I say it often but once again: By granting them borrowing privileges and protecting their privacy, public libraries afford children a form of civic standing and respect that has few parallels in our “free” society, which mostly treats children as chattel. Vociferously defend public libraries. 📚

The only singer who showed up at Freedom 250 was Chris Tomlin? Christianity is cooked. www.aol.com/entertainmen...

Are you listening to The Tyee Podcast? You should be. Here's episode 3: How to Save a Big Tree via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...

You shouldn't be able to take away a goal after it's been celebrated. Video review sucks. Bring back human error

ICYMI @thetyee.ca has a podcast now. Come hang with @harrisonmooney.bsky.social and I as we talk about icy groin towels and other ways to demand our governments actually keep us safe from the deadliest form of extreme heat. IT'S IMPORTANT. Keep each other safe out there. Okay love you all bye.

"Experts say adoptees, only 2% of American children, account for an estimated 25-40% of those in residential treatment." 👇🏽🥚 apnews.com/article/adop...

This Brunson MVP is a win for short kings everywhere. You don’t have to be tall to stand tall. You don’t have to be tower to empower. Short is the new black

Knicks win, proving once again what can happen when a city elects a progressive mayor

“The mountainous republics of the Balkans haven’t mattered much to them yet, but I know my kids, and one of them is guaranteed to ask me why Canada has to play two nations at the same time.” “‘Some places, like people,’ I’ll probably tell them, ‘are more than one thing.’”

“It’s the World Cup. You’ve gotta go big or go home, and in my case, I say: why not both?” @harrisonmooney.bsky.social on how the FIFA World Cup offers a chance for him to explore his identity, inviting his children to do the same. 🏟️ ⚽☀️ thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

I work next to @michellegamage.bsky.social and @harrisonmooney.bsky.social, which is a dang delight. Now we all get to hear their voices on Episode 2 of The Tyee Podcast in a timely discussion of summer anxiety and surviving extreme heat. 🔥 thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...

Episode 2 of The Tyee Podcast is now live! 🎙️ Just in time for a heat wave on the South Coast of B.C., host @harrisonmooney.bsky.social talks summer anxiety and staying stay safe in extreme heat with Tyee health reporter @michellegamage.bsky.social. ☀️ thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...

Laura Marling’s album of @raffic.bsky.social covers is my album of the year so far

ok water calm down

I made this joke at home and my wife rolled her eyes. 5000 likes later, who "seemed cooler when we were dating" now?

If you can’t handle me at my best (unmedicated), you don’t deserve me at my best from your perspective (medicated)

(texting my friend Evil Larry) me: what's up dude Larry: matters most vile

The hottest new lifestyle trend is cooking and eating the food you have at home. It’s called fridgemaxxing

super cool to see @thetyee.ca adding a podcast to their news network. the world needs more hyper-local journalism, and The Tyee has been a stalwart for west coast-specific stories for a long time. the fact that i can /listen/ to their reporting now is 🤌. have you subscribed yet?

"this isn't me being gay, it's science" is, unfortunately, an all-timer

I listened AND I learned. Find @thetyee.ca 's podcast on all your major podcast platforms!

A small group of us over at The Tyee have been working off the sides of our desks for nearly a year now to launch something very special. Now, I'm excited to share The Tyee Podcast! Listen wherever you get em shows.acast.com/the-tyee-pod...

Today is the big day! @thetyee.ca has launched a podcast! A fantastic first episode, hosted by @harrisonmooney.bsky.social on how we move forward with DRIPA. Listen up, & sign up too.

Harrison's voice is so good, I would listen to him read the phone book. We don't have phone books anymore but we do have podcasts that are more interesting than phone books and now Harrison is hosting one so really the internet is good for something.

As a reader-funded publication, we’re always listening to what our audience wants. Now, you can listen to us, too. Introducing ✨The Tyee Podcast✨ — a deep dive into the stories shaping the West Coast, because Canada needs more B.C. 🧵

Very cool to hear that @thetyee.ca has launched a podcast, hosted by @harrisonmooney.bsky.social I will follow for sure. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Finally, @thetyee.ca for your ears. thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...

Can’t believe tonight is the last episode of Hacks. I don’t know how to live in a world without Ava Daniels

Apparently scammers stole the data from the place my brother got his cat neutered. Someone hacked his cat! The future sucks

Hi everybody. I have a Patreon account. Please subscribe to receive one Very Small Book For a Very Close Friend. www.patreon.com/posts/finall...

Reminder that @rachelgilmore.bsky.social is coming to Vancouver next week and will be in conversation with me, @vancolour.bsky.social and @harrisonmooney.bsky.social at this ticketed event. Details: thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...

Spent the whole day editing my manuscript in OpenOffice and then the file corrupted and I lost it all. Unsurvivable

The top 5 albums of the 21st century are actually William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops The Field - From Here We Go Sublime KMRU - Peel Nala Sinephro - Endlessness D'Angelo - Voodoo and that's me being objective

I love when men come flying in, generations late, to name concepts that women have words for already. I'm not a witch getting ready. I'm a warlock, looksmaxxing

In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the pope, who prosecutes the offenders.

Reflecting on 10 Long Years of BC's Toxic Drug Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Logging burnt forests feels like forcing people injured on the job to return to work early. Let them rest! @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Getting big "go slow" vibes from David Eby's plan to suspend parts of DRIPA so it doesn't impact ongoing litigation. Kinda seems like maybe if we're committed to DRIPA for real, it *should* impact ongoing litigation? BUT WHAT DO I KNOW @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

lmao the pope is weak on crime, how do you top that

“This is civic infrastructure.” @harrisonmooney.bsky.social spoke with internet librarian @brewster.kahle.org on the importance of universal access to all knowledge.  🏛️📚🌐

something that wrinkles my brain every time I remember it is the fact that total eclipses are only possible on earth because the moon and sun appear to be the same size in our sky, due to the insanely, astronomically unlikely fluke that the moon is 400x smaller than the sun but 400x closer to us.

the snake has finally finished eating its own tail

I had so much fun going down a rabbit hole of turfgrass nerdery writing on the massive effort to grow World Cup grass. The sod that will be installed at BC Place next month is the product of millions of dollars and years of research – all sparked by a convo over tea in 2018 tinyurl.com/yck4z8um

@thetyee.ca is holding a super fun event in Vancouver events.humanitix.com/reality-chec... — featuring @rachelgilmore.bsky.social, @jenstden.bsky.social, @harrisonmooney.bsky.social & @vancolour.bsky.social. Thursday, May 21, 2026 Doors 6:30 pm · Event 7:00 pm. Tickets at the link above.

Something really exciting has happened: @sarahkcox.bsky.social has joined @thetyee.ca as a our new biodiversity reporter: thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202.... I'll be the lead editor on the module, and I'm stoked! @michellegamage.bsky.social is joining us half-time, too—just a bevy of riches.

Can’t believe the world didn’t end yesterday, especially after I pushed all my meetings to today

Are we all on Bluesky AND Threads now or can I just pick one, and if I need to be on both can I cross-post, or is a little bit of codeswitching expected

I’m in Victoria with my kids, who are six and seven. What should we do while we’re here? They don’t give a fuck about history or the legislature, so I’m at a loss