@janeworton.bsky.social
she/her. work in progress. community-focused. lover of libraries, animal facts, listening to people talk about things that matter to them, and trying to make the world better.
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Why is it so hard to fix a wheelchair in B.C.?
Why is it so hard to fix a wheelchair in B.C.?
Disabled people say companies are struggling to service their equipment, which can trap them in bed or at home.
dlvr.it
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Why is it so hard to fix a wheelchair in B.C.?
For those living in communities without Defund PD campaigns, these kinds of budget inflations are happening everywhere, and we are losing invaluable services to fund them. Community based services make our world safer for everyone. More police is not what we need.
VicPD announced they’re asking for a $90 million budget next year, up $11 million, or 14%, from 2025. Compared to just five years ago, that’s a $31 million, 52% increase. Outrageous! #DefundVicPD
What would you do for the community with an extra $11M?
defundvicpd.org/2026-draft-b...
What would you do for the community with an extra $11M?
defundvicpd.org/2026-draft-b...
2026 Draft Budget
VicPD announced they’re asking for a $90 million budget next year, up $11 million, or 14%, from 2025. Compared to just five years ago, that’s a $31 million, 52% increase. Jump to Template Letter Vi…
defundvicpd.org
October 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
For those living in communities without Defund PD campaigns, these kinds of budget inflations are happening everywhere, and we are losing invaluable services to fund them. Community based services make our world safer for everyone. More police is not what we need.
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47 VPD officers were paid more than $100K in OT last year, including 7 constables who more than doubled their possible $140K salaries. One sergeant raked in $239K in OT on top of possible $158K salary.
Meanwhile, the force went $6.5M over its $400M+ budget.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Meanwhile, the force went $6.5M over its $400M+ budget.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
47 VPD officers made over $100K in OT last year — and one banked $239K, FOI data shows | CBC News
A single Vancouver police sergeant was paid $239,258 in overtime alone last year, on top of the rank's base pay of up to $158,000. The figure comes from a freedom of information request filed with the...
www.cbc.ca
October 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
47 VPD officers were paid more than $100K in OT last year, including 7 constables who more than doubled their possible $140K salaries. One sergeant raked in $239K in OT on top of possible $158K salary.
Meanwhile, the force went $6.5M over its $400M+ budget.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Meanwhile, the force went $6.5M over its $400M+ budget.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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BC folks! Outstanding piece here by @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, co-ED of @bcpolicy.bsky.social.
BC has a revenue problem, not a spending problem
The solution to BC’s fiscal challenges isn’t spending cuts. Instead, BC needs progressive revenue measures.
Read on 👇
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
BC has a revenue problem, not a spending problem
The solution to BC’s fiscal challenges isn’t spending cuts. Instead, BC needs progressive revenue measures.
Read on 👇
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Opinion: B.C. has a revenue problem, not a spending problem
Experience from early 2000s shows that underfunding public services and failing to address poverty leads to higher economic and social costs
vancouversun.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:17 AM
BC folks! Outstanding piece here by @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, co-ED of @bcpolicy.bsky.social.
BC has a revenue problem, not a spending problem
The solution to BC’s fiscal challenges isn’t spending cuts. Instead, BC needs progressive revenue measures.
Read on 👇
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
BC has a revenue problem, not a spending problem
The solution to BC’s fiscal challenges isn’t spending cuts. Instead, BC needs progressive revenue measures.
Read on 👇
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
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Evidence should speak for itself.
It should never be smothered.
It should never be smothered.
Just as a new wave starts, the BCCDC / Metro Vancouver has reduced their wastewater monitoring to 8 stations (from 12), one time (from 3) per week, and updated every 2 (instead of 1) weeks.
THEY ARE HIDING THE EXTENT OF THE ONGOING PANDEMIC.
PROTEST IT.
THEY ARE HIDING THE EXTENT OF THE ONGOING PANDEMIC.
PROTEST IT.
September 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Evidence should speak for itself.
It should never be smothered.
It should never be smothered.
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This is a sample of Carla 's Anderson's baking. Up The River is the the name of her bakery. They're at the Come Toward The Fire Festival this weekend.
