Seattle mayor-elect (almost) Katie Wilson, welcome to The War on Cars.

"I'm concerned that by cutting environmental programs, we're mortgaging our future," said @lucymaloney.bsky.social, a councillor with OneCity. That includes the city's commitment to fight climate change & improve residents' ability to adapt to climate disasters like extreme heat & wildfire smoke.

hey do you know Phil E. Buster sign up to speak

Tomorrow is the only opportunity for the public to speak out on this tragedy of a budget. Over 300 people have signed up so far. If enough people speak out, the hope is that the vote will be delayed. Please sign up! You can speak over the phone; it’s easy. Deadline to sign up is today at 5pm.

Have you cancelled your Spotify account yet? If the ICE recruitment ads aren’t enough to convince you, just a reminder that they pay their artists like shit and their CEO invests millions in AI drone weaponry. @qobuz.bsky.social is a great alternative.

We're incredibly disappointed in this outcome; this should have been an easy win for the safety of our children. Our response: visionzerovancouver.ca/2025/10/29/h...

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The ABC members of Vancouver Council really said "f*** them kids" today. First, they killed a motion to make it safer for kids to trick or treat in their neighbourhoods on Halloween - the most dangerous night of the year for child pedestrians - by making it easier to close streets to car traffic.

Halloween is the most dangerous night of the year for kids walking outside: ten times higher risk of being hit by a driver. Our kids deserve better. Support @lucymaloney.bsky.social 's “Safe Streets for Trick or Treats” motion coming to Vancouver council next week. 1/2

New research: Meat consumption in US cities has a "carbon hoofprint" equivalent to the emissions from all US domestic fossil fuel burning - "reducing food waste and dietary shifts (eg more chicken, less beef) could halve emissions" www.nature.com/articles/s41...

After years as a daily Spotify user, I finally switched to Qobuz. Between low artist pay, fake/AI “artists,” platforming hate speech, running recruitment ads for ICE, & the CEO’s AI weapons investments, I couldn’t justify staying any longer. Qobuz is great so far; consider making the switch!

At this family friendly event, a lady in an SUV tried to drive through the crowd because her daughter had to get to a soccer game and refused to do a u-turn. This is exactly what we mean when say drivers are entitled in this city. Unreal.

Large turnout today in support of traffic calming on 16th. People shouldn't fear for their safety in their own neighbourhood. Now it's time for the city to act. Thank you @lucymaloney.bsky.social and @seanorr.bsky.social for attending and speaking in support.

MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

Is meat the new oil? Five lessons from fossil fuel governance for industrial meat governance By @cleoverk.bsky.social www.sei.org/perspectives...

If you’re free tomorrow night, consider coming out for this event!

With everything else going on, the Tylenol “announcement” may seem minor. But it’s not. The Trump admin’s lies about acetaminophen are part of the same agenda: controlling women’s bodies, demonizing them, and making them suffer needlessly. A policy of intentional cruelty and othering.

Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’

Only 1 person in the whole study went from identifying as trans to not identifying as trans. The 1/5 number came from youth going between the binary and non-binary spectrum. This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.

Under the UNFCC Canada is not responsible for the downstream combustion emissions of the fossil fuels we export. So we conveniently ignore them (as in Ksi Lisims Assessment and BC and fed announcements today), though those GHGs are more than Canada's territorial emissions to the global atmosphere.

Don’t give money to companies that obey fascists in advance.

'“We recognize that LNG facilities, along with natural gas pipelines...has deeply affected Indigenous communities & ways of life, & that Ksi Lisims LNG will contribute to cumulative effects on ecosystems & communities,” [Tamara Davidson & Adrian Dix] wrote.' But we're gonna approve it anyway!

Carney is privileging those supporting fossil fuels, while violating the standard of FPIC for those who do not. Nations who oppose LNG will be subjected to costly legal battles and militarized police violence, while Canada invests in a dwindling LNG market and risks being stranded in a global glut.

They’re doubling down and claiming ignorance. Send them an email and call them out! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Just a few hours until tonight’s event on the health + Indigenous rights impacts of LNG & fracking in BC. Hear from Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Dr. Ulrike Meyer, Gitxsan Firekeepers Drew Harris & Grace Vickers, Dene Ze’ Na’Moks & more. 7pm @ UBC MSAC in Mount Pleasant. RSVP if you haven’t yet!

One way to help keep that number from going up would be to stop expanding the LNG industry. LNG is a fossil fuel with warming potential equal to or greater than coal. And the BC NDP are all-in on its expansion.

