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Dub K 604

@bear604.bsky.social

Lives with BPD. Democracy, Human Rights, Public Health and the Rule of Law. Popper's Paradox in Effect.

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Any credible #BCNDP leadership candidate will need to 1. Come from outside the caucus 2. Actively support a merger or an electoral accord with the BC Greens. Commit to Ranked Choice Voting for future elections.

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Between what happened in the #Vancouver Election last week and what's happening across BC tonight, City Council seriously needs to look at building huge wall along Boundary Road and checkpoints at the bridges.

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From the disqualification of Anjali Appudarai to the ludicrous rationale for a snap election, there needs to be a serious investigation and accounting of BCNDP leadership. Rational political actors don't act like this. Either something sketchy is happening, or they're fucking morons. #bcpoli #bcelxn

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A reminder to British Columbians watching Alberta Referendum coverage that deluded bullshit and Feels over Facts is just how #Conservatives roll. Danielle Smith blames Ottawa, Doug Ford blames Bike Lanes, and Lorne Doerkson blames DRIPA and Trans Kids. #abpoli #bcpoli #canpoli

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Martha Hall Findlay has a senior faculty position at The University of Calgary, and just admitted live on CBC that she has never heard of an Electric Car. And Albertans wonder why the rest of Canada doesn't understand them. #abpoli #canpoli

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#CBC in #Alberta is providing a great argument for defunding the CBC with their Bothsidsing coverage of the Referendum. What happened to CANADA's National Broadcaster?!

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The unhinged Fascist Mantrums on the comments board at @theglobeandmail.com about #Vancouver election results are delightful entertainment, as if leaving the car at home and being nice to vulnerable people are somehow crimes against humanity. #vanpooi #bcpoli #canpoli

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BC's economy is seen as failing by Mainstream Corporate Media because it's working for the people who actually do the work. #bcpoli #bcelxn #canpoli

Jim Stanford@jimbostanford.bsky.social

If you're a Canadian worker, there's no better place than BC to do an hour's labour for an hour's pay. Since 2024 BC has boasted the highest hourly wage of any province (incl. imputed hourly pay for salaried staff). BC passed SK in 2019, Ont in 2023, and Alta in 2024. #bcpoli /2

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#vanpoli #bcpoli #TheWarOnCars #OurGuyPeteFry Ken Sim & ABC taking out radio ads attacking Pete Fry and #Vancouver Greens over traffic calming measures that would actually REDUCE traffic congestion by inducing people to use sustainable transportation:

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And all these road improvements at the expense of transit and bikes lanes are suddenly necessary as Sim is trailing in the polls to Fry:

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It looks very much like the right people will win in #Vancouver on October 17, and the wrong people across BC a week later. How about you racist, queer hating hyper-capitalist fuckbros stay out of the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island and we stay out of the North, Fraser Valley & The Interior?

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Mina Kimes
@minakimes.bsky.social

I posted a joke the other day about how my kid wanted a Mickey song that didn't exist, and a bunch of people were like "just AI to make it." I understand needing to please a toddler, but man--that's just not how I want him to think about music at all. It's not a vending machine.

union person@junlper.beer

this is the ultimate end point of capitalism, ai will completely atomize everyone and there will be zero shared experiences. there will be no culture, only pure consumption. this must be resisted

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It so pisses me off that as a vulnerable person in British Columbia I'm going to have to move to #Manitoba after October 24 to continue living in a jurisdiction that values compassion and decency. Fuck selish @davidebybc.bsky.social and the opportunistic #BCNDP for throwing it all away.

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@davidebybc.bsky.social needs to apologize to the #BCNDP membership for calling a snap election with no plan to actually win. The Golden Boy of the Left is another arrogant, condescending Centrist who's privileged enough to not have to worry about the consequences of his selfish actions. #bcpoli

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I notified the #BCNDP that I was canceling my membership in the wake of David Eby's arrogant snap election debacle which only shows Conservative numbers going up as the campaign goes on. BC will become a toxic reactionary sithole after October 24 and only one man is to blame. #bcpoli #FuckEby

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Clip 'n Save for the "NDP can't run a peanut stand" crowd. #bcpoli #canpoli

The Tyee@thetyee.ca

Bill Clinton’s campaign strategist James Carville coined a maxim that has guided campaigns since his work with the former president in 1992: “It’s the economy, stupid.” What would Carville say if he came to B.C. today? Jim Stanford writes. #BCPoli thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

thetyee.caWhy BC’s Economy Is a Strong Card for Eby’s NDP | The TyeeFor wages, incomes, growth, investment and more, BC has outpaced most other provinces in recent years.
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Ken Sim and ABC are down with #Christofascists because of course. "Not a fight against people" when they've punched down on more vulnerable people than any City Council in Vancouver's history? Get fucked, Lorraine. #EvictKenSim #OurGuyPeteFry #vanpoli #bcpoli

Danielle@as-per-danielle.bsky.social

"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray”

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Ken Sim & ABC are promising Free Swimming Lessons (to Vancouverites who can afford to have children) but froze the budget for everyone except the VPD.... #vanpoli #EvictKenSim ##OurGuyPeteFry

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Vaughn Palmer at the @vancouversun.bsky.social needs to #STFU or have it shut for him. Since when the FUCK is "Don't worry, he'll be fine." an attack? FFS, Pattison put Glen Fucking Park on his payroll, he doesn't need a bootlicking "journalist" to look out for him. #bcpoli

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Another argument for #RankedChoiceVoting is stupidly long ballots like here in #Vancouver because our city still needs a Ward System for elections. #EvictKenSim #OurGuyPeteFry

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BC Conservatives #Spam texted me asking if I was voting for them. The two options were 1. Yes and 2. No. I went with "Lose my number fuckwads", block and report. #bcpoli #STFU #GTGO

