Happy Arrest of the Andrew formerly known as Prince Randy to all who celebrate. And as always, thank you feminism.

If you or people you know take transit in BC (especially in #yyj), this is going to hurt. We need to get the word out and put the pressure on about how important expansion, not stagnation (i.e. less service over time) is!

3/3 In particular, it seems like some #Saanch folk (including municipal staff) have the outdated idea that almost everyone on a bicycle is going really fast and that all people on wheelchairs and mobility scooters can only go really slow. #yyj youtu.be/DbTSpy5C4UY?...

I'm realizing that some people in #yyj think wheelchairs and 4 wheel mobility scooters are all slow. In fact the province recently regulated the maximum speed to 25 km/hr and before that models that go 30 km/hr were being sold. e.g. 'Hand cycles Carlos' becoming common. And 🧵 #bcpoli

"Climate doom is far less common than people think. Only a small share of Canadians believe it’s too late... The bigger challenge is the widespread belief that others don’t care, and the lack of conversation that keeps climate action stuck." reclimate.ca/canadians-ha... #EndClimateSilence #bcpoli

"The government’s unwillingness to ensure that higher income British Columbians and wealthy property owners contribute more is what’s keeping the deficit as high as it is... The cost of climate inaction grows every year." #TaxTheRich bcpolicy.ca/2026/02/17/b... #bcpoli

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

BC Budget 2026 has no funding to implement #CleanBC climate action plan review recommendations, says @globalhome.bsky.social @sierraclubbc.bsky.social vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/02/17/b... #bcpoli

Was there anything in #BCbudget2026 to help support people on disability or income assistance? BC Policy Solutions' Policy analyst Véronique Sioufi explains. Join us tomorrow at noon for our annual budget briefing at bcpolicy.ca/budget2026 @verosioufi.bsky.social @bcpolicy.bsky.social

Big oil's fascists want everyone to stop talking about climate change. You know what to do. #EndClimateSilence #climatesky

while the BCNDP was caving to the diversion moral panic and severely limiting its safe supply program, the public safety ministry was acknowledging in budget preparation documents that hydromorphone only accounted for 0.3% of VPD drug seizures by weight

The 2026 Budget freezes transit funding and forces service cuts. Write your MLA and tell them to protect transit funding! At the minimum, the BC gov should allow local governments to make up for lost funding. #yyj #bcpoli bettertransityyj.ca/2026/02/17/2...

I don't know how many times I have to say that it is the role of government to design and fund a public transit network. We can't expect a private company to provide a public good.

In less than 24 hours, Colbert's interview with Talarico is at more than 3.8 million YouTube views. The video is already one of the two most watched videos on the Late Show's YouTube page this year.

Hey y'all! I just added @bettertransityyj.ca to the transit rider starter pack! Check them out if you haven't already done!

If the right dominates the infosphere, if they can demonize any marginalized population they turn their eye on, then strategizing around *a current snapshot of public opinion* is almost definitionally misguided. They can change that opinion. Dems can't seem to, or won't try. All else is noise.

I'm realizing that some people in #yyj think wheelchairs and 4 wheel mobility scooters are all slow. In fact the province recently regulated the maximum speed to 25 km/hr and before that models that go 30 km/hr were being sold. e.g. 'Hand cycles Carlos' becoming common. And 🧵 #bcpoli

This whole fight over transgender stuff happening on X is so weird to me. The most notable thing about trans issues in the last 5 years has been the enormous, coordinated anti-trans activism campaign across the right, aided by moral cowards in the center. But that campaign is *never mentioned*.

Yes. Calling these people stupid is a category error.

Probably the most straightforward example of government censorship of the broadcast news in my lifetime? They must really be scared of Talarico talking about genuine Christianity www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

I'm hearing "we're leaning the public service" coming from the finance minister on CBC Radio right now and ugh. Just no. #BCPoli

They're foaming at the mouth.

"Prepare for bedlam. Each El Niño event in recent decades has gotten steadily worse, because each one drives the temperature to a new record." @billmckibben.bsky.social #climatesky

In an interview with @aljazeera.com, Svitlana Romanko explains: Russian oil and gas money is still funding Russia’s war in #Ukraine, helped by shadow fleets and companies like #Seapeak. Energy security means ending fossil fuel dependence.

