Darren Johnson
@dgjohnson.bsky.social
Works on assembly instructions for big buildings.
Dad who loves the neurospice in his family. And the 2 cats.
YVR living, YYC raised, YYZ born. Three great places that often frustrate me.
Dad who loves the neurospice in his family. And the 2 cats.
YVR living, YYC raised, YYZ born. Three great places that often frustrate me.
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This government's signal legacy in higher education is going to be "we torched whatever we could right across the country because we couldn't figure out how to control the southern Ontario housing market".
Ford can't/won't build houses? Better knife some more rural colleges in NB or BC.
Ford can't/won't build houses? Better knife some more rural colleges in NB or BC.
For anyone who thinks this government actually cares about universities & colleges, consider the following statement from the budget.
"New international student arrivals have also declined by approximately 60 per cent compared to 2024. This is a start, but
we recognise there is more work to do."
"New international student arrivals have also declined by approximately 60 per cent compared to 2024. This is a start, but
we recognise there is more work to do."
November 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This government's signal legacy in higher education is going to be "we torched whatever we could right across the country because we couldn't figure out how to control the southern Ontario housing market".
Ford can't/won't build houses? Better knife some more rural colleges in NB or BC.
Ford can't/won't build houses? Better knife some more rural colleges in NB or BC.
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I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”
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You’re far closer to becoming disabled or homeless than you are to becoming a billionaire.
They’re not choices or moral failings.
They can happen in an instant from an infection, accident, job loss or sudden illness.
They’re minority groups you can join at any time.
They’re not choices or moral failings.
They can happen in an instant from an infection, accident, job loss or sudden illness.
They’re minority groups you can join at any time.
August 14, 2025 at 4:54 AM
You’re far closer to becoming disabled or homeless than you are to becoming a billionaire.
They’re not choices or moral failings.
They can happen in an instant from an infection, accident, job loss or sudden illness.
They’re minority groups you can join at any time.
They’re not choices or moral failings.
They can happen in an instant from an infection, accident, job loss or sudden illness.
They’re minority groups you can join at any time.
Watching playoff hockey on CBC on my 4k 55" TV.
For free, over the air, via a $25 HD antenna. Like it's the 20th century.
So lame @sportsnetpr.bsky.social blocking CBC's online feed of something that is free over the air.
For free, over the air, via a $25 HD antenna. Like it's the 20th century.
So lame @sportsnetpr.bsky.social blocking CBC's online feed of something that is free over the air.
May 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Watching playoff hockey on CBC on my 4k 55" TV.
For free, over the air, via a $25 HD antenna. Like it's the 20th century.
So lame @sportsnetpr.bsky.social blocking CBC's online feed of something that is free over the air.
For free, over the air, via a $25 HD antenna. Like it's the 20th century.
So lame @sportsnetpr.bsky.social blocking CBC's online feed of something that is free over the air.
Every time school marks come out I am reminded how absolutely sh!tty the MyEducationBC website is.
Totally bananas that only one email address can be associated with a child's school progress.
Spend more time talking to my ex- coordinating logging in than about the class marks or attendance posted.
Totally bananas that only one email address can be associated with a child's school progress.
Spend more time talking to my ex- coordinating logging in than about the class marks or attendance posted.
April 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Every time school marks come out I am reminded how absolutely sh!tty the MyEducationBC website is.
Totally bananas that only one email address can be associated with a child's school progress.
Spend more time talking to my ex- coordinating logging in than about the class marks or attendance posted.
Totally bananas that only one email address can be associated with a child's school progress.
Spend more time talking to my ex- coordinating logging in than about the class marks or attendance posted.
On my couch watching live stream of Green Day at Coachella 2025 thinking about being stuck in Cloverdale entry line, hearing but not seeing, Green Day as an opening act at Lollapalooza 1994.
April 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
On my couch watching live stream of Green Day at Coachella 2025 thinking about being stuck in Cloverdale entry line, hearing but not seeing, Green Day as an opening act at Lollapalooza 1994.
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April 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Advance 🇨🇦 fed elxn polls open in my 'hood to big early lines.
Altho stereotype for most here would be "those who get in lines early."
Altho stereotype for most here would be "those who get in lines early."
April 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Advance 🇨🇦 fed elxn polls open in my 'hood to big early lines.
Altho stereotype for most here would be "those who get in lines early."
Altho stereotype for most here would be "those who get in lines early."
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Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die Off
Sometimes older voters aren’t just naturally more conservative. It’s just that wealthier and whiter people tend to live longer and healthier lives.
nymag.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
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What’s happening in Sicily, Italy 🇮🇹 is absolutely extraordinary!
Mount Etna is erupting while its summit remains covered in snow—an incredible clash of fire and ice.
Here are some explorers skiing between lava flows and snowy slopes—a truly unprecedented sight! ⛷🔥❄️
Mount Etna is erupting while its summit remains covered in snow—an incredible clash of fire and ice.
Here are some explorers skiing between lava flows and snowy slopes—a truly unprecedented sight! ⛷🔥❄️
February 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
What’s happening in Sicily, Italy 🇮🇹 is absolutely extraordinary!
Mount Etna is erupting while its summit remains covered in snow—an incredible clash of fire and ice.
