I was lucky, my Long Covid wasn't too bad, at first. But 3 subsequent infections (across 6 years) have RUINED my life. I CAN NOT keep getting Covid, I'll literally DIE. So I mask, and I miss out, and I'm socially outcast, and sometimes I cry. And now here you are to mock me too. This one stings ☹️

I'm trying to plan a 12km ride from my place in Metrotown to New West. There's a 2.5km stretch through Edmonds where, if I roughly follow the official designated "Southeast Bikeway" (SEB) route, my plan will have 64 meters in elevation gain...

I like this. If Canada is increasing our defense budget, I want to see that money go towards equipment produced DOMESTICALLY, building up OUR industry/jobs. Also, an amphibious ship could be very useful for humanitarian work, not just killing people! 👍👍 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

I don't like this article. It basically says "even if the bridge were wider, there's no room for extra lanes once you're across." But that doesn't REALLY explain why you shouldn't add bridge lanes - even if you DID have space once you're across...

The parking lot at Still Creek Costco was utterly gridlocked. The line of cars extended all the way back onto the Hwy 1 ovepass bus lane. I parked instantly in the bike rack right next to the entrance, and fit everything I wanted on my e-bike! 🚲🥰

I got my first Reddit warning for "harassment" for telling someone they're a "horrible person" after they commented the shop owner who got hit by a car (couldn't work, so closed business) shoulda had private "injury insurance" and "we have to get rid of the mentality that anyone is owed anything".

My partner of four years in Edmonton worked in reclamation. Back in 2007, she told me about this playbook, and these tiny shell companies. The entire oil industry, from the bottom up to the provincial premiers, has known exactly this is happening for decades.

I dont know how I missed the news on this a few months ago, but holy fuck people, double check the Facebook/Meta app settings on your phone to make sure this shit is disabled! 🤦‍♂️🤬

waterboard these people until they scream "because cyclists cause an INSIGNIFICANT amount of damage"

I asked @cityofvancouver.bsky.social to make cycling on the BC Parkway not suck so much...

Next the US will say Venezuela has weapons of mass destruction.

Ban on-street parking. Store your shit on your own property.

Come visit us in Canada! There's lots of beautiful places to relax!

City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it! Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling. City: No, we'll lose parking spots.

So, I just looked into what BC's requirements actually are to commit someone to "involuntary care" under the Mental Health Act - and I gotta say, it's so general and broad that it's kinda freaking me out a bit...

"The international community [...] allowed this to happen. This is what genocide looks like in the 21st century: not only in scale or method, but in how it’s normalized. How governments [...] watch the devastation and say nothing. Or worse, support and enable it." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Okay @profanity.accountant, how am I doin? 😆

Many fail to recognize that those equipped with the empathy and critical thinking required to engage in one form of social advocacy are thus also equipped to be advocates for various other social issues. There's a reason that so many urbanist/transport advocates are also trans rights advocates.

Being pro cycling and anti trans is bizarre to me. Imagine belonging to a constantly threatened cohort and not being able to recognize the solidarity with another.

I'm tired of living in this system of Capitalism where my entire existence serves to profit others. There *could* be a crown corporation to sell me housing and food at cost - who made the choice not to have that?

If TMX is really somehow still not enough, this is a good time to remember that the UCP lost $2.1 billion dollars of taxpayer money cancelling Oil-by-Rail cars that could have alleviated that very demand! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Dear citizens of Vancouver, You are PATHETIC. Yes, muffin, it's raining. It's still BEAUTIFUL. It's misty. There's petrichor. Put on some clothes and go outside FFS. Stanley Park should not be desolately EMPTY for 7 months.

Congrats to the VPD on defunding the City.

This isn't helpful. Could some riders be more respectful? Sure. But it's not a *significant* source of injuries to others. And, the people complaining, they don't want scooters ANYWHERE, and they don't want BIKES, and they DGAF about PEDESTRIANS - ALL they want is CARS. Do not cater to them.

Almost nobody realizes they're responding to an AI. Our FB community group was already bad, with an absentee admin, spam, etc - but this is the most dystopian shit I've ever seen.

The title on this needs to be FAR MORE HYSTERICAL! "THE NAIL IN THE COFFIN FOR BC'S CLIMATE PLAN!" Reading, the electric power required to ACTUALLY meet BC's climate targets is IMMENSE, and will take DECADES to build - and this BC Hydro plan basically says NONE OF THAT IS GONNA HAPPEN...

COP30 was a farce. They're all turning out to be a farce. If we can't agree on a statement that even mentions fossil fuels, the largest culprit, then there's zero chance we're turning this around. Our planet is fucked.

I was not aware AI companies are using online gig-worker sites to hire a small army of overworked "ai raters" to train their models, who apparently speed-run evaluation of everything from sociological to medical responses with little to no training...

e-scooters will steal your kids lunch e-scooters will kick your dog e-scooters will go dancing with your daughter e-scooters must be stopped

Hey @mark-carney.bsky.social, I believe Canada is on the hook for our minimum order of eight F-35's? Tell Salman we'll give them a great deal on eight brand new ones, with basically IMMEDIATE DELIVERY, so Canada can buy the Gripen!

New TV's with remotes lacking an "input" selection button, forcing you to use onscreen navigation so they can show you ads. "Smart" refrigerators with screens now displaying ads. AI crap most people don't want, with no way to shut it off. The tech industry needs a hard reminder who's in charge.

So, I almost got killed on my ride last night... I was heading north on Boundary Road, after the bike lane just ends, and dumps you out into the right lane of the street. Luckily, that lane is mostly empty, as it's a turning lane back at Lougheed. It was after 8pm, so traffic was light...

There's a million things Canada can invest in to spur growth that results in *local* benefit. Transit. Water infrastructure. Education. Healthcare. Renewable power generation. But helping foreign corporations profit by exporting our non-renewable resources isn't "nation building", it's a DEAD-END.

We've also seen a huge ramp-up in things like bike lanes and 15-minute city conspiracies being used as wedge issues by populist politicians. "Urbanism" didn't used to feel like a partisan political stance, but it's certainly been turned into one.

Living in a rental tower, I'm tired of single family homeowners in my city shitting on density. Y'all need to realize *we're* the ones paying for all *your* shit, so maybe it's time to stop shitting on us all the time, like *we're* ruining neighbourhood character, increasing criminal activity, etc.

This is the kind of hugely problematic stuff that I feel like @mark-carney.bsky.social is going to make *worse* while ramming through his "nation-building" resource development projects.

This is a regular near-miss for me, and yesterday a scooter rider in this crosswalk was hit by a motorist and sent to hospital. "the scooter rider, a 30-year-old Vancouver man, had the right of way in the crosswalk when the driver hit." vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/12/1...

Today I remember the many soldiers who fought and died fighting the fascism that half our society is now voting for.

an excellent read "For some time I’ve been saying that the storied choice between socialism and barbarism was made exquisitely clear a good many years ago in the United States, and both major parties chose barbarism." lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

You aren't more deserving. You didn't work harder, or some shit. All you did was mortgage some shitty single family home that then appreciated 800%. It did that on it's own. You didn't do that. Don't look down your nose at people who want housing now, like they don't deserve it, when you did.

After engaging in online discussions regarding involuntary care of drug users, I've concluded everyone advocating for that has a plan with the sophistication of a child stomping their feet and demanding police round up every homeless person in their neighbourhood and lock them up forever.

My Galaxy S24 Ultra cost over $2K CAD in Feb 2024, and it's not even two years, and now I can't go for a walk and play Pokemon for two hours without battery being dead. These things cost *way* too much to be this short-lived/disposable. I know it's cuz they want me to buy a new one, and fuck them.

My column today, on how police departments' car-first attitude makes them say the darnedest things. Like "leave your e-bike at home."

If you have violent thoughts resulting from a lack of basic courtesy by motorists, try riding a bike where that routine lack of courtesy directly endangers your life, and then tell me what you should legally be allowed to do?

I spent *many* thousands on a rugged Dell laptop. I ordered a battery for it on Oct 2nd. It said a week. I got an email on Oct 8 saying it was delayed to Oct 21. I just logged in like "where is it?" and it says Nov 28. They didn't even send an email. Product page says "Get it as soon as Nov 6"

A badge of honour 😆

"Brakop [ICBC] said pedestrians should keep any earbuds they have out of their ears while in intersections" Tell me @theicbc.bsky.social, what *exactly* is gonna happen in that intersection, and how will a pedestrian not wearing earbuds change that outcome? Go on, SAY IT 🙄

Hey Metro Van cyclists, you seen this greenway network map, including future plans?