The thing about conflict of interest is *perception*. A normal taxpayer-funded plaza takes 6-10 months to approve, but if you are a neighbour in the employ of the mayor Ken Sim's office it takes less than four? 🤔 *perception* www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Are you a Van Greens member OR are you will to join them BY SATURDAY so you can vote in their nomination race? If yes, PLS vote for my accomplished friend Stephanie Smith @spkr118.bsky.social—a fighter who'd be a brilliant city councillor (that's her in the photo!) #vanpoli www.vangreens.ca/join

Hi, am I in time for the wake? #canucks

This whole concept in LOTR is one of my favourite parts of the whole book. “Evil fucks up because evil people fundamentally cannot imagine that others are not motivated by the same things as them” is another theme that feels relevant right now

Election after election exit polls show that those who consider their economic security as poor vote for the neo-fascist AfD. We need an antifascist economic policy instead of a revival of 90s style neoliberalism. This has become only more urgent in face of the energy crisis.

Hey folks - so word is out that I'm seeking nomination to run for city council with @vangreens.bsky.social. I ran for council in 2022. I'm a housing justice activist - I've advised and represented thousands of tenants. Back in 2021 I had this to say about how we need to do better by renters 🧵

When the Theremin Man wants you gone, you go

Hey all - @seanorr.bsky.social is suing Ken Sim. This is righteous and he has my full support. Lawsuits are expensive and Sean doesn't have big money behind him like the mayor does. Could you chip in? Every little bit helps. Here's the gofundme link - gofund.me/fd624ef0c

If you still wondered why @ptfry.bsky.social said that he owed it to his city to step into the mayoral campaign - here's why There are too many examples of people treating #vanpoli like a backroom game. We deserve elected officials with integrity, who work for the public good

Just watched Ken Sim's news conference about the lies he told about Sean Orr (and, via Lenny Zhou, about all non-ABC councillors) We are one press conference and a media availability in, yet no closer to answers or accountability. Sim took three questions and bolted from the mic 🧵

This isn't the first time that Ken Sim has been involved in a smear campaign against @seanorr.bsky.social. Sean's interview is worth a listen - for its honesty, grace, and concern for the public who are harmed by Sim's dirty tricks IMO we need more humanity like Sean's in politics. Solidarity.

Just leaving this here. No particular reason.

FIFA is shutting down Hastings Bowl for more than two months. It's the only facility of its kind in Canada. Olympic trials are coming and skaters are being told to go to California to train. Come on.

Next up, Cllr Montague's all-vibes motion: $$$$ for a phantom police academy at Woodward's Questionable and misleading rationale. No plan. No provincial approval. Destructive to community economic development. Money into a black hole. The only thing we know it will do? Bail out landlord Westbank

Vancouver council getting off to a great start today as ABC cllr Klassen, on behalf of Cllr Montague, rules out of order Cllrs Fry and Orr's motion to keep ICE out of Vancouver during FIFA. Rationale: ICE says they aren't coming and we can totally believe them. Really.

Issuing this non apology to English media isn’t enough. Lenny should walk back his accusation on WeChat as well.

After Cllr Lenny Zhou is caught publishing defamatory libel, manufacturing falsehoods accusing us of being drug users/dealers and fomenting ugly divisive rhetoric --this statement is not an apology, it's not even an excuse. Zhou, communicating solely to media, while mayor so far fails to disavow.

4 Minnesota guys

ABC coming out of garbage cans to start election season.

Canada dramatically outplayed and outshot the U.S. We got goalied, simple as that, which happens. But we can all come together as a nation and agree it was Gretzky's fault. Ban him in 2030.

Looking on the bright side: At least I'm awake in time for Iggy Pop's radio show on Radio 6, and he's playing Hitler Was a Vegetarian by the Residents. Time for coffee

Eh, 3 on 3 is asterisk hockey

Ron Maclean: A nation together, huddled around a tv, stress-eating stale chips. Its times like these that remind me of what Mordecai Richler used to shout at the local barn, "shoot the puck you nincompoops." Overtime, next.

not this bullshit again

Is chanting "USA" a signal for an extra player to come off the bench

HOW IS THAT TOO MANY MEN NOT CALLED?????

"Nathan MacKinnon's gonna be thinking about that one" HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE GODDAMN IT

Oh. MacKinnon. No.

yesssssssssss GOAL (I loved "the US has confidence in their centremen" which is a very polite way of saying Canada can't win a goddamned faceoff, but all is is forgiven)

Please stop showing shots of Gretzky, he's jinxing us

fire up the lawsuits. it's a race to see what bankrupts OpenAI first, lawsuits or a market correction.

Nah, 3 on 3 isn't right. NHL circus nonsense. Fun to watch in the NHL regular season, I guess, but not for playoffs and not in tournaments

OLYMPIC OT HOCKEY

canadians should get a free day off work to watch olympics hockey gold medal games

I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland. And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.

I mean, the BCNDP bragged while releasing the budget about BC's low provincial taxes. So... can't really blame fiscal constraints. This would be a case of fiscal decisions.

Worse, they did this without advance notice to many people waiting to speak to them about their ridiculous plan to turn the DEOD area into towers and to gut existing (and weak) protections for the city's most impoverished residents. Just cleared the room to go party.

I've been wanting to know when the 'Bitcoin Friendly City' report from staff would be presented. It was supposed to happed in the Fall. Now, staff say: "the motion has been deferred until further notice while staff focus their work on other Council priorities." www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

“Mr. Trump … may be doing bad stuff, but he’s doing it fast.” Do these Abundance stans hear themselves? “Hitler … may be doing bad stuff, but he’s doing it efficiently.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...

I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.

Another timely call out of this serial tormentor that landlords over many renters in our city. Plan A is quite literally one of the worst, and keeps successfully gaming the system. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

Watching Sim here is like rubbernecking a car crash. What is he even doing? #vanpoli

The reason why socialism is no longer taboo in America is that our elites have successfully rebranded it as “any attempt by the state to function beyond semi-random violence“ while trying to combat it.

just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management. remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.

Baseball? No thanks, I get quite enough misery from the Canucks

Hola, #canucks fans - does anyone know of a Vancouver bar/pub/whatever that'll be showing the game today? World Series is going to overtake screens and audio at most places, looking for a place with audio *in before the smartass who says "Rogers Arena" :)

Has anyone else noticed that "permitting bottlenecks" seem not to have curtailed the build-out of AI infrastructure at all?

Hey all - if you're in Vancouver and you want covid and/or flu vaccines*, Rexall is doing walk-ins. Info is on their website, call the pharmacy nearest you to check. I was in and out today with no wait. The Get Vaccinated system is a time-wasting boondoggle *you really do. both of them.

"hey, our arena is 30 years old" is...a thing, I guess #canucks