Guys, I'm starting to think that leaving all the leftover Halloween candy in a big bowl next to my desk might have been a bad idea

It’s ironic how much executive function I spend rationing my limited executive function

Another night of playing “am I dying or is this just more perimenopause bullshit?”

this is your regular reminder that the city owns multiple PARKING LOTS and GOLF COURSES

Open AI loses copyright case in Germany. Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."

Somewhere out there someone who’s the best at what they do is terrified that they have imposter syndrome while a bunch of barely literate pedophiles are very calmly running the world

What she said.

seeing how many people show up in jeffery epstein's emails makes me happy i never reply to anyone's email

One revenue opportunity I would like to see from this city is a surtax on commercial property that is deliberately left empty. Often shop/restaurant/service vacated because their rent skyrocketed and the owner is now getting a "loss" tax break to leave it empty and our city looks like a ghost town.

Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.

Good morning. It’s budget day. I’m going to try and live skeet the proceedings so speakers know where we are at. First is staff presentation. 91 slides.

CBC once again called the Ksi Lisims LNG project “Indigenous-led” on the National last night, despite the fact that it’s 100% American-owned by a Texas shell company, Western LNG. Yikes!!!!! Anyway, here’s a very funny video that breaks this down: youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI?...

Help us stop Ken Sim's cuts. Sign up to speak to Council: vancouver.ca/your-governm... #vanpoli

Aussies in Vancouver are in for treat this week. Not only is Aunty Donna at the Orpheum tonight, Peaked Pies newest location on Broadway opens tomorrow. www.instagram.com/p/DQxAL9SEtbE/

Super stoked to be going to see @auntydonnaboys.bsky.social at the Orpheum tonight 😃

This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰

defunding the police has more support than a 0% property tax increase among participants of the city’s budget survey fund the city, the people said.

consequences for one’s actions? in this economy?

The greatest con the Right ever pulled off is convincing America that mainstream media leans left.

To everyone who has been following our puppy fostering adventure, these puppies are now officially up for adoption! If you live in the Bay Area and want to adopt some of the cutest, friendliest, lovely dogs around, now's your chance. Links in the thread 🧵 below to each pup's page!

I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

FRANKENSTEIN is on NETFLIX but- still in many theatres- please consult your local listings and choose your watch/rewatch preference!

Big boat stuck! 🚨

Russell Crowe, Geneviève Picot & Hugo Weaving about to drop the best post-punk album of 1979

Further evidence for my theory that Addison Barger is, in fact, some kind of demi-god or metahuman.

Finally found the ICE video that I fully could not watch and it was the man having the seizure while they pulled a child from his arms. Countries are fake, borders are fake, nothing can justify this inhumanity. It’s all just for the abstract comfort of withering country clubbers and their pawns.

How many BlueSky users does it take to change a lightbulb? Lightbulbs? In THIS economy?

Vancouver Goldeneyes. I like it.

I had to look twice to see that this was not @thebeaverton.com. Headline was really from The Globe and Mail.

2023: ABC refunds millions of dollars of Empty Homes Tax to developers 2025: ABC refuses to use EHT money for its intended purpose, putting 81 affordable homes for women and children at risk What an astonishing decision by Ken Sim and ABC.

Stop sharing AI slop. It's one thing if you don't know or just made a mistake. No need to breathe down someones neck b/c its harder to tell nowadays. But if you do know (ESPECIALLY IF YOU DO KNOW) even if you're posting it to make fun of it or sharing it unironically... consider not doing that.

Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub book coming out in 2026 that is science fiction, fantasy, or horror and either adult or young adult? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged. bookjockeyalex.com/contact/

REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.

In the latest instalment of the hellscape that is my life, random clown doesn’t believe that I don’t use AI, so asks Grok AI… but when Grok AI tells them the same thing, they believe it. What a time to be alive.

0-2010 Men: I hate my nagging wife. 2020 Men: Why don't women want to be wives? 2040 Men: I hate my nagging robot wife.

What's the biggest issue Vancouver's next mayor will have to tackle: Housing Affordability? Poisoned drug supply? Bloated VPD Budget? Lack of school and infrastructure space? Nope, Allam's Day 1 priority is rats 🙄

This Election Day, let your voice be heard. Speak up for wildlife, wild places, and the values you care about most. 📣#Votetoday

Without an elected Park Board no one would know about Ken’s cuts. This is why he wanted us gone. Welcome to Ken’s dirty, closed, no-fun Vancouver! vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/04/v...

You've suggested an AI-gen "band" for the last time, Spotify. Moved the whole family to Apple Music yesterday and deleted Spotify. Apple Music is not without its concerns too (pay your artist more!) but at least it isn't pushing fake "artists". It's also $8 less a month and has better sound quality

One less name on the list

Icarus here to tell you local elections have a huge impact on your access to important things like animal shelters, pedestrian safety, and library books. He is requesting you head directly to your polling place and vote with the same empathy he has when his human is sad.

As we await tomorrow's federal budget, we need to have a discussion as Canadians on municipal budgets. Specifically, how police are increasingly devouring entire municipal budgets to the point other services are being cut or cancelled. It can't continue. #DefundPolice #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli

IT IS TIME FOR BLUESKY RECIPE POSTING do you have a cheap, healthy, low-cost recipe? post it here! or quote tweet this post. or dunk on me for something I don't care just post easy meals that people can make right now.

Can we start funding truly independent media?!

Ok it would actually be hilarious if The Onion made a spin off “Teen The Onion” and hired a bunch of the political journalists who just got laid off from Teen Vogue.

Blue(Jays)Sky

5 tips for better sleep that you can read on your bright phone at 2AM