Sarah Starkweather
@sstarkweather.bsky.social
Bike-heavy / car-light • I grow things, make things, sing in choirs • she/her • Oak Bay / Victoria, BC
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The legend lives on
From the Chippewa on down
Of the villain they call Capitalism
From the Chippewa on down
Of the villain they call Capitalism
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The legend lives on
From the Chippewa on down
Of the villain they call Capitalism
From the Chippewa on down
Of the villain they call Capitalism
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In the last known image of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, you can see the structural fatigue where she had started sagging in the middle. Freaky!
October 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
In the last known image of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, you can see the structural fatigue where she had started sagging in the middle. Freaky!
TIL the tale of the Edmund Fitzgerald is one of corporate malfeasance and worker endangerment.
SS Edmund Fitzgerald had a structural defect in its keel. Sailors on that ship had complained about the ship bending and flexing during storms, especially when it was overloaded, which it usually was. They had also found old keel weld breaks due to structural fatigue, which were never repaired
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
TIL the tale of the Edmund Fitzgerald is one of corporate malfeasance and worker endangerment.
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no money for politicians
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
no money for politicians
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“To pay for VicPD’s demands, the city is even looking at cutting a children’s book prize, and a poet laureate and youth poet laureate program that only costs $8,000 (keep in mind that VicPD spent $22,000 on a retirement party this year)” 🚨➡️ defundvicpd.org/2025/11/06/c... #yyj #DefundVicPD
City releases 2026 Draft Budget – big cuts proposed to make way for police funding
The City of Victoria has released the 2026-2030 Draft Financial Plan, along with some early budget deliberations by city staff. They’re thinking about cutting all sorts of things. The City is propo…
defundvicpd.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“To pay for VicPD’s demands, the city is even looking at cutting a children’s book prize, and a poet laureate and youth poet laureate program that only costs $8,000 (keep in mind that VicPD spent $22,000 on a retirement party this year)” 🚨➡️ defundvicpd.org/2025/11/06/c... #yyj #DefundVicPD
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I couldn't read to the end. This article is devasting, and breathtakingly sad, literally. We are so far down the rabbit hole in the worst possible ways that I don't know how we step back through the mirror. There is literally no reason these platforms should have this capability with no failsafe.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:44 AM
I couldn't read to the end. This article is devasting, and breathtakingly sad, literally. We are so far down the rabbit hole in the worst possible ways that I don't know how we step back through the mirror. There is literally no reason these platforms should have this capability with no failsafe.
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Cargo biking, 99 years ago. Came across this in a photo archive, unfortunately with no info on who or where, just the year, 1926. But it made me think of @lauragmitchell.com and her lovely feed of her commutes to school and around town with her children.
November 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Cargo biking, 99 years ago. Came across this in a photo archive, unfortunately with no info on who or where, just the year, 1926. But it made me think of @lauragmitchell.com and her lovely feed of her commutes to school and around town with her children.
Cowards.
November 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Cowards.
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The City of #Victoria staff have released their 2026-2030 Draft Financial Plan. It seems that in order to comply with Council’s direction to keep property tax increases to 4% or less, staff are recommending axing the bike valet and Youth Bus Pass programs?? And hoping the CRD will pick up the tab???
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The City of #Victoria staff have released their 2026-2030 Draft Financial Plan. It seems that in order to comply with Council’s direction to keep property tax increases to 4% or less, staff are recommending axing the bike valet and Youth Bus Pass programs?? And hoping the CRD will pick up the tab???
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You know, I was explaining trickle-down economics to my kid just this evening, and I only got a couple of sentences in before they figured out it’s bullshit.
Which is to say: our ten year old has more sense than our economist prime minister.
Which is to say: our ten year old has more sense than our economist prime minister.
In his so-called "austerity" budget, Mark Carney wants to delete the luxury tax on private planes, yachts, and underused homes.
Reminder: as of September, 89% of the "owners of Canada" are living paycheque to paycheque.
globalnews.ca/news/1151083...
#Budget2025 #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
Reminder: as of September, 89% of the "owners of Canada" are living paycheque to paycheque.
globalnews.ca/news/1151083...
#Budget2025 #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
Carney is cutting the luxury tax. What else is getting axed in Budget 2025? - National | Globalnews.ca
Other measures include a 'super-reduction' to Canada's marginal effective tax rate and further automating traveller screening at the nation's airports.
globalnews.ca
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
You know, I was explaining trickle-down economics to my kid just this evening, and I only got a couple of sentences in before they figured out it’s bullshit.
Which is to say: our ten year old has more sense than our economist prime minister.
Which is to say: our ten year old has more sense than our economist prime minister.
You know, I was explaining trickle-down economics to my kid just this evening, and I only got a couple of sentences in before they figured out it’s bullshit.
Which is to say: our ten year old has more sense than our economist prime minister.
Which is to say: our ten year old has more sense than our economist prime minister.
In his so-called "austerity" budget, Mark Carney wants to delete the luxury tax on private planes, yachts, and underused homes.
