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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 5h

The Cowichan Tribes debate is quickly becoming an international culture war issue, which means any attempt by someone to try and clarify facts, timelines or arguments by the people materially involved in the actual discussion will not matter in slightest.

But literally none of this is correct.

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piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 18d

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 1d

I'm pretty impressed with the new direction EB Games is taking. I hope they start opening stores like this in other cities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSz1...

Why this video game retailer is launching an interactive concept store in Montreal

YouTube video by CBC News Quebec

www.youtube.com

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Prairie Rose Clayton @hooverdam.bsky.social · 2d

This is the opening sequence to Paprika

Frettie Fingers @frettie.bsky.social · 2d

#nokings
Portland frog brigade

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HB 👻 @heebiebeebies.bsky.social · 3d

I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once.

And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.

Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 3d

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors

“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

www.404media.co

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 2d

If you travel to Japan, don't stay at APA Hotels. There are plenty of great alternatives.

Unseen Japan @unseenjapan.com · 2d

When it comes to Japan's APA Hotels, you can’t separate the man from his creation. The founder’s extreme political views and aggressive business tactics have significantly shaped the hotel’s image, adding a complex new layer to its identity and branding.

More Than a Budget Stay: The Controversy Behind Japan's APA Hotels - Unseen Japan

APA Hotels in Japan are ubiquitous and affordable. Behind the cheap prices lies an aggressive business strategy and war crimes denialism.

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 3d

helpful one block shop

eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 3d

white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 3d

I'm glad someone is finally talking about how we need to ban right turns on red! I knew Montreal had done so, but I wasn't aware this was the case in Washington, DC.

Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 3d

Brilliant video from @ardenenglish.bsky.social explaining why right on red is so dangerous for pedestrians, and why BC should get rid of it. Please watch!

youtu.be/AqDV13zzMao?...

Right Turn of Death | Creator Network | A Film by The Greater Discussions

YouTube video by CBC British Columbia

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Nicholas Rae @nickrae.bsky.social · 5d

I'm starting to think we actually aren't trying to build more housing

Mark (he/him) @markedwardson.com · 5d

Burnaby is deciding to curb their SSMU bylaw because too much housing is being built

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 5d

I received an update from Sentai Filmworks about why their store is not currently shipping to Canada. It appears that this will remain the case until Canada Post workers have a contract. All the more reason to support CUPW!

Hi Jesse,

Thank you for contacting us. Due to the uncertainty of the ongoing Canada Post negotiations, our 3rd party fulfillment partners have paused all order fulfillment to Canada until any possible disruption can be appropriately evaluated. As a result, we are regretfully unable to accept new orders at this time as we have temporarily suspended shipping to Canada.

We understand how frustrating and disappointing this situation is for our Canadian customers, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. We are continuing to monitor the situation closely and once we’ve confirmed with our 3rd party fulfillment partners that Canada shipping may resume; we will be sure to update the Sentai store to accommodate new Canada orders. Thank you for your patience and understanding. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.

Sincerely,
Opal
Sentai Support

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 5d

Brady needs your help! Please take a look at his eBay listings if you are able!

Brady Hartel @ashuraou.bsky.social · 5d

Hey friends. After having open heart surgery in Dec and another procedure in July, I've been left in 10k+ debt while recovering. During this, we were also laid off from Skullgirls. To try to help dig myself out, I have begun listing things on eBay: ebay.com/usr/mshinzan

a person is holding an empty wallet with a man in a suit inside of it .

ALT: a person is holding an empty wallet with a man in a suit inside of it .

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 7d

mini metro come to life

Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 7d

Finally got around to playing with TransLink realtime GTFS data. Kind of fun. Transit in Vancouver is looking pretty good, especially considering this is an hour midday on a holiday weekend, with some lines not running (hello 44) and not all buses reporting real-time information.

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 8d

How much allowance is there going to be for commercial space, even if limited use? Can we expect more flexibility on this for apartments or multiplexes further away from arterial roads?

