Stanley Q Woodvine
@sqwabb.bsky.social
Formerly an artist (commercial sort); not much of a dog lover; always an avid reader. Currently a homeless binner in Vancouver, BC Canada. He/him. [email protected]
http://sqwabb.wordpress.com
http://sqwabb.wordpress.com
In terms of whipping up fear and public stigma grizzly bears are literally the new homeless people in #BritishColumbia! But we homeless will again be "Public Enemy #1" when it's time for all the bears to hibernate.
2 more grizzlies captured, to be assessed after attack on B.C. schoolchildren | Globalnews.ca
Two more grizzlies have been captured on B.C.'s central coast as conservation officers continue to look for the bear that attacked a group of schoolchildren and their teachers.
globalnews.ca
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
In terms of whipping up fear and public stigma grizzly bears are literally the new homeless people in #BritishColumbia! But we homeless will again be "Public Enemy #1" when it's time for all the bears to hibernate.
#Google confirms it's developing a new #Android-based operating system for PCs, laptops, tablets & desktops, which will be called: Aluminum OS. Will Google pronounce it according to regional prefs: "Al-loo-min-um Oh-ess" in North America & "Al-loo-min-ee-um Oh-Ess" in UK, or just one or tuther?
Google Names Its Windows and macOS Rival 'Aluminium OS'
ChromeOS isn't going anywhere yet, though.
www.extremetech.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
#Google confirms it's developing a new #Android-based operating system for PCs, laptops, tablets & desktops, which will be called: Aluminum OS. Will Google pronounce it according to regional prefs: "Al-loo-min-um Oh-ess" in North America & "Al-loo-min-ee-um Oh-Ess" in UK, or just one or tuther?
#Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim demands B.C. do more to push single-room SRO supportive #housing away from the Granville Entertainment District (GED).
This from the mayor & his ABC majority on Council who voted in Feb to block new supportive housing builds & earlier blocked modular housing lease renewals.
This from the mayor & his ABC majority on Council who voted in Feb to block new supportive housing builds & earlier blocked modular housing lease renewals.
Vancouver mayor pushing to remove SROs in Granville Entertainment District
The mayor of Vancouver is demanding the province do more to push SRO supportive housing away from the Granville Entertainment District (GED).
vancouver.citynews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
#Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim demands B.C. do more to push single-room SRO supportive #housing away from the Granville Entertainment District (GED).
This from the mayor & his ABC majority on Council who voted in Feb to block new supportive housing builds & earlier blocked modular housing lease renewals.
This from the mayor & his ABC majority on Council who voted in Feb to block new supportive housing builds & earlier blocked modular housing lease renewals.
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Native diabetic needs gas money to get to his wound care appointments. He sees a specialist in the city every Wednesday. Anything helps!
Venmo: Biglove7126.
CA: $Murd1976
#MutualAid #SettlerSaturday
Venmo: Biglove7126.
CA: $Murd1976
#MutualAid #SettlerSaturday
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Native diabetic needs gas money to get to his wound care appointments. He sees a specialist in the city every Wednesday. Anything helps!
Venmo: Biglove7126.
CA: $Murd1976
#MutualAid #SettlerSaturday
Venmo: Biglove7126.
CA: $Murd1976
#MutualAid #SettlerSaturday
Alongside bamboo scaffolding, spectre of aluminum & styrofoam ACM cladding-type of role in Hong Kong tower inferno lingers:
"Police also said they found Styrofoam materials — that are highly flammable — outside the windows on each floor near the lift lobby of the one unaffected tower..."
"Police also said they found Styrofoam materials — that are highly flammable — outside the windows on each floor near the lift lobby of the one unaffected tower..."
Hong Kong high-rise fire: 3 arrested, at least 75 dead and 250 still missing - National | Globalnews.ca
Officials said the fire started on the external scaffolding of one of the buildings, a 32-storey tower, and later spread to inside the building and then to nearby buildings.
globalnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Alongside bamboo scaffolding, spectre of aluminum & styrofoam ACM cladding-type of role in Hong Kong tower inferno lingers:
"Police also said they found Styrofoam materials — that are highly flammable — outside the windows on each floor near the lift lobby of the one unaffected tower..."
