On National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, remembering the lives lost at the École #Polytechnique massacre. Remember, reflect and resist. #December6

How do the metabolic waste products get cleared from our brain? And how does this process intersect with the brain's immune system? An exceptional review by @jonykipnis.bsky.social and colleagues cell.com/neuron/fullt...

You can't take your eyes off Gehry's shimmering and undulating creations. A giant of architecture.

Watched The Phoenician Scheme last night. Occasionally get impatient with Anderson's borderline tweeness, but is this film ever a burst of fun in the general gloominess. And Benicio del Toro is fabulous in it.

Europe is holding the line against Trump’s and Putin’s plans for Ukraine. But it won’t be able to for ever | Martin Kettle

It's the "enough with everything already" reaction to 2025, innit.

Bit of confusion on CBC radio right now as this news is breaking but the show with delay from Toronto is still talking about Rustad refusing yesterday's decision.

Hoo boy.

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Wow, the moon is big and bright, peeking between the clouds in Vancouver -- look East. My dinky phone camera can't do it justice.

Not too shabby. 🧩 Puzzle #861 🤔 13 guesses ⏱️ 1m 19s 🔗 alphaguess.com

Kitty working extra hard on those holiday card envelopes.

"Cheap Xmas": new limited edition OVERSIZE PFB tote. $35 + GST. Paid design by (& royalties paid to) our pal Rebecca Dart. $5 from each tote sold supports U'Mista Cultural Center in Alert Bay / Y'alis, BC, in honor of Chief Beau Dick's fine example as a cultural leader.

Fun fact to start your week. But may you not be shedding tears.

This is scary: futurism.com/artificial-i...

This is the largest transit expansion in North America. In this @macleans.bsky.social Magazine feature, I argue that other cities should be looking at the advantages of light metros like the REM: macleans.ca/society/mont...

The most powerful man in anti-science. Fixed it.

"So a horse walks into a bar".

Adults need at least 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity or 75 to 150 minutes of vigorous aerobic exercise per week, according to the World Health Organization. #RSNA25 www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste

We need a Pope with bat emoji.

Finally, a good use of Black Friday.

This may well be the most wonderful thing I have seen on the internet

The power of science.

"What we fear is the virus adapting to mammals, and particularly to humans, becoming capable of human-to-human transmission, and that virus would be a pandemic virus."

Got the invite to @gandersocial.bsky.social's closed beta and filled the intake form, which took several rounds to load and progress, for only 3 questions. If you've signed up and get the invite, please participate to test this new Canadian platform.

Some colours still showing in #EastVan.

A surprisingly nice day in Vancouver. Celebrated with coffee and a quite authentic pasteis de nata at the Union Market in Strathcona.

City trucks have been going around #EastVan streets cleaning up all the rotting leaf mush. They make a hell of a racket but at least the rain won't be pooling and drains won't be clogging.

I miss Leslie.

Life here is full of tomorrows.

Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to: - Elisapie (yes!) - Cocteau Twins - The Ramones - Multiple Nick Cave concerts - Diamanda Galas

450kg of black market snails on the loose. They're gonna need a ton of butter and a lot of garlic. And truckloads of baguettes.

Whoa.

Bwahaha. Oh sure, Campbell's fired the guy because of his racist comments, not because they were concerned about profits, right?

My least favourite time of the year in Vancouver really. Dreary, wet, and so so dark. Looking forward to the solstice.

Hey now, look at Vancouver-based T&T Supermarket open its 3rd California location.

Kier on the large number of films he's acted in: "100 movies are bad, 50 movies you can see with a glass of wine and 50 movies are good.”

All this, and another article points to these now authorized pesticides to also be applied to broccoli and potatoes. If you needed another reason to not buy food coming from the US. #PFA

www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight

You knew you were in for a weird but great time when you saw those icy eyes. RIP Udo Kier, a regular of Fassbinder, von Trier and countless others. The character actor was prolific over a long career.

Back from a trip to Tokyo, Kyoto and points in between, and still readjusting to Vancouver colours, shapes and sounds. Some photos. 1/

Back from a trip to Tokyo, Kyoto and points in between, and still readjusting to Vancouver colours, shapes and sounds. Some photos. 1/

What's even more disheartening is that these grifters causing real-life damage probably don't care about ideology or political views -- they just want the money these posts will make.

Saturday night entertainment.

Such contempt for humans.

Cambie Street you say. Sure.

Lights season is here.