Here are some explorers skiing between lava flows and snowy slopes—a truly unprecedented sight! ⛷🔥❄️
Mount Etna is erupting while its summit remains covered in snow—an incredible clash of fire and ice.
Here are some explorers skiing between lava flows and snowy slopes—a truly unprecedented sight! ⛷🔥❄️
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The gap between First Nations and non-First Nations life expectancy in Alberta is 19 years, and wider now than any other point on record. This is a provincial and national emergency. #ableg
www.stalbertgazette.com/local-news/f...
www.stalbertgazette.com/local-news/f...
February 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The gap between First Nations and non-First Nations life expectancy in Alberta is 19 years, and wider now than any other point on record. This is a provincial and national emergency. #ableg
www.stalbertgazette.com/local-news/f...
www.stalbertgazette.com/local-news/f...
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This is 🇨🇦Canadian🍁Yukon cool...
February 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This is 🇨🇦Canadian🍁Yukon cool...
There is a bit more piece of mind raising teenagers if you think of them more like the family cat than dog.
No walks, scattered interest in activities with you, sleep all day, eat on their own schedule, on the prowl at night. That doesn't get the cat in trouble.
No walks, scattered interest in activities with you, sleep all day, eat on their own schedule, on the prowl at night. That doesn't get the cat in trouble.
February 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
There is a bit more piece of mind raising teenagers if you think of them more like the family cat than dog.
No walks, scattered interest in activities with you, sleep all day, eat on their own schedule, on the prowl at night. That doesn't get the cat in trouble.
No walks, scattered interest in activities with you, sleep all day, eat on their own schedule, on the prowl at night. That doesn't get the cat in trouble.
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I have a big ask. My 9yo son is autistic and he’s been raising a betta fish he named Kevin. Yesterday He asked if he could “share a photo of Kevin with the whole world“. I don’t know if this will work, but a dad’s gotta try. Like and share if that’s your thing. Kevin says hi! 🐟👋
January 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I have a big ask. My 9yo son is autistic and he’s been raising a betta fish he named Kevin. Yesterday He asked if he could “share a photo of Kevin with the whole world“. I don’t know if this will work, but a dad’s gotta try. Like and share if that’s your thing. Kevin says hi! 🐟👋
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
January 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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We're making all your websites shitty and evil. What are you gonna do, log off and spend time with your family
January 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
We're making all your websites shitty and evil. What are you gonna do, log off and spend time with your family
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One of the coolest things about publishing a book in Norway is that the gov will automatically buy 1k copies, 1.5K if its a children's book, these will then be distributed to all the libraries.
December 22, 2024 at 12:24 PM
One of the coolest things about publishing a book in Norway is that the gov will automatically buy 1k copies, 1.5K if its a children's book, these will then be distributed to all the libraries.
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There was a day when requesting information from the gov't was free. Now you have to pay $10 not just to request gov't information, but $10 for every single ministry you think might have the info. So what used to be a single request can now require a $50 request fee. Thanks!
@eby-david.bsky.social
@eby-david.bsky.social
December 21, 2024 at 12:05 AM
There was a day when requesting information from the gov't was free. Now you have to pay $10 not just to request gov't information, but $10 for every single ministry you think might have the info. So what used to be a single request can now require a $50 request fee. Thanks!
@eby-david.bsky.social
@eby-david.bsky.social
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People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Breaking News: The FDA approved use of the weight loss drug Zepbound for a common form of sleep apnea. It is the first drug authorized to treat the disorder.
F.D.A. Approves Weight-Loss Drug to Treat Sleep Apnea
Zepbound is the first prescription drug approved specifically to treat the common condition.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 12:41 AM
People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random.
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a peptide medication, which was turned into a diabetes medication, which was turned into a GLP1 weight loss drug, that just became the first therapy every approved for … sleep apnea
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Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
December 18, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
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Icy moon Dione out in front of Saturn, October 2005. Imaged by Cassini.
December 14, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Icy moon Dione out in front of Saturn, October 2005. Imaged by Cassini.
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"You know what would be great? If the exhaust vent from the neighbor’s dryer was positioned at eye level on each balcony so you have to smell your neighbor’s clothes."
An Imagined Conversation Between the People Who Designed Urban Apartment Balconies
DESIGNER 1: The investors want us to make extremely small urban apartments more enjoyable. Got any ideas? DESIGNER 2: Yes. Extremely small balconie...
buff.ly
December 13, 2024 at 3:01 AM
"You know what would be great? If the exhaust vent from the neighbor’s dryer was positioned at eye level on each balcony so you have to smell your neighbor’s clothes."
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gitched sign + one of those pointless TikTok-style ads = unintentional cyberpunk at the Whole Foods
December 12, 2024 at 4:38 AM
gitched sign + one of those pointless TikTok-style ads = unintentional cyberpunk at the Whole Foods
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I never need Mr. Miyagi's teachings more than when I'm trying to get a teenager out of bed on a school day.
December 11, 2024 at 1:30 PM
I never need Mr. Miyagi's teachings more than when I'm trying to get a teenager out of bed on a school day.
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Will I understand Luigi's Manifesto if I haven't played Luigi's Mansion?
December 11, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Will I understand Luigi's Manifesto if I haven't played Luigi's Mansion?