"Police also said they found Styrofoam materials — that are highly flammable — outside the windows on each floor near the lift lobby of the one unaffected tower..."
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please?
i'm in pain so i really just want to go home and rest and get something in my stomach this evening.
$0/120 (this will be enough for a ride, food and the pain medication)
i'm in pain so i really just want to go home and rest and get something in my stomach this evening.
$0/120 (this will be enough for a ride, food and the pain medication)
hey friends,
i'll be discharged in an hour or so.
i'm sorry for asking, but i need $48 to get a ride home please?
also, i don't have any food (hoping i can get something from the food bank tomorrow, but i'll need a meal for tonight)
please help if you can 🙏🏽
paypal.me/thelongestroad
i'll be discharged in an hour or so.
i'm sorry for asking, but i need $48 to get a ride home please?
also, i don't have any food (hoping i can get something from the food bank tomorrow, but i'll need a meal for tonight)
please help if you can 🙏🏽
paypal.me/thelongestroad
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November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
please?
i'm in pain so i really just want to go home and rest and get something in my stomach this evening.
$0/120 (this will be enough for a ride, food and the pain medication)
i'm in pain so i really just want to go home and rest and get something in my stomach this evening.
$0/120 (this will be enough for a ride, food and the pain medication)
WTF!?
FIFA-specific bylaw approved by #Vancouver Wed allows $1,000 fines for range of street infractions during 2026 World Cup - to ensure “brand protection".
* distributing ads
* defacing/postering st. furniture
* placing ads on vehicles
Outdoor event postering will be illegal for all but FIFA?
FIFA-specific bylaw approved by #Vancouver Wed allows $1,000 fines for range of street infractions during 2026 World Cup - to ensure “brand protection".
* distributing ads
* defacing/postering st. furniture
* placing ads on vehicles
Outdoor event postering will be illegal for all but FIFA?
Vancouver will issue $1,000 bylaw tickets for some infractions during World Cup. Here’s why
A FIFA-specific bylaw was approved by Vancouver city council Wednesday, enabling $1,000 tickets to be issued for a range of infractions during next year’s World Cup.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
WTF!?
FIFA-specific bylaw approved by #Vancouver Wed allows $1,000 fines for range of street infractions during 2026 World Cup - to ensure “brand protection".
* distributing ads
* defacing/postering st. furniture
* placing ads on vehicles
Outdoor event postering will be illegal for all but FIFA?
FIFA-specific bylaw approved by #Vancouver Wed allows $1,000 fines for range of street infractions during 2026 World Cup - to ensure “brand protection".
* distributing ads
* defacing/postering st. furniture
* placing ads on vehicles
Outdoor event postering will be illegal for all but FIFA?
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Disgraceful. We should be expanding Community Repair Cafes, not closing them down.
RIP Repair Cafes run by spec.bc.ca
ABC’s budget death count thus far: summer fireworks, community repair cafes
@lucymaloney.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social
ABC’s budget death count thus far: summer fireworks, community repair cafes
@lucymaloney.bsky.social @seanorr.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Disgraceful. We should be expanding Community Repair Cafes, not closing them down.
I think this store on #Vancouver's West Broadway may be trying to tell us something...
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I think this store on #Vancouver's West Broadway may be trying to tell us something...
Leaving 4th Ave Mark's with my new Helly Hansen rain jacket ($179). Had to max my bank account. They had the style of my worn-out Helly ($80) but only in giant 2XL. & a great Viking coated ($80) only in tiny S! New Helly will also be my winter jacket, layered under for warmth. #Vancouver #homeless
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Leaving 4th Ave Mark's with my new Helly Hansen rain jacket ($179). Had to max my bank account. They had the style of my worn-out Helly ($80) but only in giant 2XL. & a great Viking coated ($80) only in tiny S! New Helly will also be my winter jacket, layered under for warmth. #Vancouver #homeless
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Heavenly Creatures is running out of cat food and has dozens of mouths to feed #Newfoundland #Labrador
Volunteer Ivan Morgan says demand has hit new high
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Volunteer Ivan Morgan says demand has hit new high
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Heavenly Creatures is running out of cat food and has dozens of mouths to feed | CBC News
An animal rescue organization in St. John's is running out of pet food, while it has dozens of cats in its care.
