John Bollwitt
@johnbollwitt.com
Blogger, podcaster, photographer, coder, urbanism fan, Linux practitioner, open source enthusiast, futbol enjoyer, co-founder of sixty4media, husband to @Miss604.com, full-time broadcast engineer, Iowa born & raised, Canadian immigrant
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Scientists filmed bats to see how they communicate while swarming. They found a surprise: In urban settings, rats attack bats. What are the implications for bats ... and virus spread to humans? n.pr/3WNy2KL
Wait, what? A RAT caught and ate a BAT? And there's video! What does it portend?
Scientists filmed bats to see how they communicate while swarming. They found a surprise: In urban settings, rats attack bats. What are the implications for bats ... and virus spread to humans?
n.pr
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Scientists filmed bats to see how they communicate while swarming. They found a surprise: In urban settings, rats attack bats. What are the implications for bats ... and virus spread to humans? n.pr/3WNy2KL
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Tickets on sale SUNDAY at 10am! Vancouver Whitecaps FC will host the MLS Western Conference Semifinal at home at BC Place on November 22nd.
#MLSCupPlayoffs #Vancouver #VWFC @southsiders.ca
#MLSCupPlayoffs #Vancouver #VWFC @southsiders.ca
Whitecaps FC to Host Western Conference Semifinal in Vancouver
Vancouver Whitecaps FC are onto MLS Western Conference Semifinal at BC Place on Saturday, November 22, 2025 vs either LAFC or Austin FC.
miss604.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Tickets on sale SUNDAY at 10am! Vancouver Whitecaps FC will host the MLS Western Conference Semifinal at home at BC Place on November 22nd.
#MLSCupPlayoffs #Vancouver #VWFC @southsiders.ca
#MLSCupPlayoffs #Vancouver #VWFC @southsiders.ca
A solid day of drama in the world of sport.
@bclions.com squeak out a game winning field goal to advance to the #CFL West Final
@whitecapsfc.com punch the ticket to the #MLS West Semifinal in PKs
With no horse in the #MLB #WorldSeries, probably the best series I can personally remember
Drama!
@bclions.com squeak out a game winning field goal to advance to the #CFL West Final
@whitecapsfc.com punch the ticket to the #MLS West Semifinal in PKs
With no horse in the #MLB #WorldSeries, probably the best series I can personally remember
Drama!
November 2, 2025 at 5:01 AM
A solid day of drama in the world of sport.
@bclions.com squeak out a game winning field goal to advance to the #CFL West Final
@whitecapsfc.com punch the ticket to the #MLS West Semifinal in PKs
With no horse in the #MLB #WorldSeries, probably the best series I can personally remember
Drama!
@bclions.com squeak out a game winning field goal to advance to the #CFL West Final
@whitecapsfc.com punch the ticket to the #MLS West Semifinal in PKs
With no horse in the #MLB #WorldSeries, probably the best series I can personally remember
Drama!
My pulse is still high from that Caps win in PKs. At least I have three weeks to calm down. #VWFC #MLS #MLSCupPlayoffs
November 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
My pulse is still high from that Caps win in PKs. At least I have three weeks to calm down. #VWFC #MLS #MLSCupPlayoffs
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I went to the Lions Gate Bridge to see the BC Lions logo on the lions but I had to add some @whitecapsfc.com flare to the mini lions on the overpass too.
Go teams go! Both have playoff games this weekend.
#autumn #VWFC #canada #vancouver
Go teams go! Both have playoff games this weekend.
#autumn #VWFC #canada #vancouver
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I went to the Lions Gate Bridge to see the BC Lions logo on the lions but I had to add some @whitecapsfc.com flare to the mini lions on the overpass too.
Go teams go! Both have playoff games this weekend.
#autumn #VWFC #canada #vancouver
Go teams go! Both have playoff games this weekend.
#autumn #VWFC #canada #vancouver
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Trump ends trade talks with Canada, resumes trade talks with Canada, ends trade talks with Canada, demands to know which European country is Canada
Trump ends trade talks with Canada, resumes trade talks with Canada, ends trade talks with Canada, demands to know which European country is Canada
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. President Donald Trump has publicly announced that he will cease all discussions with Canada over any new trade agreements, before immediately following that up stating that disc...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Trump ends trade talks with Canada, resumes trade talks with Canada, ends trade talks with Canada, demands to know which European country is Canada
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As someone whose time freelancing for MLSsoccer was a vital step in my career progression, and someone who generally gleans insight from the observations of others:
This sucks so hard.
This sucks so hard.
October 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
As someone whose time freelancing for MLSsoccer was a vital step in my career progression, and someone who generally gleans insight from the observations of others:
This sucks so hard.
This sucks so hard.
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Explaining Canadian Thanksgiving to Americans
October 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Explaining Canadian Thanksgiving to Americans
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Our last regular season match (before the playoffs) is next Saturday in #Vancouver vs FC Dallas, on #MLS Decision Day. I highly recommend getting tickets if there are still some available. It has been incredible to watch this @whitecapsfc.com squad this season #VWFC
Official Vancouver Whitecaps FC Tickets
Official Vancouver Whitecaps FC Tickets
www.whitecapsfc.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Our last regular season match (before the playoffs) is next Saturday in #Vancouver vs FC Dallas, on #MLS Decision Day. I highly recommend getting tickets if there are still some available. It has been incredible to watch this @whitecapsfc.com squad this season #VWFC
Over on Mastodon, I've done a regular thing where I post some of my purchases for #BandcampFriday, where artists get 100% of what you buy.
