#BrotishColumbia government releases revised $729 million price tag for hosting #FIFA #WorldCup! So the seven FIFA games in #Vancouver will cost taxpayers over $1 million each! No way we recoup that & unlikely any FIFA $ comes near West Side with two year overdue Broadway Subway mess!

Reportedly, the #Iran-#UnitedStates peace deal will see Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz in return for $300B to repair the damage that U.S. did to Iran and which led Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz.

I'm ashamed Vancouver supports the world's richest and most corrupt while elbowing aside people who need help.

ABC majority on Vancouver City Council voted in March to halt funding anti-suicide fencing on the Granville Bridge, due to “funding constraints.” ABC kept funding: * Mayor Ken Sim's $1.5M office budget (up 15%) * Buying FIFA tix ($14M) * #Vancouver selfie sign ($1M). Priorities. 🙄

Is fibbing in any way related to the fibula bone and can excessive fibbing maybe cause the fibula to fracture or break and wouldn't breaking your fibula make it difficult or impossible to swagger? Asking for a #Vancouver Mayor.

Unregulated street drugs (illicit/toxic drugs) are estimated to cause roughly 2% to 3% of all deaths in #britishColumbia (2025), while alcohol is estimated to cause 6% of all deaths in B.C. (2023).

My friend Francis playing with a magnet and coins in the #Vancouver Fairview Waves Coffee yesterday.

Tues & Wed my friend Francis came by #Vancouver Fairview to show me select commercial embroidery garbage he binned: orders, sketches, tests, etc. Most is 16 yrs old; some back to 2000! Lots of Canucks stuff, some @vanfirerescue.bsky.social & docs for but no actual @vancouverpd.bsky.social patches!

#Vancouver mayor Ken Sim is caught telling another fib - this time about meeting Chinese consular officials. "city now says its statement was inaccurate & that Global Affairs Canada did not actually give the thumbs up to the meeting in advance, as the mayor’s office had claimed."

Overdose prevention sites (OPS) are important pathways to effective drug treatment. By announcing an indefinite pause to the new OPS in #Vancouver Yaletown, the increasingly right-of-left #BritishColumbia NDP is arguably moving from harm reduction to a policy of Political Assistance in Dying (PAiD).

"They are given $100.00 and a Bus Ticket." Anyone who thinks that #Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim would give even one #homeless person $100 - let alone give a C-note AND the cost of a bus ticket (tween $145 & $200) to 100s of the city's unhoused - does not know our fratboy mayor! 🤣

A new report provides information on alcohol use and its related harms in BC. Drawing on provincial-level data, “Living Well, Drinking Less: Reducing Alcohol-related Harms in BC” highlights trends in alcohol consumption as well as the impacts of this consumption on individuals and the population.

Some residents of #BritishColumbia communities such as Quesnel, Williams Lake & @cityofpg.bsky.social may wanna lie about where their #homeless populations are coming from but that just tells us they're ashamed to admit the truth - that the majority of their #unhoused are from their own communites!

Here's hoping former #UnitedStates AG #PamBondi beats both thyroid cancer and her nasty MAGA affliction!

Bread Settlement money - bringing Canadians together!

It's late spring and the flours (Robin Hood & No Name brands) are finally blooming at the wks-from-opening Bloblaws City Market at 1477 W Broadway. #Vancouver

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“Let's make sure Ken Sim is remembered as the mayor who cut jobs and gutted city services to pay for it… unless he changes course. Send him a message now. “ bettervancouver.cupe.ca/

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As-yet-unopened new 2nd floor Scofflaws at 1477 W Broadway, in #Vancouver Fairview, is putting up the first part of a sign in the window. What could they be trying to tell us? 🤔

Today I have an update about the influencers connected with the alleged Russia-backed Tenet Media. They’re more powerful than ever, and two in particular now frequently speak in support of Alberta separatism. thetyee.ca/News/2026/05...

Know your rights before you head out: www.pivotlegal.org/fifa_and_you... 2/3

Vancouver says camping overnight in parks will still be allowed during #WorldCup". Gee. Thanks for nothing Ken Sim. #Unhoused can shelter overnight in city parks cuz of a 2015 B.C. Supreme Court ruling (Abbotsford (City v. Shantz) & neither Vancouver nor #FIFA can override it.

