It's 2026 Census Week, and to celebrate we put the refreshed CensusMapper live. It's got a fresh look and feel and advanced map-making capabilities for everyone. Check it out! Read about what changed in our blog post:

Public colleges & unis are shedding a lot of important programs right now. Langara losing journalism is just one example. But it highlights the significant decline of news coverage that is essential to a healthy democracy. @jenstden.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/05...

"All of us, if we are reasonably comfortable, healthy and safe, owe immense debts to the past. There is no way, of course, to repay the past. We can only repay those debts by making gifts to the future." - Jane Jacobs

Spring and sun have arrived! 🌷☀️ You can enjoy BC’s magnificent forests, oceans, and mountains in every season with these VWF auction prizes. There are only five days left to place your bids, so act fast! vwf2026.charityauction.bid

Vancity credit union board elections are on now until April 24. I'm happy to be among the many, many people endorsing Am Johal: amjohal.ca Check out Am's website...

Video essays that I enjoyed watching in 2026

This is a shocking story. Congrats to @thenarwhal.ca on exposing this. LNG Canada in Kitimat – 🇨🇦's first major LNG facility – is now one of the highest sources of GLOBAL emissions for flaring, undermining claims that we produce the cleanest natural gas in the world: thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-b...

America is a strange place From what I can see, you can run for President, explicitly to get the Justice Department to drop on-going criminal investigations against you, if you win get unconditionally discharged for convictions, criminal immunity while in office, and the ability to mass pardon staff

An absolutely beautiful novel, in the structure of the 2nd Mandarin translation of a 1930s Japanese novel. This is a book all about traveling, food, translation, colonialism, power imbalances, goodwill, and friendship. I was moved by the book, both by what was said and what was left unsaid.

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! Today’s a reminder to be you and be kind every day. 🙂‍↕️🫶

Join our team in the lead up to #VWF2026! We’re hiring a Marketing + Development Assistant through Canada Summer Jobs. The contract for this position runs for 16 weeks from May 4 to August 21. Deadline to apply: April 6, 2026 Learn more and apply at writersfest.bc.ca/get-involved

An old high-resolution map of the north shore West Van Archives provides images you can zoom in to, and fortunately there are online tools to stitch the high-resolution files back together archives.westvancouver.ca/seadragon?dz...

"... Eichmann, despite his rather bad memory, repeated word for word the same stock phrases and self-invented clichés [ ] each time he referred to an incident or event of importance to him." - Hannah Arendt

Cherry blossom season is upon us in Vancouver. Want to find the best spots for viewing? Interested in specific species of cherry trees? My treemap has you covered. mountainmath.ca/vantrees

This photo was taken on the surface of an asteroid.

The 2026 VWF Youth Writing Contest is open now! Tell an aspiring young writer in your life. We run two annual writing contests for students in BC: one for grades 5–7, and one for grades 8–12. Deadline: May 31, 2026 Read the rules and enter: writersfest.bc.ca/youth-writing-contest

Feels weird being in a world where the App Store promotes the AI, rather than the women leading the companies/apps, especially on International Women's Day

E-cargo bikes are back! 🚲✨ Join us for a FREE E-Cargo Demo Day with Evolve and HUB Cycling on Sat, March 7 from 10AM–2PM at Lynn Creek Community Recreation Centre in District of North Vancouver. Come test ride, ask questions, and see how an E-Cargo bike can help you get around the North Shore!

And proud to see the City of North Vancouver win the Greatest Leap Award for progress on cycling infrastructure. A reminder that so much of this eprogress comes from volunteers pushing things forward year after year. 👏 #HUBCycling #NorthVan #ActiveTransportation

Images posted to Alpha Athletika’s Telegram channel show its members posing for propaganda pictures in the gym, with huge flags unfurled and Nazi imagery on at least one member’s workout clothes. @rachelgilmore.bsky.social reports.

