Michael O’Shaughnessy
@mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social
takesman and jokesman
YYZ ✈️ YVR
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Clarification: grants in general are +0%, not arts specifically
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Clarification: grants in general are +0%, not arts specifically
it's actually not super easy to directly push back on a claim on instagram! you can post a comment, but comments don't get pushed to feeds. you can do a designed slide carousel but that is resource-intensive.
it is just not easy to do this kind of thing on IG. which is why twitter is still alive.
it is just not easy to do this kind of thing on IG. which is why twitter is still alive.
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
it's actually not super easy to directly push back on a claim on instagram! you can post a comment, but comments don't get pushed to feeds. you can do a designed slide carousel but that is resource-intensive.
it is just not easy to do this kind of thing on IG. which is why twitter is still alive.
it is just not easy to do this kind of thing on IG. which is why twitter is still alive.
the only guy on the entire west coast who could pull that off is doug mccallum i'm afraid
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
the only guy on the entire west coast who could pull that off is doug mccallum i'm afraid
kind of interesting that the police board presents its ask as roughly 5%, but this seems to show a 10% jump in spending from this year?
is it normal accounting practice to bake collective agreement increases into the existing budget and only present your incremental ask atop that larger number?
is it normal accounting practice to bake collective agreement increases into the existing budget and only present your incremental ask atop that larger number?
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
kind of interesting that the police board presents its ask as roughly 5%, but this seems to show a 10% jump in spending from this year?
is it normal accounting practice to bake collective agreement increases into the existing budget and only present your incremental ask atop that larger number?
is it normal accounting practice to bake collective agreement increases into the existing budget and only present your incremental ask atop that larger number?
this is also true of the rest of the city's departments, and yet they're suffering from brutal and arbitrary budget cuts.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
November 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
this is also true of the rest of the city's departments, and yet they're suffering from brutal and arbitrary budget cuts.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
uh what the hell is going on in britain
October 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
uh what the hell is going on in britain
what do you even do with this. like, it feels pointless to point out that formal peace where everyone chills out/formal war where everyone kills each other at once wasn't actually the reality in most pre-state societies - rather the norm was constant low-grade conflict
October 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
what do you even do with this. like, it feels pointless to point out that formal peace where everyone chills out/formal war where everyone kills each other at once wasn't actually the reality in most pre-state societies - rather the norm was constant low-grade conflict
rob ashton is passing the 'woke but not obnoxious about it' test with absolutely flying colours god damn
October 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
rob ashton is passing the 'woke but not obnoxious about it' test with absolutely flying colours god damn
how did it take 10 years to do this
October 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
how did it take 10 years to do this
This isn't true. At least in Vancouver. Source: have spoken at many public meetings in favour of social and supportive housing, one of which had like 300 speakers and ended up with the then-CEO of BC Housing getting accosted by a crowd
September 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This isn't true. At least in Vancouver. Source: have spoken at many public meetings in favour of social and supportive housing, one of which had like 300 speakers and ended up with the then-CEO of BC Housing getting accosted by a crowd
I feel like this is what tteok is. Take many small rice to make one big rice
September 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I feel like this is what tteok is. Take many small rice to make one big rice
As an act of mortification of the spirit I'll be speaking to this public hearing and here is what i plan to say.
changing zoning when you pass a plan is how i assumed things worked before i took a deep dive into land use. this just makes sense.
if you don't like density, take it to the voters.
changing zoning when you pass a plan is how i assumed things worked before i took a deep dive into land use. this just makes sense.
if you don't like density, take it to the voters.
September 17, 2025 at 3:18 AM
As an act of mortification of the spirit I'll be speaking to this public hearing and here is what i plan to say.
changing zoning when you pass a plan is how i assumed things worked before i took a deep dive into land use. this just makes sense.
if you don't like density, take it to the voters.
changing zoning when you pass a plan is how i assumed things worked before i took a deep dive into land use. this just makes sense.
if you don't like density, take it to the voters.
tribune publishing owns all of the following papers (along with the flagship Chicago Tribune). its market cap is ~$600M. the american federation of teachers has a 300M annual budget.
i feel like all the public sector unions stitched together could make an acquisition happen easy
i feel like all the public sector unions stitched together could make an acquisition happen easy
September 16, 2025 at 4:49 AM
tribune publishing owns all of the following papers (along with the flagship Chicago Tribune). its market cap is ~$600M. the american federation of teachers has a 300M annual budget.
i feel like all the public sector unions stitched together could make an acquisition happen easy
i feel like all the public sector unions stitched together could make an acquisition happen easy
i think it's a little more nuanced than that. david coletto had a good thread on this on the other site. basically: inflation and economic pressures encourage zero-sum thinking. nationalism and the hard right are zero-sum ideologies.
September 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
i think it's a little more nuanced than that. david coletto had a good thread on this on the other site. basically: inflation and economic pressures encourage zero-sum thinking. nationalism and the hard right are zero-sum ideologies.
$13B is what the country spends on new buildings in two weeks
September 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
$13B is what the country spends on new buildings in two weeks
and since it's in the western part of UniRose, here's next door:
September 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
and since it's in the western part of UniRose, here's next door:
when you're picking a spot for your racist far-right rally
(all those tory votes are from the Rosedale part of University-Rosedale)
(all those tory votes are from the Rosedale part of University-Rosedale)
September 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
when you're picking a spot for your racist far-right rally
(all those tory votes are from the Rosedale part of University-Rosedale)
(all those tory votes are from the Rosedale part of University-Rosedale)
He’s like this meme come to life (laudatory)
September 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
He’s like this meme come to life (laudatory)
i respect a man who waits for A DECADE to get his own back
September 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
i respect a man who waits for A DECADE to get his own back
From Don Davies in 2014. "The TFWP is broken and suppresses wages" is the traditional NDP position.
Pierre Poilievre has adopted it, but given that business REALLY likes it, let's see how long he holds on.
Pierre Poilievre has adopted it, but given that business REALLY likes it, let's see how long he holds on.
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
From Don Davies in 2014. "The TFWP is broken and suppresses wages" is the traditional NDP position.
Pierre Poilievre has adopted it, but given that business REALLY likes it, let's see how long he holds on.
Pierre Poilievre has adopted it, but given that business REALLY likes it, let's see how long he holds on.
the core problem with market housing delivery is that the market-clearing price is below the cost of production. part of why this is the case is because municipalities are structurally reliant on shaking down new development to fund things like new infrastructure
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
September 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
the core problem with market housing delivery is that the market-clearing price is below the cost of production. part of why this is the case is because municipalities are structurally reliant on shaking down new development to fund things like new infrastructure
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
www.thestar.com/real-estate/...
It’s been a while since I read some of the books on this list but I do remember that they had sexual content!
August 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It’s been a while since I read some of the books on this list but I do remember that they had sexual content!
“Highly anticipated” lmao
August 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
“Highly anticipated” lmao
This is a list of wards in TO where the local councillors recognized sixplexes. To my knowledge (I moved from TO in 2021) there’s one green, one con and one lib on there - and the balance is NDP. (The wards are also mostly represented by the ONDP provincially)
August 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
This is a list of wards in TO where the local councillors recognized sixplexes. To my knowledge (I moved from TO in 2021) there’s one green, one con and one lib on there - and the balance is NDP. (The wards are also mostly represented by the ONDP provincially)