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EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP THERE'S A BABY GOOSE TRAFFIC JAM ON 14TH AND HEATHER
April 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP THERE'S A BABY GOOSE TRAFFIC JAM ON 14TH AND HEATHER
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Programming note: I'll be on The Current with Matt Galloway tomorrow at 9am, talking about my trip.
If you've missed out so far, this is the last sort of talk before the book next year.
is there a question in the interview where Matt has to be like "please explain your whole deal", who can say
If you've missed out so far, this is the last sort of talk before the book next year.
is there a question in the interview where Matt has to be like "please explain your whole deal", who can say
April 11, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Programming note: I'll be on The Current with Matt Galloway tomorrow at 9am, talking about my trip.
If you've missed out so far, this is the last sort of talk before the book next year.
is there a question in the interview where Matt has to be like "please explain your whole deal", who can say
If you've missed out so far, this is the last sort of talk before the book next year.
is there a question in the interview where Matt has to be like "please explain your whole deal", who can say
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Little gentle reminder to all the human creatives out there 💪
April 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Little gentle reminder to all the human creatives out there 💪
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They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
April 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
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Fantastic news for local government geeks: @BCHeadlines has moved over to BlueSky!
They produce a daily feed of all civic politics stories across the province.
Happy they are here, and no longer providing free labour to a person who says that Canada is not a real country.
They produce a daily feed of all civic politics stories across the province.
Happy they are here, and no longer providing free labour to a person who says that Canada is not a real country.
April 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Fantastic news for local government geeks: @BCHeadlines has moved over to BlueSky!
They produce a daily feed of all civic politics stories across the province.
Happy they are here, and no longer providing free labour to a person who says that Canada is not a real country.
They produce a daily feed of all civic politics stories across the province.
Happy they are here, and no longer providing free labour to a person who says that Canada is not a real country.
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I've heard back from the City of Vancouver.
They confirmed that they have approximately 265 staff "currently in the field" working the byelection.
That's a 79% dropoff from the 2017 byelection.
Odd they didn't mention that in their original explanation to media as to why lines were so long.
They confirmed that they have approximately 265 staff "currently in the field" working the byelection.
That's a 79% dropoff from the 2017 byelection.
Odd they didn't mention that in their original explanation to media as to why lines were so long.
I've cracked the code of why byelection lineups are so long in Vancouver today.
It's not just a turnout question.
Compared to the 2017 byelection, the city decreased the number of election workers by EIGHTY PERCENT.
From 1,250 in 2017 to 250 this time around.
This was a staff recommendation.
It's not just a turnout question.
Compared to the 2017 byelection, the city decreased the number of election workers by EIGHTY PERCENT.
From 1,250 in 2017 to 250 this time around.
This was a staff recommendation.
April 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I've heard back from the City of Vancouver.
They confirmed that they have approximately 265 staff "currently in the field" working the byelection.
That's a 79% dropoff from the 2017 byelection.
Odd they didn't mention that in their original explanation to media as to why lines were so long.
They confirmed that they have approximately 265 staff "currently in the field" working the byelection.
That's a 79% dropoff from the 2017 byelection.
Odd they didn't mention that in their original explanation to media as to why lines were so long.
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I've cracked the code of why byelection lineups are so long in Vancouver today.
It's not just a turnout question.
Compared to the 2017 byelection, the city decreased the number of election workers by EIGHTY PERCENT.
From 1,250 in 2017 to 250 this time around.
This was a staff recommendation.
It's not just a turnout question.
Compared to the 2017 byelection, the city decreased the number of election workers by EIGHTY PERCENT.
From 1,250 in 2017 to 250 this time around.
This was a staff recommendation.
April 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I've cracked the code of why byelection lineups are so long in Vancouver today.
It's not just a turnout question.
Compared to the 2017 byelection, the city decreased the number of election workers by EIGHTY PERCENT.
From 1,250 in 2017 to 250 this time around.
This was a staff recommendation.
It's not just a turnout question.
Compared to the 2017 byelection, the city decreased the number of election workers by EIGHTY PERCENT.
From 1,250 in 2017 to 250 this time around.
This was a staff recommendation.
Was lucky enough to watch a pre-screening of Tea Creek - It’s an inspiring, informative and deeply touching documentary that everyone should watch once it’s available. In the meantime, check out Jacob’s YouTube channel! :D
m.youtube.com/@jwbeaton
m.youtube.com/@jwbeaton
April 3, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Was lucky enough to watch a pre-screening of Tea Creek - It’s an inspiring, informative and deeply touching documentary that everyone should watch once it’s available. In the meantime, check out Jacob’s YouTube channel! :D
m.youtube.com/@jwbeaton
m.youtube.com/@jwbeaton
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Welcome to Idiocracy.
April 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Welcome to Idiocracy.
Stole a meme from reddit that accurately depicts how I often feel these days
April 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Stole a meme from reddit that accurately depicts how I often feel these days
I wish so often that I could say what I mean in half as many words. Being able to be concise and confident is like a superpower from where I’m standing haha
April 1, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I wish so often that I could say what I mean in half as many words. Being able to be concise and confident is like a superpower from where I’m standing haha
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Yet another reminder - alas - of the disastrous unintended (but entirely predictable) consequences of Bill C-18. [How do I know they were predictable? Because I predicted them!]
