Donald William Shimoda
@pblagojevic.bsky.social
Added 'William' to my name, not because I needed it, but because some folks only see 'Donald' and jump to conclusions.
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Words matter: What language can tell us about the government - Global Reporting Centre
In Serbia, there is a deepening divide between the government and its people. Language is the first step in understanding this alienation of citizens.
globalreportingcentre.org
In a democracy, the government's main role is - to govern.
But what happens if the formal local name for the government is 'the ruler'?
A piece I wrote a long time ago for the UBC School of Journalism.
But what happens if the formal local name for the government is 'the ruler'?
A piece I wrote a long time ago for the UBC School of Journalism.
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Excellent thread.
Talking about the concerning trend of vulnerable road users facing more danger and discomfort isn’t alarmism, it’s about calling for the policies we know will save lives.
Talking about the concerning trend of vulnerable road users facing more danger and discomfort isn’t alarmism, it’s about calling for the policies we know will save lives.
Justin we love you but as a chart enthusiast you're too smart to post charts with arbitrary start points and linear trendlines. Here's a couple we made, with the same data, that shows traffic fatalities are on the rise!
But onto a more serious analysis of this 🧵
But onto a more serious analysis of this 🧵
January 17, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Excellent thread.
Talking about the concerning trend of vulnerable road users facing more danger and discomfort isn’t alarmism, it’s about calling for the policies we know will save lives.
Talking about the concerning trend of vulnerable road users facing more danger and discomfort isn’t alarmism, it’s about calling for the policies we know will save lives.
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Justin we love you but as a chart enthusiast you're too smart to post charts with arbitrary start points and linear trendlines. Here's a couple we made, with the same data, that shows traffic fatalities are on the rise!
But onto a more serious analysis of this 🧵
But onto a more serious analysis of this 🧵
January 17, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Justin we love you but as a chart enthusiast you're too smart to post charts with arbitrary start points and linear trendlines. Here's a couple we made, with the same data, that shows traffic fatalities are on the rise!
But onto a more serious analysis of this 🧵
But onto a more serious analysis of this 🧵
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To reign in some of the wage disparity, the @policyalternatives.ca report on CEO Pay offers two solutions: a millionaire tax and a wealth tax. More details here and in the (linked-to) report! #inequality theindependent.ca/news/lji/ceo...
CEO pay at record highs as workers struggle to make ends meet: report – The Independent
Business leaders from Tim Horton’s, Dominion, Shoppers and Suncor and Fortis among highest paid in Canada
theindependent.ca
January 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
To reign in some of the wage disparity, the @policyalternatives.ca report on CEO Pay offers two solutions: a millionaire tax and a wealth tax. More details here and in the (linked-to) report! #inequality theindependent.ca/news/lji/ceo...
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We’re all participating in an ongoing pricing experiment—and most of us don’t even know it.
Prices are becoming increasingly individualized, with consumers targeted using data they never explicitly agreed to share. Vass Bednar explores: https://ow.ly/c0hp50XXGcp
Prices are becoming increasingly individualized, with consumers targeted using data they never explicitly agreed to share. Vass Bednar explores: https://ow.ly/c0hp50XXGcp
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
We’re all participating in an ongoing pricing experiment—and most of us don’t even know it.
Prices are becoming increasingly individualized, with consumers targeted using data they never explicitly agreed to share. Vass Bednar explores: https://ow.ly/c0hp50XXGcp
Prices are becoming increasingly individualized, with consumers targeted using data they never explicitly agreed to share. Vass Bednar explores: https://ow.ly/c0hp50XXGcp
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Active Clubs contribute to the rise of a new form of white nationalism: less overtly political, more cultural and therefore more difficult for law enforcement — but also parents, educators and civil society — to detect and challenge.
Frédérick Nadeau and Tristan Boursier write. 🥊
Frédérick Nadeau and Tristan Boursier write. 🥊
The Stealthy Far-Right Campaign to Recruit Young Men | The Tyee
‘Active Clubs’ promote health and self-improvement. With a side of white nationalism.
thetyee.ca
January 6, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Active Clubs contribute to the rise of a new form of white nationalism: less overtly political, more cultural and therefore more difficult for law enforcement — but also parents, educators and civil society — to detect and challenge.
Frédérick Nadeau and Tristan Boursier write. 🥊
Frédérick Nadeau and Tristan Boursier write. 🥊
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This is why the #NewWest #VisionZero approach starts with how we collect, manage, and share data arising from injury- and death-causing collisions on our streets. Interagency collaboration to find causes, not to apportion blame, but to fix the structural failures that risk all our lives every day.
December 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This is why the #NewWest #VisionZero approach starts with how we collect, manage, and share data arising from injury- and death-causing collisions on our streets. Interagency collaboration to find causes, not to apportion blame, but to fix the structural failures that risk all our lives every day.
