AmperSand
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📍 Vancouver BC
Canada, Turtle Island
📍 Vancouver BC
Canada, Turtle Island
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Many city halls are deep in budget-time. Some are pushing austerity ideologies, and are ignoring the difference between costs and cost-savers/value creators. Citizens, PAY ATTENTION, and never forget that the TRUTH about a city’s REAL aspirations isn’t found in its visions. It’s found in its budget.
November 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Many city halls are deep in budget-time. Some are pushing austerity ideologies, and are ignoring the difference between costs and cost-savers/value creators. Citizens, PAY ATTENTION, and never forget that the TRUTH about a city’s REAL aspirations isn’t found in its visions. It’s found in its budget.
What a cutie.
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
What a cutie.
Look East! Just getting a glimpse 🌈
Rain, wind and sun in Vancouver. Anyone seeing a rainbow?
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Look East! Just getting a glimpse 🌈
Rain, wind and sun in Vancouver. Anyone seeing a rainbow?
November 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Rain, wind and sun in Vancouver. Anyone seeing a rainbow?
Doesn't look guilty at all. Nabbed the spag and salsiccia before the sauce was added.
We only rate dogs. This is spaghetti con salsiccia. Obviously has the noodles and the sausage, but is notably missing sauce. Please only send dogs. Thank you… 13/10 (IG: futrinka_tacsko)
November 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Doesn't look guilty at all. Nabbed the spag and salsiccia before the sauce was added.
Oh hey, NYC, it's really happening.
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Oh hey, NYC, it's really happening.
Woot! Eurovision, here comes Canada.
Budget 2025: Canada in Eurovision? Mark Carney wants to make it happen.
While Canada has never entered the competition, multiple individual Canadians have participated throughout the years. Most notably, Celine Dion won the contest in 1988, representing Switzerland and si...
www.ipolitics.ca
November 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Woot! Eurovision, here comes Canada.
Working out at 30 can't be the same as working out at 50 and beyond. The best approach to exercising as we age is realistic and adaptive, says this article.
You should act your age – at least when it comes to exercise. Here’s why
Adapting your fitness routine to your physical realities can help prevent injury from over-exercising
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Working out at 30 can't be the same as working out at 50 and beyond. The best approach to exercising as we age is realistic and adaptive, says this article.
Good. As they break down, tires release toxins into the environment.
After making a public appeal for help to remove the massive tires last week, several companies came forward and the operation went off without a hitch Monday.
Huge industrial tires removed from Campbell River beach
The eleven tires were considered an environmental concern after washing up in Shelter Bay around two weeks ago.
cheknews.ca
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Good. As they break down, tires release toxins into the environment.
If the water is clean enough -- yes! I'm also hoping we'll some day get a Bondi Icebergs-type ocean pool.
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
If the water is clean enough -- yes! I'm also hoping we'll some day get a Bondi Icebergs-type ocean pool.
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Diane Ladd, Oscar-nominated actor of Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, dies aged 89
Diane Ladd, Oscar-nominated actor of Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, dies aged 89
The death of the three-time Oscar nominee, whose starred in films including Chinatown, was announced by her daughter Laura Dern
Oscar-nominated actor Diane Ladd has died at the age of 89.
The actor, whose credits included Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Chinatown and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, died at her home in Ojai, California. The news was announced in a statement shared by her daughter, Oscar-winning actor Laura Dern. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Diane Ladd, Oscar-nominated actor of Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, dies aged 89
Oh no Teen Vogue, you didn't stay in your lane.
The outlet, which has built a stake in progressive media, will keep its ‘unique editorial identity and mission,’ according to an announcement from Condé Nast.
Teen Vogue Is Folding Into Vogue.com
The outlet, which has built a stake in progressive media, will keep its ‘unique editorial identity and mission,’ according to an announcement from Condé Nast.
www.thecut.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Oh no Teen Vogue, you didn't stay in your lane.
Happy World Sandwich Day 🥪
The best sandwich I had was a simple one of country ham on crusty bread, bought at a market in Italy, taken to the beach, and devoured sand and all.