#PopeLeo's encyclical *Magnifica Humanitas* rejects use of #AI in lethal decisions, declaring that "no algorithm can make war morally acceptable." For that, Leo believes you need to rely on texts up to 3000 yrs old that were supposedly dictated or inspired by a being even less corporeal than a LLM.

#BritishColumbia shoppers polled say they've changed eating habits cuz of food price inflation. I suspect a lot of people are nearly involuntary vegetarians ("invegs" 🙃). Meat prices are crazy & much seems to go unsold in the indie #Vancouver Fairview market I prefer.

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New permanent #VANCOUVER sign will reportedly NOT be ready in time for #FIFA #worldCup. The whole point of the silly $1M vanity project was to have it up in time for FIFA. Mayor Ken Sim & his ABC majority on City Council failed - again.

"There are no citywide conventions in #Vancouver, and they are a major driver of business at this time." #FIFA may be a sort of black hole that sucks the life out of a city's normal event schedule. Will it make up for all the other event revenue it is eliminating?

Odd thing. A week ago my #Google Search results for current price of #Brent crude #oil (aka "Brent blend" of sweet, light crude) suddenly dropped nearly $20. Currently Google's search result is $88.17, while every other search result is $103 & change - a $15+ diff! #Iran

When life gives you lemons... 😋

Blahblaws Market" signage being installed above ground floor entrance to second-storey supermarket in 1477 West Broadway tower. #Vancouver

"Const. Megan Lui says police will respond to calls from beaches, but after funding cuts to the #Vancouver @parkboard.bsky.social they will not actively patrol." Meanwhile, the @vancouverpd.bsky.social are budgeted at over $1.3M-a-day!

Correct me if I'm wrong but 1 of the biggest public impacts I can imagine of a @metrovancouver.bsky.social unionized workers' strike is to waste collection, especially outside #Vancouver, as Metro manages all (?) the region's landfills/transfer stations, except CoV's. Mmm. A summer garbage strike!

this is absolutely outrageous.

May 20 is World Bee Day🐝 Let’s all take a moment to appreciate the remarkable creatures that help sustain life on our planet. From being tiny pollen collectors to their essential role in pollinating our crops, bees exemplify the interconnectedness of all living things. #WorldBeeDay #NatureSky #Gaia

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#Canadian Bread Settlement dough just fell into my account.

Lucky to have another Fairview resident who will buy necessities for my #unhoused peers. Told them I'm all out of fabric bandages. Many of my peers suffer MRSA bacterial infections, which swell limbs & digits, so even cracked, dry skin results in slow-healing wounds! #Vancouver

Same #Vancouver mayor whose "zero means zero" austerity budget cut funding for lifeguards at 9 city beaches (funding later restored after public outcry) has put a motion before Council calling for universal access to basic swimming lessons.

By now, you might have heard that Mayor Ken Sim is trying one more time to roll back Vancouver’s green building standards, by bringing back a motion on May 20th which will effectively gut good climate policies in new building development. (1/7)

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Apparently the limited pool of funds available to support annual #Vancouver events can either support many community-based events or one parachuted-in corporate event like FIFA. Almost seems like an event equivilent of the Missing Middle housing dilemma.

I'm sorry could someone help me out please, I just got hit with a bank fee and I'm on empty

Which one looks like the commissioned realtor and which one looks like they got the property for no money down? Take your time.

Noticed cyclist wearing black & white cape which wasn't as visible as you'd think, given the bold striping. Pattern is similar to the more effective "dazzle" paint jobs designed to reduce visibility of dreadnaught battleships in WWI - a precursor of modern battle camo. #Vancouver

Temp water mister & bottle-filling station is up at NE corner of Granville & 10th. At least 8th yr #Vancouver has done this, thanks originally to @cityofvancouver.bsky.social H₂O tzar Laura Hosakawa, answering my calls for water fountain outside Firehall library branch! #Homeless need this. Thanks!

City-hired investigator finds #Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim misused his office to brand @seanorr.bsky.social as antisemitic. “Holding the press conference was not part of Mayor Sim's duties. Using the influence of his office to personally attack Coun. Orr  was a misuse of the influence of his office.”

Report finds Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim misused influence, harassed councillor Sean Orr