Julian
@juliankey.bsky.social
Proud library worker, union activist, and classic movie lover. Opinions are my own. He/Him/His
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Unions give ABC Vancouver earful over proposed property tax freeze
Unions give ABC Vancouver earful over proposed property tax freeze
CUPE Local 1004 business agent: “A zero per cent tax increase doesn't make Vancouver more affordable, it makes the city less functional.”
dlvr.it
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Unions give ABC Vancouver earful over proposed property tax freeze
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Vancouver in two pictures:
November 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Vancouver in two pictures:
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Worth noting that because Sim brought forward his proposal for a property tax freeze requiring millions in cuts with just weeks left in the budget process, this is not up for public debate and is not outlined in the documents available to councillors when they vote on this
SCOOP: Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes in his proposed 2026 budget.
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Worth noting that because Sim brought forward his proposal for a property tax freeze requiring millions in cuts with just weeks left in the budget process, this is not up for public debate and is not outlined in the documents available to councillors when they vote on this
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Incredibly short-sighted and irresponsible, and completely disconnected from the real values & priorities of Vancouverites. This move would be awful not only for Vancouver, but also for all the cities that Vancouver’s leadership has inspired over decades of North American sustainability leadership.
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Incredibly short-sighted and irresponsible, and completely disconnected from the real values & priorities of Vancouverites. This move would be awful not only for Vancouver, but also for all the cities that Vancouver’s leadership has inspired over decades of North American sustainability leadership.
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Some breaking news: in a special Vancouver Police Board meeting only announced over the weekend, the police board has requested a $50 million increase to their budget for 2026.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
November 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Some breaking news: in a special Vancouver Police Board meeting only announced over the weekend, the police board has requested a $50 million increase to their budget for 2026.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
This comes as other departments across the city are trying to cut staff to ensure a property tax freeze for next year.
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Why read books? Because there's a book for EVERYONE out there. And once you find the right book - reading will change your life forever! #literacy
(Art: Charles M Schulz)
(Art: Charles M Schulz)
July 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Why read books? Because there's a book for EVERYONE out there. And once you find the right book - reading will change your life forever! #literacy
(Art: Charles M Schulz)
(Art: Charles M Schulz)
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You put this in my library I'm gonna beat this robot scab to death
July 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
You put this in my library I'm gonna beat this robot scab to death
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About 500 drivers are the first ride-hailing app workers in Canada to form a union, by @isaacphannay.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
Victoria Uber Drivers Unionize in Groundbreaking Effort | The Tyee
About 500 drivers are the first ride-hailing app workers in Canada to form a union.
thetyee.ca
July 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
About 500 drivers are the first ride-hailing app workers in Canada to form a union, by @isaacphannay.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
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Action4Canada is calling Alberta’s move to investigate “inappropriate” school library books a “massive win”
Activist groups reportedly gave Alberta list of LGBTQ2S+ books to investigate | Xtra Magazine
ANALYSIS: Action4Canada is calling Alberta’s move to investigate “inappropriate” school library books a “massive win”
xtramagazine.com
June 8, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Action4Canada is calling Alberta’s move to investigate “inappropriate” school library books a “massive win”
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"We were not notified about the urgent motion that Vancouver City Hall voted on this afternoon. While we understand the City’s desire to create space for collective mourning and healing, it is critical that this process centres the voices of the families and affected communities."
While we understand the City of Vancouver’s desire to create space for collective mourning and healing with a large-scale event at Rogers Arena, it is critical that this process centres the voices of the families and affected communities. filipinobc.com/lld-x-fbc-co...
Community Update l Tuesday, June 3 — Filipino BC
Vancouver City Council approved a motion to sign a contract with the Canucks Entertainment Corp. to use Rogers Arena for a memorial event.
filipinobc.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"We were not notified about the urgent motion that Vancouver City Hall voted on this afternoon. While we understand the City’s desire to create space for collective mourning and healing, it is critical that this process centres the voices of the families and affected communities."
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I went through this weird phase as a teenager where I watched M*A*S*H every day. (I also recruited one sister and several friends into this endeavour.) Loretta Swit was so funny and sometimes so heart-wrenching as Hot Lips Houlihan. She took this caricature of a woman and made her a whole person.
May 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I went through this weird phase as a teenager where I watched M*A*S*H every day. (I also recruited one sister and several friends into this endeavour.) Loretta Swit was so funny and sometimes so heart-wrenching as Hot Lips Houlihan. She took this caricature of a woman and made her a whole person.
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"It is a huge victory for the west-side residents who fiercely opposed the project, pouring time and considerable resources into fighting it."
