Gesltat
@gesltat.bsky.social
Daughter of mestiza rebels who broke their chains and braided freedom into their hair. | Latina based in uncedeed territory of Coast Salish People
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This year is the 20th anniversary of my arrival here in Vancouver to take the chief planner’s chair at 36 years old.
It’s the longest by far that I’ve lived in any city, and it especially feels like my true home because we’re raising our kids here.
I’ll keep working hard for a better Vancouver.
It’s the longest by far that I’ve lived in any city, and it especially feels like my true home because we’re raising our kids here.
I’ll keep working hard for a better Vancouver.
January 31, 2026 at 8:10 PM
This year is the 20th anniversary of my arrival here in Vancouver to take the chief planner’s chair at 36 years old.
It’s the longest by far that I’ve lived in any city, and it especially feels like my true home because we’re raising our kids here.
I’ll keep working hard for a better Vancouver.
It’s the longest by far that I’ve lived in any city, and it especially feels like my true home because we’re raising our kids here.
I’ll keep working hard for a better Vancouver.
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
www.fastcompany.com/3062989/50-r...
www.fastcompany.com/3062989/50-r...
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:27 PM
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
www.fastcompany.com/3062989/50-r...
www.fastcompany.com/3062989/50-r...
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This is how democracies die.
Step 1: Dislike the facts.
Step 2: Attack the fact-finders.
Step 3: Replace them with loyalists.
Step 4: Control the "truth."
Step 1: Dislike the facts.
Step 2: Attack the fact-finders.
Step 3: Replace them with loyalists.
Step 4: Control the "truth."
August 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is how democracies die.
Step 1: Dislike the facts.
Step 2: Attack the fact-finders.
Step 3: Replace them with loyalists.
Step 4: Control the "truth."
Step 1: Dislike the facts.
Step 2: Attack the fact-finders.
Step 3: Replace them with loyalists.
Step 4: Control the "truth."
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🇨🇦A new federal border security bill is being proposed in #Canada that would open the door to expanded data-sharing agreements with the U.S. and other foreign countries.
Read our analysis of Bill C-2 here:
citizenlab.ca/2025/06/a-pr...
Read our analysis of Bill C-2 here:
citizenlab.ca/2025/06/a-pr...
Unspoken Implications: A Preliminary Analysis of Bill C-2 and Canada’s Potential Data-Sharing Obligations Towards the United States and Other Countries - The Citizen Lab
On June 3, 2025, the Canadian government tabled Bill C-2, omnibus legislation that, if passed, would introduce a wide array of new federal agency and law enforcement powers, and would significantly re...
citizenlab.ca
June 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
🇨🇦A new federal border security bill is being proposed in #Canada that would open the door to expanded data-sharing agreements with the U.S. and other foreign countries.
Read our analysis of Bill C-2 here:
citizenlab.ca/2025/06/a-pr...
Read our analysis of Bill C-2 here:
citizenlab.ca/2025/06/a-pr...
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People is willing to buy Canadian as response to Trump’s threats. There is no “buy Canadian” without migrants. They plant, harvest, process, and package our meals. They do it under some of the worst working conditions in the country. To support Canadian food we must defend who makes it possible.
February 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
People is willing to buy Canadian as response to Trump’s threats. There is no “buy Canadian” without migrants. They plant, harvest, process, and package our meals. They do it under some of the worst working conditions in the country. To support Canadian food we must defend who makes it possible.
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Trump’s testing the waters. If he gets away with sending Marines into California against civilians, he’ll do it in every state, including yours. And yes, that includes disarming you. Authoritarians hate an armed population.
June 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Trump’s testing the waters. If he gets away with sending Marines into California against civilians, he’ll do it in every state, including yours. And yes, that includes disarming you. Authoritarians hate an armed population.
