Amina
@ayasinvan.bsky.social
Former WNBA player•anti-imperialist Pan-African•BAP•former Vancouver Planning Commissioner #newwest
🏗️cities are capitalisms playground for race-class struggle, and yet I love public housing, parks, trains, libraries, bike lanes & benches when we get them
🏗️cities are capitalisms playground for race-class struggle, and yet I love public housing, parks, trains, libraries, bike lanes & benches when we get them
How the oppressed became oppressors for racial capitalism:
"There is nothing sadder to people struggling against oppression in Ireland than to see our own people being used to oppress Black people." -Bernadette Devlin
This has occurred in Canada, the U.S, in Israel & Liberia and we must be aware.
"There is nothing sadder to people struggling against oppression in Ireland than to see our own people being used to oppress Black people." -Bernadette Devlin
This has occurred in Canada, the U.S, in Israel & Liberia and we must be aware.
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
How the oppressed became oppressors for racial capitalism:
"There is nothing sadder to people struggling against oppression in Ireland than to see our own people being used to oppress Black people." -Bernadette Devlin
This has occurred in Canada, the U.S, in Israel & Liberia and we must be aware.
"There is nothing sadder to people struggling against oppression in Ireland than to see our own people being used to oppress Black people." -Bernadette Devlin
This has occurred in Canada, the U.S, in Israel & Liberia and we must be aware.
The crack in her little voice trying to hold it together, as she revealed her grief to LaRussell and the audience was heart wrenching. And what a beautiful offer of stability and care from LaRussell when he offered her lifelong free tickets saying, “for the rest of your life you can come see me." 🥹😭
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 AM
The crack in her little voice trying to hold it together, as she revealed her grief to LaRussell and the audience was heart wrenching. And what a beautiful offer of stability and care from LaRussell when he offered her lifelong free tickets saying, “for the rest of your life you can come see me." 🥹😭
The ADL just launched the “Mamdani Monitor.” It’s interesting they didn’t launch this when Trump won or when Musk did the seig heil.
It’s almost as if this is just another capitalist racist billionaire-class moral panic steeped in anti-Muslim and red scare baiting. They require divisions to rule.
It’s almost as if this is just another capitalist racist billionaire-class moral panic steeped in anti-Muslim and red scare baiting. They require divisions to rule.
November 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The ADL just launched the “Mamdani Monitor.” It’s interesting they didn’t launch this when Trump won or when Musk did the seig heil.
It’s almost as if this is just another capitalist racist billionaire-class moral panic steeped in anti-Muslim and red scare baiting. They require divisions to rule.
It’s almost as if this is just another capitalist racist billionaire-class moral panic steeped in anti-Muslim and red scare baiting. They require divisions to rule.
Again very little of “British culture” is actually British. Even worcestershire sauce isn’t British.
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Again very little of “British culture” is actually British. Even worcestershire sauce isn’t British.
Fair Play? The British? This man clearly has no sense of what “British culture” is.
Meanwhile, why do we keep getting dragged into every kind of euro right-wing gotcha everywhere these days.
I know Somali food and our humour has been blowing up in London lately, maybe that’s why he’s big mad. 🤷🏾♀️
Meanwhile, why do we keep getting dragged into every kind of euro right-wing gotcha everywhere these days.
I know Somali food and our humour has been blowing up in London lately, maybe that’s why he’s big mad. 🤷🏾♀️
November 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Fair Play? The British? This man clearly has no sense of what “British culture” is.
Meanwhile, why do we keep getting dragged into every kind of euro right-wing gotcha everywhere these days.
I know Somali food and our humour has been blowing up in London lately, maybe that’s why he’s big mad. 🤷🏾♀️
Meanwhile, why do we keep getting dragged into every kind of euro right-wing gotcha everywhere these days.
I know Somali food and our humour has been blowing up in London lately, maybe that’s why he’s big mad. 🤷🏾♀️
Mamdani’s timing, awareness, references and his trolling were unmatched this election season. Particularly him walking out to Ja Rule’s ‘New York’ as a message to 50 cent - after winning the New York Mayoral seat - who was constantly posting anti-Zohran memes during the election.
Incredible!
Incredible!
