Tootfinder

The refurbished sign (2006) for The Only Sea Foods Restaurant at 20 East Hastings Street.
#yvr #vancouver #Neon

"This startup says it can halve the cost of a heat pump — here’s how"
#HeatPumps #Energy
https://www.

This startup says it can halve the cost of a heat pump — here’s how
The Vancouver-based Jetson has a simple cost-cutting formula: lots of tech, no middlemen. Today, it’s launching its own heat pump product.

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

#Vancouver Gastown Public Spaces survey
Take the survey and share your experience of the following neighbourhood changes:
Public space enhancements on Water Street
Two-way Cordova Street
Sunday pedestrian zone (10 am to 6 pm)

After typhoon 🌀 Yagi in 2024, the north of #Vietnam faced yet another unprecedented storm. #climatechange
People take hours and hours to get to their families, they swim, the strand.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #StreetSounds
Wildcookie:
🎵 Serious Drug
#Wildcookie
https://shapesseries.bandcamp.com/track/wildcookie-serious-drug-instrumental
https://open.spotify.com/track/4IGq8HgV6bnsIpCmzzHqKD

From SPEC
Repair Café News
Next up:
📍 Kitsilano Community Centre
📅 Saturday, October 11, 2025
🕤 9:30am–1:30pm PT
Bring your small appliances, clothing, bikes, and more — our team of volunteer fixers is ready to help you repair, learn, and connect with your community. Full schedule available and registration for the October Café available at

Repair Café - SPEC
SPEC brings together repair volunteers and community members at Repair Cafés in Metro Vancouver to fix household items and divert waste.

The Federal NDP are on Vancouver Island strategizing for the upcoming Parliament.
Interim leader Davies:
""There's an ebb and flow to politics and I view it as an opportunity for our party to regenerate, to reimagine what a bold, progressive NDP looks like on the federal scene.””
I loved Jack Layton too, but I think it is time to leave Jack to the past. They really need to find someone who is here, in this moment, and can present a real vision for Canadians to strive for and achieve that is the opposite of what the Conservatives and Red-Tory Liberals are trying to do.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Tseshaht #Hupacasath #PortAlberni #Courtenay #Tofino
https://www.albernivalleynews.com/local-news/federal-new-democrats-meet-with-nuu-chah-nulth-leaders-in-port-alberni-8243469

the City just put in Stage 1 restrictions (we're very lucky here that we have abundant water resources, many places on Vancouver Island have restrictions almost immediately every summer)
So the clock is ticking! If we get to Stage 2 and I haven't filled the pond yet, I'll be prohibited from doing so until the rains come! We can only "top up" pools and ponds in Stage 2. And (god forbid) we get into Stage 3 or 4, the pond will have to be left to dry up. (at which point I would probably just use it as a watering source for the gardens)
I don't think we've ever reached Stage 3. The last time we got to Stage 2 was about 5 years ago I think, after the Heat Dome.
I would be surprised if we got to Stage 2 this year. It has been dry, but not excessively hot, so hopefully our resources can hold through August.
The good news is... I'm close to at least filling the intake bay and wetland filter.
Once the rest of the rock/pebble comes tomorrow I'll immediately start moving the rock into those two holes as quickly as I can, and once done, I'll start filling them with water so I can test out the pumps.
I might set up a temporary path for the water to recirculate through the intake bay and filter, avoiding the pond. That way those two parts can start to grow good-bacteria for the filter while I work on the big pond.
#pondlife #poolpond #backyardPrpject #diy #rock #labour