The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

Wow, what a terrible headline. He didn’t “apologize 18 times,” he said 18 times that he’d already apologized (which, given his behaviour so far, is clearly a claim that should be verified before it’s reported).

In about 3 minutes, the Mayor of Vancouver said “I spoke with Councillor Orr & apologized for my comments” 16 times. That was his answer to every question about why he claimed Sean Orr had handed out illegal drugs to people on the street during Christmas.

Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu’s 'Camo series', photographic portraits cloaking models in patterned fabric #womensart

Everytime Gardiner talks about being silenced this is the clip i think of. #yyjpoli

The Streetlamp Salon is excited to announce our third panelist for our event on March 10th. Levi Megenbir from BC Transit will join Todd Litman from the Victoria Transport Policy Institute and Sam Holland from Better Transit YYJ. Tickets are going fast! #yyj #victoriabc

In the criminal justice system, snowball-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Snowball Unit. These are their stories. 🚓

The emergence of Becky, whose fingers and toes get cold but her tail prefers a breeze.

OK, but why are most of the CBC panel wearing brown?

Carrie Reichardt, UK artist, a figurehead for the Craftivism movement, has spent almost 20 years transforming her house on a quiet London street into a mosaic-covered wonder #WomensArt

Pupdate: Maple thought about it for a few minutes, and still doesn’t understand what he’s supposed to do with this piece of popcorn.

11 years ago my sister ended her life after a fight with postpartum psychosis. I’m participating in the push up challenge to raise money for mental health www.thepushupchallenge.ca/fundraisers/...

Wow... this is a massive story. The B.C. government had non-profit home providers spend millions in design work & 1,000s of expensive hours with planners & planning deps. to get affordable housing project applications shovel ready. They've now pulled the plug: grandforksgazette.ca/2026/02/18/b...

"There's no such thing as us ALL tightening our belt." Incredibly incisive commentary to HRM Council yesterday about the inherent inequality of applying 'austerity measures' - cutting costs merely to cut costs with no strategy to solve the city's problems is a game with few winners and many losers.

I know liberals see this as "Yay! Building up that majority! Bleeding Poilievre dry!" But for the rest of us, this is a huge red flag. These people ran on a platform of hate, xenophobia and fear mongering. What does it say that they feel seen by the Liberals right now? Yikes.

THE BC BUDGET IS OUT! The B.C. government is projecting a $13.3 billion deficit for the upcoming fiscal year, and announced a series of tax increases, job cuts and project delays. Here are five things you need to know.

Have the police considered the stupid fucking height of the vehicle in question

This duet cover of Radiohead's "Creep", between a son and his Shastriya Sangeet classically trained mother, is the mash-up I didn't know how much I needed in my life. Totally spontaneous sobbing may have taken place. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...

friend shared this, immediately updated my settings

Nice letter in the TC today. Most people across this beautiful region have common sense and care about the environment. Highway expansion isn't going to help anyone. Better public transit makes life better for everyone. www.timescolonist.com/opinion/lett... #yyj #VancouverIsland #bcpoli

More people should listen to @tressiemcphd.bsky.social When people say AI is inevitable, let them know the future isn’t settled.

"The wealthiest 0.01% of Canadian families (1,685 families) hold an average of $448.5 million, 4,041x the average wealth of a family in the bottom 50% in 2023." Wanna fix polarization, child hunger, healthcare, seniors and disabled poverty, etc? F'ING WEALTH TAXES. The feds and provs are spineless.

While this is partly true, housing prices in Victoria would likely be 10-20% higher if it weren’t for the housing built in Langford over the last two decades. They’ve planned poorly, but it’s happened directly because of the very expensive and generally anti housing policies the core has embraced.

The president of the US whining “we’ll just get the leftovers!” means he’d prefer to eat Canada whole first, right? It’s not an ally offering a warning or solidarity or even a joke. We all understand that? It’s important we all understand that.

This is a rather spectacular Toronto experience...

I was thinking I might just ignore these Olympics, but they’ve gone and pulled me back in.

no eres mis casa bonita no eres mis esposa bonita

this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart 1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks 2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections

Marg Gardiner’s opinion piece in the TC today is really something. “Council needs to listen … to MEEEEEEE.” 1/3 #yyj #yyjpoli

Superb Meadowlark Sunday. At least I think this is a Western Meadowlark? I’ve never seen one before, despite living in their range for going on 20 years. Spotted at Clover Point #yyj.

Such a slow sport, but I hope Canada gets a medal, we've got great drivers

Olympics announcer just said "we're not Yoda, we can't predict the future" and I could feel a million nerds cry out in pain.

Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday. It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.

Native American Acoma pottery, vase, by ceramics artist Paula Estevan #WomensArt

I can’t stop thinking about how I asked an arts org I’m involved with to create an internal AI policy, so they produced a draft AI policy using ChatGPT. What a fucking bummer.

Eliminate the homeowner grant ($919 million) Eliminate the now-annual ICBC rebate ($410 million) I just saved you $1.3 billion, more than 10% of the entire deficit, you're welcome @brendavancouver.bsky.social @davidebybc.bsky.social

Support @davethompsonvic.bsky.social 's call to "have the province sort out how to allow motorized wheelchairs and scooters in bike lanes" email [email protected] Read more at: vicnews.com/2026/02/02/v... #yyj #wheelchair #climatejustice

OH. Oh. I had previously seen a headline that just said “shell” & my mind went in the direction of “conch” (not at all newsworthy), rather than “explosive”. 🐚

Hawk pants Red-tailed Hawk 📷🌿🪶

This Cheeky Hi-Vis Vest Helped Score a Win for Winter Bike Lanes in this Town. momentummag.com/this-cheeky-...

So the profits of the Canadian grocery monopoly remain intact, publicly funded even? This is much like the food donation bins just past check out, graciously put out by grocery concerns, allowing consumers to buy from them then donate.

On this day in 1979, Bauhaus recorded "Bela Lugosi’s Dead"

Just published an essay on this www.welcometohellworld.com/there-is-no-...

Right wing white dudes finally noticing things a lot of women do for their kids, offices and communities on a daily basis: PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS

Stalin notorious for making sure you could walk to the shops

I really loathe how every major Canadian news outlet is using the phrase “immigration crackdown,” parroting Stephen Miller’s rhetoric for them. What required a “crackdown,” exactly? 😡