It jeopardizes the next several decades of space exploration.
Reposting to correct an error: trump admin is quietly gutting 13 buildings and about 100 laboratories at Goddard campus that has been instrumental to Hubble and James Webb telescope missions. Staff say they’ve be locked and told to move equipment. Anything left behind will be thrown away.
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear
(CNN) — Alarm is growing among federal workers at NASA’s iconic Goddard Space Flight Center’s main campus in Greenbelt, Maryland — the nerve center for groundbreaking missions like the Hubble
www.wkow.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Trump just continually shooting our country in the face. This unwarranted (and likely illegal) destruction of Goddard is madness. It jeopardizes the next several decades of space exploration.
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It's great to have local news in #NewWest again to talk about the work the City is doing: www.freshetnews.ca/could-vision...
New Westminster aims to end traffic-related deaths and serious injuries - Freshet News
New Westminster forms Vision Zero task force in an effort to end traffic-related deaths and serious injuries
www.freshetnews.ca
November 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
It's great to have local news in #NewWest again to talk about the work the City is doing: www.freshetnews.ca/could-vision...
While everybody's watching the NYC mayor race, I'm guessing I'm the only person I know watching the Dubuque, Iowa mayor race.
November 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
While everybody's watching the NYC mayor race, I'm guessing I'm the only person I know watching the Dubuque, Iowa mayor race.
106 albums into listening to each album from the "1001 Albums You Must Listen To Before You Die" and I just added my seventh five-star album: "Back at the Chicken Shack" by The Incredible Jimmy Smith. So smooth.
November 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
106 albums into listening to each album from the "1001 Albums You Must Listen To Before You Die" and I just added my seventh five-star album: "Back at the Chicken Shack" by The Incredible Jimmy Smith. So smooth.
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"Dick Cheney's Dead" scans to the same rhythm as "It's raining men"
November 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"Dick Cheney's Dead" scans to the same rhythm as "It's raining men"