I'll replicate that here with five purchases I made yesterday in the following thread...
I'll replicate that here with five purchases I made yesterday in the following thread...
October 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Over on Mastodon, I've done a regular thing where I post some of my purchases for #BandcampFriday, where artists get 100% of what you buy.
I'll replicate that here with five purchases I made yesterday in the following thread...
I'll replicate that here with five purchases I made yesterday in the following thread...
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One of the most respected Indigenous actors of his generation, Greene appeared in more than 200 television shows and movies. He played a Lakota warrior in the 1990 blockbuster Dancing With Wolves.
Oscar-nominated actor Graham Greene, of 'Dances With Wolves,' dies at 73
One of the most respected Indigenous actors of his generation, Greene appeared in more than 200 television shows and movies. He played a Lakota warrior in the 1990 blockbuster Dancing With Wolves.
n.pr
September 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
One of the most respected Indigenous actors of his generation, Greene appeared in more than 200 television shows and movies. He played a Lakota warrior in the 1990 blockbuster Dancing With Wolves.
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Pedestrians and cyclists enjoying the forest and waterfront in our gorgeous city 😍
#bikes #cities #vancouver #canada #video
#bikes #cities #vancouver #canada #video
September 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Pedestrians and cyclists enjoying the forest and waterfront in our gorgeous city 😍
#bikes #cities #vancouver #canada #video
#bikes #cities #vancouver #canada #video
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Trial Islands
and one of the transmitter sites that @johnbollwitt.com has been to for work 📻
and one of the transmitter sites that @johnbollwitt.com has been to for work 📻
September 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Trial Islands
and one of the transmitter sites that @johnbollwitt.com has been to for work 📻
and one of the transmitter sites that @johnbollwitt.com has been to for work 📻
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Tonight in #Vancouver: We saw some bands @johnbollwitt.com told me about (one of our love languages is introducing each other to music)
Real Estate @realestateband.bsky.social opening up for Tennis at Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park. Tennis is on their farewell tour.
Real Estate @realestateband.bsky.social opening up for Tennis at Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park. Tennis is on their farewell tour.
August 31, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Tonight in #Vancouver: We saw some bands @johnbollwitt.com told me about (one of our love languages is introducing each other to music)
Real Estate @realestateband.bsky.social opening up for Tennis at Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park. Tennis is on their farewell tour.
Real Estate @realestateband.bsky.social opening up for Tennis at Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park. Tennis is on their farewell tour.
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On this day in 2017, @johnbollwitt.com and I got to have dinner at a long table event on Parliament Hill in #Ottawa. We were visiting the city because a photo John took had been revealed in the new Canadian History Hall at the @canmushistory.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
On this day in 2017, @johnbollwitt.com and I got to have dinner at a long table event on Parliament Hill in #Ottawa. We were visiting the city because a photo John took had been revealed in the new Canadian History Hall at the @canmushistory.bsky.social
An image that made me stop.
I went to a Catholic elementary school. My only fear was tornado drills.
This makes my heart hurt.
I went to a Catholic elementary school. My only fear was tornado drills.
This makes my heart hurt.
this picture of a mom shoes off sprinting to the Mpls school: www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
By Richard Tsong-Taatarii for @startribune.com, which should be a go-to source for anyone following
By Richard Tsong-Taatarii for @startribune.com, which should be a go-to source for anyone following
August 28, 2025 at 6:27 AM
An image that made me stop.
I went to a Catholic elementary school. My only fear was tornado drills.
This makes my heart hurt.
I went to a Catholic elementary school. My only fear was tornado drills.
This makes my heart hurt.
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Harm reduction often gets conflated with treatment in discussions about addiction and toxic drugs
They are not the same thing
Countless lives have been saved through clean needles and overdose prevention sites but BC’s policies are always shifting
Pt 3 in my series
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
They are not the same thing
Countless lives have been saved through clean needles and overdose prevention sites but BC’s policies are always shifting
Pt 3 in my series
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
From shame and secrecy to Suboxone: B.C. drug users credit harm reduction for recoveries
The very phrase “harm reduction” can prompt a fiery debate the moment it’s mentioned, but for the British Columbians who’ve recovered from drug addiction, such policies have been literal lifesavers.
www.ctvnews.ca
August 28, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Harm reduction often gets conflated with treatment in discussions about addiction and toxic drugs
They are not the same thing
Countless lives have been saved through clean needles and overdose prevention sites but BC’s policies are always shifting
Pt 3 in my series
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
They are not the same thing
Countless lives have been saved through clean needles and overdose prevention sites but BC’s policies are always shifting
Pt 3 in my series
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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On this day 6 years ago, @johnbollwitt.com and I took a ski-plane up to the world’s largest non-polar icefield, in view of Canada’s highest mountain (Logan)
4th largest icefield in the world technically, behind the North Pole, South Pole, and Greenland.
miss604.com/2019/09/land...
