Rebecca Bollwitt
@miss604.com
Miss604.com est. 2004
🏆 2025 City of Vancouver Award of Excellence (Entrepreneurship)
📰 Columnist & Photographer
📚 Book Author & Technical Editor (x7)
💻 Managing Partner sixty4media
💟 @johnbollwitt.com
🏆 2025 City of Vancouver Award of Excellence (Entrepreneurship)
📰 Columnist & Photographer
📚 Book Author & Technical Editor (x7)
💻 Managing Partner sixty4media
💟 @johnbollwitt.com
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Threads is unfortunately 85% people I follow replying to rage-bait. I log on there to post something that gets no traction then spend the rest of the time clicking the Not Interested button.
Threads is such a weird place
BlueSky has its flaws but I’ve never seen raging arguments about whether or not you should wash chicken before cooking it
BlueSky has its flaws but I’ve never seen raging arguments about whether or not you should wash chicken before cooking it
January 7, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Threads is unfortunately 85% people I follow replying to rage-bait. I log on there to post something that gets no traction then spend the rest of the time clicking the Not Interested button.
Reposted by Rebecca Bollwitt
Nothing funny about a settler colonial nation threatening to invade an Indigenous People who have been "claimed" by a colonial nation. The ones who lose in this scenario are always going to be Indigenous.
January 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Nothing funny about a settler colonial nation threatening to invade an Indigenous People who have been "claimed" by a colonial nation. The ones who lose in this scenario are always going to be Indigenous.
TransLink has announced its new five-year Customer Experience Action Plan with actions built around priorities such as operational reliability, communication, frequency and convenience, safety and security, and comfort and cleanliness.
(I hope @translink.ca starts to use Bluesky)
#transit
(I hope @translink.ca starts to use Bluesky)
#transit
TransLink's New Customer Experience Action Plan
The new 5-year TransLink Customer Experience Action Plan outlines 34 actions shaped by feedback, focused on reliability, convenience, comfort
miss604.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:36 PM
TransLink has announced its new five-year Customer Experience Action Plan with actions built around priorities such as operational reliability, communication, frequency and convenience, safety and security, and comfort and cleanliness.
(I hope @translink.ca starts to use Bluesky)
#transit
(I hope @translink.ca starts to use Bluesky)
#transit
On until January 25th at @billreidgallery.ca
NDN Giver is curated by the gallery’s Assistant Curator Amelia Rea in her solo curatorial debut. The exhibition examines reciprocity, identity, and the evolving practice of gift-giving within potlatch traditions.
NDN Giver is curated by the gallery’s Assistant Curator Amelia Rea in her solo curatorial debut. The exhibition examines reciprocity, identity, and the evolving practice of gift-giving within potlatch traditions.
World Premiere of NDN Giver at the Bill Reid Gallery
The Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents the world premiere of NDN Giver (September 17, 2025 to January 25, 2026)
miss604.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
On until January 25th at @billreidgallery.ca
NDN Giver is curated by the gallery’s Assistant Curator Amelia Rea in her solo curatorial debut. The exhibition examines reciprocity, identity, and the evolving practice of gift-giving within potlatch traditions.
NDN Giver is curated by the gallery’s Assistant Curator Amelia Rea in her solo curatorial debut. The exhibition examines reciprocity, identity, and the evolving practice of gift-giving within potlatch traditions.
January 6, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Sent this to my marathon-running nephew (who recently did the NYC Marathon in 2:38:12 🤯).
Tom Longboat, considered one of the first celebrity athletes in Canada, was the first Indigenous person to win the Boston Marathon (1907).
Tom Longboat, considered one of the first celebrity athletes in Canada, was the first Indigenous person to win the Boston Marathon (1907).
Tom Longboat
Thomas Charles Longboat (Gagwe:gih), distance runner, Olympian (born 4 July 1886 in Ohsweken, Six Nations of the Grand River;
died 9 January 1949 in Ohsweken)...
thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
January 6, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Sent this to my marathon-running nephew (who recently did the NYC Marathon in 2:38:12 🤯).
Tom Longboat, considered one of the first celebrity athletes in Canada, was the first Indigenous person to win the Boston Marathon (1907).
Tom Longboat, considered one of the first celebrity athletes in Canada, was the first Indigenous person to win the Boston Marathon (1907).