Perfect @zachweinersmith.bsky.social cartoon

Join us on Mar 3 @ 12PM for the next session of our webinar series featuring a panel of Ukrainian authors/scholars who will speak on the rise of authoritarianism and neo-imperialism and connections between the Russo-Ukrainian war and other world events. Details and registration: ow.ly/5etW50YlGY9

Whoa "LNG Canada told the BC Energy Regulator it needed to flare an additional 170,000 cubic metres of gas daily to mitigate the issue, which would produce roughly 430 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per day — equal to driving a gasoline-powered car roughly 1.5 million kilometres." #bcpoli

North Shore Women’s Centre opens program for neurodivergent youth

Still no update regarding The Savant, which was one of the few shows I was looking forward to last year, about "a woman who ... infiltrates online hate groups in order to prevent large-scale public attacks." www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

Of course it is Cannon again

It took 937 days for Trump to be indicted for attempting to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election on Jan 6th 482 days later, the case was dismissed without prejudice It took 442 days for Yoon Suk Yeol to be charged, convicted, and sentenced for attempting an insurrection on December 3rd 2024

The court has found Yoon Suk-yeol guilty as the ringleader of the insurrection. Former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun has been found guilty of performing critical duties in the insurrection.

For softness is great and strength is worthless ... When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies. Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life. - Director: Andrei Tarkovsky, Stalker (1979)

When BC's consumer carbon tax was first introduced, it was accompanied by tax cuts to both personal and corporate taxes to make it revenue-neutral. But when it was eliminated last spring, these tax cuts were not reversed. The result is a $2 billion hole in BC's finances. #BCBudget

cariad.keigher.ca/2026/02/15/s... I had the privilege to visit a gondola that may be the future of transportation for those going to Burnaby Mountain. I wrote my thoughts on the whole thing plus there are photos of the thing within. 🥰

Always be skeptical of an AI output

*chefs kiss

The District of West Vancouver welcomes BCAA’s Evolve as the new operator for the North Shore E-bike Share Program. Visit our website to learn more at westvancouver.ca/e-bike. #WestVan #westvancouver

The North Shore E-Bike Share Program has launched in the District of West Vancouver. As a result, for the first time, we will have one e-bike share provider across the North Shore (encompassing the DWV, CNV, DNV, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation).

SFU community members: please sign and share this petition demanding the university terminate its relationship with @hootsuite.com. The company's refusal to cut ties with ICE is abhorrent, and SFU needs to hear from us on this. docs.google.com/forms/d/1LpQ...

Had a bit of fun updating an old map of mine of the Mackenzie River Basin

The Ancient Greek Cynics were more hardcore than I initially appreciated, and in this era of widespread capitulation to far-right forces, they are resonating with me more and more

Got a hold of the Canada Post stamp set for graphic artists, Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas Very cool And apparently very popular, they were sold out at the previous three locations I went to

Huh The way I see 'common sense' used a vague, reactionary rhetorical device makes me a bit wary, but describing 'common sense' as a "counterhegemonic knowledge built on workers' embodied understandings and 'good sense'" is really interesting as a new concept for me

CNV Library just received a new copy after I requested one Excited to start reading "... the Capacitor Collective has conducted eleven illuminating interviews with platform workers and organizers whose efforts ... imagines new ways to produce knowledge with and for the movement." #booksky

Disco Elysium is free today on Epic Games store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/disc...

The Digital Festival is live NOW! For a limited time, watch highlights from #VWF2025 online. Featuring 26 full-length events, the Digital Festival offers hours of entertainment and inspiration. 🎟️ Sliding scale pricing. Get your pass at writersfest.bc.ca

Okay, hear me out What if AI is itself a sign of the fact that we are "running out of good ideas." Like ... what if it is a bad idea

I can't wait to read this collaboration between these two fantastic authors

Happy 40th birthday to Skytrain, as loved as it is still underrated in how much weight it carries to make our region not just another suburban sprawl wasteland.

Simon Fraser University wants only non-union faculty at its new medical school. SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply. pressprogress.ca/sfu-medical-...

Made some new maps of the City of Vancouver (and UBC), comparing commute modes in small localized areas with the city-wide average. Was fun to make, and you can see that depending on the area and the distance from downtown, it can really impact the proportions of commute modes #rstudio #vanpoli