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@cloelogan.bsky.social and I were working on a story about cuts to a program that monitors endangered whales. But we were stonewalled by Transport Canada for weeks. Frustrated and wanting to know why, I filed an ATIP. I got nearly 400 pages of emails in response: the dumbest coverup I've ever seen.
Sept 17 12 p.m. zoom.us/webinar/regi...
They'll make it illegal and harm people who do it, like they're doing outside Pulse nightclub right now.
Is there a link to register at?
BC isn’t broke! Equip yourself with arguments to challenge austerity narratives in favour of more sustainable, progressive policy solutions like fair taxation & robust public investment. Join our webinar with senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, Sep 17, noon PT.
Western leaders have appeased Donald Trump since he returned to power, only to be hit with new demands after every concession. On Tuesday, Trump declared economic war on countries that regulate its tech companies. It’s time for the world to break from the US and aggressively target Silicon Valley.
I feel like this is literally what I hear from the Taxpayers' Federation every so often
Can you please explain for those of us foreigners who have no idea?
Unfortunately, I don't think that document is public..
This morning my young child told me "you know what, maybe when I'm older I will make a lot of art" and I must be doing something right
This has gotta be some of the most important local journalism in recent memory for Vancouver. Bombshell reporting that deserves the label.
I think this impulse is what drives a lot of "normie" interest in AI. A lot of the rest is capital hoping to do away with labour power and cost, but...
As soon as Air Canada knew the strike was real, they made a deal. In other words, if the government had told Air Canada that they wouldn't force the striking workers back to work, this whole thing would've been avoided. The government constantly siding with corporations is why this chaos happened.
Congratulations to Air Canada flight attendants, who have a deal that will end unpaid work. Clearly, AC was waiting for the government to force them back, and once the union defied the order a deal was quickly reached. This is why back to work orders are a betrayal of collective bargaining.
Would I roll my eyes internally? Or would I encourage them and notice the challenges they have that tripped me up too?
I absolutely get that too. All the time! I dunno if it helps you, but it helps me to imagine someone more beginner than me performing for me to evaluate. Would I think they suck, or would I think they were learning?
I am not sure I can have any more reasons not to fly air Canada
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Then how do neti pots work
peak respectability bullshit. Doesn’t matter who you’re talking to or what they’ve done or how many lives they pledge to destroy, if you’re anything but nice and polite, you’re just as bad as them. Like getting sent to timeout for getting your ass kicked. guess we’re operating on middle school rules
The intentional and systematic erasure and rewriting of the terror and atrocities of slavery in the US (though not confined to the US) is why it's so easy for modern regimes, including the latest, to reintroduce tactics meant to exploit and control people. Text below should say "A Black woman…"
Do people understand fascism starts by seeing some as less worthy than others?
an unbroken circle
Wait, did you cite "Why Most Published Research Findings Are False"?
Speaking of learning from veterans:
Speaking of learning from veterans, and I swear I did not coordinate with the BI
People think of talking to marginalized organizers and activists like "you're new, know your place" and that's not totally off base. But maybe more importantly these folks have seen and gotten through stuff you wouldn't believe - and, being experienced veterans, learning from them is imperative.
I think a lot of these “perfect is the enemy of good so we’re ok with anti-trans candidates” are just privileged white people facing adversity for the first time in their entire lives and are so fucking fragile and terrified they’re willing to do anything and kill anyone to protect themselves.
On the other hand, I'd never heard of this person before this skeet
I don't care if this is fiction, nobody tell me
Two Dead Trolls in a Baggie
I can't help but see the new bsky community guidelines as open to abuse. Sign of the times, I suppose.
The quote makes me think of how a lot of software people say they want process (agile, scrum, spotify model, whatever) when what they mean is that they want a mechanistic process that they don't ever have to think about.
environmental storytelling used purposefully can warn the player this opponent is higher level and more dangerous than the character art suggests
Ultimately, I agree with your point that cars are dangerous and people shouldn't be allowed to drive them unsafely. This particular tech isn't super reliable, is all. Plus I am skeptical of the political viability of the plan.
Limits only applicable in snowy conditions were applied in summer. Signs denoting the end of construction limits were missed. And it didn't understand some of the conventions in the European country I was in (although it was an Opel Astra, made for that market).
I mean Google is regularly wrong within a block of my house, and was definitely wrong on my trip (they listed the speed limit 20km/h higher on the freeway than was legal). But the camera based system was also wrong on part of every trip. It misinterpreted signs regularly!
In fairness I was driving one of those cars recently and it was often wrong about the speed limit.
I mean, I'm not from or in the USA..
In the Land of The Free, the government will tell you you where you are allowed to go.
For The Baffler, I dive into Mark Carney's bestselling 2021 book Value(s) and the intensely orthodox view of political economy buried beneath its various layers of intellectual adornment.
"The Liberal practice of campaigning on the left then governing from the right is, by now, a hallowed Canadian tradition worthy of its own Heritage Minute." -- @lukewsavage.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
This is the way
Good morning! Is the sky really bluer here? Let's find out!
It's fun because you can make all kinds of different variations, to your taste.