Nominations are now open for all five BC Achievement award programs:
Community Award
BC Reconciliation Award
Indigenous Business Award
Polygon First Nations Art Award
Sam Carter Applied Art + Design Award
Community Award
BC Reconciliation Award
Indigenous Business Award
Polygon First Nations Art Award
Sam Carter Applied Art + Design Award
BCAF - Celebrating achievement to inspire change - BC Achievement Foundation
Celebrating achievement to inspire change. WHO WE ARE We recognize remarkable British Columbians through award programs that celebrate stories of achievement. By shining a light on exceptional work, w...
bcachievement.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Nominations are now open for all five BC Achievement award programs:
Community Award
BC Reconciliation Award
Indigenous Business Award
Polygon First Nations Art Award
Sam Carter Applied Art + Design Award
Community Award
BC Reconciliation Award
Indigenous Business Award
Polygon First Nations Art Award
Sam Carter Applied Art + Design Award
Hey @snarkysteff.bsky.social, our favourite shop in Iowa
@raygunsite.com just launched some #HeatedRivalry merch
(but too bad we won't be going to Iowa any time/year soon to bring something back for you) 🙃
@raygunsite.com just launched some #HeatedRivalry merch
(but too bad we won't be going to Iowa any time/year soon to bring something back for you) 🙃
I'm Coming To The Cottage
"I'm coming to the cottage." - Ilya Rozanov. Designed and Printed by Union Labor at RAYGUN. Cut & sewn sweatshop free. A Portion of All RAYGUN Sales Raise Money For Organizations That We Support. ...
www.raygunsite.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Hey @snarkysteff.bsky.social, our favourite shop in Iowa
@raygunsite.com just launched some #HeatedRivalry merch
(but too bad we won't be going to Iowa any time/year soon to bring something back for you) 🙃
@raygunsite.com just launched some #HeatedRivalry merch
(but too bad we won't be going to Iowa any time/year soon to bring something back for you) 🙃
Be transformed by storytelling and movement through the many workshops, conversations, and performances at Matriarchs Uprising, and Indigenous women-led festival February 16-21, 2026. Tickets are on sale now.
Matriarchs Uprising Festival - Tickets on Sale
Join the many workshops, conversations, and performances at the Matriarchs Uprising Festival, February 16-21, 2026.
miss604.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Be transformed by storytelling and movement through the many workshops, conversations, and performances at Matriarchs Uprising, and Indigenous women-led festival February 16-21, 2026. Tickets are on sale now.
From a press release about the Harry Potter experience in Vancouver today. You know the one that pushed a beloved by-donation holiday light attraction out of the park and put $ into the coffers of a horrible human.
“On the heels of strong interest and an enthusiastic reception…”
Absolutely not.
“On the heels of strong interest and an enthusiastic reception…”
Absolutely not.
January 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
From a press release about the Harry Potter experience in Vancouver today. You know the one that pushed a beloved by-donation holiday light attraction out of the park and put $ into the coffers of a horrible human.
“On the heels of strong interest and an enthusiastic reception…”
Absolutely not.
“On the heels of strong interest and an enthusiastic reception…”
Absolutely not.
Reposted by Rebecca Bollwitt
First of 2026 from me in @xtramagazine.com
On the breakout success of Heated Rivalry, the legacy of Schitt's Creek, and why Canada is so good at making queer TV about fundamentally good people ✨🇨🇦🏒
xtramagazine.com/culture/tv-f...
On the breakout success of Heated Rivalry, the legacy of Schitt's Creek, and why Canada is so good at making queer TV about fundamentally good people ✨🇨🇦🏒
xtramagazine.com/culture/tv-f...
What ‘Heated Rivalry’ and ‘Schitt’s Creek’ say about the Canada we want to be | Xtra Magazine
There are surprising commonalities between "Heated Rivalry" and "Schitt's Creek," two of Canada’s most successful TV exports
xtramagazine.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
First of 2026 from me in @xtramagazine.com
On the breakout success of Heated Rivalry, the legacy of Schitt's Creek, and why Canada is so good at making queer TV about fundamentally good people ✨🇨🇦🏒
xtramagazine.com/culture/tv-f...
On the breakout success of Heated Rivalry, the legacy of Schitt's Creek, and why Canada is so good at making queer TV about fundamentally good people ✨🇨🇦🏒
xtramagazine.com/culture/tv-f...
Stanley Park forest lichen on a sunny winter day🌲🌳
January 5, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Stanley Park forest lichen on a sunny winter day🌲🌳
Vancouver’s iconic fusion of cultures, Gung Haggis Fat Choy, is back again to usher in the Year of the Horse with kilts, dragon dances, chopsticks, bagpipes, and dim sum.
@literasian.bsky.social
#LunarNewYear #RobbieBurnsDay
@literasian.bsky.social
#LunarNewYear #RobbieBurnsDay
Gung Haggis Fat Choy Celebration
Vancouver's iconic fusion of cultures, Gung Haggis Fat Choy, ushers in the Year of the Horse with kilts, dragon dances, bagpipes, and dim sum February 1, 2026.
miss604.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Vancouver’s iconic fusion of cultures, Gung Haggis Fat Choy, is back again to usher in the Year of the Horse with kilts, dragon dances, chopsticks, bagpipes, and dim sum.
