David Johnson
@djvanbc.bsky.social
Born and raised in Vancouver, BC 🇨🇦. Live in East Van. Interested in education, politics, public policy, and urban issues. #yvr
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Our beautiful neighbors ❤️🙏🏽❤️
February 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Our beautiful neighbors ❤️🙏🏽❤️
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Want to know why egg prices are soaring? It’s because U.S. egg industry sees record chicken deaths from bird flu outbreak. USDA data shows more than 20 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S. died last quarter because of H5N1 bird flu.
www.kpax.com/news/nationa...
www.kpax.com/news/nationa...
U.S. egg industry sees record chicken deaths from bird flu outbreak
Data from the USDA shows more than 20 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S. died last quarter because of bird flu.
www.kpax.com
January 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Want to know why egg prices are soaring? It’s because U.S. egg industry sees record chicken deaths from bird flu outbreak. USDA data shows more than 20 million egg-laying chickens in the U.S. died last quarter because of H5N1 bird flu.
www.kpax.com/news/nationa...
www.kpax.com/news/nationa...
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Poilievre's Free Ride to Power Has to Stop via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Poilievre’s Free Ride to Power Has to Stop | The Tyee
No more getting by with glib and shallow answers to these seven basic questions.
thetyee.ca
December 12, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Poilievre's Free Ride to Power Has to Stop via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Just like freshly fallen snow, autumn leaves can help us visualize how to reorganize street space by revealing which parts of the roadway drivers aren't using.
November 24, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Just like freshly fallen snow, autumn leaves can help us visualize how to reorganize street space by revealing which parts of the roadway drivers aren't using.
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If you can’t see a meter-high bollard, what else can’t you see?
November 23, 2024 at 4:55 PM
If you can’t see a meter-high bollard, what else can’t you see?
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Far from a romp, Trump’s 2024 performance is actually one of history’s smallest presidential victories.
newrepublic.com/post/188539/...
newrepublic.com/post/188539/...
Donald Trump’s Mandate Is a Myth
Far from a romp, Trump’s 2024 performance is actually one of history’s smallest presidential victories.
newrepublic.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Far from a romp, Trump’s 2024 performance is actually one of history’s smallest presidential victories.
newrepublic.com/post/188539/...
newrepublic.com/post/188539/...
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Trump is slipping farther and farther below 50%. He now leads by only 1.6%—and his vote advantage is under 2.5M. One of the narrower victories of the last 100 years of American politics, and any journalist or politico using the term mandate probably needs to retire from their profession immediately.
November 23, 2024 at 7:26 AM
Trump is slipping farther and farther below 50%. He now leads by only 1.6%—and his vote advantage is under 2.5M. One of the narrower victories of the last 100 years of American politics, and any journalist or politico using the term mandate probably needs to retire from their profession immediately.
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Tesla Cybertrucks are being mistaken for trash dumpsters by raccoons, and they’re getting thrashed as a result. Honest mistake. 🤣
November 22, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Tesla Cybertrucks are being mistaken for trash dumpsters by raccoons, and they’re getting thrashed as a result. Honest mistake. 🤣
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EXACTLY THIS 📢
“How do democracies die? They die slowly because the masses aren’t paying attention… until, when they notice, it’s too late.”
“What is the first rule of not allowing authoritarianism? Do not obey in advance… do not acquiesce.” @tarasetmayer.bsky.social
“How do democracies die? They die slowly because the masses aren’t paying attention… until, when they notice, it’s too late.”
“What is the first rule of not allowing authoritarianism? Do not obey in advance… do not acquiesce.” @tarasetmayer.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 3:02 AM
EXACTLY THIS 📢
“How do democracies die? They die slowly because the masses aren’t paying attention… until, when they notice, it’s too late.”
“What is the first rule of not allowing authoritarianism? Do not obey in advance… do not acquiesce.” @tarasetmayer.bsky.social
“How do democracies die? They die slowly because the masses aren’t paying attention… until, when they notice, it’s too late.”
“What is the first rule of not allowing authoritarianism? Do not obey in advance… do not acquiesce.” @tarasetmayer.bsky.social
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1. The difference so far (and for god's sake let's keep it that way) between X and Bluesky is not between right and left but between abuse and respect.
A good society is built on mutual respect. But what does this mean?
A short thread.🧵
A good society is built on mutual respect. But what does this mean?
A short thread.🧵
November 21, 2024 at 7:54 AM
1. The difference so far (and for god's sake let's keep it that way) between X and Bluesky is not between right and left but between abuse and respect.
A good society is built on mutual respect. But what does this mean?
A short thread.🧵
A good society is built on mutual respect. But what does this mean?
A short thread.🧵
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Poilievre's Conservative Party, per its members:
"Everybody is being watched. What we say, what we do, who we talk to. We're told not to fraternize with MPs from the other parties. And that's not normal.