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Heavenly Creatures is running out of cat food and has dozens of mouths to feed #Newfoundland #Labrador
Volunteer Ivan Morgan says demand has hit new high
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Volunteer Ivan Morgan says demand has hit new high
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
In Oct I took a found sweater-style hoodie & added vertical zipper on a diagonal to keep the undivided kangaroo pocket. I like it but 1st opportunity I'm gonna try to do both - a vertically centred-zipper & full pass-through kangaroo pocket. Think I can do it with three zippers. #homeless #Vancouver
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
In Oct I took a found sweater-style hoodie & added vertical zipper on a diagonal to keep the undivided kangaroo pocket. I like it but 1st opportunity I'm gonna try to do both - a vertically centred-zipper & full pass-through kangaroo pocket. Think I can do it with three zippers. #homeless #Vancouver
#Vancouver's Honda Celebration of lights #fireworks event has been cancelled indefinitely, say organizers, citing lack of government funding support. Have to wonder if expensive FIFA World Cup 2026 has sucked up ALL government event funding for the next few years!
Honda Celebration of Light cancelled indefinitely due to funding issues - BC | Globalnews.ca
The festival has faced challenges due to rising production costs, the elimination of federal funding, a reduction in provincial support and declining private sector investment.
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
#Vancouver's Honda Celebration of lights #fireworks event has been cancelled indefinitely, say organizers, citing lack of government funding support. Have to wonder if expensive FIFA World Cup 2026 has sucked up ALL government event funding for the next few years!
Massive #fire currently engulfing most of the towers in Wang Fuk Court housing complex in #HongKong is believed to have spread via bamboo scaffolding (no sign of ACM cladding yet). Big Oct 18 fire at Hong Kong's Chinachem tower also provisionally blamed on bamboo scaffolding.
Govt’s prior warning on flame-retardant nets sparks attention after Wang Fuk Court fire
The Buildings Department was found to have issued a statement urging enhanced flame-retardant standards for safety nets of exterior walls at construction sites last month, after the No. 3 alarm blaze ...
www.thestandard.com.hk
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Possibly the first protest of its kind at City Hall this morning. A diaper change-in protesting budget cuts and fee increases to amenities for new parents, and many others. @womentcities.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Possibly the first protest of its kind at City Hall this morning. A diaper change-in protesting budget cuts and fee increases to amenities for new parents, and many others. @womentcities.bsky.social
More light reading pulled out of a #Vancouver recycling blue bin: Text for slide presentation on benefits of a Tenant Protection Bylaw Authority. One resource it cites is the First United BC Evictions Map, which shows that "17.5% of displaced tenants report $500-$1000 rent increase per month."
BC Eviction Mapping - FIRST UNITED
Have you been evicted? Complete the Eviction Mapping Survey to help us learn about the impact it had, and change laws to protect renters.
firstunited.ca
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
More light reading pulled out of a #Vancouver recycling blue bin: Text for slide presentation on benefits of a Tenant Protection Bylaw Authority. One resource it cites is the First United BC Evictions Map, which shows that "17.5% of displaced tenants report $500-$1000 rent increase per month."
