Tim Ford
@timfordwrites.bsky.social
Writer. Journo. Mini Painter.
Politico. Learner. And a gamer.
As seen in CBC, the Tyee, Reactor Magazine (TOR.com), Polygon, and many other places.
Based in lək̓ʷəŋən territory (Victoria, BC, Canada).
Politico. Learner. And a gamer.
As seen in CBC, the Tyee, Reactor Magazine (TOR.com), Polygon, and many other places.
Based in lək̓ʷəŋən territory (Victoria, BC, Canada).
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Tim Ford
@timfordwrites.bsky.social
· Oct 6
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
Oh, I wouldn't recommend it.
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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 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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...
Which one of you posted Insane Clown Posse to Truth Social
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Which one of you posted Insane Clown Posse to Truth Social
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okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
okay, seriously: if we were to corral this, would anyone be interested in contributing? Here is the google form:
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
forms.gle/m2V4j4cDvwNu...
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No proof will ever be enough for the denialists but here’s yet another example of the thing they say isn’t happening - children’s remains being returned to their families. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
After 8 decades, Alma Beaulieu, who died at an N.W.T. residential school, is home | CBC News
For generations, the family of five-year-old Alma Beaulieu didn’t know what happened when she died at St. Joseph’s Residential School in Fort Resolution, N.W.T. More than 80 years later, Alma's sister...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
No proof will ever be enough for the denialists but here’s yet another example of the thing they say isn’t happening - children’s remains being returned to their families. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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As expected, Canada has lost its measles-free status because of the long-running outbreak there. With it goes the #measles elimination status of the entire zone of the Americas, the only division of the #WHO to ever have achieved measles elimination. www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
As expected, Canada has lost its measles-free status because of the long-running outbreak there. With it goes the #measles elimination status of the entire zone of the Americas, the only division of the #WHO to ever have achieved measles elimination. www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Leave it to the Democrats to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Leave it to the Democrats to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Welp, I finally beat Wild Guns Reloaded on hard. I have peaked as a gamer.
November 8, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Welp, I finally beat Wild Guns Reloaded on hard. I have peaked as a gamer.
I just donated $50! What can you spare to help fight for press freedom?
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 11:23 PM
I just donated $50! What can you spare to help fight for press freedom?
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Super excited that we're hiring a senior writer to join @wired.com's culture team! If you're obsessed with internet culture and like our vibe, apply! condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
Senior Writer, Culture
WIRED is where a better future is imagined. For three decades, we have been the indispensable guide to a world in constant transformation. We cover humanity’s biggest challenges, from climate change t...
condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Super excited that we're hiring a senior writer to join @wired.com's culture team! If you're obsessed with internet culture and like our vibe, apply! condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...
Not trying to put this person on blast, but this is what I'm talking about when I say the Carney gov took the NDP vote, then betrayed it.
If you look at this riding, you can literally see 20% of the vote shift from NDP to Liberal, lending them their support to try to stop Poilievre.
If you look at this riding, you can literally see 20% of the vote shift from NDP to Liberal, lending them their support to try to stop Poilievre.
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Not trying to put this person on blast, but this is what I'm talking about when I say the Carney gov took the NDP vote, then betrayed it.
If you look at this riding, you can literally see 20% of the vote shift from NDP to Liberal, lending them their support to try to stop Poilievre.
If you look at this riding, you can literally see 20% of the vote shift from NDP to Liberal, lending them their support to try to stop Poilievre.
Matt Jeneroux choosing to resign is a MUCH stronger rebuke than a floor-crossing. It immediately kills any spin from the Conservative Party that this is selfish, a betrayal of voters, etc.
It is nothing less than a strong message that Poilievre's leadership of the party is toxic.
It is nothing less than a strong message that Poilievre's leadership of the party is toxic.
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Matt Jeneroux choosing to resign is a MUCH stronger rebuke than a floor-crossing. It immediately kills any spin from the Conservative Party that this is selfish, a betrayal of voters, etc.
It is nothing less than a strong message that Poilievre's leadership of the party is toxic.
It is nothing less than a strong message that Poilievre's leadership of the party is toxic.
If you're not following Paul Fairie, you are missing out
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
If you're not following Paul Fairie, you are missing out
Victory? Victory you say? Master Obi-Wan, not victory. The shroud of the sandwich has fallen. Begun the Food Wars have.
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Victory? Victory you say? Master Obi-Wan, not victory. The shroud of the sandwich has fallen. Begun the Food Wars have.
