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Anybody know anyone on #Vancouver City Council? Because they’re talking about seeking alternatives to Xitter: https://bsky.app/profile/jmcelroy.bsky.social/post/3m7qmxxutss24

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 (@jmcelroy.bsky.social)
An update on how the City of Vancouver provides real-time text updates and information about its council meetings. Currently, the only way you can get that information is by having an account on X, the very fun website that everyone loves. Yesterday, they passed a motion to explore alternatives.

He’s coming to Vancouver as well: #enshittification

39. Cory Doctorow: Enshittification - Granville Island Stage - Vancouver - Oct 23, 2025
EVENT DESCRIPTION At last, a word has been coined that encapsulates our modern era, that eloquently sums up the pressing issues of our times: Enshittification. The term—which creator Cory Doctorow describes as a diagnosis about the state of exploitative online services, and the disheartening digital world as a whole—resonated so strongly that the American Dialect Society named it the 2023 Word of the Year, and it was cited as an inspiration for the 2025 season of Black Mirror. With incisive…

Are Vancouver's Parks Facing Tens of Millions in Cuts? via @… https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/11/10/Van

Are Vancouver’s Parks Facing Tens of Millions in Cuts? | The Tyee
ABC Vancouver calls it ‘fear mongering.’ Independent park board commissioners say budget cuts are coming.

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#IainBaxter

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SonicReducer
Shakti:
🎵 Koh-I-Noor
#Shakti
https://shaktibcn.bandcamp.com/track/koh-i-noor
https://open.spotify.com/track/6vNgJcCVj3o2vFbp9PCMds

Some Americans Are Starting to Feel the Impact of the Government Shutdown (Eileen Sullivan/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/us/politics/government-shutdown-effects.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sk8.BbYv.45v2naCPH51Z&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251011/p22#a251011p22

The NE Thing Co' s Eye Scream Resturant on 4th Ave in the 70s ... loved their Cubist Salad.
#vancouver #1976

Went for a weekend walk in QE park; the colors of autumn are fading, but there are still treats for the eye.
#Photography #Vancouver

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/10/07/these-numbers-show-how-2-years-of-war-have-devastated-palestinian-lives-in-gaza/

These numbers show how 2 years of war have devastated Gaza
Numbers alone cannot capture the toll the Israel-Hamas war has taken on the Gaza Strip.

How B.C.'s property tax system delivers big benefits to multimillionaires, and why some say it needs to change
Anyone in B.C. who pays provincial income tax or sales taxes — including lower-income renters — helps cover the costs of this subsidy, which benefits some high-income homeowners in mansions
But many of those with the greatest need for the program do not even know about it, ...only an estimated 16 per cent of seniors defer their taxes.

How B.C.'s property tax system delivers big benefits to multimillionaires, and why some say it needs to change
B.C.'s property tax system is uniquely generous for wealthy homeowners. Some people think that should change. Find out more.