September 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is a sample of Carla 's Anderson's baking. Up The River is the the name of her bakery. They're at the Come Toward The Fire Festival this weekend.
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Sorry, public libraries, we’ve got 7 soccer games in Vancouver to pay for! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. library directors warn of service cuts, call on province to double funding | CBC News
Public library directors in British Columbia say they are reaching a breaking point with rising demand and costs as provincial funding remains stagnant.
www.cbc.ca
September 8, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Sorry, public libraries, we’ve got 7 soccer games in Vancouver to pay for! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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4/ Just maybe you could rally for support under an "elbows up" strategy (this would have some logic - tarriff-reduced economic slowdown is partially responsible for the huge deficit)
But nothing we're seeing on the trade file suggests he's prepare to keep his elbows up. So now how do you sell it?
But nothing we're seeing on the trade file suggests he's prepare to keep his elbows up. So now how do you sell it?
September 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
4/ Just maybe you could rally for support under an "elbows up" strategy (this would have some logic - tarriff-reduced economic slowdown is partially responsible for the huge deficit)
But nothing we're seeing on the trade file suggests he's prepare to keep his elbows up. So now how do you sell it?
But nothing we're seeing on the trade file suggests he's prepare to keep his elbows up. So now how do you sell it?
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This is really, really bad.
Do you really need to rub elbows with Nazis to know thy enemy? Do people not see that these are fascist grifters who created an authoritarian hellhole and are now selling how-to advice to the opposition?
Nothing about this is defensible.
Do you really need to rub elbows with Nazis to know thy enemy? Do people not see that these are fascist grifters who created an authoritarian hellhole and are now selling how-to advice to the opposition?
Nothing about this is defensible.
Project 2025 mastermind invited to speak at Carney's cabinet meeting | CBC News
A prominent conservative figure in American politics and the mastermind behind Project 2025 — the infamous policy blueprint that proposed a drastic overhaul of the U.S. government — will speak to Prim...
www.cbc.ca
September 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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So here's the thing Bluesky..... for a site that swears up and down it's better than Twitter, you're falling into the same bullshit as Twitter.
20 Aug 25 -- Bluesky has suspended multiple trans users for anti-J.K. Rowling posts even when they didn't mention threats or violence. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
www.advocate.com
August 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
So here's the thing Bluesky..... for a site that swears up and down it's better than Twitter, you're falling into the same bullshit as Twitter.
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If you are a scientist and interested in outreach, this is a great opportunity to reach an interested public! And if you are a science teacher, it’s a great way to bring the experience of working scientists into the classroom!🧬⚛️🧪🥽🎢
Scientists!
@skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun!
We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15
If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
@skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun!
We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15
If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
August 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
If you are a scientist and interested in outreach, this is a great opportunity to reach an interested public! And if you are a science teacher, it’s a great way to bring the experience of working scientists into the classroom!🧬⚛️🧪🥽🎢
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Mount Polley’s tailings dam was 12 metres above the max height defined in its environmental certificate when it collapsed in 2014.
Current construction will raise it to 19 metres above EAC-specified height.
A First Nation is fighting the expansion in court.
@thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...
Current construction will raise it to 19 metres above EAC-specified height.
A First Nation is fighting the expansion in court.
@thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...
Mount Polley Dam Exceeded Authorized Height When It Failed: Lawyers | The Tyee
The Xatśūll First Nation wants BC to quash the mine’s expansion permits and start over.
thetyee.ca
June 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Mount Polley’s tailings dam was 12 metres above the max height defined in its environmental certificate when it collapsed in 2014.
Current construction will raise it to 19 metres above EAC-specified height.
A First Nation is fighting the expansion in court.
@thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...
Current construction will raise it to 19 metres above EAC-specified height.
A First Nation is fighting the expansion in court.
@thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...
