"Luxury condos at Vancouver's Oakridge redevelopment sold for 'crazy high' prices. What happens now?" as told by Joanne Lee-Young via @vancouversun.bsky.social #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre vancouversun.com/business/rea...

Is the "it is a romantic comdey movie" blurb part of the comedy, because if it is I'll watch it @amazonprime.bsky.social

This is today at 3 pm at Jericho Beach in Vancouver—free walking tour/get together on the exact 50th anniversary of Vancouver's (deliberately?) forgotten mega-event known as Habitat '76 or "the Woodstock of Housing." Buckminster Fuller, Margaret Mead, Mother Teresa were all there... #vanpoli

A fantastic upcoming event to remember Habitat '76 on Sun, May 31 at 3pm at the Jericho Sailing Centre with @lidsville.bsky.social

To mark the exact anniversary of Habitat '76, I'll lead an impromptu short walking tour of the old Habitat Forum site at Jericho Beach tomorrow, Sunday May 31, 3 pm—meet at the entrance to the Sailing Centre. Join for a celebratory drink/snack at the Sailing Centre grill after! Note: uneven ground

"Vancouver’s Habitat 76 still delivering lessons in housing" feat @lidsville.bsky.social + many others as told by @goldinyvr.bsky.social via @theglobeandmail.com #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre GIFT LINK: www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/...

"Vancouver’s Habitat 76 still delivering lessons in housing" as told by @goldinyvr.bsky.social via @theglobeandmail.com #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre GIFT LINK: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/d1e4d31...

I remember it well. Our old friend Ernie Fladell was a city administrator running Habitat, and with the money left over he helped start the Vancouver Folk Festival and Vancouver International Children's Festival.

In 2 days it will be the 50th anniversary of the opening of Habitat '76, the founding UN conference on cities & housing. Thanks to Kerry Gold for this article in the Globe: www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/... #vanpoli #bcpoli Few remember this massive Vancouver mega-event. Why is that? 🧵

Even old chive flowers in a vase are delicious

American billionaires are buying up record amounts of farmland in BC. While provinces like Quebec have put heavy restrictions on foreign ownership, we’re watching some of the richest men in America make huge speculative purchases - pushing out locals and taking valuable land from farmers.

🚨Sign our petition (link in bio) to stand up for local ownership of our farms, and stop this billionaire land grab. #bcpoli #billionaires #landgrab bcgreens.ca/petitions/st...

I said I'd try to livetweet the UN Habitat World Urban Forum #WUF13 on the global housing crisis—but in the end it was too hectic to do, & the time difference (Baku is 11 hours ahead of Vancouver) would have meant livetweeting to a follower list of sleeping people. But I'm back & will summarize soon

Cuba's minister of energy confirmed reserves are gone — with just enough diesel left to keep hospitals online. The UN has classified Washington's blockade a humanitarian crisis.

““It's disrespectful to the elders, it's disrespectful to the prophets and dreamers. They're all buried underneath that reservoir,” said chief Roland Willson.” #SiteC #bcpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Review of carpet museum: "We loved it very buetafiul carpets & really cool fun facts like one was that they made the acrept in the hit movie aladdin and the boradway show aladdin. unfortunatly it was clsoed of because aboo the monkey got loose in the facility. it is a must go to if you enjoy life"

Well, this conference on the global housing crisis has been fittingly bookended by big weather: floods to open it, lightning to conclude

Horgan didn't start the #SiteC dam—that was Gordon Campbell+Christy Clark giving LNG/SNC entity Gywn Morgan some construction contracts & electricity for greenwashing. Horgan rightly looked sheepish when he passed it. Eby & Horgan were foes, & this looks partly like spite on Eby's part. #bcpoli

12 Canadians aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla and Freedom Flotilla Coalition have been abducted by Israeli forces, including up to three British Columbians. SIGN PETITION FOR THEIR RELEASE: canadaboatgaza.org/petition/

The John “Site C Sucks” Horgan Dam

What next? The John “Fatalities are part of life” Horgan Heat Dome Memorial?

The BC NDP are renaming the Site C dam after John Horgan. You mean this John Horgan? #bcpoli

At #WUF13, critical dialogues tackled the urgent realities shaping the global housing agenda — from the scale of the housing crisis to the growing pressures of climate change on communities worldwide. Read more: 🔗 wuf.unhabitat.org/news/wuf13-e... 🔗 wuf.unhabitat.org/news/wuf13-e...

