Canada issued a whole dang stamp about it!

I've decided to cheer for Croatia 🇭🇷

What are the consequences to grocery chains etc that do not actually lower prices? What are the consequences for the gas stations not lowering gas prices with the tax removal?

"Summer Black Friday" is not a thing! Stop trying to make it a thing!

Okay. I just posted to LinkedIn and I feel gross. Related: if you need someone to do any paid editing for you, that's a thing I do freelance! I have mostly done non-fiction, but would be happy to turn my eye to fiction as well.

I do not need an edit button I need to be able to TURN OFF INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE'S REPOSTS.

Here’s my story on the “Mexican Barrio” in the Downtown Eastside, and how it relates (and doesn’t) to the World Cup. thank you to producers who allowed me to say “trying to make fetch happen” on the national broadcaster

In the past 3 weeks ABC has tweeted about " #publicsafety " 16 times. Yesterday they voted against a critical, data-driven measure that would objectively save lives. 12 pedestrians were killed on Vancouver streets last year, the most in almost 2 decades. Sim and ABC don't care about your safety.

"Yes, we know it’s a bummer. However, due to low ticket sales, low hotel bookings, and generally low enthusiasm, oxygen is the only necessity left for us to exploit."

Can I just say, if I wanted to see X posts, I'd still have an account. I don't, because fuck that Nazi cunt.

Lucy: ABC cut funding to road safety. I am disgusted at this amendment. GOOD FOR LUCY. Utterly shameful behaviour from ABC. They are an anti-urbanist, conservative party--that's clear now, right?!

First FIFA sound check at BC Place. At least this woman has a better voice than the dude who was doing the sound check for Taylor Swift.

Literally all the referees, including the American ones, should boycott. But nobody will because most people excuse racism unless it's happening to them personally.

this article is circulating with a COMPLETELY bullshit framing and clickbait lie about it, the "ai cybersecurity" firm is actually training AGAINST AI and the conan series is about helping people spot deepfakes and other gen-ai material, beginning with the famous robert smigel video mouth sketches

In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...

Is there a Canadian version of this hat? 🇨🇦 ⚽

“Brad Paisley, a Grammy Award-winning American country music singer and songwriter, urged his followers to sign a petition to stop the construction of a 69,000-square-foot data center that would be 50 yards from the Nashville Zoo, which he called “an absolute nightmare scenario”

Already got my tickets... 🌹 youtu.be/76Q5TWHslOE?...

Beaverlodge RCMP requests public assistance in search for Dawson Creek woman

Named by FIFA to officiate during the World Cup, the Somali referee Omar Artan, elected best African referee for 2025, was denied entry to U.S. territory despite holding a diplomatic passport.

Oh that's horrible.

FIFA has now confirmed that Artan will no longer be able to officiate at the World Cup, which like for players, is the biggest moment in the lives of referees. FIFA has said it is nothing to do with them, but a decision made by US authorities and that the decision is not likely to be changed.

Any Vancouver friends want to sub for my husband's beach volleyball team? I'm sure the weather will be... weather.

The World Cup referee from Somalia was picked by FIFA 2 months ago and still could not enter the U.S. with a valid visa. This is so farcical from a World Cup host and has potential to get even worse for the 2028 LA Olympics when bona fide people from every country are coming.

I hate that this is gonna be by Amazon, but yay, Jem and the Holograms! variety.com/2026/tv/news...

Celebration capitalism in action: socialize the costs & privatize the benefits. In Canada, Vancouver & Toronto are paying for 13 World Cup matches with more than $1 billion in public money. There was never a public referendum on this. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

guess who is FIFA's main beverage sponsor? Coke guess who will sell a bunch more Dasani bottled waters as a result of this policy? Coke PSA: tap water is better regulated and more frequently tested than bottled water, contains fewer microplastics, and obviously generates less plastic waste

Big ups for the Blue Jays admin

I'm sure my experience isn't everyone's experience but I have heard exactly one (1) person say something positive about (some of) the World Cup being held in Canada. Most people I know don't care or are just annoyed at how expensive and crowded everything will be.

Gross. I've been unfollowing anyone who posts videos on Instagram made with Meta Glasses if they declare it, but not sure what else to do.

Putting an asterisk in a horrible person's name instead of spelling it out like a normal person is really stupid and serves only to evade people's filters, which makes you kind of a dick hole

How have I never seen this performance before today?!?!

Watching this on repeat... youtu.be/c_0quBMFcmg?...

If you are a LIBRARIAN and you wouldn’t mind me asking you a few questions for a writing project I am researching, please let me know via DM. I will praise you enthusiastically!

As someone who loved the 2010 Olympics and would love for Vancouver to host them again (i.e. not a hater), I'm calling it... The FIFA energy is officially bad. It's not one particular thing, but everything in sum. 🚨 THE VIBES ARE OFF 🚨 www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Nooooooo

I rewatched P&P last night and made sure to watch for the pig’s balls 😂

Outside of newsrooms, I don't hear anyone in Vancouver or the burbs talking about the World Cup There really isn't much buzz This is the type of thing that's going to get attention for all the wrong reasons👇 I recognize the safety issue but it looks like a cash grab www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Peace River North independent MLA Jordan Kealy charged June 3 w/ one count sexual assault, per BC Prosecution Service. Alleged offences occurred in 2024, in Fort St. John.

LET WOMEN HAVE HOBBIES

As seen in Yaletown.

FIFA lawyers force B.C. spinal injury charity to scrap World Cup ticket raffle

kudos to ctv for this hardass headline lol www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Sigh. Unsubscribed from yet another writing community because they are pushing AI. "Here's the thing — AI isn't going anywhere. But most creatives are using the wrong tools for the wrong jobs and not even knowing it." No.

Canadians taking the skytrain in Vancouver #CanadaStrong

Okay I need to follow a few more #CanMNT accounts ahead of World Cup. Any recommendations? Must use alt-text.

Holy shit. Raul was a constant in the Vancouver social media scene back in the mid-late 2000s.