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the world is just better with trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer people in it
full stop
full stop
June 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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former Burnaby Now, New West Record and Tri-City News reporters announcing a campaign to launch a cooperatively owned and run publication covering the communities that have lost their local news publications
June 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
former Burnaby Now, New West Record and Tri-City News reporters announcing a campaign to launch a cooperatively owned and run publication covering the communities that have lost their local news publications
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When we outsource our thinking to algorithms, we surrender our intellectual autonomy to systems that shape not just our answers, but how we think and who we become as thinkers. Critical thinking in the age of AI means understanding how these tools work and what limitations they possess.
June 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
When we outsource our thinking to algorithms, we surrender our intellectual autonomy to systems that shape not just our answers, but how we think and who we become as thinkers. Critical thinking in the age of AI means understanding how these tools work and what limitations they possess.
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You all tore me up on this app when I said this man was right-wing and a closet Conservative. This bill is worse than anything the Conservatives have ever tabled
Question: is this why Carney is bullish on AI?
Question: is this why Carney is bullish on AI?
Certainly, some Canadians expected the Liberals to address combating the drug trade and fighting organized crime, but this bill is far more sweeping than that.
You didn’t campaign on taking away people’s rights Mark. This bill is draconian.
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
You didn’t campaign on taking away people’s rights Mark. This bill is draconian.
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Althia Raj: Border bill primed to give Mark Carney’s government sweeping new powers. Who asked for this?
The Strong Borders Act tabled on Tuesday amends more than a dozen laws that affect the rights of Canadians and non-citizens.
www.thestar.com
June 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
You all tore me up on this app when I said this man was right-wing and a closet Conservative. This bill is worse than anything the Conservatives have ever tabled
Question: is this why Carney is bullish on AI?
Question: is this why Carney is bullish on AI?
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Pleeeeease read this 👇
“Two long-form articles in national news outlets are promoting the BC government's "secure care" policy the same week that the government faces a pivotal legal challenge on its expansive interpretation of the Mental Health Act.”
#bcpoli
drugdatadecoded.ca/bc-governmen...
“Two long-form articles in national news outlets are promoting the BC government's "secure care" policy the same week that the government faces a pivotal legal challenge on its expansive interpretation of the Mental Health Act.”
#bcpoli
drugdatadecoded.ca/bc-governmen...
BC government faces legal challenge as national news media promote forced abstinence
Two long-form articles in national news outlets are promoting the BC government's "secure care" policy the same week that the government faces a pivotal legal challenge on its expansive interpretation...
drugdatadecoded.ca
May 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Pleeeeease read this 👇
“Two long-form articles in national news outlets are promoting the BC government's "secure care" policy the same week that the government faces a pivotal legal challenge on its expansive interpretation of the Mental Health Act.”
#bcpoli
drugdatadecoded.ca/bc-governmen...
“Two long-form articles in national news outlets are promoting the BC government's "secure care" policy the same week that the government faces a pivotal legal challenge on its expansive interpretation of the Mental Health Act.”
#bcpoli
drugdatadecoded.ca/bc-governmen...
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“Nobody thinks it’s a good idea,” Dave Webb, of the Surrey Union of Drug Users, tells @godfrey.bsky.social. “I thought in treatment we were supposed to reconnect with our loved ones and friends. If we’re putting somebody in segregation, how is that going to work?”
BC Involuntary Treatment Taking Place in a Solitary Confinement Unit
It raises pressing questions about the wellbeing of people being subjected to a form of treatment to which experts already object.
filtermag.org
May 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“Nobody thinks it’s a good idea,” Dave Webb, of the Surrey Union of Drug Users, tells @godfrey.bsky.social. “I thought in treatment we were supposed to reconnect with our loved ones and friends. If we’re putting somebody in segregation, how is that going to work?”
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Male gyne refused a hyster for my daughter bcz she might regret it. She has Adenomyosis, pcos , hx ovarian tumor, monthly rupturing bleeding cyst & a bleeding disorder. She is 26. Does not want kids. He is “willing” to send for 2nd opinion. She is bawling
#womenshealth #bchealth
#mybodymychoice
#womenshealth #bchealth
#mybodymychoice
May 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Male gyne refused a hyster for my daughter bcz she might regret it. She has Adenomyosis, pcos , hx ovarian tumor, monthly rupturing bleeding cyst & a bleeding disorder. She is 26. Does not want kids. He is “willing” to send for 2nd opinion. She is bawling
#womenshealth #bchealth
#mybodymychoice
#womenshealth #bchealth
#mybodymychoice
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May 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Back to book pitching, so here I am caring about the # of followers I have 🤦♀️
HELLO! I'm a 🦑 scientist on a mission to get people to take action to protect earth's biodiversity.
