Here in Europe with my shoes melting into the sidewalk, I'm reflecting on Vancouver. Once a climate leader, we're now run by ideologues who tear out bike lanes and put in gas pipes. No city can solve the climate crisis alone but if Vancouver can't lead, why would anyone try? It makes me sad.

very funny that City of Vancouver staff, who refused to obey a unanimous council vote to start providing real time updates on a platform other than just X, responded to X's new posting limits by giving up entirely it's fun to just ignore the will of council

Shameful

Kirby-Yung: I'm not gonna bother repeating her nonsense here, it's just fluff and spin and lies. But hey remember the time she attended a council meeting WHILE DRIVING? You can tell she's a big believer in road safety 🙄 bsky.app/profile/pwal...

"A mandate to serve the collective good is not the same thing as a mandate to maximize the bottom line." Why Canada Post should remain a public entity. In @thewalrus.ca thewalrus.ca/canada-post-...

ABC School Trustee Zhang missed like 10 of 13 meetings leading up to the Budget last month. But he showed up tonight to vote for a pay hike for trustees. When I'm elected to the Board, I'll show up - and fight to make sure funding for classroom needs is prioritized.

Work is underway to perform the first-ever station platform extensions on #SkyTrain's Canada Line. Broadway-City Hall Station will see longer platforms for more room, before the station turns into a transfer hub with the Broadway Subway. #vanpoli #vanre dailyhive.com/vancouver/ca...

I definitely trust a plumber that has American flags on his coveralls that make him look like an astronaut with an apprentice getting ready to use an acetylene torch made out of a pipe wrench without any PPE on my freestanding outdoor sink that was constructed by a guy with a copper pipe fetish

Ken Sim is once again trying to gut Vancouver's climate plan this Wednesday He wants to allow fracked gas for space and water heating in all new buildings After his previous attempt failed, he's now using vague claims and misleading statements to try to get it passed THREAD

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)

This driver felt he wasn’t blocking anyone. Didn’t want to pull into the car dealership parking lot because that might inconvenience them. @cityofnorthvan.bsky.social are you ever going get serious about making riding a bike safe, rather than challenging and dangerous?

vote for @pwaldkirch.bsky.social, OneCity folks

Today, Ken Sim and ABC killed an overdose prevention site that Vancouver Coastal Health has been working towards for years. (1/6)

This. Is. Not. Working.

Canada could basically singlehandedly shape our understanding of ancient ecosystems. Who knows what's already sitting there in the warehouse - probably whole new dinosaurs Stop screwing around and just build, train, and hire!! @mark-carney.bsky.social Canada demands more dinosaurs!!

you know it’s bad when they bring out the water taxis

Tiny shellear fish in central Africa scale a 50-foot vertical waterfall using suction cups and tiny hooks. This convergent evolution places them with some island gobies and Brazilian bumblebee catfish, who all do world class bouldering. 🐟🌍 phys.org/news/2026-04...

He rolled down his window and started yelling out the window. Just for...what? I don't even know. Even gently suggesting that I don't trust him with my life and will wait for him to actually stop before crossing? There's something about driver's entitlement that is baffling...and dangerous.

Crossed a street (as a ped). Cars have a stop sign. Some dude in an Evo comes speeding up, so I wait for him to actually stop before crossing. He slow rolls through, mocking me. This is 1 block from where the nanny was hit while in a marked intersection. Vancouver, our drivers are not alright.

Welp, we now have more sturgeon than gars @garlab.bsky.social. No April Fool’s. And no I will NOT be renaming the lab 😅 Video ALT: short video clip of several juvenile Lake Sturgeon swimming in a cooler.

I think we’ve got more Bigmouth Buffalo than gars @garlab.bsky.social now too 😅

It sure would be nice if CBC reporters introduced some facts into these sorts of stories. Such as: How much is the federal gas tax? How much are provincial gas taxes? And how do they contribute to the overall cost of gasoline? #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

The news that YVR is raising its transit fee yet again has me really annoyed. While full-on road pricing is a political non-starter for the moment, tolls (as @bushfield.ca suggested) into Sea Island would be a great start. So here's a little dashboard to play with how it could work. A short 🧵

a good thread but I want to add: literally all of every sport favors people with genetic advantages but no one complains when cis men have them Michael Phelps’ muscles produce HALF the lactic acid as an average cis man, meaning he can go twice as long before tiring is that unfair? nobody cared

Today in AI: Canada rejected the PR application of a McMaster postdoc from the Sorbonne who works in the immunology of aging because the generative AI being used to process applications (😱) entirely hallucinated her credentials. Everyone involved should be fired. archive.is/ELrCI#select...

