Tim B
@nomoon.phoebus.ca
Game Dev, Programmer, former PhD candidate, and other things. Games + Social Justice + Sanskrit + More. In Vancouver (for now). He/they. 🏳️🌈
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Health Canada convened an independent expert advisory group in 2020 to provide guidance on safer supply. Health Canada heavily redacted its final report, but unredacted version obtained by CBC shows the expert group said drug crisis is driven by prohibition and recommended expansion of safer supply
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Health Canada convened an independent expert advisory group in 2020 to provide guidance on safer supply. Health Canada heavily redacted its final report, but unredacted version obtained by CBC shows the expert group said drug crisis is driven by prohibition and recommended expansion of safer supply
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"Safe supply itself is not a failure. Safe supply has never been tried yet." www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XJ-...
The political war on safe drugs | Full episode | the fifth estate
YouTube video by the fifth estate
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
"Safe supply itself is not a failure. Safe supply has never been tried yet." www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XJ-...
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okay NOW we can call it the skyline
aurora taking over the timeline, we love to see it
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 AM
okay NOW we can call it the skyline
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I’m honestly shocked that this story from @globalnews.ca has flown under the radar. Confirmation that Amit Shah, the second-most powerful man in the Indian government, was directly involved in the assassinations on Canadian soil. globalnews.ca/news/1151469...
Intercepted communications link Indian government to B.C. Sikh leader’s assassination | Globalnews.ca
British intelligence provided Canada with initial tip tying India’s government to temple leader's 2023 killing.
globalnews.ca
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I’m honestly shocked that this story from @globalnews.ca has flown under the radar. Confirmation that Amit Shah, the second-most powerful man in the Indian government, was directly involved in the assassinations on Canadian soil. globalnews.ca/news/1151469...
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In this past decade of mass death, there were timid steps in the right direction - at first. But the most coherent, passionate response from the state (and its various apparatus) has been to smash DULF, hire more cops & roll back what little harm reduction we had won.
Breaking: the founders of DULF have been found guilty of three counts of drug trafficking. @michellegamage.bsky.social will have the full story later today thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Safe Drugs on Trial: DULF’s Trafficking Case Begins | The Tyee
The founders are charged with trafficking. Their lawyers argue they had a legal exemption from drug laws.
thetyee.ca
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In this past decade of mass death, there were timid steps in the right direction - at first. But the most coherent, passionate response from the state (and its various apparatus) has been to smash DULF, hire more cops & roll back what little harm reduction we had won.
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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 10:44 PM
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Deeply disappointed to see @cityofvancouver.bsky.social terminated the All Souls Nights at Mountainview Cemetery.
This event has been a tradition for us for the last 6 years, and the event has been going for 20.
I’ll quote the statement from
nightforallsouls.com
In a thread:
This event has been a tradition for us for the last 6 years, and the event has been going for 20.
I’ll quote the statement from
nightforallsouls.com
In a thread:
Home - Night for All Souls
nightforallsouls.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Deeply disappointed to see @cityofvancouver.bsky.social terminated the All Souls Nights at Mountainview Cemetery.
This event has been a tradition for us for the last 6 years, and the event has been going for 20.
I’ll quote the statement from
nightforallsouls.com
In a thread:
This event has been a tradition for us for the last 6 years, and the event has been going for 20.
I’ll quote the statement from
nightforallsouls.com
In a thread:
*heavy breathing* theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...
Act III: This City Made Us, by The Protomen
2 track album
theprotomen.bandcamp.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
*heavy breathing* theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...
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Canada Post is not a goddamn business and it's infuriating that the government keeps talking like it is. We never hear about how much money the army loses, or how deep in the red Environment Canada is. But the Canada Post, it never stops. And it's bullshit.
It’s absolutely right that workers walk off the job in response to the government taking a chainsaw to Canada Post.
If we lose the unique national infrastructure the postal service has, it will never be rebuilt. We should be using it to expand services to the public, not nickel and diming it.
If we lose the unique national infrastructure the postal service has, it will never be rebuilt. We should be using it to expand services to the public, not nickel and diming it.
Canada Post workers walking off the job after government demands reforms | CBC News
The union representing Canada's postal workers has called for a cross-country strike in the wake of the federal government announcing major reforms to Canada Post.
www.cbc.ca
September 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Canada Post is not a goddamn business and it's infuriating that the government keeps talking like it is. We never hear about how much money the army loses, or how deep in the red Environment Canada is. But the Canada Post, it never stops. And it's bullshit.
oh shit!
actually i changed my mind store.steampowered.com/app/2359120/... #gaming #indiegames #gamedev #indiegamedev #videogames
September 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
oh shit!
This year’s @fullindie.bsky.social summit was excellent, and it was so great to reconnect with a bunch of people I haven’t seen in ages. But wow my social battery is fried.
September 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This year’s @fullindie.bsky.social summit was excellent, and it was so great to reconnect with a bunch of people I haven’t seen in ages. But wow my social battery is fried.