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Mamdani’s timing, awareness, references and his trolling were unmatched this election season. Particularly him walking out to Ja Rule’s ‘New York’ as a message to 50 cent - after winning the New York Mayoral seat - who was constantly posting anti-Zohran memes during the election.
Incredible!
Incredible!
Today’s grief walk in #newwest ended at Moody Park, where I read 'Black Scare/Red Scare' amidst a symphony of community, Afghan Farsi, Tigrinya, Arabic and Somali wove through the air. Then, kids on a walking school bus, all waving, reminded me of the simple human connections that hold us together.
November 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Today’s grief walk in #newwest ended at Moody Park, where I read 'Black Scare/Red Scare' amidst a symphony of community, Afghan Farsi, Tigrinya, Arabic and Somali wove through the air. Then, kids on a walking school bus, all waving, reminded me of the simple human connections that hold us together.
Dope! Just found out watching today’s council meeting that I was appointed to the #newwest Public Library Board.
Interesting fact the NW Public Library is small in size but major and complex in many other ways, including that it is British Columbia’s first and oldest library. This will be fun!📚
Interesting fact the NW Public Library is small in size but major and complex in many other ways, including that it is British Columbia’s first and oldest library. This will be fun!📚
November 4, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Dope! Just found out watching today’s council meeting that I was appointed to the #newwest Public Library Board.
Interesting fact the NW Public Library is small in size but major and complex in many other ways, including that it is British Columbia’s first and oldest library. This will be fun!📚
Interesting fact the NW Public Library is small in size but major and complex in many other ways, including that it is British Columbia’s first and oldest library. This will be fun!📚
Drake is a clown for this! Ford was a terrible Mayor who contributed to the mass surveillance and targeting of the Somali community in Toronto after the video of Ford smoking crack was released by young men from the community, leading to more racialized scrutiny of the Somali community then of Ford.
November 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Drake is a clown for this! Ford was a terrible Mayor who contributed to the mass surveillance and targeting of the Somali community in Toronto after the video of Ford smoking crack was released by young men from the community, leading to more racialized scrutiny of the Somali community then of Ford.
Get them kids out the cages! Status for all.
November 1, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Get them kids out the cages! Status for all.
We out here on #halloween where they hold our neighbours in cages, at the Surrey Detention Center, before separating them from their families and deport them. Canada isn’t an exception to the United States, it’s a part of the same exploitative class of entities. No one is illegal, status for all!
November 1, 2025 at 3:35 AM
We out here on #halloween where they hold our neighbours in cages, at the Surrey Detention Center, before separating them from their families and deport them. Canada isn’t an exception to the United States, it’s a part of the same exploitative class of entities. No one is illegal, status for all!
She asked, 'Are You Afraid of The Dark?'/
Cuz I got some Tales From The Crypt on my list that are biblical/
And I'm not talking about Noah's arc/
Walk with me as I spit some lyrical Freaky Stories in your ears/
Let the Goosebumps rise, as I confirm all your fears.
- Halloween 🎃
Cuz I got some Tales From The Crypt on my list that are biblical/
And I'm not talking about Noah's arc/
Walk with me as I spit some lyrical Freaky Stories in your ears/
Let the Goosebumps rise, as I confirm all your fears.
- Halloween 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 AM
She asked, 'Are You Afraid of The Dark?'/
Cuz I got some Tales From The Crypt on my list that are biblical/
And I'm not talking about Noah's arc/
Walk with me as I spit some lyrical Freaky Stories in your ears/
Let the Goosebumps rise, as I confirm all your fears.
- Halloween 🎃
Cuz I got some Tales From The Crypt on my list that are biblical/
And I'm not talking about Noah's arc/
Walk with me as I spit some lyrical Freaky Stories in your ears/
Let the Goosebumps rise, as I confirm all your fears.
- Halloween 🎃
“It’s time to have people around you that are not just characterized by the quickness with which they say YES to every idea that you put in front of them.”
Something tells me this was a dig at the Klein-Yglesias abundance crowd and their deference to the whims of the market and private capital.
Something tells me this was a dig at the Klein-Yglesias abundance crowd and their deference to the whims of the market and private capital.
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 AM
“It’s time to have people around you that are not just characterized by the quickness with which they say YES to every idea that you put in front of them.”