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Citizens protesting the ICE raids in Los Angeles are DANCING
Yet Donald Trump labeled them “insurrectionists” and is sending 700 Marines-on top of the 2,000 National Guard troops-to the city
This is dangerous, almost certainly illegal and by all accounts completely unnecessary
Trump is a fascist
Yet Donald Trump labeled them “insurrectionists” and is sending 700 Marines-on top of the 2,000 National Guard troops-to the city
This is dangerous, almost certainly illegal and by all accounts completely unnecessary
Trump is a fascist
June 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Citizens protesting the ICE raids in Los Angeles are DANCING
Yet Donald Trump labeled them “insurrectionists” and is sending 700 Marines-on top of the 2,000 National Guard troops-to the city
This is dangerous, almost certainly illegal and by all accounts completely unnecessary
Trump is a fascist
Yet Donald Trump labeled them “insurrectionists” and is sending 700 Marines-on top of the 2,000 National Guard troops-to the city
This is dangerous, almost certainly illegal and by all accounts completely unnecessary
Trump is a fascist
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Deploying 700 Marines on U.S. soil against the will of local leaders and law enforcement is a dangerous abuse of power. Our military is a sacred trust meant to protect the American people, not be used by President Trump and Secretary Hegseth to strike fear into Americans. (1/2)
June 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Deploying 700 Marines on U.S. soil against the will of local leaders and law enforcement is a dangerous abuse of power. Our military is a sacred trust meant to protect the American people, not be used by President Trump and Secretary Hegseth to strike fear into Americans. (1/2)
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LAPD when they think nobody is watching
June 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
LAPD when they think nobody is watching
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When President Johnson activated the Nat'l Guard in Alabama in 1965 over Gov. Wallace's objection he did it to protect protesters advocating for voting rights for Black people who had previously met violence at the hands of state troopers. Very different situation.
June 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
When President Johnson activated the Nat'l Guard in Alabama in 1965 over Gov. Wallace's objection he did it to protect protesters advocating for voting rights for Black people who had previously met violence at the hands of state troopers. Very different situation.
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Dear Mr. Poilievre,
If you have any questions or concerns about a matter that is the responsibility of the federal government, you may write to your MP, Mr. @brucefanjoy.bsky.social
If you have any questions or concerns about a matter that is the responsibility of the federal government, you may write to your MP, Mr. @brucefanjoy.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Dear Mr. Poilievre,
If you have any questions or concerns about a matter that is the responsibility of the federal government, you may write to your MP, Mr. @brucefanjoy.bsky.social
If you have any questions or concerns about a matter that is the responsibility of the federal government, you may write to your MP, Mr. @brucefanjoy.bsky.social
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In the wake of what Judge Dugan did (100% legal), now is a good time for everyone to know what she knows:
An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...
An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...
April 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In the wake of what Judge Dugan did (100% legal), now is a good time for everyone to know what she knows:
An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...
An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
March 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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Mark Carney wins 85.9% of the votes for a decisive first ballot victory. He is the new Liberal leader and prime minister designate. He will officially become PM likely later this week. The first PM in Canada to have never held elected office. Expect an election soon.
March 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Mark Carney wins 85.9% of the votes for a decisive first ballot victory. He is the new Liberal leader and prime minister designate. He will officially become PM likely later this week. The first PM in Canada to have never held elected office. Expect an election soon.
Donald’s administration is talking about changing how to measure GDP, disbanded the 2030 Census Advisory Committee and the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee… kinda looks authoritarian for an “elected” government… like they don’t want you to know what they do with YOUR money.
March 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Donald’s administration is talking about changing how to measure GDP, disbanded the 2030 Census Advisory Committee and the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee… kinda looks authoritarian for an “elected” government… like they don’t want you to know what they do with YOUR money.
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Reminder of all the craven malignant co-conspirators who are part of the destruction we’re currently witnessing and how #PierrePoilievre is very much tied to these same fascists & neonazis.
#StopPoilievre #ElbowsUp #FluTruxKlan #StopMusk #cdnpoli
#StopPoilievre #ElbowsUp #FluTruxKlan #StopMusk #cdnpoli
On this anniversary of #J6, it’s important for Canadians to remember that many of the very same Kremlin-boosted far-right anti-democracy forces who were the architects of #January6th, also played roles in #FluTruxKlan destabilization op to topple Trudeau’s government. #cdnpoli
March 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Reminder of all the craven malignant co-conspirators who are part of the destruction we’re currently witnessing and how #PierrePoilievre is very much tied to these same fascists & neonazis.
#StopPoilievre #ElbowsUp #FluTruxKlan #StopMusk #cdnpoli
#StopPoilievre #ElbowsUp #FluTruxKlan #StopMusk #cdnpoli
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"How should the Canadian government approach the US?"
