Hi, BC: There’s no sense in obsessing about the news tonight. We will learn much more in the morning. You’re just gonna get immersed in darkness and no answers. News is always too little, too uncertain, and too uninformative on the first day after these tragedies.

Guns. Guns are the problem. And mental health support. But let's get rid of the fucking guns.

BREAKING: At least 10 people are dead, including the suspected shooter, following a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Tuesday afternoon. Police say around 25 others have sustained non-life-threatening injuries. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...

Seven people in the high school, not including the shooter, are now confirmed dead. Two additional people have been found dead at a location believed to be connected to the shooting. Just unspeakably awful.

Love a retired planner (Norm Hotson) admitting he doesn't know the neighbourhood population, hasn't read the reports, but opposes the increase in size.

Just heard that one of the SEFC master planners will be on CBC radio tomorrow morning, arguing that the school will REDUCE walkability... If you have two minutes, please write in support.

You know, maybe hours and hours of live coverage about an unfolding situation that you know nothing more than you knew 4 hrs ago isn't a good use of anybody's time nor is it good for anybody's mental health.

Damnit, another "handed to resident" delivery when none of us are home. What this really means is "dropped in public lobby, good luck, lol"

It's such a sad comment on the state of our city that NIMBYs are organizing to fight against an ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. So please take 2 minutes to write in *by Thursday, Feb 12* and say YES to the Olympic Village school! I have easy step by step instructions on my blog: pwaldkirch.ca/2026/02/10/o...

Hahaha. 2 metres.

Loot that drops after defeating me: * Chain lube * An ergonomic keyboard & trackball * A case of Pepsi Zero Sugar * A set of Allen keys, missing the 2.5 mm * A beard trimmer with the #2 guard * A small library's worth of lightly used novels, RPG books, graphic novels, and sheet music

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. “oh for fuck sakes”

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "How did this ever work?"

RE: https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/116030136026775832 This is one of the worst takes from LLM enthusiasts. Compilers are deterministic, extremely well tested, made out of incredibly detailed specifications debated for months and properly formalized. LLMs are random content […]

This is insane. A 3D-printed book nook, with backlight and working clock. Want one? The person who designed this (hint, not me) has made it available to print your own: makerworld.com/en/models/23... #3dprinting #bambulabs

Little-known fact: dice have a limited number of "good rolls" in them and once you've run out, you need to buy new dice.

The bots and scammers are out in full force today. I don't know what the answer is but this is such a scummy part of the internet.

There are many things I cannot say about this, due to code-of-conduct rules. 😐

A study out of SFU shows something we already knew: Vancouver's bike infrastructure has stagnated. #bikeyvr vancouversun.com/news/vancouv...

This is apparently on the wall at Team Canada’s workout room. Big fan of this. (Alt text for easier reading.)

Just because good news is worth celebrating: There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection. HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.

Hey, it's #BandcampFriday! 🤘 100% of what you purchase on bandcamp.com goes to the artist. 👍👍👍 Will follow-up to this post later with some of my pickups from today.

They are literally the worst uniform there. So embarrassing. They should give a medal for best uniform. Haiti would win hands down

It’s not left vs right or English vs French. It’s people who have bagged milk vs the godless heathens who don’t!

Unpopular opinion? An iPad or iPhone *are* computers, Emma.

A great Canadian once said: “I ain’t no movie star, but I can get behind anything” #NewWest

"Helping"

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Frickin' gas-powered leaf blowers. I thought Vancouver had instituted a ban on them but what happened was Council directed staff to study it, who then evaluated Park Board experiences and decided it was "too hard". I'd mutter "Greenest City" but you would be able to hear me rn.

Vancouver cyclists, the city is looking for feedback on proposed changes to 10th Ave between Fir and Birch (currently a messy area exacerbated by very tight light timing that favours north-south travel). Get your feedback in! vancouver.ca/streets-tran...

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

This is still my favourite one:

Fireworks, huh? I see Vancouver's learning about bread and circuses.

Flipped vehicle crash at Broadway/Granville. Currently it's a 30 km/h construction zone because of the B-way subway. Once again, I'm on my "if you cause a vehicle to flip in the city, you should lose your license" bent. Yeah, allow appeals, but flipping a vehicle indicates excessive recklessness.

@paulisci.bsky.social You're going to need to reach further back into the archives, seems like

Definitely a violation of so many marine environment protection acts.

We tried to invite Ontario Premier Doug Ford to our live show in Toronto on Thursday, February 5th, hosted by @cycletoronto.bsky.social, so we brought two comically large tickets to Queen's Park. Here's how it went. Get normal sized tickets here: boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pag...

Thread: So on this day when one of the oligarchs of our digitized and dystopic world is emptying one of America's greatest newsrooms of trained and committed journalists, I thought I would regale you all with a wonderful little anecdote about our world to come. It involves two of the finest...

OMG I just found 1399 episodes of the old CBC Radio Mystery Theatre on archive.org. 1974-1980s archive.org/details/cbsr...

In climate news, the Grouse Grind opened today. This is fine. www.nsnews.com/local-news/n...

OMG. Our winter has been so bad (no snow!) that the Grouse Grind is now open, some two and a half months early. It's currently 18C on my balcony in the sunshine. On February 4th. Oy.

Canada’s putting up Rookie numbers against Norway. - 98 diesel cars 29 hybrids 7 (yes, 7) petrol (gasoline) cars - For the whole country. - And it’s cold there. - electrek.co/2026/02/03/e...

But now we have gone from owning 100% to owning 0% because, for the last month, Complexly has been a non-profit organization. apnews.com/article/john...

The city just laid off 300 people. "Zero means zero" etc. But ok let's have a $2 million one-night show. Honestly the dumbest thing about this is that the funding shortfall for the Celebration of Lights - for 3 shows - was about $650k

My youngest (and his friends) just love it when I address them with "chat". The cringe is real and only encourages me. Sorry (not sorry) it's bleeding over here.

Chat, I know you won't believe this, but _another_ study showing UBI works has been released. I know "math is hard" but I don't get why this isn't a no-brainer for politicians. Spend a little upfront to save a lot later.

What if we paid for plane tickets to a little village with no buildings over one storey for Douglas Todd to be at peace

Oh god, I'm so tired of reading about Douglas Todd whining about towers.

This workshop is about half full - still time to sign up or send to a friend!

We're hosting a workshop at Eastside Family Place in February all about getting around the city with kids - without a personal car. Looking forward to chatting with families and helping people troubleshoot their setups! Register here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/buses-bicy...