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The worst part of this story, after the death itself, is that no investigation determining the causes will be released. A child died yet no-one has any power to determine what can be changed to prevent the next child being killed. Because cars. www.nsnews.com/local-news/n...
December 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The worst part of this story, after the death itself, is that no investigation determining the causes will be released. A child died yet no-one has any power to determine what can be changed to prevent the next child being killed. Because cars. www.nsnews.com/local-news/n...
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Is #BookSky a thing? Either way, my 7 favourite reads of 2025, in no special order:
1) Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Yes I'm very late to the game.
What a rich and beautiful world Clarke builds. Only drawback - the last act felt a bit rushed. Still a 5-star read.
1) Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Yes I'm very late to the game.
What a rich and beautiful world Clarke builds. Only drawback - the last act felt a bit rushed. Still a 5-star read.
December 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Is #BookSky a thing? Either way, my 7 favourite reads of 2025, in no special order:
1) Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Yes I'm very late to the game.
What a rich and beautiful world Clarke builds. Only drawback - the last act felt a bit rushed. Still a 5-star read.
1) Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Yes I'm very late to the game.
What a rich and beautiful world Clarke builds. Only drawback - the last act felt a bit rushed. Still a 5-star read.
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Genuinely asking reporters to read our style guide, language makes a difference
visionzerovancouver.ca/media-style-...
visionzerovancouver.ca/media-style-...
December 27, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Genuinely asking reporters to read our style guide, language makes a difference
visionzerovancouver.ca/media-style-...
visionzerovancouver.ca/media-style-...
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The Guardian's reporting on the free birth movement is A++.
FB encourages people to give birth with no medical interventions, even if the baby dies. If the baby dies it 'was meant to be' and therefore the FB folks have no legal responsibility. FB has made $13M.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
FB encourages people to give birth with no medical interventions, even if the baby dies. If the baby dies it 'was meant to be' and therefore the FB folks have no legal responsibility. FB has made $13M.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘She was like a deer in headlights’: how unskilled radical birthkeepers took hold in Canada
In holistic communities and midwifery deserts, women are turning to the Free Birth Society for information and unlicensed providers
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The Guardian's reporting on the free birth movement is A++.
FB encourages people to give birth with no medical interventions, even if the baby dies. If the baby dies it 'was meant to be' and therefore the FB folks have no legal responsibility. FB has made $13M.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
FB encourages people to give birth with no medical interventions, even if the baby dies. If the baby dies it 'was meant to be' and therefore the FB folks have no legal responsibility. FB has made $13M.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Inflation may be holding at 2%, but food and rent costs in Canada are up. Since last year, beef prices have increased by 20% and coffee by 30%. Rent increases are double the rate of #inflation. @davidmaccdn.bsky.social breaks it down: @policyalternatives.ca www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1...
Canada’s inflation holds at 2.2 per cent as grocery prices continue to rise
Economist David Macdonald breaks down the November inflation at 2.2 per cent and with food costs expected to keep rising, why grocery prices continue to climb.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Inflation may be holding at 2%, but food and rent costs in Canada are up. Since last year, beef prices have increased by 20% and coffee by 30%. Rent increases are double the rate of #inflation. @davidmaccdn.bsky.social breaks it down: @policyalternatives.ca www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1...
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"A forensic collision analysis found that Veinpel's 2021 Ford F-150's passenger-side pillar created a blind spot capable of obscuring pedestrians of Lynza’s height."
These child-killing trucks have no place on our streets.
www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/...
These child-killing trucks have no place on our streets.
www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/...
Family's heartbreak heard during sentencing in Vernon teen's fatal collision - Vernon News
The family of Vernon teen Lynza Henke, who was fatally struck by a vehicle when walking through a marked crosswalk, had a chance to share statements on the impact of Lynza
www.castanet.net
December 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"A forensic collision analysis found that Veinpel's 2021 Ford F-150's passenger-side pillar created a blind spot capable of obscuring pedestrians of Lynza’s height."
These child-killing trucks have no place on our streets.
www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/...
These child-killing trucks have no place on our streets.
www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/...
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July 2024 after a string of fatal crashes: "It's the summer weather."
December 2025 after a string of fatal crashes: "It's the winter weather."
I don't know maybe our road design just isn't safe?
December 2025 after a string of fatal crashes: "It's the winter weather."
I don't know maybe our road design just isn't safe?
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
July 2024 after a string of fatal crashes: "It's the summer weather."
December 2025 after a string of fatal crashes: "It's the winter weather."
I don't know maybe our road design just isn't safe?
December 2025 after a string of fatal crashes: "It's the winter weather."
I don't know maybe our road design just isn't safe?
