karen ward

open.substack.com/pub/stewartp...

Ken Sim under fire over false allegation

I was on @jasjohal.bsky.social and I said it would be best if Ken Sim resigned. Here's that interview, where I discuss some of the same points as in the above piece.

open.spotify.com/episode/5qtY...

dammit don't heckle the bus driver karen

Any politician who is still posting on X and claiming to care about online harm is a straight up liar.

And also pretty stupid, if they're a leftist or centrist, given that X is proven to be pushing its users further right.

They can't even stop using the CSAM distribution site for their own good.

oh hey Bluesky, its been a minute but we're back :)

Congrats to @themartlet.bsky.social for convincing UVic students to pay $2 more to support their campus paper — a tiny change that will make a massive difference for the paper and its ability to cover the campus. That's a big achievement, proud of them.

he really looks like a vampire in that photo. is he a vampire

the blue helmets sure stand out

THE CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAD TO TELL THE POLICE HE'S FUNDING HE WORKED ON THE CITY COUNCIL OF LOS ANGELES

"What has changed compared to previous oil crises and oil price scares - even the 2021-22 one - is how affordable the clean energy solutions needed to replace oil and gas imports are."
This is the KEY point made by @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social

There are Alternatives now.
bsky.app/profile/70sb...

#JusticeForMyles

Now on SSRN and looking for a good home - "The Case for Professional Disobedience"

Using healthcare professionals as a case study, the Article meets this perilous moment in U.S. history by thinking seriously about disobedience as a response to institutional failures
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Eby shrugs, throws arms up in a gesture of befuddled futility caption: WHAT DO YOU PEOPLE WANT, LEGISLATED SYSTEMIC CHANGE?

or possibly just a cult

a cult of personality without a personality

Ben Bankas' Nanaimo show to go ahead despite opposition – The Discourse. Community members want proceeds of sold-out show by outrage comedian Ben Bankas to be donated to Nanaimo Pride and Indigenous organizations

UPDATE: The Port Theatre Society announced in a statement on March 5 that the sold-out Ben Bankas show has been cancelled due to safety concerns. Read our background story on the city council meeting that preceded this decision.

access to healthcare

friday afternoon announcement time with the BCNDP

PITCHFORKS

Why are the people who are always the most "tough on crime" and pro-cop completely fine hanging out with the alt-right?

heh heh

counterpoint: don't be a cop

hey Doug is stealing Toronto's waterfront you need to stop him

Portrait of Reza Pahlav in a suit, wearing an Iranian flag pin. Speaking at an event in Tempe Arizona in 2015.

Saturday | 11:25 PT Iranian-Canadians Donya Ziaee and Samira Mohyeddin talk with Desmond Cole about why Iranians don’t need a right-wing monarchist revival on the heels of violent western intervention. @breachmedia.ca @desmondcole.bsky.social @smohyeddin.bsky.social

No alcohol or psychedelics in B.C. man after police-involved death, toxicologist says A forensic toxicologist testifying at a public hearing into the 2015 police-involved death of Myles Gray says neither alcohol nor the psychedelics LSD or psilocybin were detected in him.

No alcohol or psychedelics in B.C. man after police-involved death, toxicologist says

Michael.

black and white photo of a brick alley way with the words NOW I'M MAD spraypainted messily

Alberta, Ottawa strike deal giving province greater say in major projects reviews — Edmonton Journal Text of the deal will be posted online Friday and made available for public comment before it is finalized

I mean who would be more qualified and trustworthy to put in charge of environment assessments than Danielle Smith?

"Under the deal, Canada will recognize and defer to Alberta as best positioned to lead environmental assessments for projects primarily under provincial jurisdiction."

Beginning a few months after this El Niño takes hold, we can expect to have the warmest global temperatures yet, by what is may be a fairly wide margin. It pairs very poorly with the increasingly well established finding that the rate of global heating has increased sharply over the last decade

Jobs and Economic Growth Minister Ravi Kahlon said this subject is worth debate, unlike her recent bill, which called for the repeal of the human rights code.

"the subject is worth debate"