@janis.bsky.social
Vancouver librarian, writer, music and radio type (etc.), often worrying about mis/disinformation and AI. (Opinions are my own.)
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Worth noting that because Sim brought forward his proposal for a property tax freeze requiring millions in cuts with just weeks left in the budget process, this is not up for public debate and is not outlined in the documents available to councillors when they vote on this
SCOOP: Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes in his proposed 2026 budget.
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Honestly, I am SO delighted by this and also proud of the CITR (campus radio) connection.
Honestly, I am SO delighted by this and also proud of the CITR (campus radio) connection.
Honoured to announce I have my own Nardwuar Nike SB shoe coming out on Dec 6 in skate shops (Dec 9 on SNKRS app) No Joke! Totally blown away! I’ll be doing in-store appearances at skate shops: LA, Toronto, London, UK, NYC & Vancouver, BC! Plus Video Vaults I have planned!
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Behold!
Honestly, I am SO delighted by this and also proud of the CITR (campus radio) connection.
Honestly, I am SO delighted by this and also proud of the CITR (campus radio) connection.
I booked the day off work and had lots of ambitious ("ambitious") plans, but so far I'm unable to walk away from the radio and Matt Galloway's discussion with Susan Orleans. I knew she was super smart and funny, but oh wow.
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I booked the day off work and had lots of ambitious ("ambitious") plans, but so far I'm unable to walk away from the radio and Matt Galloway's discussion with Susan Orleans. I knew she was super smart and funny, but oh wow.
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“Life without art is not life.”
I want a Netflix series on this whole family - how they live and how they walk around in the world. They sound like people we would all get great value from knowing.
I want a Netflix series on this whole family - how they live and how they walk around in the world. They sound like people we would all get great value from knowing.
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“Life without art is not life.”
I want a Netflix series on this whole family - how they live and how they walk around in the world. They sound like people we would all get great value from knowing.
I want a Netflix series on this whole family - how they live and how they walk around in the world. They sound like people we would all get great value from knowing.
Does anyone else picture these guys as Jeeves and Wooster characters -- the absolutely clueless, useless, and obscenely wealthy young men running around breaking things for fun in the Drones Club?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drones_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drones_...
November 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Does anyone else picture these guys as Jeeves and Wooster characters -- the absolutely clueless, useless, and obscenely wealthy young men running around breaking things for fun in the Drones Club?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drones_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drones_...
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Ken Sim hopes you don't see this screenshot from the City's 2026 Budget Feedback report.
By a more than 4-to-1 margin, residents of Vancouver preferred a tax rate that maintained public services to ABC's reckless 0% tax gimmick.
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts #Budget2026 #FightForVancouver
By a more than 4-to-1 margin, residents of Vancouver preferred a tax rate that maintained public services to ABC's reckless 0% tax gimmick.
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts #Budget2026 #FightForVancouver
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Ken Sim hopes you don't see this screenshot from the City's 2026 Budget Feedback report.
By a more than 4-to-1 margin, residents of Vancouver preferred a tax rate that maintained public services to ABC's reckless 0% tax gimmick.
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts #Budget2026 #FightForVancouver
By a more than 4-to-1 margin, residents of Vancouver preferred a tax rate that maintained public services to ABC's reckless 0% tax gimmick.
#vanpoli #StopTheCuts #Budget2026 #FightForVancouver
For no particular reason, remembering that Harper was found in contempt of Parliament. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015...
Harper, Serial Abuser of Power: The Evidence Compiled | The Tyee
The Tyee's full, updated list of 70 Harper government assaults on democracy and the law.
thetyee.ca
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
For no particular reason, remembering that Harper was found in contempt of Parliament. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015...
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A failed UCP candidate is suing @pressprogress.ca for reporting and quoting things she said.
With no anti-SLAPP protection in Alberta, they've been drawn into a long, costly legal battle.
If you believe in accountability and a free press, and can spare it, give them your support.
With no anti-SLAPP protection in Alberta, they've been drawn into a long, costly legal battle.
If you believe in accountability and a free press, and can spare it, give them your support.
@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
PressProgress: Defend Canadian Journalism
pressprogress.ca
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A failed UCP candidate is suing @pressprogress.ca for reporting and quoting things she said.