"Pointing a backpack"
Breaking: Alberta's police watchdog has cleared two RCMP officers who shot and killed a 15-year-old Indigenous boy in Wetaskiwin last year. ASIRT says Hoss Lightning was pointing a backpack at the officers, which they believed to contain a gun. It did not. edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/a...
Alberta police watchdog clears officers who fatally shot 15-year-old Indigenous boy
Alberta's police watchdog has found the pair of RCMP officers who fatally shot an Indigenous teenager in Wetaskiwin did not commit a criminal offence.
edmontonjournal.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"Pointing a backpack"
Don't threaten me with a functioning country
Trump: "What the Democrats will do is make Puerto Rico a state, make DC a state, they're gonna pack the Court. They're gonna end up with more electoral votes. They're gonna end up with 4 senators. And they're gonna do this 100%."
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Don't threaten me with a functioning country
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barely a metaphor lmao
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
barely a metaphor lmao
What the fuck are we even doing here.
“In his final budget before facing voters next October, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is presenting a property tax freeze and $50 million more for police, & major cuts to arts, culture, community services & sustainability.”
Brutal austerity for everything else, but $50 million more for over-budget cops.
Brutal austerity for everything else, but $50 million more for over-budget cops.
'I'm proud of this one': Mayor Ken Sim talks budget with $50 million more for police amid property tax freeze | CBC News
In his final budget before facing voters next October, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is presenting a property tax freeze, and $50 million more for police, balanced by major cuts to arts, culture, community ...
www.cbc.ca
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
What the fuck are we even doing here.
RFK Jr. there with the bottles of toad mucus and a prayer book for the save
holy shit -- one of Trump's toadies just passed out and the White House event is brought to an abrupt end
November 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
RFK Jr. there with the bottles of toad mucus and a prayer book for the save
If the only "public service" your government is adequately funding is cops, you don't have a government. You have a protection racket.
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If the only "public service" your government is adequately funding is cops, you don't have a government. You have a protection racket.
The way it's just taken for granted that police budgets get to up by double-digit percentages every year while every other department has to go weeping to Council, hat in hand like Dickensian orphans, to justify their very existence, is wild.
#yyj
#VictoriaBC
#yyj
#VictoriaBC
The City of Victoria might slash grants and programs across the board to make up for one single line item that's roughly equivalent to everything being cut. Can anyone guess what that single budget item is, which apparently isn't even up for debate? One guess.
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The way it's just taken for granted that police budgets get to up by double-digit percentages every year while every other department has to go weeping to Council, hat in hand like Dickensian orphans, to justify their very existence, is wild.
#yyj
#VictoriaBC
#yyj
#VictoriaBC
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The City of Victoria might slash grants and programs across the board to make up for one single line item that's roughly equivalent to everything being cut. Can anyone guess what that single budget item is, which apparently isn't even up for debate? One guess.
November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The City of Victoria might slash grants and programs across the board to make up for one single line item that's roughly equivalent to everything being cut. Can anyone guess what that single budget item is, which apparently isn't even up for debate? One guess.
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Remember how everyone here agreed to not follow and share JD Vance shit? And made this a nicer place to be without fueling a troll?
Could we please do the same for Ross Douthat headlines? The best way to convince a publication to stop funding ragebait isn't to dunk. It's to ignore.
Could we please do the same for Ross Douthat headlines? The best way to convince a publication to stop funding ragebait isn't to dunk. It's to ignore.
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Remember how everyone here agreed to not follow and share JD Vance shit? And made this a nicer place to be without fueling a troll?
Could we please do the same for Ross Douthat headlines? The best way to convince a publication to stop funding ragebait isn't to dunk. It's to ignore.
Could we please do the same for Ross Douthat headlines? The best way to convince a publication to stop funding ragebait isn't to dunk. It's to ignore.
If you see this, post an anime you love.
November 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
If you see this, post an anime you love.
I love that the Sandwich Guy defence team's strategy isn't even really disproving the incident, so much as saying "you wanna take the dumbest case possible to court? We'll make sure everyone sees the dumbest case possible in court."
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I love that the Sandwich Guy defence team's strategy isn't even really disproving the incident, so much as saying "you wanna take the dumbest case possible to court? We'll make sure everyone sees the dumbest case possible in court."
I will never, ever, understand people who think these guys are cool
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I will never, ever, understand people who think these guys are cool