Alongside others, I use street art, zines, photography, collabs, & more to encourage action.
Tell ur friends 😅
HELLO! I'm a 🦑 scientist on a mission to get people to take action to protect earth's biodiversity.
Alongside others, I use street art, zines, photography, collabs, & more to encourage action.
Tell ur friends 😅
May 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Back to book pitching, so here I am caring about the # of followers I have 🤦♀️
HELLO! I'm a 🦑 scientist on a mission to get people to take action to protect earth's biodiversity.
Alongside others, I use street art, zines, photography, collabs, & more to encourage action.
Tell ur friends 😅
HELLO! I'm a 🦑 scientist on a mission to get people to take action to protect earth's biodiversity.
Alongside others, I use street art, zines, photography, collabs, & more to encourage action.
Tell ur friends 😅
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I'm thrilled so many profs use @crackdownpod.bsky.social episodes in their curriculum. Might I suggest including my book by the same name? Learning outcomes include: harm reduction, decrim, methadone, safe supply, HIV, PTSD, sex work, advocacy, research, etc www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/700597...
Crackdown by Garth Mullins | Penguin Random House Canada
*NATIONAL BESTSELLER*Part memoir, part manifesto, Crackdown is a story of the drug war, told from the frontlines.
www.penguinrandomhouse.ca
May 3, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I'm thrilled so many profs use @crackdownpod.bsky.social episodes in their curriculum. Might I suggest including my book by the same name? Learning outcomes include: harm reduction, decrim, methadone, safe supply, HIV, PTSD, sex work, advocacy, research, etc www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/700597...
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🌿 How do we achieve nature positive development? 🌿
Our new study in npj Urban Sustainability lays out a bold roadmap for transforming the UK’s residential and commercial development sector to achieve a nature positive future.
doi.org/10.1038/s429...
#NaturePositive 1/4
Our new study in npj Urban Sustainability lays out a bold roadmap for transforming the UK’s residential and commercial development sector to achieve a nature positive future.
doi.org/10.1038/s429...
#NaturePositive 1/4
How do we achieve nature positive? A vision and targets for the UK residential and commercial development sector - npj Urban Sustainability
npj Urban Sustainability - How do we achieve nature positive? A vision and targets for the UK residential and commercial development sector
doi.org
April 22, 2025 at 6:39 AM
🌿 How do we achieve nature positive development? 🌿
Our new study in npj Urban Sustainability lays out a bold roadmap for transforming the UK’s residential and commercial development sector to achieve a nature positive future.
doi.org/10.1038/s429...
#NaturePositive 1/4
Our new study in npj Urban Sustainability lays out a bold roadmap for transforming the UK’s residential and commercial development sector to achieve a nature positive future.
doi.org/10.1038/s429...
#NaturePositive 1/4
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when a person who has saved so many people's lives (and in many different ways) dies, something in all of us (and in all of you, whether you know or not) dies too
love drug users while we're alive
beautiful work ↓ by dan fumano
vancouversun.com/news/obituar...
love drug users while we're alive
beautiful work ↓ by dan fumano
vancouversun.com/news/obituar...
'Boundless care and compassion': Trey Helten was on a mission to help others in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
"There is nothing to replace him." The sudden death of Trey Helten has shocked the Downtown Eastside, where he was widely known and loved.
vancouversun.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
when a person who has saved so many people's lives (and in many different ways) dies, something in all of us (and in all of you, whether you know or not) dies too
love drug users while we're alive
beautiful work ↓ by dan fumano
vancouversun.com/news/obituar...
love drug users while we're alive
beautiful work ↓ by dan fumano
vancouversun.com/news/obituar...