#yukon #travel
4th largest icefield in the world technically, behind the North Pole, South Pole, and Greenland.
miss604.com/2019/09/land...
#yukon #travel
August 21, 2025 at 4:42 AM
On this day 6 years ago, @johnbollwitt.com and I took a ski-plane up to the world’s largest non-polar icefield, in view of Canada’s highest mountain (Logan)
4th largest icefield in the world technically, behind the North Pole, South Pole, and Greenland.
miss604.com/2019/09/land...
#yukon #travel
4th largest icefield in the world technically, behind the North Pole, South Pole, and Greenland.
miss604.com/2019/09/land...
#yukon #travel
Popped on Instagram this morning and the first dozen or so things served up to me was all Thomas Müller content in some form.
The first non-Müller post? @idlesband.bsky.social
🤷 🤘
The first non-Müller post? @idlesband.bsky.social
🤷 🤘
August 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Popped on Instagram this morning and the first dozen or so things served up to me was all Thomas Müller content in some form.
The first non-Müller post? @idlesband.bsky.social
🤷 🤘
The first non-Müller post? @idlesband.bsky.social
🤷 🤘
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
August 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
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To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars.
Even if those cars are electric.
And then there’s all the parking.
OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc.
Choices.
Simple.
Even if those cars are electric.
And then there’s all the parking.
OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc.
Choices.
Simple.
August 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars.
Even if those cars are electric.
And then there’s all the parking.
OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc.
Choices.
Simple.
Even if those cars are electric.
And then there’s all the parking.
OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc.
Choices.
Simple.
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More 📸 from Burnaby Blues and Roots yesterday.
Judith Hill
@aysanabee.bsky.social
@anidifrancomusic.bsky.social
The best way to support FREE community events is to attend them, and about 10,000 did 🙌
Thanks to Burnaby for offering this fest. Happy to be a media sponsor.
#musicsky #concert
Judith Hill
@aysanabee.bsky.social
@anidifrancomusic.bsky.social
The best way to support FREE community events is to attend them, and about 10,000 did 🙌
Thanks to Burnaby for offering this fest. Happy to be a media sponsor.
#musicsky #concert
August 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
More 📸 from Burnaby Blues and Roots yesterday.
Judith Hill
@aysanabee.bsky.social
@anidifrancomusic.bsky.social
The best way to support FREE community events is to attend them, and about 10,000 did 🙌
Thanks to Burnaby for offering this fest. Happy to be a media sponsor.
#musicsky #concert
Judith Hill
@aysanabee.bsky.social
@anidifrancomusic.bsky.social
The best way to support FREE community events is to attend them, and about 10,000 did 🙌
Thanks to Burnaby for offering this fest. Happy to be a media sponsor.
#musicsky #concert
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Processed a few of my photos from the Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival. Great times by the lake!
@anidifrancomusic.bsky.social
Judith Hill
@aysanabee.bsky.social
Thanks to the City of Burnaby for hosting this FREE day of music. Miss604 was proud to be a media sponsor again.
#musicsky🎶
@anidifrancomusic.bsky.social
Judith Hill
@aysanabee.bsky.social
Thanks to the City of Burnaby for hosting this FREE day of music. Miss604 was proud to be a media sponsor again.
#musicsky🎶
August 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Processed a few of my photos from the Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival. Great times by the lake!
@anidifrancomusic.bsky.social
Judith Hill
@aysanabee.bsky.social
Thanks to the City of Burnaby for hosting this FREE day of music. Miss604 was proud to be a media sponsor again.
#musicsky🎶
@anidifrancomusic.bsky.social
Judith Hill
@aysanabee.bsky.social
Thanks to the City of Burnaby for hosting this FREE day of music. Miss604 was proud to be a media sponsor again.
#musicsky🎶
Why yes, I’m randomly watching St. George Willawong vs Sunshine Coast of the NPL Queensland.
In fact, with 500+ viewers, I think there are more people watching on YouTube than at the match.
Trees on one end, turf that’s seen better days, no announcers, and just one camera that zooms and pans. 😍
In fact, with 500+ viewers, I think there are more people watching on YouTube than at the match.
Trees on one end, turf that’s seen better days, no announcers, and just one camera that zooms and pans. 😍
August 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Why yes, I’m randomly watching St. George Willawong vs Sunshine Coast of the NPL Queensland.
In fact, with 500+ viewers, I think there are more people watching on YouTube than at the match.
Trees on one end, turf that’s seen better days, no announcers, and just one camera that zooms and pans. 😍
In fact, with 500+ viewers, I think there are more people watching on YouTube than at the match.
Trees on one end, turf that’s seen better days, no announcers, and just one camera that zooms and pans. 😍
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Ani DiFranco sound check at Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival. Main stage starts at 4pm at Deer Lake Park. There’s also a community stage and music at Burnaby Village.
August 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Ani DiFranco sound check at Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival. Main stage starts at 4pm at Deer Lake Park. There’s also a community stage and music at Burnaby Village.