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Mike
@verypedestrian.bsky.social
Writer, walker, weirdo.
Pinned
Four years of Ripley, four years of love.
Shouldn’t judge a place based on its politicians (see; all of BC, all of the time, especially right now) but what a miserable, empty, and unremarkable people Krog and his supporters must be.
"It does save lives, but saving those lives for what purpose?" asked Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog during a city council debate about overdose prevention sites and the province's approach to harm reduction in the toxic drug crisis on Monday night.
Nanaimo city council votes down proposed drug policy letter – The Discourse.
At the Dec. 1 Nanaimo City Council meeting, a motion to send a letter to the province asking it to reexamine its approach to "the ongoing addiction crisis" was voted down.
thediscourse.ca
December 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Those are rookie numbers.
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Call it two heart surgeries, absurd work stress or y’know, everything happening the past year…

We deep planning our holidays down to which breakfast gets baked for the morning after each party and I’m so excited to detach from reality.
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
A dark-haired bearded guy in plaid and a dark-haired bearded guy in a cowichan sweater just tried to figure out if they knew each other from somewhere - in an East Van tap room.
November 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
It’s not even 11am and I saw someone dumping a massive blob of ketchup in the centre of a slice of pepperoni pizza.

People, we’re better than this.
November 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We need to start laughing at anyone who says running a successful business qualifies them to run the goverment.

Directly in their faces, when possible.
Vancouver's 2026 draft budget has PASSED.

Approved on a 7-4 vote on party lines, with ABC in favour and councillors Fry/Bligh/Orr/Maloney opposed.

Property tax freeze, $50 million more for VPD, and cuts to Arts, Culture, Planning and Sustainability departments, among others.

Full story to come.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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There’s a lot in Vancouver’s 2026 budget that’s unbelievably dumb, but I get most mad for our rescue dog and a nearby park. 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Saw two people concerned about the wellbeing of a friend outsource all their texts to ChatGPT over pizza and beer.
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Naloxone’d a stranger this afternoon for the first time, at Fraser and Broadway.

Desperately hoping he’s OK but man is it depressing that we all let it get this bad.
November 23, 2025 at 5:46 AM
It Follows fires profoundly hard on all cylinders but that soundtrack really ties the room together.
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Good Boy is on Shudder and you have a legal obligation to watch.
November 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
About to watch some comedian do one backflip.
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Hustling for a new job title to recognize the scale of my work (and get a raise) and my boss turned up with an AI job title that has never existed in the industry.
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Been working on a hate/love letter to my childhood.
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I’d like to go on Bake Off and exclusively make carrot cake for every challenge, just to see how long I’d last.
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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How it started / How it’s going
Surreal to be at the first @vancouverrisefc.bsky.social match and now to see them win the @nsl.ca championship 🙌
@crowcollectivesg.bsky.social

#NSL #Vancouver #Soccer #Canada
November 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
That was one of the best games of soccer I’ve seen in such a long time. Long live the Vancouver Rise!
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Holy shit holy shit holy shit.

#nsl #vancouverise
November 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Grateful for a thunderstorm giving my stress and anxiety a break.
#nsl
November 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
What in the living fuck is Evan Solomon doing at the NSL final?
November 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It’s my birthday weekend!

I took Monday off and I’m treating myself to a fresh bottle of Lagavulin, Ambrosia Sky, and some Fulci and Argento movies.
November 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
There’s a lot in Vancouver’s 2026 budget that’s unbelievably dumb, but I get most mad for our rescue dog and a nearby park. 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
My feed is “guess who helped the pedophiles!” and “everyone is just as mad at Ken Sim as you are!”
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Ken Sim got told families are leaving faster than ever and was like “We’ll send changing table money to the police.”
Listening to Vancouver Council budget discussion in the background this morning. In response to a question from @seanorr.bsky.social about where they'll be retracting from the city just said they're planning to REMOVE baby changing tables and menstrual product dispensers to save costs. Shameful.
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
My wife was ride or die until she saw me eating pickled herring on sourdough.

Tough turn for a 17 year relationship.
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM