Stanley Parks
@stanleyparks.bsky.social
A semi-ethical settler pervert on unceeded lands.
We’re all role models for someone, so I’m trying my best.
We’re all role models for someone, so I’m trying my best.
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no one involved in this case disputes DULF has saved many lives. shutting down initiatives to prevent consumption of poisoned drugs leads to more preventable deaths. sad to see the law used as a cudgel to justify killing people through government inaction & indifference
Founders of Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalinin have just been found guilty of drug trafficking.
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
no one involved in this case disputes DULF has saved many lives. shutting down initiatives to prevent consumption of poisoned drugs leads to more preventable deaths. sad to see the law used as a cudgel to justify killing people through government inaction & indifference
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Living Wage BC finds hourly pay to live normal life much higher than minimum wage
Living Wage BC finds hourly pay to live normal life much higher than minimum wage
The living wage is designed to ensure households have enough income to cover basic needs.
dlvr.it
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Living Wage BC finds hourly pay to live normal life much higher than minimum wage
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"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
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NEW: Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while also removing apps designed to warn communities about ICE officials.
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
NEW: Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while also removing apps designed to warn communities about ICE officials.
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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ABC caught spreading disinformation in support of their rubber-stamping of the latest VPD budget increase.
This while imposing brutal cuts to public services across the city.
Zero means zero integrity.
#EvictKenSim #vanpoli #Vancouver
This while imposing brutal cuts to public services across the city.
Zero means zero integrity.
#EvictKenSim #vanpoli #Vancouver
Inaccurate violent crime statistics touted by Vancouver mayor’s party
Inaccurate violent crime statistics touted by Vancouver mayor’s party
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s ABC party published inaccurate statistics about a decrease in violent crime in the city when touting the impact of its “historic investments” in public safety.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 5:51 AM
ABC caught spreading disinformation in support of their rubber-stamping of the latest VPD budget increase.
This while imposing brutal cuts to public services across the city.
Zero means zero integrity.
#EvictKenSim #vanpoli #Vancouver
This while imposing brutal cuts to public services across the city.
Zero means zero integrity.
#EvictKenSim #vanpoli #Vancouver
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2023: ABC refunds millions of dollars of Empty Homes Tax to developers
2025: ABC refuses to use EHT money for its intended purpose, putting 81 affordable homes for women and children at risk
What an astonishing decision by Ken Sim and ABC.
2025: ABC refuses to use EHT money for its intended purpose, putting 81 affordable homes for women and children at risk
What an astonishing decision by Ken Sim and ABC.
November 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
2023: ABC refunds millions of dollars of Empty Homes Tax to developers
2025: ABC refuses to use EHT money for its intended purpose, putting 81 affordable homes for women and children at risk
What an astonishing decision by Ken Sim and ABC.
2025: ABC refuses to use EHT money for its intended purpose, putting 81 affordable homes for women and children at risk
What an astonishing decision by Ken Sim and ABC.
These are the kinds of investments we need. They provide both construction jobs and long term opportunities. When we invest in corporate infrastructure we lose control of any of the long term benefits.
As part of Budget 2025, the 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 will invest $51B over 10 years to revitalize infrastructure — hospitals, schools, roads, bridges, water and transit systems.
These investments will create jobs, grow our economy, and build a Canada strong. 🇨🇦
🔗Learn more: bit.ly/49D2AGB
These investments will create jobs, grow our economy, and build a Canada strong. 🇨🇦
🔗Learn more: bit.ly/49D2AGB
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
These are the kinds of investments we need. They provide both construction jobs and long term opportunities. When we invest in corporate infrastructure we lose control of any of the long term benefits.
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Hey y'all, here's how to make BlueSky require alt text on your images so you don't forget, and also enable the option to show larger alt text buttons on images if needed.
Alt text is an accessibility tool to describe visual media to blind and low vision people. You should always use it. 💜
Alt text is an accessibility tool to describe visual media to blind and low vision people. You should always use it. 💜
November 23, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Hey y'all, here's how to make BlueSky require alt text on your images so you don't forget, and also enable the option to show larger alt text buttons on images if needed.
Alt text is an accessibility tool to describe visual media to blind and low vision people. You should always use it. 💜
Alt text is an accessibility tool to describe visual media to blind and low vision people. You should always use it. 💜
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A daycare. Every day in Chicago. The state is not stopping this. Pritzker’s and Johnson’s cops have ONLY been protecting these assaults so there is so far nothing that is stopping them besides unarmed residents screaming. How many children are technically orphans now @govpritzker.illinois.gov?
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A daycare. Every day in Chicago. The state is not stopping this. Pritzker’s and Johnson’s cops have ONLY been protecting these assaults so there is so far nothing that is stopping them besides unarmed residents screaming. How many children are technically orphans now @govpritzker.illinois.gov?
This whole thread.
District Judge Sara Ellis on the bench for today's injunction hearing re: federal immigration agents' violent behavior in Chicagoland.
If entered, the injunction will replace a restraining order Ellis entered against the feds in early October - which attorneys say the feds have repeatedly violated.
If entered, the injunction will replace a restraining order Ellis entered against the feds in early October - which attorneys say the feds have repeatedly violated.
Now heading inside to attend the hearing proper.
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This whole thread.
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The residents of Vancouver need to demand that the City Auditor conduct an audit of the VPD. It’s crazy that they are exempt when the VPD is the largest budget item and the consequences of the absence of proper oversight are so obvious.
November 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The residents of Vancouver need to demand that the City Auditor conduct an audit of the VPD. It’s crazy that they are exempt when the VPD is the largest budget item and the consequences of the absence of proper oversight are so obvious.
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The construction of a new and controversial data centre in Nanaimo is expected to bring out large opposition at Monday night's city council meeting.