@literasian.bsky.social
#LunarNewYear #RobbieBurnsDay
@literasian.bsky.social
#LunarNewYear #RobbieBurnsDay
Reposted by Rebecca Bollwitt
Reposted by Rebecca Bollwitt
Community-led research project is looking for participants!
Welcome to QWIC! (Queer, Wise, & Inquisitive Collective: A community-based research training program open to all
#2S/LGBTQIA+ adults aged 55+.
For more info: www.ribboncommunity.org/qwic
#vancouver #queerseniors
Welcome to QWIC! (Queer, Wise, & Inquisitive Collective: A community-based research training program open to all
#2S/LGBTQIA+ adults aged 55+.
For more info: www.ribboncommunity.org/qwic
#vancouver #queerseniors
January 2, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Community-led research project is looking for participants!
Welcome to QWIC! (Queer, Wise, & Inquisitive Collective: A community-based research training program open to all
#2S/LGBTQIA+ adults aged 55+.
For more info: www.ribboncommunity.org/qwic
#vancouver #queerseniors
Welcome to QWIC! (Queer, Wise, & Inquisitive Collective: A community-based research training program open to all
#2S/LGBTQIA+ adults aged 55+.
For more info: www.ribboncommunity.org/qwic
#vancouver #queerseniors
Today in Vancouver
The blossoms on that tree are there every winter, don’t get too excited
🥹🌸🌎
The blossoms on that tree are there every winter, don’t get too excited
🥹🌸🌎
January 4, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Today in Vancouver
The blossoms on that tree are there every winter, don’t get too excited
🥹🌸🌎
The blossoms on that tree are there every winter, don’t get too excited
🥹🌸🌎
#Vancouver Extreme weather alert. Find shelter spaces open tonight and community centres and libraries open during the day.
(wish I could repost from an official City of Vancouver account but they still aren’t using Bluesky)
(wish I could repost from an official City of Vancouver account but they still aren’t using Bluesky)
vancouver.ca
January 3, 2026 at 9:06 PM
#Vancouver Extreme weather alert. Find shelter spaces open tonight and community centres and libraries open during the day.
(wish I could repost from an official City of Vancouver account but they still aren’t using Bluesky)
(wish I could repost from an official City of Vancouver account but they still aren’t using Bluesky)
This month's @megaphonemagazine.com features a media guide for journalists who cover the Downtown Eastside, created by people who have lived experience with poverty, homelessness, substance use, physical disabilities and other intersecting marginalizations.
▶️ megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
▶️ megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
January 2, 2026 at 9:42 PM
This month's @megaphonemagazine.com features a media guide for journalists who cover the Downtown Eastside, created by people who have lived experience with poverty, homelessness, substance use, physical disabilities and other intersecting marginalizations.
▶️ megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
▶️ megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/
Charity and community Christmas tree chip events this weekend all around Metro Vancouver:
Where to Recycle Your Christmas Tree Around Vancouver
A guide to several Christmas tree chipping and recycling events around Metro Vancouver including charity and City-run options.
miss604.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Charity and community Christmas tree chip events this weekend all around Metro Vancouver:
#JobAlert 🚨 @megaphonemagazine.com is looking for a Layout and Graphic Designer. Be part of this amazing organization and help make Megaphone happen!
Megaphone - Our Team
megaphonemagazine.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:26 PM
#JobAlert 🚨 @megaphonemagazine.com is looking for a Layout and Graphic Designer. Be part of this amazing organization and help make Megaphone happen!
Events around Vancouver this weekend
Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend Events January 2-4
Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend » Your guide to events this Friday, January 2 to Sunday, January 4, 2026
miss604.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Events around Vancouver this weekend
A look at Vancouver 100 years ago, in 1926
Vancouver in 1926 » 100 Years Ago in the City
A collection of photos and historical tidbits from Vancouver in 1926, 100 years ago. A look back at the city through images and more.
miss604.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:51 AM
A look at Vancouver 100 years ago, in 1926
Vancouver winter sunsets 😍
January 1, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Vancouver winter sunsets 😍
The 106th Vancouver Polar Bear Swim is today at English Bay
Vancouver Polar Bear Swim at English Bay New Year's Day
A tradition for the last 106 years! Registration is open for the Vancouver Polar Bear Swim which happens on New Year's Day at English Bay.
miss604.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The 106th Vancouver Polar Bear Swim is today at English Bay