tim
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"Reformation is necessary and despair is criminal." Computational biologist; US-Canadian (Team Canada); he/him. Vancouver is unceded land.
present day. present time
present day. present time
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Seattle's Mamdani is winning by an absurdly small margin over our incumbent mayor, who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot.
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Seattle's Mamdani is winning by an absurdly small margin over our incumbent mayor, who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot.
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
in honour of today's Edmund-Fitzgerald-posting, i must hold up this delightful interview from 30 years ago
TD Mischke - the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald
YouTube video by IkeO_556
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
in honour of today's Edmund-Fitzgerald-posting, i must hold up this delightful interview from 30 years ago
Some community-org colleagues are unsure about using Google Docs for meeting minutes because they are concerned that Google might train models on the docs in such a way that facts from the minutes will be exposed to the public Internet through chatbot conversations.
That's wrong, right? Have a cite?
That's wrong, right? Have a cite?
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Some community-org colleagues are unsure about using Google Docs for meeting minutes because they are concerned that Google might train models on the docs in such a way that facts from the minutes will be exposed to the public Internet through chatbot conversations.
That's wrong, right? Have a cite?
That's wrong, right? Have a cite?
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40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 AM
40 men Trump sent to CECOT tell the NYT they were beaten, tortured, and sexually assaulted. The details are worse than you can imagine.
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
We can’t let them get away with this. Miller and the other architects of this sadism need to go to prison.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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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
I hadn't considered that some aspects of your crash investigation can get much more annoying if a plane crashes into an auto parts store instead of a field. Is that charred widget a piece of flight hardware or is it for a Honda Civic, etc
UPS and FedEx, two of the world’s largest cargo airlines, said on Friday that they had grounded their fleets of MD-11 planes, days after one of the aircraft was involved in a deadly crash in Kentucky.
UPS and FedEx Ground MD-11 Cargo Planes After Louisville Crash
Boeing, the plane’s manufacturer, said it had recommended the grounding as a precaution while it conducts further analysis.
nyti.ms
November 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I hadn't considered that some aspects of your crash investigation can get much more annoying if a plane crashes into an auto parts store instead of a field. Is that charred widget a piece of flight hardware or is it for a Honda Civic, etc
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The Budget Announcement giveth,
The small print taketh away.
😐🚌🚊🚎😐
The small print taketh away.
😐🚌🚊🚎😐
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The Budget Announcement giveth,
The small print taketh away.
😐🚌🚊🚎😐
The small print taketh away.
😐🚌🚊🚎😐
i have a black turtleneck i like to wear this time of year. but if i do, whenever i walk into a meeting, 100% of the time, someone's like "oho, let's hear what STEVE JOBS has to say"
November 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
i have a black turtleneck i like to wear this time of year. but if i do, whenever i walk into a meeting, 100% of the time, someone's like "oho, let's hear what STEVE JOBS has to say"
don't tell them you're defunding the police. tell them you're finding free market solutions
Civilianization of police response should be sold to the public on grounds it understands, efficiency and cost. Hiring a 911 response contractor to handle traffic accidents made police much better at their job and also it costs less.
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
don't tell them you're defunding the police. tell them you're finding free market solutions
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Big boat stuck! 🚨
There's a 700-foot ship stuck in the Detroit River. My photo is terrible but it's way closer to the US than normal. Not close to the channel
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Big boat stuck! 🚨
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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.
My friend @brianstraw.bsky.social is facing federal charges alongside @katmabu.bsky.social and others for protesting outside this facility. Please consider supporting Brian's legal defense fund here: secure.actblue.com/donate/straw...
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
My friend @brianstraw.bsky.social is facing federal charges alongside @katmabu.bsky.social and others for protesting outside this facility. Please consider supporting Brian's legal defense fund here: secure.actblue.com/donate/straw...
"Americans living abroad may only contribute through ActBlue while physically in the United States." That's a new one to me. Unfortunate
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"Americans living abroad may only contribute through ActBlue while physically in the United States." That's a new one to me. Unfortunate
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Getting new details on this now:
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
‘I have papers’: Child care worker detained by ICE officers inside a Chicago day care
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Getting new details on this now:
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.
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Notably, @royalpratt.bsky.social appears to have gotten his hands on the unredacted copy of the preliminary injunction motion seemingly filed in error yesterday before being deleted and replaced with a redacted version.
Here's what that bit looks like in the public filing vs. the unredacted.
Here's what that bit looks like in the public filing vs. the unredacted.
![In fact, Defendants used gas in a residential neighborhood multiple times without audible warnings, after residents protested their arrest of a person in the front yard of a residence. See Dkt. 140; Dkt. 140 at 1 n.1; Exs. 90-93, 95-96 (available at Dkt. 140 at 1 n.2). Defendants’ own videos show [REDACTED] (cite to an Axon video). [REDACTED]. The gas [REDACTED]. There was no threat when gas was deployed.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreibzmlnn7gk7ku3r22tllfvol2gb4qxadzmlvjkq2b2usrdntgyel4@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Notably, @royalpratt.bsky.social appears to have gotten his hands on the unredacted copy of the preliminary injunction motion seemingly filed in error yesterday before being deleted and replaced with a redacted version.
Here's what that bit looks like in the public filing vs. the unredacted.
Here's what that bit looks like in the public filing vs. the unredacted.
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Here's my take on Mark Carney's Bigger, More Beautiful Budget Bill. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Justin Ling: Make no mistake, this is Mark Carney’s Trump budget. It’s also missing one big thing
Competing with America is going to involve some real pain for Canada.
www.thestar.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Here's my take on Mark Carney's Bigger, More Beautiful Budget Bill. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
well, Carney's not proposing an austerity budget. shrinking the federal workforce and slashing immigration are regrettable, and we will pay for retreating from climate goals, but the new infrastructure spending does sound bold, exciting, and meant for the moment
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
well, Carney's not proposing an austerity budget. shrinking the federal workforce and slashing immigration are regrettable, and we will pay for retreating from climate goals, but the new infrastructure spending does sound bold, exciting, and meant for the moment
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Some breaking news: in a special Vancouver Police Board meeting only announced over the weekend, the police board has requested a $50 million increase to their budget for 2026.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
November 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Some breaking news: in a special Vancouver Police Board meeting only announced over the weekend, the police board has requested a $50 million increase to their budget for 2026.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.