🌹 Roses are red
🍬 Candy is sweet
💖 GifGrams are fun
📨 Sharing's a treat
Send your own holiday GifGram made from vintage GeoCities GIFs to someone you adore.
Make your own here ➡️ gifcities.org/gram/
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#GifGram #GIFsAreGifts
Jim Robson did what he loved, was revered by a province, was the nicest man you can imagine, and two weeks ago, just after turning 91, was out smiling and watching his favourite hockey team.
May we all be so kind, lucky and blessed.
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The thread is joyous
hoping to see my former coworkers' new publication, a nonprofit news co-op to replace the Glacier papers that closed earlier this year, flourish and help prove a different model for journalism
www.freshetnews.ca/a-new-beginn...
🌐 From the first web page created in 1991… to 1 trillion web pages archived today.
Every meme, blog, tweet & vanished site is part of our shared story. This is our collective memory. And it’s being saved.
Join in our celebration this October: blog.archive.org/trillion/
#Wayback1T #WaybackMachine
NEW (10 years ago): The two history volumes of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report are readable, chilling, and irrefutable. You can't read it all in one sitting. But they answer all the questions you may have.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...
Former Vancouver mayor seeks end to at-large municipal voting system
It was only shut down in 2024?! But I'll never forget "uh oh!"
WELCOME TO NEWS
I want a reverse vacation. I want to stay home and have everyone I know go away for a week.
Is this real life?! Yes pleaseee
We've confirmed that Bright Nights will be back this year -- but not in Stanley Park. Stay tuned to this page on our site for the latest info: www.vancouverchristmasguide.com/bright-night...
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
B.C. says it will strengthen oversight of municipal governments vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
As we head into the school year, I’m as grateful as ever for our nation’s hard-working educators. If you agree, please let the teachers & homeschoolers in your life know about Rick Steves Classroom Europe—a free & ad-free library of 600 video clips covering history, art, music, culture & geography.
VOTE OGOPOGO
A blurry photo of a small, dark hippopotamus-like creature grazing on a dimly lit indoor floor near green buckets labeled "JAM," with a spotlight casting shadows.
When the House Hippo first appeared on Canadian televisions, it seemed that everyone wanted one to appear in their homes.
This commercial became a part of the Canadian cultural landscape and even today, the House Hippo is beloved by Canadians.
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IT'S BRACKET TIME
but also an acknowledgment that the coastal symbols british columbians like most were used to sell this province at the same time the people creating those symbols were deprived of basic rights
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BRACKET TIME
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is very important news and I need more like it.
FAST COMPANY Article: While retirement typically occurs, after completing a career and saving and investing for it, a new trend is emerging among Gen Z career professionals called "micro-retirement." Micro- retirements involve taking a one to two- week break from work every 12 to 18 months. Gen Z is using micro-retirement to avoid burnout, find greater fulfillment in their work, and enhance their overall well-being. However, it's not just Gen-Z:
'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
when you’ve lived in vancouver for decades and that summer rain hits
🎉 Big update!
The #InternetArchive has launched a new version of GifCities, our search engine for vintage GeoCities GIFs. Search better. Blink more!
Check it out ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/06/09/k...
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Will do ❤️
With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation.
Yaaaaaaas