"For so long, climate trolls have relied on whataboutery about China to deflect responsibility... Carbon dioxide emissions went down in almost all the big sectors last year, including transportation" @chrishatch.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/17/o... #climatesky #bcpoli #cdnpoli

"Prepare for bedlam. Each El Niño event in recent decades has gotten steadily worse, because each one drives the temperature to a new record." @billmckibben.bsky.social #climatesky

Wow.

Fossil fuel billionaires are funding more hateful groups than you might think, including ones spreading anti-trans hate. @yessfun.com in @atmosmag.bsky.social atmos.earth/political-la... #bcpoli #fossilfuels #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Calling it now: the US political media's treatment of AOC is going to make their treatment of Hillary Clinton or Al Gore look like a model of balance and discretion.

WATCH: How this small city tripled its cycling in just 11 years, via @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social. (spoiler: It’s Victoria BC in Canada, and it’s worth watching)

Austerity is a choice. Choosing to label it something else is also a choice. Bad choices are being made.

This is glorious.

"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government. “God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision... www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...

At the Munich Security Conference, Razom We Stand warns: Stop funding Putin’s war. Every Russian oil or #LNG cargo funds missiles. EU #sanctions must include a full ban on maritime services. @munsecconf.bsky.social #MSC2026

Remember when gas was something you could make lots of money exporting? Those days are gone. Forever. The solar and wind future is here. Now. www.carbonbrief.org/qa-new-uk-on... #bcpoli #cdnpoli #LNG

Why not spend $2.7b on #solar & #batteries instead? NZGovt to pay up to $180m/year or $2.7b over 15 yrs to lease #LNG re-gasification plant, paid for by $15-$30 'levy' ( #tax )per household per year. That $2.7b would build 4 Benmore Dams worth of electricity #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...

The economics of #LNG are broken. You can't glue the pieces back together with wishful thinking. Shattered by heat pumps and batteries and solar panels. #bcpoli

Soon, the Chief of Police will be coming to City Council to discuss the budget. CBC has claimed, using data from the Ministry of PSSG, that Victorians pay the highest cost per capita for policing in BC. My questions are these: 1. Is this data factually accurate? 2. If yes, why is it the case?

We tend to think of batteries as the ones in our phones. But the real shift is happening at grid scale. Utility-scale “mega batteries” now have hundreds of millions of times the capacity of a smartphone battery. Costs are down ~40% since 2024, and capacity in 2024 was 12x higher than in 2020.

All I see on my Twitter timeline are reporters parsing every quote from AOC in Germany, trying to mock them for incoherence or inaccuracy, while a demented old man who can’t string sentences together or stay awake sits in the Oval, while the legacy media happily sanewashes his quotes.

Context: identical motion coming to #Saanich soon. www.timescolonist.com/local-news/v...

Can we please never forget this. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

I’d ask “what’s going on in Australia,” but the real question is “what’s going on in a lot of police forces in a lot of places?”

And we are building more protected bike-and-roll facilities, and links to our regional neighbours, who are also building their networks, as are other cities... davethompsonvictoria.ca/victoria-has...

A hellish 'hothouse Earth' is what @davidebybc.bsky.social and @mark-carney.bsky.social are risking by using our precious public funds to subsidize uneconomic fracked gas exports. The #climateemergency is still here, and ignoring it is not a solution. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

I don’t know how many people join Bluesky each day, but my sense is that more & more people are discovering the outstanding community/conversation here (best on social media) about better cities. I still think STARTER PACKS are a superpower. I’ve made many, but here’s my first again. Please share.

Those of us living in surburban Saanich (population > Victoria) are not so lucky: great regional rail-trail and 2 or 3 decent bike corridors but otherwise disjointed unconnected and minimal bike infrastructure plus an active anti-bike lobby group.

Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court! A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest. A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.

Overnight warming tent opening tonight #yyj #safety cheknews.ca/victoria-ope...