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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 18h

The best way to address a health service crisis is clearly to … fire people?

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Vancouver Is Awesome @viawesome.bsky.social · 1d

Opinion: Canada's rising poverty and food insecurity have deep structural origins

Though Canada, on paper, is committed an adequate standard of living, it needs social and economic laws to become more enforceable.

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 2d

Jesus, the first communist.

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Mark Hurst @markhurst.bsky.social · 2d

Big Tech is targeting vulnerable communities for its data centers. Residents incur a huge cost in water & power and airborne toxic chemicals. Town officials sign NDAs so citizens have no awareness of the threat.

New from me: data centers and their effects.
buttondown.com/creativegood...

Don't let the data center come to town

In southwest Memphis sits the Colossus, a giant AI slop factory owned by Elon Musk. Gas-powered turbines at the facility foul the air with “nitrogen oxides...

buttondown.com

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tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ @tsk.bsky.social · 2d

> Read about how DULF's co-founders discussed their compassion club with the VPD. VPD reps offered their support for the project. Then the VPD abruptly raided the compassion club and arrested its co-founders:

thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Safe Drugs on Trial: DULF’s Trafficking Case Begins | The Tyee

The founders are charged with trafficking. Their lawyers argue they had a legal exemption from drug laws.

thetyee.ca

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

Another reason to mask at protests, aside from COVID safety and protection from doxxing, is that a lot of responsible documenters don't want to publish protesters' faces (esp without their consent) right now. Your face being in a shot may prevent people from sharing a worthwhile image publicly.

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Vancouver Is Awesome @viawesome.bsky.social · 6d

Quotable: Vancouver council in their own words regarding tax freeze for 2026

Vote still to come on city’s $2 billion-plus operating budget for next year

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The Sex Work Historian ☂️ @sexworkhistorian.bsky.social · 7d

A necessary history lesson: shekonneechie.ca/2021/08/13/o... + (additional links and context) cha-shc.ca/wp-content/u...

Canada's treatment of the Indigenous Peoples on what some call Turtle Island constitutes genocide. There is no debate about this. Fin.

Open letter to the Council of the Canadian Historical Association and the Canadian Public

To the Council of the Canadian Historical Association, the Canadian Public, and the Signatories of the “Open Letter to the Council of the Canadian Historical Association and the Canadian Public [9 …

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 6d

Oh, apparently it’s time for another right-wing vocabulary change.

Castanet Kamloops @castanetkamloops.net · 7d

Ostrich farmers say standoff is no 'culture war stunt' as they wait on Supreme Court of Canada (Edgewood)

Ostrich farmers say standoff is no 'culture war stunt' as they wait on Supreme Court of Canada - Nelson News

Whether the Supreme Court will revisit the fate of a thus -far doomed Enderby ostrich flock remains unknown for the time being.

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Charlene A. Carruthers @charlenecarruthers.bsky.social · 7d

Are people asking for more skillful kidnappings? Is there a more civil way to strip a child from their parents?

I know the answer to that question for some, it’s yes. People would rather it be less visible, less fuss, and less overtly violent.

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 7d

Could have cancelled it, but then you’d have some fucking right wing asshole drumming up a GoFundMe for “free speech” and getting ten times the coverage and putting more people in danger.

Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 7d

“A motion calling on the Vancouver Park Board to officially apologize for hosting an upcoming Harry Potter attraction passed Tuesday in a unanimous vote.”

‘This will not happen again’: Vancouver Park Board apologizes for hosting Harry Potter event

A motion calling on the Vancouver Park Board to officially apologize for hosting an upcoming Harry Potter attraction passed Tuesday in a unanimous vote.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 7d

Fuck yes.

Rebecca Bollwitt @miss604.com · 7d

“A motion calling on the Vancouver Park Board to officially apologize for hosting an upcoming Harry Potter attraction passed Tuesday in a unanimous vote.”

‘This will not happen again’: Vancouver Park Board apologizes for hosting Harry Potter event

A motion calling on the Vancouver Park Board to officially apologize for hosting an upcoming Harry Potter attraction passed Tuesday in a unanimous vote.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Dave Bidini @davebidini.bsky.social · 8d

Here is a link to the beautiful first single from our new album, one of the two non instrumental pieces, written by Kevin Hearn. Record comes out Nov 21st! m.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ0V...

Rheostatics - The Inland Sea

YouTube video by Rheostatics

m.youtube.com

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 7d

Awesome! Does this mean a tour in the near future?

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 6

Know your rights, Illinois.

Stay safe and stay informed.

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 8d

Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.

A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.

We need to stand up together and speak up.

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Jeremy Caradonna @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social · 8d

I love your commitments to the facts and understanding of process.

For context, the City of Victoria froze taxes in 2021 due to the pandemic. It was a disaster that ended up costing the city $20m. Interest & inflation costs don’t just magically disappear.

It’s poor governance and hollow populism.

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 8d

This is like OF in the 80s 😂😂

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 8d

Did you make it?

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 8d

Today, Reid Hamer-Jackson could rightly be called B.C.‘s most notorious local politician, whose string of scandals has helped inspire the province to consider rewriting the rule book for mayors and councillors.

@tyolsen.bsky.social and Kristen Holliday report. #bcpoli

Mayor of Chaos: How Kamloops Politics Became Infamous | The Tyee

Car dealer Reid Hamer-Jackson won office with charisma and ideas. Then the wheels came off.

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 8d

@swan-vancouver.bsky.social does good work.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 9d

NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety"

Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime

www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

www.404media.co

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TheeAfroLesbian🌈 @zisshit.com · 9d

I’m $100 away from my goal!!

TheeAfroLesbian🌈 @zisshit.com · 23d

-$500 today at the vet. Unfortunately Carrots teeth have gotten worse. He has an infection so his procedure got moved up. If I don’t have the money *before* they will NOT help him. His surgery is now Oct. 15th. for $800. I already put $100 down.

$100/$800
Venmo: @zzz22
CA: $ziizzzii

💜 THANK YOU 💜

Carrot sitting all the way back in his carrier not wanting to come out at the vet

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 8d

Really fantastic article! Great read.

Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 8d

NEW: I teamed up with @castanetkamloops.net to write this long in-depth account of Reid Hamer-Jackson's three years as mayor of Kamloops. I also talked to the unrepentant mayor for two hours.

thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Mayor of Chaos: How Kamloops Politics Became Infamous | The Tyee

Car dealer Reid Hamer-Jackson won office with charisma and ideas. Then the wheels came off.

thetyee.ca

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Stanley Parks @stanleyparks.bsky.social · 8d

I noticed a _pretty hilarious_ goof in this episode of Death in Paradise.

I bet the prosecutor loves taking their cases to court. “No warrant Your Honour, they drifted through the window on an ocean breeze”

Death in Paradise jokes are still topical, right?