The Grey Cup is on, so it's time, once again, to remember that Pierre Trudeau rolled up to Grey Cup in 1970 looking like this.

They say a picture tells a thousand words, and this picture of a woman complaining about the "view of her garden" being blocked by a new Lime station says that maybe the Sun needs to find better things to write about

Seems accurate.

it’s wild this man built his political career opposing Christy Clark’s messaging, policies and politics only to wholeheartedly adopt all of them 8 years later

If CBSA refuses to explain why it thought a *95 YEAR OLD* retired Princeton law professor and UN special rapporteur might be a threat to national security, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree should

One of the biggest issues with the synthetic text extruding machines is that we have well-formed linguistic output with no accountability. Solution: OpenAI should be accountable for everything that comes out of ChatGPT, period. (And likewise for Google with Gemini, etc.)

Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do

Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated

Ok folks we are back at it again from 1-5. Yesterday was a lot. Heard from so many passionate Vancouverites. Unfortunately I heard the mayor say it was a waste of time. But I assure you, I’m listening.

“If this move is being justified as fiscal prudence, then Mayor Sim is misunderstanding the economics of climate change. Every dollar invested in climate mitigation and adaptation today saves multiple dollars in avoided disaster costs tomorrow.”

as @cityofvancouver.bsky.social mulls removing change tables for budgetary reasons (?), a reminder that my husband and I have been mapping crowdsourced change table locations for the last two years for "fun!" vancouverchangetables.com

HALF OUR GRANT GOES BACK TO THE CITY IN POLICE COSTS — Vancouver Folk Festival

what do yall think tourists are here in vancouver for, to see our PARKS? no they are here to see POLICE ON THE BEACH AND ATVS AND CHIP WILSON’s HOUSE support mayor ken sim 2026 budget, MORE POLICE, LESS TOURISTS, MORE ATVS, DO NOT TAX THE RICH, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, I HATE POOR PEOPLE

unclear how it would even save money to remove these but the vibe of this budget is really just scraping together the barest public amenities, crushing them into fine powder, and handing the VPD a rolled-up $50 million bill

Ken Sim's austerity budget is so severe that they're going to be REMOVING EXISTING BABY CHANGING TABLES Vancouver, is this really who we are?

I'm really proud of my city today.

surprising to me still that it’s not considered discrimination to deny bathroom facilities to people on the basis of age, but you can in fact refuse to provide them for infants and toddlers and even — apparently — claw them back too

Today would be a great day for someone to build a login-free mirror of the City of Vancouver’s service on you-know-what to follow the speaker’s list progress at today’s special budget council meeting.

Watch the city cut arts funding and charge arts groups MORE for public space use.

special council meeting happening now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gvb... #VanPoli btw Ken Sim’s govt calls city staff “team members” and police “public safety.”

One thing to watch for on Day 1 of Vancouver Budget-palooza, which begins in five minutes: this staff proposal to raise fees for having events outside the Vancouver Art Gallery by 2400%. Additional big increases for Robson Square and the plaza on Davie Street. We'll see if it gets clawed back.

Tomorrow is the only opportunity for the public to speak out on this tragedy of a budget. Over 300 people have signed up so far. If enough people speak out, the hope is that the vote will be delayed. Please sign up! You can speak over the phone; it’s easy. Deadline to sign up is today at 5pm.

most solid organ transplant recipients can't be vaccinated for measles. which is why it's doubly important for everyone else

Oh no. Vancouver has been leading the way. This would be a huge step in the wrong direction.

“I had thought that the point of buying a beloved, profitable publication was to make it more profitable… That is not the point of buying a beloved, profitable publication (or any business). The point is to make the private equity firm more profitable.”

Help us stop Ken Sim's budget for billionaires. Hundreds of people have already signed up to speak to City Council against ABC's brutal cuts. Deadline to signup is 4pm Tuesday. Join the fight. Sign up here: vancouver.ca/your-governm... #vanpoli #FightForVancouver

Tomorrow on Skype a Scientist LIVE, we're talking about how physics weaves into our everyday lives! In these sessions, we ask YOUR questions, so come curious :) We'll be joined by @mleembruggen.bsky.social! RSVP for free here! givebutter.com/MXtxd5

Let's just cut right to the chase. This is the part of the article with the photos and names of them, along with other photos of those not yet identified. If you live in BC, you might be able to help put some names to faces.

Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com - well done sharing of ideas on CBC The Sunday Magazine Half-baked apple pies, indeed. Have a listen. Interesting take on the fear factor and feeling impotent leading to turning away from action for many. www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday...

Of note: In April, as the US was starting to dismantle its health and science apparatus, a senior scientist said the country was underreporting its cases. Today's coverage of the Americas losing elimination status "because of Canada" has shades of "Spanish" flu. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

so cool that mark carney is gutting climate policy to make a very expensive bet that asia will buy a ton of additional oil and gas from canada over the next few decades

I wonder what happened to this Douglas fir.

It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced. Safe bike-lanes mean business.

Who the fuck are these judges that don't know how to steek an armhole? Unqualified hacks who clearly know nothing about knitting. Toss them all into the bin.

LinkedIn keeps urging me to apply for a job at a particular organization, but when my mom was an HR manager there she was so appalled by the way management was treating staff that she personally invited CUPE to come unionize them. Pretty sure my name is verboten there.

The federal budget prioritizes corporate tax breaks although Canada has a marginal effective corporate rate that the Department of Finance estimates is lower than the US as well as OECD and G7 averages says senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social. http://bcpolicy.ca/c...

@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund: pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...

Hi Bluesky 👋 Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵

Today the Supreme Court of Canada cleared the way for the H5N1 outbreak on the BC ostrich farm to finally be contained. Unfortunately, the deaths of the ostriches won't end the disease their followers have spread. rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/release-th...

We are living in a captured economy. Another great must-watch video by @justineunderhill.bsky.social 10/10 youtu.be/_MPE3gIg-nU?...

seems like one of the main use cases for genAI is to eliminate the joy that other people take in thinking and actually doing things www.thecut.com/article/woul...

“They have been basically starving all of these public amenities for years of their required maintenance and upkeep,” said Jon Girard of the Protecting Our Vancouver Aquatic Centre Society in an interview Tuesday. - the police have defunded the public

This is great! Without significant increase to creative industry investments, fewer people will want to live in those Canadian communities because there will be fewer Canadian voices in media, music, literature, on stage, and in theatre/on screen. When will the federal gov’t honour those promises?

On Oct 1 the Standing Committee on Science and Research passed an egregious motion calling for the disclosure of disaggregated data for research applications to federal granting council from 2020-2025. On Oct 20 they amended the timeframe to 2000-2025. @picardonhealth.bsky.social

I'm giving my vote to tetrahedrite! As Sack & Loucks showed in 1985, the multisite reciprocal replacement of Cu <-> Ag, Fe <-> Zn, Cu <-> Fe, and As <-> Sb make it the "Rolls Royce" of indicator mienrals for the pressure, temperature, and pH conditions of an ore deposit. Vote for the ore with more!

Vote copper; show Ea Nasir how appreciated it is when it's pure.

Hey friends, our next reading is 3 weeks away! It will feature Betsy Warland (reading H.D.), Justyna Krol (reading Adam Zagajewski), Cabil Martinez (reading Jim-Wong Chu), and Kyle McKillop (reading Bill Knott). It all happens November 16th, 3pm at Outisiders and Others. Save the date!

Copper has my #OreCup art vote not just because of all the lovely colours it makes but also the copper tlakwa made by peoples of the northwest coast of North America, storied objects exchanged and ritualistically damaged/destroyed for political and cermonial reasons. easteast.world/posts/117

The Flemish masters painted on #copper as it provided a smooth surface that allowed fine detail and durability of their exquisite works, like this self portrait of Rembrandt. #OreCup25 #MinCup25 ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🔭🪐

I vote for minerals for their art & physics applications & the new #OreCup is making it hard pitting 2 strong contenders against each other! Found worldwide Copper & Galena have been used since antiquity (see early Galena smelting via Agricola). Both used for pigments (verdigris in this Van Eyck)…