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Tessa Rowland @tessarowland.bsky.social · 15h

dog nest

photo of fawn jindo mix in a woven basket dog bed looking back at the camera

Tessa Rowland @tessarowland.bsky.social · 16h

given the, uh, state of things! extremely excited to hear these guys speak on November 8th for the Vancouver stop of the @thewaroncars.bsky.social Life After Cars tour

@visionzerovancouver.ca

Adam Conover @adamconover.net · 2d

Check out the new Factually! episode with Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon: How to Break America's Car Addiction.

» Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

» Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5JDV...

» YouTube: youtu.be/0rDO6FbYQrE

America is Addicted to Cars, with Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon

Podcast Episode · Factually! with Adam Conover · 10/22/2025 · 1h 31m

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Tessa Rowland @tessarowland.bsky.social · 16h

can we knock it off with leaf blowers.

they’re a ploy of Big Sisyphean Pursuits and i need people to get over it

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 22h

Here’s the first edition of a weekly podcast episode of This is Vancouver that me and @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social are planning to do in the lead up to next year’s local elections.

On today’s 30 minute episode — Ken Sim’s housing loss, budget news, and Richmond’s election begins.

Hope you enjoy!

What went wrong with Ken Sim’s big housing idea? | This is Vancouver | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s plan to create a new housing corporation was blocked at City Hall — even though his ABC team had more votes. Municipal Affairs Reporter Justin McElroy breaks down what happen...

www.cbc.ca

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Tessa Rowland @tessarowland.bsky.social · 3d

“It seems at a time when we're talking about an austerity budget and significant cuts across the organization, this was potentially an opportunity to generate revenue,” said Fry.

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Tessa Rowland @tessarowland.bsky.social · 3d

“Staff inside the city's sustainability department — who spoke to BIV on condition their identities remain anonymous for fear of reprisals — said the removal of the fee recommendation effectively guts the plan’s regulatory teeth while undermining incentive for businesses to adhere to it.”

Vancouver Is Awesome @viawesome.bsky.social · 3d

Vancouver axes $10,000 fee for gas stations and parking lots that don't install EV chargers

The quiet removal of the recommendation, attributed to city manager Donny van Dyk, has frustrated companies that have invested millions of dollars in charging infrastructure

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Aura @aurahack.ca · 3d

im going crazy watching the tactics that have decimated long-standing, institutional knowledge and talent in games be applied to the fucKING CITY THAT PEOPLE LIVE IN

not a for-profit corporation!! this is a fucking city dude!! these are THE jobs that need to exist!!

Penny Daflos @pennydaflos.bsky.social · 3d

This sure looks like a way of pushing staff to quit

Remember, the city is also quietly offering "voluntary separation packages" with unspecified incentives as the mayor demands 0% property tax increase

More great work by my friend @isabellazavarise.bsky.social
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

City of Vancouver mandates staff to return to office 5 days per week

Come Jan.1, exempt or non-unionized staff at the City of Vancouver will have to work in-office five days a week, according to an email from the city manager.

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Vision Zero Vancouver @visionzerovancouver.ca · 6d

Large turnout today in support of traffic calming on 16th. People shouldn't fear for their safety in their own neighbourhood. Now it's time for the city to act.

Thank you @lucymaloney.bsky.social and @seanorr.bsky.social for attending and speaking in support.

A group of people crossing 16th Ave at Willow St, some holding signs for safer streets.

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Euan Tombstone @drugdatadecoded.ca · 9d

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I spent the day in court, where DULF organizers heard the closing arguments for their trafficking charges.
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"Everyone knew what was happening," judge admonishes Crown as DULF awaits trafficking verdict

Justice Catherine Murray closed the trial with remarks that indicated sympathy for the accused and for the confusing behaviour of Health Canada, the Vancouver police and all other political entities d...

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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 9d

Add this to the list of "things a prosecutor really doesn't want to hear the judge say on their big day"

Euan Tombstone @drugdatadecoded.ca · 9d

Judge: “The troubling thing about this prosecution is that everyone knew what was happening… It seems like these two [gestures to defendants Nyx and Kalicum] are being hung out to dry. As soon as politicians started complaining, all of a sudden VPD—which before was fine—suddenly is not fine.”

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Ted Rutland @tedrutland.bsky.social · 11d

Why are police brotherhoods and certain activists demanding police body cams - for radically different reasons? This article looks at how body cam companies, police groups, and pro-police politicians have spread the lie that the technology reduces police violence.

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Tessa Rowland @tessarowland.bsky.social · 11d

okay then

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 11d

The final guest to arrive at Trump's peace summit is Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Oh wait no, it's actually... FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

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tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ @tsk.bsky.social · 11d

> 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.

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 12d

ken sim accepting the endorsement of the Vancouver police union on October 5 2022

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Amina @ayasinvan.bsky.social · 14d

This video is a chilling reminder of what one aspect of street-violence looks like, particularly with a deadly weapon.

