Ian Patton
@pattoni.bsky.social
West Coast - spouse, parent, worker. he/him.
So glad I took the time to fill out this survey so our civic government could hear and act on my input.
Oh, right, I forgot Sim and ABC govern on vibes.
Oh, right, I forgot Sim and ABC govern on vibes.
42% of residents and 37% of businesses surveyed supported a 5% property tax increase in order to maintain the current level of services in the city of Vancouver
but wait there’s more
a lot more
1/?
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/doc...
but wait there’s more
a lot more
1/?
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/doc...
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
So glad I took the time to fill out this survey so our civic government could hear and act on my input.
Oh, right, I forgot Sim and ABC govern on vibes.
Oh, right, I forgot Sim and ABC govern on vibes.
This is pretty terrible. Really not great to hear about an open resurgence of Nazism in your town the day before Remembrance Day. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d at secretive neo-Nazi event in B.C. | CBC News
This summer in Vancouver, dozens of people gathered to attend a conference organized and attended by some of Canada’s most prominent white supremacist organizations. CBC’s visual investigations team l...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is pretty terrible. Really not great to hear about an open resurgence of Nazism in your town the day before Remembrance Day. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is one of those rare covers that is as good as (or better) than the original.
The clock just ticked over to Edmund Fitzgerald day. Here are the Rheostatics.
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
YouTube video by Rheostatics - Topic
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This is one of those rare covers that is as good as (or better) than the original.
I hope the people who buy this house don’t do anything terrible to it. Looks like a real treasure. I also remember taking our kids to Moderne Burger when they were little and the owner was just the nicest guy. vancouversun.com/news/for-sal...
For sale: A mid-century modern Vancouver gem with all mod cons, circa 1957
Designed by the renowned architectural firm Thompson Berwick and Pratt in 1957, the house has a sunken living room and an original tiki bar.
vancouversun.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I hope the people who buy this house don’t do anything terrible to it. Looks like a real treasure. I also remember taking our kids to Moderne Burger when they were little and the owner was just the nicest guy. vancouversun.com/news/for-sal...
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"It's Not Just You - The iOS Keyboard is Broken"
We've been complaining about this in so many of my chats, and Android users are always (rightly) smug about it. Apple keyboard and autocorrect are trash, and getting worse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hksV...
We've been complaining about this in so many of my chats, and Android users are always (rightly) smug about it. Apple keyboard and autocorrect are trash, and getting worse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hksV...
It's Not Just You - The iOS Keyboard is Broken
YouTube video by Michi NekoMichi
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"It's Not Just You - The iOS Keyboard is Broken"
We've been complaining about this in so many of my chats, and Android users are always (rightly) smug about it. Apple keyboard and autocorrect are trash, and getting worse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hksV...
We've been complaining about this in so many of my chats, and Android users are always (rightly) smug about it. Apple keyboard and autocorrect are trash, and getting worse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hksV...
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Please do! Details about the fellowship and the link to apply can be found here: thenarwhal.ca/2026-indigen...
November 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Please do! Details about the fellowship and the link to apply can be found here: thenarwhal.ca/2026-indigen...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
Worst part of RTO in January will be giving up my weekly leftover-enhanced instant ramen lunches.
November 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Worst part of RTO in January will be giving up my weekly leftover-enhanced instant ramen lunches.
Nice work all around. Good job. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Nice work all around. Good job. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
This is very cool but the pre-teen scale modeler in me is very bothered when Lego sells mini-figs with a vehicle they can’t fit in.
Welp, this is going on the budget. Tho, I think always think companies put way more effort into Star Wars than Star Trek. This thing has no windows lol.
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is very cool but the pre-teen scale modeler in me is very bothered when Lego sells mini-figs with a vehicle they can’t fit in.
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Boys, the gig is up
The women have had enough
The women have had enough
November 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Boys, the gig is up
The women have had enough
The women have had enough
There’s a lot of “You can’t get there from here” in BC.
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
There’s a lot of “You can’t get there from here” in BC.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:09 AM
@christineboyle.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social would council please direct police and fire to start enforcing this ban? I think people have had more than enough time to adjust to the five year old law.
Here’s my elderly dog Sofia enjoying Vancouver Halloween where fireworks have supposedly been banned since 2021.
November 1, 2025 at 3:50 AM
@christineboyle.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social @lucymaloney.bsky.social would council please direct police and fire to start enforcing this ban? I think people have had more than enough time to adjust to the five year old law.
Here’s my elderly dog Sofia enjoying Vancouver Halloween where fireworks have supposedly been banned since 2021.
November 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Here’s my elderly dog Sofia enjoying Vancouver Halloween where fireworks have supposedly been banned since 2021.
This year’s jack o’lanterns.
November 1, 2025 at 2:38 AM
This year’s jack o’lanterns.
Somewhere there's a photo of me with tear-stained Dracula makeup because it had snowed and my mum made me wear a fluorescent orange toque.
November 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Somewhere there's a photo of me with tear-stained Dracula makeup because it had snowed and my mum made me wear a fluorescent orange toque.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Is there some way I can short AI stocks using PC Optimum points?
I swear I already saw this movie, didn't the economy almost tank from the same kind of bullshit?
"sophisticated financial engineering" oh that's not good
October 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Is there some way I can short AI stocks using PC Optimum points?
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I swear I already saw this movie, didn't the economy almost tank from the same kind of bullshit?
"sophisticated financial engineering" oh that's not good
October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I swear I already saw this movie, didn't the economy almost tank from the same kind of bullshit?
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I was using the same 2024 article in videos a lil while back to cite that wealth inequality in Canada had reached record highs in 2024.
Fun update: there's now a 2025 article about how wealth inequality has reached record highs this year!
Wheeeeeeeeee
Fun update: there's now a 2025 article about how wealth inequality has reached record highs this year!
Wheeeeeeeeee
October 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I was using the same 2024 article in videos a lil while back to cite that wealth inequality in Canada had reached record highs in 2024.
Fun update: there's now a 2025 article about how wealth inequality has reached record highs this year!
Wheeeeeeeeee
Fun update: there's now a 2025 article about how wealth inequality has reached record highs this year!
Wheeeeeeeeee
"In hindsight, letting one of the monkeys take the wheel so I could catch a quick 20 minutes of shut-eye was not a wise decision."
October 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"In hindsight, letting one of the monkeys take the wheel so I could catch a quick 20 minutes of shut-eye was not a wise decision."
Very fall moment just now. I dropped the last kid off at their school and drove away down an absolutely spectacular red and gold Vancouver residential street. As I switched the radio over, this piece came on right at the beginning of the largo-larghetto. youtu.be/GWZTyiMXulQ?...
Vivaldi – L'estro armonico – Concerto No. 10 in B minor for 4 violins, Op. 3
YouTube video by Akademia Filmu i Telewizji
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Very fall moment just now. I dropped the last kid off at their school and drove away down an absolutely spectacular red and gold Vancouver residential street. As I switched the radio over, this piece came on right at the beginning of the largo-larghetto. youtu.be/GWZTyiMXulQ?...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM