Video of visually impaired Palestinian boy crying over broken glasses draws global attention

i literally just wanted to own a two bedroom home in a walkable neighborhood where i can have three cats and a dog and wear nice outfits to go feed pigeons and now society is about to collapse

glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity

came faster than i expected

@onecityvan.bsky.social candidates out and about at Vancouver schools meeting parents and listening to their thoughts about our schools, parks, and city. #bced #vanpoli @sherrydb.bsky.social @myphronesis.bsky.social

This kind of behaviour has no place in City Hall, or any workplace, quite frankly.

Voting is now open for the OneCity nominations. I haven't voted yet, but this is what I'm thinking. I know you don't need to rank everyone, but I did for completeness. canadianveggie.com/2026/05/03/o...

Over a decade ago, this dedicated PAC parent made childcare happen in our East Van school through a partnership with the neighbouring community centre. Now she's running for VSB trustee. Help me support this highly qualified @onecityvan.bsky.social candidate if you're voting this week. #vanpoli

@sherrydb.bsky.social is running for nomination as Vancouver School Board trustee: sherry-breshears-for-trustee.lovable.app?utm_id=97760...

Sherry Breshears would be an excellent trustee for the Vancouver School Board with One City Vancouver! Let’s support her to win the nomination! www.facebook.com/share/p/17FZ... @onecityvan.bsky.social @reddyforchange.bsky.social @pattibacchus.bsky.social

I saw part of an interview on local news and “We hadn’t practiced for the church yet so we didn’t know what to do” It just broke me. WTF are we doing? If we as a nation are not going to go to war for our children then we deserve to fall.

What percentage of the US population do you think really knows & understands what's going on right now?

I genuinely think part of the current political dynamic is that a lot of Dems -- especially your typical educated, affluent city-dwellers -- simply can't believe what's going on. Even though it's right there on the TV, right there in the streets, it's hard to shake the feeling of unreality.

She was brought to the US as an 8yo, worked hard, studied, earned a scholarship, planned to become a nurse. ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.

I’m here in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, where military style vehicles have pulled up down Wilshire and Alvarado, amid rumors of an ICE raid in the park have proliferated since last night

Bluesky you deserve some fireflies in a cornfield. Not pictured-the young hawk chased away by robins, the enormous kale after the rain, the smell of the tomato plant leaves.

Wow so you’re telling me everyone who cheered on the Iraq war is on board with this now too? And so are the people who opposed the Iran nuclear deal and killed it? You’re kidding.

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

Cardinals choosing the next pope have been offered a dossier on candidates - with a subtext Conservative groups linked to “biased” report that seeks to influence cardinals going into Vatican Great work from ⁦CNN and ⁦‪Christopher Lamb www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/w...

A solemn and sacred candlelight vigil and short walk for last week's #lapulapu Festival attack

And since this is Bluesky, where local issues get zero traction, let’s try tagging: @pattibacchus.bsky.social @reddyforchange.bsky.social @richardsonyvr.bsky.social @bcsta.bsky.social @bceducationmatters.bsky.social @lisabeare.bsky.social @vancouverdpac.bsky.social #vanpoli #bced

This letter campaign was supported by the Vancouver DPAC Inclusive Education Working Group, of which I am a member. Many of the parents and caregivers who used the accessible letter template added stories and statements of their own and every one of those deserved to be read. They were not “spam”.

He has since deleted the post, but not before revealing these names of advocates to 5000 or more people who viewed it. He has also put forward a motion that this kind of accessible advocacy (letter template campaigns facilitated by the district PAC) be discontinued.

What is the job of a school board trustee if not reading emails from interest holders and being responsive to them? One ABC trustee in @vsb39.bsky.social decided to treat advocacy emails from over 200 parents/caregivers as “spam”, and to post his grievance on X, compromising parent privacy.

STOP Project 2025 Don't let them murder our gorgeous life-giving forests.. Oxygen, habitats, trees, wildlife, air, root system...

I’m loving Chinese manufacturers airing luxury brand’s dirty laundry on TikTok. [Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjRMTmyP/ ]

Investors dump US government bonds as faith in America falters. www.france24.com/en/business/...

The Trump admin is dismantling Freedom of Information Act offices. Then the offices send out emails like, “Hello, the FOIA office has been placed on admin leave and is unable to respond to any emails.” The lengths this admin will go to ensure zero transparency with the American people is astounding.

I'VE SEEN ENOUGH SEAN ORR AND LUCY MALONEY HAVE WON THE 2025 VANCOUVER COUNCIL BYELECTION

Well. It’s never been more clear, people are more engaged than ever in what is happening in our city, our province and our country. Very pleased people took the time (hours for some) to head to a polling station and vote. 🗳️

#HANDSOFF #NYC

This morning I spoke to a bank employee in the small town (pop. 2400) in West Texas where my mom grew up. My mom still has a safe deposit box there and they needed a new form of payment since all my mom's accounts are closed. $30 for a whole year, btw. 🧵

"I assumed his tariff drive would flounder in Congress and he would just kind of sit back and take credit for what was already kind of a rising economy under President Biden. I didn’t expect them to take a wrecking ball to the executive branch." — @kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Within minutes of showing up at the IRS, a twenty-something software engineer dispatched from DOGE began demanding access to the tax collection agency’s most protected internal databases — including the one containing the personal and financial data for millions of American taxpayers.

Trump's post from earlier today. This man is not well, and we should be seriously thinking about what we'll do if he takes some kind of military action against Canada.

@sqwabb.bsky.social www.bcafn.ca/news/regiona...

These sites might be useful: 1. HealthMap – Real-time disease tracking system developed by Boston Children’s Hospital. (healthmap.org) 2. Global Incident Map – Displays disease outbreaks worldwide with alert notifications. (outbreaks.globalincidentmap.com)

My cats were alert. On the camera in the living room their eyes were wide and they were looking around. Centered near North Hollywood according to an app

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org

american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit

Freddie Mercury didn't go into the studio and nail the vocals for "The Show Must Go On" in one take while dying of AIDS for you to despair and give up now. Take the time you need, but then get up and get back out there. The show must go on.

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

This is unprecedented. The Rising Tides agreement was just with the province, but adding federal recognition in is a big deal. This is the first time Aboriginal Title land has been negotiated, rather than litigated in Canada.

Conflict of interest? The State Department’s procurement forecast lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to purchase $400 million worth of “Armored Tesla” vehicles.

Baier: Trudeau said that your wish for Canada to become the 51st state is a real thing. Is it a real thing? Trump: Yeah it is

Trump during his Super Bowl interview: "I think Canada would be much better off being a 51st state because we lose $200 billion a year with Canada, and I'm not gonna let that happen."

A Gazan man has revealed plans to take over southern California, expel its residents and turn it into the ‘Riviera of North America’. “Los Angeles is a soulless, vacuous hell hole. It’s just a big pile of rubble and collagen right now" Read the full story --> tinyurl.com/42ejs5cd

February 7, 2025