This is worth reading. Lots of insightful bits, I think this is the elevator pitch:

Changes are coming to Pine St between W1st Ave and the Arbutus Greenway! Good changes; this will connect the Seawall with the Greenway. Check out the city's final design here: vancouver.ca/files/cov/up... Visit vancouver.ca/streets-tran... for more information, and a link to a survey. #bikeyvr

Four First Nations with territories in Aaron Gunn’s North Island–Powell River riding had a message for the Conservative MP last night: “Chillax, bud.”

Vancouver council is meeting today, which means they will once be providing text updates *only* for subscribers of a website under investigation by multiple countries for child exploitation Staff were told by council months ago to post elsewhere, but haven't And they're doing it for 12 accounts

I've chatted with Peter a few times and he always impresses me with his willingness and energy to teach and answer any questions I have about housing, urbanism, transportation, etc or anything really. I can imagine him creating some really great change on Vancouver city council

I just finished Oak Origins by @andrewlhipp.bsky.social. If you like oaks, plants, or some great natural history, I highly recommend it. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Ken Sim won’t be defeated by posts, polls, or prayers. He’ll be defeated in a vote. That takes conviction in a single progressive candidate who can unify this city. (1/3)

Man killed in collision with bullet Nose broken in collision with fist Hiker burnt in collision with lightning Sounds weird, doesn’t it?

Update in Vancouver Progressive Parties Drama: OneCity is holding an announcement tomorrow morning to “provide a statement and take questions on the next steps in the ongoing negotiation process between OneCity, COPE & the Greens”. COPE and Greens were unaware of this, so we’ll see what they say!

At last we have a better name for it: The Two Big Beautiful Bidets Bill.

The superbloom is just getting started. I'm seeing flowers sprouting in places I've never seen or noticed before in Death Valley in my 35 years of travels here. And Lake Manly still persists! #deathvalley

Amazing work by this kid!

I'm not a big brained political strategist like Jamil Jivani, which is probably why I don't understand why he'd go on Breitbart's podcast and criticize Canadian attitudes towards the US

in northern Minnesota with my co-conspirator and our @theonion.com shirts

This harpsichord key, marked in blue tape, keeps sticking to its neighbor

New from the #NearLab, Chase Brownstein chasedbrownstein.bsky.social takes the lead on Phylogenomics and the origins of sharks. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

It was an honour to stand before the membership to accept the nomination. Vancouver is ready for change. Let’s build a city where we can all belong.

Summer courses at Friday Harbor Labs have launched many scientific careers. Including mine. I was more reluctant to leave at the end of the course than other students. I promise you will have fun and learn more than you can imagine. fhl.uw.edu/courses/cour... 🧪

Up at Silverwood Park in St Anthony, MN, they built an ice carousel. Drill a hole in the ice, put in an outboard motor, cut the ice in a big circle, fire up the outboard, ice carousel. People do fun weird shit outside in Minnesota all winter long. Park was packed. It’s delightful here.

Want to do a postdoc at Friday Harbor Labs? We have two positions open. Apply by March 1st. I am happy to discuss potential projects with fish people. apply.interfolio.com/180092 🧪

My first PhD dissertation chapter has been published! Let me know if you need a copy. Complete species-level phylogeny of Madagascar’s tufted-tailed rats, Eliurus (Rodentia: Nesomyidae) reveals hidden diversity doi.org/10.1093/zool... And please enjoy this sonnet I wrote to summarize it:

Here's the full 40-minute debate between OneCity mayoral candidates William Azaroff and Amanda Burrows that @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social and I hosted on The Early Edition and This Is Vancouver this morning. Like! Share! Subscribe! Mystery Fourth Option!