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Danish social workers are still pressuring Greenlandic women to get abortions, they did this before FKU was banned on Inuit, and they're continuing today. They're desperate to stop Inuit from existing in Danish society.
instagram.com/p/DReyrSIDHO6/
instagram.com/p/DReyrSIDHO6/
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Danish social workers are still pressuring Greenlandic women to get abortions, they did this before FKU was banned on Inuit, and they're continuing today. They're desperate to stop Inuit from existing in Danish society.
instagram.com/p/DReyrSIDHO6/
instagram.com/p/DReyrSIDHO6/
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You wouldn’t believe the lengths @kehyslop.bsky.social had to go to to get basic info on the training for school liaison officers. This contoversial VPD program was briefly shuttered in 2021 before being reinstated in 2023. #vanpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
We Finally Have Some Info on School Liaison Officer Training | The Tyee
After two years of FOI requests and complaints, the Vancouver police finally let The Tyee review some training modules.
thetyee.ca
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
You wouldn’t believe the lengths @kehyslop.bsky.social had to go to to get basic info on the training for school liaison officers. This contoversial VPD program was briefly shuttered in 2021 before being reinstated in 2023. #vanpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Meanwhile, on the second floor of PCI's 1477 W Broadway development, shadowy workers plot their next move. #Vancouver
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Meanwhile, on the second floor of PCI's 1477 W Broadway development, shadowy workers plot their next move. #Vancouver
Spruce & Broadway Waves Coffee will be hosting another sqwabb "rescue" tree this #Christmas season. This one is tall and skinny. Provided lights seem mostly duds, so we'll go with last year's lights... when owners find them. #Vancouver
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Spruce & Broadway Waves Coffee will be hosting another sqwabb "rescue" tree this #Christmas season. This one is tall and skinny. Provided lights seem mostly duds, so we'll go with last year's lights... when owners find them. #Vancouver
Are all #Vancouver restaurants that restrict bathroom access to paying customers breaking B.C. law?
#BritishColumbia's Health Act bans charging fee for bathroom use: A public place must not demand or req payment for use of a public toilet, with "public place" meaning place public has access to...
#BritishColumbia's Health Act bans charging fee for bathroom use: A public place must not demand or req payment for use of a public toilet, with "public place" meaning place public has access to...
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Are all #Vancouver restaurants that restrict bathroom access to paying customers breaking B.C. law?
#BritishColumbia's Health Act bans charging fee for bathroom use: A public place must not demand or req payment for use of a public toilet, with "public place" meaning place public has access to...
#BritishColumbia's Health Act bans charging fee for bathroom use: A public place must not demand or req payment for use of a public toilet, with "public place" meaning place public has access to...
Did rare 7 am Sunday outing from my parkade sleeping spot to pick up box of single-use handwarmers from follower & deliver to Sun free breakfast in #Vancouver Fairview. Along way I saw many new #homeless peers; most I told about breakfast, incl 1 without shoes, who I *considered* giving my shoes to.
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Did rare 7 am Sunday outing from my parkade sleeping spot to pick up box of single-use handwarmers from follower & deliver to Sun free breakfast in #Vancouver Fairview. Along way I saw many new #homeless peers; most I told about breakfast, incl 1 without shoes, who I *considered* giving my shoes to.
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The two organizers of an illicit-drug compassion club in Vancouver, convicted this month of trafficking for providing members w/ heroin, cocaine and meth, are back in court challenging Canada’s drug laws as unconstitutional for depriving users of safer options
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front organizers challenging Canada’s drug laws
Court challenge claims laws are unconstitutional for depriving users of safer options
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The two organizers of an illicit-drug compassion club in Vancouver, convicted this month of trafficking for providing members w/ heroin, cocaine and meth, are back in court challenging Canada’s drug laws as unconstitutional for depriving users of safer options
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Went up to Broadway & Granville at 7:30am to see fender bender collision at intersection. On way back to McD's I took an overexposed photo of sunrise-in-progress over the low-rise 2500 block of South Granville, plus a shot of sunrise reflecting in two-storey podium of 1477 on W Broadway. #Vancouver
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Went up to Broadway & Granville at 7:30am to see fender bender collision at intersection. On way back to McD's I took an overexposed photo of sunrise-in-progress over the low-rise 2500 block of South Granville, plus a shot of sunrise reflecting in two-storey podium of 1477 on W Broadway. #Vancouver
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