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reasonably sure this is the first time a regional government agency has launched a new service with an elaborate broadway musical parody

Finally saw the Mark V trains in person! Hopefully they wrap up testing and start service soon.

The reporting on the BC Ferries contract award is verging on journalistic malpractice. So many stories calling out the government for not building them in BC or Canada, and just glossing over the fact that there were no bids from Canadian shipyards. [1/2]

This seems bad.

Some real 4D chess indeed.

US campaign entices Canada tourists: “Come visit America and also maybe El Salvador!”

The rollercoaster continues. So was yesterday just the biggest ever dead cat bounce, or an orchestrated pump and dump?

We really are in the dumbest (and darkest) timeline.

I’ve been thinking a lot about the opportunity presented by the current geopolitical chaos, and how there seems to be no leadership in Canada, at any level, wanting leverage this moment to make new investments in our society. No drive to take action except hunker down and wait…

In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

Hard no on that. I really hope we’re ready to come out unified and in strong opposition to the tariffs next week. With the continual talk from Trump and co about annexing Canada, I don’t think it’s a joke anymore.

Really disappointing that after what was a wildly successful and popular Water St pedestrian pilot last summer, council has decided that this year all we get is 8 hours a week.

Today in “things that made sense before they decided to declare economic war on us.”

elon musk at cpac was so fucking weird you guys I know this reads like a parody but I literally just wrote down what happened www.theverge.com/elon-musk/61...

Vancouver city staff are recommending against implementing single stair egress due to unique “Vancouver context”. @ravikahlon.bsky.social should take this opportunity to abolish the Vancouver building code. Duplicative and a drag on productivity. council.vancouver.ca/20250226/doc...

Now that Trump has torn up the USMCA, it’s time we stop all the patent and trademark provisions we adopted through it to benefit big us corporate interests. Let’s ramp up manufacturing of generic pharmaceuticals.

Speaking of a lack of accountability…

Decided to try my hand at iOS app development. If you’re in Vancouver and enjoy the annual hot chocolate festival, give it a whirl. And if you know anyone else organizing food festivals (here or elsewhere) feel free to put them in touch. It’ll be easy to adapt.

Please enjoy this timeline, where Biff got the almanac.

How it started. How it’s going

Trudeau immediately begs for job back after realising he’ll need to buy a house

What an utter waste of council and staff time.

My annual trend of applying to Vancouver City committees and getting rejected on all of them continues for the 9th year! Clearly this is an open and transparent process based on qualifications, not just who you know politically. Oh wait…

Please let council see sense and send this ill-conceived motion to the dumpster. Time to stop playing Sim City and actually focus on the real issues facing Vancouver.

Oh good grief. This reads like a bad joke. But sadly it’s real.

These are very cool maps, and the underlying video is well worth a watch.

Trump is basically appointing the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. This guy is Pestilence. #Trump #RFKjr

It’s getting real hard to tell reality from satire. This cannot possibly end well. Ugh.

Great thread on EVs, and how they aren’t by any means a silver bullet. Shifting to cleaner vehicles is good, but we need to continue to focus on much overdue investments in alternative transportation, including train, bus, cycling and walking infrastructure.

We’re definitely in the darkest timeline.

“I can’t believe anyone would vote for Trump,” says smug Canadian man planning to vote for Poilievre