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Incredibly shitty people.all around. Doerkson's silence speaks volumes about how he'll turn a blind eye to bigotry if it helps him win an election. #bcpoli #canpoli OneBC's Dallas Brodie she is open to election deal with B.C. Conservatives - Victoria Times Colonist share.google/fHvNYvTEfmni...

share.googleOneBC's Dallas Brodie she is open to election deal with B.C. ConservativesThe interim OneBC leader says she doesn't understand the Conservatives, because they need her. "I mean, in many ways, they created me," said Dallas Brodie.
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@thetyee.ca @nationalobserver.com @rabble.ca @rachelgilmore.bsky.social NO COVER UP FOR WHITE SUPREMACISTS BY COPS & CORPORATE MEDIA! #bcpoli #canpoli ##EveryChildMatters #ACAB

Blackfoot Niitsítapi🪶🇨🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💙🌎🌲🌳🔥🐾🐾🐝🦋🦅🦬🦫🐋🦆🦉🐧🐦‍⬛🐻🦊@thoughtsnations.bsky.social

This wasn’t a “medical emergency.” This was a HATE CRIME and MURDER. I was there and he tried to run away! How can you run if you are in “medical distress.” You can’t. 🪶😡https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/investigation-crash-killed-2-tsawwassen-first-nation-elders-delta-police-9.7365969

cbc.caTsawwassen First Nation identifies 2 elders killed in crash outside mall | CBC NewsPolice said Wednesday that the male driver of the vehicle may have suffered a medical emergency in the moments leading up to the crash on Wednesday. They did not elaborate on what that medical emergen...
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#Sooke Brewing Company does the right thing, except for ensuring John Adair never eats solid food or walks upright again, fucking White Supremacist POS. #bcpoli #EveryChildMatters www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/va...

ctvnews.caSooke brewery owner terminated after ‘Show Me the Evidence’ shirt sparks backlash on Truth and Reconciliation DayA Sooke brewery has closed temporarily and fired one of its owners after a photograph appearing to show him wearing a “Show Me the Evidence” T-shirt on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation sp...
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Never has a city seen so much contempt by its Mayor for the people trying to LIVE in it. #EvictKenSim #vanpoli #bcpoli

COPE: The Coalition of Progressive Electors@copevancouver.bsky.social

Empty Homes 🤝 ABC After voting down increases to the Empty Homes Tax, and creating new loopholes for developers to leave empty homes vacant, and giving $3.8M to developers in EHT earmarked for affordable housing... ABC signs are now popping up in front of empty apartments and lots across the city.

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Fuck you, Geddy. Drive by smears of Olivia Chow AND #Zionist whining. So done with Rush, at least Neil Peart kept his fucking mouth shut. Rush frontman Geddy Lee endorses Brad Bradford in Toronto mayoral race | CBC News share.google/deBBaK0MnDZp...

share.googleRush frontman Geddy Lee endorses Brad Bradford in Toronto mayoral race | CBC NewsCanadian vocalist and bassist is openly endorsing the city councillor for Toronto's top job, saying the city needs new leadership.
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The Access & Assessment Centre at VGH in #Vancouver does nothing but pimp vulnerable but high functioning people to underqualified clinical counselors. Why the FUCK do I have to overdose or assault someone to get the fucking help I need? #MentalIllness ##MentalHealth #bcpoli #HumanRights

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Ken Sim in #Vancouver should take this course before mouthing off about how people with #MentalHealth issues are such a threat to public.safety. #EvictKenSim #vanpoli #bcpoli #STFU CMHA launches tool for municipal election candidates to help manage stress | CBC share.google/jdOQ7XubZ7Kf...

share.googleCanadian Mental Health Association launches tool for municipal election candidates to help manage stress | CBCAs municipal election candidates across Ontario face long days of campaigning and increased public scrutiny ahead of the upcoming vote, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) of Ontario has lau...
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There are NO 'Federal' elections in the United States of America. ALL elections are administered at the Local or State level. CBP & Homeland Security need a Civics lesson. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

cbc.caCanadian citizen and U.S. permanent resident detained at border crossing, questioned about voting for hours | CBC NewsPaige Adamson was on her way home from a birthday dinner in Tsawwassen, B.C., on Sept. 15 when she was stopped at the Point Roberts border crossing and questioned about voting for hours. Lawyers are r...
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Ken Sim is now running Google ads whining about #EvictKenSim upsets him. Maybe try not being an Arrogant Fascist Developer Puppet and People might try respect him. Asshole should be fucking grateful we just want to evict him. #vanpoli #bcpoli

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@fairvote.ca The reason we're stuck with First Past The Post is because rather than simply advocating for #RankedChoiceVoting we repeatedly insist on tying it to #ProportionalRepresentation schemes that try to restructure legislatures instead of just our ballots. #canpoli #bcpoli

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In Canada, we elect Parliaments, not Governments. It's far more important to me that my MP or MLA is someone I can live with rather than ensuring every viewpoint gets a legislator. Ranked Choice puts compromise back into the system, whereas most PR packages are ideological pandering #bcpoli #canpoli

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Maybe after a legislature emerges where members are elected by a broader consensus through Ranked Choice/Instant Runoff, THEN it would be possible to consider radical restructuring of how our legislatures function.

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The BCNDP trailing 8 points behind a Conservative Party that 56% of respondents in the same poll say isn't fit to govern tells you all you need to know that David Eby's electoral strategy is entirely based on gaming First Past The Post. #bcpoli #canpoli

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@fairvote.ca Imagine being a member of a New 'Democratic' Party that claims to support Electoral Reform then opportunistically games First Past The Post with a snap election during municipal elections AND political crisies next door in Alberta & the US, in order to cling to power. #bcpoli #canpoli