The best sandwich I had was a simple one of country ham on crusty bread, bought at a market in Italy, taken to the beach, and devoured sand and all.
Celebrate World Sandwich Day by exploring the origin of this convenient meal 🥪
Legend says the Fourth Earl of Sandwich asked for meat between slices of bread so he could continue playing cards or working without greasy hands. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)
Legend says the Fourth Earl of Sandwich asked for meat between slices of bread so he could continue playing cards or working without greasy hands. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)
November 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Happy World Sandwich Day 🥪
The best sandwich I had was a simple one of country ham on crusty bread, bought at a market in Italy, taken to the beach, and devoured sand and all.
The best sandwich I had was a simple one of country ham on crusty bread, bought at a market in Italy, taken to the beach, and devoured sand and all.
In case you were hesitating:
"Ongoing peer-reviewed evidence supports the safety and effectiveness of immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza during the 2025–2026 season."
"Ongoing peer-reviewed evidence supports the safety and effectiveness of immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza during the 2025–2026 season."
Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025–2026 | NEJM
Changes in the vaccine advisory process in the United States have disrupted immunization guidance, which reinforces the need for independent evidence review to inform decisions regarding immunizati...
www.nejm.org
November 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
In case you were hesitating:
"Ongoing peer-reviewed evidence supports the safety and effectiveness of immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza during the 2025–2026 season."
"Ongoing peer-reviewed evidence supports the safety and effectiveness of immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza during the 2025–2026 season."
Why are there fireworks.
November 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Why are there fireworks.
One of the 3 people watching SNL tonight.
November 2, 2025 at 3:32 AM
One of the 3 people watching SNL tonight.
Something's going on, judging by the hoots and hollers rising in my hood. ⚾️
November 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Something's going on, judging by the hoots and hollers rising in my hood. ⚾️
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Who did this?!
November 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Who did this?!
Hard to choose a Halloween night film from the great horror offerings on @kanopy.com. Going with Takashi Miike's Audition.
Audition International Trailer (Takashi Miike, 1999)
YouTube video by Arrow Video
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Hard to choose a Halloween night film from the great horror offerings on @kanopy.com. Going with Takashi Miike's Audition.
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Every infection increases the risk for heart attacks, strokes and heart disease; for new-onset diabetes; for cognitive decline and dementia; for deregulating the immune system; and for reactivating viruses like Epstein-Barr or shingles.
If you think the #COVID19 pandemic is done and ever-evolving variants pose no significant threat, consider these two realities, writes contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk.
This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough | The Tyee
We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.
thetyee.ca
October 31, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Every infection increases the risk for heart attacks, strokes and heart disease; for new-onset diabetes; for cognitive decline and dementia; for deregulating the immune system; and for reactivating viruses like Epstein-Barr or shingles.
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Liberal-progressive party D66 wins election, Dutch media report
Liberal-progressive party D66 wins election, Dutch media report
Party will take lead in first round of talks to form coalition government after securing majority of votes
The Dutch liberal-progressive party D66 won the most votes in Wednesday’s general election, the news agency ANP has reported, putting its 38-year-old leader, Rob Jetten, on course to become the youngest prime minister in the Netherlands.
While the last few thousand votes are still being counted, Dutch media reported on Friday that Geert Wilders’ anti-immigration, anti-Islam Party for Freedom (PVV) could no longer win. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Liberal-progressive party D66 wins election, Dutch media report
Nooon, pas Tchéky Karyo.
Watched the excellent Baptiste series not too long ago.
Watched the excellent Baptiste series not too long ago.
Tchéky Karyo, acteur français connu pour ses rôles dans « L’Ours » et « Nikita », est mort
Après ces deux rôles, le comédien, mort à 72 ans, s’était spécialisé dans les rôles sombres et violents, jouant aussi à Hollywood dans des films comme « Bad Boys » ou « Golden Eye ».
www.lemonde.fr
October 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Nooon, pas Tchéky Karyo.
Watched the excellent Baptiste series not too long ago.
Watched the excellent Baptiste series not too long ago.
Out of context post: marble was best used by Michelangelo. Basta.
October 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Out of context post: marble was best used by Michelangelo. Basta.