Glad to have finished my last presentation at the UN Habitat World Urban Forum. It's gratifying to see it's not just me—everyone on the HIC panel agreed that Habitat I in Vancouver in 1976 got it right & after a 50 year failed experiemet in neoliberal policy we must return to those roots. #WUF13

Interested in the history & legacy of the ambitious Habitat I conference in Vancouver, 1976? We were there. Allan Caine of @habitat_intl, & me, Lindsay Brown, author of upcoming book “Habitat ‘76 habitat76.ca @habitat76.bsky.social Come by Thursday morning! May 21, 10:15, Canada Pavilion #WUF13

I was sure this was Jimmy Page leaving my hotel but front desk says that sadly he is merely the spitting image of Jimmy Page

Interested in the history & legacy of the ambitious Habitat I conference in Vancouver, 1976? We were there. Allan Caine of @habitat_intl, & me, Lindsay Brown, author of upcoming book “Habitat ‘76 habitat76.ca @habitat76.bsky.social Come by Thursday morning! May 21, 10:15, Canada Pavilion #WUF13

For anyone who needs a list of reasons why people like Dr. Bonnie Henry are uniquely unsuited and ill-equipped to stop the spread of another deadly virus, here she is in her own words: youtu.be/nlNp0la57vE

Well, it's been an interesting morning in Baku. My first speech at the UN Habitat World Urban Forum has been cancelled due to rains (pics to follow) but will be rescheduled so check back. #WUF13

This is what our government is fast tracking. Not affordable homes. Not free transit. Not healthcare you can depend on. Just more handouts for the foreign fossil fuel corporations that strip our communities for parts.

!! The Integrity Commissioner for the City of Vancouver has found that Mayor Ken Sim did violate the Code of Conduct and did harass Councillor @seanorr. The report recommends Sim be sanctioned. Meanwhile, Sean is shown to be blameless. vancouver.ca/files/cov/in... #vanpoli

Two billion dollars of public money is being gifted to Telus so that they can build private AI-slop training, surveillance-enabling data centres nobody asked for vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/05/11/t...

Hi members of Vancouver Greens! When you're voting to nominate candidates this weekend, please nominate Stephanie Smith (not the BCGEU Stephanie Smith - this is the the housing activist one!) She'll be a fighter on city council and will keep other councillors honest. #vanpoli

They brought one of the robots into council and it malfunctioned and they had to drag it out

This council: life saving overdose prevention? Nah. Life saving cooling kits? Nah. Food delivery robots flooding our sidewalks? Oh heck yeah dude

Unsold, unoccupied and unaffordable In the city of Vancouver, 81% of the new unsold condo units are priced at more than $1m "Newly built condos in Vancouver are too pricey to sell, CMHC data show" as told by @GoldinYVR #vanre #vanpoli #bcpoli GIFT LINK: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/d1e4d31...

It was the worst of times

If you are a Vancouver Greens member, this weekend is the nomination vote for candidates for the civic election. Stephanie is a friend and also one of the best council candidates in memory. She’s brilliant, lefty and a fighter. Nominate her please! #vanpoli votestephanie.ca

The government should be protecting our public airports, not selling them off for parts. History is littered with examples of the failures of privatization. It drives up costs for the public, quality suffers, and workers always end up paying the price.

Special thanks to this month's guest, Hub pal @stephenleahy.bsky.social. #ClimateLens host Bentley (@bigclimate.bsky.social) relies on Stephen's #NeedToKnow substack for his monthly research & to stay informed on all things #ClimateChange & #EnergyTransition. leahy.substack.com/p/be-warned-...

Best explainer of what's going on in BC's old growth forests under the BC NDP. A must read. Only takes 10 mins. "BC Must Stop Blaming First Nations for Old-Growth Logging" by Ben Parfitt in @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... #bcpoli

An enormous portion of the climate movement is calling for ending the control of private capital over large parts of the economy. The narratives to discredit "climate" at large, no matter what the actual definition of the Group is, will continue because of the threat this poses.

Devastating! I graduated from this program 49 years ago—which launched a career in community journalism, government comms, magazine freelancing, editing + eventually earned an MA in Media Studies in NYC. Journalism is necessary now more than ever

Croatia represent!

Vancouver: anyone know a dressmaker who could copy a dress fast? Like in the next 10 days? It's fairly simple but has to look professional. It's for an event... Thanks in advance

This is a violation of human dignity.

An already unacceptably right-leaning press corps is gearing up to go further right because a bad thing almost happened near them; they were in that position to begin with because they decided access to fascism is more important that accurately describing it

Julian Casablancas is wrong and fortunately Kareem agrees with me www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3j2...