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The streetscape where this happened. No sidewalks, the only bit of gravel space beside the road used for more parking (despite massive driveways and garages at each house). This is a half block from a daycare and elementary school.
December 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The streetscape where this happened. No sidewalks, the only bit of gravel space beside the road used for more parking (despite massive driveways and garages at each house). This is a half block from a daycare and elementary school.
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Yesterday, the PBO said Canada can only afford to build 3.7% of the non-market housing that we need to address our going gap.
Today Canada announced we bought $3.6 Billion worth of bombs.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Today Canada announced we bought $3.6 Billion worth of bombs.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Defence minister says 'we're good' to meet 2% NATO spending target by March | CBC News
Defence Minister David McGuinty assured MPs on Thursday that the federal government is on its way to meeting NATO's old, politically charged spending target of two per cent of GDP — just as the Wester...
www.cbc.ca
December 5, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Yesterday, the PBO said Canada can only afford to build 3.7% of the non-market housing that we need to address our going gap.
Today Canada announced we bought $3.6 Billion worth of bombs.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Today Canada announced we bought $3.6 Billion worth of bombs.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Crossing the street shouldn't be a gamble on your life. We want to end traffic fatalities in our region, not with shame flags and pedestrian education but with real action and systems change. We need your help to fund our work. Please donate if you can! www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
December 3, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Crossing the street shouldn't be a gamble on your life. We want to end traffic fatalities in our region, not with shame flags and pedestrian education but with real action and systems change. We need your help to fund our work. Please donate if you can! www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...
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A long, ugly battle has just been set in motion.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
Read it and weep: This pipeline agreement is a document of betrayal
How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it. It’s not just the hard-won ground lo...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A long, ugly battle has just been set in motion.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
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We are not living in an era of optional climate policy. We are living in an era of planetary limits where the choices we make in city halls will determine the world our children inherit, @carolmliao.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social write. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/13/o...
Vancouver’s climate leadership is a promise we can’t break
Eliminating the city’s climate and sustainability department is a betrayal of our collective future, write Carol Liao and Naomi Klein
www.nationalobserver.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We are not living in an era of optional climate policy. We are living in an era of planetary limits where the choices we make in city halls will determine the world our children inherit, @carolmliao.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social write. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/13/o...
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But this lawsuit is so much bigger than me or PressProgress
This lawsuit could have chilling implications for journalism and democracy in Canada
Caylan Ford is also asking the court to protect politicians’ secrets and prevent journalists from reporting on documents leaked by whistleblowers
This lawsuit could have chilling implications for journalism and democracy in Canada
Caylan Ford is also asking the court to protect politicians’ secrets and prevent journalists from reporting on documents leaked by whistleblowers
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
But this lawsuit is so much bigger than me or PressProgress
This lawsuit could have chilling implications for journalism and democracy in Canada
Caylan Ford is also asking the court to protect politicians’ secrets and prevent journalists from reporting on documents leaked by whistleblowers
This lawsuit could have chilling implications for journalism and democracy in Canada
Caylan Ford is also asking the court to protect politicians’ secrets and prevent journalists from reporting on documents leaked by whistleblowers
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"Encouraging cyclists to stay off the roads is [...] outright dangerous advice when the likely alternative is to drive. Next Halloween, maybe Delta PD can just tell everyone to stay home instead; at least kids will be safe from the menace of e-bikes in their living rooms."
My column today, on how police departments' car-first attitude makes them say the darnedest things. Like "leave your e-bike at home."
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 8:46 PM
"Encouraging cyclists to stay off the roads is [...] outright dangerous advice when the likely alternative is to drive. Next Halloween, maybe Delta PD can just tell everyone to stay home instead; at least kids will be safe from the menace of e-bikes in their living rooms."
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Enough.
Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.
Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.
October 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Enough.
Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.
Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.
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Incredible.
Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.
Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.
October 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Incredible.
Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.
Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.
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The NDP has been incredibly disappointing on this file and they need to do better. CC @davidebybc.bsky.social @georgeandersonbc.bsky.social @christineboyle.bsky.social and Mike Farnworth.
September 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The NDP has been incredibly disappointing on this file and they need to do better. CC @davidebybc.bsky.social @georgeandersonbc.bsky.social @christineboyle.bsky.social and Mike Farnworth.
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Eby repealed a carbon tax that had been working in BC for almost 2 decades in order to make gas a bit cheaper, and handed out $410 million to drivers for basically no reason. And now there's no money for active transport grants. 300 people a year are killed in BC in motor vehicle crashes.
September 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Eby repealed a carbon tax that had been working in BC for almost 2 decades in order to make gas a bit cheaper, and handed out $410 million to drivers for basically no reason. And now there's no money for active transport grants. 300 people a year are killed in BC in motor vehicle crashes.