NIMBYism matters & it's mostly a weapon of the rich & well-connected against the poor & marginalized.
(gift link) www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c429982...
NIMBYism matters & it's mostly a weapon of the rich & well-connected against the poor & marginalized.
(gift link) www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c429982...
Vancouver abandons controversial supportive-housing project in Kitsilano
City council declined to keep fighting a lawsuit residents filed against the rezoning of the site near Arbutus and Broadway for a 129-unit, 13-storey complex
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 28, 2025 at 5:38 AM
"It is a huge victory for the west-side residents who fiercely opposed the project, pouring time and considerable resources into fighting it."
NIMBYism matters & it's mostly a weapon of the rich & well-connected against the poor & marginalized.
(gift link) www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c429982...
NIMBYism matters & it's mostly a weapon of the rich & well-connected against the poor & marginalized.
(gift link) www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c429982...
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Want to know what you should read this summer? Ask a bookseller. Ask a writer. Ask a librarian. Ask a living, breathing human being. Hell, ask me! It's been a while since I've done one of these, so let's do it: one like = one summer reading book rec.
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Want to know what you should read this summer? Ask a bookseller. Ask a writer. Ask a librarian. Ask a living, breathing human being. Hell, ask me! It's been a while since I've done one of these, so let's do it: one like = one summer reading book rec.
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Friendly reminder that libraries are awesome resources for knowledge.
Shout out to @feistywaters.com
Shout out to @feistywaters.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Friendly reminder that libraries are awesome resources for knowledge.
Shout out to @feistywaters.com
Shout out to @feistywaters.com
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Trump Fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/202...
Trump Fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
Donald Trump has fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, the first woman and first African American to hold the position, the Washington Post
www.shelf-awareness.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Trump Fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/202...
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I can't believe we have a Pope from Illinois. People from Chicago usually hate the Cardinals.
May 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I can't believe we have a Pope from Illinois. People from Chicago usually hate the Cardinals.
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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Only one deserves to be funded
May 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Only one deserves to be funded
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"if you see all of the external threats coming to our profession and then turn around and say "yeah the best i can do is hire part time for a job that requires a master's degree and offer no benefits", you are part of the problem" #LIS #GLAM #Libraries
“libraries are nothing without the labor of library workers”
"if you see all of the external threats coming to our profession and then turn around and say "yeah the best i can do is hire part time for a job that requires a master's degree and offer no benefits", you are part of the problem and I am seeing this far too often in my search."
hiringlibrarians.com
May 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"if you see all of the external threats coming to our profession and then turn around and say "yeah the best i can do is hire part time for a job that requires a master's degree and offer no benefits", you are part of the problem" #LIS #GLAM #Libraries
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Hey friends, the election isn't over until you vote. Don't stay home.
April 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Hey friends, the election isn't over until you vote. Don't stay home.
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One of the mourners led the crowd in an impromptu rendition of Amazing Grace. Which brought many of those here to tears.
April 28, 2025 at 3:20 AM
One of the mourners led the crowd in an impromptu rendition of Amazing Grace. Which brought many of those here to tears.
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Conservatives don't debate or talk to media or take questions. Why bother when you're still rewarded with votes?
April 28, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Conservatives don't debate or talk to media or take questions. Why bother when you're still rewarded with votes?
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no words to describe how devastating this senseless carnage is — everyone shares the common cause of wanting to prevent another tragedy. but reading about the perpetrator, I'm not sure how anyone could conclude that more police is the answer.
I accidentally resorted to X-posting re: the terrible mass murder in Vancouver last night. Here's my story on accused killer Adam Lo's history. His brother was murdered last year. His mom attempted to take her own life: vancouversun.com/news/driver-...
Driver charged with 8 counts of murder in Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day tragedy
Kai-ji Adam Lo, charged Sunday with eight counts of murder, had dozens of interactions with police for his deteriorating mental health.
vancouversun.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
no words to describe how devastating this senseless carnage is — everyone shares the common cause of wanting to prevent another tragedy. but reading about the perpetrator, I'm not sure how anyone could conclude that more police is the answer.
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Sim City
VPD whistleblower alleges arrest quotas in Downtown Eastside crackdown #Vancouver
VPD whistleblower alleges arrest quotas in Downtown Eastside crackdown - BC News
British Columbia's police watchdog says the Vancouver Police Board must look into an officer's allegation that arrest quotas have been issued as part of Mayor Ken Sim's "Task Force Barrage" initiative in the Downtown Eastside.
www.castanet.net
April 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Sim City