"People likely aren’t aware that what they are seeing on Meta platforms in Canada isn’t journalism." thelogic.co/news/canada-...
Canada Proud is dominating Facebook ahead of the election - The Logic
The conservative group’s posts about the election are finding a huge audience in the vacuum created by Meta’s ongoing ban on all news in Canada.
thelogic.co
March 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Yet another reminder - alas - of the disastrous unintended (but entirely predictable) consequences of Bill C-18. [How do I know they were predictable? Because I predicted them!]
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“But you don’t look sick!”
We know. That’s because we’re trying really friggin hard not to. We’re hiding how awful we feel. We’re playing through the pain because that’s what’s expected of us.
Many disabilities are invisible. If we don’t choose to disclose, you won’t know we have them:
We know. That’s because we’re trying really friggin hard not to. We’re hiding how awful we feel. We’re playing through the pain because that’s what’s expected of us.
Many disabilities are invisible. If we don’t choose to disclose, you won’t know we have them:
Why Are Chronically Ill People Forced to Hide Their Pain?
And what would happen if we stopped hiding and showed the world the depths of our suffering?
www.disabledginger.com
March 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“But you don’t look sick!”
We know. That’s because we’re trying really friggin hard not to. We’re hiding how awful we feel. We’re playing through the pain because that’s what’s expected of us.
Many disabilities are invisible. If we don’t choose to disclose, you won’t know we have them:
We know. That’s because we’re trying really friggin hard not to. We’re hiding how awful we feel. We’re playing through the pain because that’s what’s expected of us.
Many disabilities are invisible. If we don’t choose to disclose, you won’t know we have them:
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Also, a woman was handcuffed at a subway station in NYC (Franklin Ave) when she intervened asking why a delivery man was asked to show work permit by undercover agents. There is a video of that.
March 30, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Also, a woman was handcuffed at a subway station in NYC (Franklin Ave) when she intervened asking why a delivery man was asked to show work permit by undercover agents. There is a video of that.
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cutting us off from the world economy, crashing the market, induced unemployment, all chasing the dream of "recreating the 1950s" isn't actually going to solve these problems. it's going to drive up the price of consumer goods without doing a damn thing about the housing crisis. womp womp
March 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
cutting us off from the world economy, crashing the market, induced unemployment, all chasing the dream of "recreating the 1950s" isn't actually going to solve these problems. it's going to drive up the price of consumer goods without doing a damn thing about the housing crisis. womp womp
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When you’re chronically ill, your baseline is everything.
The non disabled can’t possibly fathom the amount of time & energy that goes into maintaining what’s left of our health.
It takes ages to make the tiniest gains, and only split seconds to lose them.
Be kind. Respect our boundaries.
The non disabled can’t possibly fathom the amount of time & energy that goes into maintaining what’s left of our health.
It takes ages to make the tiniest gains, and only split seconds to lose them.
Be kind. Respect our boundaries.
March 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
When you’re chronically ill, your baseline is everything.
The non disabled can’t possibly fathom the amount of time & energy that goes into maintaining what’s left of our health.
It takes ages to make the tiniest gains, and only split seconds to lose them.
Be kind. Respect our boundaries.
The non disabled can’t possibly fathom the amount of time & energy that goes into maintaining what’s left of our health.
It takes ages to make the tiniest gains, and only split seconds to lose them.
Be kind. Respect our boundaries.
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The National Post is owned by an American firm. Looks like they don't want Carney to win.
This is foreign interference by our enemy. Canada needs to ban foreign ownership of our media. We need to do it now.
This is foreign interference by our enemy. Canada needs to ban foreign ownership of our media. We need to do it now.
No fewer than four anti-Carney articles at the top of the NP’s website today. Looks like there was a directive to drop anything else.
March 29, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The National Post is owned by an American firm. Looks like they don't want Carney to win.
This is foreign interference by our enemy. Canada needs to ban foreign ownership of our media. We need to do it now.
This is foreign interference by our enemy. Canada needs to ban foreign ownership of our media. We need to do it now.
Here’s a red flowering currant that brightened my day :)
March 28, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Here’s a red flowering currant that brightened my day :)
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I will never resent people for being free unless they pull up the ladder behind them or their freedom is predicated on someone else’s oppression, in which case that’s not real freedom.
I will ask, as Toni Morrison encouraged us to, how they are using their freedom to free others
I will ask, as Toni Morrison encouraged us to, how they are using their freedom to free others
March 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I will never resent people for being free unless they pull up the ladder behind them or their freedom is predicated on someone else’s oppression, in which case that’s not real freedom.
I will ask, as Toni Morrison encouraged us to, how they are using their freedom to free others
I will ask, as Toni Morrison encouraged us to, how they are using their freedom to free others
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I can name at least three internationally reputable Yemeni journalists of various perspectives off the top of my head right now "Western journalists" can pass the mic to if they want
March 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I can name at least three internationally reputable Yemeni journalists of various perspectives off the top of my head right now "Western journalists" can pass the mic to if they want