Something tells me this was a dig at the Klein-Yglesias abundance crowd and their deference to the whims of the market and private capital.
Something tells me this was a dig at the Klein-Yglesias abundance crowd and their deference to the whims of the market and private capital.
I already know depression hates to see this man coming. I’m cancelling all of my therapy appointments and adding this song and dance to my morning routine.
*Depression no, no, no ALEGRÍA SI SI SI*
*Depression no, no, no ALEGRÍA SI SI SI*
October 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I already know depression hates to see this man coming. I’m cancelling all of my therapy appointments and adding this song and dance to my morning routine.
*Depression no, no, no ALEGRÍA SI SI SI*
*Depression no, no, no ALEGRÍA SI SI SI*
It’s a Varsho homer! #bluejaynation #toronto
October 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
It’s a Varsho homer! #bluejaynation #toronto
Stunning transition, all the feels:
This is the America that the government is afraid of.
This is the America that the government is afraid of.
October 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Stunning transition, all the feels:
This is the America that the government is afraid of.
This is the America that the government is afraid of.
As Canadians watch the right-wing authoritarianism in the U.S.A in horror, many continue to ignore the lib-centrist authoritarianism of the U.K. Where a liberal gov is targeting citizens for being Palestinian and anti-genocide on behalf of a foreign gov.
This facism isn’t far from our ‘door-steps.’
This facism isn’t far from our ‘door-steps.’
October 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
As Canadians watch the right-wing authoritarianism in the U.S.A in horror, many continue to ignore the lib-centrist authoritarianism of the U.K. Where a liberal gov is targeting citizens for being Palestinian and anti-genocide on behalf of a foreign gov.
This facism isn’t far from our ‘door-steps.’
This facism isn’t far from our ‘door-steps.’
My new necessary mental health time hack: making time for a daily walk to read in a different #NewWest park. Soaking up the stunning but short-lived autumn colours in Queenspark and the area while diving into the revolutionary wisdom of Walter Rodney's "The Groundings With My Brothers." 🍂 #Booksky
October 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
If eco-infrastructure rapped series:
They thought they could bury me/
Tried to replace me with a dike/
But little did they know/I would be rising out of spite/moving from the shadows/now I’m flowing in daylight/Got the salmon running pretty/and they gonna be alright/yeah they gonna be alright
They thought they could bury me/
Tried to replace me with a dike/
But little did they know/I would be rising out of spite/moving from the shadows/now I’m flowing in daylight/Got the salmon running pretty/and they gonna be alright/yeah they gonna be alright
October 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If eco-infrastructure rapped series:
They thought they could bury me/
Tried to replace me with a dike/
But little did they know/I would be rising out of spite/moving from the shadows/now I’m flowing in daylight/Got the salmon running pretty/and they gonna be alright/yeah they gonna be alright
They thought they could bury me/
Tried to replace me with a dike/
But little did they know/I would be rising out of spite/moving from the shadows/now I’m flowing in daylight/Got the salmon running pretty/and they gonna be alright/yeah they gonna be alright
Also visited a sinkhole site at BCIT that appeared in 2023 due to a damaged culvert that carried Guichon creek underground since the 1960s. Instead of repairing the old pipe a decision was made to daylight the creek. Natural habitats were restored, salmon returned, enhancing green and flood capacity
October 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Also visited a sinkhole site at BCIT that appeared in 2023 due to a damaged culvert that carried Guichon creek underground since the 1960s. Instead of repairing the old pipe a decision was made to daylight the creek. Natural habitats were restored, salmon returned, enhancing green and flood capacity
Had a site visit of the BCIT Tall Timber Student Housing Bldg, designed at highest level of BC Energy Step Code. A 12 storey bldg, with 11 storeys of mass timber. 469 units with a mix of communal-style singles, self-contained studios and 11 accessible units. Cost: $141 mil, with provincial funding.
October 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Had a site visit of the BCIT Tall Timber Student Housing Bldg, designed at highest level of BC Energy Step Code. A 12 storey bldg, with 11 storeys of mass timber. 469 units with a mix of communal-style singles, self-contained studios and 11 accessible units. Cost: $141 mil, with provincial funding.