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 8d

Related note: I just found out that London Drugs stopped carrying PS5 games a few weeks ago and blew out all of their stock for a dollar or two a pop. I sure wish I had gotten wind of that at the time!

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 8d

They could start carrying home video if they really wanted to step it up, but I'm not holding my breath on that one.

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 8d

I'm liking the new direction they're taking.

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Countess Sappho @countess-sappho.bsky.social · 9d

YOU HEARD THEM

Meme image of Shinji from Evangelion leaning forward in a folding chair with his heads in his hands. Text around him reads "GET IN THE FUCKING FROG" and there are two depictions of someone in inflatable frog suits

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 8d

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

Members of the force's sports squad, responsible
- among other tasks - for policing the 170 miles of tunnels, caves, galleries and catacombs that underlie large parts of Paris, stumbled on the complex while on a training exercise beneath the Palais de Chaillot, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.
After entering the network through a drain next to the Trocadero, the officers came across a tarpaulin marked: Building site, No access.
Behind that, a tunnel held a desk and a closed-circuit TV camera set to automatically record images of anyone passing. The mechanism also triggered a tape of dogs barking, "clearly designed to frighten people off," the spokesman said.
Further along, the tunnel opened into a vast 400 sq metre cave some 18m underground, "like an underground amphitheatre, with terraces cut into the rock and chairs".

There the police found a full-sized cinema screen, projection equipment, and tapes of a wide variety of films, including 1950s film noir classics and more recent thrillers. None of the films were banned or even offensive, the spokesman said.
A smaller cave next door had been turned into an informal restaurant and bar. "There were bottles of whisky and other spirits behind a bar, tables and chairs, a pressure-cooker for making couscous," the spokesman said.
"The whole thing ran off a professionally installed electricity system and there were at least three phone lines down there."
Three days later, when the police returned accompanied by experts from the French electricity board to see where the power was coming from, the phone and electricity lines had been cut and a note was lying in the middle of the floor: "Do not," it said, "try to find us."

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Raven Paine @ravenpaine.bsky.social · 9d

my friend just shared this with me

Dr Eggman Robotnic drawn in two images, Designed with Gamers in mind: Caked up Robotnic, Designed with activists in mind: no ass Robotnic looks sad

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Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social · 10d

“Very few people here in America have the balls to do what anime does,” a veteran Hollywood animation director told me.

blog.pureinventionbook.com/p/why-hollyw...

Why Hollywood stars are saying “F*** anime”

And why they’re right to be scared

blog.pureinventionbook.com

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Mackey Shines @bobservo.bsky.social · 9d

who needs to watch Tron: Ares when i could simply go to downtown Vancouver and imagine that visual effects are happening around me?

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King of the Pumpkins Tom @finalfuryk.bsky.social · 20d

Check out the first few episodes on Tubi. tubitv.com/series/30001...

Romeo's Blue Skies

Despite severe living conditions, a merciless employer, and wicked criminals, a boy bonds with fellow youths to find happiness under such challenges.

tubitv.com

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 10d

Maybe you should contact the PM and ask him why he is floating these trial balloons.
My experience in two decades of politics is that when a political leader makes a public statement about a very controversial issue it's because they are looking to see if people are going to respond.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 10d

The Great derangement syndrome:
People telling me to stop talking about a burning planet when our Prime Minister has a "nation-building" plan to build oil pipelines, repeal the tanker ban, kill the emissions cap.
Trump is a convenient excuse for the plant burners. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Carney doesn’t rule out new pipeline to B.C., repealing tanker ban and emissions cap

As the federal government works towards its next batch of major projects, Prime Minister Mark Carney is not ruling out a new pipeline to the B.C. coast or lifting environmental policies like the tanke...

www.ctvnews.ca

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Jesse Betteridge @jbetteridge.bsky.social · 9d

This makes me so angry.

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