I'm so sorry you've had that experience. Thanks for your work.
If your intention was not to defend an anti trans position, you probably shouldn't defend an anti trans position. The Democrats will continue to run imperfect candidates until you tell them you demand better. That's what's going on here, people are demanding better.
Honestly at this point, maybe we should try it
That very article talks about a browser plugin to do that, dontrecord.me
Not your point, but still amusing: According to Wikipedia, the top speed of the fastest Yugo ever made was 90 mph.
The government of Canada has a questionnaire about it's new budget. Most of the given options are conservative (because this is a conservative government) but there are some that aren't, and you can write in your own responses. www.canada.ca/en/departmen...
I think it used to be the case that Translink made more money from the gas levy of drivers than it did from fares.
The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
Yes, you mentioned.
You really should have come visit, because she's been walking and running for years now
Yeah, notice also the broken stub of an antenna in both pictures.
Mister Rogers never misses
It's not photoshop, it's bad paint. Here's the original picture pixabay.com/photos/lada-...
“Anastasia French, managing director of Living Wage BC tells 1130 NewsRadio that a large portion of workers don’t make enough to cover essentials like food and rent, jeopardizing their ability to live in British Columbia.” vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/08/01/m...
Where's the link?
ICYMI find out about the BC labour policies that made two breakthrough union certifications in Victoria and Delta and the restoration of card-check possible. Analysis from @verosioufi.bsky.social and @iglikaivanova.bsky.social.
That is so on-brand for Ken.
I feel gross just reading that headline.
This is what is at root of the ugly failure and cowardice of Democrats and other elites who think they can cling to the faintest whiff of power if only they can just find the right group to cast out
I literally thought it was until I read some of the commentary around it
Probably they won't see it that way if the religion is the "right" one.
Related, bsky.app/profile/spav...
how it started how it's going
I think @pookleblinky.bsky.social had a great thread about this, if you haven't seen it already I strongly recommend looking it up. Very cathartic.
"Why We Speak" Robert Glasper featuring Q-Tip and Esperanza Spalding Esperanza Spalding sings beautifully in Spanish, French, and English on this song. #LangSky #BlackSkyFr youtu.be/Z_VI2QflNSM?...
That sounds completely correct.
Where did you get them though?
Could also have been someone who surfed in to the space behind someone in your building, right?
What are mini-publics and can they save democracy from waning political & social trust and growing polarization? Read more from my colleague Alex Hemingway here: bcpolicy.ca/2025/07/22/m... @1alexhemingway.bsky.social @bcpolicy.bsky.social #bcpoli #cdnpoli
Put it out of its misery, Ian. It's cruel to let it linger.
I think that's basically the case, but I, a layperson of no particular authority, haven't seen discussions of decision fatigue that clearly separate it from what's discussed by Dweck. I have had some anecdotal success in motivation using Dweck, although I too dislike the concept of "willpower".
Funny how all that protect women’s sports energy went out the window as soon as WNBA players showed up with T-shirts bringing awareness to the lack of financial equity they have in their league.
I think [Job 2015] shows that if you believe that's true, then it's more likely to be true for you pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20876879/
ORGANIZED PEOPLE CAN BEAT ORGANIZED MONEY
What do you even mean, "other"? This isn't what you do if you want a democracy.
On the other hand, when I see those people, I have the opposite visceral feeling. Emphasis on visceral.
It honestly feels really good reading about your recovery. I don't know if people tell you that, but I am viscerally grateful that you got this outcome and honestly I bet it's next level for people who, y'know, know you irl.
Perhaps we should replace these politicians with ones who already believe this
Shhh don't shame them, I want to see them do the next budget announcement like this
But then we might have to stop coddling the other eugenics, what then?
My son and I are on our way to Jasper next week! We're choosing to holiday and spend money there, officially doing more than Danielle Smith is for the recovery. Please send tips on mountain bikes, hikes, and restaurants.
Thanks, I appreciate your reply! I wasn't sure if you used your own hardware for your work or if you were renting infra.
Have you written about the infrastructure you use for working with open weight models like these?
The thing about 2027 is that my child will be _significantly_ older by then, but it might be worth a shot.
If this happens let's go to it. I'll bring my kid?
I know a lot about managing natural disasters and emergencies. The number one rule is to take politics out of it and let the experts focus on keeping people and property safe. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
"It’s both reasonable and urgent to move away from growth-paying-for-growth as our model for funding infrastructure,” senior economist @1alexhemingway.bsky.social said commenting on a proposed fundamental change in how infrastructure is financed. vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
Heads up, Esperanza Spalding is playing UBC Chan Centre on August 29th
The recently concluded Yoorrook Justice Commission found that the colonization of Victoria, which involved "massacres, disease, sexual violence, child removal, cultural erasure and linguicide," amounted to genocide. This thread provides the report's text on the loss of First Nations' languages.
Surprised that this remarkable investigation into how Netanyahu prolonged the war in Gaza — killing tens of 1000s of civilians — for his own benefit has not gotten more attention. So: gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...
Well it was only changed to that in 1973. Before then, it was far more racist