Those who follow these rules are rewarded. Those who don't often have to suffer consequences."
"Everybody is being watched. What we say, what we do, who we talk to. We're told not to fraternize with MPs from the other parties. And that's not normal.
Those who follow these rules are rewarded. Those who don't often have to suffer consequences."
Poilievre's office maintains tight control over what Conservative MPs say and do in public | CBC News
Pierre Poilievre rules his caucus with iron discipline and control. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how the leader keeps members of Parliament in line.
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Poilievre's Conservative Party, per its members:
"Everybody is being watched. What we say, what we do, who we talk to. We're told not to fraternize with MPs from the other parties. And that's not normal.
Those who follow these rules are rewarded. Those who don't often have to suffer consequences."
"Everybody is being watched. What we say, what we do, who we talk to. We're told not to fraternize with MPs from the other parties. And that's not normal.
Those who follow these rules are rewarded. Those who don't often have to suffer consequences."
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#Bluesky traffic up by 500%, absolutely crushing Threads and X (twitter).
Millions are choosing the good place.
www.npr.org/2024/11/19/g...
Millions are choosing the good place.
www.npr.org/2024/11/19/g...
Traffic on Bluesky, an X competitor, is up 500% since the election. How will they handle the surge?
Unlike other social media sites, Bluesky allows users to create their own algorithm. The site does not have ads, nor harvest data for artificial intelligence training. But it is still very small and has an unproven business record.
www.npr.org
November 20, 2024 at 4:39 AM
#Bluesky traffic up by 500%, absolutely crushing Threads and X (twitter).
Millions are choosing the good place.
www.npr.org/2024/11/19/g...
Millions are choosing the good place.
www.npr.org/2024/11/19/g...
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For us terminally online political nerds, it became obvious over the summer that *something* was happening to Twitter. Even for those of us who limit replies and rarely engaged the For You feed.
Turns out, my suspicions were real and there’s a reason I’m no longer a Daily Active User.
Turns out, my suspicions were real and there’s a reason I’m no longer a Daily Active User.
1/ X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to systematically boost Republican-leaning accounts and Elon Musk's own account following his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to a newly released computational study of engagement from the Queensland University of Technology.⬇️
November 17, 2024 at 2:41 AM
For us terminally online political nerds, it became obvious over the summer that *something* was happening to Twitter. Even for those of us who limit replies and rarely engaged the For You feed.
Turns out, my suspicions were real and there’s a reason I’m no longer a Daily Active User.
Turns out, my suspicions were real and there’s a reason I’m no longer a Daily Active User.
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It's up!!!! My Explainer video for BlueSky beginners.
I cover how to find your Twitter followers, Starter Packs, Feeds, Lists, some handy-dandy tools, and BlueSky etiquette.
Please watch and/or share with any newbies you know. I think it's helpful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_V2...
I cover how to find your Twitter followers, Starter Packs, Feeds, Lists, some handy-dandy tools, and BlueSky etiquette.
Please watch and/or share with any newbies you know. I think it's helpful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_V2...
BlueSky for Beginners
YouTube video by Machine Pun Kelly
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2024 at 1:18 AM
It's up!!!! My Explainer video for BlueSky beginners.
I cover how to find your Twitter followers, Starter Packs, Feeds, Lists, some handy-dandy tools, and BlueSky etiquette.
Please watch and/or share with any newbies you know. I think it's helpful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_V2...
I cover how to find your Twitter followers, Starter Packs, Feeds, Lists, some handy-dandy tools, and BlueSky etiquette.
Please watch and/or share with any newbies you know. I think it's helpful.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_V2...
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Bluesky is built to make social more like the Web again, so we will never suppress links. Link to your writing, your art, your personal site — this is the social internet, designed from the ground up to be open and interoperable.
Hard to describe as a journalist how grateful I am to have a text-based app that does not suppress hyperlinks. I don’t know if people realize exactly how hostile the corporate internet has gotten toward news.
November 12, 2024 at 5:16 AM
Bluesky is built to make social more like the Web again, so we will never suppress links. Link to your writing, your art, your personal site — this is the social internet, designed from the ground up to be open and interoperable.
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If you're curious why everybody's username is a domain, it's because every user is essentially a website
October 20, 2024 at 9:20 PM
If you're curious why everybody's username is a domain, it's because every user is essentially a website
Followed the sun out to the Nicomekl River ⛅️
November 11, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Followed the sun out to the Nicomekl River ⛅️
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“And then we realized we did not have to create content for Elon Musk anymore while being abused by his trolls, and it was brainwashing us. And that’s how you all ended up here”
November 10, 2024 at 5:12 AM
“And then we realized we did not have to create content for Elon Musk anymore while being abused by his trolls, and it was brainwashing us. And that’s how you all ended up here”