Reminder: as of September, 89% of the "owners of Canada" are living paycheque to paycheque.
globalnews.ca/news/1151083...
#Budget2025 #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
Reminder: as of September, 89% of the "owners of Canada" are living paycheque to paycheque.
globalnews.ca/news/1151083...
#Budget2025 #Canada #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis
Carney is cutting the luxury tax. What else is getting axed in Budget 2025? - National | Globalnews.ca
Other measures include a 'super-reduction' to Canada's marginal effective tax rate and further automating traveller screening at the nation's airports.
globalnews.ca
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
You know, I was explaining trickle-down economics to my kid just this evening, and I only got a couple of sentences in before they figured out it’s bullshit.
Which is to say: our ten year old has more sense than our economist prime minister.
Which is to say: our ten year old has more sense than our economist prime minister.
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Thinking ahead to tomorrow's federal budget and all the talk of Canadians needing to make sacrifices, I can't help but wonder when the wealthiest few might be asked to do that.
Unfortunately I don't think that's part of the plan.
Unfortunately I don't think that's part of the plan.
A federal wealth tax could raise half a trillion dollars for Canada.
Extreme wealth concentration is damaging our economy and society. Taxing the super-rich could fund transformative public investments to build a stronger, more resilient Canada.
New report: bcpolicy.ca/wealth-tax
Extreme wealth concentration is damaging our economy and society. Taxing the super-rich could fund transformative public investments to build a stronger, more resilient Canada.
New report: bcpolicy.ca/wealth-tax
A wealth tax could raise half a trillion dollars for a stronger, fairer Canada
New report on the effects of wealth inequality, the revenue potential of a wealth tax, counter-arguments and an outline of transformative public investments.
bcpolicy.ca
November 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Thinking ahead to tomorrow's federal budget and all the talk of Canadians needing to make sacrifices, I can't help but wonder when the wealthiest few might be asked to do that.
Unfortunately I don't think that's part of the plan.
Unfortunately I don't think that's part of the plan.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
Exodoofus
November 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Exodoofus
Really hoping the Staple Leafs take the cup this year.
The World Series was played outside the U.S. for the first time in 32 years this October, when the Toronto Blue Jays united fans across Canada as the country’s only MLB team. The team even became known as the “Glue Jays” before the Los Angeles Dodgers ended their thrilling postseason run.
Canadians Mourn a Loss by Underdogs Who Brought a Nation Together
The Blue Jays, Canada’s only M.L.B. team, were a salve for a country hit by President Trump’s threats and tariffs. Then the Dodgers ended their thrilling postseason run.
nyti.ms
November 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Really hoping the Staple Leafs take the cup this year.
There are two kinds of people …
happy "the car clock is finally correct" day to all who celebrate
November 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
There are two kinds of people …
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During tonight’s Trick-or-Treating, our 3-year-old got more and more excited.
“More houses! More candy!”
Until he suddenly looked to the sky and shouted (verbatim):
“Can I eat the moon!?”
Don’t let anyone tell you you can’t, little one. Be the cosmic horror you want to see in the world.
“More houses! More candy!”
Until he suddenly looked to the sky and shouted (verbatim):
“Can I eat the moon!?”
Don’t let anyone tell you you can’t, little one. Be the cosmic horror you want to see in the world.
November 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
During tonight’s Trick-or-Treating, our 3-year-old got more and more excited.
“More houses! More candy!”
Until he suddenly looked to the sky and shouted (verbatim):
“Can I eat the moon!?”
Don’t let anyone tell you you can’t, little one. Be the cosmic horror you want to see in the world.
“More houses! More candy!”
Until he suddenly looked to the sky and shouted (verbatim):
“Can I eat the moon!?”
Don’t let anyone tell you you can’t, little one. Be the cosmic horror you want to see in the world.
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Niki Bowers, contemporary UK printmaker based in Norfolk #WomensArt
November 1, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Niki Bowers, contemporary UK printmaker based in Norfolk #WomensArt
I feel like you should actually get an extra run if you manage to wedge the ball under the wall. That’s tricky.
November 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I feel like you should actually get an extra run if you manage to wedge the ball under the wall. That’s tricky.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Yessssss, it’s almost time to broadcast spooky gothy tunes to all my #OakBayBC neighbours. Well, goth plus The Cramps, who are at least goth-adjacent and sound their best on Halloween. I mean, Human Fly and Rockin’ Bones and Teenage Werewolf, all big yeses, but the absolute ESSENTIAL is:
October 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Yessssss, it’s almost time to broadcast spooky gothy tunes to all my #OakBayBC neighbours. Well, goth plus The Cramps, who are at least goth-adjacent and sound their best on Halloween. I mean, Human Fly and Rockin’ Bones and Teenage Werewolf, all big yeses, but the absolute ESSENTIAL is:
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Well, here it is:
The scariest part of Halloween is drivers — yet police departments blame bikes and kids
For pedestrians, the message is common-sense — wear bright and reflective clothing, don’t dart into traffic, watch where you’re going — but in its tunnel vision, the overall impression veers into vict...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Well, here it is: