Tim Ford

Terribly saddened to hear that Walter Koenig has left this universe. Star Trek was a double-edged sword for Koenig, like many on TOS. He spoke about how it hurt as much as helped his career, being typecast, and how it centered "the trio" - Spock, McCoy, Kirk - while the others were afterthoughts.

I feel we were deprived of many other Walter Koenig roles. As a villain he could be chilling, sardonic, and calculating. As a real-life human, he had a wonderful sense of humour and a humble bearing. His cheeky tweet a few years back ahead of a con shows he was keenly aware of his own mortality.

Terribly saddened to hear that Walter Koenig has left this universe. Star Trek was a double-edged sword for Koenig, like many on TOS. He spoke about how it hurt as much as helped his career, being typecast, and how it centered "the trio" - Spock, McCoy, Kirk - while the others were afterthoughts.

While the NDP are the obvious losers of last night, I think we also need to be frank about the other losers: the BC Greens. But not in the way you might think. THREAD TIME BABYYYY

With this outcome, no seat gains, and a heavy reliance on the force of personality of Emily Lowan to raise their fortunes, I fear the best the Greens can hope for is the NDP not doing well enough to score a majority next election, and holding the balance of power. That's mathematically unlikely.

While the NDP are the obvious losers of last night, I think we also need to be frank about the other losers: the BC Greens. But not in the way you might think. THREAD TIME BABYYYY

Where I think the Greens ultimately faltered is accepting the premise of the box Eby put them in: when he started to go snark off about "vote splitting" and such, the Greens should have taken every media question on it as an opportunity to pivot the conversation back to positive change.

While the NDP are the obvious losers of last night, I think we also need to be frank about the other losers: the BC Greens. But not in the way you might think. THREAD TIME BABYYYY

In the Interior, key topics would be climate adaptation, wildfires, wildlife management, and water infrastructure. The Green message there could be on how supports can be enhanced. Nicole Charlwood was a good candidate in Kootenay Central, but I don't know how much the party spent supporting her.

While the NDP are the obvious losers of last night, I think we also need to be frank about the other losers: the BC Greens. But not in the way you might think. THREAD TIME BABYYYY

(got pulled away for visiting with the parents while they're in town) And then we have Island ridings where the Greens have been and were still competitive this election: - Cowichan Valley - Saanich South - Victoria-Beacon Hill - Oak Bay-Gordon Head Still not hitting our 10. But getting close!

While the NDP are the obvious losers of last night, I think we also need to be frank about the other losers: the BC Greens. But not in the way you might think. THREAD TIME BABYYYY

First, let's tackle the ostensibly hardest place for a breakthrough: the Interior. A competitive in for the Greens is Kootenay Central. This riding is historically left leaning. In 2020 the Greens placed second with 32%, their best showing to date. This time they dropped back behind the Cons.

While the NDP are the obvious losers of last night, I think we also need to be frank about the other losers: the BC Greens. But not in the way you might think. THREAD TIME BABYYYY

It's hard to nail down a minimum number of seats, but for my money, I think centre-left electorate would only take the Greens seriously with at least 10, and the other key is they need to be spread out. If it's all Vancouver Island, for instance, they lack visibility and reach in other regions.

While the NDP are the obvious losers of last night, I think we also need to be frank about the other losers: the BC Greens. But not in the way you might think. THREAD TIME BABYYYY

Second: "victory" for the Greens was never about outright winning. So what would victory for them have looked like? Green supporters will insist that an increase in vote share is a victory. It's not. The only victory for them would have been a significant increase in seats.

While the NDP are the obvious losers of last night, I think we also need to be frank about the other losers: the BC Greens. But not in the way you might think. THREAD TIME BABYYYY

Anyway, I spent my evening watching K-Pop Demon Hunters and Flow for the first time, and it was absolutely the right call, because the sting of tonight is considerably lessened having "Golden" stuck in my head along with a soft wonder about learning to trust and support each other.

I think what's gonna stick with me the most, like a majority of people, is just what the hell David Eby was thinking, and who (if anyone) was whispering in his ear that this was a good idea. Because everything leading up to this was non-stop warning signs not to pull the trigger.

One pretty basic law I feel would get wide approval is "No AI depictions intended to imitate any historical or existing person, living or deceased."

This is how democracy in the west has been failing. It's not the far-right. It's the intransigence of centrists to admit whole systems and ways of life are at fault. It's people who wring their hands like "climate change seems bad, but I don't want to have to alter my life at all."