As a potential threat: 38% (+25)
As an enemy: 13% (+11)
Cautiously: 24 (+1)
As an ally: 15% (-27)
On friendly terms: 8% (-9)
Angus Reid / Mar 3, 2025 / n=2005 / Online
(% Change With November 2024)
As a potential threat: 38% (+25)
As an enemy: 13% (+11)
Cautiously: 24 (+1)
As an ally: 15% (-27)
On friendly terms: 8% (-9)
Angus Reid / Mar 3, 2025 / n=2005 / Online
(% Change With November 2024)
March 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"How should the Canadian government approach the US?"
As a potential threat: 38% (+25)
As an enemy: 13% (+11)
Cautiously: 24 (+1)
As an ally: 15% (-27)
On friendly terms: 8% (-9)
Angus Reid / Mar 3, 2025 / n=2005 / Online
(% Change With November 2024)
As a potential threat: 38% (+25)
As an enemy: 13% (+11)
Cautiously: 24 (+1)
As an ally: 15% (-27)
On friendly terms: 8% (-9)
Angus Reid / Mar 3, 2025 / n=2005 / Online
(% Change With November 2024)
Me sorprende/ lo esperaba: el Gobierno autoritario de Venezuela, eliminó la transparencia de gobierno y no cuenta con datos actualizados de su economía. Donald crea trabas para ingresar a hacer veedurías, y ahora quiere cambiar cómo se mide el crecimiento económico. Tan diferentes tan iguales.
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Me sorprende/ lo esperaba: el Gobierno autoritario de Venezuela, eliminó la transparencia de gobierno y no cuenta con datos actualizados de su economía. Donald crea trabas para ingresar a hacer veedurías, y ahora quiere cambiar cómo se mide el crecimiento económico. Tan diferentes tan iguales.
Canada you gave me hope, you gave a community, safety and peace, in your time of need, we stand on guard for thee.
The True North, Strong and FREE
Y acompañamos a México, porque juntos somos más.
#StrongerTogether
#ElbowsUp 🇨🇦🇲🇽
The True North, Strong and FREE
Y acompañamos a México, porque juntos somos más.
#StrongerTogether
#ElbowsUp 🇨🇦🇲🇽
March 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Canada you gave me hope, you gave a community, safety and peace, in your time of need, we stand on guard for thee.
The True North, Strong and FREE
Y acompañamos a México, porque juntos somos más.
#StrongerTogether
#ElbowsUp 🇨🇦🇲🇽
The True North, Strong and FREE
Y acompañamos a México, porque juntos somos más.
#StrongerTogether
#ElbowsUp 🇨🇦🇲🇽
There are decades when nothing happens.
And weeks when decades happen.
We just had a month where a century evaporated.
And weeks when decades happen.
We just had a month where a century evaporated.
March 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
There are decades when nothing happens.
And weeks when decades happen.
We just had a month where a century evaporated.
And weeks when decades happen.
We just had a month where a century evaporated.
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BREAKING: Ontario has lost the 2025 provincial election
February 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
BREAKING: Ontario has lost the 2025 provincial election
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Dramatic #measles outbreak traced to New Brunswick wedding, and now spanning several provinces, worries health officials. There have been 95 measles cases reported in Canada so far this year — compared 147 cases for all of last year. www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca #vaccination
Measles outbreaks spreading in several provinces | CBC News
There have been 95 measles cases reported in Canada so far this year — with Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba reporting new cases in the last week, says Canada's chief public health officer.
www.cbc.ca
February 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Dramatic #measles outbreak traced to New Brunswick wedding, and now spanning several provinces, worries health officials. There have been 95 measles cases reported in Canada so far this year — compared 147 cases for all of last year. www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca #vaccination
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There have been 77 measles cases in Canada for the first 6 weeks of 2025, including 34 in the latest week (25 new in Ontario). 2021/22/23/24 saw 0/3/12/147 measles cases. Majority are children. 60 of the current cases were unvaccinated. More here:
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
February 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
There have been 77 measles cases in Canada for the first 6 weeks of 2025, including 34 in the latest week (25 new in Ontario). 2021/22/23/24 saw 0/3/12/147 measles cases. Majority are children. 60 of the current cases were unvaccinated. More here:
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
Up to yesterday, Canada had reported more than 95 cases of measles, for this time in 2024 was a huge amount of 4. Do you imagine if we have something to prevent this, for example a vaccine? So sad we live without any preventible measures . #Sarcasm
February 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Up to yesterday, Canada had reported more than 95 cases of measles, for this time in 2024 was a huge amount of 4. Do you imagine if we have something to prevent this, for example a vaccine? So sad we live without any preventible measures . #Sarcasm