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I am playing the first hollow knight and it's the first game I've played that's even remotely like this but I am beginning to understand the appeal of doing the same route 40 times in a row cause I can't stop fucking up it's a nice reminder of how we can not rush our escape from samsara
September 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I am playing the first hollow knight and it's the first game I've played that's even remotely like this but I am beginning to understand the appeal of doing the same route 40 times in a row cause I can't stop fucking up it's a nice reminder of how we can not rush our escape from samsara
Last funding application submitted for the year! Now time to get hype for @fullindie.bsky.social summit this weekend and figure out what I'm gonna do for the next few months...
September 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Last funding application submitted for the year! Now time to get hype for @fullindie.bsky.social summit this weekend and figure out what I'm gonna do for the next few months...
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Do your mental health a favor and turn this on for today. You really don't want to watch this. It is awful.
settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off
September 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Do your mental health a favor and turn this on for today. You really don't want to watch this. It is awful.
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i don't know what the source of this video is but I love it
September 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
i don't know what the source of this video is but I love it
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There's an alarming amount of shitfuckery going on in Vancouver municipal politics and oddly Stanley Park plays a starring role in much of it. Thank you @lucymaloney.bsky.social and @seanorr.bsky.social for being voices of reason. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Why Vancouver's decision to host a Harry Potter attraction quickly became controversial | CBC News
It's a story bringing together two very different things that nonetheless regularly attract controversy: the Vancouver Park Board and the Harry Potter universe.
www.cbc.ca
September 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
There's an alarming amount of shitfuckery going on in Vancouver municipal politics and oddly Stanley Park plays a starring role in much of it. Thank you @lucymaloney.bsky.social and @seanorr.bsky.social for being voices of reason. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Canadians, this is a parliamentary petition, not a random online thing. Takes a minute to sign. An easy good deed for the day.
Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#nsfw #censorship #canpoli
@acvalens.net
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#nsfw #censorship #canpoli
@acvalens.net
Petition e-6695 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
September 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Canadians, this is a parliamentary petition, not a random online thing. Takes a minute to sign. An easy good deed for the day.
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Online age verification is not like "showing ID to buy alcohol" because
a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked
b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books
a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked
b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books
August 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Online age verification is not like "showing ID to buy alcohol" because
a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked
b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books
a) the liquor store doesn't get to scan your ID and store a digital copy of it forever in a database that will inevitably get hacked
b) you don't have to show ID to go to the library because they have cocktail recipe books
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Enough people said they wanted to see the final slide deck, so I took the time to put it on my non-teacher github so I could share it. I didn't end up getting in trouble. I ended up being encouraged by a colleague to share it with my dept chair, and he liked it
authorblues.github.io/lecture-slid...
authorblues.github.io/lecture-slid...
August 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Enough people said they wanted to see the final slide deck, so I took the time to put it on my non-teacher github so I could share it. I didn't end up getting in trouble. I ended up being encouraged by a colleague to share it with my dept chair, and he liked it
authorblues.github.io/lecture-slid...
authorblues.github.io/lecture-slid...
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bit of a fib from the mayor, isn't it?
sure, you could describe a budget freeze as a budget cut. working for an org that has had its funding frozen at the same level for years, I get that. but it wasn't even frozen, the province wouldn't let them. he was police board chair for a while, he knows.
sure, you could describe a budget freeze as a budget cut. working for an org that has had its funding frozen at the same level for years, I get that. but it wasn't even frozen, the province wouldn't let them. he was police board chair for a while, he knows.
August 18, 2025 at 1:20 AM
bit of a fib from the mayor, isn't it?
sure, you could describe a budget freeze as a budget cut. working for an org that has had its funding frozen at the same level for years, I get that. but it wasn't even frozen, the province wouldn't let them. he was police board chair for a while, he knows.
sure, you could describe a budget freeze as a budget cut. working for an org that has had its funding frozen at the same level for years, I get that. but it wasn't even frozen, the province wouldn't let them. he was police board chair for a while, he knows.
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Yowza
Sim says he’s frustrated “because we have a massive issue we’re trying to solve and most people don’t know we have a problem.”
August 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Yowza
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The mayor of Vancouver, everyone. The whole thread tells you a lot about him.
Sim says bitcoin mining is great for environment.
August 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The mayor of Vancouver, everyone. The whole thread tells you a lot about him.
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Hades, BG3 and Caves of Qud being the first 3 Hugo wins for video games I think is a quite nice spread that says it's not going to be the splashy AAA hit every single time, but it won't not be either, just recognizing game in a nice way imo.
August 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Hades, BG3 and Caves of Qud being the first 3 Hugo wins for video games I think is a quite nice spread that says it's not going to be the splashy AAA hit every single time, but it won't not be either, just recognizing game in a nice way imo.
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Who’d’a thunk that the science denialists ended up science denialising. I’m about as shocked as when the anti-lockdown, anti-masking Evidence-Based Medicine crowd turned out to be transphobic.
August 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Who’d’a thunk that the science denialists ended up science denialising. I’m about as shocked as when the anti-lockdown, anti-masking Evidence-Based Medicine crowd turned out to be transphobic.