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Kalenne H
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Vancouver Island, yyj, politics, higher education, SApro, NWSL and CanWNT, cats
K-Lin she/her
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tbf, gotham going through lkc, orlando and the spirit is absurd
November 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Victoria police overtime budget, alone, is more than most Victoria services get. Their funding is out of control. #yyj c.org/YJp9FN9MPX
Have you seen this petition yet?
Reject VicPD's budget increase & fund community programs, services, & supports!
c.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Live your life in a way that you don't ever end up on Marta's shitlist
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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“We worked hard for this!” - measles
Canada expected to lose long-standing measles-elimination status tomorrow https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canada-measles-elimination-status-public-health-vaccines/

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women

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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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It's actually insane that the feds are promising to put more than double the amount of money they're putting into childcare, into AI.

Why not just set it on fire and dance around it hoping to sway the gods to our favour?
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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me explaining daylight saving time to the cat
November 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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I'm really glad Stephen keeps such a close eye on the goings on related to our local police department

It's such essential, public service reporting that I don't see from other local outlets
VicPD held a party for their outgoing and incoming chiefs this summer at Government House. They talked repeatedly about how much work it was, and the event seemed strange, so I FOI'd the costs. They spent $22,015 in public money on this event. 🧵 www.needsmorespikes.com/blog/vicpd-p... #yyj #cdnfoi
VicPD parties at Government House for $22,000 — Needs More Spikes
This summer, VicPD used its bottomless budget to throw a party for their outgoing and incoming chiefs. Via FOI, we now know that event cost $22,015.
www.needsmorespikes.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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the baseball will continue until morale improves
October 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL STARTS WITH ALEJANDRO KIRK
October 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Can you guess what happened when Denmark doubled the amount of parental leave parents could take?

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Intimate partner violence declined as a direct result.
October 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Changes to foreign student policies in Ottawa are having tangible impacts in small BC communities, as Hazelton loses its local college campus.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Northwest B.C. college closing campus as international student numbers plummet | CBC News
Like other post-secondary institutions, Coast Mountain College in northwest B.C. is facing major budget shortfalls as international student enrolment drops precipitously.
www.cbc.ca
October 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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One of my least rational beliefs is that if you pull off a heist without hurting anyone or getting caught within a day, that's your stuff fair and square.
October 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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You know what would help right now?

A little sushi race
The Mariners have the salmon run and I would like to humbly suggest the Bluejays borrow the Vancouver Canadians’ sushi race

This would help with national unity youtu.be/SGTph11oTrU
The ins and outs of the Vancouver Canadians’ sushi race
YouTube video by CBC British Columbia
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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“A study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29%, their risk of hospitalizations by 39% & their risk of death by 64%”

Benefits were seen even if 0 risk factors
Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity

"The new research also “calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,” Viswanathan says."
Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows
A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
www.scientificamerican.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Honoring a legend in Portland.

Christine Sinclair, forever the standard 🌹
October 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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PSA the sea otter cam at Vancouver Aquarium is live:
youtu.be/9mg9PoFEX2U
Sea Otter Cam | Vancouver Aquarium
YouTube video by Vancouver Aquarium
youtu.be
September 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Toronto and public services. There's a lot to unpack in this oped from Josh / Councillor Matlow; some points I'd say could use much more context (hard in one oped, and I don't want to chip away on every point). But I do want to go into detail on just one key issue: worker flexibility.
Like many people 15 years ago, I believed privatization could deliver better services for less money. As a newly-elected councillor in 2010, I bought into that promise and voted in favour of Ford’s plan to privatize garbage collection. I was wrong. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
I once voted to privatize some Toronto city services. I now see that I was wrong
What was supposed to save us money has ended up costing more.
www.thestar.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year?

How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
"Canada Post is on track to lose money" Hum. Duh. It cost less than a toonie to send a letter across Canada.

"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
September 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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You have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting. Photo from my collection, no date/info.
September 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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“I SAW GOODY PROCTOR BROWSING ON ETSY!!!!!”
Megyn Kelly has called on Etsy to burn the witches.

"You're playing with fire messing with this stuff. There are actually are demons in this world. Calling up the spirit world, in particular the devil's spirit world, can actually have real world consequences. It's not something to mess with!"
September 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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the stars in this league are chawinga, banda and kundananji and i really need the league and some fans to be ok with that
September 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Love seeing her back on the field. 🎶twenty four- Lacasse🎶
Paige Monaghan finds Cloé Lacasse and Lacasse slams it home with her left foot 🔥

Her first goal of the season!
September 20, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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with respect to her new surname, OH MY GOD BECKIE
September 20, 2025 at 3:54 AM