With no anti-SLAPP protection in Alberta, they've been drawn into a long, costly legal battle.
If you believe in accountability and a free press, and can spare it, give them your support.
With no anti-SLAPP protection in Alberta, they've been drawn into a long, costly legal battle.
If you believe in accountability and a free press, and can spare it, give them your support.
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From the first session of the day in Zoom room one--very relatable zine fair use statement
seems okay to share this lol?
seems okay to share this lol?
November 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
From the first session of the day in Zoom room one--very relatable zine fair use statement
seems okay to share this lol?
seems okay to share this lol?
I have seen a few Isettas and it’s the same thing — pure goofy joy. Bring it on!
Saw one of these on the street yesterday for the first time.
Whatever big-car-people think they achieve by driving giant killing machines, know that the guy driving was grinning like an idiot and I saw five people smiling and waving at him.
Whatever big-car-people think they achieve by driving giant killing machines, know that the guy driving was grinning like an idiot and I saw five people smiling and waving at him.
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I have seen a few Isettas and it’s the same thing — pure goofy joy. Bring it on!
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Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
I am trying SO HARD not to be a hater, but this is from an email I had to write to a company today about a new AI thing: "This new functionality isn't just wrong and unhelpful, it's also misleading and potentially harmful to your customers, our users, and your brand."
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I am trying SO HARD not to be a hater, but this is from an email I had to write to a company today about a new AI thing: "This new functionality isn't just wrong and unhelpful, it's also misleading and potentially harmful to your customers, our users, and your brand."
Honestly at the moment the WaPo is looking awfully good by comparison.
What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Honestly at the moment the WaPo is looking awfully good by comparison.
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Are women ruining the workplace?
November 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Are women ruining the workplace?
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Collecting TikTok avatars of ppl telling me New York will be under sharia law in six months
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Collecting TikTok avatars of ppl telling me New York will be under sharia law in six months
This "Elbows up" talk was really compelling. And today remembering Jessica Johnson's comment that she used to hear a lot of conservative support for the CBC -- they really valued coverage of national events like Remembrance Day, also the Olympics and other sports.
www.crowdcast.io/c/w6emi10kd3v2
www.crowdcast.io/c/w6emi10kd3v2
Elbows Up! On Canadian Resistance
Register now for Elbows Up! On Canadian Resistance on crowdcast, scheduled to go live on November 6, 2025, 12:00 PM PST.
www.crowdcast.io
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This "Elbows up" talk was really compelling. And today remembering Jessica Johnson's comment that she used to hear a lot of conservative support for the CBC -- they really valued coverage of national events like Remembrance Day, also the Olympics and other sports.
www.crowdcast.io/c/w6emi10kd3v2
www.crowdcast.io/c/w6emi10kd3v2
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For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting
November 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting
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I feel like Sandwich guy's defense attorney may have majored in creative writing in college, because these 2 sentences are just absolutely beautiful.
Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
November 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I feel like Sandwich guy's defense attorney may have majored in creative writing in college, because these 2 sentences are just absolutely beautiful.
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Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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I heard a short piece on my local CBC radio station with an AI friend and it was incredibly creepy.
Am I the only one who founds that weird cheerleading flirty self-effacing fembot affect almost serial-killer-level disturbing?
(And I don't know how the host managed to stay with it.)
Am I the only one who founds that weird cheerleading flirty self-effacing fembot affect almost serial-killer-level disturbing?
(And I don't know how the host managed to stay with it.)
An AI Friend sounds like it has upsides, but you can get a lot of the same benefits—insights about your day, framing how you feel about them—by writing in a journal. By automating everything we can, we lose the helpful low-fi experiences of being human. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘I’m suddenly so angry!’ My strange, unnerving week with an AI ‘friend’
The ad campaign for the wearable AI chatbot Friend has been raising hackles for months in New York. But has this companion been unfairly maligned – and could it help end loneliness?
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I heard a short piece on my local CBC radio station with an AI friend and it was incredibly creepy.
Am I the only one who founds that weird cheerleading flirty self-effacing fembot affect almost serial-killer-level disturbing?
(And I don't know how the host managed to stay with it.)
Am I the only one who founds that weird cheerleading flirty self-effacing fembot affect almost serial-killer-level disturbing?
(And I don't know how the host managed to stay with it.)