‘Very scary’: Nanaimo neighbours have water worries about new data centre
Living on the doorstep of Nanaimo's Millstone River Valley, neighbour Kathryn Barnwell is relieved to see the arrival of fall rains refilling the Millstone River that was down to a trickle during summer's drought.
cheknews.ca
November 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The construction of a new and controversial data centre in Nanaimo is expected to bring out large opposition at Monday night's city council meeting.
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it’s not just the risk of long COVID, but of immune dysregulation that leaves you more vulnerable to other diseases.
without additional non-vax protections, a child born in year 1 of the pandemic could easily be infected with COVID a dozen times or more by the time they graduate high school.
it’s not just the risk of long COVID, but of immune dysregulation that leaves you more vulnerable to other diseases.
without additional non-vax protections, a child born in year 1 of the pandemic could easily be infected with COVID a dozen times or more by the time they graduate high school.
![Opinion: Treating kids as invulnerable is treating them as disposable
by Blake Murdoch, senior research associate with the University of Alberta’s Health Law Institute.
Calgary Herald
Published Feb 14, 2023
[photo of a child receiving his vaccine. He and the vaccine administrator are wearing medical masks as she injects the needle into his arm.]
photo caption: COVID vaccines have been proven to be beneficial, but are just one part of what is needed to protect children for long-term effects of the disease.
photo by Leah Hennel /Postmedia Network
https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-treating-kids-as-invulnerable-is-treating-them-as-disposable](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:umlonvwdiqpxeq4nxfzmvrst/bafkreifol7axz27gt3gtvu6y5crxc4jq4nun6arwfh6fqy6smoivungyqq@jpeg)
November 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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it’s not just the risk of long COVID, but of immune dysregulation that leaves you more vulnerable to other diseases.
without additional non-vax protections, a child born in year 1 of the pandemic could easily be infected with COVID a dozen times or more by the time they graduate high school.
it’s not just the risk of long COVID, but of immune dysregulation that leaves you more vulnerable to other diseases.
without additional non-vax protections, a child born in year 1 of the pandemic could easily be infected with COVID a dozen times or more by the time they graduate high school.
It was still pretty awesome.
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
It was still pretty awesome.
Just keep hitting them.
November 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Just keep hitting them.
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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Others have already spoken to this, but a major element of Midway Blitz is the admin signaling that nothing and nowhere is sacred. Holidays, graveyards, school campuses, churches, homes.
Nothing is off limits to the roving bands of masked, heavily armed strangers who say they're here to save us.
Nothing is off limits to the roving bands of masked, heavily armed strangers who say they're here to save us.
October 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Others have already spoken to this, but a major element of Midway Blitz is the admin signaling that nothing and nowhere is sacred. Holidays, graveyards, school campuses, churches, homes.
Nothing is off limits to the roving bands of masked, heavily armed strangers who say they're here to save us.
Nothing is off limits to the roving bands of masked, heavily armed strangers who say they're here to save us.
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Here’s my ass in exchange for some cash 🤭💜
Long story short I need prints of my art!! I spent all my money on groceries 😫💜 (gotta feed this ass someTHING) My print guy wasn’t available for MONTHSS but NOW he is!! 🥹💜
Help me get prints made of my art please 🥹
0/$400
Venmo: @zzz22
CA: $ziizzzii
💜
Long story short I need prints of my art!! I spent all my money on groceries 😫💜 (gotta feed this ass someTHING) My print guy wasn’t available for MONTHSS but NOW he is!! 🥹💜
Help me get prints made of my art please 🥹
0/$400
Venmo: @zzz22
CA: $ziizzzii
💜
October 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Here’s my ass in exchange for some cash 🤭💜
Long story short I need prints of my art!! I spent all my money on groceries 😫💜 (gotta feed this ass someTHING) My print guy wasn’t available for MONTHSS but NOW he is!! 🥹💜
Help me get prints made of my art please 🥹
0/$400
Venmo: @zzz22
CA: $ziizzzii
💜
Long story short I need prints of my art!! I spent all my money on groceries 😫💜 (gotta feed this ass someTHING) My print guy wasn’t available for MONTHSS but NOW he is!! 🥹💜
Help me get prints made of my art please 🥹
0/$400
Venmo: @zzz22
CA: $ziizzzii
💜
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Trans people have warned for years that these anti-trans policies would hurt far more than just trans people.
Citing a Trump executive order banning "gender ideology," the VA is withholding coverage and treatment for male veterans with breast cancer, an increasing condition among veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during service. 100 male veterans a year are diagnosed with breast cancer.
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Trans people have warned for years that these anti-trans policies would hurt far more than just trans people.
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Reminder for tonight: please avoid driving between the hours of 4pm-10pm; and if you absolutely need to drive, be extra slow and take extra care. Let's make sure it's a fun and safe night for all kids.
Our Halloween message from Vision Zero Vancouver! 🎃 A little hard to hear, ironically because of all the cars
October 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Reminder for tonight: please avoid driving between the hours of 4pm-10pm; and if you absolutely need to drive, be extra slow and take extra care. Let's make sure it's a fun and safe night for all kids.
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I'm at the sext machine
I'm at the untrained suicide hotline
I'm at the combination sext and suicide hotline machine
techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/o...
I'm at the untrained suicide hotline
I'm at the combination sext and suicide hotline machine
techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/o...
OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly | TechCrunch
OpenAI released data on just how many of ChatGPT's users are facing mental health challenges, and how it's addressing them.
techcrunch.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I'm at the sext machine
I'm at the untrained suicide hotline
I'm at the combination sext and suicide hotline machine
techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/o...
I'm at the untrained suicide hotline
I'm at the combination sext and suicide hotline machine
techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/o...
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It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
October 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]