just went to an excellent and upscale yakiniku joint but the soundtrack was ALL anime OPs. i've encountered this at japanese lifestyle stores too why is this the case. is there one japanese pop music playlist on spotify or something?

Thankful that @rhifaux.bsky.social will be OK. Angry that the City of Vancouver constantly drags its feet and consults everything to death when we know what needs to be done.

While this is bad, authorities seemed alert to the possibility of violence - the guns in her house had been seized. Then a judge ordered them to be returned. Our safeguards against this sort of violence failed in a catastrophic way and that judge should answer some very hard questions

I am tired of this world-these people. I am tired of being caught in the tangle of their lives.

I wholeheartedly agree with Sean Orr’s commitment to a progressive primary among the members of OneCity, COPE, and the Greens. Unity gives Vancouver a real choice in October.

I have directed OneCity’s Board & Negotiating Team to table to COPE & the Greens a real unified primary to be held over the next 45 days.

I would Crosstown for you

I'm assembling a team

William Azaroff has won the OneCity mayoral nomination. He defeated Amanda Burrows by about 150 votes.

My heart is with the people of Tumbler Ridge tonight, with the friends, families & loved ones of those lost in today’s tragedy. I will circulate resources as they become available & I encourage everyone to lean into supporting our fellow British Columbians.

confidence chicken is going to be no fun given how insane the BC Cons are but the bc greens are roughly where the fed ndp are right now. they've got no cards, their MLAs aren't about to vote down the government, and now they don't even get the few policy wins they might've negotiated

How can you run far and get proper sleep AND do 9-9-6 Long run training is a big time sink 4x per week!

really cool that Billboard Chris is able to ideologically discipline potential future premiers

Parents can’t wait. It’s time for Childcare By Right.

Voting opens today in the OneCity nomination - Vancouver's only contested mayoral nomination. If you're a supporter of mine, VOTE NOW! If you're undecided, read on 👇️

Astonishing for someone who held Stephen Lewis’ seat to cross to the guy who ordered the Air Canada flight attendants back to work

Pieces like cause the left to lose young people. It fails to recognize: 1. Housing needs change as populations age. e.g. A society with a lot of older widowers will need more homes per capita. 2. Shoebox condos house fewer people than larger homes.

I was curious about whether this was just named after somebody named “White” but no they literally called it this because it was a settlement of white people

Fry is a nice man from Strathcona with bad views on housing - a shame to see him running when a nice man from Strathcona with good views on housing is already in the field.

ncr vs caesar's legion

Very important proposal for bus signal priority in Vancouver by Mayoral hopeful @wazaroff.bsky.social running for @onecityvan.bsky.social. Transportation equity means prioritizing transit that’s moving a LOT more people in a lot less space. That’s ironically better for EVERYONE, including drivers.

Fundraising drop from @onecityvan.bsky.social on IG 👀 That's 200k in four months - or 50k per month. Without any candidates locked in & fundraising like mad. Those are ABC numbers

It cannot be said enough that the mayor of vancouver, who governs Canada’s pacific gateway, thinks bitcoin will end war

It blew me away when I found out that most of our traffic signals are running on manual timers. There is SO MUCH we can unlock if we're just willing to invest and build.

prussia had a million people under arms in the franco-prussian war. that's like twice as many as the confederates could field at once. and like.. it's prussia

With municipal elections coming up in October, it's exciting to see candidates in the region are campaigning to win the support of transit riders. There's over 1 million of us, a third of Metro Vancouverites use transit at least once weekly.

How will we measure success? We will partner with local universities to run transparent pilots and publish the results. Vancouver is ready to move. We just need to give our buses, and our city, the green light, and I think that's a pretty bright idea.

We will fund this plan through existing reserves set aside for transportation infrastructure. This is about applying our current resources with a level of competence you can actually feel on a Tuesday morning commute. Expect visible improvements on major corridors within two years.

And it’s more than just improving traffic flows. A bus with 40 people should be recognized by the system as 40 individuals. By prioritizing these vehicles, we can cut transit times by 18% and create safer pedestrian scrambles. We can do this while maintaining overall traffic flow.

That’s why I am launching GreenLight Vancouver. We will accelerate signal-controller upgrades to finish by 2035 while reviewing intersections for real improvements to traffic flow. This gives city staff the tools to make real-time adjustments across coordinated corridors.

Our traffic signals are the invisible brain of the city. Right now, they are on a modernization timeline that stretches to the year 2080. Asking 21st-century transit riders to rely on mid-century hardware is why we are stuck in congestion.

There is a way to make Vancouver buses up to 18% faster that no one is talking about. It does not require digging tunnels. The solution is hidden in plain sight at our intersections.

Perfectly put by @adamserwer.bsky.social: the saviours of Western civilization and the defenders of its better values are the Minnesotans on the streets, versus the regime they face — and everyone now knows it

America is somehow still running the alpha build of democracy and it kinda shows

Every mayoral candidate is going to talk about how we need to fix permitting, build more, etc. When they say that, they should be asked how they would vote on projects just like this one - and if they happen to already be in office, they should be judged by their vote.

My man is the only neoliberal who took the liberal part seriously

I really hope the feds have a plan for destabilizing civil unrest in the United States, because it’s just after year one right now

Do you know how hard it is to get cops to seemingly side with people shot by a bunch of officers

It really feels like every transit p3 that isn’t the Canada line is Like This. Really should be a sign to move away from the model!

It’s time to expel the ambassador

Vancouver, BC mayoral race is gonna totally be dog eats dog, all against all

14th and Yukon is exactly the sort of housing this city needs: a rental apartment replacing a multi-million dollar house. This is how we fight displacement and create a more affordable city. Of course, it drew intense NIMBY opposition. Interesting to see who was absent for this tough vote, huh?

People act like the quintessential Toronto food is the peameal bacon sandwich but it’s actually the subway station beef patty

“Rent too high? Blame landlords, not immigrants.” This is frustrating. The housing debate has too much racist shit, I agree. But if you want to welcome more immigrants, you **need** to emphasize housing supply more. Rent control and “landlords are bad” won’t turn less housing into more housing.

I had a great conversation with @jenstden.bsky.social yesterday about Carney’s speech which she writes about here. Bottom line: it is a good analysis but cuts to aid/GAC aren’t going to help us in this new order. Carney also needs to meet his words with action.

I guess those janitors and security guards are paid too much, huh

Vancouver council votes down living wage motion three years after scrapping policy

I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans. When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it.