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Remember the things they can’t take away
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A tree with pink sky in its branches
Remember the things they can’t take away
Don't forget - Wednesday this week at 12 noon Pacific time, I'll be talking about my book for the Women Geoscientists in Canada! Everyone is welcome.
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I keep misreading Year of the Fire Horse as Year of the Fire Hose.
Just seems like it’s a Fire Hose kinda year already…
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She appears to need a new data cruncher…
Read my interview with @melissasevigny.bsky.social in @terrainorg.bsky.social - Melissa is such a great interviewer, she brought out things I hadn't even thought about. www.terrain.org/2026/intervi...
What do these cities have in common with Victoria? Saanich, Esquimalt, Edmonton, Winnipeg, ❤️Minneapolis❤️, Chicago, Austin, Tampa, Boston, Nashville, Ann Arbor, and many more.
Moving forward with protected bike-and-roll infrastructure.
#urbanism #safety #yyj
davethompsonvictoria.ca/victoria-has...
Lots of respect for @deanmurdock.bsky.social as he announces he won't run for re-election as Mayor of Saanich. These are such demanding jobs at the best of times, and especially so when family needs extra energy. Best wishes to you and your family, Dean.
Sort of like travel influencers and their ‘best kept secret’ places to visit.
Before the last election there was a ‘growing belief’ that progressive candidates were out of touch and would get trounced.
Walking door to door with some of those candidates, I knew otherwise.
Thanks to @davethompsonvic.bsky.social for helping address some dangerous trends in vehicle design, including blinding headlights and monstrous truck hoods with no visibility of pedestrians.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Yes I heard you. No argument.
She did. Hard to fathom how her coaches would allow her to compete in that condition.
Bikes. Sailboats. Sea. Mountains across the channel.
Quite pleasant today at Cattle Point.
Yes you would know.
I mainly appreciated his open mindedness about multiple modes of travelling and the value of respect.
Excellent read.
Tragic, funny at times, and a wise perspective on how we accommodate one another in traveling around Greater Victoria.
www.timescolonist.com/islander/bik...
Hey (Canadian) writing community! Any reading opportunities coming up in '26? I'd love to join fellow poets / authors at events outside BC/AB. Reading series organizers in SK, MB, ON, QC -any openings? I know everyone is hit hard by grant cutbacks, so full funding not always necessary. Ideas? DM me.
Safe streets? Majority of British Columbians surveyed support 30km/h residential speed limits and speed enforcement cameras. Don't let auto lobbies tell you otherwise. cheknews.ca/majority-of-... #urbanism #visionzero
Also of note: @victoria.ca has a noise survey open until Jan 30. Not broad enough, IMHO, but worth completing. engage.victoria.ca/noisebylaw
Time to listen: city noise is a health issue, and an equity issue. My blog post for Victoria Placemaking. #noise #yyj #victoriabc #urbanissues victoriaplacemaking.ca/2026/gvpn/be...
A remarkable book. I'm on my third time through.
Lovely.
A regime that is solidly anti-science and anti-knowledge.
“We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn’t mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy… The powerful have their power. But we have something, too: the capacity to stop pretending.”
— Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos, basically announcing divorce from America and receiving a standing ovation
From the speech: But more recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons. Tariffs as leverage. Financial infrastructure as coercion. Supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited. You cannot "live within the lie" of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.
From the speech: But I'd also say that great powers can afford, for now, to go it alone. They have the market size, the military capacity and the leverage to dictate terms. Middle powers do not. But when we only negotiate bilaterally with a hegemon, we negotiate from weakness. We accept what's offered. We compete with each other to be the most accommodating. This is not sovereignty. It's the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination.
Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech at DAVOS is really, really, really good. He's not pulling punches about the collapse of world institutions.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
Full-on authoritarian state. So many people standing on the sidelines, hoping that they won't get singled out for state abuse ... divide and conquer tactics.
Petition our MP to regulate size of vehicles? Visibility of pedestrians from new trucks is horrendous.
Yes agreed.
And at the same time, on a personal level, I often wear some reflective clothing. And always assume that I need extra vigilance after dark in winter.
And one of the challenges is that developers often face multi-year processes whether they build medium/small or large; the economic pressure is to build large.
I haven't read this particular piece but I'm always conflicted by these messages. What op-eds miss is the difference between pedestrians being visible for self-protection, and drivers adjusting speeds and driving practices for the safety of others. We need both. The 1st is personal choice.
