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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18h

The only problem with this exceptional troll from last night is that Doug Ford wants to punish Toronto far more than the Seattle Mariners do.

Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 1d

Dear Toronto: We will stop scoring runs this game if Doug Ford agrees to stop tearing out bike lanes. Until then, the runs will continue.

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Bryn Davidson - Lanefab @lanefab.com · 15h

@jwhiteyvr.bsky.social kicks it off.

“We have a [vancouver] planning system that is great at extracting $ from development, but not as good at delivering enough housing “
Talks about all the knock on impacts of housing shortages, everything from hiring to people staying in abusive relationships.

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 15h

I guess I understand the politics here: affordability is the top concern and the only way to cut DCs is to fund infrastructure upgrades through tax

I just wish people would understand that renters are voters and if taxes don't pay for it we pay thru our rent

nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/14/h...

Housing minister won't commit to Liberal election promise to cut…

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 3d

can confirm. the medieval iconography & pageantry gets under your skin if you grew up with it.

and it's a really striking contrast - a bunch of posers with 'deus vult' tattooed on their chests being called out as evil by a dude doing some shit that feels like it's ACTUALLY from the crusades

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 3d

This is a really, really good act of protest that uses a protest language that has a chance of reaching people who would otherwise dismiss the issue. You can tell by how many former Catholics are seeing it here and having like entire full-body shudders despite having left the church decades ago.

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 3d

i have had family members swear to me that the Blessed Virgin appeared before the pro-democracy protestors to shield them from the tanks & guns of the Marcos regime

Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 3d

this is People Power-coded

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 3d

Guy who celebrates michaelmas instead of thanksgiving because of woke

Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 4d

hey i said it was good for ME not the city

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 4d

environmental defence has had a real face turn on zoning

Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 4d

ya i think that's a fair point bsky.app/profile/mdno...

Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 4d

i think they still lose on having children/marriage/owning a car because those are right-coded but i think they bring some of the others to a draw

and if you threw in questions that AREN'T right-coded - like, 'living a long and healthy life' - i think there's a big advantage there too

Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 4d

dude just came into my mentions then blocked me for suggesting that you can trust a properly conducted poll irrespective of the source.

like sorry anti-intellectualism is bad whether it comes from the left or the right

Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 4d

why do people on this site block you for respectfully offering a differing opinion lol

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 4d

if there's a right wing slant to this it's that the ambitions they chose are right-coded

Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 4d

polls are polls, if the poll is conducted well then you can trust the results

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 4d

i think they still lose on having children/marriage/owning a car because those are right-coded but i think they bring some of the others to a draw

and if you threw in questions that AREN'T right-coded - like, 'living a long and healthy life' - i think there's a big advantage there too

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 4d

this is downstream of the dems not really having centering political values or ideology imo. 'ideology' is just another way to say 'the world we want to build'

if you asked the same question about AOC or Bernie you wouldn't get these results

Searchlight Institute @searchlightinst.bsky.social · 5d

We checked in on what voters think Democrats and Republicans want for them. The good news for Democrats is that they’re narrowly winning on “feeling stable in your personal life.” The bad news for them is that Republicans dominate on everything else: wealth, marriage, kids, and more.

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 4d

the thing is they can literally do this. no one is forcing them to sell their home. it will now be worth MORE, -AND- they'll have way more shops and stuff in a stone's throw from their house.

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 4d

damn i cant believe i'll have to look at an apartment building. smdh

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 4d

won't anyone think of the uhhhh sales executives who will be harmed by transit-oriented development in California

Gerisch, a 46-year-old sales executive, isn’t sure whether he and his family will stay put. SB 79 would allow five-story residential buildings on his and other nearby streets, which sit within a half-mile of a Metro K Line light rail station.

“I feel like I’ve been blindsided,” he said. “A lot of us were.”

Under SB 79, developers would be permitted to build up to nine-story residential buildings adjacent to subway stops, seven stories within a quarter-mile of them and six stories within a half-mile — overriding local planning and zoning rules.

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 4d

congrats for catching up to BC friends

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 4d

ayyyyyyy

California YIMBY @cayimby.bsky.social · 4d

[VICTORY ALERT] Governor Newsom has signed SB 79, which will make it legal to build multi-family housing near high quality transit!

Our statement:
cayimby.org/news-events/...

cayimby.org

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OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 5d

"[Councillor Caradonna] added Vancouver should look at the lessons learned from Victoria.

'It’s not fiscally prudent to do these sorts of things,' he said. 'It’s what we call electoral math.'"

www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

‘Short-term gain’: Victoria city councillor cautions against Vancouver’s 0% property tax push

A Victoria city councillor says Vancouver’s city council’s direction to staff to pursue a zero per cent property tax increase for 2026 could backfire.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 5d

If you were woke you’d know the park board is lit

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Lucy Maloney @lucymaloney.bsky.social · 5d

Ken Sim's stunt of a motion has put the City Manager in the difficult position of delivering against an unreasonable ask, with an unreasonable timeline. The process is so rushed that we will have NO details when we vote in November.

Ken Sim won't know what he's voting to cut. And neither will you.

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Michael O’Shaughnessy @mdnoshaughnessy.bsky.social · 5d

this is amazing news for weirdos who LOVE elections and campaigns

(i'm weirdos)

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

BREAKING: B.C. Municipalities Minister Christine Boyle has put forward an amendment to the Vancouver Charter that will only allow the city to eliminate the Vancouver Park Board through a referendum.

Buckle your seatbelts, folks.

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