It's disappointing to see the Vancouver Park Board host a Harry Potter "experience" in Stanley Park. This will funnel money to possibly the world’s most vocal transphobe. Vancouver is supposed to be an inclusive, LGBTQ+ supporting city, and we absolutely shouldn’t be platforming her.

ANOTHER pedestrian is dead on this exact same stretch of Lougheed. When is enough enough? Do these cities and the province care at all? It sure doesn't look like it. vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/08/31/m...

Hey @cityofvancouver.bsky.social would it be possible me to move the fences over a little bit so these bike racks outside Science World are accessible? This location gets a lot of cargo bikes, and the other rack fills up quickly. @lucymaloney.bsky.social @petermeiszner.bsky.social

ROUND 1 VOTING IS ON NOW! 🗳️ We asked you to nominate the worst intersection in Metro Vancouver, and we picked the worst 32 for a community vote. Together, we'll crown Metro Vancouver's worst intersection while learning more about the countless ways that we put safety last when designing our roads.

Hidaya Al-Motawaq's son is a year and a half old and weighs less than 10 pounds. Doctors warn of permanent damage to children's health due to chronic malnutrition from Israel's earlier blockade.

Two-thirds of U.S. GHG cuts since 2005 wiped out by higher methane — study gasoutlook.com/analysis/two...

Action alert: The City of Toronto is considering restricting fossil fuel ads. These ads undermine climate action & put everyone at risk. We have a short window of time for the City Council to act. Take action here: cape.ca/action/ban-f...

Crash today at Broadway & Lakewood, right in front of the school my kids attend. Hundreds of kids cross here daily. 15 crashes annually. No school zone. No traffic calming. No enforcement. 40% of drivers speed here. Each hour, 10+ go 20km/h over. One per day hits 100km/h! & the City does nothing.

Next speaker Rhi @rhifaux.bsky.social . Resident of East Van, parent of 2 school-aged kids. Safe streets are the difference between a trip to school being joyful or scary. Difference between independence for her & her kids, or the fear that they won't make it home safe.

CAPE BC has submitted a letter to Vancouver City Council in support of Councillor Maloney’s motion to develop a Vision Zero Road Safety Policy and Action Plan. Why? Because safe streets are a public health issue. (1/5)

Ross Lake, Skagit Valley Provincial Park, BC. 💙

I want a city where I don’t fear for my kids’ safety when they walk, bike, or bus to school. We all deserve to get home safely. If you’re in Vancouver, please take a minute and act on these upcoming traffic safety motions—send an email or sign up to speak at council today!

LNG is not a climate solution, & @cape-acme.bsky.social doctors are speaking out. The first tanker has left LNG Canada, but health experts are warning of the real costs: worsening climate impacts, air pollution, & risks to frontline communities. www.theenergymix.com/canadas-lng-...

Absolutely devastated. Trump’s move to rescind the Clinton-era Roadless Rule means 58 million acres of irreplaceable forest, from old-growth in Alaska’s Tongass to vast expanses of Idaho wilderness, will be exposed to logging, roads, and increased fire risk. This breaks my heart.

‘Responding to Friday night's unrest, the acting director of ICE calls the events "appalling". "Our brave officers were vastly outnumbered, as over 1,000 rioters surrounded and attacked a federal building," Todd Lyons says in a statement.’ 😒 Does this guy hear himself?

New polling shows that British Columbians want public funding for healthcare, housing, and education -- not oil and gas infrastructure. And 54 percent of British Columbians support pausing further LNG development until an independent health impact assessment is conducted.

"We’re talking about nearly half the tree of life disappearing in one human lifetime. That is absolutely catastrophic.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In theatres in Vancouver, Victoria & Nanaimo starting Friday: 'Fairy Creek', a powerful new film capturing the hope, heartbreak & complexity of Canada’s largest act of civil disobedience. A must-see for all who care about forests, justice & the future. www.cinemapolitica.org/film/fairy-c...

This is an incredibly beautiful and moving film. If you're in Vancouver, I highly encourage you to go see it this week. You could even win a pair of free tickets!

Guess which headline is from the @nytimes.com ? The Guardian calls out dangerous rhetoric and lies for what they are. The NYT wraps them in euphemisms and "both sides" spin. This is how the obscene becomes normalized. Journalists - and all of us - need to stop pretending this is politics as usual.

Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 63 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

I guess I’ll have to bring my banjo the next time I speak to city council.