The bulk of these issues are tied to affordable housing unavailability and lack of funding for mental health, health, and social programs. And I can almost guarantee that everyone complaining wants a solution that won't raise taxes or close tax loopholes. 1/2 share.google/YSdr4b84XTpq...

Hey, @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social, when is BC going to take civil defense seriously in this climate change scenario we're in? We can't keep scrambling every year. We need permanent, full-time people and equipment/resources past what we have now.

Made sheet pan sliders for dinner tonight! 7.5/10 overall, need to adjust seasoning and add bacon bits.

This is cool as hell! archaeology.org/news/2025/07...

Hi everyone! This is my personal account, full of content about BC, politics, and things more immediate to my day to day. If you want to see my nerd stuff, that's at @pocgamer.com If you want to see my scuba stuff, that's at @coldwaterdiver.net If you don't like progressives, don't follow me.

Alberta continues to be the absolute worst in Canada. 'Keep away from wokeness': Municipal affairs minister share.google/BGPu9l5bCuep...

Some amazing news out of Peru! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sometimes you crave nostalgia dinner. Sometimes you grab a bottle of Golden Dragon Thick Teriyaki sauce and make an 80's style stir-fry. And then everything is just... Better.

This one might be weird to some because "Civil Defense" has basically been dead in Canada and the USA since the 1960s. Ireland, Germany, and Singapore all have Civil Defense type organizations that we should really be copying, because the current ad-hoc approach isn't working.

I 100% agree with this. Canada needs a proper Civil Defence Corps. Organized, uniformed, trained, and equipped. I've been talking about this for ages and I'm glad it's getting more traction. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

A solid opinion piece from The Vancouver Sun. BC's lack of biodiversity laws and over reliance on industry to make ethical and environmentally sound decisions is a problem we need to address to have a secure future. vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

It's June 6th! youtu.be/0_nKEAkDCtg?...

The net continues to close on Tate. 😆 www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is brutal and entirely predictable. All studies so far indicate that most models of AI use for creative or knowledge/information processing based tasks leads to declines in capability in those areas.

Watching Alberta flushing itself down the toilet for corporate oil profits that they'll never see and hearing people here in BC talk like we need to be more like Alberta is disheartening. The UCP are a rolling disaster but I guess it's all cool as long as oil companies make bank.

The fact that Musk is flip flopping so hard to try to regain his credibility is pretty much the ultimate proof that he's in it for the grift. Don't be fooled. He showed who he is.

Sahara (1943) and its later made-for-TV remake in 1995 have almost been forgotten, which is too bad. The former is rock solid and the latter was surprisingly decemt, and they're rare tank-centric films. screenrant.com/sahara-world...

Of course the ex-mayor of Vancouver thinks proces are fine. globalnews.ca/news/1118681...

As a professional diver, this is horrifying on so many levels. Not the least of which is the fact that the dive company doesn't have records of incidents. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

This was a good movie. Making it a period piece was the perfect call. www.cbr.com/tom-hiddlest...

This was completely predictable. Amd it's not the kids' fault either. We've collectively been telling them for over a decade that "there's money in the trades" and "there's always jobs in trades", and now there's a glut of applicants running headlong into some...1/2 www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/arti...

This is awesome because it blows so much racist stuff away. The Phoenicians and later Carthaginians were multi-ethnic with a unifying culture. I hope we start seeing this diversity in art depicting them now. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c...

Time to link up with the mothership. #AddToBlackSky

If the provincial government were smart, they'd diversify our energy sources to include more wind in the interior and on the coast, solar in the interior, and geothermal in the north. But that would make sense. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Okay! Time for some personal/professional separation!