People and public spaces must be protected from this kind of deliberate lethal entitlement from drivers that have a disregard for pedestrian well-being and human life. #visionzero

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 17d

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

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Pontifex BOOttseximus @lapsedcanadian.bsky.social · Sep 15

The closest Canada will come to mainstream coverage of a Canadian politician targeting a Canadian journalist with an international mob making rape and death treats. #cdnmedia #cdnpoli

The Tyee @thetyee.ca · Sep 15

“We’ve crossed a dangerous line when it comes to threats against journalists for doing their jobs. It shouldn’t take an immense amount of bravery to state well-grounded views, and journalists should not have to fear for their lives after speaking up.”

#canpoli #uspoli #CdnMedia

The Dangerous Targeting of a Canadian Journalist | The Tyee

After the murder of Charlie Kirk, conservatives piled on Rachel Gilmore for expressing a well-founded fear. Then came violent threats.

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · Sep 11

the website that lists Rachel first as someone allegedly celebrating Kirk's murder screenshots a tweet where she explicitly condemns violence & says she hopes he survives. for that she's receiving death & rape threats

David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · Sep 11

SCOOP

“I have folks claiming my information is all over 4chan telling me in the same breath that they hope I get ‘raped and killed’" @rachelgilmore.bsky.social tells me, after her information was posted to a site called Charlie's Murderers

www.wired.com/story/right-...

Right-Wing Activists Are Targeting People for Allegedly Celebrating Charlie Kirk's Death

Extremists and an anonymously run website are posting identifying details about people accused of celebrating Charlie Kirk's murder online. Some of those targeted are now getting death threats.

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Grim Flandango @grimflandango.bsky.social · Sep 6

Mayors don’t need extra support. Look at the budget in your average city. Look at the percentage that goes to cops already. Look at the fucking crime stats. Look at the cities that have done particularly well with their stats- it’s never about more police.

alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · Sep 6

THREAD. I don't know what there is left to say about the New York Times and Democrats, but documenting their support for authoritarianism still feels important. If there's any chance to walk back from the fascist cliff, we must see why things like today's article are so dangerous.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · Sep 2

There are so many awful things happening in the world right now and so many of us feel powerless to change anything.

But community care is a skill we can all learn. We CAN show up for each other when we see our fellow neighbours being targeted.

Let me teach you how!

zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Stand up against Street Harassment
September 4, 2025
Noon - 1pm EST

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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · Aug 30

Not providing the names of murder victims is now par for the course in B.C.

Venus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · Aug 30

It's awful that this doesn't get more media coverage, that so little is being done to get justice for these indigenous women and their loved ones. Thanks @hollyguise.bsky.social for posting this article.

www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Alaska vowed to resolve murders of Indigenous people. Now it refuses to provide their names

www.adn.com

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Tessa Rowland @tessarowland.bsky.social · Aug 30

baffled at how often I get in an evo on a hot summer day, turn on the car, and the air flow's set to zero by whoever used it previously. not just no AC, no air flow.

are they impervious to a hot car or am I missing a key courtesy of the shared vehicle social contract

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Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · Aug 29

Pete Ryan is among the world's best illustrators. He's also convinced AI is going to destroy his career. Read my profile of a slightly frantic, probably overworked and undeniably talented artist.

The topical, clever, fleeting art of Nelson illustrator Pete Ryan

Ryan creates images for some of the world's most popular publications, such as The Economist and Time Magazine

www.nelsonstar.com

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Tessa Rowland @tessarowland.bsky.social · Aug 25

no, it's the simpsons factory!

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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · Aug 22

It's a mistake that one local politician said could have so easily been avoided if the Argentos had only cared about their neighbors, not just themselves.

Read the comprehensive story by @kevinduggan.bsky.social nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/08/22/r...

'Classic Bribery': How a Powerful Brooklyn Family Crashed and Burned Over a Simple Bike Lane - Streetsblog New York City

Imagine destroying everything you've spent decades building to stop the city from building a bike lane. Welcome to Gina and Tony Argentos' world.

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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · Aug 22

The Argentos are now facing 11 years in prison on felony charges for their alleged bribes.

Their campaign against the bike lane — which they said would adversely affect their business — could now very well destroy their business, their reputation and their political connections.

THE GRAND JURY OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, by this indictment accuses
the defendants Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Gina Argento, Anthony "Tony" Argento, and Broadway
Stages, Ltd. ("Broadway Stages") of the crime of CONSPIRACY IN THE FOURTH DEGREE, in
violation of New York Penal Law § 105.10(1), committed as follows:
The defendants, in New York County and elsewhere, from on or about March 1, 2022, to on
or about November 2, 2024, with intent that conduct constituting the Class C felonies of Bribery in
the Second Degree, in violation of Penal Law § 200.03, and Bribe Receiving in the Second Degree,
in violation on Penal Law § 200.11, be committed, knowingly and intentionally agreed with others,
known and unknown, to engage in and cause the performance of such conduct.

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